List of authors of names published under the ICZN

This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new taxa under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

A

 * Abe – Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996)
 * Abeille de Perrin, Ab. – Elzéar Abeille de Perrin (1843–1910)
 * Able – Kenneth W. Able (born 1945)
 * Abbott, C.C. Abbott – Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919) general zoology
 * C. Abbott – Charles Abbot (1761–1817) entomology
 * J. Abbott – John Abbot (1751–1841) entomology, ornithology
 * W. Abbott, Abbott – William Louis Abbott (1860–1936) mainly ornithology
 * Acerbi – Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846)
 * Acero – Arturo Acero Pizarro (born 1954)
 * Adams, Ad. – Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853) malacology
 * A. Adams – Arthur Adams (1820–1878) mostly marine animals
 * A.L. Adams – Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882) vertebrate paleontology
 * D.B. Adams – Daniel B. Adams (fl. 1979) paleontology
 * E. Adams – Edward Adams (1824–1856)
 * H. Adams – Henry Adams (1813–1877) malacology
 * Agassiz, Ag., L. Ag., Agass. – Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) ichthyology, paleontology
 * A. Agassiz, A. Ag. – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910) mostly marine animals
 * Agenjo – Ramon Agenjo Cecilia (1908–1984)
 * Aguilera – Orangel Antonio Aguilera
 * D.R. de Aguilera – Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera
 * Ahl, E. Ahl – Ernst Ahl (1898–1943) herpetology, ichthyology
 * J.N. Ahl, Ahl – Jonas Niclas Ahl
 * Ahlquist – Jon Edward Ahlquist (fl. late 20th century)
 * Ahlstrom – Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979)
 * Ahnelt – Harald Ahnelt
 * Aizawa – Masahiro Aizawa
 * Akama – Alberto Akama
 * Akihito – Emperor Akihito of Japan (born 1933)
 * Albert – James S. Albert
 * Albertis – Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901)
 * Alcock – Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933)
 * Aldrovandi, Aldr. – Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
 * Alexander, B. Alexander – Boyd Alexander (1873–1910) ornithology
 * A. Alexander – Annie Montague Alexander (1867–1950) paleontology
 * C. Alexander, Alexander – Charles Paul Alexander (1889–1981) entomology
 * H. Alexander – Horace Alexander (1889–1989) ornithology
 * W. Alexander – Wilfred Backhouse Alexander (1885–1965) entomology, ornithology
 * Alencar – José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (born 1953)
 * Alfaro – Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951)
 * Alifanov – Vladimir R. Alifanov
 * Allain – Ronan Allain (born 1974)
 * Allen – Edgar Johnson Allen (1866–1942) marine biology
 * Allen, J.A. Allen – Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921) ornithology, American mammals
 * A. Allen – Arthur Augustus Allen (1885–1964) ornithology
 * G.M. Allen – Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942) mainly mammals
 * G.R. Allen – Gerald R. Allen (born 1942) Ichthyology
 * H. Allen – Harrison Allen (1841–1897) Chiroptera
 * J.A. Allen – John A. Allen malacology
 * Allioni – Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
 * Allman, Allm. – George James Allman (1812–1898)
 * Almeida-Toledo – Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo
 * Alströmer – Clas Alströmer (1736–1794), a pupil of Linnaeus
 * Amadon – Dean Amadon (1912–2003)
 * Ambrosio – Alfredo Ambrosio
 * Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911)
 * Amyot – Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (1799–1866)
 * Ancey – César Marie Félix Ancey (1860–1906)
 * K. Andersen – Knud Andersen (born 1867, disappeared 1918)
 * Anderson, J. Anderson – John Anderson (1833–1900) Asian mammals and reptiles
 * R. Anderson – Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876–1961) mammals
 * S. Anderson – Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936) herpetology
 * W. Anderson – William Anderson (1750–1778) general zoology
 * André – Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891)
 * Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew – Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev (1910–2009)
 * Angas – George French Angas (1822–1886)
 * Annandale – Nelson Annandale (1876–1924)
 * Anthony – Harold Elmer Anthony (1890–1970)
 * Antunes – Miguel Telles Antunes (born 1937)
 * Apesteguía – Sebastián Apesteguía
 * Appellöf – Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921)
 * Archbold – Richard Archbold (1907–1976)
 * Archer – William Archer (1830?–1897) microorganisms
 * M. Archer – Michael Archer (born 1945) mammals, paleontology
 * Arcucci – Andrea B. Arcucci
 * Arrow – Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948)
 * Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. – Peter Artedi (1705–1735)
 * Asano – Nagao Asano
 * Ascanius fl.1772
 * Ashmead – William Harris Ashmead (1855–1908)
 * Asso – Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio (1742–1814)
 * Atkinson – William Stephen Atkinson (1820–1876)
 * Aubé, Aub. – Charles Aubé (1802–1869)
 * Audebert, Audeb. – Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800)
 * Audubon, Audub. – John James Audubon (1785–1851)
 * Aurivillius, P. Aurivillius, Auriv. – Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (1853–1928) entomology
 * C. Aurivillius – Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899)
 * S. Aurivillius – Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928) marine zoology
 * Ausserer, Auss. – Anton Ausserer (1907–1976)
 * Ayling – Tony Ayling (born 1947)
 * Ayres, W.O. Ayres – William Orville Ayres (1805–1887) ichthyology
 * J.M. Ayres – José Márcio Ayres (1954–2003) primates
 * Azara, Az. – Félix de Azara (1746–1821)
 * Azmi – Azmi Ambak ichthyology
 * Azuma – Yoichi Azuma

B

 * Bachman – John Bachman (1790–1874)
 * Bailey – Steven Bailey zoology
 * R.G. Bailey – Roland G. Bailey
 * R.M. Bailey – Reeve Maclaren Bailey (1911–2011)
 * Baillon – Louis Antoine François Baillon (1778–1851)
 * Baird – Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887)
 * Baker – Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944)
 * Bakker – Robert T. Bakker (born 1945)
 * Balanov – Andrei A. Balanov
 * C.C. Baldwin – Carole C. Baldwin
 * W.J. Baldwin – Wayne J. Baldwin
 * Z.H. Baldwin – Zachary Hayward Baldwin
 * Balinsky – Boris Balinsky (1905–1997) entomology
 * Ball – Valentine Ball (1843–1895)
 * Balon – Eugene K. Balon (1930–2013)
 * Balouet – Jean-Christophe Balouet (1956–2021) ornithology, paleontology
 * Balss – Heinrich Balss (1886–1957)
 * Balushkin – Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin
 * Bandyopadhyay – Saswati Bandyopadhyay
 * Bangs – Outram Bangs (1863–1932) vertebrates (mainly birds and mammals)
 * Banjkovski – V. B. Banjkovski (1889–1912) ornithology
 * Banks – Nathan Banks (1868–1953) entomology
 * R. Banks – Richard C. Banks (born 1931)
 * Bannerman – David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979) ornithology
 * Bannikov – Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov
 * Bansok – Ros Bansok
 * Barbour – Thomas Barbour (1884–1946)
 * F.K. Barker – Frederick Keith Barker ornithology
 * M.J. Barker – Michael J. Barker
 * Barnard fl. 1923
 * Barnes & McDunnough – James Halliday McDunnough (1877–1962)
 * Barrett – Paul M. Barrett
 * Barrows – Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923)
 * Barsbold – Rinchen Barsbold (born 1935) paleontology (mainly theropod dinosaurs)
 * Bartenef – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev (1882–1946)
 * Bartlett – Edward Bartlett (1836–1908) ornithology
 * A.D. Bartlett – Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812–1897) general zoology (mainly vertebrates)
 * Barton – Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815)
 * Baskin – Jonathan N. Baskin
 * Batchelder – Charles Foster Batchelder (1856–1954)
 * Bate – Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889)
 * Bates – George Latimer Bates (1863–1940)
 * Bateson – William Bateson (1861–1926)
 * Bean – Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916)
 *  Beatty– Joseph Beatty
 * Beavan – Reginald C. Beavan (1841–1870)
 * Bechstein – Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757–1822)
 * Beddome – Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911)
 * Bedriaga – Jacques von Bedriaga (1854–1906)
 * Behr – Hans Hermann Behr (1818–1904)
 * Bell – Thomas Bell (1792–1880)
 * Bemmel – Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel
 * Bendire – Charles Emil Bendire (1863–1940)
 * Benitez – Hesiquio Benitez-Diaz
 * Bennett – Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) general zoology
 * F. Bennett – Frederick Debell Bennett (1836–1897)
 * Benson – Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982) ornithology
 * R. Benson – Robert Bernard Benson (1904–1967)
 * Benson – William Henry Benson (1803–1870) malacology
 * Bent – Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954)
 * Benton – Michael J. Benton (born 1939)
 * Beresford – Pamela Beresford
 * Berg – Lev Berg (1876–1950)
 * Berkenhout – John Berkenhout (1726–1791)
 * Berla – Herbert Franzioni Berla (1912–1985)
 * Berland – Lucien Berland (1888–1962)
 * Berlepsch – Hans von Berlepsch (1850–1915)
 * Berlioz – Jacques Berlioz (1891–1975)
 * Berry – Samuel Stillman Berry (1887–1984)
 * Bertelsen  – Erik Bertelsen
 * Berthold  – Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803–1861)
 * Bertkau – Philipp Bertkau (1849–1894)
 * Bezzi – Mario Bezzi (1868–1927) entomology
 * Bianco – Pier Giorgio Bianco
 * Bibron – Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848)
 * Bigot – Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1818–1893)
 * Bilek – Alois Bilek (1909–1974)
 * Billberg – Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844)
 * Billings – Elkanah Billings (1820–1876) paleontology
 * Bingham – Charles Thomas Bingham (1848–1908)
 * Biswas – Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994)
 * Blache – Jacques Blache (1922–1994)
 * Black – Davidson Black (1884–1934)
 * Blackburn – Thomas Blackburn (1844–1912) entomology
 * Blackwall – John Blackwall (1790–1881)
 * Blainville – Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850)
 * Blanchard – Charles Émile Blanchard (1819–1900)
 * Blanford – William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905)
 * Blasius – Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870) general zoology (mainly vertebrates)
 * W. Blasius – August Wilhelm Heinrich Blasius (1845–1912) ornithology
 * Blatchley – Willis Blatchley (1859–1940)
 * Bleeker – Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878)
 * Bloch – Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799)
 * Bloch fl. 1923
 * Blumenbach – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840)
 * Blüthgen – August Victor Paul Blüthgen (1880–1967)
 * Blyth – Edward Blyth (1810–1873)
 * Bocage – José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823–1907)
 * Bocourt – Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904)
 * Boddaert – Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795/96)
 * Boettger – Oskar Boettger (1833–1910)
 * Boetticher – Hans von Boetticher (1886–1958)
 * Bogert – Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908–1992) herpetology
 * Bohadsch – Johann Baptist Bohadsch (1724–1768) marine zoology
 * Boheman – Carl Henrik Boheman (1796–1868)
 * F. Boie – Friedrich Boie (1789–1870) general zoology (mainly ornithology, entomology)
 * H. Boie – Heinrich Boie (1794–1827) general zoology (mainly herpetology)
 * Boisduval – Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799–1879)
 * Bolle – Carl Bolle (1821–1909)
 * Bolotsky – Yuri L. Bolotsky
 * Bolton – Barry Bolton – entomology
 * Bonaparte – Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (1794–1857) ornithology
 * J. Bonaparte – José Bonaparte (1928–2020) paleontology (South American dinosaurs)
 * Bond – James Bond (1900–1989) ornithology
 * Bonelli – Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830) ornithology, entomology
 * Bonhote – J. Lewis Bonhote (1875–1922)
 * Bonnaterre – Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747–1804)
 * Born – Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
 * Borkhausen – Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806)
 * Borodin – Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin (1861–1937)
 * Borsuk-Bialynicka – Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka
 * Bosc – Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828)
 * Boucard – Adolphe Boucard (1839–1905)
 * Bouček – Zdeněk Bouček entomology
 * Boulenger – George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937)
 * Bourguignat – Jules René Bourguignat (1829–1892) malacology
 * Boursin – Charles Boursin (1901–1971)
 * Bourcier – Jules Bourcier (1797–1873)
 * Bouvier – Eugène Louis Bouvier (1856–1944)
 * Bowdich – Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824)
 * Bowerbank – James Scott Bowerbank (1797–1877)
 * Branch – William Roy Branch (1946–2018), Herpetology
 * Brandt – Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879)
 * Brauer – Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832–1904)
 * Brauner – Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Brauner (1857–1941)
 * A.E. Brehm – Alfred Brehm (1829–1884) general zoology
 * C.L. Brehm – Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787–1864) ornithology
 * Bremer – Otto Vasilievich Bremer (died 1873)
 * Bremi-Wolf – Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791–1857)
 * Brett-Surman – Michael K. Brett-Surman (born 1950)
 * Brevoort – James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887)
 * Brewster – William Brewster (1851–1919) ornithology
 * Briggs – John Carmon Briggs (born 1920)
 * Brischke – Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (1814–1897)
 * Brisson – Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806)
 * Brittinger – Christian Casimir Brittinger (1795–1869)
 * Brodkorb – Pierce Brodkorb ornithology, paleontology
 * Brøndsted – Holger Valdemar Brøndsted (1893–1977) zoology
 * Brongniart – Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847) paleontology
 * C. Brongniart – Charles Jules Edmée Brongniart (1859–1899) paleontology, entomology
 * Bronn – Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800–1862)
 * Brooke – Victor Brooke (1843–1891)
 * Brookes – Joshua Brookes (1761–1833) general zoology
 * W.S. Brooks – Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887–1965)
 * Broom – Robert Broom (1866–1951)
 * Brown – Barnum Brown (1873–1963)
 * Bruch – Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789–1857)
 * Bruguière – Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798)
 * Brullé – Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873)
 * Brünnich – Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827)
 * Brusatte – Stephen L. Brusatte (born 1984)
 * Brusina – Spiridon Brusina (1845–1909)
 * H. Bryant – Henry Bryant (1820–1867) general zoology (mainly birds)
 * Bryk – Felix Bryk (1882–1957)
 * W.E. Bryant – Walter E. Bryant (1861–1905)
 * Bücherl – Wolfgang Bücherl
 * Buckland – William Buckland (1784–1856)
 * Buffetaut – Eric Buffetaut (born 1950)
 * Buller – Walter Buller (1838–1906)
 * Bunzel – Emanuel Bunzel (1828–1895)
 * Burchell – William John Burchell (1782–1863)
 * Burge – Donald L. Burge
 * Burmeister – Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892)
 * Burnett – Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835)
 * Burton – Frederic Burton
 * Burns – John McLauren Burns
 * Bush – Katharine Jeanette Bush (1855–1937)
 * Bussing fl. 1966 (x2)
 * Butler – Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844–1925)
 * Büttikofer – Johann Büttikofer (1850–1929)
 * Buturlin – Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin (1872–1938)
 * Byrne fl. 1909

C

 * Cabanis – Jean Cabanis (1816–1906)
 * Cabrera – Ángel Cabrera (1879–1960)
 * Caldwell – David Keller Caldwell (1928–1990)
 * Calman – William Thomas Calman (1871–1952)
 * Calvert – Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961)
 * Calvo – Jorge Calvo (born 1961)
 * Cambiaso – Andrea Cambiaso
 * Camerano – Lorenzo Camerano (1856–1917)
 * Cameron – Peter Cameron (1847–1912) entomology
 * Camp – Charles Lewis Camp (1893–1975)
 * Campos – Diógenes de Almeida Campos
 * Canestrini – Giovanni Canestrini (1835–1900)
 * Cantor, Cant. – Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860)
 * Caradja – Aristide Caradja (1861–1955)
 * Carlson – Bruce A. Carlson
 * Carlsson – Albertina Carlsson (1848–1930)
 * Carpenter – Kenneth Carpenter (born 1949)
 * Carr – Archie Carr (1909–1987)
 * Carriker – Melbourne Armstrong Carriker Jr. (1879–1965)
 * Carter – Henry John Carter (1813–1895)
 * Carvalho – Ismar de Souza Carvalho
 * Casey – Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. (1857–1925)
 * Cassin – John Cassin (1813–1869)
 * Castelnau – see Laporte
 * Cervigón – Fernando Cervigón (1930–2017)
 * Chabanaud – Paul Chabanaud (1876–1959)
 * Chabaud – Alain Chabaud (1923–2013) parasitology
 * Chamberlin – Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967)
 * J.C.Chamberlin – Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (1898 – 1962)
 * Chapin – James Chapin (1889–1964)
 * Chapman – Frank Chapman (1864–1945)
 * Charig – Alan Jack Charig (1927–1997)
 * Charitonov – Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov (1896–1970)
 * Charpentier – Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847)
 * Chasen – Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896–1942)
 * Chatterjee – Sankar Chatterjee (born 1943)
 * Cherrie – George Kruck Cherrie (1865–1946)
 * Chevrolat – Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (1799–1884) entomology
 * Chiaie – Stefano delle Chiaje (1794–1860)
 * Chiappe – Luis M. Chiappe
 * Children – John George Children (1777–1852)
 * Christ – Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813)
 * Chun – Carl Chun (1852–1914)
 * Chure – Daniel Joseph Chure
 * Clapp – Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934)
 * E. Clark – Eugenie Clark (1922–2015) ichthyology
 * H.L. Clark – Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) echinoderms
 * J.M. Clark – James Michael Clark
 * Clemens – James Brackenridge Clemens
 * Clements – Kendall D. Clements
 * Clemmer – Glenn H. Clemmer
 * Clench – Harry Kendon Clench (1925–1979) Lepidoptera
 * Clench – William J. Clench (1897–1984) malacology
 * Clerck – Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765)
 * Cloward – Karen C. Cloward
 * Cobbold – Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1828–1886)
 * Cochran – Doris M. Cochran (1898–1968)
 * Cockerell – Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948)
 * Coimbra-Filho – Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho
 * Colbert – Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001)
 * Colston – Peter R. Colston (born 1935)
 * Compagno – Leonard J. V. Compagno (fl. 1979–present)
 * Conci – Cesare Conci (1920–2011)
 * Conde – Otto Conde (1905–1944)
 * Conover – Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950)
 * Conrad – Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877)
 * Coombs – Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
 * Cooper, J.G. Cooper – James Graham Cooper (1830–1902) general zoology, particularly ornithology
 * Cooper, W. Cooper – William Cooper (1798–1864) malacology
 * Cope – Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897)
 * Coquerel – Charles Coquerel (1822–1867)
 * Coria – Rodolfo Coria (born 1959)
 * Cornalia – Emilio Cornalia (1824–1882)
 * Cory – Charles B. Cory (1857–1921)
 * Costa – Achille Costa (1823–1898) entomology, particularly Neuroptera
 * O. Costa, O.G. Costa – Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787–1867) entomology and general zoology
 * W.J.E.M. Costa – Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa
 * Coues – Elliott Coues (1842–1899)
 * Cramer – Pieter Cramer (1721–c. 1779) entomology
 * F. Cramer – Frank Cramer
 * Crampton – William G. R. Crampton
 * Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson (Senior) (1838–1926) Hymenoptera
 * Cresson – Ezra Townsend Cresson, Jr. (1876–1948) Diptera
 * Cretzschmar – Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845)
 * Crewe – Henry Harpur-Crewe (1828–1883)
 * Crotch – George Robert Crotch (1842–1874)
 * Crowson – Roy Crowson (1914–1999)
 * Crusafont – Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (1910–1983)
 * Currie – Philip J. Currie (born 1949)
 * Curry Rogers – Kristina Curry Rogers (born 1974)
 * Curtis – John Curtis (1791–1862)
 * Cuvier – Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) vertebrate zoology, paleontology
 * F. Cuvier – Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838)
 * Czerkas – Stephen A. Czerkas

D

 * da Costa – Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717–1791) malacology
 * da Silva – Maria Nazareth F. da Silva (fl. 1990s–present)
 * Darwin – Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
 * Dahl – Friedrich Dahl (1856–1929)
 * Dahlbom – Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (1808–1859)
 * Dale – James Charles Dale (1792–1872)
 * Dall – William Healey Dall (1845–1927)
 * Dalla Torre – Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (1850–1928)
 * Dana – James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
 * Daudin – François Marie Daudin (1774–1804)
 * David – Armand David (1826–1900)
 * Davis – Donald R. Davis (born 1934)
 * de Azevedo – Sérgio Alex Kugland de Azevedo
 * de Beaufort – Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968)
 * de Blainville – Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850)
 * de Castelnau – see Laporte
 * de Filippi – Filippo de Filippi (1814–1867)
 * de Geer, De Geer – Charles De Geer (1720–1778)
 * de Haan – Wilhem de Haan (1801–1855)
 * De Kay, DeKay, Dekay – James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851)
 * de Man – Johannes Govertus de Man (1850–1930)
 * de Naurois – René de Naurois (1906–2006)
 * de Nicéville – Lionel de Nicéville (1852–1901)
 * De Pourtalès – Louis François de Pourtalès (1824–1880)
 * Bory de Saint-Vincent – Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780–1846)
 * de Valai – Silvina de Valai
 * De Vis – Charles Walter De Vis (1829–1915)
 * de Winton – William Edward de Winton (1856–1922)
 * Dejean, Dej. – Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean (1780–1845) entomology
 * Delmonte – Alfred Delmonte (born 1977)
 * Delacour – Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985)
 * Delson – Eric Delson
 * Denis – Michael Denis (1729–1800)
 * Depéret – Charles Depéret (1854–1929)
 * Deppe – Ferdinand Deppe (1794–1861)
 * Des Murs – Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs (1804–1878)
 * Desfontaines – René Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833)
 * Desmarest – Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838)
 * Deville, E. Deville – Émile Deville
 * Diard – Pierre-Médard Diard (1794–1863)
 * Dieffenbach – Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855)
 * Dingus – Lowell Dingus
 * Distant – William Lucas Distant (1845–1922)
 * Djakonov – Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov (1886–1956)
 * Dobson – George Edward Dobson (1844–1895)
 * Döderlein – Petar Döderlein (1809–1895)
 * Dodson – Peter Dodson (fl. 1980s–present)
 * Doherty – William Doherty (1857–1901)
 * Dollman – Guy Dollman (1886–1942)
 * Dollo – Louis Dollo (1857–1931)
 * Donisthorpe, Donis. – Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951)
 * Donovan – Edward Donovan (1768–1837)
 * d'Orbigny – Alcide d'Orbigny (1802–1857)
 * Dong – Zhiming Dong (born 1937)
 * Doria – Giacomo Doria (1840–1913)
 * Doubleday – Henry Doubleday (1808–1875)
 * Douglas – John William Douglas (1814–1905)
 * Drenowsky – Alexander Kirilow Drenowski (1879–1967)
 * Drury – Dru Drury (1725–1804)
 * du Bus de Gisignies – Bernard du Bus de Gisignies (1808–1874)
 * du Chaillu – Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1831–1903)
 * Dubois, C. F. Dubois – Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867)
 * Dufour – Léon Jean Marie Dufour (1780–1865)
 * Dufresne – Louis Dufresne
 * Duftschmid – Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid (1767–1821)
 * Dugès – Alfredo Dugès (1826–1910)
 * A.M.C. Duméril – André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860)
 * A.H.A. Duméril – Auguste Duméril (1812–1870)
 * Dumont – Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758–1830)
 * Duncker – Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (1870–1953)
 * Duponchel – Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846)
 * Durrell – Gerald Durrell (1925–1995)
 * Duvernoy – Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777–1855)
 * Dwight – Jonathan Dwight (1858–1929)
 * Dyar – Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (1866–1929)

E

 * Earle – Sylvia Alice Earle (born 1935)
 * Eaton – Jeffrey Glenn Eaton (born 1948)
 * Edwards – William Henry Edwards (1822–1909)
 * Ehrenberg – Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876)
 * Eichwald – Karl Eichwald (1795–1876)
 * Eigenmann – Carl H. Eigenmann (1863–1927)
 * R.S. Eigenmann, R. Smith – Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858–1947)
 * Ellerman – John Ellerman (1910–1973)
 * Elliot – Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915)
 * Emery – Carlo Emery (1848–1925)
 * A.R. Emery – Alan R. Emery
 * Enslin – Eduard Enslin (1879–1970)
 * Erdős – József Erdös
 * Erichson – Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848)
 * Erxleben – Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777)
 * Esben-Petersen – Peter Esben-Petersen (1869–1942)
 * Eschmeyer – William N. Eschmeyer
 * Eschscholtz – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831)
 * Erséus – Christer Erséus
 * Esper – Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810)
 * Evermann – Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932)
 * Eversmann – Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794–1860)
 * Evseenko – Sergei Afanasievich Evseenko
 * Eyton – Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809–1880)

F

 * Fabre – Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823–1915)
 * Fabricius – Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
 * Fage – Louis Fage (1883–1964)
 * Fahringer – Josef Fahringer (1876–1950)
 * Fåhraeus – Olof Immanuel von Fåhraeus (1796–1884)
 * Fairmaire – Léon Fairmaire (1820–1906)
 * Falla – Robert Falla (1901–1979)
 * Fallén – Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764–1830)
 * Fauvel – Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel (1840–1921) insects
 * Fauvel – Pierre Fauvel (1866–1958) Polychaetes
 * Feinberg – Margaret Norma Feinberg
 * C. Felder – Baron Cajetan von Felder (1814–1894) Lepidoptera
 * R. Felder – Rudolf Felder (1842–1871) Lepidoptera
 * Fenwick – Jack Fenwick
 * Fernandes-Matioli – Flora Maria de Campos Fernandes-Matioli
 * Ferrari-Perez  – Fernando Ferrari-Pérez (1857–1933)
 * Ferraris – Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.
 * Férussac – Jean Baptiste Louis d'Audibert de Férussac (1745–1815)
 * Filhol – Henri Filhol (1843–1902)
 * Finsch – Otto Finsch (1839–1917)
 * Fioroni – Pio Fioroni (1933–2003)
 * G. Fischer, Fischer de Waldheim, Fischer von Waldheim – Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771–1853)
 * J. Fischer – Johann Baptist Fischer (1803–1832)
 * J.G. Fischer – Johann Gustav Fischer (1819–1889)
 * M. Fischer – Maximilian Fischer (born 1929)
 * Fitch – Asa Fitch (1809–1879)
 * Fitzinger – Leopold Fitzinger (1802–1884)
 * J.H. Fleming – James Henry Fleming (1872–1940)
 * Fleming – John Fleming (1785–1857)
 * Fonscolombe – Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe
 * Forbes – Edward Forbes (1815–1854)
 * Forbes – Henry Ogg Forbes (1851–1932)
 * Forel – Auguste-Henri Forel (1848–1931)
 * Forsius – Runar Forsius (1884–1935)
 * Forsskål – Peter Forsskål (1732–1763)
 * Forsyth Major – Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843–1923)
 * Forster – Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
 * C.A. Forster – Catherine A. Forster
 * G. Forster – Georg Forster (1754–1794)
 * R.R. Forster – Raymond Robert Forster (1922–2000)
 * Förster – Arnold Förster (1810–1884)
 * Fourmanoir – Pierre Fourmanoir (1924–2007)
 * Fowler – Henry Weed Fowler (1879–1965)
 * Fox – Wade Fox (1920–1964)
 * Fraas – Eberhard Fraas (1862–1915)
 * Franganillo-Balboa – Pelegrin Franganillo-Balboa (1873–1955)
 * Franklin – James Franklin (c. 1783–1834)
 * Fransen – Charles Fransen
 * Fraser – Louis Fraser (1810–1866)
 * F.C. Fraser – Frederick Charles Fraser
 * Freyer – Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794–1885) entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
 * Friedmann – Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987)
 * Fricke – Ronald Fricke
 * Frivaldszky – Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870)
 * Frohawk – Frederick William Frohawk (1861–1946)
 * Fromont – Jane Fromont
 * Fruhstorfer – Hans Fruhstorfer (1866–1922)
 * Fürbringer – Max Fürbringer (1846–1920)
 * Füssli, Fuessly, Füsslins – Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786)

G

 * Gadow – Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855–1928)
 * Gahan – Charles Joseph Gahan (1862–1939) for Cerambycidae or Arthur Burton Gahan (1880—1960) for Hymenoptera
 * Gaimard – Joseph Paul Gaimard (1796–1858)
 * F. Galton, Galton – Francis Galton (1822–1911)
 * P. M. Galton – Peter Galton
 * Gambel – William Gambel (1823–1849)
 * Gao – Keqin Gao (born 1955)
 * Garman – Samuel Garman (1843–1927)
 * Garnot – Prosper Garnot (1794–1838)
 * Garstang – Walter Garstang (1868–1949)
 * Gaston – Robert Gaston (born 1967)
 * Gasparini – Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
 * Gauthier – Jacques Gauthier (born 1948)
 * Gegenbaur – Carl Gegenbaur (1825–1903)
 * Gené – Giuseppe Gené (1800–1847)
 * É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844)
 * I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861)
 * Georgi – Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729–1802)
 * Germar – Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786–1853)
 * Gerstäcker – Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstäcker (1828–1895)
 * Gertsch – Willis J. Gertsch (1906–1998)
 * Gervais – Paul Gervais (1816–1879)
 * Géry – Jacques Géry ichthyology
 * Geyer – Carl Geyer entomology
 * Geyer – Charles Andreas Geyer (1809–1853) botany, American
 * Gielis – Cees Gielis
 * Giglioli – Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845–1909)
 * Gilbert – Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1928)
 * Gilchrist – John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926)
 * Gill – Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914)
 * Gillette – David D. Gillette
 * Gilmore – Charles W. Gilmore (1874–1945)
 * Girard – Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895)
 * Giraud – Joseph Etienne Giraud (1808–1877)
 * Girault – Alec Arsène Girault entomology
 * Gloger – Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger (1803–1863)
 * Gmelin – Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804)
 * Godart – Jean-Baptiste Godart (1775–1825)
 * Godefroit – Pascal Godefroit
 * Godman – Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919)
 * Goeze – Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731–1793)
 * Göhlich – Ursula Bettina Göhlich
 * Goldfuss – Georg August Goldfuss (1782–1848)
 * Goldman – E. A. Goldman
 * Goode – George Brown Goode (1851–1896)
 * Gosse – Philip Henry Gosse (1810–1888)
 * A. A. Gould – Augustus Addison Gould (1805–1866) conchology
 * Gould – John Gould (1804–1881) birds and mammals
 * Graffin – Greg Graffin (1964–present) paleozoology/evolutionary biology
 * A. Grandidier – Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921)
 * G. Grandidier – Guillaume Grandidier (1873–1957)
 * Grandin – Temple Grandin (born 1947)
 * Granger – Walter W. Granger (1872–1941)
 * Grant – Chapman Grant (1887–1983) herpetology
 * Grant – Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893–1977) malacology, paleontology
 * Gravenhorst – Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst (1777–1857)
 * Gray - Michael R. Gray (1941 -2023) arachnology
 * G. R. Gray – George Robert Gray (1808–1872) entomology, ornithology
 * J. E. Gray – John Edward Gray (1800–1875)
 * Gray – Michael R. Gray (–2023)
 * Green – Edward Ernest Green (1861–1949)
 * Gregory – William K. Gregory (1876–1970)
 * Griffith – Edward Griffith (1790–1858)
 * J. N. Griffith – Jeremy Griffith (born 1945)
 * Grimpe – Georg Grimpe (1889–1936)
 * Grinnell – Joseph Grinnell (1877–1939)
 * Griscom – Ludlow Griscom (1890–1959)
 * Grobben – Karl Grobben (1854–1945)
 * Gronow – Laurence Theodore Gronow (fl. 1854) ichthyology
 * A. Grote, Grote – Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903) entomology
 * H. Grote – Hermann Grote ornithology
 * Grube – Adolph Eduard Grube (1812–1880) zoology
 * Grumm-Grzhimailo – Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860–1936) entomology
 * Guenee, Guenée – Achille Guenée (1809–1880)
 * Guerin, Guérin-Méneville – Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (1799–1874)
 * Güldenstädt – Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745–1781)
 * Gunnerus – Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773)
 * Gunter – Gordon P. Gunter (1909–1998)
 * Günther – Albert C. L. G. Günther (1830–1914)
 * Gurney – John Henry Gurney (1819–1890)
 * J. H. Gurney Jr – John Henry Gurney Jr. (1848–1922)
 * Gyllenhaal – Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752–1840)

H

 * Habe – Tadashige Habe (1916–2001)
 * Hiren – Hiren B Parmar (born 1985)
 * Hablizl – Carl Ludwig Hablitz (1752–1821)
 * Hachisuka – Masauji Hachisuka (1903–1953)
 * Hadiaty – Renny Kurnia Hadiaty
 * Hadie – Wartono Hadie
 * Haeckel – Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
 * Hagen – Hermann August Hagen (1817–1893)
 * Hahn – Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786–1835)
 * Haldeman – Samuel Stehman Haldeman (1812–1880)
 * Haliday – Alexander Henry Haliday (1807–1870)
 * Hallowell – Edward Hallowell (1808–1860) herpetology
 * Hamilton, Hamilton-Buchanan – Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829)
 * Hammer – William R. Hammer
 * Hampson – George Hampson (1860–1936)
 * Handlirsch – Anton Handlirsch (1865–1935)
 * Hanley – Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1819–1899)
 * Hansemann – Johann Wilhelm Adolf Hansemann (1784–1862)
 * Hansen – Hans Jacob Hansen (1855–1936)
 * Harcourt – Edward William Vernon Harcourt (1825–1891)
 * Hardwicke – Thomas Hardwicke (1755–1835)
 * Harlan – Richard Harlan (1796–1843)
 * Harper – Francis Harper (1886–1972)
 * Harris, M. Harris – Moses Harris (1734–1785) entomology
 * T.W. Harris – Thaddeus Williams Harris (1795–1856)
 * Harrison – Colin James Oliver Harrison (1926–2003)
 * Hartert – Ernst Hartert (1859–1933)
 * Hartig – Theodor Hartig (1805–1880)
 * Hartlaub – Gustav Hartlaub (1814–1900)
 * Hassall – Arthur Hill Hassall (1817–1894)
 * Haswell – William Aitcheson Haswell (1854–1925)
 * Hatcher – John Bell Hatcher (1861–1904)
 * Hatschek – Berthold Hatschek (1854–1941)
 * Haubold – Hartmut Haubold
 * Haworth – Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833)
 * Hay – William Perry Hay (1872–1947)
 * Hayman – Robert William Hayman
 * Head – Jason James Head
 * Heads – Sam W. Heads
 * Heaney – Lawrence Richard Heaney
 * Heckel – Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857)
 * Hector – James Hector (1834–1907)
 * Heemstra – Phillip C. Heemstra
 * Hellén – Wolter Edward Hellén (1890–1979)
 * Heller – Joseph Heller (born 1941)
 * Hellmayr – Carl Edward Hellmayr (1878–1944)
 * Hemprich – Wilhelm Hemprich (1796–1825)
 * Henle – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809–1885)
 * Henshaw – Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (1850–1930)
 * Hentz – Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797–1856)
 * Herbst – Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743–1807)
 * Herdman – William Abbott Herdman (1858–1924)
 * Hering – Erich Martin Hering (1893–1967)
 * Herman – Ottó Herman (1835–1914)
 * Hermann – Johann Hermann (1738–1800)
 * Herre – Albert William Christian Theodore Herre (1869–1962)
 * Herrich-Schäffer – Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (1799–1874)
 * Hershkovitz – Philip Hershkovitz (1909–1997)
 * Hertlein – Leo George Hertlein (1898–1972)
 * Heude – Pierre Marie Heude (1836–1902)
 * Heuglin – Theodor von Heuglin (1824–1876)
 * Heuvelmans – Bernard Heuvelmans (1916–2001)
 * Hewitson – William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878)
 * Heydenreich – Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich (fl. mid-19th century)
 * Heymons – Richard Heymons (1867–1943)
 * Hildebrand – Samuel Frederick Hildebrand (1883–1949)
 * Hilgendorf – Franz Martin Hilgendorf (1839–1904)
 * Hilsenberg – Carl Theodor Hilsenberg (1802–1824)
 * Hinton – Martin Hinton (1883–1961)
 * Hirohito – Shōwa Emperor Hirohito (1901–1989)
 * Hirst – Arthur Stanley Hirst (1883–1930) arachnology, British
 * Hirst – David B. Hirst arachnology, Australian
 * Hiyama – Yoshio Hiyama (1909–1988)
 * Hodgson – Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800–1894)
 * Hoese – Douglass F. Hoese
 * Hoffmannsegg – Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849)
 * Hoffstetter – Robert Hoffstetter (fl. 19th century)
 * Holbrook – John Edwards Holbrook (1794–1871)
 * Holland – William Jacob Holland (1848–1932)
 * Holmberg – Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937)
 * Holmgren – August Emil Holmgren (1829–1888)
 * Holmgren (N.Holmgren) Nils Holmgren (1877–1954)
 * Holthuis – Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (1921–2008)
 * Hombron – Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852)
 * Honrath – Eduard Honrath (1837–1893)
 * Hope – Frederick William Hope (1797–1862)
 * Horn – George Henry Horn (1840–1897)
 * W. Horn – Walther Hermann Richard Horn (1871–1939)
 * Horner – Jack Horner (born 1946)
 * Horsfield – Thomas Horsfield (1773–1859)
 * Horváth – Géza Horváth (1847–1937)
 * Hose – Charles Hose (1863–1929)
 * Hottinger – Lukas Hottinger (1933–2011)
 * Houttuyn – Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
 * Howard – Hildegarde Howard (1901–1998)
 * Howell, A.H. Howell – Arthur H. Howell (1872–1940)
 * Howes – William George Howes (1879–1946)
 * Hoyle – William Evans Hoyle (1855–1926)
 * Hu – Yaoming Hu
 * Hübner – Jacob Hübner (1761–1826)
 * Hubbs – Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894–1979)
 * Huene, von Huene – Friedrich von Huene (1875–1969)
 * Huey – Laurence Markham Huey (1892–1963)
 * Hulke – John Whitaker Hulke (1830–1895)
 * Hume – Allan Octavian Hume (1829–1912)
 * Humphrey – Philip Strong Humphrey (1926–2009)
 * Hunt – Adrian P. Hunt
 * Hürzeler – Johannes Hürzeler
 * Hutt – Steve Hutt
 * J.S. Huxley – Julian Sorell Huxley (1887–1975) general zoology
 * T.H. Huxley – Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) general zoology
 * Hwang – Sunny H. Hwang

I

 * Ida – Hitoshi Ida (born 1940)
 * Iredale – Tom Iredale (1880–1972)
 * Illiger – Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775–1813)
 * Ivantsoff – Walter Ivantsoff
 * Ivie – Michael Aaron Ivie
 * Ivie – Wilton Ivie
 * Iwai – Tamotsu Iwai

J

 * Jacobs – Jean-Charles Jacobs (1821–1907) entomology (Diptera, Hymenoptera)
 * Jacquin – Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817) mainly tropical American taxa
 * Jacquinot – Honoré Jacquinot (1815–1887) mainly marine biology
 * Jain – Sohan Lal Jain vertebrate paleontology
 * Jakowlew – Alexander Ivanovich Yakovlev (1863–1909)
 * James – Helen F. James (paleo)ornithology
 * Jameson – Robert Jameson (1774–1854) general zoology
 * Jamieson – Alan J. Jamieson (marine biologist)
 * Janensch – Werner Janensch (1878–1969) vertebrate paleontology (East African sauropods)
 * Janson – Oliver Erichson Janson (1850–1926) entomology (Coleoptera)
 * Jardine – William Jardine (1800–1874) general zoology
 * Jebb – Matthew H. P. Jebb
 * Jeffreys – John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885)
 * Jekel – Henri Jekel (1816–1891)
 * Jenkins – James Travis Jenkins (1876–1959)
 * A. P. Jenkins – Aaron Peter Jenkins
 * Jensen – James A. Jensen (1918–1998) vertebrate paleontology
 * Jerdon – Thomas C. Jerdon (1811–1872) general zoology (South Asia)
 * Q. Ji – Qiang Ji
 * S. Ji – Shuan Ji
 * Jiménez de la Espada  – Marcos Jiménez de la Espada (1831–1898) vertebrate zoology
 * Jocqué – Rudy Jocqué
 * G. D. Johnson – G. David Johnson
 * Johnston – George Johnston
 * Jordan – David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) ichthyology
 * K. Jordan – Karl Jordan (1861–1959) entomology (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera)
 * Jouanin – Christian Jouanin
 * Jourdan – Claude Jourdan

K

 * Kaila – Lauri Kaila
 * Karg – Wolfgang Karg (1927–2016)
 * Karsch – Ferdinand Karsch
 * Katayama – Masao Katayama (born 1912)
 * Kaup – Johann Jakob Kaup (1803–1873)
 * Kay – E. Alison Kay (1928–2008)
 * Keferstein – Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833–1870)
 * Kelaart – Edward Frederick Kelaart (1819–1860)
 * Kellner – Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
 * Kellogg – Remington Kellogg (1892–1969)
 * L. Kellogg – Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867–1937)
 * Kennard – Frederic Hedge Kennard (1865–1937)
 * Kennedy – Clarence Hamilton Kennedy (1879–1952)
 * Kennicott – Robert Kennicott (1835–1866)
 * Kerr – Robert Kerr (1755–1813)
 * Kessler – Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815–1881)
 * Keulemans – John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
 * Keyserling – Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889)
 * Kieffer – Jean-Jacques Kieffer (1857–1925)
 * Kielan-Jaworowska – Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925–2015)
 * King – Phillip Parker King (1793–1856)
 * Kinnear – Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882–1957)
 * Kirby – William Kirby (1759–1850)
 * W. F. Kirby – William Forsell Kirby (1844–1912)
 * Kirkaldy – George Willis Kirkaldy
 * Kirkland – James Ian Kirkland (born 1954)
 * Kishida – Kyukichi Kishida (1888–1968)
 * Kittlitz – Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799–1874)
 * O. Kleinschmidt – Otto Kleinschmidt (1870–1954)
 * Kloss – Cecil Boden Kloss (1877–1949)
 * Klotzsch – Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805–1860)
 * Klug – Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug (1775–1856)
 * Kner – Rudolf Kner (1810–1868)
 * Knoch – August Wilhelm Knoch (1742–1818)
 * Kobayashi – Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
 * C. L. Koch – Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857)
 * L. Koch – Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825–1908)
 * Koelz – Walter Norman Koelz (1895–1989)
 * Kolbe – Hermann Julius Kolbe (1855–1939)
 * Kollar – Vincenz Kollar (1797–1860)
 * Kollman – Max Kollmann
 * Konings – Ad Konings
 * Kono – Hiromichi Kono (1905–1963)
 * Konow – Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (1842–1908)
 * Korshunov – Yuri Korshunov (1933–2002)
 * Kotlyar – Aleksandr N. Kotlyar
 * Kotthaus – Adolf Kotthaus
 * Kraglievich – Lucas Kraglievich
 * Kraatz – Ernst Gustav Kraatz (1831–1909)
 * Krauss – Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890)
 * Krauss – Hermann August Krauss (1848–1939)
 * Krabbe – Niels Krabbe (born 1951)
 * Krefft – Johann Ludwig Gerard Krefft (1830–1881)
 * Krefft – Gerhard Krefft (1912–1993)
 * Kriechbaumer – Joseph Kriechbaumer (1819–1902)
 * Krohn – August David Krohn (1803–1891)
 * Kropotkin – Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921)
 * Ksepka – Daniel T. Ksepka
 * Kuhl – Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821)
 * Kuiter – Rudolf Herman Kuiter (born 1943)
 * Kulczynski – Władysław Kulczyński (1854−1919)
 * Kuroda – Nagamichi Kuroda (1889–1978)
 * Kurzanov – Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov

L

 * Labillardière – Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834)
 * Lacépède – Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825)
 * Lacordaire – Jean Théodore Lacordaire (1801–1870)
 * Lafresnaye – Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783–1861)
 * Laicharting – Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting (1754–1797)
 * Lamarck – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829)
 * Lamanna – Matthew Carl Lamanna
 * Lambe – Lawrence Morris Lambe (1863–1919)
 * Lambrecht – Kálmán Lambrecht
 * Lameere – Auguste Lameere (1864–1942)
 * Landbeck – Christian Ludwig Landbeck (1807–1890)
 * Langer – Max Cardoso Langer
 * Langston – Wann Langston, Jr. (1921–2013)
 * Laporte – François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802–1880)
 * Lapparent, de Lapparent – Albert-Félix de Lapparent (1905–1975)
 * LaRoche – Francisco La Roche
 * Larson – Helen K. Larson
 * Latham – John Latham (1740–1837)
 * Latreille – Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833)
 * Laurent – Michèle de Saint Laurent (1926–2003) French carcinologist
 * Laurenti – Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735–1805)
 * Laurillard – Charles Léopold Laurillard (1783–1853)
 * Lavocat – René Lavocat
 * Lawrence – George Newbold Lawrence (1806–1895)
 * Lawrence – Barbara Lawrence (1909–1997)
 * R.F. Lawrence – Reginald Frederick Lawrence (1897–1987)
 * Laxmann – Erik Laxmann (1737–1796)
 * Layard – Edgar Leopold Layard (1824–1900)
 * Lea – Arthur Mills Lea (1868–1932)
 * LeConte – John Lawrence LeConte (1825–1883)
 * Leach – William Elford Leach (1791–1836)
 * Leach – Edwin S. Leach (1878–1971)
 * Lee – Yuong-Nam Lee
 * Leech – John Henry Leech (1862–1900)
 * Lehtinen – Pekka T. Lehtinen
 * Leidy – Joseph Leidy (1823–1891)
 * Leisler – Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler (1771–1813)
 * Le Leouff – Jean Le Leouff
 * Lembeye – Juan Lembeye (1816–1889)
 * Lendzion – Kazimiera Lendzion
 * Lepeletier – Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770–1845)
 * Lesson – René-Primevère Lesson (1794–1849)
 * Le Souef – Dudley Le Souef (1856–1923)
 * Lesueur – Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778–1846)
 * Leuckart – Rudolf Leuckart (1822–1898)
 * Leussler – R. A. Leussler
 * Li – Li Sizhong (1921–2009)
 * C.K. Li (also C.-K. Li or C. Li) – Chuankui Li
 * D.Q. Li (also D.-Q. Li or D. Li) – Daqing Li
 * P.P. Li (also P.-P. Li or P. Li) – Pipeng Li
 * Lichtenstein – Martin Lichtenstein (1780–1867)
 * Lilljeborg – Wilhelm Lilljeborg (1816–1908)
 * Link – Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1850)
 * Linnaeus – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
 * Lindl. – John Lindley (1799–1865)
 * Linsley – Earle Gorton Linsley (1910–2000)
 * Lintner – Joseph Albert Lintner (1822–1898)
 * Ljungh – Sven Ingemar Ljungh (1757–1828)
 * Loche – Victor Loche (1806–1863)
 * Lönnberg – Einar Lönnberg (1864–1942)
 * Lowe – Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874)
 * Lowe – Percy Lowe (1870–1948)
 * Lowry – James K. Lowry (1942 -
 * Y.Y. Lu (also Y.-Y. Lu or Y. Lu) – Yuyan Lu
 * Lü (also J.C. Lü, J.-C. Lü or J. Lü) – Junchang Lü
 * S.Q. Lü (also S.-Q. Lü or S. Lü) – Shunqin Lü
 * Lubbock – John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913)
 * Luc – Michel Luc (1927–2010) nematology
 * Lucas – Hippolyte Lucas (1814–1899)
 * F.A. Lucas – Frederic Augustus Lucas (1852–1929)
 * S.G. Lucas – Spencer G. Lucas
 * Lull – Richard Swann Lull (1867–1957)
 * Lund – Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880)
 * Lütken – Christian Frederik Lütken (1827–1901)
 * Lydekker – Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
 * Lyon – Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. (1875–1942)

M

 * Mabile – Jules François Mabille (1831–1904)
 * Macleay – William John Macleay (1820–1891)
 * Mackovicky – Peter J. Mackovicky
 * Makela – Robert R. Makela (1940–1987)
 * Malaise – René Malaise (1892–1978)
 * Maleev – Evgenii Aleksandrovich Maleev (1915–1966)
 * Mannerheim – Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797–1854)
 * Mantell – Gideon Mantell (1790–1852)
 * Marcus – Ernst Marcus (1893–1968)
 * Marinescu – Florian Marinescu
 * Markevich – Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich (1905–1999)
 * Marples – Brian J. Marples
 * Marsh – Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899)
 * Marshall – Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall (1871–1959)
 * Marhsall – Thomas Ansell Marshall (1827–1903)
 * Martill – David Martill
 * Martin – William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) mainly mammals
 * C. Martin – Claro Martin
 * L. Martin – Larry Martin (1943–2013) paleontology
 * Martinez – Ruben D. Martinez
 * R. Martínez Escarbassiere – Rafael Martínez Escarbassiere (1929–2022)
 * Marvin – Nigel Marven (born 1960)
 * Maryanska – Teresa Maryańska
 * Mason – Francis Mason (1799–1874)
 * Massy – Anne Letitia Massy (1867–1931)
 * Mateus – Octávio Mateus (born 1975)
 * Mathews – Gregory Mathews (1876–1949)
 * Matley – Charles Alfred Matley (1866–1947)
 * Matschie – Paul Matschie (1861–1926)
 * Matsubara – Kiyomatsu Matsubara (1907–1968)
 * Matsumura – Shōnen Matsumura (1872–1960)
 * Matsuura – Keiichi Matsuura
 * Mayr – Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) vertebrates, mainly birds
 * G. Mayr – Gerald Mayr prehistoric vertebrates, mainly birds
 * McCulloch – Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925)
 * McLachlan – Robert McLachlan (1837–1904)
 * Meade-Waldo – Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934)
 * Mearns – Edgar Alexander Mearns (1856–1916)
 * Meek – Seth Eugene Meek (1859–1914)
 * Meguro – Katsusuke Meguro
 * Méhely – Lajos Méhelÿ (1862–1953)
 * Meigen – Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845)
 * Mello-Leitão – Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (1886–1948)
 * Melsheimer – Frederick Ernst Melsheimer (1782–1873)
 * Menezes – Naercio Aquino de Menezes (born 1937)
 * Ménétries – Édouard Ménétries (1802–1861)
 * Merrem – Blasius Merrem (1761–1824)
 * Merrett – Nigel Merrett
 * Merriam – Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942)
 * Mertens – Robert Mertens (1894–1975)
 * Metcalfe – John William Metcalfe (1872–1952)
 * Metschnikoff, Mechnikov – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845–1916)
 * Meyen – Franz Meyen (1804–1840)
 * Meyer, von Meyer – Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869) paleontology
 * A.B. Meyer – Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911) birds, primates, entomology (mainly Wallacea)
 * F.A. Meyer, F.A.A. Meyer, Meyer – Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer (1768–1795) birds, primates
 * Meyer de Schauensee – Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (1901–1984) birds
 * Meyrick – Edward Meyrick (1854–1938)
 * Michener – Charles Duncan Michener (1918–2015)
 * Middendorf, Midd. – Alexander von Middendorff (1815–1894)
 * Midgley – Steven Hamar Midgley
 * Miles – Clifford Miles
 * Millard – Naomi A. H. Millard (1914–1997) Hydroida
 * Miller – Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (1869–1956) mammals
 * A.H. Miller – Alden H. Miller
 * J.F. Miller – John Frederick Miller (1759–1796) mainly vertebrates
 * L.H. Miller – Loye H. Miller paleontology, mainly birds
 * R.R. Miller – Robert Rush Miller (1916–2003) fish
 * Millet – Pierre-Aimé Millet (1783–1873)
 * Milne-Edwards – Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885) mammals and crustaceans
 * A. Milne-Edwards – Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) birds
 * Milner – Angela C. Milner
 * Miranda-Ribeiro – Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874–1939)
 * P. Miranda-Ribeiro – Paulo de Miranda Ribeiro (1901–1965)
 * Mitchell – Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855)
 * Mitchill – Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831)
 * Mitra – Tridib Ranjan Mitra
 * Mizuno – Nobuhiko Mizuno
 * Mochizuki – Kenji Mochizuki
 * Mocsáry – Alexander Mocsáry (1841–1915)
 * Mohr – Erna Mohr (1894–1968)
 * Molina – Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829)
 * Molnar – Ralph E. Molnar
 * Mondolfi – Edgardo Mondolfi (1918–1999)
 * Mones – Álvaro Mones (born 1942)
 * Montagu – George Montagu (1753–1815)
 * Moore – Frederic Moore (1830–1907) butterflies and moths
 * J.C. Moore – Joseph Curtis Moore (1914–1995) rodents
 * Mori – Tamezo Mori (1884–1962)
 * Moreno – Francisco Moreno (1852–1919)
 * Morley – Claude Morley (1874–1951)
 * Morrow – James Edwin Morrow, Jr. (born 1918)
 * Mortensen – Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952)
 * Möschler – Heinrich Benno Möschler (1831–1888)
 * Motomura – Hiroyuki Motomura fish, scorpionfish
 * Motschulsky – Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810–1871)
 * Mound – Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934)
 * Moure – Jesus Santiago Moure (1912–2010)
 * Mourer-Chauviré – Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
 * Moyer – Jack T. Moyer (1929–2004)
 * Muche – Werner Heinz Muche (1911–1987)
 * J.P. Müller, Müller – Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) mainly fish
 * O.F. Müller – Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) insects, fauna of Scandinavia
 * Statius Müller, or P.L.S. Müller according to the IUCN – Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725–1776) birds, insects, some mammals and others
 * Müller – Salomon Müller (1804–1864) mainly fauna of Indonesia
 * Mulsant – Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880)
 * Munday – Philip L. Munday
 * Muricy – Guilherme Muricy (1964 -) sponges, their chemistry & taxonomy
 * Murphy – Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973)
 * Murray – J. A. Murray
 * Muttkowski – Richard Anthony Muttkowski (1887–1943)

N

 * Nabokov – Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
 * Nadler – Tilo Nadler (born 1941)
 * Naef – Adolf Naef (1883–1949)
 * Nagao – Takumi Nagao
 * Naish – Darren Naish
 * J. F. Naumann – Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780–1857)
 * Natterer – Johann Natterer (1787–1843)
 * Navás – Longinos Navás (1858–1938)
 * Nehring – Alfred Nehring (1845–1904)
 * Nelson – Edward William Nelson (1855–1934)
 * Nelson – Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011)
 * Nesov, Nessov – Lev Alexandrovich Nesov (1947–1995)
 * Netting – M. Graham Netting (1904–1996) herpetology
 * Neumoegen – Berthold Neumoegen (1845–1895)
 * New – Tim R. New
 * Newman – Edward Newman (1801–1876)
 * A. Newton – Alfred Newton (1829–1907)
 * E. Newton – Edward Newton (1832–1897)
 * Nichols – Albert Russell Nichols (1859–1933)
 * Nichols – John Treadwell Nichols (1883–1958)
 * Nielsen – Cesare Nielsen (1898–1984)
 * Nikolskii – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nikolskii (1858–1942)
 * Nilsson – Sven Nilsson (1787–1883)
 * Nitsche – Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902)
 * Noble – Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (1894–1940)
 * Nopcsa – Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877–1933)
 * Norell – Mark A. Norell (born 1957)
 * Norman – John Richardson Norman (1899–1944)
 * D. Norman – David B. Norman (born 1952)
 * North – Alfred John North (1855–1917)
 * Novas – Fernando Emilio Novas
 * Nowinski – Aleksander Nowiński
 * Nuttall – Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859)
 * Nylander – William Nylander (1822–1899)

O

 * Oberholser – Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963)
 * Oberthür – Charles Oberthür (1845–1924)
 * Obraztsov – Nicholas Sergeevitsch Obraztsov (1906–1966)
 * Ochiai – Akira Ochiai (1923–2017)
 * Ogilby – William Ogilby (1808–1873) general zoology
 * J.D. Ogilby – James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925) ichthyology
 * Ogilvie-Grant – William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863–1924)
 * Ognev – Sergej Ognew (1886–1951)
 * Oguma – Mamoru Oguma (1885–1971)
 * Okamoto – Makoto Okamoto
 * Oken – Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
 * Okumura – Teiichi Okumura
 * Olfers – Ignaz von Olfers (1793–1872)
 * Oliver – Walter Oliver (1883–1957)
 * Olivi – Giuseppe Olivi (1769–1795)
 * Olivier – Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756–1814)
 * Olson – Storrs Olson (1944–2021)
 * Oppel – Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782–1820)
 * Ord – George Ord (1781–1866)
 * Osbeck – Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805)
 * Osborn – Herbert Osborn (1856–1954) entomology
 * Osborn – Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935) paleontology
 * Osgood – Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875–1947)
 * Osi – Attila Ősi
 * Osmólska – Halszka Osmólska (1930–2008)
 * Osthelder – Ludwig Osthelder (1877–1954)
 * Ostrom – John Ostrom (1928–2005)
 * Oudemans – Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans (1858–1943)
 * Oustalet – Emile Oustalet (1844–1905)
 * Owen – Richard Owen (1804–1892)

P

 * Packard – Alpheus Spring Packard (1839–1905) entomology, paleontology
 * Palisot de Beauvois – Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (1752–1820) botany, entomology
 * Pallas – Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) botany, zoology
 * Palmer – Theodore Sherman Palmer (1868–1955)
 * Panzer – Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829) entomology
 * Parenti – Lynne R. Parenti
 * Parks – William Arthur Parks (1868–1939)
 * Pascoe – Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1813–1893) entomology
 * Patzner – ≠Robert A. Patzner
 * Paul – Gregory S. Paul (born 1954)
 * Pauly – Alain Pauly (born )
 * Pax – Ferdinand Albert Pax (1884–1964)
 * Peale – Titian Peale (1799–1885)
 * Pease – William Harper Pease (1824–1871)
 * Pearson – Oliver Paynie Pearson (1915–2003)
 * Pelzeln – August von Pelzeln (1825–1891)
 * Pennant – Thomas Pennant (1726–1798)
 * M. L. Penrith – Mary-Louise Penrith (born 1942)
 * Perez-Moreno – Bernardino P. Pérez-Moreno
 * Perle – Altangerel Perle (born 1945)
 * Péron – François Péron (1775–1810)
 * Perrier – Edmond Perrier (1844–1921)
 * Perty – Joseph Anton Maximillian Perty (1804–1884) entomology
 * Peters – Wilhelm Peters (1815–1883)
 * D.S. Peters – Dieter Stefan Peters paleontology, including birds
 * J.L. Peters – James Lee Peters (1889–1952) ornithology
 * Petrunkevitch – Alexander Petrunkevitch (1875–1964)
 * Pfeffer – Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854–1931)
 * Philippi – Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808–1904) paleontology, zoology
 * Pic – Maurice Pic (1866–1957) entomology
 * Pickard-Cambridge – Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917)
 * Pierce – Frank Nelson Pierce (1861–1943)
 * Pietsch – Theodore Wells Pietsch III
 * Pietschmann – Victor Pietschmann (1881–1956)
 * Pilsbry – Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862–1957)
 * Pisera – Andrzej Pisera
 * Platnick – Norman I. Platnick arachnology
 * Pocock – Reginald Innes Pocock (1863–1947)
 * Poda – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723–1798) entomology
 * Poey – Felipe Poey (1799–1891) entomology, ichthyology
 * Poeppig – Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868)
 * Pol – Diego Pol
 * Poli – Giuseppe Saverio Poli (1746–1825)
 * Pollini – Ciro Pollini (ru) (1782—1833)
 * Pomel – Auguste Pomel (1821–1898)
 * Pompeckj – Josef Felix Pompeckj (1867–1930)
 * Pontoppidan – Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764)
 * Pope – Clifford Hillhouse Pope (1899–1974) herpetology
 * Potts – Thomas Potts (1824–1888)
 * Pouyaud – Laurent Pouyaud
 * Powell – Jaime Eduardo Powell
 * Pruvot-Fol – Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873–1972)
 * Przewalski – Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839–1888)
 * Pucheran – Jacques Pucheran (1817–1894)
 * Pulitzer-Finali – Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali
 * Püngeler – Rudolf Püngeler (1857–1927)
 * Purcell – William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919)
 * Pusch, von Pusch – Botho von Pusch

Q

 * Quatrefages – Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810–1892)
 * Quoy – Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869)

R

 * Raath – Michael Andrew Raath
 * Rachmatika – Ike Rachmatika
 * Rackett – Thomas Rackett (1757–1841)
 * Radcliffe – Lewis Radcliffe (1880–1950)
 * Radde – Gustav Radde (1831–1903)
 * Rafinesque – Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1783–1840)
 * Raffles – Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781–1826)
 * Rainbow – William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919)
 * Rajasuriya – Arjan Rajasuriya
 * Rambur – Jules Pièrre Rambur (1801–1870)
 * Ramos – Robson Tamar da Costa Ramos
 * Ramsay, E.P. Ramsay – Edward Pierson Ramsay (1842–1916)
 * Rand – Austin L. Rand (1905–1982)
 * Randall – John E. Randall (born 1924)
 * Rathbun – Mary J. Rathbun (1860–1943)
 * Rathke – Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860)
 * Ratzeburg – Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801–1871)
 * Rauhut – Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut
 * Razoumowsky – Grigory Razumovsky (1759–1837)
 * Reakirt – Tryon Reakirt (1844–after 1871)
 * Reboleira – Ana Sofia Reboleira (born 1980)
 * Rebel – Hans Rebel (1861–1940)
 * Regan – C. Tate Regan (1878–1943)
 * Regel – Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892)
 * Régimbart – Maurice Auguste Régimbart (1852–1907)
 * Reichenbach – Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
 * Reichenow – Anton Reichenow (1847–1941)
 * Reid – Amanda Reid malacology
 * Reig – Osvaldo Alfredo Reig (1929–1992)
 * Reinhardt – Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882)
 * Reinhart – Roy Herbert Reinhart (1919–2005)
 * Renyaan – Samuel J. Renyaan
 * Retzius – Anders Jahan Retzius (1742–1821)
 * Riabinin – Anatoly Nikolaevich Riabinin
 * Rich – Thomas Hewitt Rich
 * P. Rich – see Vickers-Rich
 * Richardson – John Richardson (1787–1865)
 * Richmond – Charles Wallace Richmond (1868–1932)
 * Richmond – Neil D. Richmond (1912–1992) mammalogy, herpetology
 * Ridgway – Robert Ridgway (1850–1929)
 * Riggs – Elmer Samuel Riggs (1869–1963)
 * Riley – Joseph Harvey Riley (1873–1941)
 * Ripley – Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913–2001)
 * Ris – Friedrich Ris (1867–1931)
 * Risso – Antoine Risso (1777–1845)
 * Rivero – Juan A. Rivero (fl. mid-late 20th century)
 * Roberts – Austin Roberts (1883–1948)
 * Robertson – David Ross Robertson (born 1946)
 * Robinson – Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874–1929)
 * Robison – Henry W. Robison
 * Robson – Guy Coburn Robson (1888–1945)
 * Rodriguez  – Gilberto Rodríguez (1929–2004)
 * Röding  – Peter Friedrich Röding (1767–1846)
 * Roewer – Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881–1963)
 * Rogenhofer – Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (1831–1897)
 * Roger – Julius Roger (1819–1865)
 * Rogick – Mary Dora Rogick (1906–1964)
 * Rohde – Klaus Rohde (born 1932)
 * Rohwer – Sievert Allen Rohwer (1887–1951)
 * Rondelet – Guillaume Rondelet (1507–1566)
 * Roniewicz – Ewa Roniewicz
 * Rossi – Pietro Rossi (1738–1804)
 * Rossignol – Martial Rossignol
 * Rossman – Douglas Athon Rossman (1936–2015)
 * Rothschild – Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)
 * Roule – Louis Roule (1861–1942)
 * Roxas – Hilario Atanacio Roxas (1896–1926)
 * Rozhdestvensky – Anatole Rozhdestvensky
 * Rudolphi – Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832)
 * Rüppell – Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884)
 * Russell – Dale Alan Russell (1937–2019)
 * Ryder – John Adam Ryder (1852–1895)

S

 * Sakamoto – Katsuichi Sakamoto
 * Salgado – Leonardo Salgado
 * Salmoni – Dave Salmoni
 * Salter – John William Salter (1820–1869)
 * Salvadori – Tommaso Salvadori (1835–1923)
 * Salvin – Osbert Salvin (1835–1898)
 * Samouelle – George Samouelle (c. 1790–1846)
 * Sampson – Scott D. Sampson
 * Sanborn – Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897–1962)
 * Santschi – Felix Santschi (1872–1940)
 * Sarato – Ligur Sarato
 * G. O. Sars – Georg Ossian Sars (1837–1927)
 * M. Sars – Michael Sars (1809–1869)
 * Satunin – Konstantin Alexeevitsch Satunin (1863–1915)
 * E. Saunders – Edward Saunders (1848–1910) entomology (mainly Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera)
 * H. Saunders, Saunders – Howard Saunders (1835–1907) ornithology
 * Saunders, W. Saunders – William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879) entomology (mainly Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
 * Saussure – Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829–1905)
 * Savi – Paolo Savi (1798–1871)
 * Savigny – Marie Jules César Savigny (1777–1851)
 * Saville-Kent – William Saville-Kent (1845–1908)
 * Savornin – Justin Savornin (1876–1970)
 * Say – Thomas Say (1787–1843)
 * Schaum – Hermann Rudolph Schaum (1819–1865)
 * Schinz – Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1771–1861)
 * Schiapelli – Rita Delia Schiapelli
 * Schiffermüller – Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727–1806)
 * Schiödte – Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte (1815–1884)
 * Schlaikjer – Erich Maren Schlaikjer (1905–1972)
 * Schlegel – Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884)
 * Schmidt – Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890–1957)
 * Schnabl – Johann Andreas Schnabl (1838–1912)
 * Schneider – Johann Gottlob Schneider (1750–1822)
 * Schoepf(f) – Johann David Schoepff (1752–1800)
 * Schönherr – Carl Johan Schönherr (1772–1848)
 * Schomburgk – Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865)
 * Schrank – Franz von Paula Schrank (1747–1835)
 * Schreber – Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810)
 * Schren(c)k – Leopold von Schrenck (1824–1896)
 * Schultz – Leonard Peter Schultz (1901–1986)
 * Schwartz – Ernst Schwartz
 * P. L. Sclater – Philip Sclater (1829–1913)
 * W. L. Sclater – William Lutley Sclater (1863–1944)
 * Scopoli – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788)
 * Scott – John Scott (1823–1888)
 * Scudder – Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1837–1911)
 * Seebohm – Henry Seebohm (1832–1895)
 * Seegers – Lothar Seegers
 * Seeley – Harry Govier Seeley (1839–1909)
 * Selby – Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867)
 * Sélys – Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813–1900)
 * Semenov-Tian-Shanskii – Andrei Semenov-Tian-Shanskii (1866–1942)
 * Sennett – George B. Sennett (1840–1900)
 * Sereno – Paul Sereno (born 1957)
 * Serville – Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (1775–1858)
 * Sevastianov – Aleksandr Fiodorovich Sevastianov
 * Severtzov – Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov (1827–1885)
 * Sharpe – Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909)
 * Shaw – George Shaw (1751–1813)
 * Shelley – George Ernest Shelley (1840–1910)
 * Shuckard – William Edward Shuckard (1803–1868)
 * Sichel – Frédéric Jules Sichel (1802–1868)
 * Sick – Helmut Sick (1910–1991)
 * Sideleva – Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva
 * Siebold – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804–1885)
 * Silvestri – Filippo Silvestri (1873–1949)
 * Simon – Eugène Simon (1848–1924)
 * Simpson – George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984)
 * Slipinski – Stanisław Adam Ślipiński
 * Slosson – Annie Trumbull Slosson (1838–1926) entomology
 * Smith – Andrew Smith (1797–1872) zoology of southern Africa
 * Hamilton Smith – Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859)
 * E. Smith – Edgar Albert Smith (1847–1916) malacology
 * F. Smith – Frederick Smith (1805–1879) entomology
 * H.M. Smith – Hobart Muir Smith (1912–2013) herpetology
 * J.E. Smith – James Edward Smith (1759–1828) Lepidoptera
 * J.L.B. Smith – James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) ichthyology
 * M.A. Smith – Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875–1958) herpetology
 * S.I. Smith – Sidney Irving Smith (1843–1926) Crustacea
 * W.L. Smith – William Leo Smith
 * Snellen von Vollenhoven – Samuel Constantinus Snellen von Vollenhoven (1816–1880)
 * Snethlage – Emilia Snethlage (1868–1929)
 * Snodgrass – Robert Evans Snodgrass (1875–1962)
 * Soeroto – Bambang Soeroto
 * Sollas – William Johnson Sollas (1849–1936)
 * Sowerby, Sby. – George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788–1854)
 * Spallanzani – Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729–1799)
 * Sparrman – Anders Sparrman (1781–1826)
 * Spencer – Alison Louise (born 1993)
 * Spencer – Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929)
 * Spinola – Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857)
 * Spix – Johann Baptist von Spix (1781–1826)
 * Stahnke – Herbert Ludwig Stahnke (1902–1990)
 * Stainton – Henry Tibbats Stainton (1822–1892)
 * Starks – Edwin Chapin Starks (1867–1932)
 * Statius Müller/Muller – see P.L.S. Müller
 * Staudinger – Otto Staudinger (1830–1900)
 * Stebbing – Thomas Stebbing (1835–1926)
 * Steenstrup – Japetus Steenstrup (1813–1897)
 * Steere – Joseph Beal Steere (1842–1940)
 * Stein – Johann Philip Emil Friedrich Stein (1816–1882)
 * Steindachner – Franz Steindachner (1834–1919)
 * Stejneger – Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943)
 * Stephens – James Francis Stephens (1792–1852)
 * Sternberg – Charles Hazelius Sternberg (1850–1943)
 * Sternberg – Charles Mortram Sternberg (1885–1981)
 * D. J. Stewart – Donald J. Stewart
 * Stimpson – William Stimpson (1832–1872) naturalist, American
 * Stirling – Edward Charles Stirling (1848–1919) anthropologist, Australian
 * Stolzmann – Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann (1854–1928)
 * Stoll – Caspar Stoll (died 1791)
 * Storr – Gottlieb Conrad Christian Storr (1749–1821)
 * Stovall – John Willis Stovall (1891–1953)
 * Strand – Embrik Strand (1876–1953)
 * Strauch – Alexander Strauch (1832–1893)
 * Streets – Thomas Hale Streets (1847–1925)
 * Stresemann – Erwin Stresemann (1889–1972)
 * Strickland – Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811–1853)
 * Stritt – Walter Stritt (1892–1975)
 * Ström – Hans Ström (1726–1797)
 * Stromer – Ernst Stromer (1870–1952)
 * Struhsaker – Paul J. Struhsaker
 * Su – Su Song (1020–1101)
 * Such – George Such (1798–1879)
 * Suckley – George Suckley (1830–1869)
 * Sues – Hans-Dieter Sues (born 1956)
 * Sullivan – Robert M. Sullivan
 * Sulzer – Johann Heinrich Sulzer (1735–1813)
 * Sundevall – Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801–1875)
 * Swainson – William Swainson (1789–1855)
 * Swann – Henry Kirke Swann (1871–1926)
 * Swinhoe – Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877)
 * Sykes – William Henry Sykes (1790–1872)

T

 * Tabachnick – Konstantin R. Tabachnick
 * Taczanowski – Władysław Taczanowski (1819–1890)
 * Talbot – Mignon Talbot (1869–1950)
 * Taliev – Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev (1908–1952)
 * Tang – Zhilu Tang
 * Taquet – Philippe Taquet (born 1940)
 * Taschenberg – Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg (1818–1898)
 * Tate – George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953)
 * Tate – Ralph Tate (1840–1901)
 * Tattersall, W.M. Tattersall – Walter Medley Tattersall (1882–1948)
 * Taylor – Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978) herpetology, ichthyology
 * L.R. Taylor – Leighton R. Taylor
 * Temminck – Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858)
 * Templeton – Robert Templeton (1802–1892)
 * Thayer – John Eliot Thayer (1862–1933)
 * Théel – Johan Hjalmar Théel (1848–1937)
 * Theischinger – Günther Theischinger (born 1940)
 * Theobald, W. Theob. – William Theobald (1829–1908)
 * Thiele – Johannes Thiele (1860–1935)
 * Thomas – Oldfield Thomas (1858–1929)
 * Thomson, J. Thomson – James Thomson (1828–1897) entomology, primarily Coleoptera and Hymenoptera
 * C.G. Thomson, Thomson – Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899) entomology, primarily Swedish insects
 * Thorell – Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (1830–1901)
 * Thunberg – Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)
 * Tillyard – Robert John Tillyard (1881–1937)
 * Timm – Tarmo Timm (born 1936)
 * Tinbergen – Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907–1988)
 * Tjakrawidjaja – Agus Tjakrawidjaja
 * Ticehurst – Claud Buchanan Ticehurst (1881–1941)
 * Tidwell – Virginia Tidwell
 * Tilesius – Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769–1857)
 * Timberlake – Philip H. Timberlake (1883–1981)
 * Tischbein – Peter Friedrich Ludwig Tischbein (1813–1883)
 * Todd – Walter Edmond Clyde Todd (1874–1969)
 * Tokioka – Takasi Tokioka (1913–2001)
 * Toledo-Piza – Mônica de Toledo-Piza Ragazzo
 * Tomes – Robert Fisher Tomes (1823–1904)
 * Townsend – John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851) ornithology, mainly landbirds
 * C. H. Townsend – Charles Haskins Townsend (1859–1944) marine biology
 * Toxopeus – Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus (1894–1951) entomology
 * Traill – Thomas Stewart Traill (1781–1862)
 * Traylor – Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. (1915–2008)
 * Trewavas – Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900–1993)
 * Tristram – Henry Baker Tristram (1822–1906)
 * Troschel – Franz Hermann Troschel (1810–1882)
 * Trouessart – Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842–1927)
 * True – Frederick W. True (1858–1914)
 * Trybom – Filip Trybom (1850–1913)
 * Tryon – George Washington Tryon (1838–1888) malacology
 * Tschudi – Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818–1889)
 * Tsogtbaatar – Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar
 * Tumanova – Tat'yana Alekseyevna Tumanova
 * Tunstall – Marmaduke Tunstall (1743–1790)
 * Turner – Alfred Jefferis Turner (1861–1947)
 * Turton – William Turton (1762–1835)
 * Tutt – J. W. Tutt (1858–1911)
 * Tytler – Robert Christopher Tytler (1818–1872)

U

 * Uhler – Philip Reese Uhler (1835–1913)

V

 * Vaillant – Léon Vaillant (1834–1914)
 * Valenciennes – Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865)
 * Van Denburgh – John Van Denburgh (1872–1924)
 * Van Duzee, E.P. Van Duzee – Edward Payson Van Duzee (1861–1940)
 * Van Duzee, M.C. Van Duzee – Millard Carr Van Duzee (1860–1934)
 * Vander Linden – Pierre Léonard Vander Linden (1797–1831)
 * Varricchio – David J. Varricchio
 * E. Verreaux – Edouard Verreaux (1810–1868)
 * J. Verreaux – Jules Verreaux (1807–1873)
 * Verrill – Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926)
 * Vickaryous – Matthew P. Vickaryous
 * Vickers-Rich, P. Rich – Patricia Vickers-Rich (born 1944)
 * Vieillot – Louis Pierre Vieillot (1748–1830)
 * Vieweg – C. F. Vieweg
 * Vigors – Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785–1840)
 * Villers – Charles Joseph de Villers (1724–1810)
 * Vladykov – Vadim Dmitrij Vladykov (1898–1986)
 * von Blomberg – Ernst Freiherr von Blomberg (1821–1903)

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) entomology
 * A. Walker – Alick Donald Walker (1925–1999) paleontology
 * C.A. Walker – Cyril Alexander Walker paleontology
 * F. Walker – Francis Walker (1809–1874) entomology
 * Wall – Frank Wall (1868–1950)
 * Wallace – Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
 * Wallengren – Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823–1894)
 * Walsh – Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808–1869)
 * Walsingham – Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843–1919)
 * Waltl – Joseph Waltl (1805–1888)
 * X.L. Wang, X.-L. Wang, X. Wang – Xiaolin Wang (zoologist)
 * Y.Q. Wang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang – Yuanqing Wang
 * R.G. Wardlaw-Ramsay – Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay (1852–1921)
 * Watabe – Mahito Watabe
 * Waterhouse – George Robert Waterhouse (1801–1888)
 * Weber – Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937) general zoology, mainly vertebrates
 * H. Weber, Weber – Hermann Weber (1899–1956)
 * Wegrzynowicz – Piotr Węgrzynowicz
 * Weigold – Hugo Weigold (1886–1973)
 * Weishampel – David B. Weishampel (born 1952)
 * Welles – Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997)
 * West – Rick C. West arachnology
 * Westwood – John O. Westwood (1805–1893)
 * Wetmore – Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978)
 * Weyenbergh – Hendrik Weyenbergh, Jr. (1842–1885)
 * Wheeler – William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937)
 * Whitaker – Joseph Whitaker ornithology
 * White – Adam White (1817–1878)
 * Whitley – Gilbert Percy Whitley (1903–1975)
 * Wiedemann – Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840)
 * Wied-Neuwied – Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
 * Wiegmann – Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841)
 * Williams – James David Williams (1941–2021)
 * Williamson – Thomas Edward Williamson
 * Wilsmore – Leonora Jessie Wilsmore (1865–1945)
 * Wilson – Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) ornithology
 * E.O. Wilson – Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021)
 * J.A. Wilson – Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
 * Wiman – Carl Wiman (1867–1944)
 * Wingate – David B. Wingate (born 1935)
 * Winge – Herluf Winge (1857–1923)
 * Wirjoatmodjo – Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo
 * Wolfe – Douglas Gerald Wolfe
 * Wood, W. Wood – William Wood (1774–1857) entomology
 * C.T. Wood, Wood – Charles Thorold Wood (1777–1852) ornithology
 * Wood-Mason – James Wood-Mason (1846–1893)
 * Woodhouse – Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904)
 * Woodward – Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944)
 * Wroughton – R. C. Wroughton (1849–1921)

X

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

Y

 * Yamaguchi, Yamaguti – Masao Yamaguchi
 * Yamaguti Satyu Yamaguti (1894–1976) parasitology
 * Yamanoue – Yusuke Yamanoue
 * Yang, Young – Zhongjian Yang (1897–1979)
 * Yarrell – William Yarrell (1784–1856)
 * Yoseda – Kenzo Yoseda
 * You – Heilu Go Pak You
 * Young – David Allan Young (1915–1991) Hemiptera, especially Cicadellidae

Z

 * Zaddach – Ernst Gustav Zaddach (1817–1881)
 * Zagulajev, Zagulayev – Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulajev (1924–2007)
 * Zanno – Lindsay E. Zanno
 * Zeledon – José Castulo Zeledón (1846–1923)
 * Zeller – Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808–1883)
 * Zetterstedt – Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874)
 * B./B.K./B.-K. Zhang – Bao-kun Zhang
 * F./F.C./F.-C. Zhang – Fucheng Zhang
 * Zhao – Xijin Zhao
 * S. Zhou – Shiwu Zhou (born 1940)
 * Z./Z.H.Z.-H. Zhou – Zhonghe Zhou (born 1965)
 * Zimmer – John Todd Zimmer (1889–1957)
 * Zimmermann – Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815)
 * Zincken – Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken (1770–1856)
 * Zirngiebl – Lothar Zirngiebl (1902–1973)
 * Zittel – Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839–1904)
 * Zur Strassen – Otto zur Strassen (1869–1961)