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 – Kenneth W. 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 – Arturo Acero Pizarro (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 – Daniel 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 – Ramon Agenjo Cecilia (1908–1984)
• Aguilera – Orangel Antonio Aguilera
• D.R. de Aguilera – Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera
• Ahl, E. Ahl – Ernst Ahl (1898–1943) herpetology, ichthyology
• J.N. Ahl, Ahl – Jonas Niclas Ahl
• Ahlquist – Jon Edward Ahlquist (fl. late 20th century)
• Ahlstrom – Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979)
• Ahnelt – Harald Ahnelt
• Aizawa – Masahiro Aizawa
• Akama – Alberto 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 – José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (born 1953)
• Alfaro – Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951)
• Alifanov – Vladimir R. Alifanov
• Allain – Ronan 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 – John A. Allen malacology
• Allioni – Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
• Allman, Allm. – George James Allman (1812–1898)
• Almeida-Toledo – Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo
• Alströmer – Clas Alströmer (1736–1794), a pupil of Linnaeus
• Amadon – Dean Amadon (1912–2003)
• Ambrosio – Alfredo Ambrosio
• Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911)
• Amyot – Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (1799–1866)
• Ancey – César Marie Félix Ancey (1860–1906)
• K. Andersen – Knud Andersen (born 1867, disappeared 1918)
• Anderson, J. Anderson – John Anderson (1833–1900) Asian mammals and reptiles
• R. Anderson – Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876–1961) mammals
• S. Anderson – Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936) herpetology
• W. Anderson – William Anderson (1750–1778) general zoology
• André – Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891)
• Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew – Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev (1910–2009)
• Angas – George French Angas (1822–1886)
• Annandale – Nelson Annandale (1876–1924)
• Anthony – Harold Elmer Anthony (1890–1970)
• Antunes – Miguel Telles Antunes (born 1937)
• Apesteguía – Sebastián 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 – Andrea B. Arcucci
• Arrow – Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948)
• Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. – Peter Artedi (1705–1735)
• Asano – Nagao 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 – Tony 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 – Azmi Ambak ichthyology
• Azuma – Yoichi Azuma

B

• Bachman – John Bachman (1790–1874)
• Bailey – Steven Bailey zoology
• R.G. Bailey – Roland G. Bailey
• R.M. Bailey – Reeve Maclaren Bailey (1911–2011)
• 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 – Andrei A. Balanov
• C.C. Baldwin – Carole C. Baldwin
• W.J. Baldwin – Wayne J. Baldwin
• Z.H. Baldwin – Zachary Hayward Baldwin
• Balinsky – Boris Balinsky (1905–1997) entomology
• Ball – Valentine Ball (1843–1895)
• Balon – Eugene K. Balon (1930–2013)
• Balouet – Jean-Christophe Balouet (1956–2021) ornithology, paleontology
• Balss – Heinrich Balss (1886–1957)
• Balushkin – Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin
• Bandyopadhyay – Saswati Bandyopadhyay
• Bangs – Outram Bangs (1863–1932) vertebrates (mainly birds and mammals)
• Banks – Nathan Banks (1868–1953) entomology
• R. Banks – Richard C. Banks (born 1931)
• Bannerman – David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979) ornithology
• Bannikov – Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov
• Bansok – Ros Bansok
• Barbour – Thomas Barbour (1884–1946)
• F.K. Barker – Frederick Keith Barker ornithology
• M.J. Barker – Michael J. Barker
• Barnard fl. 1923
• Barnes & McDunnough – James Halliday McDunnough (1877–1962)
• Barrett – Paul M. Barrett
• Barrows – Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923)
• Barsbold – Rinchen Barsbold (born 1935) paleontology (mainly theropod dinosaurs)
• Bartenef – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev (1882–1946)
• 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 – Jonathan N. 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– Joseph Beatty
• Beavan – Reginald C. 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 – Hesiquio Benitez-Diaz
• Bennett – Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) general zoology
• F. Bennett – Frederick Debell Bennett (1836–1897)
• Benson – Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982) ornithology
• R. Benson – Robert Bernard Benson (1904–1967)
• Benson – William Henry Benson (1803–1870) malacology
• Bent – Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954)
• Benton – Michael J. Benton (born 1939)
• Beresford – Pamela Beresford
• Berg – Lev Berg (1876–1950)
• Berkenhout – John Berkenhout (1726–1791)
• Berla – Herbert Franzioni 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)
• Bertelsen – Erik Bertelsen
• Berthold – Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803–1861)
• Bertkau – Philipp Bertkau (1849–1894)
• Bezzi – Mario Bezzi (1868–1927) entomology
• Bianco – Pier Giorgio Bianco
• Bibron – Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848)
• Bigot – Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1818–1893)
• Bilek – Alois 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 – Jacques 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 – Yuri L. Bolotsky
• Bolton – Barry Bolton – entomology
• Bonaparte – Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1794–1857) ornithology
• J. Bonaparte – José Bonaparte (1928–2020) 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 – Nikolai Andreyevich 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)
• Bourguignat – Jules René Bourguignat (1829–1892)malacology
• Boursin – Charles Boursin (1901–1971)
• 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 – Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 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 – Michael K. Brett-Surman (born 1950)
• Brevoort – James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887)
• Brewster – William Brewster (1851–1919) ornithology
• Briggs – John Carmon 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 – Winthrop Sprague 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 – Walter E. Bryant (1861–1905)
• Bücherl – Wolfgang 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 – Donald L. Burge
• Burmeister – Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892)
• Burnett – Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835)
• Burton – Frederic Burton
• Burns – John McLauren 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 – David Keller Caldwell (1928–1990)
• Calman – William Thomas Calman (1871–1952)
• Calvert – Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961)
• Calvo – Jorge Calvo (born 1961)
• Cambiaso – Andrea Cambiaso
• Camerano – Lorenzo Camerano (1856–1917)
• Camp – Charles Lewis Camp (1893–1975)
• Campos – Diógenes de Almeida Campos
• Canestrini – Giovanni Canestrini (1835–1900)
• Cantor, Cant. – Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860)
• Caradja – Aristide Caradja (1861–1955)
• Carlson – Bruce A. Carlson
• Carlsson – Albertina Carlsson (1848–1930)
• Carpenter – Kenneth Carpenter (born 1949)
• Carr – Archie Carr (1909–1987)
• Carriker – Melbourne Armstrong Carriker Jr. (1879–1965)
• Carter – Henry John Carter (1813–1895)
• Carvalho – Ismar de Souza Carvalho
• Casey – Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. (1857–1925)
• Cassin – John Cassin (1813–1869)
• Castelnau – see Laporte
• Cervigón – Fernando Cervigón (1930–2017)
• Chabanaud – Paul Chabanaud (1876–1959)
• Chabaud – Alain Chabaud (1923–2013) parasitology
• Chamberlin – Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967)
• J.C.Chamberlin – Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (1898 – 1962)
• 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 1943)
• 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 – Daniel Joseph Chure
• Clapp – Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934)
• E. Clark – Eugenie Clark (1922–2015) ichthyology
• H.L. Clark – Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) echinoderms
• J.M. Clark – James Michael Clark
• Clemens – James Brackenridge Clemens
• Clements – Kendall D. Clements
• Clemmer – Glenn H. Clemmer
• Clench – Harry Kendon Clench (1925–1979) Lepidoptera
• Clench – William J. Clench (1897–1984) malacology
• Clerck – Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765)
• Cloward – Karen C. 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 – Cesare Conci (1920–2011)
• Conde – Otto Conde (1905–1944)
• Conover – Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950)
• Conrad – Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877)
• Coombs – Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
• 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 – Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa
• Coues – Elliott Coues (1842–1899)
• Cramer – Pieter Cramer (1721–c. 1779) entomology
• F. Cramer – Frank Cramer
• Crampton – William G. R. Crampton
• Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson (Senior) (1838–1926) Hymenoptera
• Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson, Jr. (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 – Stephen A. Czerkas

D

• da Costa – Emanuel Mendes 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 – Sérgio Alex Kugland 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 – Silvina 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 – Alfred Delmonte (born 1977)
• Delacour – Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985)
• Delson – Eric Delson
• 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 – Lowell Dingus
• Distant – William Lucas Distant (1845–1922)
• Djakonov – Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov (1886–1956)
• Dobson – George Edward Dobson (1844–1895)
• Döderlein – Petar 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)
• Dugès – Alfredo Dugès (1826–1910)
• A.M.C. Duméril – André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860)
• A.H.A. 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 – Jeffrey Glenn 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 – John Ellerman (1910–1973)
• Elliot – Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915)
• Emery – Carlo Emery (1848–1925)
• A.R. Emery – Alan R. Emery
• Enslin – Eduard Enslin (1879–1970)
• Erdős – József Erdös
• Erichson – Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848)
• Erxleben – Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777)
• Esben-Petersen – Peter Esben-Petersen (1869–1942)
• Eschmeyer – William N. Eschmeyer
• Eschscholtz – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831)
• Erséus – Christer Erséus
• Esper – Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810)
• Evermann – Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932)
• Eversmann – Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794–1860)
• Evseenko – Sergei Afanasievich Evseenko
• Eyton – Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809–1880)

F

• Fabre – Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823–1915)
• Fabricius – Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
• Fage – Louis Fage (1883–1964)
• 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)
• Fauvel – Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel (1840–1921) insects
• Fauvel – Pierre Fauvel (1866–1958) Polychaetes
• Feinberg – Margaret Norma Feinberg
• C. Felder – Baron Cajetan von Felder (1814–1894) Lepidoptera
• R. Felder – Rudolf Felder (1842–1871) Lepidoptera
• Fenwick – Jack Fenwick
• Fernandes-Matioli – Flora Maria de Campos Fernandes-Matioli
• Ferrari-Perez – Fernando Ferrari-Pérez (1857–1933)
• Ferraris – Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.
• Férussac – Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac (1745–1815)
• Filhol – Henri Filhol (1843–1902)
• Finsch – Otto Finsch (1839–1917)
• Fioroni – Pio 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 – Runar 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)
• 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 – Pelegrin Franganillo-Balboa (1873–1955)
• Franklin – James Franklin (c. 1783–1834)
• Fransen – Charles Fransen
• Fraser – Louis Fraser (1810–1866)
• F.C. Fraser – Frederick Charles 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)
• Fromont – Jane Fromont
• 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 – Keqin 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 – Charles Andreas 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 – David D. 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 – Ursula Bettina Göhlich
• Goldfuss – Georg August Goldfuss (1782–1848)
• Goldman – E. A. Goldman
• 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)
• Gray - Michael R. Gray (1941 -2023) arachnology
• G. R. Gray – George Robert Gray (1808–1872) entomology, ornithology
• J. E. Gray – John Edward Gray (1800–1875)
• Gray – Michael R. Gray (–2023)
• 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 – Tadashige Habe (1916–2001)
• Hiren – Hiren B Parmar (born 1985)
• Hablizl – Carl Ludwig Hablitz (1752–1821)
• Hachisuka – Masauji Hachisuka (1903–1953)
• Hadiaty – Renny Kurnia Hadiaty
• Hadie – Wartono 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) herpetology
• 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)
• Haswell – William Aitcheson Haswell (1854–1925)
• Hatcher – John Bell Hatcher (1861–1904)
• Hatschek – Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941)
• Haubold – Hartmut Haubold
• Haworth – Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833)
• Hay – William Perry Hay (1872–1947)
• Hayman – Robert William Hayman
• Head – Jason James Head
• Heads – Sam W. Heads
• Heaney – Lawrence Richard Heaney
• Heckel – Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857)
• Hector – James Hector (1834–1907)
• Heemstra – Phillip C. Heemstra
• Hellén – Wolter Edward 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 – Yoshio Hiyama (1909–1988)
• Hodgson – Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800–1894)
• Hoese – Douglass F. 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)
• Holmgren (N.Holmgren) Nils Holmgren (1877–1954)
• 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 – Yaoming 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 – Adrian P. Hunt
• Hürzeler – Johannes Hürzeler
• Hutt – Steve Hutt
• J.S. Huxley – Julian Sorell Huxley (1887–1975) general zoology
• T.H. Huxley – Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) general zoology
• Hwang – Sunny H. Hwang

I

• Ida – Hitoshi Ida (born 1940)
• Iredale – Tom Iredale (1880–1972)
• Illiger – Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813)
• Ivantsoff – Walter Ivantsoff
• Ivie – Michael Aaron Ivie
• Ivie – Wilton Ivie
• Iwai – Tamotsu 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
• Jamieson – Alan J. Jamieson (marine biologist)
• 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 – James Travis Jenkins (1876–1959)
• A. P. Jenkins – Aaron Peter 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 – Shuan Ji
• Jiménez de la Espada – Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (1831–1898) vertebrate zoology
• Jocqué – Rudy Jocqué
• G. D. Johnson – G. David Johnson
• Johnston – George Johnston
• Jordan – David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) ichthyology
• K. Jordan – Karl Jordan (1861–1959) entomology (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera)
• Jouanin – Christian Jouanin
• Jourdan – Claude Jourdan

K

• Kaila – Lauri Kaila
• Karg – Wolfgang Karg (1927–2016)
• Karsch – Ferdinand Karsch
• Katayama – Masao 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 – Frederic Hedge Kennard (1865–1937)
• Kennedy – Clarence Hamilton 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 – Yoshitsugu 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)
• Kollman – Max Kollmann
• Konings – Ad Konings
• Kono – Hiromichi Kono (1905–1963)
• Konow – Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (1842–1908)
• Korshunov – Yuri Korshunov (1933–2002)
• Kotlyar – Aleksandr N. Kotlyar
• Kotthaus – Adolf Kotthaus
• Kraglievich – Lucas 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 – Gerhard Krefft (1912–1993)
• Kriechbaumer – Joseph Kriechbaumer (1819–1902)
• Krohn – August David Krohn (1803–1891)
• Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921)
• Ksepka – Daniel T. Ksepka
• Kuhl – Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821)
• Kuiter – Rudolf Herman Kuiter (born 1943)
• Kulczynski – Władysław Kulczyński (1854−1919)
• Kuroda – Nagamichi Kuroda (1889–1978)
• Kurzanov – Sergei Mikhailovich 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 – Max Cardoso 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)
• Lawrence – Barbara Lawrence (1909–1997)
• 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 – Edwin S. Leach (1878–1971)
• Lee – Yuong-Nam 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 – Jean Le Leouff
• Lembeye – Juan Lembeye (1816–1889)
• Lendzion – Kazimiera Lendzion
• Lepeletier – Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (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 – R. A. Leussler
• Li – Li Sizhong (1921–2009)
• C.K. Li (also C.-K. Li or C. Li) – Chuankui Li
• D.Q. Li (also D.-Q. Li or D. Li) – Daqing Li
• P.P. Li (also P.-P. Li or P. Li) – Pipeng 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)
• Lowry – James K. Lowry (1942 -
• Y.Y. Lu (also Y.-Y. Lu or Y. Lu) – Yuyan Lu
• Lü (also J.C. Lü, J.-C. Lü or J. Lü) – Junchang Lü
• S.Q. Lü (also S.-Q. Lü or S. Lü) – Shunqin 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 – Peter J. Mackovicky
• Makela – Robert R. 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 – Florian 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 – David Martill
• Martin – William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) mainly mammals
• C. Martin – Claro Martin
• L. Martin – Larry Martin (1943–2013) paleontology
• Martinez – Ruben D. Martinez
• R. Martínez Escarbassiere – Rafael Martínez Escarbassiere (1929–2022)
• 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 (1866–1947)
• Matschie – Paul Matschie (1861–1926)
• Matsubara – Kiyomatsu Matsubara (1907–1968)
• Matsumura – Shōnen Matsumura (1872–1960)
• Matsuura – Keiichi 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 – Katsusuke 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 – Naercio Aquino de 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 – John William 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 – Steven Hamar Midgley
• Miles – Clifford Miles
• Millard – Naomi A. H. Millard (1914–1997) Hydroida
• Miller – Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (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 – Paulo de Miranda Ribeiro (1901–1965)
• Mitchell – Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855)
• Mitchill – Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831)
• Mitra – Tridib Ranjan Mitra
• Mizuno – Nobuhiko Mizuno
• Mochizuki – Kenji Mochizuki
• Mocsáry – Alexander Mocsáry (1841–1915)
• Mohr – Erna Mohr (1894–1968)
• Molina – Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829)
• Molnar – Ralph E. Molnar
• Mondolfi – Edgardo Mondolfi (1918–1999)
• Mones – Álvaro Mones (born 1942)
• Montagu – George Montagu (1753–1815)
• Moore – Frederic Moore (1830–1907) butterflies and moths
• J.C. Moore – Joseph Curtis Moore (1914–1995) rodents
• Mori – Tamezo Mori (1884–1962)
• Moreno – Francisco Moreno (1852–1919)
• Morley – Claude Morley (1874–1951)
• Morrow – James Edwin Morrow, Jr. (born 1918)
• Mortensen – Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952)
• Möschler – Heinrich Benno Möschler (1831–1888)
• Motomura – Hiroyuki Motomura fish, scorpionfish
• Motschulsky – Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810–1871)
• Mound – Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934)
• Moure – Jesus Santiago Moure (1912–2010)
• Mourer-Chauviré – Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
• Moyer – Jack T. Moyer (1929–2004)
• Muche – Werner Heinz 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 – 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 – Philip L. Munday
• Muricy – Guilherme Muricy (1964 -) sponges, their chemistry & taxonomy
• Murphy – Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973)
• Murray – J. A. Murray
• Muttkowski – Richard Anthony Muttkowski (1887–1943)

N

• Nabokov – Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
• Nadler – Tilo Nadler (born 1941)
• Naef – Adolf Naef (1883–1949)
• Nagao – Takumi Nagao
• Naish – Darren Naish
• J. F. Naumann – Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780–1857)
• Natterer – Johann Natterer (1787–1843)
• Navás – Longinos Navás (1858–1938)
• Nehring – Alfred Nehring (1845–1904)
• Nelson – Edward William Nelson (1855–1934)
• Nelson – Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011)
• Nesov, Nessov – Lev Alexandrovich Nesov (1947–1995)
• Netting – M. Graham Netting (1904–1996) herpetology
• Neumoegen – Berthold Neumoegen (1845–1895)
• New – Tim R. New
• 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 – Cesare 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 – John Richardson Norman (1899–1944)
• D. Norman – David B. Norman (born 1952)
• North – Alfred John North (1855–1917)
• Novas – Fernando Emilio Novas
• Nowinski – Aleksander Nowiński
• Nuttall – Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859)
• Nylander – William Nylander (1822–1899)

O

• Oberholser – Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963)
• Oberthür – Charles Oberthür (1845–1924)
• Obraztsov – Nicholas Sergeyevitch Obraztsov (1906–1966)
• Ochiai – Akira Ochiai (1923–2017)
• 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 – Mamoru Oguma (1885–1971)
• Okamoto – Makoto Okamoto
• Oken – Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
• Okumura – Teiichi 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 (1944–2021)
• 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 – Attila Ősi
• Osmólska – Halszka Osmólska (1930–2008)
• Osthelder – Ludwig 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 – ≠Robert A. 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 – Mary-Louise Penrith (born 1942)
• Perez-Moreno – Bernardino P. Pérez-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 – Dieter Stefan 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 – Frank Nelson Pierce (1861–1943)
• Pietsch – Theodore Wells Pietsch III
• Pietschmann – Victor Pietschmann (1881–1956)
• Pilsbry – Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862–1957)
• Pisera – Andrzej Pisera
• 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 – Diego Pol
• Poli – Giuseppe Saverio Poli (1746–1825)
• Pollini – Ciro Pollini (ru) (1782—1833)
• 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 – Laurent Pouyaud
• Powell – Jaime Eduardo Powell
• Pruvot-Fol – Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873–1972)
• Przewalski – Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888)
• Pucheran – Jacques Pucheran (1817–1894)
• Pulitzer-Finali – Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali
• Püngeler – Rudolf Püngeler (1857–1927)
• Purcell – William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919)
• Pusch, von Pusch – Botho von Pusch

Q

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

R

• Raath – Michael Andrew Raath
• Rachmatika – Ike 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 – Arjan Rajasuriya
• Rambur – Jules Pièrre Rambur (1801–1870)
• Ramos – Robson Tamar da Costa 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 – Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut
• Razoumowsky – Grigory Razumovsky (1759–1837)
• Reakirt – Tryon Reakirt (1844–after 1871)
• Reboleira – Ana Sofia Reboleira (born 1980)
• Rebel – Hans Rebel (1861–1940)
• Regan – C. Tate Regan (1878–1943)
• Regel – Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892)
• Régimbart – Maurice Auguste Régimbart (1852–1907)
• Reichenbach – Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
• Reichenow – Anton Reichenow (1847–1941)
• Reid – Amanda Reid malacology
• Reig – Osvaldo Alfredo Reig (1929–1992)
• Reinhardt – Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882)
• Reinhart – Roy Herbert Reinhart (1919–2005)
• Renyaan – Samuel J. Renyaan
• Retzius – Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821)
• Riabinin – Anatoly Nikolaevich Riabinin
• Rich – Thomas Hewitt Rich
• P. Rich – see Vickers-Rich
• Richardson – John Richardson (1787–1865)
• Richmond – Charles Wallace Richmond (1868–1932)
• Richmond – Neil D. 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 – David Ross Robertson (born 1946)
• Robinson – Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874–1929)
• Robison – Henry W. Robison
• Robson – Guy Coburn Robson (1888–1945)
• Rodriguez – Gilberto Rodríguez (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 – Ewa Roniewicz
• Rossi – Pietro Rossi (1738–1804)
• Rossignol – Martial Rossignol
• Rossman – Douglas Athon Rossman (1936–2015)
• Rothschild – Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)
• Roule – Louis Roule (1861–1942)
• Roxas – Hilario Atanacio Roxas (1896–1926)
• Rozhdestvensky – Anatole Rozhdestvensky
• Rudolphi – Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832)
• Rüppell – Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884)
• Russell – Dale Alan Russell (1937–2019)
• Ryder – John Adam Ryder (1852–1895)

S

• Sakamoto – Katsuichi Sakamoto
• Salgado – Leonardo 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 – Ligur 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 – Justin Savornin (1876–1970)
• Say – Thomas Say (1787–1843)
• Schaum – Hermann Rudolph Schaum (1819–1865)
• Schinz – Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1771–1861)
• Schiapelli – Rita Delia 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 von Paula 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)
• Schwartz – Ernst Schwartz
• 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 – Aleksandr Fiodorovich 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 – Valentina Grigorievna 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 – Stanisław Adam Ślipiński
• 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 – William Leo Smith
• Snellen von Vollenhoven – Samuel Constantinus Snellen von Vollenhoven (1816–1880)
• Snethlage – Emilia Snethlage (1868–1929)
• Snodgrass – Robert Evans Snodgrass (1875–1962)
• Soeroto – Bambang 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 – Alison Louise (born 1993)
• Spencer – Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929)
• Spinola – Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857)
• Spix – Johann Baptist von Spix (1781–1826)
• Stahnke – Herbert Ludwig 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 – Johann Philip Emil Friedrich 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 – Donald 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 – Walter Stritt (1892–1975)
• Ström – Hans Ström (1726–1797)
• Stromer – Ernst Stromer (1870–1952)
• Struhsaker – Paul J. Struhsaker
• Su – Su Song (1020–1101)
• Such – George 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 – Henry Kirke Swann (1871–1926)
• Swinhoe – Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877)
• Sykes – William Henry Sykes (1790–1872)

T

• Tabachnick – Konstantin R. Tabachnick
• Taczanowski – Władysław Taczanowski (1819–1890)
• Talbot – Mignon Talbot (1869–1950)
• Taliev – Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev (1908–1952)
• Tang – Zhilu 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 – Leighton 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 – Günther 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 – Agus Tjakrawidjaja
• Ticehurst – Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881–1941)
• Tidwell – Virginia 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 – Mônica de Toledo-Piza Ragazzo
• 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 – Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar
• Tumanova – Tat'yana Alekseyevna 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 – Millard Carr Van Duzee (1860–1934)
• Vander Linden – Pierre Léonard Vander Linden (1797–1831)
• Varricchio – David J. Varricchio
• E. Verreaux – Edouard Verreaux (1810–1868)
• J. Verreaux – Jules Verreaux (1807–1873)
• Verrill – Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926)
• Vickaryous – Matthew P. Vickaryous
• Vickers-Rich, P. Rich – Patricia Vickers-Rich (born 1944)
• Vieillot – Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748–1830)
• Vieweg – C. F. Vieweg
• Vigors – Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840)
• Villers – Charles Joseph de Villers (1724–1810)
• Vladykov – Vadim Dmitrij 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 – Xiaolin Wang (zoologist)
• Y.Q. Wang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang – Yuanqing Wang
• R.G. Wardlaw-Ramsay – Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay (1852–1921)
• Watabe – Mahito Watabe
• Waterhouse – George Robert Waterhouse (1801–1888)
• Watson – James D. Watson (born 1928)
• R. Watson – Ronald E. Watson
• Weber – Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937) general zoology, mainly vertebrates
• H. Weber, Weber – Hermann Weber (1899–1956)
• Wegrzynowicz – Piotr Węgrzynowicz
• 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 – Hendrik Weyenbergh, Jr. (1842–1885)
• Wheeler – William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937)
• Whitaker – Joseph Whitaker ornithology
• White – Adam White (1817–1878)
• Whitley – Gilbert Percy Whitley (1903–1975)
• Wiedemann – Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840)
• Wied-Neuwied – Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
• Wiegmann – Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841)
• Williams – James David Williams (1941–2021)
• Williamson – Thomas Edward 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 – Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo
• Wolfe – Douglas Gerald 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 – Yusuke Yamanoue
• Yang, Young – Zhongjian Yang (1897–1979)
• Yarrell – William Yarrell (1784–1856)
• Yoseda – Kenzo Yoseda
• You – Heilu Go Pak 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 – Bao-kun Zhang
• F./F.C./F.-C. Zhang – Fucheng Zhang
• Zhao – Xijin Zhao
• S. Zhou – Shiwu Zhou (born 1940)
• Z./Z.H.Z.-H. Zhou – Zhonghe Zhou (born 1965)
• Zimmer – John Todd Zimmer (1889–1957)
• Zimmermann – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815)
• Zincken – Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856)
• Zirngiebl – Lothar Zirngiebl (1902–1973)
• Zittel – Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904)
• Zur Strassen – Otto zur Strassen (1869–1961)

See also

• List of botanists by author abbreviation
• List of biologists
• List of Russian zoologists

External links

• Scarab Workers World Directory
• World Diptera Systematists Home Page
• Zoonomen (Ornithologie)
• www.natuurcijfers.nl/namen/auteursnamen.htm
• Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names