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

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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 François 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