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 – 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)
  • Banjkovski – V. B. Banjkovski (1889–1912) ornithology
  • 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)
  • Blüthgen – August Victor Paul Blüthgen (1880–1967)
  • 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)
  • Cameron – Peter Cameron (1847–1912) entomology
  • 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)

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