# 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.
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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)
* Castellanos - Zulma Ageitos de Castellanos (1922-2010)
* 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

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)
* LaRoche – Francisco La Roche [Wikidata]
* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* Oberholser – Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963)
* Oberthür – Charles Oberthür (1845–1924)
* Obraztsov – Nicholas Sergeevitsch 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)

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* 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)
* Pauly – Alain Pauly [Wikidata] (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

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* Quoy – Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869)

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* 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)

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* 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)
* Svabenik – Jan Švábeník (1886–1942)
* Swainson – William Swainson (1789–1855)
* Swann – Henry Kirke Swann (1871–1926)
* Swinhoe – Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877)
* Sykes – William Henry Sykes (1790–1872)

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* 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)

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* Uhler – Philip Reese Uhler (1835–1913)

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* 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)

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* 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)
* 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)

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

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* 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

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* 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)