List of authors of names published under the ICZN

A

• Abe – Tokiharu Abe
• Abeille de Perrin, Ab. – Elzéar Abeille de Perrin
• Able – Kenneth W. Able
• Abbott, C.C.Abbott – Charles Conrad Abbott general zoology
• C.Abbott – Charles Abbot entomology
• J.Abbott – John Abbot entomology, ornithology
• W.Abbott, Abbott – William Louis Abbott mainly ornithology
• Acerbi – Giuseppe Acerbi
• Acero – Arturo Acero Pizarro
• Adams, Ad. – Charles Baker Adams malacology
• A.Adams – Arthur Adams mostly marine animals
• A.L.Adams – Andrew Leith Adams vertebrate paleontology
• D.B.Adams – Daniel B. Adams paleontology
• E.Adams – Edward Adams
• H.Adams – Henry Adams malacology
• Agassiz, Ag., L.Ag., Agass. – Louis Agassiz ichthyology, paleontology
• A.Agassiz, A.Ag. – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz mostly marine animals
• Agenjo – Ramon Agenjo Cecilia
• Aguilera – Orangel Antonio Aguilera Socorro
• D.R.de Aguilera – Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera
• Ahl, E.Ahl – Ernst Ahl herpetology, ichthyology
• J.N.Ahl, Ahl – Jonas Nicolaus Ahl
• Ahlquist – Jon Edward Ahlquist
• Ahlstrom – Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom
• Ahnelt – Harald Ahnelt
• Aizawa – Masahiro Aizawa
• Akama – Alberto Akama
• Akihito – Emperor Akihito of Japan
• Albert – James S. Albert
• Albertis – Luigi Maria d'Albertis
• Alcock – Alfred William Alcock
• Aldrovandi, Aldr. – Ulisse Aldrovandi
• Alexander, B.Alexander – Boyd Alexander ornithology
• A.Alexander – Annie Montague Alexander paleontology
• C.Alexander, Alexander – Charles Paul Alexander entomology
• H.Alexander – Horace Alexander ornithology
• W.Alexander – Wilfred Backhouse Alexander entomology, ornithology
• Alencar – José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira
• Alfaro – Anastasio Alfaro
• Alifanov – Vladimir R. Alifanov
• Allain – Ronan Allain
• Allen – Edgar Johnson Allen marine biology
• Allen, J.A.Allen – Joel Asaph Allen ornithology, American mammals
• A.Allen – Arthur Augustus Allen ornithology
• G.M.Allen – Glover Morrill Allen mainly mammals
• G.R.Allen – Gerald R. Allen paleontology
• H.Allen – Harrison Allen Chiroptera
• J.A.Allen – John A. Allen malacology
• Allioni – Carlo Allioni
• Allman, Allm. – George James Allman
• Almeida-Toledo – Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo
• Alströmer – Clas Alströmer, a pupil of Linnaeus
• Amadon – Dean Amadon
• Ambrosio – Alfredo Ambrosio
• Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino
• Amyot – Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot
• Ancey – César Marie Félix Ancey
• K.Andersen – Knud Andersen
• Anderson, J.Anderson – John Anderson Asian mammals and reptiles
• R.Anderson – Rudolph Martin Anderson mammals
• S.Anderson – Steven Clement Anderson herpetology
• W.Anderson – William Anderson general zoology
• André – Jacques Ernest Edmond André
• Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew – Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev
• Angas – George French Angas
• Annandale – Nelson Annandale
• Anthony – Harold Elmer Anthony
• Antunes – Miguel Telles Antunes
• Apesteguía – Sebastián Apesteguía
• Appellöf – Adolf Appellöf
• Archbold – Richard Archbold
• Archer – William Archer microorganisms
• M.Archer – Michael Archer mammals, paleontology
• Arcucci – Andrea B. Arcucci
• Arrow – Gilbert John Arrow
• Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. – Peter Artedi
• Asano – Nagao Asano
• Ashmead – William Harris Ashmead
• Asso – Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio
• Atkinson – William Stephen Atkinson
• Aubé, Aub. – Charles Aubé
• Audebert, Audeb. – Jean-Baptiste Audebert
• Audubon, Audub. – John James Audubon
• Aurivillius, P.Aurivillius, Auriv. – Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius entomology
• C.Aurivillius – Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius
• S.Aurivillius – Sven Magnus Aurivillius marine zoology
• Ausserer, Auss. – Anton Ausserer
• Ayling – Tony Ayling
• Ayres, W.O.Ayres – William Orville Ayres ichthyology
• J.M.Ayres – José Márcio Ayres primates
• Azara, Az. – Félix de Azara
• Azmi – Azmi Ambak ichthyology
• Azuma – Yoichi Azuma

  B

• Bachman – John Bachman
• Bailey – Steven Bailey zoology
• R.G.Bailey – Roland G. Bailey
• R.M.Bailey – Reeve Maclaren Bailey
• Baillon – Louis Antoine François Baillon
• Baird – Spencer Fullerton Baird
• Baker – Edward Charles Stuart Baker
• Bakker – Robert T. Bakker
• 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 entomology
• Ball – Valentine Ball
• Balon – Eugene K. Balon
• Balouet – Jean-Christophe Balouet ornithology, paleontology
• Balss – Heinrich Balss
• Balushkin – Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin
• Bandyopadhyay – Saswati Bandyopadhyay
• Bangs – Outram Bangs vertebrates
• Banks – Nathan Banks entomology
• R.Banks – Richard C. Banks
• Bannerman – David Armitage Bannerman ornithology
• Bannikov – Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov
• Bansok – Ros Bansok
• Barbour – Thomas Barbour
• F.K.Barker – Frederick Keith Barker ornithology
• M.J.Barker – Michael J. Barker
• Barnes & McDunnough – James Halliday McDunnough
• Barrett – Paul M. Barrett
• Barrows – Walter Bradford Barrows
• Barsbold – Rinchen Barsbold paleontology
• Bartenef – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev
• Bartlett – Edward Bartlett ornithology
• A.D.Bartlett – Abraham Dee Bartlett general zoology
• Barton – Benjamin Smith Barton
• Baskin – Jonathan N. Baskin
• Batchelder – Charles Foster Batchelder
• Bate – Charles Spence Bate
• Bates – George Latimer Bates
• Bateson – William Bateson
• Bean – Tarleton Hoffman Bean
• Beavan – Reginald C. Beavan
• Bechstein – Johann Matthäus Bechstein
• Beddome – Richard Henry Beddome
• Bedriaga – Jacques von Bedriaga
• Behr – Hans Hermann Behr
• Bell – Thomas Bell
• Bemmel – Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
• Bendire – Charles Emil Bendire
• Benitez – Hesquio Benitez
• Bennett – Edward Turner Bennett general zoology
• F.Bennett – Frederick Debell Bennett
• Benson – Constantine Walter Benson ornithology
• R.Benson – Robert Bernard Benson
• Benson – William Henry Benson malacology
• Bent – Arthur Cleveland Bent
• Benton – Michael J. Benton
• Beresford – Pamela Beresford
• Berg – Lev Berg
• Berkenhout – John Berkenhout
• Berla – Herbert Franzioni Berla
• Berland – Lucien Berland
• Berlepsch – Hans von Berlepsch
• Berlioz – Jacques Berlioz
• Berry – Samuel Stillman Berry
• Berthold – Arnold Adolph Berthold
• Bertkau – Philipp Bertkau
• Bezzi – Mario Bezzi entomology
• Bianco – Pier Giorgio Bianco
• Bibron – Gabriel Bibron
• Bigot – Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
• Bilek – Alois Bilek
• Billberg – Gustaf Johan Billberg
• Billings – Elkanah Billings paleontology
• Bingham – Charles Thomas Bingham
• Biswas – Biswamoy Biswas
• Blache – Jacques Blache
• Black – Davidson Black
• Blackburn – Thomas Blackburn entomology
• Blackwall – John Blackwall
• Blainville – Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
• Blanchard – Charles Émile Blanchard
• Blanford – William Thomas Blanford
• Blasius – Johann Heinrich Blasius general zoology
• W.Blasius – August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius ornithology
• Blatchley – Willis Blatchley
• Bleeker – Pieter Bleeker
• Bloch – Marcus Elieser Bloch
• Blumenbach – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
• Blyth – Edward Blyth
• Bocage – José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
• Bocourt – Marie Firmin Bocourt
• Boddaert – Pieter Boddaert
• Boettger – Oskar Boettger
• Boetticher – Hans von Boetticher
• Bogert – Charles Mitchill Bogert herpetology
• Bohadsch – Johann Baptist Bohadsch marine zoology
• Boheman – Carl Henrik Boheman
• F.Boie – Friedrich Boie general zoology
• H.Boie – Heinrich Boie general zoology
• Boisduval – Jean Baptiste Boisduval
• Bolle – Carl Bolle
• Bolotsky – Yuri L. Bolotsky
• Bolton – Barry Bolton – entomology
• Bonaparte – Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte ornithology
• J.Bonaparte – José Bonaparte paleontology
• Bond – James Bond ornithology
• Bonelli – Franco Andrea Bonelli ornithology, entomology
• Bonhote – J. Lewis Bonhote
• Bonnaterre – Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
• Born – Ignaz von Born
• Borkhausen – Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen
• Borodin – Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin
• Borsuk-Bialynicka – Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka
• Bosc – Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
• Boucard – Adolphe Boucard
• Bouček – Zdeněk Bouček entomology
• Boulenger – George Albert Boulenger
• Bourcier – Jules Bourcier
• Bouvier – Eugène Louis Bouvier
• Bowdich – Thomas Edward Bowdich
• Bowerbank – James Scott Bowerbank
• Brandt – Johann Friedrich von Brandt
• Brauer – Friedrich Moritz Brauer
• Brauner – Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Brauner
• A.E.Brehm – Alfred Brehm general zoology
• C.L.Brehm – Christian Ludwig Brehm ornithology
• Bremer – Otto Vasilievich Bremer
• Bremi-Wolf – Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf
• Brett-Surman – Michael K. Brett-Surman
• Brevoort – James Carson Brevoort
• Brewster – William Brewster ornithology
• Briggs – John Carmon Briggs
• Brischke – Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke
• Brisson – Mathurin Jacques Brisson
• Brittinger – Christian Casimir Brittinger
• Brodkorb – Pierce Brodkorb ornithology, paleontology
• Brongniart – Alexandre Brongniart paleontology
• C.Brongniart – Charles Jules Edmée Brongniart paleontology, entomology
• Bronn – Heinrich Georg Bronn
• Brooke – Victor Brooke
• Brookes – Joshua Brookes general zoology
• W.S.Brooks – Winthrop Sprague Brooks
• Broom – Robert Broom
• Brown – Barnum Brown
• Bruch – Carl Friedrich Bruch
• Bruguière – Jean Guillaume Bruguière
• Brullé – Gaspard Auguste Brullé
• Brünnich – Morten Thrane Brünnich
• Brusatte – Stephen L. Brusatte
• Brusina – Spiridon Brusina
• H.Bryant – Henry Bryant general zoology
• Bryk – Felix Bryk
• W.E.Bryant – Walter E. Bryant
• Bücherl – Wolfgang Bücherl
• Buckland – William Buckland
• Buffetaut – Eric Buffetaut
• Buller – Walter Buller
• Bunzel – Emanuel Bunzel
• Burchell – William John Burchell
• Burge – Donald L. Burge
• Burmeister – Hermann Burmeister
• Burnett – Gilbert Thomas Burnett
• Burton – Frederic Burton
• Burns – John McLauren Burns
• Bush – Katharine Jeanette Bush
• Butler – Arthur Gardiner Butler
• Büttikofer – Johann Büttikofer
• Buturlin – Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin

  C

• Cabanis – Jean Cabanis
• Cabrera – Ángel Cabrera
• Caldwell – David Keller Caldwell
• Calman – William Thomas Calman
• Calvert – Philip Powell Calvert
• Calvo – Jorge Calvo
• Cambiaso – Andrea Cambiaso
• Camerano – Lorenzo Camerano
• Camp – Charles Lewis Camp
• Campos – Diógenes de Almeida Campos
• Canestrini – Giovanni Canestrini
• Cantor, Cant. – Theodore Edward Cantor
• Caradja – Aristide Caradja
• Carlson – Bruce A. Carlson
• Carlsson – Albertina Carlsson
• Carpenter – Kenneth Carpenter
• Carr – Archie Carr
• Carriker – Melbourne Armstrong Carriker Jr.
• Carter – Henry John Carter
• Carvalho – Ismar de Souza Carvalho
• Casey – Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr.
• Cassin – John Cassin
• Castelnau – see Laporte
• Cervigón – Fernando Cervigón
• Chabanaud – Paul Chabanaud
• Chabaud – Alain Chabaud parasitology
• Chamberlin – Ralph Vary Chamberlin
• Chapin – James Chapin
• Chapman – Frank Chapman
• Charig – Alan Jack Charig
• Charitonov – Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov
• Charpentier – Toussaint de Charpentier
• Chasen – Frederick Nutter Chasen
• Chatterjee – Sankar Chatterjee
• Cherrie – George Kruck Cherrie
• Chiaie – Stefano delle Chiaje
• Chiappe – Luis M. Chiappe
• Children – John George Children
• Christ – Johann Ludwig Christ
• Chun – Carl Chun
• Chure – Daniel Joseph Chure
• Clapp – Cornelia Clapp
• E. Clark – Eugenie Clark ichthyology
• H.L. Clark – Hubert Lyman Clark echinoderms
• J.M. Clark – James Michael Clark
• Clemens – James Brackenridge Clemens
• Clements – Kendall D. Clements
• Clemmer – Glenn H. Clemmer
• Clench – Harry Kendon Clench Lepidoptera
• Clench – William J. Clench malacology
• Clerck – Carl Alexander Clerck
• Cloward – Karen C. Cloward
• Cobbold – Thomas Spencer Cobbold
• Cochran – Doris M. Cochran
• Cockerell – Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell
• Coimbra-Filho – Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho
• Colbert – Edwin Harris Colbert
• Colston – Peter R. Colston
• Compagno – Leonard J. V. Compagno
• Conci – Cesare Conci
• Conde – Otto Conde
• Conover – Henry Boardman Conover
• Conrad – Timothy Abbott Conrad
• Coombs – Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
• Cooper, J.G. Cooper – James Graham Cooper general zoology, particularly ornithology
• Cooper, W. Cooper – William Cooper malacology
• Cope – Edward Drinker Cope
• Coquerel – Charles Coquerel
• Coria – Rodolfo Coria
• Cornalia – Emilio Cornalia
• Cory – Charles B. Cory
• Costa – Achille Costa entomology, particularly Neuroptera
• O.Costa, O.G. Costa – Oronzio Gabriele Costa entomology and general zoology
• W.J.E.M. Costa – Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa
• Coues – Elliott Coues
• Cramer – Pieter Cramer entomology
• F. Cramer – Frank Cramer
• Crampton – William G. R. Crampton
• Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson Hymenoptera
• Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson, Jr. Diptera
• Cretzschmar – Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar
• Crewe – Henry Harpur-Crewe
• Crotch – George Robert Crotch
• Crowson – Roy Crowson
• Crusafont – Miquel Crusafont i Pairó
• Currie – Philip J. Currie
• Curry Rogers – Kristina Curry Rogers
• Curtis – John Curtis
• Cuvier – Georges Cuvier vertebrate zoology, paleontology
• F. Cuvier – Frédéric Cuvier
• Czerkas – Stephen A. Czerkas

  D

• da Costa – Emanuel Mendez da Costa malacology
• da Silva – Maria Nazareth F. da Silva
• Darwin – Charles Darwin
• Dahl – Friedrich Dahl
• Dahlbom – Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
• Dale – James Charles Dale
• Dall – William Healey Dall
• Dalla Torre – Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre
• Dana – James Dwight Dana
• Daudin – François Marie Daudin
• David – Armand David
• Davis – Donald R. Davis
• de Azevedo – Sérgio Alex Kugland de Azevedo
• de Beaufort – Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort
• de Blainville – Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
• de Castelnau – François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau
• de Filippi – Filippo de Filippi
• de Geer, De Geer – Charles De Geer
• de Haan – Wilhem de Haan
• De Kay, DeKay, Dekay – James Ellsworth De Kay
• de Man – Johannes Govertus de Man
• de Naurois – René de Naurois
• de Nicéville – Lionel de Nicéville
• De Pourtalès – Louis François de Pourtalès
• Bory de Saint-Vincent – Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
• de Valai – Silvina de Valai
• De Vis – Charles Walter De Vis
• de Winton – William Edward de Winton
• Delmonte – Alfred Delmonte
• Delacour – Jean Théodore Delacour
• Denis – Michael Denis
• Depéret – Charles Depéret
• Deppe – Ferdinand Deppe
• Des Murs – Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs
• Desfontaines – René Louiche Desfontaines
• Desmarest – Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest
• Deville, E. Deville – Émile Deville
• Diard – Pierre-Médard Diard
• Dieffenbach – Ernst Dieffenbach
• Dingus – Lowell Dingus
• Distant – William Lucas Distant
• Djakonov – Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov
• Dobson – George Edward Dobson
• Döderlein – Petar Döderlein
• Dodson – Peter Dodson
• Doherty – William Doherty
• Dollman – Guy Dollman
• Dollo – Louis Dollo
• Donisthorpe, Donis. – Horace Donisthorpe
• Donovan – Edward Donovan
• d'Orbigny – Alcide d'Orbigny
• Dong – Zhiming Dong
• Doria – Giacomo Doria
• Doubleday – Henry Doubleday
• Douglas – John William Douglas
• Drenowsky – Alexander Kirilow Drenowski
• Drury – Dru Drury
• du Bus de Gisignies – Bernard du Bus de Gisignies
• du Chaillu – Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
• Dubois, C. F. Dubois – Charles Frédéric Dubois
• Dufour – Léon Jean Marie Dufour
• Dufresne – Louis Dufresne
• Duftschmid – Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid
• Duméril – André Marie Constant Duméril
• Duméril – Auguste Duméril
• Dumont – Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix
• Duncker – Paul Georg Egmont Duncker
• Duponchel – Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
• Durrell – Gerald Durrell
• Duvernoy – Georges Louis Duvernoy
• Dwight – Jonathan Dwight
• Dyar – Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.

  E

• Earle – Sylvia Alice Earle
• Eaton – Jeffrey Glenn Eaton
• Edwards – William Henry Edwards
• Ehrenberg – Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
• Eichwald – Karl Eichwald
• Eigenmann – Carl H. Eigenmann
• R.S. Eigenmann, R. Smith – Rosa Smith Eigenmann
• Ellerman – John Ellerman
• Elliot – Daniel Giraud Elliot
• Emery – Carlo Emery
• A.R. Emery – Alan R. Emery
• Enslin – Eduard Enslin
• Erdős – Jozsef Erdős
• Erichson – Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
• Erxleben – Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben
• Eschmeyer – William N. Eschmeyer
• Eschscholtz – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
• Esper – Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
• Evermann – Barton Warren Evermann
• Eversmann – Eduard Friedrich Eversmann
• Evseenko – Sergei Afanasievich Evseenko
• Eyton – Thomas Campbell Eyton

  F

• Fabre – Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre
• Fabricius – Johan Christian Fabricius
• Fahringer – Josef Fahringer
• Fåhraeus – Olof Immanuel von Fåhraeus
• Fairmaire – Léon Fairmaire
• Falla – Robert Falla
• Fallén – Carl Fredrik Fallén
• Feinberg – M. Norma Feinberg
• C.Felder – Baron Cajetan von Felder Lepidoptera
• R.Felder – Rudolf Felder Lepidoptera
• Fenwick – Jack Fenwick
• Fernandes-Matioli – Flora Maria de Campos Fernandes-Matioli
• Ferrari-Perez – Fernando Ferrari-Pérez
• Ferraris – Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.
• Férussac – Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac
• Filhol – Henri Filhol
• Finsch – Otto Finsch
• Fioroni – Pio Fioroni
• G.Fischer, Fischer de Waldheim, Fischer von Waldheim – Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim
• J.Fischer – Johann Baptist Fischer
• J.G.Fischer – Johann Gustav Fischer
• M.Fischer – Maximilian Fischer
• Fitch – Asa Fitch
• Fitzinger – Leopold Fitzinger
• J.H.Fleming – James Henry Fleming
• Fleming – John Fleming
• Fonscolombe – Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe
• Forbes – Edward Forbes
• Forbes – Henry Ogg Forbes
• Forel – Auguste-Henri Forel
• Forsius – Runar Forsius
• Forsskål – Peter Forsskål
• Forsyth Major – Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major
• Forster – Johann Reinhold Forster
• C.A.Forster – Catherine A. Forster
• G.Forster – Georg Forster
• R.R.Forster – Raymond Robert Forster
• Förster – Arnold Förster
• Fourmanoir – Pierre Fourmanoir
• Fowler – Henry Weed Fowler
• Fox – Wade Fox
• Fraas – Eberhard Fraas
• Franganillo-Balboa – Pelegrin Franganillo-Balboa
• Franklin – James Franklin
• Fraser – Louis Fraser
• F.C.Fraser – Frederick C. Fraser
• Freyer – Christian Friedrich Freyer entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
• Friedmann – Herbert Friedmann
• Fricke – Ronald Fricke
• Frivaldszky – Imre Frivaldszky
• Frohawk – Frederick William Frohawk
• Fruhstorfer – Hans Fruhstorfer
• Fürbringer – Max Fürbringer
• Füssli, Fuessly, Füsslins – Johann Kaspar Füssli

  G

• Gadow – Hans Friedrich Gadow
• Gahan – Charles Joseph Gahan for Cerambycidae or Arthur Burton Gahan for Hymenoptera
• Gaimard – Joseph Paul Gaimard
• F. Galton, Galton – Francis Galton
• P. M. Galton – Peter Galton
• Gambel – William Gambel
• Gao – Keqin Gao
• Garman – Samuel Garman
• Garnot – Prosper Garnot
• Garstang – Walter Garstang
• Gaston – Robert Gaston
• Gasparini – Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
• Gauthier – Jacques Gauthier
• Gegenbaur – Carl Gegenbaur
• Gené – Giuseppe Gené
• É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
• I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
• Georgi – Johann Gottlieb Georgi
• Germar – Ernst Friedrich Germar
• Gerstäcker – Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstäcker
• Gertsch – Willis J. Gertsch
• Gervais – Paul Gervais
• Géry – Jacques Géry ichthyology
• Geyer -Carl Geyer entomology
• Geyer – Charles Andreas Geyer botany, American
• Gielis – Cees Gielis
• Giglioli – Enrico Hillyer Giglioli
• Gilbert – Charles Henry Gilbert
• Gilchrist – John Dow Fisher Gilchrist
• Gill – Theodore Nicholas Gill
• Gillette – David D. Gillette
• Gilmore – Charles W. Gilmore
• Girard – Charles Frédéric Girard
• Giraud – Joseph Etienne Giraud
• Girault – Alec Arsène Girault entomology
• Gloger – Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger
• Gmelin – Johann Friedrich Gmelin
• Godart – Jean-Baptiste Godart
• Godefroit – Pascal Godefroit
• Godman – Frederick DuCane Godman
• Goeze – Johann August Ephraim Goeze
• Göhlich – Ursula Bettina Göhlich
• Goldfuss – Georg August Goldfuss
• Goode – George Brown Goode
• Gosse – Philip Henry Gosse
• A. A. Gould – Augustus Addison Gould conchology
• Gould – John Gould birds and mammals
• Graffin- Greg Graffin paleozoology/evolutionary biology
• A. Grandidier – Alfred Grandidier
• G. Grandidier – Guillaume Grandidier
• Grandin – Temple Grandin
• Granger – Walter W. Granger
• Grant – Chapman Grant herpetology
• Grant – Ulysses S. Grant IV malacology, paleontology
• Gravenhorst – Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst
• G. R. Gray – George Robert Gray entomology, ornithology
• J. E. Gray – John Edward Gray
• Green – Edward Ernest Green
• Gregory – William K. Gregory
• Griffith – Edward Griffith
• J. N. Griffith – Jeremy Griffith
• Grimpe – Georg Grimpe
• Grinnell – Joseph Grinnell
• Griscom – Ludlow Griscom
• Grobben – Karl Grobben
• Gronow – Laurence Theodore Gronow ichthyology
• A. Grote, Grote – Augustus Radcliffe Grote entomology
• H. Grote – Hermann Grote ornithology
• Grube – Adolph Eduard Grube zoology
• Grumm-Grzhimailo – Grigory Grum-Grshimailo entomology
• Guenee, Guenée – Achille Guenée
• Guerin, Guérin-Méneville – Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
• Güldenstädt – Johann Anton Güldenstädt
• Gunnerus – Johann Ernst Gunnerus
• Gunter – Gordon P. Gunter
• Günther – Albert C. L. G. Günther
• Gurney – John Henry Gurney
• J. H. Gurney Jr – John Henry Gurney Jr.
• Gyllenhaal – Leonard Gyllenhaal

  H

• Habe – Tadashige Habe
• Hiren – Hiren B Parmar
• Hablizl – Carl Ludwig Hablitz
• Hachisuka – Masauji Hachisuka
• Hadiaty – Renny Hadiaty
• Hadie – Wartono Hadie
• Haeckel – Ernst Haeckel
• Hagen – Hermann August Hagen
• Hahn – Carl Wilhelm Hahn
• Haldeman – Samuel Stehman Haldeman
• Haliday – Alexander Henry Haliday
• Hallowell – Edward Hallowell
• Hamilton, Hamilton-Buchanan – Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
• Hammer – William R. Hammer
• Hampson – George Hampson
• Handlirsch – Anton Handlirsch
• Hanley – Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley
• Hansemann – Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann
• Hansen – Hans Jacob Hansen
• Harcourt – Edward William Vernon Harcourt
• Hardwicke – Thomas Hardwicke
• Harlan – Richard Harlan
• Harper – Francis Harper
• Harris, M.Harris – Moses Harris entomology
• T.W.Harris – Thaddeus Williams Harris
• Harrison – Colin James Oliver Harrison
• Hartert – Ernst Hartert
• Hartig – Theodor Hartig
• Hartlaub – Gustav Hartlaub
• Hassall – Arthur Hill Hassall
• Hatcher – John Bell Hatcher
• Hatschek – Berthold Hatschek
• Haubold – Hartmut Haubold
• Haworth – Adrian Hardy Haworth
• Hay – William Perry Hay
• Hayman – R. W. Hayman
• Head – Jason J. Head
• Heads – Sam W. Heads
• Heaney – Lawrence Richard Heaney
• Heckel – Johann Jakob Heckel
• Hector – James Hector
• Heemstra – Phillip C. Heemstra
• Hellén – Wolter Edward Hellén
• Heller – Joseph Heller
• Hellmayr – Carl Edward Hellmayr
• Hemprich – Wilhelm Hemprich
• Henle – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
• Henshaw – Henry Wetherbee Henshaw
• Hentz – Nicholas Marcellus Hentz
• Herbst – Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
• Herdman – William Abbott Herdman
• Hering – Erich Martin Hering
• Herman – Ottó Herman
• Hermann – Johann Hermann
• Herre – Albert William Christian Theodore Herre
• Herrich-Schäffer – Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
• Hershkovitz – Philip Hershkovitz
• Hertlein – Leo George Hertlein
• Heude – Pierre Marie Heude
• Heuglin – Theodor von Heuglin
• Heuvelmans – Bernard Heuvelmans
• Hewitson – William Chapman Hewitson
• Heydenreich – Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich
• Heymons – Richard Heymons
• Hildebrand – Samuel Frederick Hildebrand
• Hilgendorf – Franz Martin Hilgendorf
• Hilsenberg – Carl Theodor Hilsenberg
• Hinton – Martin Hinton
• Hirohito – Shōwa Emperor Hirohito
• Hirst – Arthur Stanley Hirst arachnology, British
• Hirst – David B. Hirst arachnology, Australian
• Hiyama – Yoshio Hiyama
• Hodgson – Brian Houghton Hodgson
• Hoese – Douglass F. Hoese
• Hoffmannsegg – Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg
• Hoffstetter – Robert Hoffstetter
• Holbrook – John Edwards Holbrook
• Holland – William Jacob Holland
• Holmberg – Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg
• Holmgren – August Emil Holmgren
• Holthuis – Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis
• Hombron – Jacques Bernard Hombron
• Honrath – Eduard Honrath
• Hope – Frederick William Hope
• Horn – George Henry Horn
• W. Horn – Walther Hermann Richard Horn
• Horner – Jack Horner
• Horsfield – Thomas Horsfield
• Horváth – Géza Horváth
• Hose – Charles Hose
• Houttuyn – Martinus Houttuyn
• Howard – Hildegarde Howard
• Howell, A.H.Howell – Arthur H. Howell
• Howes – William George Howes
• Hoyle – William Evans Hoyle
• Hu – Yaoming Hu
• Hübner – Jacob Hübner
• Hubbs – Carl Leavitt Hubbs
• Huene, von Huene – Friedrich von Huene
• Huey – Laurence Markham Huey
• Hulke – John Whitaker Hulke
• Hume – Allan Octavian Hume
• Humphrey – Philip Strong Humphrey
• Hunt – Adrian P. Hunt
• Hutt – Steve Hutt
• J.S.Huxley – Julian Sorell Huxley general zoology
• T.H.Huxley – Thomas Henry Huxley general zoology
• Hwang – Sunny H. Hwang

  I

• Ida – Hitoshi Ida
• Iredale – Tom Iredale
• Illiger – Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
• Ivantsoff – Walter Ivantsoff
• Ivie – Michael Aaron Ivie
• Ivie – Wilton Ivie
• Iwai – Tamotsu Iwai

  J

• Jacobs – Jean-Charles Jacobs entomology
• Jacquin – Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin mainly tropical American taxa
• Jacquinot – Honoré Jacquinot mainly marine biology
• Jain – Sohan Lal Jain vertebrate paleontology
• Jakowlew – Alexander Ivanovich Yakovlev
• James – Helen F. James ornithology
• Jameson – Robert Jameson general zoology
• Janensch – Werner Janensch vertebrate paleontology
• Janson – Oliver Erichson Janson entomology
• Jardine – William Jardine general zoology
• Jebb – Matthew H. P. Jebb
• Jeffreys – John Gwyn Jeffreys
• Jenkins – James Travis Jenkins
• A. P. Jenkins – Aaron Peter Jenkins
• Jensen – James A. Jensen vertebrate paleontology
• Jerdon – Thomas C. Jerdon general zoology
• Q. Ji – Qiang Ji
• S. Ji – Shu-an Ji
• Jiménez de la Espada – Marcos Jiménez de la Espada vertebrate zoology
• Jocqué – Rudy Jocqué
• G. D. Johnson – G. David Johnson
• Johnston – George Johnston
• Jordan – David Starr Jordan ichthyology
• K. Jordan – Karl Jordan entomology
• Jouanin – Christian Jouanin

  K

• Kaila – Lauri Kaila
• Karsch – Ferdinand Karsch
• Katayama – Masao Katayama
• Kaup – Johann Jakob Kaup
• Kay – E. Alison Kay
• Keferstein – Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein
• Kelaart – Edward Frederick Kelaart
• Kellner – Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
• Kellogg – Remington Kellogg
• L. Kellogg – Vernon Lyman Kellogg
• Kennard – Frederic Hedge Kennard
• Kennedy – Clarence Hamilton Kennedy
• Kennicott – Robert Kennicott
• Kerr – Robert Kerr
• Kessler – Karl Fedorovich Kessler
• Keulemans – John Gerrard Keulemans
• Keyserling – Eugen von Keyserling
• Kieffer – Jean-Jacques Kieffer
• Kielan-Jaworowska – Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
• King – Phillip Parker King
• Kinnear – Norman Boyd Kinnear
• Kirby – William Kirby
• W. F. Kirby – William Forsell Kirby
• Kirkaldy – George Willis Kirkaldy
• Kirkland – James Ian Kirkland
• Kishida – Kyukichi Kishida
• Kittlitz – Heinrich von Kittlitz
• O. Kleinschmidt – Otto Kleinschmidt
• Kloss – Cecil Boden Kloss
• Klotzsch – Johann Friedrich Klotzsch
• Klug – Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug
• Kner – Rudolf Kner
• Knoch – August Wilhelm Knoch
• Kobayashi – Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
• C. L. Koch – Carl Ludwig Koch
• L. Koch – Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
• Koelz – Walter Norman Koelz
• Kolbe – Hermann Julius Kolbe
• Kollar – Vincenz Kollar
• Konings – Ad Konings
• Kono – Hiromichi Kono
• Konow – Friedrich Wilhelm Konow
• Korshunov – Yuri Korshunov
• Kotlyar – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kotlyar
• Kotthaus – Adolf Kotthaus
• Kraglievich – Lucas Kraglievich
• Kraatz – Ernst Gustav Kraatz
• Krauss – Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss
• Krauss – Hermann August Krauss
• Krabbe – Niels Krabbe
• Krefft – Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft
• Kriechbaumer – Joseph Kriechbaumer
• Krohn – August David Krohn
• Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin
• Ksepka – Daniel T. Ksepka
• Kuhl – Heinrich Kuhl
• Kuiter – Rudolf Herman Kuiter
• Kulczynski – Władysław Kulczyński
• Kuroda – Nagamichi Kuroda
• Kurzanov – Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov

  L

• Labillardière – Jacques Labillardière
• Lacépède – Bernard Germain de Lacépède
• Lacordaire – Jean Théodore Lacordaire
• Lafresnaye – Frédéric de Lafresnaye
• Laicharting – Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting
• Lamarck – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Lamanna – Matthew Carl Lamanna
• Lambe – Lawrence Morris Lambe
• Lambrecht – Kálmán Lambrecht
• Lameere – Auguste Lameere
• Landbeck – Christian Ludwig Landbeck
• Langer – Max Cardoso Langer
• Langston – Wann Langston, Jr.
• Laporte – Francis de Laporte de Castelnau
• Lapparent, de Lapparent – Albert-Félix de Lapparent
• Larson – Helen K. Larson
• Latham – John Latham
• Latreille – Pierre André Latreille
• Laurent – Michèle de Saint Laurent French carcinologist
• Laurenti – Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti
• Laurillard – Charles Léopold Laurillard
• Lavocat – René Lavocat
• Lawrence – George Newbold Lawrence
• R.F. Lawrence – Reginald Frederick Lawrence
• Laxmann – Erik Laxmann
• Layard – Edgar Leopold Layard
• Lea – Arthur Mills Lea
• LeConte – John Lawrence LeConte
• Leach – William Elford Leach
• Leach – Edwin S. Leach
• Lee – Yuong-Nam Lee
• Leech – John Henry Leech
• Lehtinen – Pekka T. Lehtinen
• Leidy – Joseph Leidy
• Leisler – Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler
• Le Leouff – Jean Le Leouff
• Lembeye – Juan Lembeye
• Lendzion – Kazimiera Lendzion
• Lepeletier – Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier
• Lesson – René-Primevère Lesson
• Le Souef – Dudley Le Souef
• Lesueur – Charles Alexandre Lesueur
• Leuckart – Rudolf Leuckart
• Leussler – R. A. Leussler
• Li – Li Sizhong
• C.K.Li – Chuankui Li
• D.Q.Li – Daqing Li
• P.P.Li – Pipeng Li
• Lichtenstein – Martin Lichtenstein
• Lilljeborg – Wilhelm Lilljeborg
• Link – Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link
• Linnaeus – Carl Linnaeus
• Lindl. – John Lindley
• Linsley – Earle Gorton Linsley
• Lintner – Joseph Albert Lintner
• Ljungh – Sven Ingemar Ljungh
• Loche – Victor Loche
• Lönnberg – Einar Lönnberg
• Lowe – Richard Thomas Lowe
• Lowe – Percy Lowe
• Y.Y.Lu – Yuyan Lu
• Lü – Junchang Lü
• S.Q.Lü – Shunqin Lü
• Lubbock – John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
• Luc – Michel Luc nematology
• Lucas – Hippolyte Lucas
• F.A. Lucas – Frederic Augustus Lucas
• S.G. Lucas – Spencer G. Lucas
• Lull – Richard Swann Lull
• Lund – Peter Wilhelm Lund
• Lütken – Christian Frederik Lütken
• Lydekker – Richard Lydekker
• Lyon – Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.

  M

• Mabile – Jules François Mabille
• Macleay – William John Macleay
• Mackovicky – Peter J. Mackovicky
• Makela – Robert R. Makela
• Malaise – René Malaise
• Maleev – Evgenii Aleksandrovich Maleev
• Mannerheim – Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
• Mantell – Gideon Mantell
• Marcus – Ernst Marcus
• Marinescu – Florian Marinescu
• Markevich – Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich
• Marples – Brian J. Marples
• Marsh – Othniel Charles Marsh
• Marshall – Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
• Marhsall – Thomas Ansell Marshall
• Martill – David Michael Martill
• Martin – William Charles Linnaeus Martin mainly mammals
• C.Martin – Claro Martin
• L.Martin – Larry Martin paleontology
• Martinez – Ruben D. Martinez
• R. Martínez Escarbassiere – Rafael Martínez Escarbassiere
• Marvin – Nigel Marven
• Maryanska – Teresa Maryańska
• Mason – Francis Mason
• Massy – Anne Letitia Massy
• Mateus – Octávio Mateus
• Mathews – Gregory Mathews
• Matley – Charles Alfred Matley
• Matschie – Paul Matschie
• Matsubara – Kiyomatsu Matsubara
• Matsumura – Shōnen Matsumura
• Matsuura – Keiichi Matsuura
• Mayr – Ernst Mayr vertebrates, mainly birds
• G. Mayr – Gerald Mayr prehistoric vertebrates, mainly birds
• McCulloch – Allan Riverstone McCulloch
• McLachlan – Robert McLachlan
• Meade-Waldo – Edmund Meade-Waldo
• Mearns – Edgar Alexander Mearns
• Meek – Seth Eugene Meek
• Meguro – Katsusuke Meguro
• Méhely – Lajos Méhelÿ
• Meigen – Johann Wilhelm Meigen
• Mello-Leitão – Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
• Melsheimer – Frederick Ernst Melsheimer
• Menezes – Naercio Aquino de Menezes
• Ménétries – Édouard Ménétries
• Merrem – Blasius Merrem
• Merrett – Nigel Merrett
• Merriam – Clinton Hart Merriam
• Mertens – Robert Mertens
• Metcalfe – John William Metcalfe
• Metschnikoff, Mechnikov – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
• Meyen – Franz Meyen
• Meyer, von Meyer – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer paleontology
• A.B.Meyer – Adolf Bernhard Meyer birds, primates, entomology
• F.A.Meyer, F.A.A.Meyer, Meyer – Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer birds, primates
• Meyer de Schauensee – Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee birds
• Meyrick – Edward Meyrick
• Michener – Charles Duncan Michener
• Middendorf, Midd. – Alexander von Middendorff
• Midgley – Steven Hamar Midgley
• Miles – Clifford Miles
• Miller – Gerrit Smith Miller mammals
• A.H.Miller – Alden H. Miller
• J.F.Miller – John Frederick Miller mainly vertebrates
• L.H.Miller – Loye H. Miller paleontology, mainly birds
• R.R.Miller – Robert Rush Miller fish
• Millet – Pierre-Aimé Millet
• Milne-Edwards – Henri Milne-Edwards mammals and crustaceans
• A.Milne-Edwards – Alphonse Milne-Edwards birds
• Milner – Angela C. Milner
• Miranda-Ribeiro – Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro
• P.Miranda-Ribeiro – Paulo de Miranda Ribeiro
• Mitchell – Thomas Mitchell
• Mitchill – Samuel Latham Mitchill
• Mitra – Tridib Ranjan Mitra
• Mizuno – Nobuhiko Mizuno
• Mochizuki – Kenji Mochizuki
• Mocsáry – Alexander Mocsáry
• Mohr – Erna Mohr
• Molina – Juan Ignacio Molina
• Molnar – Ralph E. Molnar
• Mondolfi – Edgardo Mondolfi
• Mones – Álvaro Mones
• Montagu – George Montagu
• Moore – Frederic Moore butterflies and moths
• J.C.Moore – Joseph Curtis Moore rodents
• Mori – Tamezo Mori
• Moreno – Francisco Moreno
• Morley – Claude Morley
• Morrow – James Edwin Morrow, Jr.
• Mortensen – Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen
• Möschler – Heinrich Benno Möschler
• Motomura – Hiro Motomura fish, scorpionfish
• Motschulsky – Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky
• Moure - Jesus Santiago Moure
• Mourer-Chauviré – Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
• Moyer – Jack T. Moyer
• Muche – Werner Heinz Muche
• J.P.Müller, Müller – Johannes Peter Müller mainly fish
• O.F.Müller – Otto Friedrich Müller insects, fauna of Scandinavia
• Statius Müller, or P.L.S. Müller according to the IUCN – Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller birds, insects, some mammals and others
• Müller – Salomon Müller mainly fauna of Indonesia
• Mulsant – Étienne Mulsant
• Munday – Philip L. Munday
• Murphy – Robert Cushman Murphy
• Murray – J. A. Murray
• Muttkowski – Richard Anthony Muttkowski

  N

• Nabokov – Vladimir Nabokov
• Naef – Adolf Naef
• Nagao – Takumi Nagao
• Naish – Darren Naish
• J. F. Naumann – Johann Friedrich Naumann
• Natterer – Johann Natterer
• Navás – R. P. Longinos Navás
• Nehring – Alfred Nehring
• Nelson – Edward William Nelson
• Nelson – Joseph S. Nelson
• Nesov, Nessov – Lev Alexandrovich Nesov
• Netting – M. Graham Netting herpetology
• Neumoegen – Berthold Neumoegen
• Newman – Edward Newman
• A. Newton – Alfred Newton
• E. Newton – Edward Newton
• Nichols – Albert Russell Nichols
• Nichols – John Treadwell Nichols
• Nielsen – Cesare Nielsen
• Nikolskii – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nikolskii
• Nilsson – Sven Nilsson
• Nitsche – Hinrich Nitsche
• Noble – Gladwyn Kingsley Noble
• Nopcsa – Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
• Norell – Mark A. Norell
• Norman – John Richardson Norman
• D. Norman – David B. Norman
• North – Alfred John North
• Novas – Fernando Emilio Novas
• Nowinski – Aleksander Nowiński
• Nuttall – Thomas Nuttall
• Nylander – William Nylander

  O

• Oberholser – Harry Church Oberholser
• Oberthür – Charles Oberthür
• Obraztsov – Nicholas Sergeyevich Obraztsov
• Ochiai – Akira Ochiai
• Ogilby – William Ogilby general zoology
• J.D. Ogilby – James Douglas Ogilby ichthyology
• Ogilvie-Grant – William Robert Ogilvie-Grant
• Ognev – Sergej Ognew
• Oguma – Mamoru Oguma
• Okamoto – Makoto Okamoto
• Oken – Lorenz Oken
• Okumura – Teiichi Okumura
• Olfers – Ignaz von Olfers
• Oliver – Walter Oliver
• Olivi – Giuseppe Olivi
• Olivier – Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
• Olson – Storrs Olson
• Oppel – Nicolaus Michael Oppel
• Ord – George Ord
• Osbeck – Pehr Osbeck
• Osborn – Herbert Osborn entomology
• Osborn – Henry Fairfield Osborn paleontology
• Osgood – Wilfred Hudson Osgood
• Osi – Attila Ősi
• Osmólska – Halszka Osmólska
• Osthelder – Ludwig Osthelder
• Ostrom – John Ostrom
• Oudemans – Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans
• Oustalet – Emile Oustalet
• Owen – Richard Owen

  P

• Packard – Alpheus Spring Packard entomology, paleontology
• Palisot de Beauvois – Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois botany, entomology
• Pallas – Peter Simon Pallas botany, zoology
• Palmer – Theodore Sherman Palmer
• Panzer – Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer entomology
• Parenti – Lynne R. Parenti
• Parks – William Arthur Parks
• Pascoe – Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe entomology
• Patzner – Robert A. Patzner
• Paul – Gregory S. Paul
• Pax - Ferdinand Albert Pax
• Peale – Titian Peale
• Pease – William Harper Pease
• Pearson – Oliver Paynie Pearson
• Pelzeln – August von Pelzeln
• Pennant – Thomas Pennant
• M. L. Penrith – Mary Louise Penrith
• Perez-Moreno – Bernardino P. Pérez Moreno
• Perle – Altangerel Perle
• Péron – François Péron
• Perrier – Edmond Perrier
• Perty – Joseph Anton Maximillian Perty entomology
• Peters – Wilhelm Peters
• D.S. Peters – Dieter Stefan Peters paleontology, including birds
• J.L. Peters – James Lee Peters ornithology
• Petrunkevitch – Alexander Petrunkevitch
• Pfeffer – Georg Johann Pfeffer
• Philippi – Rodolfo Amando Philippi paleontology, zoology
• Pic – Maurice Pic entomology
• Pickard-Cambridge – Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
• Pierce – Frank Nelson Pierce
• Pilsbry – Henry Augustus Pilsbry
• Platnick – Norman I. Platnick arachnology
• Pocock – Reginald Innes Pocock
• Poda – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus entomology
• Poey – Felipe Poey entomology, ichthyology
• Poeppig – Eduard Friedrich Poeppig
• Pol – Diego Pol
• Poli – Giuseppe Saverio Poli
• Pomel – Auguste Pomel
• Pompeckj – Josef Felix Pompeckj
• Pontoppidan – Erik Pontoppidan
• Pope – Clifford Hillhouse Pope herpetology
• Potts – Thomas Potts
• Pouyaud – Laurent Pouyaud
• Powell – Jaime Eduardo Powell
• Pruvot-Fol – Alice Pruvot-Fol
• Przewalski – Nikolai Przhevalsky
• Pucheran – Jacques Pucheran
• Püngeler – Rudolf Püngeler
• Purcell – William Frederick Purcell

  Q

• Quatrefages – Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau
• Quoy – Jean René Constant Quoy

  R

• Raath – Michael A. Raath
• Rachmatika – Ike Rachmatika
• Rackett – Thomas Rackett
• Radcliffe – Lewis Radcliffe
• Radde – Gustav Radde
• Rafinesque – Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz
• Raffles – Thomas Stamford Raffles
• Rainbow – William Joseph Rainbow
• Rajasuriya – Arjan Rajasuriya
• Rambur – Jules Pièrre Rambur
• Ramos – Robson Tamar da Costa Ramos
• Ramsay, E.P.Ramsay – Edward Pierson Ramsay
• Rand – Austin L. Rand
• Randall – John E. Randall
• Rathbun – Mary J. Rathbun
• Rathke – Martin Heinrich Rathke
• Ratzeburg – Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg
• Rauhut – Oliver W. M. Rauhut
• Razoumowsky – Grigory Razumovsky
• Reakirt – Tryon Reakirt
• Reboleira – Ana Sofia Reboleira
• Rebel – Hans Rebel
• Regan – C. Tate Regan
• Regel – Eduard August von Regel
• Régimbart – M. Régimbart
• Reichenbach – Ludwig Reichenbach
• Reichenow – Anton Reichenow
• Reid – Amanda Reid malacology
• Reig – Osvaldo Alfredo Reig
• Reinhardt – Johannes Theodor Reinhardt
• Reinhart – Roy Herbert Reinhart
• Renyaan – Samuel J. Renyaan
• Retzius – Anders Jahan Retzius
• Riabinin – Anatoly Nikolaevich Riabinin
• Rich – Thomas Hewitt Rich
• P. Rich – see [|Vickers-Rich]
• Richardson – John Richardson
• Richmond – Charles Wallace Richmond
• Richmond – Neil D. Richmond mammalogy, herpetology
• Ridgway – Robert Ridgway
• Riggs – Elmer Samuel Riggs
• Riley – Joseph Harvey Riley
• Ripley – Sidney Dillon Ripley
• Ris – Friedrich Ris
• Risso – Antoine Risso
• Rivero – Juan A. Rivero
• Roberts – Austin Roberts
• Robertson – David Ross Robertson
• Robinson – Herbert Christopher Robinson
• Robison – Henry W. Robison
• Robson – Guy Coburn Robson
• Rodriguez – Gilberto Rodriguez
• Röding – Peter Friedrich Röding
• Roewer – Carl Friedrich Roewer
• Rogenhofer – Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer
• Roger – Julius Roger
• Rohde – Klaus Rohde
• Rohwer – Sievert Allen Rohwer
• Rondelet – Guillaume Rondelet
• Roniewicz – Ewa Roniewicz
• Rossi – Pietro Rossi
• Rossignol – Martial Rossignol
• Rossman – Douglas Athon Rossman
• Rothschild – Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
• Roule - Louis Roule
• Roxas – Hilario Atanacio Roxas
• Rozhdestvensky – Anatole Rozhdestvensky
• Rudolphi – Karl Rudolphi
• Rüppell – Eduard Rüppell
• Russell – Dale Alan Russell
• Ryder – John Adam Ryder

  S

• Sakamoto – Katsuichi Sakamoto
• Salgado – Leonardo J. Salgado
• Salmoni – Dave Salmoni
• Salter – John William Salter
• Salvadori – Tommaso Salvadori
• Salvin – Osbert Salvin
• Samouelle – George Samouelle
• Sampson – Scott D. Sampson
• Sanborn – Colin Campbell Sanborn
• Santschi – Felix Santschi
• Sarato – Ligur Sarato
• G. O. Sars – Georg Ossian Sars
• M. Sars – Michael Sars
• Satunin – Konstantin Alexeevitsch Satunin
• E.Saunders – Edward Saunders entomology
• H.Saunders, Saunders – Howard Saunders ornithology
• Saunders, W.Saunders – William Wilson Saunders entomology
• Saussure – Henri Saussure
• Savi – Paolo Savi
• Savigny – Marie Jules César Savigny
• Saville-Kent – William Saville-Kent
• Savornin – Justin Savornin
• Say – Thomas Say
• Schaum – Hermann Rudolph Schaum
• Schinz – Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
• Schiapelli – Rita Delia Schiapelli
• Schiffermüller – Ignaz Schiffermüller
• Schiödte – Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte
• Schlaikjer – Erich Maren Schlaikjer
• Schlegel – Hermann Schlegel
• Schmidt – Karl Patterson Schmidt
• Schnabl – Johann Andreas Schnabl
• Schneider – Johann Gottlob Schneider
• Schoepf – Johann David Schoepff
• Schönherr – Carl Johan Schönherr
• Schomburgk – Robert Hermann Schomburgk
• Schrank – Franz Paula von Schrank
• Schreber – Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber
• Schrenk – Leopold von Schrenck
• Schultz – Leonard Peter Schultz
• P. L. Sclater – Philip Sclater
• W. L. Sclater – William Lutley Sclater
• Scopoli – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
• Scott – John Scott
• Scudder – Samuel Hubbard Scudder
• Seebohm – Henry Seebohm
• Seegers – Lothar Seegers
• Seeley – Harry Govier Seeley
• Selby – Prideaux John Selby
• Sélys – Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
• Semenov-Tian-Shanskii – Andrei Semenov-Tian-Shanskii
• Sennett – George B. Sennett
• Sereno – Paul Sereno
• Serville – Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
• Sevastianov – Aleksandr Fiodorovich Sevastianov
• Severtzov – Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov
• Sharpe – Richard Bowdler Sharpe
• Shaw – George Shaw
• Shelley – George Ernest Shelley
• Shuckard – William Edward Shuckard
• Sichel – Frédéric Jules Sichel
• Sick – Helmut Sick
• Sideleva – Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva
• Siebold – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
• Silvestri – Filippo Silvestri
• Simon – Eugène Simon
• Simpson – George Gaylord Simpson
• Slipinski – Stanislaw Adam Ślipiński
• Slosson – Annie Trumbull Slosson entomology
• Smith – Andrew Smith zoology of southern Africa
• Hamilton Smith – Charles Hamilton Smith
• E. Smith – Edgar Albert Smith malacology
• F. Smith – Frederick Smith entomology
• H.M. Smith – Hobart Muir Smith herpetology
• J.E. Smith – James Edward Smith Lepidoptera
• J.L.B. Smith – James Leonard Brierley Smith ichthyology
• M.A. Smith – Malcolm Arthur Smith herpetology
• S.I. Smith – Sidney Irving Smith Crustacea
• W.L. Smith – W. Leo Smith
• Snellen von Vollenhoven – Samuel Constantinus Snellen von Vollenhoven
• Snethlage – Emilia Snethlage
• Snodgrass – Robert Evans Snodgrass
• Soeroto – Bambang Soeroto
• Sollas – William Johnson Sollas
• Sowerby, Sby. – George Brettingham Sowerby I
• Spallanzani – Lazzaro Spallanzani
• Sparrman – Anders Sparrman
• Spencer – Alison Louise
• Spencer – Walter Baldwin Spencer
• Spinola – Maximilian Spinola
• Spix – Johann Baptist von Spix
• Stahnke – Herbert Ludwig Stahnke
• Stainton – Henry Tibbats Stainton
• Starks – Edwin Chapin Starks
• Statius Müller/Muller – see P.L.S.Müller
• Staudinger – Otto Staudinger
• Stebbing – Thomas Stebbing
• Steenstrup – Japetus Steenstrup
• Steere – Joseph Beal Steere
• Stein – Johann Philip Emil Friedrich Stein
• Steindachner – Franz Steindachner
• Stejneger – Leonhard Hess Stejneger
• Stephens – James Francis Stephens
• Sternberg – Charles Hazelius Sternberg
• Sternberg – Charles Mortram Sternberg
• D. J. Stewart – Donald J. Stewart
• Stimpson – William Stimpson naturalist, American
• Stirling – Edward Charles Stirling anthropologist, Australian
• Stolzmann – Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann
• Stoll – Caspar Stoll
• Storr – Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr
• Stovall – John Willis Stovall
• Strand – Embrik Strand
• Strauch – Alexander Strauch
• Streets – Thomas Hale Streets
• Stresemann – Erwin Stresemann
• Strickland – Hugh Edwin Strickland
• Stritt – Walter Stritt
• Ström – Hans Ström
• Stromer – Ernst Stromer
• Struhsaker – Paul J. Struhsaker
• Su – Su Song
• Such – George Such
• Suckley – George Suckley
• Sues – Hans-Dieter Sues
• Sullivan – Robert M. Sullivan
• Sulzer – Johann Heinrich Sulzer
• Sundevall – Carl Jakob Sundevall
• Swainson – William Swainson
• Swann – Henry Kirke Swann
• Swinhoe – Robert Swinhoe
• Sykes – William Henry Sykes

  T

• Taczanowski – Władysław Taczanowski
• Talbot – Mignon Talbot
• Taliev – Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev
• Tang – Zhilu Tang
• Taquet – Philippe Taquet
• Taschenberg – Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg
• Tate – George Henry Hamilton Tate
• Tate – Ralph Tate
• Tattersall, W.M. Tattersall – Walter Medley Tattersall
• Taylor – Edward Harrison Taylor herpetology, ichthyology
• L.R. Taylor – Leighton R. Taylor
• Temminck – Coenraad Jacob Temminck
• Templeton – Robert Templeton
• Thayer – John Eliot Thayer
• Théel – Johan Hjalmar Théel
• Theischinger – Günther Theischinger
• Theobald, W. Theob. – William Theobald
• Thiele – Johannes Thiele
• Thomas – Oldfield Thomas
• Thomson, J. Thomson – James Thomson entomology, primarily Coleoptera and Hymenoptera
• C.G. Thomson, Thomson – Carl Gustaf Thomson entomology, primarily Swedish insects
• Thorell – Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell
• Thunberg – Carl Peter Thunberg
• Tillyard – Robert John Tillyard
• Tinbergen – Nikolaas Tinbergen
• Tjakrawidjaja – Agus Tjakrawidjaja
• Ticehurst – Claud Buchanan Ticehurst
• Tidwell – Virginia Tidwell
• Tilesius – Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau
• Timberlake – Philip H. Timberlake
• Tischbein – Peter Friedrich Ludwig Tischbein
• Todd – Walter Edmond Clyde Todd
• Tokioka – Takasi Tokioka
• Toledo-Piza – Mônica de Toledo-Piza Ragazzo
• Tomes – Robert Fisher Tomes
• Townsend – John Kirk Townsend ornithology, mainly landbirds
• C. H. Townsend – Charles Haskins Townsend marine biology
• Toxopeus – Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus entomology
• Traill – Thomas Stewart Traill
• Traylor – Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr.
• Trewavas – Ethelwynn Trewavas
• Tristram – Henry Baker Tristram
• Troschel – Franz Hermann Troschel
• Trouessart – Édouard Louis Trouessart
• True – Frederick W. True
• Trybom – Filip Trybom
• Tryon – George Washington Tryon malacology
• Tschudi – Johann Jakob von Tschudi
• Tsogtbaatar – Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar
• Tumanova – Tat'yana Alekseyevna Tumanova
• Tunstall – Marmaduke Tunstall
• Turner – Alfred Jefferis Turner
• Turton – William Turton
• Tutt – J. W. Tutt
• Tytler – Robert Christopher Tytler

  U

• Uhler – Philip Reese Uhler

  V

• Vaillant – Léon Vaillant
• Valenciennes – Achille Valenciennes
• Van Denburgh – John Van Denburgh
• Van Duzee, E.P. Van Duzee – Edward Payson Van Duzee
• Van Duzee, M.C. Van Duzee – Millard Carr Van Duzee
• Vander Linden – Pierre Léonard Vander Linden
• Varricchio – David J. Varricchio
• E. Verreaux – Edouard Verreaux
• J. Verreaux – Jules Verreaux
• Verrill – Addison Emery Verrill
• Vickaryous – Matthew P. Vickaryous
• Vickers-Rich, P. Rich – Patricia Vickers-Rich
• Vieillot – Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
• Vieweg – C. F. Vieweg
• Vigors – Nicholas Aylward Vigors
• Villers – Charles Joseph de Villers
• Vladykov – Vadim Dmitrij Vladykov
• von Blomberg – Ernst Freiherr von Blomberg

  W

• Wagler – Johann Georg Wagler
• Wagner – Johann Andreas Wagner
• Wahlberg – Johan August Wahlberg
• Walbaum – Johann Julius Walbaum
• Walch – Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch
• Walckenaer – Charles Athanase Walckenaer
• Walker – Edmund Murton Walker entomology
• A. Walker – Alick Donald Walker paleontology
• C.A. Walker – Cyril Alexander Walker paleontology
• F. Walker – Francis Walker entomology
• Wall – Frank Wall
• Wallace – Alfred Russel Wallace
• Wallengren – Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren
• Walsh – Benjamin Dann Walsh
• Walsingham – Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
• Waltl – Joseph Waltl
• X.L. Wang, X.-L. Wang, X. Wang – Xiaolin Wang
• Y.Q. Wang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang – Yuanqing Wang
• R.G. Wardlaw-Ramsay - Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay
• Watabe – Mahito Watabe
• Waterhouse – George Robert Waterhouse
• Watson – James D. Watson
• R. Watson – Ronald E. Watson
• Weber – Max Carl Wilhelm Weber general zoology, mainly vertebrates
• H. Weber, Weber – Hermann Weber
• Wegrzynowicz – Piotr Węgrzynowicz
• Weigold – Hugo Weigold
• Weishampel – David B. Weishampel
• Welles – Samuel Paul Welles
• West – Rick C. West arachnology
• Westwood – John O. Westwood
• Wetmore – Alexander Wetmore
• Weyenbergh – Hendrik Weyenbergh Jr.
• Wheeler – William Morton Wheeler
• Whitaker – Joseph Whitaker ornithology
• White – Adam White
• Wiedemann – Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
• Wied-Neuwied – Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied
• Wiegmann – Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
• Williams – James David Williams
• Williamson – Thomas Edward Williamson
• Wilson – Alexander Wilson ornithology
• E.O. Wilson – Edward Osborne Wilson
• J.A. Wilson – Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
• Wiman – Carl Wiman
• Wingate – David B. Wingate
• Winge – Herluf Winge
• Wirjoatmodjo – Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo
• Wolfe – Douglas Gerald Wolfe
• Wood, W. Wood – William Wood entomology
• C.T. Wood, Wood – Charles Thorold Wood ornithology
• Wood-Mason – James Wood-Mason
• Woodhouse – Samuel Washington Woodhouse
• Woodward – Arthur Smith Woodward
• Wroughton – R. C. Wroughton

  X

• Xantus – John Xantus de Vesey
• Xu – Xing Xu

  Y

• Yamaguchi, Yamaguti – Masao Yamaguchi
• Yamaguti Satyu Yamaguti parasitology
• Yamanoue – Yusuke Yamanoue
• Yang, Young – Zhongjian Yang
• Yarrell – William Yarrell
• Yoseda – Kenzo Yoseda
• You – Heilu Go Pak You
• Young – David Allan Young Hemiptera, especially Cicadellidae

  Z

• Zaddach – Ernst Gustav Zaddach
• Zagulajev, Zagulayev – Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev
• Zanno – Lindsay E. Zanno
• Zeledon – José Castulo Zeledón
• Zeller – Philipp Christoph Zeller
• Zetterstedt – Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
• B./B.K./B.-K.Zhang – Bao-kun Zhang
• F./F.C./F.-C.Zhang – Fucheng Zhang
• Zhao – Xijin Zhao
• S.Zhou – Shiwu Zhou
• Z./Z.H.Z.-H. Zhou – Zhonghe Zhou
• Zimmer – John Todd Zimmer
• Zimmermann – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann
• Zincken – Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken
• Zirngiebl – Lothar Zirngiebl
• Zittel – Karl Alfred von Zittel
• Zur Strassen – Otto zur Strassen