List of authors of names published under the ICZN
This is a list of zoologists by their author abbreviation.
A
- Acerbi - Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846)
- Agassiz - Louis Agassiz (1807–1873)
- A. Agassiz - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910)
- Ahl - Ernst Ahl (1898–1943)
- Albertis - Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901)
- Alcock - Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933)
- Alexander - Boyd Alexander (1873–1910)
- Alfaro - Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951)
- Allain - Ronan Allain (b. 1974)
- Allen - Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921)
- G. M. Allen - Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942)
- Allioni - Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
- Amadon - Dean Amadon (1912–2003)
- Ambrosio - Alfredo Ambrosio
- Ameghino - Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911)
- K. Andersen - Knut Andersen
- Anderson - John Anderson (zoologist) (1833–1900) - Asian mammals and reptiles
- André - Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891)
- Angas - George French Angas (1822–1886)
- Annandale - Nelson Annandale (1876–1924)
- Antunes - Miguel Telles Antunes
- Apesteguía - Sebastián Apesteguía
- Appellöf - Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921)
- Archbold - Richard Archbold (1907–1976)
- Arcucci - Andrea B. Arcucci
- Arrow - Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948)
- Atkinson - William Stephen Atkinson (1820-1876)
- Aubé - C. Aubé
- Audebert - Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800)
- Audubon - John James Audubon (1785–1851)
- Ausserer - Anton Ausserer (1907–1976)
- Ayres - William Orville Ayres (1805–1887)
- Azuma - Yoichi Azuma
B
- Bachman - John Bachman (1790–1874)
- Baillon - Louis Antoine Francois Baillon (1778–1851)
- Baird - Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887)
- Baker - Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944)
- Bakker - Robert T. Bakker (b. 1945)
- Ball - Valentine Ball (1843–1895)
- Balss - Heinrich Balss (1886–1957)
- Bandyopadhyay - Saswati Bandyopadhyay
- Bangs - Outram Bangs (1863–1932)
- Banks - Richard C. Banks
- Bannerman - David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979)
- Bannikov - Alexandre F. Bannikov
- Bansok - Ros Bansok
- Barbour - Thomas Barbour (1884–1946)
- Barker - Michael J. Barker
- Barrett - Paul M. Barrett
- Barrows - Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923)
- Barsbold - Rinchen Barsbold
- Bartenef - Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev
- Bartlett - Edward Bartlett (1836–1908)
- A. D. Bartlett - Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812–1897)
- Barton - Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815)
- Batchelder - Charles Foster Batchelder (1856–1954)
- Bate - Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889)
- Bates - George Latimer Bates (1863–1940)
- Bateson - William Bateson (1861–1926)
- Beavan - Reginald C. Beavan (1841–1870)
- Bechstein - Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757–1822)
- Beddome - Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911)
- Behr - Hans Herman Behr (1818–1904)
- Bell - Thomas Bell (zoologist) (1792–1880)
- Bemmel - Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
- Bendire - Charles Emil Bendire (1863–1940)
- Benitez - Hesquio Benitez
- Bennett - Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836)
- Bennett - Frederick Debell Bennett (1836–1897)
- Benson - Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982)
- Benson - Robert Bernard Benson (1904–1967)
- Bent - Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954)
- Benton - Michael Benton
- Beresford - Pamela Beresford
- Berg - Leo S. Berg
- Berla - Herbert Franzioni Berla (1912–1985)
- Berland - Lucien Berland (1888–1962)
- Berlepsch - Hans von Berlepsch (1850–1915)
- Berlioz - Jacques Berlioz (1891–1975)
- Bertkau - Philip Bertkau
- Bibron - Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848)
- Bigot - Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1818–1893)
- Bilek - Alois Bilek (1909–1974)
- Billberg - Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844)
- Biswas - Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994)
- Black - Davidson Black (1884–1934)
- Blainville - Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850)
- Blanchard – Charles Émile Blanchard (1819–1900)
- Blanford - William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905)
- Blasius - Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870)
- W. Blasius - Wilhelm Blasius (1845–1912)
- Bleeker - Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878)
- Bloch - Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799)
- Blumenbach - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840)
- Blyth - Edward Blyth (1810–1873)
- Bocage - Jose Vicente Barboza du Bocage (1823–1907)
- Bocourt - Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904)
- Boddaert - Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795/96)
- Boettger - Oskar Boettger (1833–1910)
- Boheman - Karl Henrik Boheman (1796–1868)
- Boie - Heinrich Boie (1794–1827)
- Boisduval - Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799–1879)
- Bolle - Carl Bolle (1821–1909)
- Bolotsky - Yuri L. Bolotsky
- Bonaparte - Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1794–1827)
- Bonaparte - José Bonaparte (b. 1928) South American dinosaurs
- Bonelli - Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830)
- Bonhote - J. Lewis Bonhote (1875–1922)
- Bonnaterre - Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747–1804)
- Borkhausen - Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806)
- Borsuk-Bialynicka - Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka
- Bosc - Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828)
- Boucard - Adolphe Boucard (1839-1905)
- Boulenger - George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937)
- Bourcier - Jules Bourcier (1797–1873)
- Bouvier - Eugène Louis Bouvier (1856–1944)
- Bowdich - Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824)
- Brandt - Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879)
- Brauer - Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832–1904)
- A. E. Brehm - Alfred Brehm (1829–1884)
- C. L. Brehm - Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787–1864)
- Bremer - Otto Vasilievich Bremer (d. 1873)
- Bremi-Wolf - Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791–1857)
- Brett-Surman - Michael K. Brett-Surman (b. 1950)
- Brevoort - James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887)
- Brewster - William Brewster (ornithologist) (1851–1919)
- Brischke - Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (1814–1897)
- Brisson - Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806)
- Brittinger - Christian Casimir Brittinger (1795–1869)
- Brongniart - Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847)
- C. Brongniart - Charles Jules Edme Brongniart (1859–1899)
- Bronn - Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800–1862)
- Brooke - Victor Brooke (1843–1891)
- Brookes - Joshua Brookes (1761–1833)
- W. S. Brooks - Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887–1965)
- Broom - Robert Broom (1866–1951)
- Brown - Barnum Brown (1873–1963)
- Bruch - Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789–1851)
- Bruguière - Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798)
- Brullé - Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873)
- Brünnich - Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827)
- Brusatte - Stephen L. Brusatte (b. 1984)
- H. Bryant - Henry Bryant (1820-1867)
- W. E. Bryant - Walter E. Bryant
- Bücherl - Wolfgang Bücherl
- Buckland - William Buckland (1784–1856)
- Buffetaut - Eric Buffetaut
- Buller - Walter Buller (1838–1906)
- Bunzel - Emanuel Bunzel (b. 1828)
- Burchell - William John Burchell (1782–1863)
- Burge - Donald L. Burge
- Burmeister - Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892)
- Burnett - Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835)
- Burns - John M. Burns (entomologist)
- Butler - Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844–1925)
- Buttikofer - Johann Büttikofer (1850–1929)
- Buturlin - Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin (1872–1938)
C
- Cabanis - Jean Cabanis (1816–1906)
- Cabrera - Angel Cabrera (naturalist) (1879–1960)
- Calman - William Thomas Calman (1871–1952)
- Calvert - Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961)
- Calvo - Jorge Calvo
- Cambiaso - Andrea Cambiaso
- Camerano - Lorenzo Camerano (1856–1917)
- Camp - Charles Lewis Camp (1893–1975)
- Campos - Diógenes de Almeida Campos
- Cantor - Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860)
- Carpenter - Kenneth Carpenter (b. 1949)
- Carvalho - Ismar de Souza Carvalho
- Cassin - John Cassin (1813–1869)
- Castelnau - François Louis Nompar de Caumat de Laporte Castelnau
- Chamberlin - Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967)
- Chapin - James Chapin (1889–1964)
- Chapman - Ralph E. Chapman
- Charig - Alan Jack Charig (1927–1997)
- Charpentier - Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847)
- Chasen - Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896–1942)
- Chatterjee - Sankar Chatterjee (b. 1947)
- Chiaie - Stefano Delle Chiaje (1794–1860)
- Chiappe - Luis M. Chiappe
- Children - John George Children (1777–1852)
- Christ - Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813)
- Chun - Carl Chun (1852–1914)
- Chure - Daniel Joseph Chure
- Clark - James Michael Clark
- Clerck - Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765)
- Cloward - Karen C. Cloward
- Colbert - Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001)
- Colston - Peter Colston
- Conci - Cesare Conci (born 1920)
- Conde - Otto Conde (1905–1944)
- Conover - Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950)
- Conrad - Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877)
- Coombs - Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
- Cooper - James Graham Cooper (1830–1902)
- Cooper - William Cooper (conchologist) (1798–1864)
- Cope - Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897)
- Coquerel - Charles Coquerel (1822–1867)
- Coria - Rodolfo Coria
- Cory - Charles B. Cory (1857–1921)
- Costa - Achille Costa (1823–1898)
- Coues - Elliott Coues (1842–1899)
- Cramer - Pieter Cramer (1721–c. 1779)
- Cretzschmar - Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845)
- Crewe - Henry Harpur Crewe (1828–1883)
- Crotch - George Robert Crotch (1842–1874)
- Crowson - Roy Crowson (1914–1999)
- Currie - Philip J. Currie (b. 1949)
- Curry Rogers - Kristina Curry Rogers (b. 1974)
- Curtis - John Curtis (entomologist) (1791–1862)
- Cuvier - Georges Cuvier (1769–1832)
- F. Cuvier - Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838)
- Czerkas - Stephen A. Czerkas
D
- da Costa - Emanuel Mendez da Costa (1717–1791) - Conchologist
- Dahlbom - Anders Gustav Dahlbom (1808–1859)
- Dale - James Charles Dale (1792–1872)
- Dall - W.H. Dall (1845–1927)
- Dalla Torre - Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850–1928)
- Dana - James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
- Daudin - Francois-Marie Daudin (1774–1804)
- David - Armand David (1826–1900)
- de Azevedo - Sérgio Alex Kugland de Azevedo
- de Blainville - Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850)
- de Castelnau - François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau (1810–1880)
- de Filippi - Filippo de Filippi (1814–1867)
- de Geer - Charles De Geer (1720–1778)
- de Hann - Wilhem de Haan (1801–1855)
- de Kay - James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851)
- de Man - Johannes Govertus de Man (1850–1930)
- de Naurois - Abbé René de Naurois (b. 1906)
- de Nicéville - Lionel de Nicéville (1852–1901)
- Bory de Saint-Vincent - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780–1846)
- de Valai - Silvina de Valai
- de Vis - Charles Walter De Vis (1829-1915)
- de Winton - William E. de Winton
- Delacour - Jean Theodore Delacour (1890–1985)
- Denis - Michael Denis (1729–1800)
- Depéret - Charles Depéret (1854–1929)
- Deppe - Ferdinand Deppe (1794–1861)
- Des Murs - Marc Athanese Parfait Oeillet Des Murs (1804–1878)
- Desfontaines - René Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833)
- Desmarest - Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838)
- Diard - Pierre-Médard Diard (1794–1863)
- Dieffenbach - Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855)
- Dingus - Lowell Dingus
- Djakonov - Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov (1886–1956)
- Dobson - George Edward Dobson (1844–1895)
- Dodson - Peter Dodson
- Dollo - Louis Dollo (1857–1931)
- Donis., Donisthorpe - Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951)
- Donovan - Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
- d'Orbigny - Alcide d'Orbigny (1802–1857)
- Dong - Zhiming Dong (b. 1937)
- Doria - Giacomo Doria (1840–1913)
- Doubleday - Henry Doubleday (1808–1875)
- Drury - Dru Drury (1725–1804)
- du Bus de Gisignies - Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (1808–1874)
- du Chaillu - Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1831–1903)
- C. F. Dubois - Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867)
- Dufour - Leon Dufour (1831–1903)
- Duftschmid - Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (1767–1821)
- Duméril - André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860)
- Dumont - Charles Dumont de Sainte Croix (1758–1830)
- Duponchel - Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846)
- Duvernoy - Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777–1855)
E
- Eaton - Jeffrey G. Eaton
- Edwards - William Henry Edwards (1822–1909)
- Ehrenberg - Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876)
- Eichwald - Karl Eichwald (1795–1876)
- Ellerman - John Ellerman (1910–1973)
- Elliot - Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915)
- Emery - Carlo Emery (1848–1925)
- Enslin - Eduard Enslin (1879–1970)
- Erichson - Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848)
- Erxleben - Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777)
- Eschmeyer - William Eschmeyer
- Eschscholtz - Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831)
- Esper - Eugen Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810)
- Eversmann - Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794–1860)
- Eyton - Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809–1880)
F
- Fabricius - Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
- Fairmaire - Leon Fairmaire (1820–1906)
- Falla - Robert Alexander Falla (1901–1979)
- Fallén - Carl Frederick Fallén (1764–1830)
- C. Felder - Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (1814–1894)
- R. Felder - Rudolf Felder (1842–1871)
- Ferrari-Perez - Fernando Ferrari-Perez
- Férussac - Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audebard Férussac (1745–1815)
- Filhol - Henri Filhol (1843–1902)
- Finsch - Otto Finsch (1839–1917)
- Fioroni - Pio Fioroni (1933–2003)
- G. Fischer, Fischer de Waldheim, Fischer von Waldheim - Johann Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853)
- Fitzinger - Leopold Fitzinger (1802–1884)
- J. H. Fleming - James Henry Fleming (1872–1940)
- Fleming - John Fleming (naturalist) (1785–1857)
- Fonscolombe - Baron Etienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyle Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772–1853)
- Forbes - Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932)
- Forel - Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931)
- Forsius - Runar Forsius (1884–1935)
- Forsskål - Peter Forsskål (1732–1763)
- Forsyth Major - Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843–1923)
- Forster - Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798}
- C. A. Forster - Catherine A. Forster
- G. Forster - Georg Forster (1754–1794)
- Förster - Arnold Förster (1810–1884)
- Fox - Wade Fox (1920–1964)
- Fraas - Eberhard Fraas (1862–1915)
- Franganillo-Balboa - Pelegrin Franganillo-Balboa (1873–1955)
- Franklin - James Franklin (naturalist) (c.1783–1834)
- Fraser - Louis Fraser (1810–1866)
- F. C. Fraser - Frederick C. Fraser
- Frivaldszky - Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870)
- Frohawk - Frederick William Frohawk (1861–1946)
- Fuessly, Füsslins - Johann Caspar Füssli (1743–1786)
G
- Gaimard - Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796–1858)
- Galton - Francis Galton (1822–1911)
- P. M. Galton - Peter Galton
- Gambel - William Gambel (1823–1849)
- Gao - Keqin Gao
- Garman - Samuel Garman (1846–1927)
- Garnot - Prosper Garnot (1794–1838)
- Gaston - Robert Gaston (b. 1967)
- Gasparini - Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
- Gauthier - Jacques Gauthier
- Gegenbaur - Carl Gegenbaur (1825–1903)
- Gené - Giuseppe Gené (1800–1847)
- É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844)
- I.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire - Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861)
- Georgi - Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729–1802)
- Gerstäcker - Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstäcker (1828–1895)
- Gertsch - Willis J. Gertsch (1906–1998)
- Gervais - Paul Gervais (1816–1879)
- Geyer - Charles Andreas Geyer (1809–1853)
- Giglioli - Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845–1909)
- Gill - Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914)
- Gillette - David D. Gillette
- Gilmore - Charles Whitney Gilmore (1874–1945)
- Girard - Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895)
- Giraud - Joseph Etienne Giraud (1808–1877)
- Gloger - Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (1803–1863)
- Gmelin - Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804)
- Godart - Jean Baptiste Godart (1775–1825)
- Godefroit - Pascal Godefroit
- Godman - Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919)
- Goeze - Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731-1793)
- Göhlich - Ursula B. Göhlich
- Goldfuss - Georg August Goldfuss (1782–1848)
- Gosse - Philip Henry Gosse (1810–1888)
- Gould - Augustus Addison Gould (1805–1866) - Conchology
- Gould - John Gould (1804–1881) - Birds and mammals
- Grandidier - Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921)
- Gravenhorst - Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777-1857)
- G. R. Gray - George Robert Gray (1808–1872)
- J. E. Gray - John Edward Gray (1800–1875)
- Griffith - Edward Griffith (1790–1858)
- Griscom - Ludlow Griscom (1890–1959)
- Grobben - Karl Grobben (1854–1945)
- Grote - Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903)
- Guenee, Guenée - Achille Guenée (1809–1880)
- Guerin, Guérin-Méneville - Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (1799–1874)
- Güldenstädt - Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745–1781)
- Gunnerus - Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773)
- Günther - Albert C. L. G. Günther (1830–1914)
- Gurney - John Henry Gurney (1819–1890)
- J. H. Gurney Jr - John Henry Gurney Jr. (1848–1922)
- Gyllenhal - Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752–1840)
H
- Hablizl - Carl Ludwig Hablizl
- Haeckel - Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
- Hagen - Hermann August Hagen (1817–1893)
- Hahn - Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786–1835)
- Haldeman - Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1812–1880)
- Haliday - Alexander Henry Haliday (1807–1870)
- Hallowell - Edward Hallowell (1808–1860)
- Hamilton-Buchanan - Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829)
- Hammer - William Hammer
- Hampson - George Francis Hampson (1860–1936)
- Handlirsch - Anton Handlirsch (1865–1935)
- Hansemann - Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann (1784–1862)
- Hansen - Hans Jacob Hansen (1855–1936) - Arthropods
- Harcourt - Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825–1891)
- Harlan - Richard Harlan (1796–1843)
- Harper - Francis Harper (1886–1972)
- Harris - Thaddeus Williams Harris (1795–1856) or Moses Harris (1734–1785)
- Hartert - Ernst Hartert (1859–1933)
- Hartig - Theodor Hartig (1805–1880)
- Hartlaub - Gustav Hartlaub (1814–1900)
- Hatcher - John Bell Hatcher (1861–1904)
- Hatschek - Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941)
- Haubold - Hartmut Haubold
- Haworth - Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833)
- Hay - William Perry Hay (1872–1947)
- Head - Jason J. Head
- Heaney - Lawrence R. Heaney
- Heckel - Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857)
- Hellén - Wolter Edward Hellén (1890–1979)
- Hellmayr - Carl Edward Hellmayr (1878–1944)
- Hemprich - Wilhelm Hemprich (1796–1825)
- Henle - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809–1885)
- Henshaw - Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (1850–1930)
- Hentz - Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797–1856)
- Herbst - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743–1807)
- Hering - Erich Martin Hering (1893–1967)
- Hermann - Johann Hermann (1738–1800)
- Herre - Albert Christian Theodore Herre (1869–1962)
- Herrich-Schäffer - Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (1799–1874)
- Heude - Pierre Marie Heude (1836–1902)
- Heuglin - Theodor von Heuglin (1824–1876)
- Hewitson - William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878)
- Heymons - Richard Heymons (1867–1943)
- Hilsenberg - Carl Theodor Hilsenberg (1802–1824)
- Hodgson - Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800–1894)
- Hoffmannsegg - Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849)
- Hoffstetter - Robert Hoffstetter
- Holbrook - John Edwards Holbrook (1794–1871)
- Holland - William Jacob Holland (1848–1932)
- Holthuis - Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (b.1921)
- Hombron - Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852)
- Horner - Jack Horner (paleontologist) (b. 1946)
- Horsfield - Thomas Horsfield (1773–1859)
- Hose - Charles Hose (1863–1929)
- Houttuyn - Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
- A. H. Howell - Arthur H. Howell (1872–1940)
- Hu - Yaoming Hu
- Hübner - Jacob Hübner (1761–1826)
- Huene, von Huene - Friedrich von Huene (1875–1969)
- Hulke - John Whitaker Hulke (1830–1895)
- Hume - Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912)
- Humphrey - Philip Strong Humphrey (b. 1926)
- Hunt - Adrian P. Hunt
- Hutt - Steve Hutt
- Huxley - Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)
- Hwang - Sunny H. Hwang
I
- Iredale - Tom Iredale (1880–1972)
- Illiger - Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813)
- Ivie - Michael A. Ivie
J
- Jacquin - Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817)
- Jacquinot - Honoré Jacquinot (1815–1887)
- Jain - Sohan Lal Jain
- Jakowlew - Alexander Iwanowitsch Jakowlew (1863–1909)
- Jameson - Robert Jameson (1774–1854)
- Janensch - Werner Janensch (1878–1969)
- Janson - Oliver Erichson Janson (1850–1926)
- Jardine - William Jardine (naturalist) (1800–1874)
- Jensen - James A. Jensen
- Jerdon - Thomas C. Jerdon (1811–1872)
- Q. Ji - Qiang Ji
- S. Ji - Shu-an Ji
- Jordan - David Starr Jordan (1851–1931)
- Jordan - Karl Jordan (1861 - 1959)
- Jouanin - Christian Jouanin
K
- Karsch - Friedrich Karsch
- Kaup - Johann Jakob Kaup (1803–1873)
- Keferstein - Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833–1870)
- Kelaart - Edward Fredrick Kelaart (1819–1860)
- Kellner - Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
- Kennedy - Clarence Hamilton Kennedy (1879–1952)
- Kennicott - Robert Kennicott (1835–1866)
- Kerr - Robert Kerr (1755–1813)
- Keulemans - John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
- Keyserling - Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891)
- Kielan-Jaworowska - Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (b. 1925)
- King - Philip Parker King (1793–1856)
- Kinnear - Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882–1957)
- Kirby - William Kirby (1759–1850)
- W. F. Kirby - William Forsell Kirby (1844–1912)
- Kirkaldy - George Willis Kirkaldy
- Kirkland - James Ian Kirkland (b. 1954)
- Kittlitz - Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799–1874)
- O. Kleinschmidt - Otto Kleinschmidt (1870–1954)
- Kloss - Cecil Boden Kloss (1877–1949)
- Klotzsch - Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805–1860)
- Klug - Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug (1775–1856)
- Kner - Rudolf Kner (1810–1868)
- Knoch - August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818)
- Kobayashi - Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
- C. L. Koch - Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857)
- Koch - Ludwig Koch
- Koelz - Walter Norman Koelz (1895-1989)
- Kolbe - Hermann Julius Kolbe (1855–1939)
- Kollar - Vincenz Kollar (1797–1860)
- Konow - Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (1842–1908)
- Kraatz - Ernst Gustav Kraatz (1831–1909)
- Krauss - Friedrich von Krauss (1812–1890)
- Krefft - Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft(1830–1881)
- Kriechbaumer - Joseph Kriechbaumer (1819–1902)
- Krohn - August David Krohn (1803 – 1891)
- Ksepka - Daniel T. Ksepka
- Kuhl - Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821)
- Kulczynski - Wladislaus Kulczynski
- Kuroda - Nagamichi Kuroda (1889–1978)
- Kurzanov - Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov
L
- Lacépède - Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (1756–1825)
- Lacordaire - Jean Theodore Lacordaire (1801–1870)
- Lafresnaye - Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783–1861)
- Laicharting - Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting (1754–1797)
- Lamarck - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829)
- Lambe - Lawrence Morris Lambe (1863–1919)
- Lameere - Auguste Lameere (1864–1942)
- Landbeck - Christian Ludwig Landbeck (1807–1890)
- Langer - Max Cardoso Langer
- Langston - Wann Langston, Jr.
- Laporte - François Louis Nompar de Caumont de Laporte (1810–1880)
- Lapparent, de Lapparent - Albert-Félix de Lapparent (1905–1975)
- Latham - John Latham (1740–1837)
- Latreille - Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833)
- Laurenti - Joseph Nicolai Laurenti (1735–1805)
- Laurillard – Charles Léopold Laurillard (1783–1853)
- Lavocat - René Lavocat
- Lawrence - George Newbold Lawrence (1806–1855)
- Layard - Edgar Leopold Layard (1824-1900)
- Le Leouff - Jean Le Leouff
- LeConte - John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883)
- Leach - William Elford Leach (1790–1836)
- Leach - Edwin S. Leach (1878–1971)
- Lee - Yuong-Nam Lee
- Leech - John Henry Leech (1862–1900)
- Lehtinen - Pekka T. Lehtinen
- Leidy - Joseph Leidy (1823–1891)
- Leisler - Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (1771–1813)
- Lembeye - Juan Lembeye (1816–1889)
- Lepeletier - Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier (1770–1845)
- Lesson - René-Primevère Lesson (1794–1849)
- Lesueur - Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846)
- Leuckart - Rudolph Leuckart (1822–1898)
- Leussler - R. A. Leussler
- Lichtenstein - Martin Lichtenstein (1780–1867)
- Lilljeborg - Wilhelm Lilljeborg (1816–1908)
- Link - Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1850)
- Linnaeus - Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778)
- Linsley - Earle Gorton Linsley (1910–2000)
- Lintner - Joseph Albert Lintner (1822–1898)
- Lönnberg - Einar Lönnberg (1864–1942)
- Lowe - Percy Lowe (1870–1948)
- Lubbock - John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913)
- Lucas - Hippolyte Lucas (1814–1899)
- F.A. Lucas - Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852–1929)
- S.G. Lucas - Spencer G. Lucas
- Lu - Junchang Lü
- Lund - Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880)
- Lydekker - Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
M
- Mabile - Jules François Mabille (1831-1904)
- Mackovicky - Peter J. Mackovicky
- Makela - Bob Makela
- Malaise - René Malaise (1892–1978)
- Maleev - Evgenii Aleksandrovich Maleev (1915–1966)
- Mannerheim - Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797–1854) - Coleoptera
- Mantell - Gideon Mantell (1790–1852)
- Marcus - Ernst Marcus (1856–1928)
- Marinescu - Florian Marinescu
- Marsh - Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899)
- Martill - David Michael Martill
- Martin - William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864)
- Martinez - Ruben D. Martinez
- Maryanska - Teresa Maryańska
- Mateus - Octávio Mateus
- Mathews - Gregory Mathews (1876–1949)
- Matley - Charles Alfred Matley
- Matschie - Paul Matschie (1861–1926)
- Matsumura - Shonen Matsumura (1872–1960)
- Mayr - Ernst Mayr (1904–2005)
- McCulloch - Alan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925)
- McLachlan - Robert McLachlan (1837–1904)
- Meade-Waldo - Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934)
- Mearns - Edgar Alexander Mearns
- Méhely - Lajos Méhely (1862–1946)
- Meigen - Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845)
- Ménétries - Édouard Ménétries (1802–1861)
- Merrem - Blasius Merrem (1761–1824)
- Merriam - Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942)
- Metschnikoff - Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845–1916)
- Meyen - Franz Meyen (1804–1840)
- Meyer, von Meyer - Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869)
- A. B. Meyer - Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911)
- Meyer de Schauensee - Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (1901–1984)
- Meyrick - Edward Meyrick (1854–1938)
- Miles - Clifford Miles
- Miller - Gerrit Smith Miller (1869–1956) - Mammals
- J. F. Miller - John Frederick Miller (1759–1796)
- Millet - Pierre-Aimé Millet (1783–1873)
- Milne-Edwards - Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885) - mammals and crustaceans or Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) - birds
- Milner - Angela C. Milner
- Mitchell - Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855)
- Mitchill - Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831) - Fish
- Mitra - Tridib Ranjan Mitra
- Mocsáry - Alexander Mocsáry (1841–1915)
- Molina - Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829)
- Molnar - Ralph E. Molnar
- Mondolfi - Edgardo Mondolfi (1918–1999)
- Montagu - George Montagu (1753–1815)
- Moore - Frederic Moore (1830–1907) - Lepidoptera
- Moore - Joseph Curtis Moore (1914–1995) - Rodentia
- Mortensen - Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952)
- Motschulsky - Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810–1871)
- Muche - Werner Heinz Muche (1911–1987)
- Müller - Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858)
- O. F. Müller - Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784)
- S. Müller - Salomon Müller (1804–1864)
- Mulsant - Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880)
- Murphy - Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973)
- Murray - J. A. Murray (Worked in Sindh and Karachi)
- Muttkowski – Richard Anthony Muttkowski
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- Nabokov - Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- Nagao - Takumi Nagao
- Naish - Darren Naish
- J. F. Naumann - Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780–1857)
- Natterer - Johann Natterer (1787–1843)
- Navás - R. P. Longinos Navás (1858–1938)
- Nelson - Edward William Nelson (1855-1934)
- Nessov - Lev Alexandrovich Nessov (1947–1995)
- Neumoegen - Berthold Neumoegen (d. 1895)
- Newman - Edward Newman (1801–1876)
- Nichols - John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958)
- Nielsen - Cesare Nielsen (1898–1984)
- Nilsson - Sven Nilsson (1787–1883)
- Nitsche - Heinrich Nitsche (1845–1902)
- Noble - Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894–1940)
- Nopcsa - Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877–1933)
- Norell - Mark A. Norell (b. 1957)
- Norman - David B. Norman
- North - Alfred John North (1855–1917)
- Novas - Fernando Emilio Novas
- Nowinski - Aleksander Nowiński
- Nuttall - Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859)
- Nylander - William Nylander (1822–1899)
O
- Oberholser - Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963)
- Oberthür - Charles Oberthür (1845-1924)
- Ogilby - William Ogilby (1808–1873)
- Ogilvie-Grant - William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863–1924)
- Ognev - Sergej Ognew (1886–1951)
- Oguma - Mamoru Oguma
- Oken - Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
- Okumura - Teiichi Okumura
- Olfers - Ignaz von Olfers (1793–1872)
- Oliver - Walter Oliver (1883–1957)
- Olivi - Giuseppe Olivi (1769–1795)
- Olivier - Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756–1814)
- Oppel - Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782–1820)
- Ord - George Ord (1781–1866)
- Osbeck - Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805)
- Osborn - Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935)
- Osgood - Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875–1947)
- Osi - Attila Ősi
- Osmólska - Halszka Osmólska
- Ostrom - John Ostrom (1928–2005)
- Oudemans - Antoon Cornelis Oudemans (1858–1943)
- Oustalet - Emile Oustalet (1844–1905)
- Owen - Richard Owen (1804–1892)
P
- Packard - Alpheus Spring Packard (1839–1905)
- Pallas - Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811)
- Panzer - Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829)
- Parks - William Arthur Parks (1868–1939)
- Paul - Gregory S. Paul (b. 1954)
- Peale - Titian Peale (1799–1885)
- Pelzeln - August von Pelzeln (1825–1891)
- Pennant - Thomas Pennant (1726–1798)
- Perez-Moreno - Bernardino P. Pérez Moreno
- Perle - Altangerel Perle (b. 1945)
- Péron - François Péron (1775–1810)
- Peters - Wilhelm Peters (1815–1883)
- J. L. Peters - James Lee Peters (1889–1952)
- Petrunkevitch - Alexander Petrunkevitch (1875–1964)
- Philippi - Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808–1904)
- Pickard-Cambridge - Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917)
- Pilsbry - Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862–1957)
- Pocock - Reginald Innes Pocock (1863–1947)
- Poda - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723–1798)
- Poey - Felipe Poey (1799–1891)
- Poeppig - Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868)
- Pol - Diego Pol
- Pomel - Auguste Pomel (1821–1898)
- Pompeckj - Josef Felix Pompeckj
- Pontoppidan - Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764)
- Potts - Thomas Henry Potts (1824–1888)
- Powell - Jaime Eduardo Powell
- Pruvot-Fol - Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873–1972)
- Przewalski - Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888)
- Pucheran - Jacques Pucheran (1817–1894)
- Purcell - William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919)
Q
- Quatrefages - Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810–1892)
- Quoy - Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869)
R
- Raath - Michael A. Raath
- Rackett - Thomas Rackett (1757–1841)
- Radde - Gustav Radde (1831–1903)
- Rafinesque - Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783–1840)
- Raffles - Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826)
- Rambur - Jules Pièrre Rambur (1801–1870)
- E. P. Ramsay - Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916)
- Rand - Austin L. Rand (1905–1982)
- Rathbun - Mary Rathbun (1860–1943)
- Rathke - Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860)
- Ratzeburg - Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801–1871)
- Rauhut - Oliver Rauhut
- Razoumowsky - Gregor Razumovsky (1759–1837)
- Reakirt - Tryon Reakirt
- Regan - C. Tate Regan (1878–1943)
- Regel - Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892)
- Régimbart - M. Régimbart
- Reichenbach - Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
- Reichenow - Anton Reichenow (1847–1941)
- Reig - Osvaldo Alfredo Reig (1929–1992)
- Reinhardt - Johannes Reinhardt
- Reinhart - Roy H. Reinhart
- Retzius - Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821)
- Riabinin - Anatoly Nikolaevich Riabinin
- Rich - Thomas Hewitt Rich
- Richardson - John Richardson (1787–1865)
- Richmond - Charles Wallace Richmond (1868–1932)
- Ridgway - Robert Ridgway (1850–1929)
- Riggs - Elmer Riggs
- Riley - Joseph Harvey Riley (1873-1941)
- Ripley - Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913–2001)
- Ris - Friedrich Ris (1867–1931)
- Risso - Antoine Risso (1777–1845)
- Roberts - Austin Roberts (1883–1948)
- Robinson - Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874–1929)
- Röding - Peter Friedrich Röding (1767-1846)
- Roewer - Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881–1963)
- Rogenhofer - Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (1832–1890)
- Rohwer - Sievert Allen Rohwer (1887–1951)
- Roniewicz - Ewa Roniewicz
- Rossman - Douglas A. Rossman
- Rothschild - Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)
- Rozhdestvensky - Anatole Rozhdestvensky
- Rudolphi - Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832)
- Rüppell - Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884)
- Russell - Dale Alan Russell
- Ryder - John Ryder
S
- Salgado - Leonardo Salgado
- Salter - John William Salter (1820–1869)
- Salvadori - Tommaso Salvadori (1835–1923)
- Salvin - Osbert Salvin (1835–1898)
- Sampson - Scott D. Sampson
- Sanborn - Colin Campbell Sanborn
- Santschi - Felix Santschi (1872–1940)
- G. O. Sars - Georg Sars (1837–1927)
- M. Sars - Michael Sars (1809–1869)
- Satunin - Konstantin Alexeevitsch Satunin (1863–1915)
- Saunders - Howard Saunders (1835–1907)
- Saussure - Henri Saussure (1829–1905)
- Savi - Paolo Savi (1798–1871)
- Savigny - Marie Jules César Savigny (1777–1851)
- Savornin - Justin Savornin
- Say - Thomas Say (1787–1843)
- Schaum - Hermann Rudolf Schaum (1819–1865)
- Schinz - Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1771–1861)
- Schiapelli - Rita Delia Schiapelli
- Schiffermüller - Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727–1806)
- Schiödte - Jörgen Matthias Christian Schiödte (1815–1884)
- Schlaikjer - Erich Maren Schlaikjer (b. 1905)
- Schlegel - Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884)
- Schnabl - Johann Andreas Schnabl (1838–1912)
- Schneider - Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750–1822)
- Schoepf(f) - Johann David Schoepf (1752–1800)
- Schrank - Franz Paula von Schrank (1747–1835)
- Schreber - Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810)
- Schren(c)k - Leopold von Schrenck (1824–1896)
- Sclater - Philip Sclater (1829–1913)
- W. L. Sclater - William Lutley Sclater (1863–1944)
- Scopoli - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788)
- Scudder - Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1837–1911)
- Seebohm - Henry Seebohm (1832–1895)
- Seeley - Harry Govier Seeley (1839–1909)
- Selby - Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867)
- Hamilton Smith - Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859)
- Strand - Embrik Strand (1876–1953)
- Sélys - Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813–1900)
- Semenov-Tian-Shanskii - Andrei Semenov-Tian-Shanskii (1866–1942)
- Sereno - Paul Sereno (b. 1957)
- Serville - Jean Guillaume Audinet Serville (1775–1858)
- Sevastianov - Aleksandr Fiodorovich Sevastianov
- Severtzov - Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827–1885)
- Sharpe - Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909)
- Shaw - George Shaw (1751–1813)
- Shelley - George Ernest Shelley (1840–1910)
- Shuckard - William Edward Shuckard (1803–1868)
- Sick - Helmut Sick (1910–1991)
- Siebold - Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-1885)
- Silvestri - Filippo Silvestri (1876–1949)
- Simon - Eugène Simon (1848–1924)
- Simpson - George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984)
- Slipinski - Stanislaw Adam Ślipiński
- Smith - Andrew Smith (zoologist) (1797–1872)
- F. Smith - Frederick Smith (entomologist) (1805–1879)
- S. I. Smith - Sidney Irving Smith (1843–1926)
- Snellen von Vollenhoven - Samuel Constantinus Snellen von Vollenhoven (1816–1880)
- Snodgrass - Robert E. Snodgrass
- Spallanzani - Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729–1799)
- Sparrman - Anders Sparrman (1781–1826)
- Spencer - Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929)
- Spinola - Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857)
- Spix - Johann Baptist von Spix (1781–1826)
- Stahnke - Herbert Stahnke
- Stainton - Henry Tibbats Stainton (1822–1892)
- Statius Muller - Philipp Ludwig Statius Muller (1725–1776)
- Staudinger - Otto Staudinger (1830–1900)
- Stebbing - Thomas Stebbing (1835–1926)
- Steenstrup - Japetus Steenstrup (1813–1897)
- Steere - Joseph Beal Steere (1842–1940)
- Stein - Johann Philip Emil Friedrich Stein (1816–1882)
- Steindachner - Franz Steindachner (1834–1919)
- Stejneger - Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943)
- Stephens - James Francis Stephens (1792–1852)
- Sternberg - Charles Mortram Sternberg (1885–1981)
- Stolzmann - Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann (1854–1928)
- Stoll - Caspar Stoll (d. 1795)
- Storr - Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (1749–1821)
- Stovall - John Willis Stovall (1891–1953)
- Streets - Thomas Hale Streets (1847–1925)
- Stresemann - Erwin Stresemann (1889–1972)
- Strickland - Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–1853)
- Stritt - Walter Stritt (1892–1975)
- Ström - Hans Ström (1726–1797)
- Stromer - Ernst Stromer (1870–1952)
- Such - George Such (1798–1879)
- Suckley - George Suckley (1830–1869)
- Sues - Hans-Dieter Sues
- Sullivan - Robert M. Sullivan
- Sulzer - Johann Heinrich Sulzer (1735–1813)
- Sundevall - Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801–1875)
- Swainson - William Swainson (1789–1855)
- Swann - Henry Kirke Swann (1871–1926)
- Swinhoe - Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877)
- Sykes - William Henry Sykes (1790–1872)
T
- Taczanowski - Wladyslaw Taczanowski (1819–1890)
- Talbot - Mignon Talbot (1869–1950)
- Tang - Zhilu Tang
- Taquet - Philippe Taquet
- Taschenberg - Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg (1818–1898)
- Tate - George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953)
- W. M. Tattersall - Walter Medley Tattersall (1882–1948)
- Taylor - Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978)
- Temminck - Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858)
- Thayer - John Eliot Thayer (1862–1933)
- Theischinger - Günther Theischinger (born 1940)
- Thiele - Johannes Thiele (1860–1935)
- Thomas - Oldfield Thomas (1858–1929)
- Thomson - Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899)
- Thorell - Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (1830–1901)
- Thunberg - Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)
- Ticehurst - Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881–1941)
- Tidwell - Virginia Tidwell
- Tischbein - Peter Friedrich Ludwig Tischbein (1813–1883)
- Townsend - John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851)
- C. H. Townsend - Charles Haskins Townsend (1859–1944)
- Traill - Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862)
- Tristram - Henry Baker Tristram (1822–1906)
- Troschel - Franz Hermann Troschel (1810–1882)
- Trouessart - Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842–1927)
- True - Frederick W. True (1858–1914)
- Trybom - Filip Trybom (1850–1913)
- Tschudi - Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818–1889)
- Tsogtbaatar - Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar
- Tumanova - Tat'yana Alekseyevna Tumanova
- Turton - William Turton (1762–1835)
- Tutt - J. W. Tutt (1858–1911)
U
- Uhler - Philip R. Uhler
V
- Vaillant - Léon Vaillant (1834–1914)
- Valenciennes - Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865)
- Van Denburgh - John Van Denburgh (1872–1924)
- Vander Linden - Pièrre Léonard Vander Linden (1797–1831)
- Varricchio - David J. Varricchio
- E. Verreaux - Edouard Verreaux (1810–1868)
- J. Verreaux - Jules Verreaux (1807–1873)
- Verrill - Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926)
- Vickaryous - Matthew P. Vickaryous
- Vickers-Rich - Patricia Vickers-Rich (b. 1944)
- Vieillot - Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748–1831)
- Vieweg - C. F. Vieweg
- Vigors - Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840)
- Villers - Charles Joseph de Villers (1726–1797)
W
- Wagler - Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832)
- Wagner - Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861)
- Wahlberg - Johan August Wahlberg (1810–1859)
- Walbaum - Johann Julius Walbaum (1724–1799)
- Walch - Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (1725–1778)
- Walckenaer - Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771–1852)
- Walker - Edmund Murton Walker (1877–1969)
- A. Walker - Alick Donald Walker (1925–1999)
- F. Walker - Francis Walker (entomologist) (1809–1874)
- Wallace - Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
- Wallengren - Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823–1894)
- Walsh - Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808–1869)
- Waltl - Joseph Waltl (1805–1888)
- Wang - Xiaolin Wang
- Watabe - Mahito Watabe
- Waterhouse - George Robert Waterhouse (1801–1888)
- Weber - Hermann Weber
- Wegrzynowicz - Piotr Węgrzynowicz
- Weigold - Hugo Weigold (1886–1973)
- Weishampel - David B. Weishampel (b. 1952)
- Welles - Samuel Paul Welles (1909–1997)
- Wetmore - Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978)
- Wiedemann - Christian Wiedemann (1770–1840)
- Wied-Neuwied - Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
- Wiegmann - Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841)
- Williamson - Thomas E. Williamson
- Wilson - Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) ornithology
- Wilson - Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
- Wiman - Carl Wiman (1867–1944)
- Wolfe - Douglas Gerald Wolfe
- Wood-Mason - James Wood-Mason (1846–1893)
- Woodhouse - Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904)
- Woodward - Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944)
- Wroughton - R. C. Wroughton
X
- Xantus - John Xantus de Vesey (1825–1894)
- Xu - Xing Xu
Y
- Yang, Young - Zhongjian Yang (1897–1979)
- Yarrell - William Yarrell (1784–1856)
- You - Hailu You
Z
- Zaddach - Ernst Gustav Zaddach (1817–1881)
- Zanno - Lindsay E. Zanno
- Zeledon - José Castulo Zeledón (1846-1923)
- Zeller - Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808–1883)
- Zetterstedt - Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874)
- B.K. Zhang - Bao-kun Zhang
- F.C. Zhang - Fucheng Zhang
- Zhao - Xijin Zhao
- Zhou - Shiwu Zhou (b. 1940) or Zhonghe Zhou
- Zimmer - John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957)
- Zimmermann - Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815)
- Zincken - Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856)
- Zirngiebl - Lothar Zirngiebl (1902–1973)
- Zittel - Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904)