Biyologlar listesi
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Frans de Waal (d. 1948), Hollandalı-Amerikalı etolog ve primatolog
Coslett Herbert Waddell (1858–1919), Irish botanikçi
Jeremy Wade (d. 1960)  Writer and TV presenter with a special interest in rivers and freshwater fish.
Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832), Alman herpetologist
Warren H. Wagner (1920–2000), Amerikalı botanikçi
Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851), Swedish doğabilimci
Selman Waksman (1888–1973), Amerikalı biochemist, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on antibiotics
Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771–1852), Fransız entomolog
George Wald (1906–1997), Amerikalı biyolog, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on visual perception
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), Britanyalı doğabilimci and biyolog
Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), Danimarkalı botanikçi
Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808–1869), Amerikalı entomolog
William Grey Walter (1910–1977), Amerikalı neurophysiologist and roboticist, made a number of important discoveries in the field of electroencephalography
Deepal Warakagoda (d. 1965), Sri Lankan ornitolog
J. Robin Warren (d. 1937), Australian pathologist, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that most stomach ulcers are caused by a strain of bacteria
Charles Waterton (1782–1865), İngiliz doğa bilimci
James D. Watson (d. 1928), Nobel Prize-winning biyolog, co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule
Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854), İngiliz botanikçi (abbr. in botany: Webb)
Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), İngiliz botanikçi (abbr. in botany: Wedd.)
Robert Weinberg (d. 1942), Amerikalı cancer biyolog
August Weismann (1834–1914), Alman biyolog
Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–1872), Austrian botanikçi
Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), Alman physician and neuroanatomist, discovered Wernicke's area
Victor Westhoff (1916–2001), Hollandalı botanikçi
Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978), Amerikalı ornitolog
William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937), Amerikalı entomolog and myrmecologist
Gilbert White (1720–1795), İngiliz doğa bilimci
John White (c. 1756–1832), İngiliz botanikçi
Robert Wiedersheim (1848–1923), Alman anatomist.
Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867), Alman explorer and biyolog.
Hans Wiehler (1930–2003), Amerikalı botanikçi (abbr. in botany: Wiehler)
Eric F. Wieschaus (d. 1947), Amerikalı developmental biyolog and 1995 Nobel Prize-winner
Torsten Wiesel (d. 1924), Swedish-born Amerikalı neurobiyolog, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on information processing in the visual system
Charles Wilkes (1798–1877), Amerikalı explorer and doğabilimci
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812), Alman botanikçi and pharmacist (abbr. in botany: Willd.)
George C. Williams (d. 1926), Amerikalı evolutionary biyolog, credited with introducing the gene-centric view of evolution
Francis Willughby (1635–1672), İngiliz ornitolog and ichthyologist
Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), İskoç-Amerikalı ornitolog
David Sloan Wilson (d. 1949), Amerikalı evolutionary biyolog
E. A. Wilson (1872–1912), İngiliz doğa bilimci
Edward O. Wilson (d. 1929), Amerikalı entomolog and father of sociobiology, two time winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Sergei Winogradsky (1856–1953), Rus mikrobiyolog, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle of life concept and discovered the biological process of nitrification
Caspar Wistar (1761–1818), Amerikalı anatomist and physician. The genus Wisteria is named after him
Henry Witherby (1873–1943), Britanyalı ornitolog
William Withering (1741–1799), İngiliz botanikçi
Carl Woese (d. 1928), Amerikalı microbiyolog, identified the Archaea, a major division of organisms
Felisa Wolfe-Simon, Amerikalı biogeochemist and microbial geobiyolog
Wong Siew Te (d. 1969), Malezyalı zoolog and Sun Bear expert
Flossie Wong-Staal (1947-2020), Amerikalı virolog
Sewall Wright (1889–1988), Amerikalı geneticist, co-founder of population genetics
V. C. Wynne-Edwards (1906–1997), İskoç zoolog, introduced the hypothesis of group selection in evolution
Charles Wyville Thompson (1832–1882), İskoç marine biyologist