List of authors of names published under the ICZN

This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new taxa under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

A[]

Abe – Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996)
Abeille de Perrin, Ab. – Elzéar Abeille de Perrin (1843–1910)
Able – (born 1945)
Abbott, C.C. Abbott – Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919) general zoology
C. Abbott – Charles Abbot (1761–1817) entomology
J. Abbott – John Abbot (1751–1841) entomology, ornithology
W. Abbott, Abbott – William Louis Abbott (1860–1936) mainly ornithology
Acerbi – Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846)
Acero – (born 1954)
Adams, Ad. – Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853) malacology
A. Adams – Arthur Adams (1820–1878) mostly marine animals
A.L. Adams – Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882) vertebrate paleontology
D.B. Adams – (fl. 1979) paleontology
E. Adams – Edward Adams (1824–1856)
H. Adams – Henry Adams (1813–1877) malacology
Agassiz, Ag., L. Ag., Agass. – Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) ichthyology, paleontology
A. Agassiz, A. Ag. – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910) mostly marine animals
Agenjo – (1908–1984)
Aguilera –
D.R. de Aguilera –
Ahl, E. Ahl – Ernst Ahl (1898–1943) herpetology, ichthyology
J.N. Ahl, Ahl –
Ahlquist – Jon Edward Ahlquist (fl. late 20th century)
Ahlstrom – (1910–1979)
Ahnelt –
Aizawa –
Akama –
Akihito – Emperor Akihito of Japan (born 1933)
Albert – James S. Albert
Albertis – Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901)
Alcock – Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933)
Aldrovandi, Aldr. – Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
Alexander, B. Alexander – Boyd Alexander (1873–1910) ornithology
A. Alexander – Annie Montague Alexander (1867–1950) paleontology
C. Alexander, Alexander – Charles Paul Alexander (1889–1981) entomology
H. Alexander – Horace Alexander (1889–1989) ornithology
W. Alexander – Wilfred Backhouse Alexander (1885–1965) entomology, ornithology
Alencar – (born 1953)
Alfaro – Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951)
Alifanov –
Allain – (born 1974)
Allen – Edgar Johnson Allen (1866–1942) marine biology
Allen, J.A. Allen – Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921) ornithology, American mammals
A. Allen – Arthur Augustus Allen (1885–1964) ornithology
G.M. Allen – Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942) mainly mammals
G.R. Allen – Gerald R. Allen (born 1942) Ichthyology
H. Allen – Harrison Allen (1841–1897) Chiroptera
J.A. Allen – malacology
Allioni – Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
Allman, Allm. – George James Allman (1812–1898)
Almeida-Toledo –
Alströmer – Clas Alströmer (1736–1794), a pupil of Linnaeus
Amadon – Dean Amadon (1912–2003)
Ambrosio –
Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911)
Amyot – Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (1799–1866)
Ancey – César Marie Félix Ancey (1860–1906)
K. Andersen – Knud Andersen
Anderson, J. Anderson – John Anderson (1833–1900) Asian mammals and reptiles
R. Anderson – Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876–1961) mammals
S. Anderson – (born 1936) herpetology
W. Anderson – William Anderson (1750–1778) general zoology
André – (1844–1891)
Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew – Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev (1910–2009)
Angas – George French Angas (1822–1886)
Annandale – Nelson Annandale (1876–1924)
Anthony – (1890–1970)
Antunes – Miguel Telles Antunes (born 1937)
Apesteguía –
Appellöf – Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921)
Archbold – Richard Archbold (1907–1976)
Archer – William Archer (1830?–1897) microorganisms
M. Archer – Michael Archer (born 1945) mammals, paleontology
Arcucci –
Arrow – Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948)
Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. – Peter Artedi (1705–1735)
Asano –
Ascanius fl.1772
Ashmead – William Harris Ashmead (1855–1908)
Asso – Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio (1742–1814)
Atkinson – William Stephen Atkinson (1820–1876)
Aubé, Aub. – Charles Aubé (1802–1869)
Audebert, Audeb. – Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800)
Audubon, Audub. – John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Aurivillius, P. Aurivillius, Auriv. – Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (1853–1928) entomology
C. Aurivillius – Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899)
S. Aurivillius – Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928) marine zoology
Ausserer, Auss. – Anton Ausserer (1907–1976)
Ayling – (born 1947)
Ayres, W.O. Ayres – William Orville Ayres (1805–1887) ichthyology
J.M. Ayres – José Márcio Ayres (1954–2003) primates
Azara, Az. – Félix de Azara (1746–1821)
Azmi – ichthyology
Azuma –

B[]

Bachman – John Bachman (1790–1874)
Bailey – zoology
R.G. Bailey –
R.M. Bailey – Reeve Maclaren Bailey
Baillon – Louis Antoine François Baillon (1778–1851)
Baird – Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887)
Baker – Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944)
Bakker – Robert T. Bakker (born 1945)
Balanov –
C.C. Baldwin –
W.J. Baldwin –
Z.H. Baldwin –
Balinsky – Boris Balinsky entomology
Ball – Valentine Ball (1843–1895)
Balon – Eugene K. Balon
Balouet – Jean-Christophe Balouet ornithology, paleontology
Balss – Heinrich Balss (1886–1957)
Balushkin –
Bandyopadhyay –
Bangs – Outram Bangs (1863–1932) vertebrates (mainly birds and mammals)
Banks – Nathan Banks (1868–1953) entomology
R. Banks – Richard C. Banks (born 1940)
Bannerman – David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979) ornithology
Bannikov –
Bansok –
Barbour – Thomas Barbour (1884–1946)
F.K. Barker – ornithology
M.J. Barker –
Barnard fl. 1923
Barnes & McDunnough – James Halliday McDunnough (1877–1962)
Barrett –
Barrows – Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923)
Barsbold – Rinchen Barsbold paleontology (mainly theropod dinosaurs)
Bartenef – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev
Bartlett – Edward Bartlett (1836–1908) ornithology
A.D. Bartlett – Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812–1897) general zoology (mainly vertebrates)
Barton – Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815)
Baskin –
Batchelder – Charles Foster Batchelder (1856–1954)
Bate – Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889)
Bates – George Latimer Bates (1863–1940)
Bateson – William Bateson (1861–1926)
Bean – Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916)
Beatty-
Beavan – (1841–1870)
Bechstein – Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757–1822)
Beddome – Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911)
Bedriaga – Jacques von Bedriaga (1854–1906)
Behr – Hans Hermann Behr (1818–1904)
Bell – Thomas Bell (1792–1880)
Bemmel – Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
Bendire – Charles Emil Bendire (1863–1940)
Benitez –
Bennett – Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) general zoology
F. Bennett – Frederick Debell Bennett (1836–1897)
Benson – Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982) ornithology
R. Benson – (1904–1967)
Benson – William Henry Benson (1803–1870) malacology
Bent – Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954)
Benton – Michael J. Benton (born 1939)
Beresford –
Berg – Lev Berg (1876–1950)
Berkenhout – John Berkenhout (1726–1791)
Berla – (1912–1985)
Berland – Lucien Berland (1888–1962)
Berlepsch – Hans von Berlepsch (1850–1915)
Berlioz – Jacques Berlioz (1891–1975)
Berry – Samuel Stillman Berry (1887–1984)
Berthold – Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803–1861)
Bertkau – Philipp Bertkau (1849–1894)
Bezzi – Mario Bezzi (1868–1927) entomology
Bianco –
Bibron – Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848)
Bigot – Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1818–1893)
Bilek – (1909–1974)
Billberg – Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844)
Billings – Elkanah Billings (1820–1876) paleontology
Bingham – Charles Thomas Bingham (1848–1908)
Biswas – Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994)
Blache – (1922–1994)
Black – Davidson Black (1884–1934)
Blackburn – Thomas Blackburn (1844–1912) entomology
Blackwall – John Blackwall (1790–1881)
Blainville – Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850)
Blanchard – Charles Émile Blanchard (1819–1900)
Blanford – William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905)
Blasius – Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870) general zoology (mainly vertebrates)
W. Blasius – August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912) ornithology
Blatchley – Willis Blatchley (1859–1940)
Bleeker – Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878)
Bloch – Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799)
Bloch fl. 1923
Blumenbach – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840)
Blyth – Edward Blyth (1810–1873)
Bocage – José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823–1907)
Bocourt – Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904)
Boddaert – Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795/96)
Boettger – Oskar Boettger (1833–1910)
Boetticher – Hans von Boetticher (1886–1958)
Bogert – Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908–1992) herpetology
Bohadsch – Johann Baptist Bohadsch (1724–1768) marine zoology
Boheman – Carl Henrik Boheman (1796–1868)
F. Boie – Friedrich Boie (1789–1870) general zoology (mainly ornithology, entomology)
H. Boie – Heinrich Boie (1794–1827) general zoology (mainly herpetology)
Boisduval – Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799–1879)
Bolle – Carl Bolle (1821–1909)
Bolotsky –
Bolton – Barry Bolton – entomology
Bonaparte – Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1794–1857) ornithology
J. Bonaparte – José Bonaparte (born 1928) paleontology (South American dinosaurs)
Bond – James Bond (1900–1989) ornithology
Bonelli – Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830) ornithology, entomology
Bonhote – J. Lewis Bonhote (1875–1922)
Bonnaterre – Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747–1804)
Born – Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
Borkhausen – Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806)
Borodin – (1861–1937)
Borsuk-Bialynicka – Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka
Bosc – Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828)
Boucard – Adolphe Boucard (1839–1905)
Bouček – Zdeněk Bouček entomology
Boulenger – George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937)
Bourcier – Jules Bourcier (1797–1873)
Bouvier – Eugène Louis Bouvier (1856–1944)
Bowdich – Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824)
Bowerbank – James Scott Bowerbank (1797–1877)
Branch – William Roy Branch (1946 - 2018), Herpetology
Brandt – Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879)
Brauer – Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832–1904)
Brauner – (1857–1941)
A.E. Brehm – Alfred Brehm (1829–1884) general zoology
C.L. Brehm – Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787–1864) ornithology
Bremer – Otto Vasilievich Bremer (died 1873)
Bremi-Wolf – Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791–1857)
Brett-Surman – (born 1950)
Brevoort – James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887)
Brewster – William Brewster (1851–1919) ornithology
Briggs – (born 1920)
Brischke – Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (1814–1897)
Brisson – Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806)
Brittinger – Christian Casimir Brittinger (1795–1869)
Brodkorb – Pierce Brodkorb ornithology, paleontology
Brøndsted – Holger Valdemar Brøndsted (1893–1977) zoology
Brongniart – Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847) paleontology
C. Brongniart – Charles Jules Edmée Brongniart (1859–1899) paleontology, entomology
Bronn – Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800–1862)
Brooke – Victor Brooke (1843–1891)
Brookes – Joshua Brookes (1761–1833) general zoology
W.S. Brooks – (1887–1965)
Broom – Robert Broom (1866–1951)
Brown – Barnum Brown (1873–1963)
Bruch – Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789–1857)
Bruguière – Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798)
Brullé – Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873)
Brünnich – Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827)
Brusatte – Stephen L. Brusatte (born 1984)
Brusina – Spiridon Brusina (1845–1909)
H. Bryant – Henry Bryant (1820–1867) general zoology (mainly birds)
Bryk – Felix Bryk (1882–1957)
W.E. Bryant –
Bücherl –
Buckland – William Buckland (1784–1856)
Buffetaut – Eric Buffetaut (born 1950)
Buller – Walter Buller (1838–1906)
Bunzel – Emanuel Bunzel (1828–1895)
Burchell – William John Burchell (1782–1863)
Burge –
Burmeister – Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892)
Burnett – Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835)
Burton –
Burns –
Bush – Katharine Jeanette Bush (1855–1937)
Bussing fl. 1966 (x2)
Butler – Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844–1925)
Büttikofer – Johann Büttikofer (1850–1929)
Buturlin – Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin (1872–1938)
Byrne fl. 1909

C[]

Cabanis – Jean Cabanis (1816–1906)
Cabrera – Ángel Cabrera (1879–1960)
Caldwell – (born 1928)
Calman – William Thomas Calman (1871–1952)
Calvert – Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961)
Calvo – Jorge Calvo (born 1961)
Cambiaso –
Camerano – Lorenzo Camerano (1856–1917)
Camp – Charles Lewis Camp (1893–1975)
Campos –
Canestrini – Giovanni Canestrini (1835–1900)
Cantor, Cant. – Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860)
Caradja – Aristide Caradja (1861–1955)
Carlson –
Carlsson – Albertina Carlsson (1848–1930)
Carpenter – Kenneth Carpenter (born 1949)
Carr – Archie Carr (1909–1987)
Carriker – (1879–1965)
Carter – Henry John Carter (1813–1895)
Carvalho –
Casey – Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. (1857–1925)
Cassin – John Cassin (1813–1869)
Castelnau – see Laporte
Cervigón – Fernando Cervigón (born 1930)
Chabanaud – Paul Chabanaud (1876–1959)
Chabaud – Alain Chabaud (1923–2013) parasitology
Chamberlin – Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967)
Chapin – James Chapin (1889–1964)
Chapman – Frank Chapman (1864–1945)
Charig – Alan Jack Charig (1927–1997)
Charitonov – Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov (1896–1970)
Charpentier – Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847)
Chasen – Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896–1942)
Chatterjee – Sankar Chatterjee (born 1947)
Cherrie – George Kruck Cherrie (1865–1946)
Chevrolat – Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (1799–1884) entomology
Chiaie – Stefano delle Chiaje (1794–1860)
Chiappe – Luis M. Chiappe
Children – John George Children (1777–1852)
Christ – Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813)
Chun – Carl Chun (1852–1914)
Chure –
Clapp – Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934)
E. Clark – Eugenie Clark (born 1922) ichthyology
H.L. Clark – Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) echinoderms
J.M. Clark –
Clemens – James Brackenridge Clemens
Clements –
Clemmer –
Clench – (1925–1979) Lepidoptera
Clench – William J. Clench (1897–1984) malacology
Clerck – Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765)
Cloward –
Cobbold – Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1828–1886)
Cochran – Doris M. Cochran (1898–1968)
Cockerell – Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948)
Coimbra-Filho – Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho
Colbert – Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001)
Colston – Peter R. Colston (born 1935)
Compagno – Leonard J. V. Compagno (fl. 1979–present)
Conci – (born 1920)
Conde – (1905–1944)
Conover – Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950)
Conrad – Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877)
Coombs –
Cooper, J.G. Cooper – James Graham Cooper (1830–1902) general zoology, particularly ornithology
Cooper, W. Cooper – William Cooper (1798–1864) malacology
Cope – Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897)
Coquerel – Charles Coquerel (1822–1867)
Coria – Rodolfo Coria (born 1959)
Cornalia – Emilio Cornalia (1824–1882)
Cory – Charles B. Cory (1857–1921)
Costa – Achille Costa (1823–1898) entomology, particularly Neuroptera
O. Costa, O.G. Costa – Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787–1867) entomology and general zoology
W.J.E.M. Costa –
Coues – Elliott Coues (1842–1899)
Cramer – Pieter Cramer (1721–c. 1779) entomology
F. Cramer –
Crampton –
Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson (Senior) (1838–1926) Hymenoptera
Cresson – (1876–1948) Diptera
Cretzschmar – Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845)
Crewe – Henry Harpur-Crewe (1828–1883)
Crotch – George Robert Crotch (1842–1874)
Crowson – Roy Crowson (1914–1999)
Crusafont – Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (1910–1983)
Currie – Philip J. Currie (born 1949)
Curry Rogers – Kristina Curry Rogers (born 1974)
Curtis – John Curtis (1791–1862)
Cuvier – Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) vertebrate zoology, paleontology
F. Cuvier – Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838)
Czerkas –

D[]

da Costa – Emanuel Mendez da Costa (1717–1791) malacology
da Silva – Maria Nazareth F. da Silva (fl. 1990s–present)
Darwin – Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
Dahl – Friedrich Dahl (1856–1929)
Dahlbom – Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (1808–1859)
Dale – James Charles Dale (1792–1872)
Dall – William Healey Dall (1845–1927)
Dalla Torre – Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850–1928)
Dana – James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
Daudin – François Marie Daudin (1774–1804)
David – Armand David (1826–1900)
Davis – Donald R. Davis (born 1934)
de Azevedo –
de Beaufort – Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968)
de Blainville – Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850)
de Castelnau – see Laporte
de Filippi – Filippo de Filippi (1814–1867)
de Geer, De Geer – Charles De Geer (1720–1778)
de Haan – Wilhem de Haan (1801–1855)
De Kay, DeKay, Dekay – James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851)
de Man – Johannes Govertus de Man (1850–1930)
de Naurois – René de Naurois (1906–2006)
de Nicéville – Lionel de Nicéville (1852–1901)
De Pourtalès – Louis François de Pourtalès (1824–1880)
Bory de Saint-Vincent – Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780–1846)
de Valai –
De Vis – Charles Walter De Vis (1829–1915)
de Winton – William Edward de Winton (1856–1922)
Dejean, Dej. – Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean (1780–1845) entomology
Delmonte – (born 1977)
Delacour – Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985)
Denis – Michael Denis (1729–1800)
Depéret – Charles Depéret (1854–1929)
Deppe – Ferdinand Deppe (1794–1861)
Des Murs – Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs (1804–1878)
Desfontaines – René Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833)
Desmarest – Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838)
Deville, E. Deville – Émile Deville
Diard – Pierre-Médard Diard (1794–1863)
Dieffenbach – Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855)
Dingus –
Distant – William Lucas Distant (1845–1922)
Djakonov – ^{[verification needed]} (1886–1956)
Dobson – George Edward Dobson (1844–1895)
Döderlein – (1809–1895)
Dodson – Peter Dodson (fl. 1980s–present)
Doherty – William Doherty (1857–1901)
Dollman – Guy Dollman (1886–1942)
Dollo – Louis Dollo (1857–1931)
Donisthorpe, Donis. – Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951)
Donovan – Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
d'Orbigny – Alcide d'Orbigny (1802–1857)
Dong – Zhiming Dong (born 1937)
Doria – Giacomo Doria (1840–1913)
Doubleday – Henry Doubleday (1808–1875)
Douglas – John William Douglas (1814–1905)
Drenowsky – Alexander Kirilow Drenowski (1879–1967)
Drury – Dru Drury (1725–1804)
du Bus de Gisignies – Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (1808–1874)
du Chaillu – Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1831–1903)
Dubois, C. F. Dubois – Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867)
Dufour – Léon Jean Marie Dufour (1780–1865)
Dufresne – Louis Dufresne
Duftschmid – Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (1767–1821)
Duméril – André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860)
Duméril – Auguste Duméril (1812–1870)
Dumont – Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758–1830)
Duncker – Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (1870–1953)
Duponchel – Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846)
Durrell – Gerald Durrell (1925–1995)
Duvernoy – Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777–1855)
Dwight – Jonathan Dwight (1858–1929)
Dyar – Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (1866–1929)

E[]

Earle – Sylvia Alice Earle (born 1935)
Eaton – (born 1948)
Edwards – William Henry Edwards (1822–1909)
Ehrenberg – Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876)
Eichwald – Karl Eichwald (1795–1876)
Eigenmann – Carl H. Eigenmann (1863–1927)
R.S. Eigenmann, R. Smith – Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858–1947)
Ellerman – (1910–1973)
Elliot – Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915)
Emery – Carlo Emery (1848–1925)
A.R. Emery – Alan R. Emery
Enslin – (1879–1970)
Erdős –
Erichson – Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848)
Erxleben – Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777)
Eschmeyer – William N. Eschmeyer
Eschscholtz – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831)
Esper – Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810)
Evermann – Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932)
Eversmann – Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794–1860)
Evseenko –
Eyton – Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809–1880)

F[]

Fabre – Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823–1915)
Fabricius – Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
Fahringer – Josef Fahringer (1876–1950)
Fåhraeus – Olof Immanuel von Fåhraeus (1796–1884)
Fairmaire – Léon Fairmaire (1820–1906)
Falla – Robert Falla (1901–1979)
Fallén – Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764–1830)
Feinberg –
C. Felder – Baron Cajetan von Felder (1814–1894) Lepidoptera
R. Felder – Rudolf Felder (1842–1871) Lepidoptera
Fenwick –
Fernandes-Matioli –
Ferrari-Perez – Fernando Ferrari-Pérez (1857–1933)
Ferraris –
Férussac – Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac (1745–1815)
Filhol – Henri Filhol (1843–1902)
Finsch – Otto Finsch (1839–1917)
Fioroni – (1933–2003)
G. Fischer, Fischer de Waldheim, Fischer von Waldheim – Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853)
J. Fischer – Johann Baptist Fischer (1803–1832)
J.G. Fischer – Johann Gustav Fischer (1819–1889)
M. Fischer – Maximilian Fischer (born 1929)
Fitch – Asa Fitch (1809–1879)
Fitzinger – Leopold Fitzinger (1802–1884)
J.H. Fleming – James Henry Fleming (1872–1940)
Fleming – John Fleming (1785–1857)
Fonscolombe – Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe
Forbes – Edward Forbes (1815–1854)
Forbes – Henry Ogg Forbes (1851–1932)
Forel – Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931)
Forsius – (1884–1935)
Forsskål – Peter Forsskål (1732–1763)
Forsyth Major – Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843–1923)
Forster – Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
C.A. Forster – Catherine A. Forster
G. Forster – Georg Forster (1754–1794)
R.R. Forster – Raymond Robert Forster (1922–2000) [1]
Förster – Arnold Förster (1810–1884)
Fourmanoir – Pierre Fourmanoir (1924–2007)
Fowler – Henry Weed Fowler (1879–1965)
Fox – Wade Fox (1920–1964)
Fraas – Eberhard Fraas (1862–1915)
Franganillo-Balboa – (1873–1955)
Franklin – James Franklin (c. 1783–1834)
Fraser – Louis Fraser (1810–1866)
F.C. Fraser –
Freyer – Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794–1885) entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
Friedmann – Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987)
Fricke – Ronald Fricke
Frivaldszky – Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870)
Frohawk – Frederick William Frohawk (1861–1946)
Fruhstorfer – Hans Fruhstorfer (1866–1922)
Fürbringer – Max Fürbringer (1846–1920)
Füssli, Fuessly, Füsslins – Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786)

G[]

Gadow – Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855–1928)
Gahan – Charles Joseph Gahan (1862–1939) for Cerambycidae or Arthur Burton Gahan (1880—1960) for Hymenoptera
Gaimard – Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796–1858)
F. Galton, Galton – Francis Galton (1822–1911)
P. M. Galton – Peter Galton
Gambel – William Gambel (1823–1849)
Gao – (born 1955)
Garman – Samuel Garman (1843–1927)
Garnot – Prosper Garnot (1794–1838)
Garstang – Walter Garstang (1868–1949)
Gaston – Robert Gaston (born 1967)
Gasparini – Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
Gauthier – Jacques Gauthier (born 1948)
Gegenbaur – Carl Gegenbaur (1825–1903)
Gené – Giuseppe Gené (1800–1847)
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844)
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861)
Georgi – Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729–1802)
Germar – Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786–1853)
Gerstäcker – Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstäcker (1828–1895)
Gertsch – Willis J. Gertsch (1906–1998)
Gervais – Paul Gervais (1816–1879)
Géry – Jacques Géry ichthyology
Geyer – Carl Geyer entomology
Geyer – (1809–1853) botany, American
Gielis – Cees Gielis
Giglioli – Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845–1909)
Gilbert – Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1928)
Gilchrist – John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926)
Gill – Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914)
Gillette –
Gilmore – Charles W. Gilmore (1874–1945)
Girard – Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895)
Giraud – Joseph Etienne Giraud (1808–1877)
Girault – Alec Arsène Girault entomology
Gloger – Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (1803–1863)
Gmelin – Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804)
Godart – Jean-Baptiste Godart (1775–1825)
Godefroit – Pascal Godefroit
Godman – Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919)
Goeze – Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731–1793)
Göhlich –
Goldfuss – Georg August Goldfuss (1782–1848)
Goode – George Brown Goode (1851–1896)
Gosse – Philip Henry Gosse (1810–1888)
A. A. Gould – Augustus Addison Gould (1805–1866) conchology
Gould – John Gould (1804–1881) birds and mammals
Graffin – Greg Graffin (1964–present) paleozoology/evolutionary biology
A. Grandidier – Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921)
G. Grandidier – Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957)
Grandin – Temple Grandin (born 1947)
Granger – Walter W. Granger (1872–1941)
Grant – Chapman Grant (1887–1983) herpetology
Grant – Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893–1977) malacology, paleontology
Gravenhorst – Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857)
G. R. Gray – George Robert Gray (1808–1872) entomology, ornithology
J. E. Gray – John Edward Gray (1800–1875)
Green – Edward Ernest Green (1861–1949)
Gregory – William K. Gregory (1876–1970)
Griffith – Edward Griffith (1790–1858)
J. N. Griffith – Jeremy Griffith (born 1945)
Grimpe – Georg Grimpe (1889–1936)
Grinnell – Joseph Grinnell (1877–1939)
Griscom – Ludlow Griscom (1890–1959)
Grobben – Karl Grobben (1854–1945)
Gronow – Laurence Theodore Gronow (fl. 1854) ichthyology
A. Grote, Grote – Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903) entomology
H. Grote – Hermann Grote ornithology
Grube – Adolph Eduard Grube (1812–1880) zoology
Grumm-Grzhimailo – Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860–1936) entomology
Guenee, Guenée – Achille Guenée (1809–1880)
Guerin, Guérin-Méneville – Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (1799–1874)
Güldenstädt – Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745–1781)
Gunnerus – Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773)
Gunter – Gordon P. Gunter (1909–1998)
Günther – Albert C. L. G. Günther (1830–1914)
Gurney – John Henry Gurney (1819–1890)
J. H. Gurney Jr – John Henry Gurney Jr. (1848–1922)
Gyllenhaal – Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752–1840)

H[]

Habe – (1916–2001)
Hiren – (born 1985)
Hablizl – Carl Ludwig Hablitz (1752–1821)
Hachisuka – Masauji Hachisuka (1903–1953)
Hadiaty –
Hadie –
Haeckel – Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
Hagen – Hermann August Hagen (1817–1893)
Hahn – Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786–1835)
Haldeman – Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1812–1880)
Haliday – Alexander Henry Haliday (1807–1870)
Hallowell – Edward Hallowell (1808–1860)
Hamilton, Hamilton-Buchanan – Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829)
Hammer – William R. Hammer
Hampson – George Hampson (1860–1936)
Handlirsch – Anton Handlirsch (1865–1935)
Hanley – Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1819–1899)
Hansemann – Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann (1784–1862)
Hansen – Hans Jacob Hansen (1855–1936)
Harcourt – Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825–1891)
Hardwicke – Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835)
Harlan – Richard Harlan (1796–1843)
Harper – Francis Harper (1886–1972)
Harris, M. Harris – Moses Harris (1734–1785) entomology
T.W. Harris – Thaddeus Williams Harris (1795–1856)
Harrison – Colin James Oliver Harrison (1926–2003)
Hartert – Ernst Hartert (1859–1933)
Hartig – Theodor Hartig (1805–1880)
Hartlaub – Gustav Hartlaub (1814–1900)
Hassall – Arthur Hill Hassall (1817–1894)
Hatcher – John Bell Hatcher (1861–1904)
Hatschek – Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941)
Haubold –
Haworth – Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833)
Hay – William Perry Hay (1872–1947)
Hayman –
Head –
Heads – Sam W. Heads
Heaney –
Heckel – Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857)
Hector – James Hector (1834–1907)
Heemstra –
Hellén – (1890–1979)
Heller – Joseph Heller (born 1941)
Hellmayr – Carl Edward Hellmayr (1878–1944)
Hemprich – Wilhelm Hemprich (1796–1825)
Henle – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809–1885)
Henshaw – Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (1850–1930)
Hentz – Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797–1856)
Herbst – Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743–1807)
Herdman – William Abbott Herdman (1858–1924)
Hering – Erich Martin Hering (1893–1967)
Herman – Ottó Herman (1835–1914)
Hermann – Johann Hermann (1738–1800)
Herre – Albert William Christian Theodore Herre (1869–1962)
Herrich-Schäffer – Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (1799–1874)
Hershkovitz – Philip Hershkovitz (1909–1997)
Hertlein – Leo George Hertlein (1898–1972)
Heude – Pierre Marie Heude (1836–1902)
Heuglin – Theodor von Heuglin (1824–1876)
Heuvelmans – Bernard Heuvelmans (1916–2001)
Hewitson – William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878)
Heydenreich – Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich (fl. mid-19th century)
Heymons – Richard Heymons (1867–1943)
Hildebrand – Samuel Frederick Hildebrand (1883–1949)
Hilgendorf – Franz Martin Hilgendorf (1839–1904)
Hilsenberg – Carl Theodor Hilsenberg (1802–1824)
Hinton – Martin Hinton (1883–1961)
Hirohito – Shōwa Emperor Hirohito (1901–1989)
Hirst – Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883–1930) arachnology, British
Hirst – David B. Hirst arachnology, Australian
Hiyama – (1909–1988)
Hodgson – Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800–1894)
Hoese –
Hoffmannsegg – Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849)
Hoffstetter – Robert Hoffstetter (fl. 19th century)
Holbrook – John Edwards Holbrook (1794–1871)
Holland – William Jacob Holland (1848–1932)
Holmberg – Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937)
Holmgren – August Emil Holmgren (1829–1888)
Holthuis – Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (1921–2008)
Hombron – Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852)
Honrath – Eduard Honrath (1837–1893)
Hope – Frederick William Hope (1797–1862)
Horn – George Henry Horn (1840–1897)
W. Horn – Walther Hermann Richard Horn (1871–1939)
Horner – Jack Horner (born 1946)
Horsfield – Thomas Horsfield (1773–1859)
Horváth – Géza Horváth (1847–1937)
Hose – Charles Hose (1863–1929)
Hottinger - Lukas Hottinger (1933-2011)
Houttuyn – Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
Howard – Hildegarde Howard (1901–1998)
Howell, A.H. Howell – Arthur H. Howell (1872–1940)
Howes – William George Howes (1879–1946)
Hoyle – William Evans Hoyle (1855–1926)
Hu –
Hübner – Jacob Hübner (1761–1826)
Hubbs – Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894–1979)
Huene, von Huene – Friedrich von Huene (1875–1969)
Huey – Laurence Markham Huey (1892–1963)
Hulke – John Whitaker Hulke (1830–1895)
Hume – Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912)
Humphrey – Philip Strong Humphrey (1926–2009)
Hunt –
Hutt –
J.S. Huxley – Julian Sorell Huxley (1887–1975) general zoology
T.H. Huxley – Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) general zoology
Hwang –

I[]

Ida – (born 1940)
Iredale – Tom Iredale (1880–1972)
Illiger – Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813)
Ivantsoff –
Ivie –
Ivie – Wilton Ivie
Iwai –

J[]

Jacobs – Jean-Charles Jacobs (1821–1907) entomology (Diptera, Hymenoptera)
Jacquin – Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817) mainly tropical American taxa
Jacquinot – Honoré Jacquinot (1815–1887) mainly marine biology
Jain – Sohan Lal Jain vertebrate paleontology
Jakowlew – Alexander Ivanovich Yakovlev (1863–1909)
James – Helen F. James (paleo)ornithology
Jameson – Robert Jameson (1774–1854) general zoology
Janensch – Werner Janensch (1878–1969) vertebrate paleontology (East African sauropods)
Janson – Oliver Erichson Janson (1850–1926) entomology (Coleoptera)
Jardine – William Jardine (1800–1874) general zoology
Jebb – Matthew H. P. Jebb
Jeffreys – John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885)
Jekel – Henri Jekel (1816–1891)
Jenkins – (1876–1959)
A. P. Jenkins –
Jensen – James A. Jensen (1918–1998) vertebrate paleontology
Jerdon – Thomas C. Jerdon (1811–1872) general zoology (South Asia)
Q. Ji – Qiang Ji
S. Ji –
Jiménez de la Espada – Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (1831–1898) vertebrate zoology
Jocqué –
G. D. Johnson –
Johnston – George Johnston
Jordan – David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) ichthyology
K. Jordan – Karl Jordan (1861–1959) entomology (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera)
Jouanin – Christian Jouanin

K[]

Kaila – Lauri Kaila
Karsch – Ferdinand Karsch
Katayama – (born 1912)
Kaup – Johann Jakob Kaup (1803–1873)
Kay – E. Alison Kay (1928–2008)
Keferstein – Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833–1870)
Kelaart – Edward Frederick Kelaart (1819–1860)
Kellner – Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
Kellogg – Remington Kellogg (1892–1969)
L. Kellogg – Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867–1937)
Kennard – (1865–1937)
Kennedy – (1879–1952)
Kennicott – Robert Kennicott (1835–1866)
Kerr – Robert Kerr (1755–1813)
Kessler – Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815–1881)
Keulemans – John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Keyserling – Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889)
Kieffer – Jean-Jacques Kieffer (1857–1925)
Kielan-Jaworowska – Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925–2015)
King – Phillip Parker King (1793–1856)
Kinnear – Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882–1957)
Kirby – William Kirby (1759–1850)
W. F. Kirby – William Forsell Kirby (1844–1912)
Kirkaldy – George Willis Kirkaldy
Kirkland – James Ian Kirkland (born 1954)
Kishida – Kyukichi Kishida (1888–1968)
Kittlitz – Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799–1874)
O. Kleinschmidt – Otto Kleinschmidt (1870–1954)
Kloss – Cecil Boden Kloss (1877–1949)
Klotzsch – Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805–1860)
Klug – Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug (1775–1856)
Kner – Rudolf Kner (1810–1868)
Knoch – August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818)
Kobayashi –
C. L. Koch – Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857)
L. Koch – Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908)
Koelz – Walter Norman Koelz (1895–1989)
Kolbe – Hermann Julius Kolbe (1855–1939)
Kollar – Vincenz Kollar (1797–1860)
Konings – Ad Konings
Kono – Hiromichi Kono (1905–1963)
Konow – Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (1842–1908)
Korshunov – Yuri Korshunov (1933–2002)
Kotlyar –
Kotthaus –
Kraglievich –
Kraatz – Ernst Gustav Kraatz (1831–1909)
Krauss – Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890)
Krauss – Hermann August Krauss (1848–1939)
Krabbe – Niels Krabbe (born 1951)
Krefft – Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft (1830–1881)
Krefft – fl. 1976
Kriechbaumer – Joseph Kriechbaumer (1819–1902)
Krohn – August David Krohn (1803–1891)
Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921)
Ksepka –
Kuhl – Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821)
Kuiter – (born 1943)
Kulczynski – Władysław Kulczyński (1854−1919)
Kuroda – Nagamichi Kuroda (1889–1978)
Kurzanov –

L[]

Labillardière – Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834)
Lacépède – Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825)
Lacordaire – Jean Théodore Lacordaire (1801–1870)
Lafresnaye – Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783–1861)
Laicharting – Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting (1754–1797)
Lamarck – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829)
Lamanna – Matthew Carl Lamanna
Lambe – Lawrence Morris Lambe (1863–1919)
Lambrecht – Kálmán Lambrecht
Lameere – Auguste Lameere (1864–1942)
Landbeck – Christian Ludwig Landbeck (1807–1890)
Langer –
Langston – Wann Langston, Jr. (1921–2013)
Laporte – François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802–1880)
Lapparent, de Lapparent – Albert-Félix de Lapparent (1905–1975)
Larson – Helen K. Larson
Latham – John Latham (1740–1837)
Latreille – Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833)
Laurent – Michèle de Saint Laurent (1926–2003) French carcinologist
Laurenti – Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735–1805)
Laurillard – Charles Léopold Laurillard (1783–1853)
Lavocat – René Lavocat
Lawrence – George Newbold Lawrence (1806–1895)
R.F. Lawrence – Reginald Frederick Lawrence (1897–1987)
Laxmann – Erik Laxmann (1737–1796)
Layard – Edgar Leopold Layard (1824–1900)
Lea – Arthur Mills Lea (1868–1932)
LeConte – John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883)
Leach – William Elford Leach (1791–1836)
Leach – (1878–1971)
Lee –
Leech – John Henry Leech (1862–1900)
Lehtinen – Pekka T. Lehtinen
Leidy – Joseph Leidy (1823–1891)
Leisler – Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (1771–1813)
Le Leouff –
Lembeye – Juan Lembeye (1816–1889)
Lendzion –
Lepeletier – Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier (1770–1845)
Lesson – René-Primevère Lesson (1794–1849)
Le Souef – Dudley Le Souef (1856–1923)
Lesueur – Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846)
Leuckart – Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898)
Leussler –
Li – Li Sizhong (1921–2009)
C.K. Li (also C.-K. Li or C. Li) –
D.Q. Li (also D.-Q. Li or D. Li) –
P.P. Li (also P.-P. Li or P. Li) –
Lichtenstein – Martin Lichtenstein (1780–1867)
Lilljeborg – Wilhelm Lilljeborg (1816–1908)
Link – Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1850)
Linnaeus – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
Lindl. – John Lindley (1799–1865)
Linsley – Earle Gorton Linsley (1910–2000)
Lintner – Joseph Albert Lintner (1822–1898)
Ljungh – Sven Ingemar Ljungh (1757–1828)
Loche – Victor Loche (1806–1863)
Lönnberg – Einar Lönnberg (1864–1942)
Lowe – Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874)
Lowe – Percy Lowe (1870–1948)
Y.Y. Lu (also Y.-Y. Lu or Y. Lu) –
Lü (also J.C. Lü, J.-C. Lü or J. Lü) – Junchang Lü
S.Q. Lü (also S.-Q. Lü or S. Lü) –
Lubbock – John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913)
Luc – Michel Luc (1927–2010) nematology
Lucas – Hippolyte Lucas (1814–1899)
F.A. Lucas – Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852–1929)
S.G. Lucas – Spencer G. Lucas
Lull – Richard Swann Lull (1867–1957)
Lund – Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880)
Lütken – Christian Frederik Lütken (1827–1901)
Lydekker – Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
Lyon – Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. (1875–1942)

M[]

Mabile – Jules François Mabille (1831–1904)
Macleay – William John Macleay (1820–1891)
Mackovicky –
Makela – (1940–1987)
Malaise – René Malaise (1892–1978)
Maleev – Evgenii Aleksandrovich Maleev (1915–1966)
Mannerheim – Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797–1854)
Mantell – Gideon Mantell (1790–1852)
Marcus – Ernst Marcus (1893–1968)
Marinescu –
Markevich – Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich (1905–1999)
Marples – Brian J. Marples
Marsh – Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899)
Marshall – Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall (1871–1959)
Marhsall – Thomas Ansell Marshall (1827–1903)
Martill –
Martin – William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) mainly mammals
C. Martin –
L. Martin – Larry Martin (born 1943) paleontology
Martinez –
R. Martínez Escarbassiere – Rafael Martínez Escarbassiere (born 1929)
Marvin – Nigel Marven (born 1960)
Maryanska – Teresa Maryańska
Mason – Francis Mason (1799–1874)
Massy – Anne Letitia Massy (1867–1931)
Mateus – Octávio Mateus (born 1975)
Mathews – Gregory Mathews (1876–1949)
Matley – Charles Alfred Matley (born 1866)
Matschie – Paul Matschie (1861–1926)
Matsubara – Kiyomatsu Matsubara (1907–1968)
Matsumura – Shōnen Matsumura (1872–1960)
Matsuura –
Mayr – Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) vertebrates, mainly birds
G. Mayr – Gerald Mayr prehistoric vertebrates, mainly birds
McCulloch – Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925)
McLachlan – Robert McLachlan (1837–1904)
Meade-Waldo – Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934)
Mearns – Edgar Alexander Mearns (1856–1916)
Meek – Seth Eugene Meek (1859–1914)
Meguro –
Méhely – Lajos Méhelÿ (1862–1953)
Meigen – Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845)
Mello-Leitão – Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (1886–1948)
Melsheimer – Frederick Ernst Melsheimer (1782–1873)
Menezes – (born 1937)
Ménétries – Édouard Ménétries (1802–1861)
Merrem – Blasius Merrem (1761–1824)
Merrett – Nigel Merrett
Merriam – Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942)
Mertens – Robert Mertens (1894–1975)
Metcalfe – (1872–1952)
Metschnikoff, Mechnikov – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845–1916)
Meyen – Franz Meyen (1804–1840)
Meyer, von Meyer – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869) paleontology
A.B. Meyer – Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911) birds, primates, entomology (mainly Wallacea)
F.A. Meyer, F.A.A. Meyer, Meyer – Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer (1768–1795) birds, primates
Meyer de Schauensee – Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (1901–1984) birds
Meyrick – Edward Meyrick (1854–1938)
Michener – Charles Duncan Michener (1918–2015)
Middendorf, Midd. – Alexander von Middendorff (1815–1894)
Midgley –
Miles –
Millard – Naomi A. H. Millard (1914–1997) Hydroida
Miller – Gerrit Smith Miller (1869–1956) mammals
A.H. Miller – Alden H. Miller
J.F. Miller – John Frederick Miller (1759–1796) mainly vertebrates
L.H. Miller – Loye H. Miller paleontology, mainly birds
R.R. Miller – Robert Rush Miller (1916–2003) fish
Millet – Pierre-Aimé Millet (1783–1873)
Milne-Edwards – Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885) mammals and crustaceans
A. Milne-Edwards – Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) birds
Milner – Angela C. Milner
Miranda-Ribeiro – Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874–1939)
P. Miranda-Ribeiro – (1901–1965)
Mitchell – Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855)
Mitchill – Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831)
Mitra –
Mizuno –
Mochizuki –
Mocsáry – Alexander Mocsáry (1841–1915)
Mohr – Erna Mohr (1894–1968)
Molina – Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829)
Molnar – Ralph E. Molnar
Mondolfi – (1918–1999)
Mones – Álvaro Mones (born 1942)
Montagu – George Montagu (1753–1815)
Moore – Frederic Moore (1830–1907) butterflies and moths
J.C. Moore – (1914–1995) rodents
Mori – Tamezo Mori (1884–1962)
Moreno – (1852–1919)
Morley – Claude Morley (1874–1951)
Morrow – (born 1918)
Mortensen – Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952)
Möschler – Heinrich Benno Möschler (1831–1888)
Motomura – fish, scorpionfish
Motschulsky – Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810–1871)
Moure – Jesus Santiago Moure (1912–2010)
Mourer-Chauviré – Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
Moyer – Jack T. Moyer (1929–2004)
Muche – (1911–1987)
J.P. Müller, Müller – Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) mainly fish
O.F. Müller – Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) insects, fauna of Scandinavia
Statius Müller, or P.L.S. Müller according to the IUCN [2] – Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725–1776) birds, insects, some mammals and others
Müller – Salomon Müller (1804–1864) mainly fauna of Indonesia
Mulsant – Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880)
Munday –
Murphy – Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973)
Murray – J. A. Murray
Muttkowski – (1887–1943)

N[]

Nabokov – Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
Naef – Adolf Naef (1883–1949)
Nagao –
Naish – Darren Naish
J. F. Naumann – Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780–1857)
Natterer – Johann Natterer (1787–1843)
Navás – (1858–1938)
Nehring – Alfred Nehring (1845–1904)
Nelson – Edward William Nelson (1855–1934)
Nelson – Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011)
Nesov, Nessov – (1947–1995)
Netting – M. Graham Netting (1904–1996) herpetology
Neumoegen – Berthold Neumoegen (1845–1895)
Newman – Edward Newman (1801–1876)
A. Newton – Alfred Newton (1829–1907)
E. Newton – Edward Newton (1832–1897)
Nichols – Albert Russell Nichols (1859–1933)
Nichols – John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958)
Nielsen – (1898–1984)
Nikolskii – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nikolskii (1858–1942)
Nilsson – Sven Nilsson (1787–1883)
Nitsche – Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902)
Noble – Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894–1940)
Nopcsa – Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877–1933)
Norell – Mark A. Norell (born 1957)
Norman – (1899–1944)
D. Norman – David B. Norman (born 1952)
North – Alfred John North (1855–1917)
Novas – Fernando Emilio Novas
Nowinski –
Nuttall – Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859)
Nylander – William Nylander (1822–1899)

O[]

Oberholser – Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963)
Oberthür – Charles Oberthür (1845–1924)
Obraztsov – (born 1906)^{[verification needed]}
Ochiai – (born 1923)
Ogilby – William Ogilby (1808–1873) general zoology
J.D. Ogilby – James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925) ichthyology
Ogilvie-Grant – William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863–1924)
Ognev – Sergej Ognew (1886–1951)
Oguma – (1885–1971)
Okamoto –
Oken – Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
Okumura –
Olfers – Ignaz von Olfers (1793–1872)
Oliver – Walter Oliver (1883–1957)
Olivi – Giuseppe Olivi (1769–1795)
Olivier – Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756–1814)
Olson – Storrs Olson (born 1944)
Oppel – Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782–1820)
Ord – George Ord (1781–1866)
Osbeck – Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805)
Osborn – Herbert Osborn (1856–1954) entomology
Osborn – Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935) paleontology
Osgood – Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875–1947)
Osi –
Osmólska – Halszka Osmólska (1930–2008)
Osthelder – (1877–1954)
Ostrom – John Ostrom (1928–2005)
Oudemans – Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858–1943)
Oustalet – Emile Oustalet (1844–1905)
Owen – Richard Owen (1804–1892)

P[]

Packard – Alpheus Spring Packard (1839–1905) entomology, paleontology
Palisot de Beauvois – Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (1752–1820) botany, entomology
Pallas – Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) botany, zoology
Palmer – Theodore Sherman Palmer (1868–1955)
Panzer – Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829) entomology
Parenti – Lynne R. Parenti
Parks – William Arthur Parks (1868–1939)
Pascoe – Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1813–1893) entomology
Patzner –
Paul – Gregory S. Paul (born 1954)
Pax – Ferdinand Albert Pax (1884–1964)
Peale – Titian Peale (1799–1885)
Pease – William Harper Pease (1824–1871)
Pearson – Oliver Paynie Pearson (1915–2003)
Pelzeln – August von Pelzeln (1825–1891)
Pennant – Thomas Pennant (1726–1798)
M. L. Penrith – (born 1942)
Perez-Moreno –
Perle – Altangerel Perle (born 1945)
Péron – François Péron (1775–1810)
Perrier – Edmond Perrier (1844–1921)
Perty – Joseph Anton Maximillian Perty (1804–1884) entomology
Peters – Wilhelm Peters (1815–1883)
D.S. Peters – paleontology, including birds
J.L. Peters – James Lee Peters (1889–1952) ornithology
Petrunkevitch – Alexander Petrunkevitch (1875–1964)
Pfeffer – Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854–1931)
Philippi – Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808–1904) paleontology, zoology
Pic – Maurice Pic (1866–1957) entomology
Pickard-Cambridge – Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917)
Pierce – (1861–1943)
Pilsbry – Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862–1957)
Platnick – Norman I. Platnick arachnology
Pocock – Reginald Innes Pocock (1863–1947)
Poda – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723–1798) entomology
Poey – Felipe Poey (1799–1891) entomology, ichthyology
Poeppig – Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868)
Pol –
Poli – Giuseppe Saverio Poli (1746–1825)
Pomel – Auguste Pomel (1821–1898)
Pompeckj – Josef Felix Pompeckj (1867–1930)
Pontoppidan – Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764)
Pope – Clifford Hillhouse Pope (1899–1974) herpetology
Potts – Thomas Potts (1824–1888)
Pouyaud –
Powell –
Pruvot-Fol – Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873–1972)
Przewalski – Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888)
Pucheran – Jacques Pucheran (1817–1894)
Püngeler – Rudolf Püngeler (1857–1927)
Purcell – William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919)

Q[]

Quatrefages – Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810–1892)
Quoy – Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869)

R[]

Raath –
Rachmatika –
Rackett – Thomas Rackett (1757–1841)
Radcliffe – Lewis Radcliffe (1880–1950)
Radde – Gustav Radde (1831–1903)
Rafinesque – Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783–1840)
Raffles – Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826)
Rainbow – William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919)
Rajasuriya –
Rambur – Jules Pièrre Rambur (1801–1870)
Ramos –
Ramsay, E.P. Ramsay – Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916)
Rand – Austin L. Rand (1905–1982)
Randall – John E. Randall (born 1924)
Rathbun – Mary J. Rathbun (1860–1943)
Rathke – Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860)
Ratzeburg – Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801–1871)
Rauhut –
Razoumowsky – Grigory Razumovsky (1759–1837)
Reakirt – Tryon Reakirt (1844–after 1871)
Reboleira – (born 1980)
Rebel – Hans Rebel (1861–1940)
Regan – C. Tate Regan (1878–1943)
Regel – Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892)
Régimbart –
Reichenbach – Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
Reichenow – Anton Reichenow (1847–1941)
Reid – Amanda Reid malacology
Reig – (1929–1992)
Reinhardt – Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882)
Reinhart – Roy Herbert Reinhart (1919–2005)
Renyaan –
Retzius – Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821)
Riabinin –
Rich –
P. Rich – see Vickers-Rich
Richardson – John Richardson (1787–1865)
Richmond – Charles Wallace Richmond (1868–1932)
Richmond – (1912–1992) mammalogy, herpetology
Ridgway – Robert Ridgway (1850–1929)
Riggs – Elmer Samuel Riggs (1869–1963)
Riley – Joseph Harvey Riley (1873–1941)
Ripley – Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913–2001)
Ris – Friedrich Ris (1867–1931)
Risso – Antoine Risso (1777–1845)
Rivero – Juan A. Rivero (fl. mid-late 20th century)
Roberts – Austin Roberts (1883–1948)
Robertson – (born 1946)
Robinson – Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874–1929)
Robison –
Robson – Guy Coburn Robson (1888–1945)
Rodriguez – (1929–2004)
Röding – Peter Friedrich Röding (1767–1846)
Roewer – Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881–1963)
Rogenhofer – Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (1831–1897)
Roger – Julius Roger (1819–1865)
Rogick – Mary Dora Rogick (1906–1964)
Rohde – Klaus Rohde (born 1932)
Rohwer – Sievert Allen Rohwer (1887–1951)
Rondelet – Guillaume Rondelet (1507–1566)
Roniewicz –
Rossi – Pietro Rossi (1738–1804)
Rossignol –
Rossman – Douglas Athon Rossman (born 1936)
Rothschild – Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)
Roule – Louis Roule (1861–1942)
Roxas – (1896–1926)
Rozhdestvensky –
Rudolphi – Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832)
Rüppell – Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884)
Russell – Dale Alan Russell (born 1937)
Ryder – John Adam Ryder (1852–1895)

S[]

Sakamoto –
Salgado –
Salmoni – Dave Salmoni
Salter – John William Salter (1820–1869)
Salvadori – Tommaso Salvadori (1835–1923)
Salvin – Osbert Salvin (1835–1898)
Samouelle – George Samouelle (c. 1790–1846)
Sampson – Scott D. Sampson
Sanborn – Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897–1962)
Santschi – Felix Santschi (1872–1940)
Sarato –
G. O. Sars – Georg Ossian Sars (1837–1927)
M. Sars – Michael Sars (1809–1869)
Satunin – Konstantin Alexeevitsch Satunin (1863–1915)
E. Saunders – Edward Saunders (1848–1910) entomology (mainly Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera)
H. Saunders, Saunders – Howard Saunders (1835–1907) ornithology
Saunders, W. Saunders – William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879) entomology (mainly Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
Saussure – Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829–1905)
Savi – Paolo Savi (1798–1871)
Savigny – Marie Jules César Savigny (1777–1851)
Saville-Kent – William Saville-Kent (1845–1908)
Savornin – (1876–1970)
Say – Thomas Say (1787–1843)
Schaum – Hermann Rudolph Schaum (1819–1865)
Schinz – Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1771–1861)
Schiapelli –
Schiffermüller – Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727–1806)
Schiödte – Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte (1815–1884)
Schlaikjer – Erich Maren Schlaikjer (1905–1972)
Schlegel – Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884)
Schmidt – Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957)
Schnabl – Johann Andreas Schnabl (1838–1912)
Schneider – Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750–1822)
Schoepf(f) – Johann David Schoepff (1752–1800)
Schönherr – Carl Johan Schönherr (1772–1848)
Schomburgk – Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865)
Schrank – Franz Paula von Schrank (1747–1835)
Schreber – Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810)
Schren(c)k – Leopold von Schrenck (1824–1896)
Schultz – Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986)
P. L. Sclater – Philip Sclater (1829–1913)
W. L. Sclater – William Lutley Sclater (1863–1944)
Scopoli – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788)
Scott – John Scott (1823–1888)
Scudder – Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1837–1911)
Seebohm – Henry Seebohm (1832–1895)
Seegers – Lothar Seegers
Seeley – Harry Govier Seeley (1839–1909)
Selby – Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867)
Sélys – Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813–1900)
Semenov-Tian-Shanskii – Andrei Semenov-Tian-Shanskii (1866–1942)
Sennett – George B. Sennett (1840–1900)
Sereno – Paul Sereno (born 1957)
Serville – Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (1775–1858)
Sevastianov –
Severtzov – Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827–1885)
Sharpe – Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909)
Shaw – George Shaw (1751–1813)
Shelley – George Ernest Shelley (1840–1910)
Shuckard – William Edward Shuckard (1803–1868)
Sichel – Frédéric Jules Sichel (1802–1868)
Sick – Helmut Sick (1910–1991)
Sideleva –
Siebold – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804–1885)
Silvestri – Filippo Silvestri (1873–1949)
Simon – Eugène Simon (1848–1924)
Simpson – George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984)
Slipinski –
Slosson – Annie Trumbull Slosson (1838–1926) entomology
Smith – Andrew Smith (1797–1872) zoology of southern Africa
Hamilton Smith – Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859)
E. Smith – Edgar Albert Smith (1847–1916) malacology
F. Smith – Frederick Smith (1805–1879) entomology
H.M. Smith – Hobart Muir Smith (1912–2013) herpetology
J.E. Smith – James Edward Smith (1759–1828) Lepidoptera
J.L.B. Smith – James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) ichthyology
M.A. Smith – Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875–1958) herpetology
S.I. Smith – Sidney Irving Smith (1843–1926) Crustacea
W.L. Smith –
Snellen von Vollenhoven – Samuel Constantinus Snellen von Vollenhoven (1816–1880)
Snethlage – Emilia Snethlage (1868–1929)
Snodgrass – Robert Evans Snodgrass (1875–1962)
Soeroto –
Sollas – William Johnson Sollas (1849–1936)
Sowerby, Sby. – George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788–1854)
Spallanzani – Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729–1799)
Sparrman – Anders Sparrman (1781–1826)
Spencer – (born 1993)
Spencer – Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929)
Spinola – Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857)
Spix – Johann Baptist von Spix (1781–1826)
Stahnke – (1902–1990)
Stainton – Henry Tibbats Stainton (1822–1892)
Starks – Edwin Chapin Starks (1867–1932)
Statius Müller/Muller – see P.L.S. Müller
Staudinger – Otto Staudinger (1830–1900)
Stebbing – Thomas Stebbing (1835–1926)
Steenstrup – Japetus Steenstrup (1813–1897)
Steere – Joseph Beal Steere (1842–1940)
Stein – (1816–1882)
Steindachner – Franz Steindachner (1834–1919)
Stejneger – Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943)
Stephens – James Francis Stephens (1792–1852)
Sternberg – Charles Hazelius Sternberg (1850–1943)
Sternberg – Charles Mortram Sternberg (1885–1981)
D. J. Stewart –
Stimpson – William Stimpson (1832–1872) naturalist, American
Stirling – Edward Charles Stirling (1848–1919) anthropologist, Australian
Stolzmann – Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann (1854–1928)
Stoll – Caspar Stoll (died 1791)
Storr – Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (1749–1821)
Stovall – John Willis Stovall (1891–1953)
Strand – Embrik Strand (1876–1953)
Strauch – Alexander Strauch (1832–1893)
Streets – Thomas Hale Streets (1847–1925)
Stresemann – Erwin Stresemann (1889–1972)
Strickland – Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–1853)
Stritt – (1892–1975)
Ström – Hans Ström (1726–1797)
Stromer – Ernst Stromer (1870–1952)
Struhsaker –
Su – Su Song (1020–1101)
Such – (1798–1879)
Suckley – George Suckley (1830–1869)
Sues – Hans-Dieter Sues (born 1956)
Sullivan – Robert M. Sullivan
Sulzer – Johann Heinrich Sulzer (1735–1813)
Sundevall – Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801–1875)
Swainson – William Swainson (1789–1855)
Swann – (1871–1926)
Swinhoe – Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877)
Sykes – William Henry Sykes (1790–1872)

T[]

Taczanowski – Władysław Taczanowski (1819–1890)
Talbot – Mignon Talbot (1869–1950)
Taliev – Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev (1908–1952)
Tang –
Taquet – Philippe Taquet (born 1940)
Taschenberg – Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg (1818–1898)
Tate – George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953)
Tate – Ralph Tate (1840–1901)
Tattersall, W.M. Tattersall – Walter Medley Tattersall (1882–1948)
Taylor – Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978) herpetology, ichthyology
L.R. Taylor –
Temminck – Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858)
Templeton – Robert Templeton (1802–1892)
Thayer – John Eliot Thayer (1862–1933)
Théel – Johan Hjalmar Théel (1848–1937)
Theischinger – (born 1940)
Theobald, W. Theob. – William Theobald (1829–1908)
Thiele – Johannes Thiele (1860–1935)
Thomas – Oldfield Thomas (1858–1929)
Thomson, J. Thomson – James Thomson (1828–1897) entomology, primarily Coleoptera and Hymenoptera
C.G. Thomson, Thomson – Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899) entomology, primarily Swedish insects
Thorell – Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (1830–1901)
Thunberg – Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)
Tillyard – Robert John Tillyard (1881–1937)
Timm - Tarmo Timm (born 1936)
Tinbergen – Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907–1988)
Tjakrawidjaja –
Ticehurst – Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881–1941)
Tidwell –
Tilesius – Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769–1857)
Timberlake – Philip H. Timberlake (1883–1981)
Tischbein – Peter Friedrich Ludwig Tischbein (1813–1883)
Todd – Walter Edmond Clyde Todd (1874–1969)
Tokioka – Takasi Tokioka (1913–2001)
Toledo-Piza –
Tomes – Robert Fisher Tomes (1823–1904)
Townsend – John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851) ornithology, mainly landbirds
C. H. Townsend – Charles Haskins Townsend (1859–1944) marine biology
Toxopeus – Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus (1894–1951) entomology
Traill – Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862)
Traylor – Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. (1915–2008)
Trewavas – Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900–1993)
Tristram – Henry Baker Tristram (1822–1906)
Troschel – Franz Hermann Troschel (1810–1882)
Trouessart – Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842–1927)
True – Frederick W. True (1858–1914)
Trybom – Filip Trybom (1850–1913)
Tryon – George Washington Tryon (1838–1888) malacology
Tschudi – Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818–1889)
Tsogtbaatar –
Tumanova –
Tunstall – Marmaduke Tunstall (1743–1790)
Turner – Alfred Jefferis Turner (1861–1947)
Turton – William Turton (1762–1835)
Tutt – J. W. Tutt (1858–1911)
Tytler – Robert Christopher Tytler (1818–1872)

U[]

Uhler – Philip Reese Uhler (1835–1913)

V[]

Vaillant – Léon Vaillant (1834–1914)
Valenciennes – Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865)
Van Denburgh – John Van Denburgh (1872–1924)
Van Duzee, E.P. Van Duzee – Edward Payson Van Duzee (1861–1940)
Van Duzee, M.C. Van Duzee – (1860–1934)
Vander Linden – Pierre Léonard Vander Linden (1797–1831)
Varricchio –
E. Verreaux – Edouard Verreaux (1810–1868)
J. Verreaux – Jules Verreaux (1807–1873)
Verrill – Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926)
Vickaryous –
Vickers-Rich, P. Rich – Patricia Vickers-Rich (born 1944)
Vieillot – Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748–1831)
Vieweg –
Vigors – Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840)
Villers – Charles Joseph de Villers (1724–1810)
Vladykov – (1898–1986)
von Blomberg – Ernst Freiherr von Blomberg (1821–1903)

W[]

Wagler – Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832)
Wagner – Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861)
Wahlberg – Johan August Wahlberg (1810–1859)
Walbaum – Johann Julius Walbaum (1724–1799)
Walch – Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (1725–1778)
Walckenaer – Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771–1852)
Walker – Edmund Murton Walker (1877–1969) entomology
A. Walker – Alick Donald Walker (1925–1999) paleontology
C.A. Walker – Cyril Alexander Walker paleontology
F. Walker – Francis Walker (1809–1874) entomology
Wall – Frank Wall (1868–1950)
Wallace – Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
Wallengren – Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823–1894)
Walsh – Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808–1869)
Walsingham – Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843–1919)
Waltl – Joseph Waltl (1805–1888)
X.L. Wang, X.-L. Wang, X. Wang –
Y.Q. Wang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang –
R.G. Wardlaw-Ramsay – Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay (1852–1921)
Watabe –
Waterhouse – George Robert Waterhouse (1801–1888)
Watson – James D. Watson^{[verification needed]} (born 1928)
R. Watson^{[verification needed]} –
Weber – Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937) general zoology, mainly vertebrates
H. Weber, Weber – Hermann Weber (1899–1956)
Wegrzynowicz –
Weigold – Hugo Weigold (1886–1973)
Weishampel – David B. Weishampel (born 1952)
Welles – Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997)
West – Rick C. West arachnology
Westwood – John O. Westwood (1805–1893)
Wetmore – Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978)
Weyenbergh – (1842–1885)
Wheeler – William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937)
Whitaker – Joseph Whitaker ornithology
White – Adam White (1817–1878)
Wiedemann – Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840)
Wied-Neuwied – Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
Wiegmann – Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841)
Williams – (born 1941)
Williamson –
Wilsmore – Leonora Jessie Wilsmore (1865–1945)
Wilson – Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) ornithology
E.O. Wilson – Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021)
J.A. Wilson – Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
Wiman – Carl Wiman (1867–1944)
Wingate – David B. Wingate (born 1935)
Winge – Herluf Winge (1857–1923)
Wirjoatmodjo –
Wolfe –
Wood, W. Wood – William Wood (1774–1857) entomology
C.T. Wood, Wood – Charles Thorold Wood (1777–1852) ornithology
Wood-Mason – James Wood-Mason (1846–1893)
Woodhouse – Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904)
Woodward – Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944)
Wroughton – R. C. Wroughton (1849–1921)

X[]

Xantus – John Xantus de Vesey (1825–1894)
Xu – Xing Xu

Y[]

Yamaguchi, Yamaguti – Masao Yamaguchi
Yamaguti Satyu Yamaguti (1894–1976) parasitology
Yamanoue –
Yang, Young – (1897–1979)
Yarrell – William Yarrell (1784–1856)
Yoseda –
You –
Young – David Allan Young (1915–1991) Hemiptera, especially Cicadellidae

Z[]

Zaddach – Ernst Gustav Zaddach (1817–1881)
Zagulajev, Zagulayev – Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev (1924–2007)
Zanno – Lindsay E. Zanno
Zeledon – José Castulo Zeledón (1846–1923)
Zeller – Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808–1883)
Zetterstedt – Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874)
B./B.K./B.-K. Zhang –
F./F.C./F.-C. Zhang –
Zhao –
S. Zhou – (born 1940)
Z./Z.H.Z.-H. Zhou – Zhonghe Zhou
Zimmer – John Todd Zimmer (1889–1957)
Zimmermann – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815)
Zincken – Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856)
Zirngiebl – (1902–1973)
Zittel – Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904)
Zur Strassen – Otto zur Strassen (1869–1961)

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