List of authors of names published under the ICZN explained
This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new taxa under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
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- 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
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- 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)
- Castellanos - Zulma Ageitos de Castellanos (1922-2010)
- 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–) 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
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- 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 http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41712/0 – 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)
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- 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)
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