A

• Abe - Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996)
• Able - Kenneth W. Able (b. 1945)
• Abbott - Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919)
• Acerbi - Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846)
• Acero - Arturo Acero Pizarro (b. 1954)
• A. Adams - Arthur Adams (zoologist) (1820-1878)
• Agassiz - Louis Agassiz (1807–1873)
• A. Agassiz - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910)
• Aguilera - Orangel Antonio Aguilera Socorro
• D. R. de Aguilera - Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera
• Ahl, E.Ahl - Ernst Ahl (1898–1943)
• J.N. Ahl, Ahl - Jonas Nicolaus Ahl
• Ahlstrom - Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979)
• Ahnelt - Harald Ahnelt
• Aizawa - Masahiro Aizawa
• Akama - Alberto Akama
• Akihito - Akihito (b. 1933)
• Albert - James S. Albert
• Albertis - Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901)
• Alcock - Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933)
• Alexander - Boyd Alexander (1873–1910) - Ornithologist
• Alexander - Charles Paul Alexander (1889-1981) - Entomologist
• Alencar - José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (b. 1953)
• Alfaro - Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951)
• Alifanov - Vladimir R. Alifanov
• Allain - Ronan Allain (b. 1974)
• Allen - Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921)
• G.M. Allen - Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942)
• G.R. Allen - Gerald R. Allen (b. 1942)
• Allioni - Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
• Almeida-Toledo - Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo
• Amadon - Dean Amadon (1912–2003)
• Ambrosio - Alfredo Ambrosio
• Ameghino - Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911)
• K. Andersen - Knut Andersen
• Anderson - John Anderson (zoologist) (1833–1900) - Asian mammals and reptiles
• André - Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891)
• Andri(y)ashev - Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev (b. 1910)
• Angas - George French Angas (1822–1886)
• Annandale - Nelson Annandale (1876–1924)
• Antunes - Miguel Telles Antunes
• Apesteguía - Sebastián Apesteguía
• Appellöf - Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921)
• Archbold - Richard Archbold (1907–1976)
• Arcucci - Andrea B. Arcucci
• Arrow - Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948)
• Asano - Nagao Asano
• Ashmead - William Harris Ashmead (1855-1908)
• Atkinson - William Stephen Atkinson (1820-1876)
• Aubé - Charles Aubé (1802–1869)
• Audebert - Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800)
• Audubon - John James Audubon (1785–1851)
• Ausserer - Anton Ausserer (1907–1976)
• Ayling - Tony Ayling (b. 1947)
• Ayres - William Orville Ayres (1805–1887)
• Azuma - Yoichi Azuma

B

• Bachman - John Bachman (1790–1874)
• Bailey - Steven Bailey
• R. G. Bailey - Roland G. Bailey
• R. M. Bailey - Reeve Maclaren Bailey
• Baillon - Louis Antoine Francois Baillon (1778–1851)
• Baird - Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887)
• Baker - Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944)
• Bakker - Robert T. Bakker (b. 1945)
• Balanov - Andrei A. Balanov
• C. C. Baldwin - Carole C. Baldwin
• W. J. Baldwin - Wayne J. Baldwin
• Z. H. Baldwin - Zachary Hayward Baldwin
• Ball - Valentine Ball (1843–1895)
• Balon - Eugene K. Balon
• Balouet - Jean Christophe Balouet ornithology, paleontology
• Balss - Heinrich Balss (1886–1957)
• Balushkin - Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin
• Bandyopadhyay - Saswati Bandyopadhyay
• Bangs - Outram Bangs (1863–1932)
• Banks - Nathan Banks (1868–1953)
• Banks - Richard C. Banks (b. 1940)
• 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
• Barrett - Paul M. Barrett
• Barrows - Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923)
• Barsbold - Rinchen Barsbold Theropod and other paleontology
• Bartenef - Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev
• Bartlett - Edward Bartlett (1836–1908)
• A. D. Bartlett - Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812–1897)
• 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)
• 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 (zoologist) (1792–1880)
• Bemmel - Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
• Bendire - Charles Emil Bendire (1863–1940)
• Benitez - Hesquio Benitez
• Bennett - Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836)
• Bennett - Frederick Debell Bennett (1836–1897)
• Benson - Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982)
• Benson - Robert Bernard Benson (1904–1967)
• Bent - Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954)
• Benton - Michael Benton (b. 1939)
• Beresford - Pamela Beresford
• Berg - Leo Semenovich 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)
• Berthold - Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803-1861)
• Bertkau - Philipp Bertkau (b. 1849)
• 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 paleontology
• Bingham - Charles Thomas Bingham (1848-1908)
• Biswas - Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994)
• Blache - Jacques Blache (1922-1994)
• Black - Davidson Black (1884–1934)
• 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)
• W. Blasius - Wilhelm Blasius (1845–1912)
• Bleeker - Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878)
• Bloch - Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799)
• Blumenbach - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840)
• Blyth - Edward Blyth (1810–1873)
• Bocage - Jose Vicente Barboza 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
• Boheman - Karl Henrik Boheman (1796–1868)
• F. Boie - Friedrich Boie (1789-1870)
• H. Boie - Heinrich Boie (1794–1827)
• Boisduval - Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799–1879)
• Bolle - Carl Bolle (1821–1909)
• Bolotsky - Yuri L. Bolotsky
• Bolton - Barry Bolton
• Bonaparte - Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1794–1857) ornithology
• Bonaparte - José Bonaparte (b. 1928) South American dinosaurs
• Bond - James Bond (1900–1989) ornithology
• Bonelli - Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830)
• Bonhote - J. Lewis Bonhote (1875–1922)
• Bonnaterre - Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747–1804)
• Borkhausen - Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806)
• Borodin - Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin (b. 1861)
• Borsuk-Bialynicka - Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka
• Bosc - Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828)
• Boucard - Adolphe Boucard (1839-1905)
• Boulenger - George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937)
• Bourcier - Jules Bourcier (1797–1873)
• Bouvier - Eugène Louis Bouvier (1856–1944)
• Bowdich - Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824)
• Bowerbank - James Scott Bowerbank (1797-1877)
• Brandt - Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879)
• Brauer - Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832–1904)
• A. E. Brehm - Alfred Brehm (1829–1884)
• C. L. Brehm - Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787–1864)
• Bremer - Otto Vasilievich Bremer (d. 1873)
• Bremi-Wolf - Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791–1857)
• Brett-Surman - Michael K. Brett-Surman (b. 1950)
• Brevoort - James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887)
• Brewster - William Brewster (ornithologist) (1851–1919) ornithology
• Briggs - John Carmon Briggs (b. 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
• Brongniart - Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847)
• C. Brongniart - Charles Jules Edmée Brongniart (1859–1899)
• Bronn - Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800–1862)
• Brooke - Victor Brooke (1843–1891)
• Brookes - Joshua Brookes (1761–1833)
• W. S. Brooks - Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887-1965)
• Broom - Robert Broom (1866–1951)
• Brown - Barnum Brown (1873–1963)
• Bruch - Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789–1851)
• Bruguière - Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798)
• Brullé - Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873)
• Brünnich - Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827)
• Brusatte - Stephen L. Brusatte (b. 1984)
• H. Bryant - Henry Bryant (1820-1867)
• W. E. Bryant - Walter E. Bryant
• Bücherl - Wolfgang Bücherl
• Buckland - William Buckland (1784-1856)
• Buffetaut - Eric Buffetaut
• Buller - Walter Buller (1838–1906)
• Bunzel - Emanuel Bunzel (b. 1828)
• 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
• Butler - Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925)
• Buttikofer - Johann Büttikofer (1850–1929)
• Buturlin - Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin (1872–1938)

C

• Cabanis - Jean Cabanis (1816–1906)
• Cabrera - Angel Cabrera (naturalist) (1879–1960)
• Caldwell - David Keller Caldwell (b. 1928)
• Calman - William Thomas Calman (1871–1952)
• Calvert - Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961)
• Calvo - Jorge Calvo
• 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 - Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860)
• Carlson - Bruce A. Carlson
• Carpenter - Kenneth Carpenter (b. 1949)
• Carr - Archie Carr (1909-1987)
• Carriker - Melbourne Armstrong Carriker Jr. (1879-1965)
• Carvalho - Ismar de Souza Carvalho
• Cassin - John Cassin (1813–1869)
• Castelnau - François Louis Nompar de Caumont de Laporte (1810-1880)
• Cervigón - Fernando Cervigón (b. 1930)
• Chabanaud - Paul Chabanaud (1876-1959)
• Chamberlin - Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967)
• Chapin - James Chapin (1889–1964)
• Chapman - Frank Chapman (1864-1945)
• Charig - Alan Jack Charig (1927-1997)
• Charpentier - Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847)
• Chasen - Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896–1942)
• Chatterjee - Sankar Chatterjee (b. 1947)
• Cherrie - George Kruck Cherrie (1865-1946)
• 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
• E. Clark - Eugenie Clark (b. 1922) fishes
• H. L. Clark - Hubert Lyman Clark (1870-1947) echinoderms
• J. M. Clark - James Michael Clark
• Clements - Kendall D. Clements
• Clemmer - Glenn H. Clemmer
• Clerck - Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765)
• Cloward - Karen C. Cloward
• Cochran - Doris M. Cochran
• Cockerell - Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948)
• Colbert - Edwin Harris Colbert (1905-2001)
• Colston - Peter R. Colston (b. 1935)
• Compagno - Leonard J. V. Compagno
• Conci - Cesare Conci (b. 1920)
• Conde - Otto Conde (1905–1944)
• Conover - Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950)
• Conrad - Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877)
• Coombs - Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
• Cooper - James Graham Cooper (1830–1902)
• Cooper - William Cooper (conchologist) (1798–1864)
• Cope - Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897)
• Coquerel - Charles Coquerel (1822–1867)
• Coria - Rodolfo Coria
• Cornalia - Emilio Cornalia (1824-1882)
• Cory - Charles B. Cory (1857–1921)
• Costa - Achille Costa (1823–1898)
• O.G. Costa - Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787-1867) entomology
• 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) Hymenoptera (1838-1926)
• Cresson - Ezra Townsend Cresson, Jr.Diptera (1876-1948)
• Cretzschmar - Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845)
• Crewe - Henry Harpur Crewe (1828–1883)
• Crotch - George Robert Crotch (1842–1874)
• Crowson - Roy Crowson (1914–1999)
• Currie - Philip J. Currie (b. 1949)
• Curry Rogers - Kristina Curry Rogers (b. 1974)
• Curtis - John Curtis (entomologist) (1791–1862)
• Cuvier - Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) vertebrates, paleontology
• F. Cuvier - Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838)
• Czerkas - Stephen A. Czerkas

D

• da Costa - Emanuel Mendez da Costa (1717–1791) - Conchologist
• da Silva - Maria Nazareth F. da Silva
• Dahl - Friedrich Dahl (1856-1929)
• Dahlbom - Anders Gustav Dahlbom (1808–1859)
• Dale - James Charles Dale (1792–1872)
• Dall - W.H. Dall (1845–1927)
• Dalla Torre - Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850–1928)
• Dana - James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
• Daudin - Francois-Marie Daudin (1774–1804)
• David - Armand David (1826–1900)
• Dawkins - Richard Dawkins (b. 1941)
• 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 - François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau (1810–1880)
• de Filippi - Filippo de Filippi (1814–1867)
• de Geer - Charles De Geer (1720–1778)
• de Hann - Wilhem de Haan (1801–1855)
• de Kay - James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851)
• de Man - Johannes Govertus de Man (1850–1930)
• de Naurois - Abbé René de Naurois (b. 1906)
• de Nicéville - Lionel de Nicéville (1852–1901)
• 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
• Delacour - Jean Theodore Delacour (1890–1985)
• Denis - Michael Denis (1729–1800)
• Depéret - Charles Depéret (1854–1929)
• Deppe - Ferdinand Deppe (1794–1861)
• Des Murs - Marc Athanese Parfait Oeillet Des Murs (1804–1878)
• Desfontaines - René Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833)
• Desmarest - Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838)
• 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
• Dollman - Guy Dollman (1886-1942)
• Dollo - Louis Dollo (1857–1931)
• Donis., Donisthorpe - Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951)
• Donovan - Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
• d'Orbigny - Alcide d'Orbigny (1802–1857)
• Dong - Zhiming Dong (b. 1937)
• Doria - Giacomo Doria (1840–1913)
• Doubleday - Henry Doubleday (1808–1875)
• Drury - Dru Drury (1725–1804)
• du Bus de Gisignies - Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (1808–1874)
• du Chaillu - Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1831–1903)
• C. F. Dubois - Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867)
• Dufour - Léon Dufour (1780-1865)
• Duftschmid - Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (1767–1821)
• Duméril - André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860)
• Dumont - Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830)
• Duncker - Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (1870–1953)
• Duponchel - Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846)
• Duvernoy - Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777–1855)
• Dwight - Jonathan Dwight (1858–1929)

E

• Earle - Sylvia A. Earle (b. 1935)
• Eaton - Jeffrey Glenn Eaton (b. 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 - Jozsef Erdős
• Erichson - Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848)
• Erxleben - Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777)
• Eschmeyer - William N. Eschmeyer
• Eschscholtz - Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831)
• Esper - Eugen 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

• Fabricius - Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
• Fahringer - Josef Fahringer (1876-1950)
• Fairmaire - Leon Fairmaire (1820–1906)
• Falla - Robert Alexander Falla (1901–1979)
• Fallén - Carl Frederick Fallén (1764–1830)
• Feinberg - M. Norma Feinberg
• C. Felder - Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (1814–1894) Lepidoptera
• R. Felder - Rudolf Felder (1842–1871) Lepidoptera
• Fernandes-Matioli - Flora Maria de Campos Fernandes-Matioli
• Ferrari-Perez - Fernando Ferrari-Perez (d. 1927)
• Ferraris - Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.
• Férussac - Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audebard 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 - Johann Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853)
• J. Fischer - Johann Baptist Fischer (d.1832)
• J. G. Fischer - Johann Gustav Fischer (1819-1889)
• M. Fischer - Maximilian Fischer (1929-)
• Fitzinger - Leopold Fitzinger (1802–1884)
• J. H. Fleming - James Henry Fleming (1872–1940)
• Fleming - John Fleming (naturalist) (1785–1857)
• Fonscolombe - Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe
• 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}
• Forster - Raymond Robert Forster (1922-2000)
• C. A. Forster - Catherine A. Forster
• G. Forster - Georg Forster (1754–1794)
• Förster - Arnold Förster (1810–1884)
• Fourmanoir - Pierre Fourmanoir (b. 1924)
• 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 (naturalist) (c.1783–1834)
• Fraser - Louis Fraser (1810–1866)
• F. C. Fraser - Frederick C. Fraser
• Freyer - Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794 - 1885) Entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
• Friedmann - Herbert Friedmann (1900-1987)
• Frivaldszky - Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870)
• Frohawk - Frederick William Frohawk (1861–1946)
• Fruhstorfer - Hans Fruhstorfer (1866—1922)
• Fürbringer - Max Fürbringer (1846–1920)
• Fuessly, Füsslins - Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786)

G

• Gadow - Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855-1928)
• Gahan - Charles Joseph Gahan (1862-1939)
• 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 (b. 1955)
• Garman - Samuel Garman (1846–1927)
• Garnot - Prosper Garnot (1794–1838)
• Garstang - Walter Garstang (1868-1949)
• Gaston - Robert Gaston (b. 1967)
• Gasparini - Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
• Gauthier - Jacques Gauthier (b. 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 U.S.A.
• 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)
• 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
• A. Grandidier - Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921)
• G. Grandidier - Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957)
• Granger - Walter W. Granger (1872–1941)
• Grant - Chapman Grant (1887–1983) herpetology
• Grant - Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893–1977) malacology, paleontology
• Gravenhorst - Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777-1857)
• G. R. Gray - George Robert Gray (1808–1872) entomology, ornithology
• J. E. Gray - John Edward Gray (1800–1875)
• Gregory - William K. Gregory (1876–1970)
• Griffith - Edward Griffith (1790–1858)
• Grinnell - Joseph Grinnell (1877-1939)
• Griscom - Ludlow Griscom (1890–1959)
• Grobben - Karl Grobben (1854–1945)
• A. Grote, Grote - Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903) entomology
• H. Grote - Hermann Grote ornithology
• Grumm-Grzhimailo - G. E. Grumm-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)
• Gyllenhal - Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752–1840)

H

• Hablizl - Carl Ludwig Hablizl (1752–1821)
• Hadiaty - Renny 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)
• Hamilton, Hamilton-Buchanan - Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829)
• Hammer - William R. Hammer
• Hampson - George Francis Hampson (1860–1936)
• Handlirsch - Anton Handlirsch (1865–1935)
• Hansemann - Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann (1784–1862)
• Hansen - Hans Jacob Hansen (1855–1936) arthropods
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Head - Jason J. Head
• Heaney - Lawrence Richard Heaney
• Heckel - Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857)
• Heemstra - Phillip C. Heemstra
• Hellén - Wolter Edward Hellén (1890–1979)
• 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)
• Hermann - Johann Hermann (1738–1800)
• Herre - Albert William Christian Theodore Herre (1869–1962)
• Herrich-Schäffer - Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (1799–1874)
• Hertlein - Leo George Hertlein (1898–1972) malacology, paleontology
• Heude - Pierre Marie Heude (1836–1902)
• Heuglin - Theodor von Heuglin (1824–1876)
• Heuvelmans - Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001)
• Hewitson - William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878)
• 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 - Hirohito (1901–1989)
• Hiyama - Yoshio Hiyama (b. 1909)
• Hodgson - Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800–1894)
• Hoese - Douglass F. Hoese
• Hoffmannsegg - Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849)
• Hoffstetter - Robert Hoffstetter
• Holbrook - John Edwards Holbrook (1794–1871)
• Holland - William Jacob Holland (1848–1932)
• Holmberg - Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937)
• Holmgren - August Emil Holmgren (1829–1888)
• Holthuis - Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (b.1921)
• Hombron - Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852)
• Horner - Jack Horner (paleontologist) (b. 1946)
• Horsfield - Thomas Horsfield (1773–1859)
• Hose - Charles Hose (1863–1929)
• Houttuyn - Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
• Howard - Hildegarde Howard (1901-1998)
• A. H. Howell - Arthur H. Howell (1872–1940)
• 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)
• Hulke - John Whitaker Hulke (1830–1895)
• Hume - Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912)
• Humphrey - Philip Strong Humphrey (b. 1926)
• Hunt - Adrian P. Hunt
• Hutt - Steve Hutt
• J.S. Huxley - Julian Sorell Huxley (1887-1975)
• T.H. Huxley - Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)
• Hwang - Sunny H. Hwang

I

• Ida - Hitoshi Ida (b. 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)
• Jacquin - Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817)
• Jacquinot - Honoré Jacquinot (1815–1887)
• Jain - Sohan Lal Jain
• Jakowlew - Alexander Iwanowitsch Jakowlew (1863–1909)
• Jameson - Robert Jameson (1774–1854)
• Janensch - Werner Janensch (1878–1969)
• Janson - Oliver Erichson Janson (1850–1926)
• Jardine - William Jardine (naturalist) (1800–1874)
• Jebb - Matthew H. P. Jebb
• Jenkins - James Travis Jenkins (1876–1959)
• A. P. Jenkins - Aaron Peter Jenkins
• Jensen - James A. Jensen
• Jerdon - Thomas C. Jerdon (1811–1872)
• Q. Ji - Qiang Ji
• S. Ji - Shu-an Ji
• Jiménez de la Espada - Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (1831-1898)
• Jocqué - Rudy Jocqué
• G. D. Johnson - G. David Johnson
• Jordan - David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)
• K. Jordan - Karl Jordan (1861 - 1959)
• Jouanin - Christian Jouanin

K

• Karsch - Friedrich Karsch
• Katayama - Masao Katayama (b. 1912)
• Kaup - Johann Jakob Kaup (1803–1873)
• Keferstein - Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833–1870)
• Kelaart - Edward Frederick Kelaart (1819–1860)
• Kellner - Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
• 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 (b. 1925)
• 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 (b. 1954)
• 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)
• Konings -- Ad Konings
• Konow - Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (1842–1908)
• Kotlyar - Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kotlyar
• Kotthaus - Adolf Kotthaus
• Kraglievich - Lucas Kraglievich
• Kraatz - Ernst Gustav Kraatz (1831–1909)
• Krauss - Friedrich von Krauss (1812–1890)
• Krauss - Hermann August Krauss (1848-1939)
• Krabbe - Niels Krabbe (b. 1951)
• Krefft - Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft(1830–1881)
• Kriechbaumer - Joseph Kriechbaumer (1819–1902)
• Krohn - August David Krohn (1803 – 1891)
• Ksepka - Daniel T. Ksepka
• Kuhl - Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821)
• Kuiter - Rudolf Herman Kuiter (b. 1943)
• Kulczynski - Wladislaus Kulczynski
• Kuroda - Nagamichi Kuroda (1889–1978)
• Kurzanov - Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov

L

• Labillardière - Jacques Labillardière (1755-1834)
• Lacépède - Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (1756–1825)
• Lacordaire - Jean Theodore 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. (b. 1921)
• Laporte - François Louis Nompar de Caumont de Laporte (1810–1880)
• Lapparent, de Lapparent - Albert-Félix de Lapparent (1905–1975)
• Larson - Helen K. Larson
• Latham - John Latham (1740–1837)
• Latreille - Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833)
• Laurenti - Joseph Nicolai Laurenti (1735–1805)
• Laurillard – Charles Léopold Laurillard (1783–1853)
• Lavocat - René Lavocat
• Lawrence - George Newbold Lawrence (1806–1895)
• Laxmann - Erich Laxmann (1737-1796)
• Layard - Edgar Leopold Layard (1824-1900)
• LeConte - John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883)
• Leach - William Elford Leach (1790–1836)
• 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)
• Lepeletier - Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier (1770–1845)
• Lesson - René-Primevère Lesson (1794–1849)
• Le Souef - William Henry Dudley Le Souef (1856-1923)
• Lesueur - Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846)
• Leuckart - Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898)
• Leussler - R. A. Leussler
• C.K. (also C.-K or C.) Li - Chuankui Li
• D.Q. (also D.-Q. or D.) Li - Daqing Li
• Lichtenstein - Martin Lichtenstein (1780–1867)
• Lilljeborg - Wilhelm Lilljeborg (1816–1908)
• Link - Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1850)
• Linnaeus - Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778)
• Linsley - Earle Gorton Linsley (1910–2000)
• Lintner - Joseph Albert Lintner (1822–1898)
• Loche - Victor Loche (1806-1863)
• Lönnberg - Einar Lönnberg (1864–1942)
• Lowe - Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874)
• Lowe - Percy Lowe (1870–1948)
• Lü - Junchang Lü
• Lubbock - John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913)
• 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 (1875-1942)

M

• Mabile - Jules François Mabille (1831-1904)
• 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) - beetles
• Mantell - Gideon Mantell (1790-1852)
• Marcus - Ernst Marcus (1856–1928)
• Marinescu - Florian Marinescu
• Marples - Brian J. Marples
• Marsh - Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899)
• Marhsall - Thomas Ansell Marshall (1827-1903)
• Martill - David Michael Martill
• Martin - William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) - mainly mammals
• C.Martin - Claro Martin
• L.Martin - Larry Martin (b.1943) - paleontology
• Martinez - Ruben D. Martinez
• Maryanska - Teresa Maryańska
• Massy - Anne Letitia Massy
• Mateus - Octávio Mateus (b. 1975)
• Mathews - Gregory Mathews (1876–1949)
• Matley - Charles Alfred Matley (b. 1866)
• Matschie - Paul Matschie (1861–1926)
• Matsubara - Kiyomatsu Matsubara (1907-1968)
• Matsumura - Shonen Matsumura (1872–1960)
• Matsuura - Keiichi Matsuura
• Mayr - Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) - vertebrates, mainly birds
• G. Mayr - Gerald Mayr - prehistoric vertebrates, mainly birds
• McCulloch - Alan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925)
• McLachlan - Robert Mac Lachlan (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 Méhely (1862–1946)
• Meigen - Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845)
• Mello-Leitão - Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (1886-1948)
• Menezes - Naercio Aquino de Menezes (b. 1937)
• Ménétries - Édouard Ménétries (1802–1861)
• Merrem - Blasius Merrem (1761–1824)
• Merriam - Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942)
• Metschnikoff - 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)
• 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 (b. 1918)
• Middendorf, Midd. - Alexander von Middendorff (1815-1894)
• Midgley - Steven Hamar Midgley
• Miles - Clifford Miles
• Miller - Gerrit Smith Miller (1869–1956) - mammals
• A.H. Miller - Alden H. Miller
• J.F. Miller - John Frederick Miller (1759–1796)
• 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) - fish
• 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)
• 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 (?-1940)
• Moreno - Perito Francisco Moreno (1852-1919)
• Morley - Claude Morley (1874-1951)
• Morrow - James Edwin Morrow, Jr. (b. 1918)
• Mortensen - Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952)
• Motschulsky - Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810-1871)
• Mourer-Chauviré - Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
• Moyer - Jack T. Moyer (1929-2004)
• Muche - Werner Heinz Muche (1911–1987)
• Müller - Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) - mainly fish
• O. F. Müller - Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) - insects, fauna of Scandinavia
• S. Müller - Salomon Müller (1804–1864) - mainly fauna of Indonesia
• Mulsant - Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880)
• Munday - Philip L. Munday
• Murphy - Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973)
• Murray - James A. Murray - birds; animals and plants of Sindh and Karachi regions
• Muttkowski – Richard Anthony Muttkowski (b. 1887)

N

• Nabokov - Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
• 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 - R. P. Longinos Navás (1858–1938)
• Nehring - Alfred Nehring (1845-1904)
• Nelson - Edward William Nelson (1855-1934)
• Nessov - Lev Alexandrovich Nessov (1947–1995)
• Neumoegen - Berthold Neumoegen (d. 1895)
• Newman - Edward Newman (1801–1876)
• A. Newton - Alfred Newton (1829-1907)
• E. Newton - Edward Newton (1832-1897)
• Nichols - Albert Russell Nichols(1859-1933)
• Nichols - John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958)
• Nielsen - Cesare Nielsen (1898–1984)
• Nikolskii - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nikolskii (1858–1942)
• Nilsson - Sven Nilsson (1787–1883)
• Nitsche - Heinrich Nitsche (1845–1902)
• Noble - Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894–1940)
• Nopcsa - Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877–1933)
• Norell - Mark A. Norell (b. 1957)
• Norman - John Richardson Norman (1899–1944)
• D. Norman - David B. Norman (b. 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)
• Ochiai - Akira Ochiai (b. 1923)
• Ogilby - William Ogilby (1808–1873)
• J.D. Ogilby - James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925)
• 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
• Oppel - Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782–1820)
• Ord - George Ord (1781–1866)
• Osbeck - Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805)
• Osborn - Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935)
• Osgood - Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875–1947)
• Osi - Attila Ősi
• Osmólska - Halszka Osmólska (died 2008)
• Ostrom - John Ostrom (1928-2005)
• Oudemans - Antoon Cornelis Oudemans (1858–1943)
• Oustalet - Emile Oustalet (1844–1905)
• Owen - Richard Owen (1804–1892)

P

• Packard - Alpheus Spring Packard (1839–1905)
• Palisot de Beauvois - Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (1752-1820)
• Pallas - Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811)
• Palmer - Theodore Sherman Palmer (1868-1955)
• Panzer - Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829)
• Parenti - Lynne R. Parenti
• Parks - William Arthur Parks (1868-1939)
• Patzner - Robert A. Patzner
• Paul - Gregory S. Paul (b. 1954)
• Peale - Titian Peale (1799–1885)
• Pearson - Oliver Paynie Pearson (1915-2003)
• Pelzeln - August von Pelzeln (1825–1891)
• Pennant - Thomas Pennant (1726–1798)
• M. L. Penrith - Mary Louise Penrith (b. 1942)
• Perez-Moreno - Bernardino P. Pérez Moreno
• Perle - Altangerel Perle (b. 1945)
• Péron - François Péron (1775–1810)
• Perty - Joseph Anton Maximillian Perty (1804-1884)
• 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)
• Philippi - Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808–1904)
• Pic - Maurice Pic (1866-1957)
• Pickard-Cambridge - Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917)
• Pilsbry - Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862–1957)
• Platnick - Norman I. Platnick
• Pocock - Reginald Innes Pocock (1863–1947)
• Poda - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723–1798)
• Poey - Felipe Poey (1799–1891)
• Poeppig - Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868)
• Pol - Diego Pol
• Pomel - Auguste Pomel (1821–1898)
• Pompeckj - Josef Felix Pompeckj (1867–1930)
• Pontoppidan - Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764)
• Pope - Clifford Hillhouse Pope (1899–1974)
• Potts - Thomas Henry 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)
• Purcell - William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919)

Q

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

R

• Raath - Michael A. 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)
• Rajasuriya - Arjan Rajasuriya
• Rambur - Jules Pièrre Rambur (1801–1870)
• Ramos - Robson Tamar da Costa Ramos
• E. P. Ramsay - Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916)
• Rand - Austin L. Rand (1905–1982)
• Randall - John E. Randall (b. 1924)
• Rathbun - Mary Rathbun (1860–1943)
• Rathke - Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860)
• Ratzeburg - Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801–1871)
• Rauhut - Oliver W. M. Rauhut
• Razoumowsky - Grigory Razumovsky (1759–1837)
• Reakirt - Tryon Reakirt
• Regan - C. Tate Regan (1878–1943)
• Regel - Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892)
• Régimbart - M. Régimbart
• Reichenbach - Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
• Reichenow - Anton Reichenow (1847–1941)
• Reig - Osvaldo Alfredo Reig (1929–1992)
• Reinhardt - Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882)
• Reinhart - Roy Herbert Reinhart (b. 1919)
• 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)
• 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 (active second half of 20th century)
• Roberts - Austin Roberts (1883–1948)
• Robertson - David Ross Robertson (b. 1946)
• Robinson - Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874–1929)
• Robison - Henry W. Robison
• Robson - Guy Coburn Robson (1888-1945)
• Röding - Peter Friedrich Röding (1767-1846)
• Roewer - Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881–1963)
• Rogenhofer - Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (1832–1890)
• Rohde - Klaus (b.1932)
• Rohwer - Sievert Allen Rohwer (1887–1951)
• Roniewicz - Ewa Roniewicz
• Ross - Landon T. Ross (b.1942)
• Rossi - Pietro Rossi
• Rossignol - Martial Rossignol
• Rossman - Douglas Athon Rossman (b. 1936)
• Rothschild - Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)
• Roxas - Hilario Atanacio Roxas (b. 1896)
• Rozhdestvensky - Anatole Rozhdestvensky
• Rudolphi - Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832)
• Rüppell - Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884)
• Russell - Dale Alan Russell (b. 1937)
• Ryder - John Adam Ryder (1852–1895)

S

• Sakamoto - Katsuichi Sakamoto
• Salgado - Leonardo J. Salgado
• Salter - John William Salter (1820–1869)
• Salvadori - Tommaso Salvadori (1835–1923)
• Salvin - Osbert Salvin (1835–1898)
• Samouelle - George Samouelle (1790–1846)
• Sampson - Scott D. Sampson
• Sanborn - Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897–1962)
• Santschi - Felix Santschi (1872–1940)
• G. O. Sars - Georg Sars (1837–1927)
• M. Sars - Michael Sars (1809–1869)
• Satunin - Konstantin Alexeevitsch Satunin (1863–1915)
• Saunders - Howard Saunders (1835–1907)
• Saussure - Henri 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 (b. 1876)
• Say - Thomas Say (1787–1843)
• Schaum - Hermann Rudolf 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 (b. 1905)
• 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 Schoepf (1752–1800)
• Schönherr - Carl Johan Schönherr (1772 – 1848)
• Schomburgk - Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865)
• Schrank - Franz Paula von Schrank (1747–1835)
• Schreber - Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810)
• Schren(c)k - Leopold von Schrenck (1824–1896)
• Schultz - Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986)
• P. L. Sclater - Philip Sclater (1829–1913)
• W. L. Sclater - William Lutley Sclater (1863–1944)
• Scopoli - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788)
• Scudder - Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1837–1911)
• Seebohm - Henry Seebohm (1832–1895)
• 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)
• Sereno - Paul Sereno (b. 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)
• Shen - Shen Kuo (1031-1095)
• 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 (1876–1949)
• Simon - Eugène Simon (1848–1924)
• Simpson - George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984)
• Simpson - Adrian Simpson (1988)
• Slipinski - Stanislaw Adam Ślipiński
• Smith - Andrew Smith (zoologist) (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 (entomologist) (1805–1879) entomology
• 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 - W. 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)
• Spallanzani - Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729–1799)
• Sparrman - Anders Sparrman (1781–1826)
• Spencer - Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929)
• Spinola - Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857)
• Spix - Johann Baptist von Spix (1781–1826)
• Stahnke - Herbert Ludwig Stahnke (b. 1902)
• Stainton - Henry Tibbats Stainton (1822–1892)
• Starks - Edwin Chapin Starks (1867-1932)
• Statius Muller - Philipp Ludwig Statius Muller (1725–1776)
• 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
• Stolzmann - Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann (1854–1928)
• Stoll - Caspar Stoll (d. 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 (b. 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

• Taczanowski - Wladyslaw Taczanowski (1819–1890)
• Talbot - Mignon Talbot (1869–1950)
• Taliev - Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev (1908–1952)
• Tang - Zhilu Tang
• Taquet - Philippe Taquet
• Taschenberg - Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg (1818–1898)
• Tate - George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953)
• W. M. Tattersall - Walter Medley Tattersall (1882–1948)
• Taylor - Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978)
• L. R. Taylor - Leighton R. Taylor
• Temminck - Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858)
• Templeton - Robert Templeton (1802-1892)
• Thayer - John Eliot Thayer (1862–1933)
• Theischinger - Günther Theischinger (b. 1940)
• Thiele - Johannes Thiele (1860–1935)
• Thomas - Oldfield Thomas (1858–1929)
• Thomson - Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899)
• Thorell - Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (1830–1901)
• Thunberg - Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)
• Tjakrawidjaja - Agus Tjakrawidjaja
• Ticehurst - Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881–1941)
• Tidwell - Virginia Tidwell
• 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)
• C. H. Townsend - Charles Haskins Townsend (1859–1944)
• Traill - Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862)
• Traylor - Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. (b.1915)
• 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)
• Tschudi - Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818–1889)
• Tsogtbaatar - Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar
• Tumanova - Tat'yana Alekseyevna Tumanova
• 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 - Edward Payson Van Duzee (1861–1940)
• 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 (b. 1944)
• Vieillot - Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748–1831)
• Vieweg - C. F. Vieweg
• Vigors - Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840)
• Villers - Charles Joseph de Villers (1726–1797)
• 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)
• A. Walker - Alick Donald Walker (1925-1999) paleontology
• C.A. Walker - Cyril Alexander Walker paleontology
• F. Walker - Francis Walker (entomologist) (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)
• Waltl - Joseph Waltl (1805–1888)
• X.L. (also X.-L. or X.) Wang - Xiaolin Wang
• Y.Q. (also Y.-Q. or Y.) Wang - Yuanqing Wang
• Watabe - Mahito Watabe
• Waterhouse - George Robert Waterhouse (1801–1888)
• Watson - James D. Watson
• R.Watson - Ronald E. Watson
• Weber - Hermann Weber (1899-1956)
• Weber - Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852-1937)
• Wegrzynowicz - Piotr Węgrzynowicz
• Weigold - Hugo Weigold (1886–1973)
• Weishampel - David B. Weishampel (b. 1952)
• Welles - Samuel Paul Welles (1909-1997)
• West - Rick West arachnology
• Westwood - John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893)
• Wetmore - Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978)
• Weyenbergh - Hendrik Weyenbergh Jr. (1842-1885)
• Wheeler - William Morton Wheeler (1865-1937)
• Wiedemann - Christian Wiedemann (1770–1840)
• Wied-Neuwied - Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
• Wiegmann - Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841)
• Williams - James David Williams (b. 1941)
• Williamson - Thomas Edward Williamson
• Wilson - Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) ornithology
• WIlson - E. O. Wilson (1929-)
• Wilson - Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
• Wiman - Carl Wiman (1867-1944)
• Wingate - David B. Wingate (b. 1935)
• Winge - Herluf Winge (1857-1923)
• Wirjoatmodjo - Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo
• Wolfe - Douglas Gerald Wolfe
• Wood - Charles Thorold Wood (1777-1852)
• 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
• Yamanoue - Yusuke Yamanoue
• Yang, Young - Zhongjian Yang (1897–1979)
• Yarrell - William Yarrell (1784–1856)
• Yoseda - Kenzo Yoseda
• You - Hailu You
• Young - David Allan Young (1915-1991) Hemiptera especially Cicadellidae

Z

• Zaddach - Ernst Gustav Zaddach (1817–1881)
• Zanno - Lindsay E. Zanno
• Zeledon - José Castulo Zeledón (1846-1923)
• Zeller - Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808–1883)
• Zetterstedt - Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874)
• B.K. (also B.-K. or B.) Zhang - Bao-kun Zhang
• F.C. (also F.-C. or F.) Zhang - Fucheng Zhang
• Zhao - Xijin Zhao
• S. Zhou - Shiwu Zhou (b. 1940)
• Z.H. (also Z.-H. or Z.) Zhou - Zhonghe Zhou
• Zimmer - John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957)
• Zimmermann - Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815)
• Zincken - Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856)
• Zirngiebl - Lothar Zirngiebl (1902–1973)
• Zittel - Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904)

See also

• Zoologists
• List of botanists by author abbreviation
• List of biologists

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