| Mark Allen | Astronomer, Director of the CDS |
| Stefania Amodeo | Postdoc |
| Matthieu Baumann | Software engineer |
| Thomas Boch | Software engineer |
| François Bonnarel | Software engineer |
| Caroline Bot | Astronomer |
| Mihaela Buga | Engineer (documentation) |
| Marianne Brouty | Engineer (documentation) |
| Catherine Brunet | Engineer (documentation) |
| Laurent Cambrésy | Astronomer |
| Esther Collas | Engineer (documentation) |
| Sébastien Derrière | Astronomer |
| Aline Eisele | Assistant-engineer (documentation) |
| Pierre Fernique | Software engineer |
| Ana Fiallos | Engineer (documentation) |
| Coralie Fix | Engineer (documentation) |
| Françoise Genova | Astronomer |
| Céline Halter | CDS Secretary |
| Hendrik Heinl | Project support engineer |
| Gilles Landais | Software engineer |
| Soizick Lesteven | Software engineer |
| Cécile Loup | Astronomer |
| Grégory Mantelet | Software engineer |
| Manon Marchand | Software engineer (EOSC Future) |
| Giacomo Monari | Astronomer |
| Ada Nebot | Astronomer |
| Magali Neuville | Engineer (documentation) |
| Anaïs Oberto | Software engineer |
| Pierre Ocvirk | Astronomer |
| Emmanuelle Perret | Engineer (documentation) |
| François-Xavier Pineau | Software engineer |
| André Schaaff | Software engineer |
| Arnaud Siebert | Astronomer |
| Evelyne Son | Engineer (documentation) |
| Katia van der Woerd | Engineer (documentation) |
| Alicia Vanhulle | Software engineer |
| Patricia Vannier | Engineer (documentation) |
| Bernd Vollmer | Astronomer |
| Philippe Vonflie | Technician (documentation) |
| James Marcout | Documentation |
| Marie-José Wagner | Documentation |
| Suzanne Laloe | Documentation |
| Suzanne Borde (from GEPI, Observatoire de Paris) | Documentation |
| Pascal Dubois | Astronomer |
| Andrea Preite Martinez | Professeur associé, IASF, Roma |
| Emmanuel Davoust (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) | Astronomer |
| Gratiane Chassagnard (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) | Documentation |
| Marc Wenger | Software engineer |
| Chantal Bruneau | CDS secretary |
| François Ochsenbein | Astronomer |
Other key contributors to the CDS, and especially to the SIMBAD project are:
A long-term collaboration with Mireille Louys (iCUBE, Strasbourg) is also gratefully acknowledged.
Contribution to SIMBAD of B. Skiff, W. Osborn and J. MacConnell is also gratefully aknowledged.