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This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new taxa under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
A
- Abe β Tokiharu Abe (1911β1996)
- Abeille de Perrin, Ab. β ElzΓ©ar Abeille de Perrin (1843β1910)
- Able β Kenneth W. Able (born 1945)
- Abbott, C.C. Abbott β Charles Conrad Abbott (1843β1919) general zoology
- C. Abbott β Charles Abbot (1761β1817) entomology
- J. Abbott β John Abbot (1751β1841) entomology, ornithology
- W. Abbott, Abbott β William Louis Abbott (1860β1936) mainly ornithology
- Acerbi β Giuseppe Acerbi (1773β1846)
- Acero β Arturo Acero Pizarro (born 1954)
- Adams, Ad. β Charles Baker Adams (1814β1853) malacology
- A. Adams β Arthur Adams (1820β1878) mostly marine animals
- A.L. Adams β Andrew Leith Adams (1827β1882) vertebrate paleontology
- D.B. Adams β Daniel B. Adams (fl. 1979) paleontology
- E. Adams β Edward Adams (1824β1856)
- H. Adams β Henry Adams (1813β1877) malacology
- Agassiz, Ag., L. Ag., Agass. β Louis Agassiz (1807β1873) ichthyology, paleontology
- A. Agassiz, A. Ag. β Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835β1910) mostly marine animals
- Agenjo β Ramon Agenjo Cecilia (1908β1984)
- Aguilera β Orangel Antonio Aguilera
- D.R. de Aguilera β Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera
- Ahl, E. Ahl β Ernst Ahl (1898β1943) herpetology, ichthyology
- J.N. Ahl, Ahl β Jonas Niclas Ahl
- Ahlquist β Jon Edward Ahlquist (fl. late 20th century)
- Ahlstrom β Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910β1979)
- Ahnelt β Harald Ahnelt
- Aizawa β Masahiro Aizawa
- Akama β Alberto Akama
- Akihito β Emperor Akihito of Japan (born 1933)
- Albert β James S. Albert
- Albertis β Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841β1901)
- Alcock β Alfred William Alcock (1859β1933)
- Aldrovandi, Aldr. β Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522β1605)
- Alexander, B. Alexander β Boyd Alexander (1873β1910) ornithology
- A. Alexander β Annie Montague Alexander (1867β1950) paleontology
- C. Alexander, Alexander β Charles Paul Alexander (1889β1981) entomology
- H. Alexander β Horace Alexander (1889β1989) ornithology
- W. Alexander β Wilfred Backhouse Alexander (1885β1965) entomology, ornithology
- Alencar β JosΓ© Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (born 1953)
- Alfaro β Anastasio Alfaro (1865β1951)
- Alifanov β Vladimir R. Alifanov
- Allain β Ronan Allain (born 1974)
- Allen β Edgar Johnson Allen (1866β1942) marine biology
- Allen, J.A. Allen β Joel Asaph Allen (1838β1921) ornithology, American mammals
- A. Allen β Arthur Augustus Allen (1885β1964) ornithology
- G.M. Allen β Glover Morrill Allen (1879β1942) mainly mammals
- G.R. Allen β Gerald R. Allen (born 1942) Ichthyology
- H. Allen β Harrison Allen (1841β1897) Chiroptera
- J.A. Allen β John A. Allen malacology
- Allioni β Carlo Allioni (1728β1804)
- Allman, Allm. β George James Allman (1812β1898)
- Almeida-Toledo β Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo
- AlstrΓΆmer β Clas AlstrΓΆmer (1736β1794), a pupil of Linnaeus
- Amadon β Dean Amadon (1912β2003)
- Ambrosio β Alfredo Ambrosio
- Ameghino β Florentino Ameghino (1854β1911)
- Amyot β Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (1799β1866)
- Ancey β CΓ©sar Marie FΓ©lix Ancey (1860β1906)
- K. Andersen β Knud Andersen (born 1867, disappeared 1918)
- Anderson, J. Anderson β John Anderson (1833β1900) Asian mammals and reptiles
- R. Anderson β Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876β1961) mammals
- S. Anderson β Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936) herpetology
- W. Anderson β William Anderson (1750β1778) general zoology
- AndrΓ© β Jacques Ernest Edmond AndrΓ© (1844β1891)
- Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew β Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev (1910β2009)
- Angas β George French Angas (1822β1886)
- Annandale β Nelson Annandale (1876β1924)
- Anthony β Harold Elmer Anthony (1890β1970)
- Antunes β Miguel Telles Antunes (born 1937)
- ApesteguΓa β SebastiΓ‘n ApesteguΓa
- AppellΓΆf β Adolf AppellΓΆf (1857β1921)
- Archbold β Richard Archbold (1907β1976)
- Archer β William Archer (1830?β1897) microorganisms
- M. Archer β Michael Archer (born 1945) mammals, paleontology
- Arcucci β Andrea B. Arcucci
- Arrow β Gilbert John Arrow (1873β1948)
- Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. β Peter Artedi (1705β1735)
- Asano β Nagao Asano
- Ascanius fl.1772
- Ashmead β William Harris Ashmead (1855β1908)
- Asso β Ignacio JordΓ‘n Claudio de Asso y del Rio (1742β1814)
- Atkinson β William Stephen Atkinson (1820β1876)
- AubΓ©, Aub. β Charles AubΓ© (1802β1869)
- Audebert, Audeb. β Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759β1800)
- Audubon, Audub. β John James Audubon (1785β1851)
- Aurivillius, P. Aurivillius, Auriv. β Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (1853β1928) entomology
- C. Aurivillius β Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854β1899)
- S. Aurivillius β Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892β1928) marine zoology
- Ausserer, Auss. β Anton Ausserer (1907β1976)
- Ayling β Tony Ayling (born 1947)
- Ayres, W.O. Ayres β William Orville Ayres (1805β1887) ichthyology
- J.M. Ayres β JosΓ© MΓ‘rcio Ayres (1954β2003) primates
- Azara, Az. β FΓ©lix de Azara (1746β1821)
- Azmi β Azmi Ambak ichthyology
- Azuma β Yoichi Azuma
B
- Bachman β John Bachman (1790β1874)
- Bailey β Steven Bailey zoology
- R.G. Bailey β Roland G. Bailey
- R.M. Bailey β Reeve Maclaren Bailey (1911β2011)
- Baillon β Louis Antoine FranΓ§ois Baillon (1778β1851)
- Baird β Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823β1887)
- Baker β Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864β1944)
- Bakker β Robert T. Bakker (born 1945)
- Balanov β Andrei A. Balanov
- C.C. Baldwin β Carole C. Baldwin
- W.J. Baldwin β Wayne J. Baldwin
- Z.H. Baldwin β Zachary Hayward Baldwin
- Balinsky β Boris Balinsky (1905β1997) entomology
- Ball β Valentine Ball (1843β1895)
- Balon β Eugene K. Balon (1930β2013)
- Balouet β Jean-Christophe Balouet (1956β2021) ornithology, paleontology
- Balss β Heinrich Balss (1886β1957)
- Balushkin β Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin
- Bandyopadhyay β Saswati Bandyopadhyay
- Bangs β Outram Bangs (1863β1932) vertebrates (mainly birds and mammals)
- Banjkovski β V. B. Banjkovski (1889β1912) ornithology
- Banks β Nathan Banks (1868β1953) entomology
- R. Banks β Richard C. Banks (born 1931)
- Bannerman β David Armitage Bannerman (1886β1979) ornithology
- Bannikov β Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov
- Bansok β Ros Bansok
- Barbour β Thomas Barbour (1884β1946)
- F.K. Barker β Frederick Keith Barker ornithology
- M.J. Barker β Michael J. Barker
- Barnard fl. 1923
- Barnes & McDunnough β James Halliday McDunnough (1877β1962)
- Barrett β Paul M. Barrett
- Barrows β Walter Bradford Barrows (1855β1923)
- Barsbold β Rinchen Barsbold (born 1935) paleontology (mainly theropod dinosaurs)
- Bartenef β Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev (1882β1946)
- Bartlett β Edward Bartlett (1836β1908) ornithology
- A.D. Bartlett β Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812β1897) general zoology (mainly vertebrates)
- Barton β Benjamin Smith Barton (1766β1815)
- Baskin β Jonathan N. Baskin
- Batchelder β Charles Foster Batchelder (1856β1954)
- Bate β Charles Spence Bate (1819β1889)
- Bates β George Latimer Bates (1863β1940)
- Bateson β William Bateson (1861β1926)
- Bean β Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846β1916)
- Beattyβ Joseph Beatty
- Beavan β Reginald C. Beavan (1841β1870)
- Bechstein β Johann MatthΓ€us Bechstein (1757β1822)
- Beddome β Richard Henry Beddome (1830β1911)
- Bedriaga β Jacques von Bedriaga (1854β1906)
- Behr β Hans Hermann Behr (1818β1904)
- Bell β Thomas Bell (1792β1880)
- Bemmel β Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
- Bendire β Charles Emil Bendire (1863β1940)
- Benitez β Hesiquio Benitez-Diaz
- Bennett β Edward Turner Bennett (1797β1836) general zoology
- F. Bennett β Frederick Debell Bennett (1836β1897)
- Benson β Constantine Walter Benson (1909β1982) ornithology
- R. Benson β Robert Bernard Benson (1904β1967)
- Benson β William Henry Benson (1803β1870) malacology
- Bent β Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866β1954)
- Benton β Michael J. Benton (born 1939)
- Beresford β Pamela Beresford
- Berg β Lev Berg (1876β1950)
- Berkenhout β John Berkenhout (1726β1791)
- Berla β Herbert Franzioni Berla (1912β1985)
- Berland β Lucien Berland (1888β1962)
- Berlepsch β Hans von Berlepsch (1850β1915)
- Berlioz β Jacques Berlioz (1891β1975)
- Berry β Samuel Stillman Berry (1887β1984)
- Bertelsen β Erik Bertelsen
- Berthold β Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803β1861)
- Bertkau β Philipp Bertkau (1849β1894)
- Bezzi β Mario Bezzi (1868β1927) entomology
- Bianco β Pier Giorgio Bianco
- Bibron β Gabriel Bibron (1806β1848)
- Bigot β Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1818β1893)
- Bilek β Alois Bilek (1909β1974)
- Billberg β Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772β1844)
- Billings β Elkanah Billings (1820β1876) paleontology
- Bingham β Charles Thomas Bingham (1848β1908)
- Biswas β Biswamoy Biswas (1923β1994)
- Blache β Jacques Blache (1922β1994)
- Black β Davidson Black (1884β1934)
- Blackburn β Thomas Blackburn (1844β1912) entomology
- Blackwall β John Blackwall (1790β1881)
- Blainville β Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777β1850)
- Blanchard β Charles Γmile Blanchard (1819β1900)
- Blanford β William Thomas Blanford (1832β1905)
- Blasius β Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809β1870) general zoology (mainly vertebrates)
- W. Blasius β August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845β1912) ornithology
- Blatchley β Willis Blatchley (1859β1940)
- Bleeker β Pieter Bleeker (1819β1878)
- Bloch β Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723β1799)
- Bloch fl. 1923
- Blumenbach β Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752β1840)
- BlΓΌthgen β August Victor Paul BlΓΌthgen (1880β1967)
- Blyth β Edward Blyth (1810β1873)
- Bocage β JosΓ© Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823β1907)
- Bocourt β Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819β1904)
- Boddaert β Pieter Boddaert (1730β1795/96)
- Boettger β Oskar Boettger (1833β1910)
- Boetticher β Hans von Boetticher (1886β1958)
- Bogert β Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908β1992) herpetology
- Bohadsch β Johann Baptist Bohadsch (1724β1768) marine zoology
- Boheman β Carl Henrik Boheman (1796β1868)
- F. Boie β Friedrich Boie (1789β1870) general zoology (mainly ornithology, entomology)
- H. Boie β Heinrich Boie (1794β1827) general zoology (mainly herpetology)
- Boisduval β Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799β1879)
- Bolle β Carl Bolle (1821β1909)
- Bolotsky β Yuri L. Bolotsky
- Bolton β Barry Bolton β entomology
- Bonaparte β Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1794β1857) ornithology
- J. Bonaparte β JosΓ© Bonaparte (1928β2020) paleontology (South American dinosaurs)
- Bond β James Bond (1900β1989) ornithology
- Bonelli β Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784β1830) ornithology, entomology
- Bonhote β J. Lewis Bonhote (1875β1922)
- Bonnaterre β Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747β1804)
- Born β Ignaz von Born (1742β1791)
- Borkhausen β Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760β1806)
- Borodin β Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin (1861β1937)
- Borsuk-Bialynicka β Maria Magdalena Borsuk-BiaΕynicka
- Bosc β Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759β1828)
- Boucard β Adolphe Boucard (1839β1905)
- BouΔek β ZdenΔk BouΔek entomology
- Boulenger β George Albert Boulenger (1858β1937)
- Bourguignat β Jules RenΓ© Bourguignat (1829β1892)malacology
- Boursin β Charles Boursin (1901β1971)
- Bourcier β Jules Bourcier (1797β1873)
- Bouvier β EugΓ¨ne Louis Bouvier (1856β1944)
- Bowdich β Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791β1824)
- Bowerbank β James Scott Bowerbank (1797β1877)
- Branch β William Roy Branch (1946β2018), Herpetology
- Brandt β Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802β1879)
- Brauer β Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832β1904)
- Brauner β Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Brauner (1857β1941)
- A.E. Brehm β Alfred Brehm (1829β1884) general zoology
- C.L. Brehm β Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787β1864) ornithology
- Bremer β Otto Vasilievich Bremer (died 1873)
- Bremi-Wolf β Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791β1857)
- Brett-Surman β Michael K. Brett-Surman (born 1950)
- Brevoort β James Carson Brevoort (1818β1887)
- Brewster β William Brewster (1851β1919) ornithology
- Briggs β John Carmon Briggs (born 1920)
- Brischke β Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (1814β1897)
- Brisson β Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723β1806)
- Brittinger β Christian Casimir Brittinger (1795β1869)
- Brodkorb β Pierce Brodkorb ornithology, paleontology
- BrΓΈndsted β Holger Valdemar BrΓΈndsted (1893β1977) zoology
- Brongniart β Alexandre Brongniart (1770β1847) paleontology
- C. Brongniart β Charles Jules EdmΓ©e Brongniart (1859β1899) paleontology, entomology
- Bronn β Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800β1862)
- Brooke β Victor Brooke (1843β1891)
- Brookes β Joshua Brookes (1761β1833) general zoology
- W.S. Brooks β Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887β1965)
- Broom β Robert Broom (1866β1951)
- Brown β Barnum Brown (1873β1963)
- Bruch β Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789β1857)
- BruguiΓ¨re β Jean Guillaume BruguiΓ¨re (1749β1798)
- BrullΓ© β Gaspard Auguste BrullΓ© (1809β1873)
- BrΓΌnnich β Morten Thrane BrΓΌnnich (1737β1827)
- Brusatte β Stephen L. Brusatte (born 1984)
- Brusina β Spiridon Brusina (1845β1909)
- H. Bryant β Henry Bryant (1820β1867) general zoology (mainly birds)
- Bryk β Felix Bryk (1882β1957)
- W.E. Bryant β Walter E. Bryant (1861β1905)
- BΓΌcherl β Wolfgang BΓΌcherl
- Buckland β William Buckland (1784β1856)
- Buffetaut β Eric Buffetaut (born 1950)
- Buller β Walter Buller (1838β1906)
- Bunzel β Emanuel Bunzel (1828β1895)
- Burchell β William John Burchell (1782β1863)
- Burge β Donald L. Burge
- Burmeister β Hermann Burmeister (1807β1892)
- Burnett β Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800β1835)
- Burton β Frederic Burton
- Burns β John McLauren Burns
- Bush β Katharine Jeanette Bush (1855β1937)
- Bussing fl. 1966 (x2)
- Butler β Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844β1925)
- BΓΌttikofer β Johann BΓΌttikofer (1850β1929)
- Buturlin β Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin (1872β1938)
- Byrne fl. 1909
C
- Cabanis β Jean Cabanis (1816β1906)
- Cabrera β Γngel Cabrera (1879β1960)
- Caldwell β David Keller Caldwell (1928β1990)
- Calman β William Thomas Calman (1871β1952)
- Calvert β Philip Powell Calvert (1871β1961)
- Calvo β Jorge Calvo (born 1961)
- Cambiaso β Andrea Cambiaso
- Camerano β Lorenzo Camerano (1856β1917)
- Cameron β Peter Cameron (1847β1912) entomology
- Camp β Charles Lewis Camp (1893β1975)
- Campos β DiΓ³genes de Almeida Campos
- Canestrini β Giovanni Canestrini (1835β1900)
- Cantor, Cant. β Theodore Edward Cantor (1809β1860)
- Caradja β Aristide Caradja (1861β1955)
- Carlson β Bruce A. Carlson
- Carlsson β Albertina Carlsson (1848β1930)
- Carpenter β Kenneth Carpenter (born 1949)
- Carr β Archie Carr (1909β1987)
- Carriker β Melbourne Armstrong Carriker Jr. (1879β1965)
- Carter β Henry John Carter (1813β1895)
- Carvalho β Ismar de Souza Carvalho
- Casey β Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. (1857β1925)
- Cassin β John Cassin (1813β1869)
- Castellanos - Zulma Ageitos de Castellanos (1922-2010)
- Castelnau β see Laporte
- CervigΓ³n β Fernando CervigΓ³n (1930β2017)
- Chabanaud β Paul Chabanaud (1876β1959)
- Chabaud β Alain Chabaud (1923β2013) parasitology
- Chamberlin β Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879β1967)
- J.C.Chamberlin β Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (1898 β 1962)
- Chapin β James Chapin (1889β1964)
- Chapman β Frank Chapman (1864β1945)
- Charig β Alan Jack Charig (1927β1997)
- Charitonov β Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov (1896β1970)
- Charpentier β Toussaint de Charpentier (1779β1847)
- Chasen β Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896β1942)
- Chatterjee β Sankar Chatterjee (born 1943)
- Cherrie β George Kruck Cherrie (1865β1946)
- Chevrolat β Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (1799β1884) entomology
- Chiaie β Stefano delle Chiaje (1794β1860)
- Chiappe β Luis M. Chiappe
- Children β John George Children (1777β1852)
- Christ β Johann Ludwig Christ (1739β1813)
- Chun β Carl Chun (1852β1914)
- Chure β Daniel Joseph Chure
- Clapp β Cornelia Clapp (1849β1934)
- E. Clark β Eugenie Clark (1922β2015) ichthyology
- H.L. Clark β Hubert Lyman Clark (1870β1947) echinoderms
- J.M. Clark β James Michael Clark
- Clemens β James Brackenridge Clemens
- Clements β Kendall D. Clements
- Clemmer β Glenn H. Clemmer
- Clench β Harry Kendon Clench (1925β1979) Lepidoptera
- Clench β William J. Clench (1897β1984) malacology
- Clerck β Carl Alexander Clerck (1709β1765)
- Cloward β Karen C. Cloward
- Cobbold β Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1828β1886)
- Cochran β Doris M. Cochran (1898β1968)
- Cockerell β Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866β1948)
- Coimbra-Filho β Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho
- Colbert β Edwin Harris Colbert (1905β2001)
- Colston β Peter R. Colston (born 1935)
- Compagno β Leonard J. V. Compagno (fl. 1979βpresent)
- Conci β Cesare Conci (1920β2011)
- Conde β Otto Conde (1905β1944)
- Conover β Henry Boardman Conover (1892β1950)
- Conrad β Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803β1877)
- Coombs β Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
- Cooper, J.G. Cooper β James Graham Cooper (1830β1902) general zoology, particularly ornithology
- Cooper, W. Cooper β William Cooper (1798β1864) malacology
- Cope β Edward Drinker Cope (1840β1897)
- Coquerel β Charles Coquerel (1822β1867)
- Coria β Rodolfo Coria (born 1959)
- Cornalia β Emilio Cornalia (1824β1882)
- Cory β Charles B. Cory (1857β1921)
- Costa β Achille Costa (1823β1898) entomology, particularly Neuroptera
- O. Costa, O.G. Costa β Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787β1867) entomology and general zoology
- W.J.E.M. Costa β Wilson JosΓ© Eduardo Moreira da Costa
- Coues β Elliott Coues (1842β1899)
- Cramer β Pieter Cramer (1721βc. 1779) entomology
- F. Cramer β Frank Cramer
- Crampton β William G. R. Crampton
- Cresson β Ezra Townsend Cresson (Senior) (1838β1926) Hymenoptera
- Cresson β Ezra Townsend Cresson, Jr. (1876β1948) Diptera
- Cretzschmar β Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786β1845)
- Crewe β Henry Harpur-Crewe (1828β1883)
- Crotch β George Robert Crotch (1842β1874)
- Crowson β Roy Crowson (1914β1999)
- Crusafont β Miquel Crusafont i PairΓ³ (1910β1983)
- Currie β Philip J. Currie (born 1949)
- Curry Rogers β Kristina Curry Rogers (born 1974)
- Curtis β John Curtis (1791β1862)
- Cuvier β Georges Cuvier (1769β1832) vertebrate zoology, paleontology
- F. Cuvier β FrΓ©dΓ©ric Cuvier (1773β1838)
- Czerkas β Stephen A. Czerkas
D
- da Costa β Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717β1791) malacology
- da Silva β Maria Nazareth F. da Silva (fl. 1990sβpresent)
- Darwin β Charles Darwin (1809β1882)
- Dahl β Friedrich Dahl (1856β1929)
- Dahlbom β Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (1808β1859)
- Dale β James Charles Dale (1792β1872)
- Dall β William Healey Dall (1845β1927)
- Dalla Torre β Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850β1928)
- Dana β James Dwight Dana (1813β1895)
- Daudin β FranΓ§ois Marie Daudin (1774β1804)
- David β Armand David (1826β1900)
- Davis β Donald R. Davis (born 1934)
- de Azevedo β SΓ©rgio Alex Kugland de Azevedo
- de Beaufort β Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879β1968)
- de Blainville β Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777β1850)
- de Castelnau β see Laporte
- de Filippi β Filippo de Filippi (1814β1867)
- de Geer, De Geer β Charles De Geer (1720β1778)
- de Haan β Wilhem de Haan (1801β1855)
- De Kay, DeKay, Dekay β James Ellsworth De Kay (1792β1851)
- de Man β Johannes Govertus de Man (1850β1930)
- de Naurois β RenΓ© de Naurois (1906β2006)
- de NicΓ©ville β Lionel de NicΓ©ville (1852β1901)
- De PourtalΓ¨s β Louis FranΓ§ois de PourtalΓ¨s (1824β1880)
- Bory de Saint-Vincent β Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780β1846)
- de Valai β Silvina de Valai
- De Vis β Charles Walter De Vis (1829β1915)
- de Winton β William Edward de Winton (1856β1922)
- Dejean, Dej. β Pierre FranΓ§ois Marie Auguste Dejean (1780β1845) entomology
- Delmonte β Alfred Delmonte (born 1977)
- Delacour β Jean ThΓ©odore Delacour (1890β1985)
- Delson β Eric Delson
- Denis β Michael Denis (1729β1800)
- DepΓ©ret β Charles DepΓ©ret (1854β1929)
- Deppe β Ferdinand Deppe (1794β1861)
- Des Murs β Marc Athanase Parfait Εillet des Murs (1804β1878)
- Desfontaines β RenΓ© Louiche Desfontaines (1750β1833)
- Desmarest β Anselme GaΓ«tan Desmarest (1784β1838)
- Deville, E. Deville β Γmile Deville
- Diard β Pierre-MΓ©dard Diard (1794β1863)
- Dieffenbach β Ernst Dieffenbach (1811β1855)
- Dingus β Lowell Dingus
- Distant β William Lucas Distant (1845β1922)
- Djakonov β Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov (1886β1956)
- Dobson β George Edward Dobson (1844β1895)
- DΓΆderlein β Petar DΓΆderlein (1809β1895)
- Dodson β Peter Dodson (fl. 1980sβpresent)
- Doherty β William Doherty (1857β1901)
- Dollman β Guy Dollman (1886β1942)
- Dollo β Louis Dollo (1857β1931)
- Donisthorpe, Donis. β Horace Donisthorpe (1870β1951)
- Donovan β Edward Donovan (1768β1837)
- d'Orbigny β Alcide d'Orbigny (1802β1857)
- Dong β Zhiming Dong (born 1937)
- Doria β Giacomo Doria (1840β1913)
- Doubleday β Henry Doubleday (1808β1875)
- Douglas β John William Douglas (1814β1905)
- Drenowsky β Alexander Kirilow Drenowski (1879β1967)
- Drury β Dru Drury (1725β1804)
- du Bus de Gisignies β Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (1808β1874)
- du Chaillu β Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1831β1903)
- Dubois, C. F. Dubois β Charles FrΓ©dΓ©ric Dubois (1804β1867)
- Dufour β LΓ©on Jean Marie Dufour (1780β1865)
- Dufresne β Louis Dufresne
- Duftschmid β Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (1767β1821)
- DugΓ¨s β Alfredo DugΓ¨s (1826β1910)
- A.M.C. DumΓ©ril β AndrΓ© Marie Constant DumΓ©ril (1774β1860)
- A.H.A. DumΓ©ril β Auguste DumΓ©ril (1812β1870)
- Dumont β Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758β1830)
- Duncker β Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (1870β1953)
- Duponchel β PhilogΓ¨ne Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774β1846)
- Durrell β Gerald Durrell (1925β1995)
- Duvernoy β Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777β1855)
- Dwight β Jonathan Dwight (1858β1929)
- Dyar β Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (1866β1929)
E
- Earle β Sylvia Alice Earle (born 1935)
- Eaton β Jeffrey Glenn Eaton (born 1948)
- Edwards β William Henry Edwards (1822β1909)
- Ehrenberg β Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795β1876)
- Eichwald β Karl Eichwald (1795β1876)
- Eigenmann β Carl H. Eigenmann (1863β1927)
- R.S. Eigenmann, R. Smith β Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858β1947)
- Ellerman β John Ellerman (1910β1973)
- Elliot β Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835β1915)
- Emery β Carlo Emery (1848β1925)
- A.R. Emery β Alan R. Emery
- Enslin β Eduard Enslin (1879β1970)
- ErdΕs β JΓ³zsef ErdΓΆs
- Erichson β Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809β1848)
- Erxleben β Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744β1777)
- Esben-Petersen β Peter Esben-Petersen (1869β1942)
- Eschmeyer β William N. Eschmeyer
- Eschscholtz β Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793β1831)
- ErsΓ©us β Christer ErsΓ©us
- Esper β Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742β1810)
- Evermann β Barton Warren Evermann (1853β1932)
- Eversmann β Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794β1860)
- Evseenko β Sergei Afanasievich Evseenko
- Eyton β Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809β1880)
F
- Fabre β Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823β1915)
- Fabricius β Johan Christian Fabricius (1745β1808)
- Fage β Louis Fage (1883β1964)
- Fahringer β Josef Fahringer (1876β1950)
- FΓ₯hraeus β Olof Immanuel von FΓ₯hraeus (1796β1884)
- Fairmaire β LΓ©on Fairmaire (1820β1906)
- Falla β Robert Falla (1901β1979)
- FallΓ©n β Carl Fredrik FallΓ©n (1764β1830)
- Fauvel β Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel (1840β1921) insects
- Fauvel β Pierre Fauvel (1866β1958) Polychaetes
- Feinberg β Margaret Norma Feinberg
- C. Felder β Baron Cajetan von Felder (1814β1894) Lepidoptera
- R. Felder β Rudolf Felder (1842β1871) Lepidoptera
- Fenwick β Jack Fenwick
- Fernandes-Matioli β Flora Maria de Campos Fernandes-Matioli
- Ferrari-Perez β Fernando Ferrari-PΓ©rez (1857β1933)
- Ferraris β Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.
- FΓ©russac β Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de FΓ©russac (1745β1815)
- Filhol β Henri Filhol (1843β1902)
- Finsch β Otto Finsch (1839β1917)
- Fioroni β Pio Fioroni (1933β2003)
- G. Fischer, Fischer de Waldheim, Fischer von Waldheim β Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771β1853)
- J. Fischer β Johann Baptist Fischer (1803β1832)
- J.G. Fischer β Johann Gustav Fischer (1819β1889)
- M. Fischer β Maximilian Fischer (born 1929)
- Fitch β Asa Fitch (1809β1879)
- Fitzinger β Leopold Fitzinger (1802β1884)
- J.H. Fleming β James Henry Fleming (1872β1940)
- Fleming β John Fleming (1785β1857)
- Fonscolombe β Γtienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe
- Forbes β Edward Forbes (1815β1854)
- Forbes β Henry Ogg Forbes (1851β1932)
- Forel β Auguste-Henri Forel (1848β1931)
- Forsius β Runar Forsius (1884β1935)
- ForsskΓ₯l β Peter ForsskΓ₯l (1732β1763)
- Forsyth Major β Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843β1923)
- Forster β Johann Reinhold Forster (1729β1798)
- C.A. Forster β Catherine A. Forster
- G. Forster β Georg Forster (1754β1794)
- R.R. Forster β Raymond Robert Forster (1922β2000)
- FΓΆrster β Arnold FΓΆrster (1810β1884)
- Fourmanoir β Pierre Fourmanoir (1924β2007)
- Fowler β Henry Weed Fowler (1879β1965)
- Fox β Wade Fox (1920β1964)
- Fraas β Eberhard Fraas (1862β1915)
- Franganillo-Balboa β Pelegrin Franganillo-Balboa (1873β1955)
- Franklin β James Franklin (c. 1783β1834)
- Fransen β Charles Fransen
- Fraser β Louis Fraser (1810β1866)
- F.C. Fraser β Frederick Charles Fraser
- Freyer β Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794β1885) entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
- Friedmann β Herbert Friedmann (1900β1987)
- Fricke β Ronald Fricke
- Frivaldszky β Imre Frivaldszky (1799β1870)
- Frohawk β Frederick William Frohawk (1861β1946)
- Fromont β Jane Fromont
- Fruhstorfer β Hans Fruhstorfer (1866β1922)
- FΓΌrbringer β Max FΓΌrbringer (1846β1920)
- FΓΌssli, Fuessly, FΓΌsslins β Johann Kaspar FΓΌssli (1743β1786)
G
- Gadow β Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855β1928)
- Gahan β Charles Joseph Gahan (1862β1939) for Cerambycidae or Arthur Burton Gahan (1880β1960) for Hymenoptera
- Gaimard β Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796β1858)
- F. Galton, Galton β Francis Galton (1822β1911)
- P. M. Galton β Peter Galton
- Gambel β William Gambel (1823β1849)
- Gao β Keqin Gao (born 1955)
- Garman β Samuel Garman (1843β1927)
- Garnot β Prosper Garnot (1794β1838)
- Garstang β Walter Garstang (1868β1949)
- Gaston β Robert Gaston (born 1967)
- Gasparini β Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
- Gauthier β Jacques Gauthier (born 1948)
- Gegenbaur β Carl Gegenbaur (1825β1903)
- GenΓ© β Giuseppe GenΓ© (1800β1847)
- Γ. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire β Γtienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772β1844)
- I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire β Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805β1861)
- Georgi β Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729β1802)
- Germar β Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786β1853)
- GerstΓ€cker β Carl Eduard Adolph GerstΓ€cker (1828β1895)
- Gertsch β Willis J. Gertsch (1906β1998)
- Gervais β Paul Gervais (1816β1879)
- GΓ©ry β Jacques GΓ©ry ichthyology
- Geyer β Carl Geyer entomology
- Geyer β Charles Andreas Geyer (1809β1853) botany, American
- Gielis β Cees Gielis
- Giglioli β Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845β1909)
- Gilbert β Charles Henry Gilbert (1859β1928)
- Gilchrist β John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866β1926)
- Gill β Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837β1914)
- Gillette β David D. Gillette
- Gilmore β Charles W. Gilmore (1874β1945)
- Girard β Charles FrΓ©dΓ©ric Girard (1822β1895)
- Giraud β Joseph Etienne Giraud (1808β1877)
- Girault β Alec ArsΓ¨ne Girault entomology
- Gloger β Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (1803β1863)
- Gmelin β Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748β1804)
- Godart β Jean-Baptiste Godart (1775β1825)
- Godefroit β Pascal Godefroit
- Godman β Frederick DuCane Godman (1834β1919)
- Goeze β Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731β1793)
- GΓΆhlich β Ursula Bettina GΓΆhlich
- Goldfuss β Georg August Goldfuss (1782β1848)
- Goldman β E. A. Goldman
- Goode β George Brown Goode (1851β1896)
- Gosse β Philip Henry Gosse (1810β1888)
- A. A. Gould β Augustus Addison Gould (1805β1866) conchology
- Gould β John Gould (1804β1881) birds and mammals
- Graffin β Greg Graffin (1964βpresent) paleozoology/evolutionary biology
- A. Grandidier β Alfred Grandidier (1836β1921)
- G. Grandidier β Guillaume Grandidier (1873β1957)
- Grandin β Temple Grandin (born 1947)
- Granger β Walter W. Granger (1872β1941)
- Grant β Chapman Grant (1887β1983) herpetology
- Grant β Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893β1977) malacology, paleontology
- Gravenhorst β Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777β1857)
- Gray - Michael R. Gray (1941 -2023) arachnology
- G. R. Gray β George Robert Gray (1808β1872) entomology, ornithology
- J. E. Gray β John Edward Gray (1800β1875)
- Gray β Michael R. Gray (β2023)
- Green β Edward Ernest Green (1861β1949)
- Gregory β William K. Gregory (1876β1970)
- Griffith β Edward Griffith (1790β1858)
- J. N. Griffith β Jeremy Griffith (born 1945)
- Grimpe β Georg Grimpe (1889β1936)
- Grinnell β Joseph Grinnell (1877β1939)
- Griscom β Ludlow Griscom (1890β1959)
- Grobben β Karl Grobben (1854β1945)
- Gronow β Laurence Theodore Gronow (fl. 1854) ichthyology
- A. Grote, Grote β Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841β1903) entomology
- H. Grote β Hermann Grote ornithology
- Grube β Adolph Eduard Grube (1812β1880) zoology
- Grumm-Grzhimailo β Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860β1936) entomology
- Guenee, GuenΓ©e β Achille GuenΓ©e (1809β1880)
- Guerin, GuΓ©rin-MΓ©neville β FΓ©lix Γdouard GuΓ©rin-MΓ©neville (1799β1874)
- GΓΌldenstΓ€dt β Johann Anton GΓΌldenstΓ€dt (1745β1781)
- Gunnerus β Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718β1773)
- Gunter β Gordon P. Gunter (1909β1998)
- GΓΌnther β Albert C. L. G. GΓΌnther (1830β1914)
- Gurney β John Henry Gurney (1819β1890)
- J. H. Gurney Jr β John Henry Gurney Jr. (1848β1922)
- Gyllenhaal β Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752β1840)
H
- Habe β Tadashige Habe (1916β2001)
- Hiren β Hiren B Parmar (born 1985)
- Hablizl β Carl Ludwig Hablitz (1752β1821)
- Hachisuka β Masauji Hachisuka (1903β1953)
- Hadiaty β Renny Kurnia Hadiaty
- Hadie β Wartono Hadie
- Haeckel β Ernst Haeckel (1834β1919)
- Hagen β Hermann August Hagen (1817β1893)
- Hahn β Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786β1835)
- Haldeman β Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1812β1880)
- Haliday β Alexander Henry Haliday (1807β1870)
- Hallowell β Edward Hallowell (1808β1860) herpetology
- Hamilton, Hamilton-Buchanan β Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762β1829)
- Hammer β William R. Hammer
- Hampson β George Hampson (1860β1936)
- Handlirsch β Anton Handlirsch (1865β1935)
- Hanley β Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1819β1899)
- Hansemann β Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann (1784β1862)
- Hansen β Hans Jacob Hansen (1855β1936)
- Harcourt β Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825β1891)
- Hardwicke β Thomas Hardwicke (1755β1835)
- Harlan β Richard Harlan (1796β1843)
- Harper β Francis Harper (1886β1972)
- Harris, M. Harris β Moses Harris (1734β1785) entomology
- T.W. Harris β Thaddeus Williams Harris (1795β1856)
- Harrison β Colin James Oliver Harrison (1926β2003)
- Hartert β Ernst Hartert (1859β1933)
- Hartig β Theodor Hartig (1805β1880)
- Hartlaub β Gustav Hartlaub (1814β1900)
- Hassall β Arthur Hill Hassall (1817β1894)
- Haswell β William Aitcheson Haswell (1854β1925)
- Hatcher β John Bell Hatcher (1861β1904)
- Hatschek β Berthold Hatschek (1854β1941)
- Haubold β Hartmut Haubold
- Haworth β Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767β1833)
- Hay β William Perry Hay (1872β1947)
- Hayman β Robert William Hayman
- Head β Jason James Head
- Heads β Sam W. Heads
- Heaney β Lawrence Richard Heaney
- Heckel β Johann Jakob Heckel (1790β1857)
- Hector β James Hector (1834β1907)
- Heemstra β Phillip C. Heemstra
- HellΓ©n β Wolter Edward HellΓ©n (1890β1979)
- Heller β Joseph Heller (born 1941)
- Hellmayr β Carl Edward Hellmayr (1878β1944)
- Hemprich β Wilhelm Hemprich (1796β1825)
- Henle β Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809β1885)
- Henshaw β Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (1850β1930)
- Hentz β Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797β1856)
- Herbst β Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743β1807)
- Herdman β William Abbott Herdman (1858β1924)
- Hering β Erich Martin Hering (1893β1967)
- Herman β OttΓ³ Herman (1835β1914)
- Hermann β Johann Hermann (1738β1800)
- Herre β Albert William Christian Theodore Herre (1869β1962)
- Herrich-SchΓ€ffer β Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-SchΓ€ffer (1799β1874)
- Hershkovitz β Philip Hershkovitz (1909β1997)
- Hertlein β Leo George Hertlein (1898β1972)
- Heude β Pierre Marie Heude (1836β1902)
- Heuglin β Theodor von Heuglin (1824β1876)
- Heuvelmans β Bernard Heuvelmans (1916β2001)
- Hewitson β William Chapman Hewitson (1806β1878)
- Heydenreich β Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich (fl. mid-19th century)
- Heymons β Richard Heymons (1867β1943)
- Hildebrand β Samuel Frederick Hildebrand (1883β1949)
- Hilgendorf β Franz Martin Hilgendorf (1839β1904)
- Hilsenberg β Carl Theodor Hilsenberg (1802β1824)
- Hinton β Martin Hinton (1883β1961)
- Hirohito β ShΕwa Emperor Hirohito (1901β1989)
- Hirst β Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883β1930) arachnology, British
- Hirst β David B. Hirst arachnology, Australian
- Hiyama β Yoshio Hiyama (1909β1988)
- Hodgson β Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800β1894)
- Hoese β Douglass F. Hoese
- Hoffmannsegg β Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766β1849)
- Hoffstetter β Robert Hoffstetter (fl. 19th century)
- Holbrook β John Edwards Holbrook (1794β1871)
- Holland β William Jacob Holland (1848β1932)
- Holmberg β Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852β1937)
- Holmgren β August Emil Holmgren (1829β1888)
- Holmgren (N.Holmgren) Nils Holmgren (1877β1954)
- Holthuis β Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (1921β2008)
- Hombron β Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798β1852)
- Honrath β Eduard Honrath (1837β1893)
- Hope β Frederick William Hope (1797β1862)
- Horn β George Henry Horn (1840β1897)
- W. Horn β Walther Hermann Richard Horn (1871β1939)
- Horner β Jack Horner (born 1946)
- Horsfield β Thomas Horsfield (1773β1859)
- HorvΓ‘th β GΓ©za HorvΓ‘th (1847β1937)
- Hose β Charles Hose (1863β1929)
- Hottinger β Lukas Hottinger (1933β2011)
- Houttuyn β Martinus Houttuyn (1720β1798)
- Howard β Hildegarde Howard (1901β1998)
- Howell, A.H. Howell β Arthur H. Howell (1872β1940)
- Howes β William George Howes (1879β1946)
- Hoyle β William Evans Hoyle (1855β1926)
- Hu β Yaoming Hu
- HΓΌbner β Jacob HΓΌbner (1761β1826)
- Hubbs β Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894β1979)
- Huene, von Huene β Friedrich von Huene (1875β1969)
- Huey β Laurence Markham Huey (1892β1963)
- Hulke β John Whitaker Hulke (1830β1895)
- Hume β Allan Octavian Hume (1829β1912)
- Humphrey β Philip Strong Humphrey (1926β2009)
- Hunt β Adrian P. Hunt
- HΓΌrzeler β Johannes HΓΌrzeler
- Hutt β Steve Hutt
- J.S. Huxley β Julian Sorell Huxley (1887β1975) general zoology
- T.H. Huxley β Thomas Henry Huxley (1825β1895) general zoology
- Hwang β Sunny H. Hwang
I
- Ida β Hitoshi Ida (born 1940)
- Iredale β Tom Iredale (1880β1972)
- Illiger β Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775β1813)
- Ivantsoff β Walter Ivantsoff
- Ivie β Michael Aaron Ivie
- Ivie β Wilton Ivie
- Iwai β Tamotsu Iwai
J
- Jacobs β Jean-Charles Jacobs (1821β1907) entomology (Diptera, Hymenoptera)
- Jacquin β Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727β1817) mainly tropical American taxa
- Jacquinot β HonorΓ© Jacquinot (1815β1887) mainly marine biology
- Jain β Sohan Lal Jain vertebrate paleontology
- Jakowlew β Alexander Ivanovich Yakovlev (1863β1909)
- James β Helen F. James (paleo)ornithology
- Jameson β Robert Jameson (1774β1854) general zoology
- Jamieson β Alan J. Jamieson (marine biologist)
- Janensch β Werner Janensch (1878β1969) vertebrate paleontology (East African sauropods)
- Janson β Oliver Erichson Janson (1850β1926) entomology (Coleoptera)
- Jardine β William Jardine (1800β1874) general zoology
- Jebb β Matthew H. P. Jebb
- Jeffreys β John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809β1885)
- Jekel β Henri Jekel (1816β1891)
- Jenkins β James Travis Jenkins (1876β1959)
- A. P. Jenkins β Aaron Peter Jenkins
- Jensen β James A. Jensen (1918β1998) vertebrate paleontology
- Jerdon β Thomas C. Jerdon (1811β1872) general zoology (South Asia)
- Q. Ji β Qiang Ji
- S. Ji β Shuan Ji
- JimΓ©nez de la Espada β Marcos JimΓ©nez de la Espada (1831β1898) vertebrate zoology
- JocquΓ© β Rudy JocquΓ©
- G. D. Johnson β G. David Johnson
- Johnston β George Johnston
- Jordan β David Starr Jordan (1851β1931) ichthyology
- K. Jordan β Karl Jordan (1861β1959) entomology (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera)
- Jouanin β Christian Jouanin
- Jourdan β Claude Jourdan
K
- Kaila β Lauri Kaila
- Karg β Wolfgang Karg (1927β2016)
- Karsch β Ferdinand Karsch
- Katayama β Masao Katayama (born 1912)
- Kaup β Johann Jakob Kaup (1803β1873)
- Kay β E. Alison Kay (1928β2008)
- Keferstein β Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833β1870)
- Kelaart β Edward Frederick Kelaart (1819β1860)
- Kellner β Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
- Kellogg β Remington Kellogg (1892β1969)
- L. Kellogg β Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867β1937)
- Kennard β Frederic Hedge Kennard (1865β1937)
- Kennedy β Clarence Hamilton Kennedy (1879β1952)
- Kennicott β Robert Kennicott (1835β1866)
- Kerr β Robert Kerr (1755β1813)
- Kessler β Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815β1881)
- Keulemans β John Gerrard Keulemans (1842β1912)
- Keyserling β Eugen von Keyserling (1833β1889)
- Kieffer β Jean-Jacques Kieffer (1857β1925)
- Kielan-Jaworowska β Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925β2015)
- King β Phillip Parker King (1793β1856)
- Kinnear β Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882β1957)
- Kirby β William Kirby (1759β1850)
- W. F. Kirby β William Forsell Kirby (1844β1912)
- Kirkaldy β George Willis Kirkaldy
- Kirkland β James Ian Kirkland (born 1954)
- Kishida β Kyukichi Kishida (1888β1968)
- Kittlitz β Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799β1874)
- O. Kleinschmidt β Otto Kleinschmidt (1870β1954)
- Kloss β Cecil Boden Kloss (1877β1949)
- Klotzsch β Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805β1860)
- Klug β Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug (1775β1856)
- Kner β Rudolf Kner (1810β1868)
- Knoch β August Wilhelm Knoch (1742β1818)
- Kobayashi β Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
- C. L. Koch β Carl Ludwig Koch (1778β1857)
- L. Koch β Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825β1908)
- Koelz β Walter Norman Koelz (1895β1989)
- Kolbe β Hermann Julius Kolbe (1855β1939)
- Kollar β Vincenz Kollar (1797β1860)
- Kollman β Max Kollmann
- Konings β Ad Konings
- Kono β Hiromichi Kono (1905β1963)
- Konow β Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (1842β1908)
- Korshunov β Yuri Korshunov (1933β2002)
- Kotlyar β Aleksandr N. Kotlyar
- Kotthaus β Adolf Kotthaus
- Kraglievich β Lucas Kraglievich
- Kraatz β Ernst Gustav Kraatz (1831β1909)
- Krauss β Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812β1890)
- Krauss β Hermann August Krauss (1848β1939)
- Krabbe β Niels Krabbe (born 1951)
- Krefft β Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft (1830β1881)
- Krefft β Gerhard Krefft (1912β1993)
- Kriechbaumer β Joseph Kriechbaumer (1819β1902)
- Krohn β August David Krohn (1803β1891)
- Kropotkin β Peter Kropotkin (1842β1921)
- Ksepka β Daniel T. Ksepka
- Kuhl β Heinrich Kuhl (1797β1821)
- Kuiter β Rudolf Herman Kuiter (born 1943)
- Kulczynski β WΕadysΕaw KulczyΕski (1854β1919)
- Kuroda β Nagamichi Kuroda (1889β1978)
- Kurzanov β Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov
L
- LabillardiΓ¨re β Jacques LabillardiΓ¨re (1755β1834)
- LacΓ©pΓ¨de β Bernard Germain de LacΓ©pΓ¨de (1756β1825)
- Lacordaire β Jean ThΓ©odore Lacordaire (1801β1870)
- Lafresnaye β FrΓ©dΓ©ric de Lafresnaye (1783β1861)
- Laicharting β Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting (1754β1797)
- Lamarck β Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744β1829)
- Lamanna β Matthew Carl Lamanna
- Lambe β Lawrence Morris Lambe (1863β1919)
- Lambrecht β KΓ‘lmΓ‘n Lambrecht
- Lameere β Auguste Lameere (1864β1942)
- Landbeck β Christian Ludwig Landbeck (1807β1890)
- Langer β Max Cardoso Langer
- Langston β Wann Langston, Jr. (1921β2013)
- Laporte β FranΓ§ois-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802β1880)
- Lapparent, de Lapparent β Albert-FΓ©lix de Lapparent (1905β1975)
- LaRoche β Francisco La Roche [Wikidata]
- Larson β Helen K. Larson
- Latham β John Latham (1740β1837)
- Latreille β Pierre AndrΓ© Latreille (1762β1833)
- Laurent β MichΓ¨le de Saint Laurent (1926β2003) French carcinologist
- Laurenti β Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735β1805)
- Laurillard β Charles LΓ©opold Laurillard (1783β1853)
- Lavocat β RenΓ© Lavocat
- Lawrence β George Newbold Lawrence (1806β1895)
- Lawrence β Barbara Lawrence (1909β1997)
- R.F. Lawrence β Reginald Frederick Lawrence (1897β1987)
- Laxmann β Erik Laxmann (1737β1796)
- Layard β Edgar Leopold Layard (1824β1900)
- Lea β Arthur Mills Lea (1868β1932)
- LeConte β John Lawrence LeConte (1825β1883)
- Leach β William Elford Leach (1791β1836)
- Leach β Edwin S. Leach (1878β1971)
- Lee β Yuong-Nam Lee
- Leech β John Henry Leech (1862β1900)
- Lehtinen β Pekka T. Lehtinen
- Leidy β Joseph Leidy (1823β1891)
- Leisler β Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (1771β1813)
- Le Leouff β Jean Le Leouff
- Lembeye β Juan Lembeye (1816β1889)
- Lendzion β Kazimiera Lendzion
- Lepeletier β AmΓ©dΓ©e Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770β1845)
- Lesson β RenΓ©-PrimevΓ¨re Lesson (1794β1849)
- Le Souef β Dudley Le Souef (1856β1923)
- Lesueur β Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778β1846)
- Leuckart β Rudolf Leuckart (1822β1898)
- Leussler β R. A. Leussler
- Li β Li Sizhong (1921β2009)
- C.K. Li (also C.-K. Li or C. Li) β Chuankui Li
- D.Q. Li (also D.-Q. Li or D. Li) β Daqing Li
- P.P. Li (also P.-P. Li or P. Li) β Pipeng Li
- Lichtenstein β Martin Lichtenstein (1780β1867)
- Lilljeborg β Wilhelm Lilljeborg (1816β1908)
- Link β Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767β1850)
- Linnaeus β Carl Linnaeus (1707β1778)
- Lindl. β John Lindley (1799β1865)
- Linsley β Earle Gorton Linsley (1910β2000)
- Lintner β Joseph Albert Lintner (1822β1898)
- Ljungh β Sven Ingemar Ljungh (1757β1828)
- Loche β Victor Loche (1806β1863)
- LΓΆnnberg β Einar LΓΆnnberg (1864β1942)
- Lowe β Richard Thomas Lowe (1802β1874)
- Lowe β Percy Lowe (1870β1948)
- Lowry β James K. Lowry (1942 -
- Y.Y. Lu (also Y.-Y. Lu or Y. Lu) β Yuyan Lu
- LΓΌ (also J.C. LΓΌ, J.-C. LΓΌ or J. LΓΌ) β Junchang LΓΌ
- S.Q. LΓΌ (also S.-Q. LΓΌ or S. LΓΌ) β Shunqin LΓΌ
- Lubbock β John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834β1913)
- Luc β Michel Luc (1927β2010) nematology
- Lucas β Hippolyte Lucas (1814β1899)
- F.A. Lucas β Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852β1929)
- S.G. Lucas β Spencer G. Lucas
- Lull β Richard Swann Lull (1867β1957)
- Lund β Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801β1880)
- LΓΌtken β Christian Frederik LΓΌtken (1827β1901)
- Lydekker β Richard Lydekker (1849β1915)
- Lyon β Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. (1875β1942)
M
- Mabile β Jules FranΓ§ois Mabille (1831β1904)
- Macleay β William John Macleay (1820β1891)
- Mackovicky β Peter J. Mackovicky
- Makela β Robert R. Makela (1940β1987)
- Malaise β RenΓ© Malaise (1892β1978)
- Maleev β Evgenii Aleksandrovich Maleev (1915β1966)
- Mannerheim β Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797β1854)
- Mantell β Gideon Mantell (1790β1852)
- Marcus β Ernst Marcus (1893β1968)
- Marinescu β Florian Marinescu
- Markevich β Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich (1905β1999)
- Marples β Brian J. Marples
- Marsh β Othniel Charles Marsh (1831β1899)
- Marshall β Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall (1871β1959)
- Marhsall β Thomas Ansell Marshall (1827β1903)
- Martill β David Martill
- Martin β William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798β1864) mainly mammals
- C. Martin β Claro Martin
- L. Martin β Larry Martin (1943β2013) paleontology
- Martinez β Ruben D. Martinez
- R. MartΓnez Escarbassiere β Rafael MartΓnez Escarbassiere (1929β2022)
- Marvin β Nigel Marven (born 1960)
- Maryanska β Teresa MaryaΕska
- Mason β Francis Mason (1799β1874)
- Massy β Anne Letitia Massy (1867β1931)
- Mateus β OctΓ‘vio Mateus (born 1975)
- Mathews β Gregory Mathews (1876β1949)
- Matley β Charles Alfred Matley (1866β1947)
- Matschie β Paul Matschie (1861β1926)
- Matsubara β Kiyomatsu Matsubara (1907β1968)
- Matsumura β ShΕnen Matsumura (1872β1960)
- Matsuura β Keiichi Matsuura
- Mayr β Ernst Mayr (1904β2005) vertebrates, mainly birds
- G. Mayr β Gerald Mayr prehistoric vertebrates, mainly birds
- McCulloch β Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885β1925)
- McLachlan β Robert McLachlan (1837β1904)
- Meade-Waldo β Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855β1934)
- Mearns β Edgar Alexander Mearns (1856β1916)
- Meek β Seth Eugene Meek (1859β1914)
- Meguro β Katsusuke Meguro
- MΓ©hely β Lajos MΓ©helΓΏ (1862β1953)
- Meigen β Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764β1845)
- Mello-LeitΓ£o β CΓ’ndido Firmino de Mello-LeitΓ£o (1886β1948)
- Melsheimer β Frederick Ernst Melsheimer (1782β1873)
- Menezes β Naercio Aquino de Menezes (born 1937)
- MΓ©nΓ©tries β Γdouard MΓ©nΓ©tries (1802β1861)
- Merrem β Blasius Merrem (1761β1824)
- Merrett β Nigel Merrett
- Merriam β Clinton Hart Merriam (1855β1942)
- Mertens β Robert Mertens (1894β1975)
- Metcalfe β John William Metcalfe (1872β1952)
- Metschnikoff, Mechnikov β Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845β1916)
- Meyen β Franz Meyen (1804β1840)
- Meyer, von Meyer β Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801β1869) paleontology
- A.B. Meyer β Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840β1911) birds, primates, entomology (mainly Wallacea)
- F.A. Meyer, F.A.A. Meyer, Meyer β Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer (1768β1795) birds, primates
- Meyer de Schauensee β Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (1901β1984) birds
- Meyrick β Edward Meyrick (1854β1938)
- Michener β Charles Duncan Michener (1918β2015)
- Middendorf, Midd. β Alexander von Middendorff (1815β1894)
- Midgley β Steven Hamar Midgley
- Miles β Clifford Miles
- Millard β Naomi A. H. Millard (1914β1997) Hydroida
- Miller β Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (1869β1956) mammals
- A.H. Miller β Alden H. Miller
- J.F. Miller β John Frederick Miller (1759β1796) mainly vertebrates
- L.H. Miller β Loye H. Miller paleontology, mainly birds
- R.R. Miller β Robert Rush Miller (1916β2003) fish
- Millet β Pierre-AimΓ© Millet (1783β1873)
- Milne-Edwards β Henri Milne-Edwards (1800β1885) mammals and crustaceans
- A. Milne-Edwards β Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835β1900) birds
- Milner β Angela C. Milner
- Miranda-Ribeiro β AlΓpio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874β1939)
- P. Miranda-Ribeiro β Paulo de Miranda Ribeiro (1901β1965)
- Mitchell β Thomas Mitchell (1792β1855)
- Mitchill β Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764β1831)
- Mitra β Tridib Ranjan Mitra
- Mizuno β Nobuhiko Mizuno
- Mochizuki β Kenji Mochizuki
- MocsΓ‘ry β Alexander MocsΓ‘ry (1841β1915)
- Mohr β Erna Mohr (1894β1968)
- Molina β Juan Ignacio Molina (1740β1829)
- Molnar β Ralph E. Molnar
- Mondolfi β Edgardo Mondolfi (1918β1999)
- Mones β Γlvaro Mones (born 1942)
- Montagu β George Montagu (1753β1815)
- Moore β Frederic Moore (1830β1907) butterflies and moths
- J.C. Moore β Joseph Curtis Moore (1914β1995) rodents
- Mori β Tamezo Mori (1884β1962)
- Moreno β Francisco Moreno (1852β1919)
- Morley β Claude Morley (1874β1951)
- Morrow β James Edwin Morrow, Jr. (born 1918)
- Mortensen β Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868β1952)
- MΓΆschler β Heinrich Benno MΓΆschler (1831β1888)
- Motomura β Hiroyuki Motomura fish, scorpionfish
- Motschulsky β Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810β1871)
- Mound β Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934)
- Moure β Jesus Santiago Moure (1912β2010)
- Mourer-ChauvirΓ© β CΓ©cile Mourer-ChauvirΓ©
- Moyer β Jack T. Moyer (1929β2004)
- Muche β Werner Heinz Muche (1911β1987)
- J.P. MΓΌller, MΓΌller β Johannes Peter MΓΌller (1801β1858) mainly fish
- O.F. MΓΌller β Otto Friedrich MΓΌller (1730β1784) insects, fauna of Scandinavia
- Statius MΓΌller, or P.L.S. MΓΌller according to the IUCN β Philipp Ludwig Statius MΓΌller (1725β1776) birds, insects, some mammals and others
- MΓΌller β Salomon MΓΌller (1804β1864) mainly fauna of Indonesia
- Mulsant β Γtienne Mulsant (1797β1880)
- Munday β Philip L. Munday
- Muricy β Guilherme Muricy (1964 -) sponges, their chemistry & taxonomy
- Murphy β Robert Cushman Murphy (1887β1973)
- Murray β J. A. Murray
- Muttkowski β Richard Anthony Muttkowski (1887β1943)
N
- Nabokov β Vladimir Nabokov (1899β1977)
- Nadler β Tilo Nadler (born 1941)
- Naef β Adolf Naef (1883β1949)
- Nagao β Takumi Nagao
- Naish β Darren Naish
- J. F. Naumann β Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780β1857)
- Natterer β Johann Natterer (1787β1843)
- NavΓ‘s β Longinos NavΓ‘s (1858β1938)
- Nehring β Alfred Nehring (1845β1904)
- Nelson β Edward William Nelson (1855β1934)
- Nelson β Joseph S. Nelson (1937β2011)
- Nesov, Nessov β Lev Alexandrovich Nesov (1947β1995)
- Netting β M. Graham Netting (1904β1996) herpetology
- Neumoegen β Berthold Neumoegen (1845β1895)
- New β Tim R. New
- Newman β Edward Newman (1801β1876)
- A. Newton β Alfred Newton (1829β1907)
- E. Newton β Edward Newton (1832β1897)
- Nichols β Albert Russell Nichols (1859β1933)
- Nichols β John Treadwell Nichols (1883β1958)
- Nielsen β Cesare Nielsen (1898β1984)
- Nikolskii β Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nikolskii (1858β1942)
- Nilsson β Sven Nilsson (1787β1883)
- Nitsche β Hinrich Nitsche (1845β1902)
- Noble β Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894β1940)
- Nopcsa β Franz Nopcsa von FelsΕ-SzilvΓ‘s (1877β1933)
- Norell β Mark A. Norell (born 1957)
- Norman β John Richardson Norman (1899β1944)
- D. Norman β David B. Norman (born 1952)
- North β Alfred John North (1855β1917)
- Novas β Fernando Emilio Novas
- Nowinski β Aleksander NowiΕski
- Nuttall β Thomas Nuttall (1786β1859)
- Nylander β William Nylander (1822β1899)
O
- Oberholser β Harry Church Oberholser (1870β1963)
- OberthΓΌr β Charles OberthΓΌr (1845β1924)
- Obraztsov β Nicholas Sergeevitsch Obraztsov (1906β1966)
- Ochiai β Akira Ochiai (1923β2017)
- Ogilby β William Ogilby (1808β1873) general zoology
- J.D. Ogilby β James Douglas Ogilby (1853β1925) ichthyology
- Ogilvie-Grant β William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863β1924)
- Ognev β Sergej Ognew (1886β1951)
- Oguma β Mamoru Oguma (1885β1971)
- Okamoto β Makoto Okamoto
- Oken β Lorenz Oken (1779β1851)
- Okumura β Teiichi Okumura
- Olfers β Ignaz von Olfers (1793β1872)
- Oliver β Walter Oliver (1883β1957)
- Olivi β Giuseppe Olivi (1769β1795)
- Olivier β Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756β1814)
- Olson β Storrs Olson (1944β2021)
- Oppel β Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782β1820)
- Ord β George Ord (1781β1866)
- Osbeck β Pehr Osbeck (1723β1805)
- Osborn β Herbert Osborn (1856β1954) entomology
- Osborn β Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857β1935) paleontology
- Osgood β Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875β1947)
- Osi β Attila Εsi
- OsmΓ³lska β Halszka OsmΓ³lska (1930β2008)
- Osthelder β Ludwig Osthelder (1877β1954)
- Ostrom β John Ostrom (1928β2005)
- Oudemans β Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858β1943)
- Oustalet β Emile Oustalet (1844β1905)
- Owen β Richard Owen (1804β1892)
P
- Packard β Alpheus Spring Packard (1839β1905) entomology, paleontology
- Palisot de Beauvois β Ambroise Marie FranΓ§ois Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (1752β1820) botany, entomology
- Pallas β Peter Simon Pallas (1741β1811) botany, zoology
- Palmer β Theodore Sherman Palmer (1868β1955)
- Panzer β Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755β1829) entomology
- Parenti β Lynne R. Parenti
- Parks β William Arthur Parks (1868β1939)
- Pascoe β Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1813β1893) entomology
- Patzner β β Robert A. Patzner
- Paul β Gregory S. Paul (born 1954)
- Pauly β Alain Pauly [Wikidata] (born 1954)
- Pax β Ferdinand Albert Pax (1884β1964)
- Peale β Titian Peale (1799β1885)
- Pease β William Harper Pease (1824β1871)
- Pearson β Oliver Paynie Pearson (1915β2003)
- Pelzeln β August von Pelzeln (1825β1891)
- Pennant β Thomas Pennant (1726β1798)
- M. L. Penrith β Mary-Louise Penrith (born 1942)
- Perez-Moreno β Bernardino P. PΓ©rez-Moreno
- Perle β Altangerel Perle (born 1945)
- PΓ©ron β FranΓ§ois PΓ©ron (1775β1810)
- Perrier β Edmond Perrier (1844β1921)
- Perty β Joseph Anton Maximillian Perty (1804β1884) entomology
- Peters β Wilhelm Peters (1815β1883)
- D.S. Peters β Dieter Stefan Peters paleontology, including birds
- J.L. Peters β James Lee Peters (1889β1952) ornithology
- Petrunkevitch β Alexander Petrunkevitch (1875β1964)
- Pfeffer β Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854β1931)
- Philippi β Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808β1904) paleontology, zoology
- Pic β Maurice Pic (1866β1957) entomology
- Pickard-Cambridge β Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828β1917)
- Pierce β Frank Nelson Pierce (1861β1943)
- Pietsch β Theodore Wells Pietsch III
- Pietschmann β Victor Pietschmann (1881β1956)
- Pilsbry β Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862β1957)
- Pisera β Andrzej Pisera
- Platnick β Norman I. Platnick arachnology
- Pocock β Reginald Innes Pocock (1863β1947)
- Poda β Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723β1798) entomology
- Poey β Felipe Poey (1799β1891) entomology, ichthyology
- Poeppig β Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798β1868)
- Pol β Diego Pol
- Poli β Giuseppe Saverio Poli (1746β1825)
- Pollini β Ciro Pollini (ru) (1782β1833)
- Pomel β Auguste Pomel (1821β1898)
- Pompeckj β Josef Felix Pompeckj (1867β1930)
- Pontoppidan β Erik Pontoppidan (1698β1764)
- Pope β Clifford Hillhouse Pope (1899β1974) herpetology
- Potts β Thomas Potts (1824β1888)
- Pouyaud β Laurent Pouyaud
- Powell β Jaime Eduardo Powell
- Pruvot-Fol β Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873β1972)
- Przewalski β Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839β1888)
- Pucheran β Jacques Pucheran (1817β1894)
- Pulitzer-Finali β Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali
- PΓΌngeler β Rudolf PΓΌngeler (1857β1927)
- Purcell β William Frederick Purcell (1866β1919)
- Pusch, von Pusch β Botho von Pusch
Q
- Quatrefages β Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de BrΓ©au (1810β1892)
- Quoy β Jean RenΓ© Constant Quoy (1790β1869)
R
- Raath β Michael Andrew Raath
- Rachmatika β Ike Rachmatika
- Rackett β Thomas Rackett (1757β1841)
- Radcliffe β Lewis Radcliffe (1880β1950)
- Radde β Gustav Radde (1831β1903)
- Rafinesque β Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783β1840)
- Raffles β Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781β1826)
- Rainbow β William Joseph Rainbow (1856β1919)
- Rajasuriya β Arjan Rajasuriya
- Rambur β Jules PiΓ¨rre Rambur (1801β1870)
- Ramos β Robson Tamar da Costa Ramos
- Ramsay, E.P. Ramsay β Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842β1916)
- Rand β Austin L. Rand (1905β1982)
- Randall β John E. Randall (born 1924)
- Rathbun β Mary J. Rathbun (1860β1943)
- Rathke β Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793β1860)
- Ratzeburg β Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801β1871)
- Rauhut β Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut
- Razoumowsky β Grigory Razumovsky (1759β1837)
- Reakirt β Tryon Reakirt (1844βafter 1871)
- Reboleira β Ana Sofia Reboleira (born 1980)
- Rebel β Hans Rebel (1861β1940)
- Regan β C. Tate Regan (1878β1943)
- Regel β Eduard August von Regel (1815β1892)
- RΓ©gimbart β Maurice Auguste RΓ©gimbart (1852β1907)
- Reichenbach β Ludwig Reichenbach (1793β1879)
- Reichenow β Anton Reichenow (1847β1941)
- Reid β Amanda Reid malacology
- Reig β Osvaldo Alfredo Reig (1929β1992)
- Reinhardt β Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816β1882)
- Reinhart β Roy Herbert Reinhart (1919β2005)
- Renyaan β Samuel J. Renyaan
- Retzius β Anders Jahan Retzius (1742β1821)
- Riabinin β Anatoly Nikolaevich Riabinin
- Rich β Thomas Hewitt Rich
- P. Rich β see Vickers-Rich
- Richardson β John Richardson (1787β1865)
- Richmond β Charles Wallace Richmond (1868β1932)
- Richmond β Neil D. Richmond (1912β1992) mammalogy, herpetology
- Ridgway β Robert Ridgway (1850β1929)
- Riggs β Elmer Samuel Riggs (1869β1963)
- Riley β Joseph Harvey Riley (1873β1941)
- Ripley β Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913β2001)
- Ris β Friedrich Ris (1867β1931)
- Risso β Antoine Risso (1777β1845)
- Rivero β Juan A. Rivero (fl. mid-late 20th century)
- Roberts β Austin Roberts (1883β1948)
- Robertson β David Ross Robertson (born 1946)
- Robinson β Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874β1929)
- Robison β Henry W. Robison
- Robson β Guy Coburn Robson (1888β1945)
- Rodriguez β Gilberto RodrΓguez (1929β2004)
- RΓΆding β Peter Friedrich RΓΆding (1767β1846)
- Roewer β Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881β1963)
- Rogenhofer β Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (1831β1897)
- Roger β Julius Roger (1819β1865)
- Rogick β Mary Dora Rogick (1906β1964)
- Rohde β Klaus Rohde (born 1932)
- Rohwer β Sievert Allen Rohwer (1887β1951)
- Rondelet β Guillaume Rondelet (1507β1566)
- Roniewicz β Ewa Roniewicz
- Rossi β Pietro Rossi (1738β1804)
- Rossignol β Martial Rossignol
- Rossman β Douglas Athon Rossman (1936β2015)
- Rothschild β Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868β1937)
- Roule β Louis Roule (1861β1942)
- Roxas β Hilario Atanacio Roxas (1896β1926)
- Rozhdestvensky β Anatole Rozhdestvensky
- Rudolphi β Karl Rudolphi (1771β1832)
- RΓΌppell β Eduard RΓΌppell (1794β1884)
- Russell β Dale Alan Russell (1937β2019)
- Ryder β John Adam Ryder (1852β1895)
S
- Sakamoto β Katsuichi Sakamoto
- Salgado β Leonardo Salgado
- Salmoni β Dave Salmoni
- Salter β John William Salter (1820β1869)
- Salvadori β Tommaso Salvadori (1835β1923)
- Salvin β Osbert Salvin (1835β1898)
- Samouelle β George Samouelle (c. 1790β1846)
- Sampson β Scott D. Sampson
- Sanborn β Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897β1962)
- Santschi β Felix Santschi (1872β1940)
- Sarato β Ligur Sarato
- G. O. Sars β Georg Ossian Sars (1837β1927)
- M. Sars β Michael Sars (1809β1869)
- Satunin β Konstantin Alexeevitsch Satunin (1863β1915)
- E. Saunders β Edward Saunders (1848β1910) entomology (mainly Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera)
- H. Saunders, Saunders β Howard Saunders (1835β1907) ornithology
- Saunders, W. Saunders β William Wilson Saunders (1809β1879) entomology (mainly Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
- Saussure β Henri Louis FrΓ©dΓ©ric de Saussure (1829β1905)
- Savi β Paolo Savi (1798β1871)
- Savigny β Marie Jules CΓ©sar Savigny (1777β1851)
- Saville-Kent β William Saville-Kent (1845β1908)
- Savornin β Justin Savornin (1876β1970)
- Say β Thomas Say (1787β1843)
- Schaum β Hermann Rudolph Schaum (1819β1865)
- Schinz β Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1771β1861)
- Schiapelli β Rita Delia Schiapelli
- SchiffermΓΌller β Ignaz SchiffermΓΌller (1727β1806)
- SchiΓΆdte β JΓΈrgen Matthias Christian SchiΓΈdte (1815β1884)
- Schlaikjer β Erich Maren Schlaikjer (1905β1972)
- Schlegel β Hermann Schlegel (1804β1884)
- Schmidt β Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890β1957)
- Schnabl β Johann Andreas Schnabl (1838β1912)
- Schneider β Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750β1822)
- Schoepf(f) β Johann David Schoepff (1752β1800)
- SchΓΆnherr β Carl Johan SchΓΆnherr (1772β1848)
- Schomburgk β Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804β1865)
- Schrank β Franz von Paula Schrank (1747β1835)
- Schreber β Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739β1810)
- Schren(c)k β Leopold von Schrenck (1824β1896)
- Schultz β Leonard Peter Schultz (1901β1986)
- Schwartz β Ernst Schwartz
- P. L. Sclater β Philip Sclater (1829β1913)
- W. L. Sclater β William Lutley Sclater (1863β1944)
- Scopoli β Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723β1788)
- Scott β John Scott (1823β1888)
- Scudder β Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1837β1911)
- Seebohm β Henry Seebohm (1832β1895)
- Seegers β Lothar Seegers
- Seeley β Harry Govier Seeley (1839β1909)
- Selby β Prideaux John Selby (1788β1867)
- SΓ©lys β Edmond de SΓ©lys Longchamps (1813β1900)
- Semenov-Tian-Shanskii β Andrei Semenov-Tian-Shanskii (1866β1942)
- Sennett β George B. Sennett (1840β1900)
- Sereno β Paul Sereno (born 1957)
- Serville β Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (1775β1858)
- Sevastianov β Aleksandr Fiodorovich Sevastianov
- Severtzov β Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827β1885)
- Sharpe β Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847β1909)
- Shaw β George Shaw (1751β1813)
- Shelley β George Ernest Shelley (1840β1910)
- Shuckard β William Edward Shuckard (1803β1868)
- Sichel β FrΓ©dΓ©ric Jules Sichel (1802β1868)
- Sick β Helmut Sick (1910β1991)
- Sideleva β Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva
- Siebold β Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804β1885)
- Silvestri β Filippo Silvestri (1873β1949)
- Simon β EugΓ¨ne Simon (1848β1924)
- Simpson β George Gaylord Simpson (1902β1984)
- Slipinski β StanisΕaw Adam ΕlipiΕski
- Slosson β Annie Trumbull Slosson (1838β1926) entomology
- Smith β Andrew Smith (1797β1872) zoology of southern Africa
- Hamilton Smith β Charles Hamilton Smith (1776β1859)
- E. Smith β Edgar Albert Smith (1847β1916) malacology
- F. Smith β Frederick Smith (1805β1879) entomology
- H.M. Smith β Hobart Muir Smith (1912β2013) herpetology
- J.E. Smith β James Edward Smith (1759β1828) Lepidoptera
- J.L.B. Smith β James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897β1968) ichthyology
- M.A. Smith β Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875β1958) herpetology
- S.I. Smith β Sidney Irving Smith (1843β1926) Crustacea
- W.L. Smith β William Leo Smith
- Snellen von Vollenhoven β Samuel Constantinus Snellen von Vollenhoven (1816β1880)
- Snethlage β Emilia Snethlage (1868β1929)
- Snodgrass β Robert Evans Snodgrass (1875β1962)
- Soeroto β Bambang Soeroto
- Sollas β William Johnson Sollas (1849β1936)
- Sowerby, Sby. β George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788β1854)
- Spallanzani β Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729β1799)
- Sparrman β Anders Sparrman (1781β1826)
- Spencer β Alison Louise (born 1993)
- Spencer β Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860β1929)
- Spinola β Maximilian Spinola (1780β1857)
- Spix β Johann Baptist von Spix (1781β1826)
- Stahnke β Herbert Ludwig Stahnke (1902β1990)
- Stainton β Henry Tibbats Stainton (1822β1892)
- Starks β Edwin Chapin Starks (1867β1932)
- Statius MΓΌller/Muller β see P.L.S. MΓΌller
- Staudinger β Otto Staudinger (1830β1900)
- Stebbing β Thomas Stebbing (1835β1926)
- Steenstrup β Japetus Steenstrup (1813β1897)
- Steere β Joseph Beal Steere (1842β1940)
- Stein β Johann Philip Emil Friedrich Stein (1816β1882)
- Steindachner β Franz Steindachner (1834β1919)
- Stejneger β Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851β1943)
- Stephens β James Francis Stephens (1792β1852)
- Sternberg β Charles Hazelius Sternberg (1850β1943)
- Sternberg β Charles Mortram Sternberg (1885β1981)
- D. J. Stewart β Donald J. Stewart
- Stimpson β William Stimpson (1832β1872) naturalist, American
- Stirling β Edward Charles Stirling (1848β1919) anthropologist, Australian
- Stolzmann β Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann (1854β1928)
- Stoll β Caspar Stoll (died 1791)
- Storr β Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (1749β1821)
- Stovall β John Willis Stovall (1891β1953)
- Strand β Embrik Strand (1876β1953)
- Strauch β Alexander Strauch (1832β1893)
- Streets β Thomas Hale Streets (1847β1925)
- Stresemann β Erwin Stresemann (1889β1972)
- Strickland β Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811β1853)
- Stritt β Walter Stritt (1892β1975)
- StrΓΆm β Hans StrΓΆm (1726β1797)
- Stromer β Ernst Stromer (1870β1952)
- Struhsaker β Paul J. Struhsaker
- Su β Su Song (1020β1101)
- Such β George Such (1798β1879)
- Suckley β George Suckley (1830β1869)
- Sues β Hans-Dieter Sues (born 1956)
- Sullivan β Robert M. Sullivan
- Sulzer β Johann Heinrich Sulzer (1735β1813)
- Sundevall β Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801β1875)
- Swainson β William Swainson (1789β1855)
- Swann β Henry Kirke Swann (1871β1926)
- Swinhoe β Robert Swinhoe (1836β1877)
- Sykes β William Henry Sykes (1790β1872)
T
- Tabachnick β Konstantin R. Tabachnick
- Taczanowski β WΕadysΕaw Taczanowski (1819β1890)
- Talbot β Mignon Talbot (1869β1950)
- Taliev β Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev (1908β1952)
- Tang β Zhilu Tang
- Taquet β Philippe Taquet (born 1940)
- Taschenberg β Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg (1818β1898)
- Tate β George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894β1953)
- Tate β Ralph Tate (1840β1901)
- Tattersall, W.M. Tattersall β Walter Medley Tattersall (1882β1948)
- Taylor β Edward Harrison Taylor (1889β1978) herpetology, ichthyology
- L.R. Taylor β Leighton R. Taylor
- Temminck β Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778β1858)
- Templeton β Robert Templeton (1802β1892)
- Thayer β John Eliot Thayer (1862β1933)
- ThΓ©el β Johan Hjalmar ThΓ©el (1848β1937)
- Theischinger β GΓΌnther Theischinger (born 1940)
- Theobald, W. Theob. β William Theobald (1829β1908)
- Thiele β Johannes Thiele (1860β1935)
- Thomas β Oldfield Thomas (1858β1929)
- Thomson, J. Thomson β James Thomson (1828β1897) entomology, primarily Coleoptera and Hymenoptera
- C.G. Thomson, Thomson β Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824β1899) entomology, primarily Swedish insects
- Thorell β Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (1830β1901)
- Thunberg β Carl Peter Thunberg (1743β1828)
- Tillyard β Robert John Tillyard (1881β1937)
- Timm β Tarmo Timm (born 1936)
- Tinbergen β Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907β1988)
- Tjakrawidjaja β Agus Tjakrawidjaja
- Ticehurst β Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881β1941)
- Tidwell β Virginia Tidwell
- Tilesius β Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769β1857)
- Timberlake β Philip H. Timberlake (1883β1981)
- Tischbein β Peter Friedrich Ludwig Tischbein (1813β1883)
- Todd β Walter Edmond Clyde Todd (1874β1969)
- Tokioka β Takasi Tokioka (1913β2001)
- Toledo-Piza β MΓ΄nica de Toledo-Piza Ragazzo
- Tomes β Robert Fisher Tomes (1823β1904)
- Townsend β John Kirk Townsend (1809β1851) ornithology, mainly landbirds
- C. H. Townsend β Charles Haskins Townsend (1859β1944) marine biology
- Toxopeus β Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus (1894β1951) entomology
- Traill β Thomas Stewart Traill (1781β1862)
- Traylor β Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. (1915β2008)
- Trewavas β Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900β1993)
- Tristram β Henry Baker Tristram (1822β1906)
- Troschel β Franz Hermann Troschel (1810β1882)
- Trouessart β Γdouard Louis Trouessart (1842β1927)
- True β Frederick W. True (1858β1914)
- Trybom β Filip Trybom (1850β1913)
- Tryon β George Washington Tryon (1838β1888) malacology
- Tschudi β Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818β1889)
- Tsogtbaatar β Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar
- Tumanova β Tat'yana Alekseyevna Tumanova
- Tunstall β Marmaduke Tunstall (1743β1790)
- Turner β Alfred Jefferis Turner (1861β1947)
- Turton β William Turton (1762β1835)
- Tutt β J. W. Tutt (1858β1911)
- Tytler β Robert Christopher Tytler (1818β1872)
U
- Uhler β Philip Reese Uhler (1835β1913)
V
- Vaillant β LΓ©on Vaillant (1834β1914)
- Valenciennes β Achille Valenciennes (1794β1865)
- Van Denburgh β John Van Denburgh (1872β1924)
- Van Duzee, E.P. Van Duzee β Edward Payson Van Duzee (1861β1940)
- Van Duzee, M.C. Van Duzee β Millard Carr Van Duzee (1860β1934)
- Vander Linden β Pierre LΓ©onard Vander Linden (1797β1831)
- Varricchio β David J. Varricchio
- E. Verreaux β Edouard Verreaux (1810β1868)
- J. Verreaux β Jules Verreaux (1807β1873)
- Verrill β Addison Emery Verrill (1839β1926)
- Vickaryous β Matthew P. Vickaryous
- Vickers-Rich, P. Rich β Patricia Vickers-Rich (born 1944)
- Vieillot β Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748β1830)
- Vieweg β C. F. Vieweg
- Vigors β Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785β1840)
- Villers β Charles Joseph de Villers (1724β1810)
- Vladykov β Vadim Dmitrij Vladykov (1898β1986)
- von Blomberg β Ernst Freiherr von Blomberg (1821β1903)
W
- Wagler β Johann Georg Wagler (1800β1832)
- Wagner β Johann Andreas Wagner (1797β1861)
- Wahlberg β Johan August Wahlberg (1810β1859)
- Walbaum β Johann Julius Walbaum (1724β1799)
- Walch β Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (1725β1778)
- Walckenaer β Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771β1852)
- Walker β Edmund Murton Walker (1877β1969) entomology
- A. Walker β Alick Donald Walker (1925β1999) paleontology
- C.A. Walker β Cyril Alexander Walker paleontology
- F. Walker β Francis Walker (1809β1874) entomology
- Wall β Frank Wall (1868β1950)
- Wallace β Alfred Russel Wallace (1823β1913)
- Wallengren β Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823β1894)
- Walsh β Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808β1869)
- Walsingham β Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843β1919)
- Waltl β Joseph Waltl (1805β1888)
- X.L. Wang, X.-L. Wang, X. Wang β Xiaolin Wang (zoologist)
- Y.Q. Wang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang β Yuanqing Wang
- R.G. Wardlaw-Ramsay β Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay (1852β1921)
- Watabe β Mahito Watabe
- Waterhouse β George Robert Waterhouse (1801β1888)
- Weber β Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852β1937) general zoology, mainly vertebrates
- H. Weber, Weber β Hermann Weber (1899β1956)
- Wegrzynowicz β Piotr WΔgrzynowicz
- Weigold β Hugo Weigold (1886β1973)
- Weishampel β David B. Weishampel (born 1952)
- Welles β Samuel Paul Welles (1907β1997)
- West β Rick C. West arachnology
- Westwood β John O. Westwood (1805β1893)
- Wetmore β Alexander Wetmore (1886β1978)
- Weyenbergh β Hendrik Weyenbergh, Jr. (1842β1885)
- Wheeler β William Morton Wheeler (1865β1937)
- Whitaker β Joseph Whitaker ornithology
- White β Adam White (1817β1878)
- Whitley β Gilbert Percy Whitley (1903β1975)
- Wiedemann β Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770β1840)
- Wied-Neuwied β Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782β1867)
- Wiegmann β Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802β1841)
- Williams β James David Williams (1941β2021)
- Williamson β Thomas Edward Williamson
- Wilsmore β Leonora Jessie Wilsmore (1865β1945)
- Wilson β Alexander Wilson (1766β1813) ornithology
- E.O. Wilson β Edward Osborne Wilson (1929β2021)
- J.A. Wilson β Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
- Wiman β Carl Wiman (1867β1944)
- Wingate β David B. Wingate (born 1935)
- Winge β Herluf Winge (1857β1923)
- Wirjoatmodjo β Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo
- Wolfe β Douglas Gerald Wolfe
- Wood, W. Wood β William Wood (1774β1857) entomology
- C.T. Wood, Wood β Charles Thorold Wood (1777β1852) ornithology
- Wood-Mason β James Wood-Mason (1846β1893)
- Woodhouse β Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821β1904)
- Woodward β Arthur Smith Woodward (1864β1944)
- Wroughton β R. C. Wroughton (1849β1921)
X
- Xantus β John Xantus de Vesey (1825β1894)
- Xu β Xing Xu
Y
- Yamaguchi, Yamaguti β Masao Yamaguchi
- Yamaguti Satyu Yamaguti (1894β1976) parasitology
- Yamanoue β Yusuke Yamanoue
- Yang, Young β Zhongjian Yang (1897β1979)
- Yarrell β William Yarrell (1784β1856)
- Yoseda β Kenzo Yoseda
- You β Heilu Go Pak You
- Young β David Allan Young (1915β1991) Hemiptera, especially Cicadellidae
Z
- Zaddach β Ernst Gustav Zaddach (1817β1881)
- Zagulajev, Zagulayev β Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev (1924β2007)
- Zanno β Lindsay E. Zanno
- Zeledon β JosΓ© Castulo ZeledΓ³n (1846β1923)
- Zeller β Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808β1883)
- Zetterstedt β Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785β1874)
- B./B.K./B.-K. Zhang β Bao-kun Zhang
- F./F.C./F.-C. Zhang β Fucheng Zhang
- Zhao β Xijin Zhao
- S. Zhou β Shiwu Zhou (born 1940)
- Z./Z.H.Z.-H. Zhou β Zhonghe Zhou (born 1965)
- Zimmer β John Todd Zimmer (1889β1957)
- Zimmermann β Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743β1815)
- Zincken β Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770β1856)
- Zirngiebl β Lothar Zirngiebl (1902β1973)
- Zittel β Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839β1904)
- Zur Strassen β Otto zur Strassen (1869β1961)