It is named after the Knorre family of astronomers, including Viktor Knorre.
Knorre had fifteen children who survived infancy, of which the best known was his fifth son, the astronomer Viktor Knorre.
Viktor Yushchenko | Viktor Orbán | Viktor Zubkov | Viktor Vasnetsov | Viktor Rydberg | Viktor Frankl | Viktor Tretiakov | Viktor Sukhorukov | Viktor von Lang | Viktor Krauss | Viktor Shklovsky | Viktor Schreckengost | Viktor Lazlo | Viktor Chernomyrdin | Viktor Bout | Viktor von Weizsäcker | Viktor Vekselberg | Viktor Tsoi | Viktor Ruban | Viktor Petrenko | Viktor Kozin | Viktor Knorre | Viktor Kalashnikov | Viktor Elm | Viktor de Kowa | Viktor Alksnis | Viktor Zolotov | Viktor Uspaskich | Viktor Suvorov | Viktor Shasherin |