List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)

In biological nomenclature, organisms often receive scientific names that honor a person. A taxon (e.g. species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to distinguish them from other taxa. Following rules of Latin grammar, species or subspecies names derived from a man's name often end in -i or -ii if named for an individual, and -orum if named for a group of men or mixed-sex group, such as a family. Similarly, those named for a woman often end in -ae, or -arum for two or more women.

This list is part of the List of organisms named after famous people, and includes organisms named after famous individuals born between the 1st of January 1800 and the 31st of December 1899. It also includes ensembles in which at least one member was born within those dates; but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities, and populated places. It does not include organisms named for fictional entities, for biologists, paleontologists or other natural scientists, nor for associates or family members of researchers who were not otherwise notable (exceptions are made, however, for natural scientists who are much more famous for other aspects of their lives, such as, for example, writers Vladimir Nabokov or Beatrix Potter).

Organisms named after famous people born earlier can be found in:

• List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)

Organisms named after famous people born later can be found in:

• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)

The scientific names are given as originally described (their basionyms); subsequent research may have placed species in different genera, or rendered them taxonomic synonyms of previously described taxa. Some of these names may be unavailable in the zoological sense or illegitimate in the botanical sense due to senior homonyms already having the same name.

List (people born 1800-1899)

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Taxon	Type	Namesake	Notes	Taxon image	Namesake image	Ref
Abatus shackletoni Koehler, 1911	Sea urchin	Ernest Shackleton	A species native to the Southern Ocean, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton.
Abelopsocus truganiniae Schmidt & New, 2008	Barklouse	Truganini	"Named for Truganini, considered to be the last surviving full-blood indigenous person from Tasmania." This species is endemic to Tasmania.
Abies borisii-regis Mattf.	Conifer	Boris III of Bulgaria	Known as Bulgarian fir, Macedonian fir or King Boris fir, this species, native to the Balkan peninsula, was described in 1925, during Tsar Boris III's reign in Bulgaria, and named in his honour.
Ablerus longfellowi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	"This truly remarkable species is respectfully dedicated to Henry W. Longfellow, the poet."
Actinoceras amundseni † Foerste, 1921	Nautiloid	Roald Amundsen	A fossil species from the Ordovician of Arctic Canada, described from a specimen collected by the expedition of the Gjøa, led by Amundsen.
Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore	Flowering plant	Queen Victoria
Alaptus maccabei Girault, 1914	Wasp	Joseph McCabe	"Respectfully dedicated to Joseph McCabe, the former Roman Catholic priest, now writer on the philosophical questions of the time." Subsequently synonymised with Alaptus minimus.
Aleiodes cacuangoi Shimbori & Shaw, 2014	Wasp	Dolores Cacuango	"named in honor to Dolores Cacuango, for her pioneering, outstanding brave efforts for the indigenous rights in Ecuador." This species is native to Ecuador.
Aleiodes frosti Shimbori & Shaw, 2014	Wasp	Robert Frost	The patronym refers to Frost's The Road Not Taken: the larvae emerge from the host caterpillar in a way different from all other relatives.
Alisphaera gaudii Kleijne et al., 2001	Algae	Antoni Gaudí	"The coccolith structure reminds of Gaudí's architecture."
Alophomopsis spenceri Girault, 1913	Wasp	Herbert Spencer	Subsequently transferred to the genus Eulophinusia.
Alterosa castroalvesi Dumas, Calor & Nessimian, 2013	Caddisfly	Castro Alves	A species native to Bahia state, Brazil, "named in memory of Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves, known as "the poet of the slaves" because of his sympathy for the Brazilian abolitionist cause. Castro Alves was born in Bahia state in 1847 and died at 1871. He is the patron of the 7th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Some of his abolitionist poems, like Espumas Flutuantes, A Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso, and O Navio Negreiro, were collected in a posthumous book called Os Escravos, published in 1883."
Amplaria muiri Shear & Krejca, 2007	Millipede	John Muir
Anatoma tobeyoides Geiger & Jansen, 2004	Sea snail	Mark Tobey	"The sculpture of fine, irregularly intersecting lines is reminiscent of the paintings of Mark Tobey."
Anolis roosevelti Grant, 1931	Lizard	Theodore Roosevelt Jr.	This possibly extinct species is native to the Spanish Virgin Islands, part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was governor at the time of its naming.
Anophthalmus hitleri Scheibel, 1933	Beetle	Adolf Hitler	Hitler sent Scheibel a letter showing his gratitude for naming a species after him. This blind, troglobiont beetle, found only in five caves in Slovenia, is now in danger of extinction solely because of its name, due to its interest to collectors of Nazi memorabilia. After World War II, renaming the beetle was rejected by the ICZN, as the name had been originally published in accordance with ICZN rules.
Anostirus ataturki Platia & Gudenzi, 2000	Beetle	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	"The name of the new species pays tribute to Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of the modern Turkish republic; Atatürk University in Erzurum, where the specimens are deposited, is named after him."
Antarctanax shackletoni † Peecook, Smith & Sidor, 2018	Archosauriform	Ernest Shackleton	A fossil reptile from the Triassic of Antarctica, named "in reference to British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, who named the Beardmore Glacier, which runs between lower Fremouw localities such as Graphite Peak." (the type locality)
Antarctophiline amundseni Moles, Avila & Malaquias, 2019	Sea slug	Roald Amundsen	A species found in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), "named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen who was the first to reach 90°0'S, the South Pole, on 14 December 1911."
Aptostichus dorothealangeae Bond, 2012	Spider	Dorothea Lange	Found in California's agricultural Central Valley
Aptostichus muiri Bond, 2012	Spider	John Muir	The species occurs in Yosemite National Park, which Muir was instrumental in founding
Aquila adalberti C.L. Brehm, 1861	Eagle	Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875)	The Spanish imperial eagle is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. Specimens were first collected by Reinhold Brehm, a German doctor and naturalist who had settled in Spain, and who sent them to his father, renowned ornithologist Christian Ludwig Brehm, to write the formal description as a new species. Reinhold Brehm chose to dedicate it to Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, who had appointed him as his ophthalmologist, as a token of gratitude and friendship (like Brehm, the prince had a Spanish wife, Infanta Amalia of Spain, and spent much of his time in Spain).
Arcticlam nanseni † Marincovich, 1993	Bivalve	Fridtjof Nansen	A fossil species of clam from the Paleocene of Prince Creek Formation in Arctic Alaska, "named in honor of Fridtjof Nansen, who was the first to scientifically explore and study the Arctic Ocean."
Aristostomias grimaldii Zugmayer, 1913	Fish	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of barbeled dragonfish was described from specimens collected by an expedition carried out on one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle II.
Artedidraco shackletoni Waite, 1911	Fish	Ernest Shackleton	A species native to the Southern Ocean, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton.
Arthurdactylus conandoylei † Frey & Martill, 1994	Pterosaur	Arthur Conan Doyle	Found in jungle similar to where The Lost World was set.
Ascogaster lovelaceae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Ada Lovelace	Replacement name for Ascogaster breviventris Tobias, 2000, which was preoccupied by Ascogaster breviventris Granger, 1949.
Atoposoma arnoldi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Matthew Arnold	Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus.
Atoposoma gregi Girault, 1913	Wasp	William Rathbone Greg	Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus.
Atoposoma lanei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Norman Angell	"Dedicated to Ralph Lane for his book The Great Illusion, A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to their Economic and Social Advantage." Angell's full name was Ralph Norman Angell Lane, and he had sometimes published under the name Ralph Lane. This species was subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus.
Atoposoma mazzinini Girault, 1913	Wasp	Giuseppe Mazzini	Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus.
Atoposoma zolai Girault, 1913	Wasp	Émile Zola	"This magnificent species I dedicate with great respect to Émile Zola for his work La Débâcle" Subsequently transferred to the genus Cirrospilus.
Austrotinodes santosdumonti Dumas, de Souza & Rocha, 2017	Caddisfly	Alberto Santos-Dumont	"Dedicated to the Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos Dumont, who was born at Palmira (now Santos Dumont) in Minas Gerais state in 1873 and died in 1932. Santos Dumont is considered the "Father of Flight" and "Aviation Pioneer" because he invented the first true airplane called 14-BIS, which flew a distance of 220 meters at a height of 6 meters and at a speed of about 40 km/h, in Paris on November 12, 1906." This species is native to Brazil.
Baeturia hardyi De Boer, 1986	Cicada	Oliver Hardy	This species and B. laureli (see below), "were named after the two American film comics: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Without their films, who could face days of staring through the microscope at dead cicadas? Furthermore, Mr. Hardy's favourite line: "there's another nice mess you've gotten me into" frequently leaps to the mind when studying the species of the genus Baeturia.
Baeturia laureli De Boer, 1986	Cicada	Stan Laurel
Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896	Spider	Rudyard Kipling	The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black panther from Kipling's Jungle Book with the species name honoring Kipling himself.
Barapasaurus tagorei † Jain, Kutty, Roy-Chowdhury & Chatterjee, 1975	Dinosaur	Rabindranath Tagore	A sauropod from the Jurassic Kota Formation in India; its first excavation "was carried out in the centenary year of one of India's most famous poets, Rabindranath Tagore, and named in his memory."
Bathytroctes grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911	Fish	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of slickhead was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. Subsequently synonymised with Bathytroctes microlepis.
Becquerelia (insect) † Brongniart, 1893	Palaeodictyoptera, an extict order of insects	Henri Becquerel	64 years after botanist Adolphe Brongniart named the plant genus Becquerelia after scientist Antoine César Becquerel (see List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)), his grandson, paleoentomologist Charles Brongniart, named this fossil insect genus from the Carboniferous period after Antoine César Becquerel's grandson, physicist (and future Nobel Prize laureate) Henri Becquerel.
Blancoa Huber, 2000	Spider	Andrés Eloy Blanco	"The generic name honors the Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco, author of Angelitos Negros."
Bonnetina julesvernei Ortiz & Francke, 2017	Spider	Jules Verne	"in honour of Jules Verne (1828–1905), a French writer who is considered by many as the Father of science fiction. His tens of novels on travel, discovery, invention and history have inspired millions of children and teenagers worldwide (including both authors of this study) with his thirst for knowledge and discovery."
Borrowella Girault, 1923	Wasp	George Borrow
Boudiennyia Girault, 1937	Wasp	Semyon Budyonny			File:Будённый 1943 (cropped).jpg
Bristowia gandhii Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2016	Spider	Mahatma Gandhi	"The species is named for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948). He was the pre-eminent leader of the Indian Independence Movement in British-ruled India, eventually paving the way for independence of Sri Lanka as well." This species is native to India and Sri Lanka.
Burmomiles blixenae † Fanti & Damgaard, 2019	Beetle	Karen Blixen	A fossil soldier beetle found in Burmese amber from the Cretaceous of Hukawng Valley. "In memory of the Danish author and writer Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 - 7 September 1962). [Dedication] that the actress Ghita Nørby suggested to us." (the authors had previously named another beetle after Nørby).
Buthus garcialorcai Teruel & Turiel, 2020	Scorpion	Federico García Lorca	"a patronym honoring the great Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca (5/June/1898 – 18/August/1936). Born in Granada, as a member of the Generation of '27 he became the greatest 20th century poet in Spain and one of the best dramatists and prose writers as well. Because of political reasons, during the Spanish Civil War he was assassinated by a fascist Falangist firing squad precisely at the type locality of the new species."
Campsicnemus charliechaplini Evenhuis, 1996	Fly	Charlie Chaplin	"This species is named in honor of the great silent movie comedian, Charlie Chaplin, because of the curious tendency of this fly to die with its midlegs in a bandy-legged position."
Campsicnemus iii Evenhuis, 2011	Fly	John Papa ʻĪʻī	"The specific epithet honors John Papa i'i (1800–1870), leading citizen of the Hawaiian kingdom during the 19th century when he was attendant to king Kamehameha II and close associate of many rulers of Hawai'i. One of his great-greatgrandsons is my good friend and colleague in Hawaiian history, DeSoto Brown, collection manager of the Bishop Museum Archives [where the specimens are stored]." This species is endemic to Hawai'i.
Cannopilus picassoi † H.Stradner 1961	Algae	Pablo Picasso	A fossil Dictyochophyceae algae from the late Cenozoic. It has since been transferred to genus Caryocha or Halicalyptra (sources vary).
Carnegiea Britton & Rose	Cactus	Andrew Carnegie
Ceratoneuronomyia arnoldi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Matthew Arnold	Subsequently transferred to the genus Tetrastichus.
Ceratoneuropsis poincarei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Henri Poincaré
Cervus roosevelti Merriam, 1897	Deer	Theodore Roosevelt
Charcotia amundseni D'Udekem D'Acoz, Schön & Robert, 2018	Crustacean	Roald Amundsen	A species of amphipod found off the coast of Antarctica, "dedicated to the memory of Roald Amundsen, conqueror of the South Pole and first mate on the RV Belgica during the historical Belgian Antarctic Expedition." (The discoverers of this species are Belgian.)
Chipetaia † Rasmussen, 1996	Primate	Chipeta	Named after chief Ouray's wife as a reference to its relation to Ourayia, both being fossil omomyid primates from the Uinta Formation. Ourayia, however, was named after the town of Ouray, Utah (which is in turn named after chief Ouray).
Chirostoma diazi Jordan & Snyder, 1899	Fish	Porfirio Díaz	"Named for Porfirio Díaz, the honored President of the Republic of Mexico, in recognition of his interest in the progress of science." Subsequently synonymized with Chirostoma sphyraena.
Clepsydra truganiniae Vyverman et al.	Diatom	Truganini	This species is endemic to lakes of Tasmania.
Closterocerus zangwilli Girault, 1913	Wasp	Israel Zangwill	"Dedicated to Israel Zangwill for his tragedy The War God."
Colletes gandhi Kuhlmann, 2003	Bee	Mahatma Gandhi	This species is native to India.
Cosmocomoidea renani Girault, 1913	Wasp	Ernest Renan	Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.
Crambus bellinii Bassi, 2014	Moth	Vincenzo Bellini
Crambus berliozi Bassi, 2012	Moth	Hector Berlioz
Crax alberti Fraser, 1850	Fowl	Albert, Prince Consort	The blue-billed curassow, endemic to Colombia. "A new and beautiful species of a limited family like the Curassows must be looked upon as a valuable addition to our stock of ornithological acquaintances, and deserving of a distinguished cognomen. I therefore propose to name it after Her Most Gracious Majesty's illustrious consort, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, forming at the same time a companion to my Goura victoria" (also in this list, under its protonym Lophyrus victoria)
Cremastobaeus boolei Veenakumari, 2017	Wasp	George Boole
Cricula gandhii Naumann & Löffler, 2013	Moth	Mahatma Gandhi	"The type series of C. gandhii sp. n. was part of the type series of the earlier described C. aungsansuukyiae, dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist in Myanmar [see List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)] [...]. As the Indian specimens are now described as separate species, we choose in "good tradition" as name patron for the here described similar taxon the famous Indian pacifist Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi."
Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919	Rodent	Ferdinand Foch
Cyclocephala freudi Endrödi, 1963	Beetle	Sigmund Freud
Cyclocephala rorschachoides Ratcliffe, 1992	Beetle	Hermann Rorschach
Cylindroiulus julesvernei Reboleira & Enghoff, 2014	Millipede	Jules Verne	"The new species is dedicated to French author Jules Vernes [sic] (1828–1905) on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publication of his inspirational book Voyage au centre de la Terre (Journey to the Center of the Earth)." This is a troglobiont species known only from the São Vicente Caves in Madeira, Portugal.
Cyphochilus gandhii Sabatinelli, 2020	Beetle	Mahatma Gandhi	"Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the World." This species is native to India.
Davidius malloryi Fraser, 1926	Dragonfly	George Mallory	"I have named this interesting species after Mr. Mallory who so nobly laid down his life in the cause of science on the slopes of Mt. Everest." D. malloryi is native to Assam, India.
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae Loher	Orchid	Queen Victoria
Dendrophorbium chopinii Montesinos	Flowering plant	Frédéric Chopin	A species of arbuscular senecioneae from the Andes of North Peru. "The specific epithet honours Frédéric François Chopin (1810–1849), one of the greatest classical composers of all time, whose piano compositions are an inspiration to me and to many people around the world."
Diadegma meitnerae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Lise Meitner	Replacement name for Diadegma simile (Pfankuch, 1914), which had originally been described as Angitia similis Pfankuch, 1914, but upon being transferred to the genus Diadegma in 1997, became a junior homonym of Diadegma simile (Brèthes, 1913).
Diplodocus carnegii † Hatcher, 1901	Dinosaur	Andrew Carnegie	"in honor of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the founder of this institution [the Carnegie Museum of Natural History], and in recognition of his interest in vertebrate paleontology; which interest he has abundantly and substantially shown in providing the necessary funds for organizing and maintaining a Section of Vertebrate Paleontology in connection with this Museum."
Diplopora grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to the genus Diplosolen.
Dolecta akhmatovae Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Anna Akhmatova
Dolecta bulgakovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Mikhail Bulgakov
Dolecta chekhovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Anton Chekhov
Dolecta dostoevskyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dolecta esenini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Sergei Yesenin	The surname Есенин is sometimes romanized as Esenin.
Dolecta gertseni Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Alexander Herzen	The surname Ге́рцен is sometimes romanised as Gertsen.
Dolecta gogoli Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Nikolai Gogol
Dolecta lermontovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Mikhail Lermontov
Dolecta nekrasovi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Nikolay Nekrasov
Dolecta ostrovskyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Alexander Ostrovsky
Dolecta saltykovishchedrini Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Dolecta stanyukovichi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Konstantin Stanyukovich
Dolecta tolstoyi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Leo Tolstoy
Dolecta turgenevi Naydenov, Yakovlev, Penco & Sinyaev, 2020	Moth	Ivan Turgenev
Draculoides bramstokeri Harvey & Humphreys, 1995	Schizomid	Bram Stoker
Ectopsocus sprenti Schmidt & New, 2008	Barklouse	James Sprent	"Named for James Sprent, an early surveyor and explorer in Tasmania." This species is endemic to Tasmania.
Effigia okeeffeae † Nesbitt & Norell, 2006	Archosaur	Georgia O'Keeffe	From the Triassic period. Closest living relatives are the crocodilians
Ellipsodon witkoi † Van Valen, 1978	Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals)	Crazy Horse	A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of New Mexico, named after Crazy Horse's Lakota name, Tasunke Witko. Subsequently synonymised with Ellipsodon grangeri Wilson 1956.
Ellipsodon yotankae † Van Valen, 1978	Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals)	Sitting Bull	A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of New Mexico, named after Sitting Bull's Lakota name, Tatanka Yotanka.
Emersonella Girault, 1916	Wasp	Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emersonia Girault, 1933	Wasp	Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emersonopsis Girault 1917	Wasp	Ralph Waldo Emerson
Entedonomorpha renani Girault, 1913	Wasp	Ernest Renan	Subsequently transferred to the genus Deutereulophus.
Epitetrastichus longfellowi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Subsequently synonymised with Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzeburg, 1852)
Equus grevyi Oustalet, 1882	Zebra	Jules Grévy
Ernstmayria venizelosi Ćurčić, Dimitrijević & Trichas, 2007	Pseudoscorpion	Eleftherios Venizelos	"After the name of Eleftherios Venizelos, a noted Cretan humanist and politician." This species is endemic to the island of Crete, Greece.
Erythroneura geronimoi Knull, 1945	Leafhopper	Geronimo
Etheostoma faulkneri Sterling & Warren 2020	Fish	William Faulkner	"We have named the species Etheostoma faulkneri to honor the great writer and Nobel Laureate William C. Faulkner (1897–1962), a native of the Oxford, Mississippi area who was also an avid hunter and fisher. The landscape was an important theme in many of his works, and the actions of his characters were often influenced by the lands and streams surrounding his fictional Jefferson, Mississippi, including the Yocona River, which he renamed the Yoknapatawpha." This species is endemic to headwater streams of the Yocona River watershed. The authors gave it the common name "Yoknapatawpha darter", using Faulkner's version of the Yocona River's name.
Etheostoma teddyroosevelt Layman & Mayden, 2012	Fish	Theodore Roosevelt
Eucteniza panchovillai Bond & Godwin, 2013	Spider	Pancho Villa	Discovered in San Juan del Rio, Durango, birthplace of Villa
Eucypris lobatoi † Bergue, Ramos & Maranhão, 2018	Crustacean	Monteiro Lobato	A fossil ostracod from the Oligocene of Taubaté basin, Brazil, named "In honor of the writer José Bento Monteiro Lobato, born in the Taubaté Municipality, and a rouser of the Brazilian oil industry."
Eudorcas thomsonii Günther, 1884	Gazelle	Joseph Thomson
Euryischia sumneri Girault, 1913	Wasp	Charles Sumner	"Dedicated with much respect to Charles Sumner for his orations on war."
Evagetes bengurioni Wolf, 1988	Wasp	David Ben-Gurion	"David Ben Gurion (1886-1973) rendered great services in matters of international understanding." The holotype for the species was found in Israel, state of which Ben-Gurion was primary national founder and first Prime Minister.
Farciminaria alice Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Alice, Princess of Monaco	This species was collected by an expedition carried out on Prince Albert I of Monaco's (Alice's husband) research yacht, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to the genus Farciminellum.
Felis margarita Loche, 1858	Cat	Jean Auguste Margueritte
Fernandocrambus chopinellus Błeszyński, 1967	Moth	Frédéric Chopin
Froudeana Girault, 1928	Wasp	James Anthony Froude	Subsequently synonymised with Omphalodipara.
Gabrius tolkieni Schillhammer, 1997	Beetle	J. R. R. Tolkien
Gaudipluma † Artal, Van Bakel, Fraaije & Jagt, 2013	Crustacean	Antoni Gaudí	A genus of fossil crabs from the Eocene of Huesca, Spain, named "in honour of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in allusion to the shape and ornament of the new taxon which is defined by sinuous lines, reminiscent of his works, plus the ending -pluma, which refers to the main character of the family [ Retroplumidae ]."
Gelis nightingalae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Florence Nightingale	Replacement name for Gelis stigmaticus (Hedwig, 1961), which had originally been described as Pezomachus stigmaticus Hedwig, 1961, but upon being transferred to the genus Gelis in 1997, became a junior homonym of Gelis stigmaticus (Zetterstedt, 1838).
Gelis noetherae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Emmy Noether	Replacement name for Gelis longipes (Rudow, 1917), which had originally been described as Pezomachus longipes Rudow, 1917, but upon being transferred to the genus Gelis in 1944, became a junior homonym of Gelis longipes (Strickland, 1912).
Gephyrocrinus grimaldii Koehler & Bather, 1902	Sea lily	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice.
Gibberula rachmaninovi Kellner, 2003	Sea snail	Sergei Rachmaninoff	"named after the great Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov [sic]". This species was subsequently synonymised with Volvarina sauliae (Sowerby II, 1846).
Gonatocerus helmholtzii Girault, 1912	Wasp	Hermann von Helmholtz	"Dedicated to Hermann Helmholtz, a man who aided in establishing the great principle of the conservation of energy in all substance." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.
Gonatocerus mazzinini Girault, 1913	Wasp	Giuseppe Mazzini	"Respectfully dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini for his essays, more especially for his The Duties of Man." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.
Gonatocerus poincarei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Henri Poincaré	Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.
Gonatocerus tolstoii Girault, 1913	Wasp	Leo Tolstoy	"Dedicated to Leo N. Tolstoi for his work War and Peace." Subsequently transferred to the genus Lymaenon.
Goniopholis kiplingi † de Andrade et al., 2011	Crocodile	Rudyard Kipling	A fossil crocodyliform from the Cretaceous of Southern England. "Specific name after Rudyard Kipling, British novelist, author of The Jungle Book amongst others and an important disseminator of natural sciences through literature, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century."
Gounodia Girault, 1940	Wasp	Charles Gounod	Subsequently synonymised with Epistenoterys.
Grantanna Girault, 1939	Wasp	Ulysses S. Grant	This genus was subsequently synonymised with Ufens Girault, 1911
Grimaldichthys Roule, 1913	Fish	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This genus has been subsequently synonymised with Holcomycteronus.
Grimalditeuthis Joubin, 1898	Squid	Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Gynacantha lyttoni Fraser, 1926	Dragonfly	Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton	Subsequently synonymised with Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891.
Gyrolasomyia washingtoni Girault, 1913	Wasp	Booker T. Washington
Heleioporus eyrei Gray, 1845	Frog	Edward John Eyre
Heliosorex roosevelti Heller, 1910	Shrew	Theodore Roosevelt	Described from specimens collected by the Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition. "I take much pleasure in naming this distinct type of shrew for Colonel Roosevelt, who took a keen personal interest in the collection of small mammals." Subsequently transferred to the genus Crocidura.
Hellinsia alfaroi Gielis, 2011	Moth	Eloy Alfaro
Hellinsia morenoi Gielis, 2011	Moth	Gabriel García Moreno
Hernandaria anitagaribaldiae DaSilva & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2010	Harvestman	Anita Garibaldi	"In honor of Anita Garibaldi (1821-1849), republican revolutionary from Santa Catarina state who fought for freedom against the monarchal central government of Brazil and in Europe." This species is native to Santa Catarina state, Brazil.
Herpele fulleri Alcock, 1904	Caecilian	Bampfylde Fuller	Subsequently transferred to newly created genus Chikila.
Heterocarpus grimaldii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900	Crustacean	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species of deep-sea shrimp was described from specimens collected by two of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle and the Princesse Alice.
Houdinia Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006	Moth	Harry Houdini	"The genus is named after the renowned escapologist Harry Houdini (1874–1926). The name alludes not only to the remarkable metamorphosis of the attenuate larva and the adult's escape from the tight confines of the Sporadanthus stem, but also to the manner in which the species itself escaped detection by entomologists for so long."
Ichneumon potterae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Beatrix Potter	Replacement name for Ichneumon vittatus Gmelin, 1790, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon vittatus Geoffroy, 1785.
Idiomacromerus longfellowi Girault, 1917	Wasp	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inacayalestes † Petrulevičius, 2015	Damselfly	Inacayal	A fossil species from the Eocene of Neuquén Province, Argentina, named "in honour of Inacayal (1833-1888), Günün a Küne (Puelche) chief (Cacique) of the region of Nahuel Huapi Lake; and "lestes", because [it is a] usual ending for lestoid damselflies. Inacayal was captured by the Argentinean state army (conducted by General Julio Argentino Roca) during the genocidal campaign "Conquest of the Desert" carried out to break the sovereignty of the indigenous communities in Patagonia. After that, he was "rescued" from the detention camp with part of his family by the Perito Francisco Josué Pascasio Moreno in gratitude for his help in a previous Patagonian expedition. He was installed, as a living and afterwards as a dead specimen, in the Museo de La Plata from 1886 to 1888 where he died [for] no clear reasons. His skeleton was restituted to Patagonia by a National Law, after claims by several indigenous communities and a National Senator, in 1994. Nevertheless, other claimed remains as his scalp and brain and also from other members of the community are still part of the collection of the museum."
Intelcystiscus teresacarrenoae Ortea & Espinosa, 2016	Sea snail	Teresa Carreño	"Named in honour of Teresa Carreño (1853-1917), the illustrious Venezuelan pianist and composer, [...] to whom the first edition of the Musiciennes en Guadeloupe festival paid tribute." The species was found in Guadeloupe, during an expedition that took place at the same time as the aforementioned music festival in the islands.
Ixchela juarezi Valdez-Mondragón, 2013	Spider	Benito Juárez	A cellar spider from Mexico "dedicated to Benito Juárez García (1806–1872) in recognition of his role in the Mexican History; he was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec Indian origin and President of Mexico on several occasions, between 18 December 1857 and 18 July 1872. Born in Guelatao, municipality of the type locality of the species."
Ixchela panchovillai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020	Spider	Pancho Villa	A cellar spider from Mexico "dedicated to Doroteo Arango Arámbula, better known as "Francisco Villa", "Pancho Villa", or "Centauro del Norte"; a famous Mexican revolutionary who fought during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) in the North of Mexico."
Ixchela zapatai Valdez-Mondragón, 2020	Spider	Emiliano Zapata	A cellar spider from Mexico "dedicated to Emiliano Zapata Salazar, better known as "Emiliano Zapata, el Caudillo del Sur", a famous Mexican revolutionary who fought during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) in the Central-South region of Mexico."
Kahlerosphaera hamvasi † Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007	Protist	Béla Hamvas	A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey.
Kerygmachela kierkegaardi † Budd, 1993	Early Arthropod	Søren Kierkegaard	An early arthropod from the Cambrian period. The fossils were found in Greenland and are housed at the University of Copenhagen Geological Museum.
Khamul tolkeini Gates, 2008	Wasp	J. R. R. Tolkien	The generic name Khamul is "named for the only Nazgl [sic] specifically named by J. R. R. Tolkein [sic], Khaml [sic], the Shadow of the East (aka Black Easterling)"
Kora corallina Simone, 2012	Snail	Cora Coralina
Kruschevia Flower, 1961	Worm	Nikita Khrushchev	Named by Rousseau H. Flower to show his dislike of the Soviet Premier.
Kuskaella bajerae † Fanti & Damgaard, 2018	Beetle	Matilde Bajer	A fossil soldier beetle found in Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast. "This new species is named in memory of the Danish women's rights activist and pacifist Pauline Matilde Theodora Bajer"
Lactobacillus curieae Lei, Sun, Xie & Wei, 2013	Bacterium	Marie Curie	A lactic acid bacterium isolated from stinky tofu brine in China. "named after Marie Curie, a role model for female scientists."
Ladeaschistus borgesi Cioato, Bianchi, Eger & Grazia, 2015	True bug	Jorge Luis Borges	"Named in honor of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most important writers from South-America. This late Argentinean writer is a milestone of literary fiction with his metaphysical tales, essays, and poetry."
Lamprolia victoriae Finsch, 1874	Bird	Victoria, Princess Royal	"I have great pleasure in naming this most remarkable and brilliant new species Lamprolia victoriae, in honour of Her Imperial and Royal Highness Victoria, Crown-Princess of the German Empire and of Prussia." Known as the Taveuni silktail, this bird is endemic to the island of Taveuni in Fiji.
Lathrolestes fiedleri Reshchikov, 2015	Wasp	Arkady Fiedler
Leda whitmani † Dall, 1909	Bivalve	Marcus Whitman	A fossil clam from the Pleistocene of Oregon, USA. Genus Leda was subsequently synonymised with Nuculana.
Leninia † Fischer et al., 2013	Ichthyosaur	Vladimir Lenin	"The museum where [the type specimen] is housed is located within the Lenin Memorial and Lenin school complex in Ulyanovsk; accordingly, the generic name reflects the geohistorical location of the find."
Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895	Squid	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi.
Lepithrix freudi Schein, 1959	Beetle	Sigmund Freud
Lepralia grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle. Subsequently synonymised with Cheiloporina circumcincta.
Leptacis kierkegaardi Buhl, 1997	Wasp	Søren Kierkegaard	The specimens used to describe this species (collected in New Guinea) were deposited in the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Denmark.
Leucothoe tolkieni Vinogradov, 1990	Crustacean	J. R. R. Tolkien
Leviathan melvillei † Lambert et al., 2010	Whale	Herman Melville	An extinct whale: Melville is the author of Moby Dick.
Limitolagus roosevelti † Fostowicz-Frelik, 2013	Rabbit	Theodore Roosevelt	A fossil species of rabbit from the Eocene-Oligocene boundary of Wyoming, USA, named "after Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States of America and a keen naturalist."
Lincolna Girault, 1940	Wasp	Abraham Lincoln
Lincolnanna Girault, 1939	Wasp	Abraham Lincoln	This genus was subsequently synonymised with Pterisemoppa Girault, 1933.
Liolaemus gardeli Varrastro, Maneyro, da Silva & Farias, 2017	Lizard	Carlos Gardel	"This new species is named after the famous Uruguayan tango singer, Carlos Gardel, who died in a plane crash in 1935. Gardel’s birthplace was widely disputed and claimed by Uruguay, France, and Argentina, but recent research has confirmed that Gardel is the illegitimate son of a Uruguayan farmer. According to historical data from the book, Carlos Gardel – el silencio de Tacuarembó, authored by Selva Ortiz (1994), Gardel was born in the Tacuarembó Department (Uruguay), in the same region of the type locality of this newly described species." (NOTE: Gardel's birthplace is still controversial)		File:Gardel.jpg
Lithodes grimaldii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894	Crustacean	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. Known as porcupine crab, this species of king crab was described from specimens collected by an expedition carried out on one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle. Immediately after its formal description, in the appendix of the same paper, it was transferred to the newly-created genus Neolithodes.
Litomylus osceolae † Van Valen, 1978	Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals)	Osceola	A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of New Mexico. Subsequently transferred to the genus Hemithlaeus.
Lophyrus victoria Fraser, 1844	Pigeon	Queen Victoria	A species of crowned pigeon from New Guinea, named "In honour of Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Patroness of the Society" (Zoological Society of London). Subsequently transferred to genus Goura.
Lyngbya shackletoni West & G.S. West, 1911	Bacterium	Ernest Shackleton	A freshwater cyanobacterium native to Antarctica, described from specimens collected at Hut Point Peninsula by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. Subsequently transferred to the genus Porphyrosiphon.
Malthodes henningseni † Fanti & Damgaard, 2018	Beetle	Poul Henningsen	A fossil soldier beetle found in Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast, "named in memory of the Danish author, critic, architect and designer Poul Henningsen [...], in recognition of his cultural contributions."
Martesia tolkieni Kennedy, 1974	Bivalve	J. R. R. Tolkien
Marxella Girault, 1932	Wasp	Karl Marx
Marxiana Girault, 1932	Wasp	Karl Marx
Mathilda (Fimbriatella) amundseni † Marincovich, 1993	Sea snail	Roald Amundsen	A fossil species from the Paleocene of Prince Creek Formation in Arctic Alaska, "named in honor of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, whose conquest of the Northwest Passage in the ship Gjøa ended in 1905 along the Arctic coast not far from Ocean Point." (the type locality)
Mayopyge zapata † Adrain & Fortey 1997	Trilobite	Emiliano Zapata	"The pygidial spines droop in the style of a moustache."
Membraniporella alice Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Alice, Princess of Monaco	This species was collected by an expedition carried out on Prince Albert I of Monaco's (Alice's husband) research yacht, the Hirondelle.
Menura alberti Bonaparte, 1850	Bird	Albert, Prince Consort
Mesenteripora grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle.
Microplitis kovalevskayae Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Sofya Kovalevskaya	Proposed as replacement name for Microplitis bicoloratus Chen, 2004, which was preoccupied by Microplitis bicoloratus Xu & He, 2003. However, it was later found that Microplitis bicoloratus Chen, 2004 is a junior synonym of Microplitis prodeniae Rao & Kurian, 1950, making Kittel's replacement name unnecessary.
Mimatuta makpialutae † Van Valen, 1978	Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals)	Red Cloud	A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of Wyoming, named after Red Cloud's Lakota name, Makhapialuta.
Muntiacus rooseveltorum Osgood, 1932	Deer	Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Kermit Roosevelt
Mymar tyndalli Girault, 1912	Wasp	John Tyndall	Subsequently synonymised with Mymar taprobanicum Ward, 1875.
Myrmarachne coppeti Berland & Millot, 1941	Spider	Jules Marcel de Coppet	A species of jumping spider that mimics ants, described from a specimen collected in Senegal, where Coppet had been colonial governor-general (as part of French West Africa). Subsequently synonymised with Myrmarachne elongata.
Nabokovia Hemming, 1960	Butterfly	Vladimir Nabokov	A nomen novum for a genus Nabokov previously named
Nannenus maughami Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012	Spider	W. Somerset Maugham	A species of jumping spider native to Sumatra, Indonesia.
Nanocthulhu lovecrafti Buffington, 2012	Wasp	H. P. Lovecraft	The genus name invokes Lovecraft's character Cthulhu
Navicula (Pinnularia) shackletoni West & G.S. West	Diatom	Ernest Shackleton	A freshwater species native to Antarctica, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. The subgenus Pinnularia was subsequently elevated to genus status.
Neanthes roosevelti Hartman, 1939	Polychaete worm	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nearretocera johnstoni Girault, 1913	Wasp	Mary Johnston	"This beautiful species is respectfully dedicated to Mary Johnston for her war-incriminating novel Cease Firing."
Neomegamphopus roosevelti Shoemaker, 1942	Crustacean	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. "I take great pleasure in naming this species for the Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in appreciation of his interest in the biological bollections of the U.S. National Museum".
Neomerinthe hemingwayi Fowler, 1935	Fish	Ernest Hemingway	A species of scorpionfish from the Atlantic Ocean, known as spiny-cheek scorpionfish. It is the type species of its genus. "For Ernest Hemingway, author and angler of great game fishes, in appreciation of his assistance in my work on Gulf Stream fishes."
Notothenia scotti Boulenger, 1907	Fish	Robert Falcon Scott	Known as crowned rockcod, this is a species of cod icefish from the Southern Ocean, first collected by the Discovery Expedition, led by Scott. It was subsequently transferred to the genus Trematomus.
Nyctalus joffrei Thomas, 1915	Bat	Joseph Joffre	"The species is named in honour of General Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army." This species was named during World War I, in which Joffre was an important figure. Known as Joffre's pipistrelle, it has since been moved to the genus Mirostrellus. It is found in Southeast Asia, from Nepal to Vietnam.
Oedichirus hochimini Rougemont, 2018	Beetle	Ho Chi Minh	This species is native to Vietnam.
Ogyges sandinoi Cano, 2014	Beetle	Augusto César Sandino	"The name of this species is in honor of Augusto César Sandino, a Nicaraguan hero, born in the Segovia Mountains." All the specimens used to describe this species were collected from a mountain in Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua. Sandino was actually born further South, but it was in Las Segovias that he started recruiting his army.
Oligosita poincarei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Henri Poincaré
Onchopora grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle.
Onychodus jandemarrai † Andrews et al., 2006	Fish	Jandamarra	A fossil lobe-finned fish from the Devonian of Kimberley (Western Australia). "Jandemarra was the name of the Aboriginal warrior who fought for Aboriginal rights in the Kimberleys and lived in caves in the Devonian reefs."
Opheliminus longfellowi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Subsequently transferred to the genus Sympiesis.
Ophichthus bonaparti Kaup, 1856	Snake Eel	Napoleon III
Opisthoproctus grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911	Fish	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. Known as mirrorbelly, this species of barreleye was first collected by an expedition carried out on one of the prince's research yachts, the Princesse Alice. Subsequently transferred to the genus Monacoa.
Opius (Tolbia) karlmayi Fischer, 2014	Wasp	Karl May	"Named on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of youth writer Karl May (died 1912)."
Orcus nietzschei Łączyński, 2012	Ladybird	Friedrich Nietzsche	"This species is dedicated to the memory of a great German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, who devoted his life to understanding the nature of will and morality."
Ornismya anna Lesson, 1829	Bird	Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli	This species has since been moved to the genus Calypte.
Oxyacodon josephi † Van Valen, 1978	Condylarth (an extinct order of mammals)	Chief Joseph	A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of Wyoming. Subsequently transferred to the genus Hemithlaeus.
Oxynoemacheilus theophilii Stoumboudi, Kottelat & Barbieri, 2006	Fish	Theophilos Hatzimihail	This freshwater stone loach was described from specimens collected in the Greek island of Lesbos, where Theophilos was born.
Papilio (Ornithoptera) victoriae Gray, 1856	Butterfly	Queen Victoria	A large butterfly found in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Subsequently transferred to the genus Troides, and then back to Ornithoptera, which was elevated to genus level.
Paraenasomyia johnsoni Girault, 1922	Wasp	Jack Johnson (boxer)	dedicated to "A man allied with Heaven, pugilistic, fashionable, dissipated, improvident, and non-poetical."
Paroecanthus roosevelti Rehn, 1917	Cricket	Theodore Roosevelt	"We take pleasure in dedicating this very interesting form to Theodore Roosevelt, in token of our appreciation of his scholarship as a zoologist and a historian and ability as a statesman. The name Roosevelt long will be associated with the Madeiran region as a result of the work of the Expediçao Cientifica Roosevelt-Rondon." Subsequently transferred to the genus Angustitrella.
Passadena mistralae Cepeda, 2018	Moth	Gabriela Mistral	A species of snout moth from Chile, whose name "honors Chilean Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), the first Latin American woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature."
Peloridinannus moe Weirauch & Frankenberg, 2015	True bug	Moe Howard	One of three schizopterid bugs named concurrently after the 1934–1946 Three Stooges (see also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)).
Pheidole roosevelti Mann, 1921	Ant	Theodore Roosevelt
Phintella conradi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012	Spider	Joseph Conrad	A species of jumping spider native to Sumatra, Indonesia, "named after Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 1857–1924) – a Polish novelist who wrote in English, and for many years was a Merchant Navy captain sailing around the Malay Archipelago, as described in his novels."
Pholcus hochiminhi Yao, Pham & Li, 2015	Spider	Ho Chi Minh	This species is native to Vietnam.
Picassocrinus † Cole et al., 2017	Sea lily	Pablo Picasso	A fossil genus of crinoids from the Ordovician of Zaragoza, Spain, named "in recognition of the Spanish abstract artist Pablo Picasso and in reference to the atypical plating of the posterior interray"
Piestopleura milnei Buhl, 1997	Wasp	A. A. Milne
Pimoa gandhii Hormiga, 1994	Spider	Mahatma Gandhi	The holotype was collected in Pahalgam, India.
Pipistrellus kitcheneri Thomas, 1915	Bat	Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener	This species was named during World War I, in which Kitchener was an important figure. Known as the red-brown pipistrelle, it has since been moved to the genus Hypsugo. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.
Pipistrellus sturdeei † Thomas, 1915	Bat	Doveton Sturdee	This species was named during World War I, in which Sturdee was an important figure. Known as Sturdee's pipistrelle or Bonin pipistrelle, the only documented specimen ever found (in Hahajima island, Japan) is the one that Thomas used to describe the species, which has since been declared officially extinct. Later scholarship has placed doubt on the validity of this single specimen's origin and taxonomy.
Pisaboa fombonai Huber, 2020	Spider	Rufino Blanco Fombona	"This species is named for Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944), Venezuela-born writer, nominated six times for the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1928 and 1935."
Pleisticanthoides piccardorum Ng & Richer de Forges, 2012	Crustacean	Auguste Piccard and Jacques Piccard	"The name honors the Piccard family, Auguste Piccard (1884–1962), the inventor of the bathyscaphe, and his son, Jacques Ernest-Jean Piccard (1922–2008), who, together with U.S. Navy officer Don Walsh, were the first men to dive to a record depth of 10,915 m in the Mariana Trench in the Trieste on January 23, 1960."
Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder, 1899	Fish	José Yves Limantour	"We take pleasure in dedicating this pretty fish to Señor Jose Yves de Limantour, the accomplished minister of the "Hacienda" for Mexico, in recognition of favors received through his courtesy." Subsequently synonymized with Poecilia mexicana.
Poecilimon ataturki Ünal, 2000	Katydid	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	"This interesting new species is named in honor of the first president of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish Republic in 1923." The species is native to western Turkey.
Pogonophryne scotti Regan, 1914	Fish	Robert Falcon Scott	Known as saddleback plunderfish, this is a species of Antarctic fish that was first collected by the Terra Nova Expedition, led by Scott, and was named in his memory.
Polynema draperi Girault, 1912	Wasp	John William Draper	"Dedicated to John William Draper, the physiologist, who has shown so clearly that civilisations, societies and all human populations are as immutably ruled by natural law as is the development of the individual human or the evolution of a species of bird or plant. The works of this man are neglected by nations at their peril."
Polynema lodgei Girault, 1913	Wasp	Oliver Lodge	"This truly remarkable species, a striking example of the development of a similar wing pattern in unrelated genera, is respectfully dedicated to Sir Oliver W. [wrong initial] Lodge for his part in the development of a difficult part of human psychology, namely, that relating to telepathy and prevision." Subsequently transferred to the genus Agalmopolynema.
Polynema mendeleefi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Dmitri Mendeleev	"Respectfully dedicated to the Russian chemist who propounded the periodic law in chemistry." Subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoneura.
Polynema nordaui Girault, 1913	Wasp	Max Nordau	Subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoneura.
Polynema spenceri Girault, 1912	Wasp	Herbert Spencer	"Respectfully dedicated to Herbert Spencer, great philosopher and forceful exponent of reason as based on experience." Subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoneura.
Polynemoidea lincolni Girault, 1913	Wasp	Abraham Lincoln	Subsequently transferred to the genus Pseudanaphes.
Pomboa Huber, 2000	Spider	Rafael Pombo	"The generic name honors the Colombian poet Rafael Pombo, loved by children for his "El Renacuajo paseador" ("The Strolling Frog")."
Pristimantis teslai Páez & Ron, 2019	Frog	Nikola Tesla	"The specific epithet [...] is a patronym for Nikola Tesla, a revolutionary inventor of the late 19th and early 20th century. It is named after him in recognition of his contributions to physics and his dedication to the ideal of providing free wireless electric power" The common name "Tesla's rain frog" was proposed for this species, native to Ecuador.
Pristionchus maxplancki Kanzaki et al., 2013	Worm	Max Planck
Proplina sibeliusi † Stinchcomb, 1986	Monoplacophoran, a primitive class of molluscs	Jean Sibelius	A fossil species from the Early Ordovician of Missouri, USA. "The species name is in honor of J. Sibelius, Finnish composer, whose first symphony and other works have evoked personal feelings comparable to those evoked by local Ozark landscapes developed on the gnarled, stromatolitic cherts of the Gasconade Formation where the form has been collected."
Protopliomerella okeeffeae † McAdams & Adrain, 2011	Trilobite	Georgia O'Keeffe
Pseudoligosita arnoldi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Matthew Arnold
Pseudoparamys cezannei † Hartenberger, 1987	Rodent	Paul Cézanne
Pseudotrogulus trotskyi DaSilva & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2010	Harvestman	Leon Trotsky	"In honor of Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), one of the Russian socialist revolution leaders, who definitively changed 20th century history. He was killed by order of Josef Stalin who transformed the Soviet Union into a dictatorial bureaucracy."
Pycnomma roosevelti Ginsburg, 1939	Fish	Franklin D. Roosevelt	A species of Caribbean goby collected during the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. Subsequently transferred to genus Chriolepis.
Quetzalcoatlus northropi † Lawson, 1975	Pterosaur	Jack Northrop	Quetzalcoatlus northropi is one of the largest flying creatures known to have ever existed. Its genus was named after the Aztec feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl; the specific epithet honors Jack Northrop, the aeronautical engineer who first experimented with flying wing aircraft designs in the 1940s. The issue of the journal Science in which the discovery was reported featured a cover depicting one of Northrop's flying wing aircraft designs, a Quetzalcoatlus, a Pteranodon, and a condor, one of the largest extant flying animals, which looked tiny in comparison.
Ragnarok wovokae † Van Valen, 1978	Arctocyonian (an extinct order of mammals)	Wovoka	A fossil mammal from the Paleocene of Wyoming. The genus Ragnarok was created concurrently and referred to "The twilight of the gods, from the Eddas, with reference to the extinction of the dinosaurs, which occurred while Ragnarok lived and in which it probably assisted." (the Alvarez hypothesis about an asteroid impact had not been formulated yet). This genus was subsequently synonymised with Baioconodon Gazin, 1941.
Rebutia einsteinii Frič	Cactus	Albert Einstein
Renaniana Girault, 1931	Wasp	Ernest Renan
Retepora grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle. Subsequently transferred to the genus Reteporella.
Rhabdopleura grimaldii Jullien, 1890	Pterobranch	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle. This is currently considered a nomen dubium.
Rhagonycha nielsenae † Fanti & Damgaard, 2018	Beetle	Nielsine Nielsen	A fossil soldier beetle found in Baltic amber from the Eocene of Kaliningrad Oblast, "named in memory of Nielsine Mathilde Nielsen (Svendborg, 10 June 1850 - Copenhagen, 8 October 1916), the first female academic and physician in Denmark."
Rhicnopeltomyia douglassi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Frederick Douglass	Subsequently transferred to the genus Chrysonotomyia.
Rhicnopeltomyia washingtoni Girault, 1913	Wasp	Booker T. Washington	Subsequently transferred to the genus Neochrysocharis.
Rochlingia † Guthörl, 1934	Palaeodictyoptera, an extinct order of insects	Hermann Röchling	The genus was named after German industrialist and Nazi supporter Hermann Röchling.
Rochlingia hitleri † Guthörl, 1934	Palaeodictyoptera, an extinct order of insects	Adolf Hitler
Rooseveltia frankliniana O.F.Cook	Palm	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Genus and species described from specimens collected in Cocos Island during the 1938 Presidential Cruise. Subsequently synonymised with Euterpe precatoria (a species of açaí).
Rubus × mussolinii Hruby	Flowering plant	Benito Mussolini	Hybrid blackberry from northeastern Libya.
Saldula ourayi Drake & Hottes, 1949	True bug	Chief Ouray	"Named in memory of the famous Indian Chief Ouray, who was a sincere friend of the pioneers and early settlers of the Rocky Mountain region." (which this species is native to). Subsequently synonymised with Saldula dispersa.
Saturnia isabellae Graells, 1849	Moth	Isabella II of Spain	This species, known as Spanish moon moth, was first identified in Spain during Isabella II's reign (subsequently it has also been found in France and Switzerland). The queen reportedly thanked the entomologist for the tribute, wearing a specimen of the species mounted on an emerald necklace at a reception in the Royal palace. Subsequently transferred to the monotypic genus Graellsia, named after the discoverer of this species.
Scoterpes jackdanieli Shear, 2010	Millipede	Jack Daniel	A millipede collected from Lynchburg, Tennessee, home of Daniel and his eponymous whiskey distillery, "a favorite libation of the author."
Scrupocellaria grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle. Subsequently synonymised with Scrupocellaria inermis.
Shackletoniella Strunecky, Raabova & Bernardova 2019	Bacterium	Ernest Shackleton	"derived from the name of Sir Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer who led British expeditions to the Antarctic including scientific investigations." This genus was applied to Phormidium antarcticum, a freshwater cyanobacterium originally described from specimens collected at Pony Lake by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. It is also found in the Arctic.
Shireplitis tolkieni Fernández-Triana & Ward, 2013	Wasp	J. R. R. Tolkien	Other species of Shireplitis are named after various Lord of the Rings characters.
Siriella roosevelti Tattersall, 1941	Crustacean	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Described from specimens collected by the 1938 Presidential Cruise aboard USS Houston. "a new species [...] which I take pleasure in associating with the President of the United States as a mark of appreciation of his interest in marine biological research."
Slodowskani Kittel, 2016	Wasp	Marie Curie	Replacement name for the genus Leptops Heinrich, 1968, which was preoccupied by Leptops Schoenherr, 1834. Named after the scientist's hyphenated surname, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, misspelt as "Marie Slodowska-Curie" in the paper.
Smittia grimaldii Jullien, 1903	Bryozoan	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was collected by an expedition carried out on the prince's research yacht, the Hirondelle. Subsequently synonymised with Porella compressa.
Sonitha picassoi Zolotuhin & Prozorov 2010	Moth	Pablo Picasso	"The species is named in honour of the famous Spanish painter, sculptor and designer Pablo Ruiz Picasso because of the wing pattern - somewhat reminiscent of the artist's style"
Sonoma twaini Ferro, 2016	Beetle	Mark Twain	"named for the character Mark Twain, developed by Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an author, lecturer, philosopher, humanitarian, champion of science, and humorist. Clemens lived in California for awhile, but traveled nowhere near where this species occurs—the author forgives the oversight."
Sperosoma grimaldii Koehler, 1897	Sea urchin	Albert I, Prince of Monaco	The prince was born Albert Grimaldi. This species was described from specimens collected by an expedition carried out on one of the prince's research yachts, the Hirondelle.
Sphaerodactylus roosevelti Grant, 1931	Lizard	Theodore Roosevelt Jr.	This species is endemic to Puerto Rico, where Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was governor at the time of its naming.
Spintharus manrayi Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018	Spider	Man Ray
Steganopus graui † Campbell, 1979	Bird	Miguel Grau	A fossil species of phalarope from the Pleistocene epoch, found in the Talara Tar Seeps of northwestern Peru, and "named for Admiral Miguel Grau, Peruvian patriot and hero of the War of the Pacific with Chile."
Stenomorpha roosevelti Smith et al., 2011	Beetle	Theodore Roosevelt
Stenotarsus kafkai Arriaga-Varela et al., 2013	Beetle	Franz Kafka	"Dedicated to the eminent Czech author Franz Kafka, who imagined what it would be like to wake up as an insect."
Stethynium mayeri Girault, 1912	Wasp	Julius von Mayer	"Respectfully dedicated to [Julius] Robert Mayer, who with Hermann Helmholtz discovered the law of the conservation of energy." Subsequently transferred to the genus Allanagrus.
Streptelasma tennysoni † Pestana, 1960	Coral	Alfred, Lord Tennyson	A fossil species of horn coral from the Ordovician of California, USA.
Sympiesonecremnus boasi Girault, 1913	Wasp	Franz Boas	"Dedicated to Franz Boas for his book The Mind of Primitive Man". Subsequently transferred to the genus Sympiesis.
Sympiesomorphelleus suttneri Girault, 1913	Wasp	Bertha von Suttner	"Respectfully dedicated to Bertha von Suttner for her Die Waffen nieder!." Subsequently transferred to the genus Elachertus.
Syntomosphyrum gregi Girault, 1913	Wasp	William Rathbone Greg	Subsequently transferred to the genus Aprostocetus.
Tennysoniana Girault, 1920	Wasp	Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tetrastichus cobdeni Girault, 1913	Wasp	Richard Cobden	Subsequently transferred to the genus Aprostocetus.
Thoreauella Girault, 1930	Wasp	Henry David Thoreau
Thoreauia Girault, 1916	Wasp	Henry David Thoreau
Tolkienia † Lieberman & Kloc, 1997	Trilobite	J. R. R. Tolkien	A genus of Devonian trilobites that has been found in Spain, France and the United States.
Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco, Acero & Betancur, 2016	Fish	Paul Gauguin	This species of lizardfish is endemic to the Marquesas Islands, where Gauguin lived for the last two years of his life and was buried.
Troides alexandrae Rothschild, 1907	Butterfly	Alexandra of Denmark	Recorded as the largest butterfly in the world, Queen Alexandra's birdwing is restricted to the forests of Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea. "On account of the relationship of this new species with Troides victoriae [protonym Papilio (Ornithoptera) victoriae, also in this list], we think the name alexandrae to be very appropriate." Subsequently transferred to the genus Ornithoptera.
Trophon shackletoni Hedley, 1911	Sea snail	Ernest Shackleton	A species native to the Southern Ocean, described from specimens collected at Cape Royds by the Nimrod Expedition, led by Shackleton. "As the handsomest novelty in the collection, it is dedicated to the intrepid leader of the Expedition." Subsequently transferred to the genus Trophonella.
Vampirococcus lugosii Moreira et al., 2021	Bacterium	Bela Lugosi	"after Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), who played the role of the vampire in the iconic 1931 film Dracula. [It is an] epibiotic bacterium that preys on anoxygenic photosynthetic gammaproteobacterial species of the genus Halochromatium."
Vetelia gandhii † Esteban & Nasif, 1996	Armadillo	Mahatma Gandhi	A fossil species of dasypodidae from the Miocene of Catamarca Province, Argentina.
Victoria Lindl.	Flowering plant	Queen Victoria
Whittieria Girault, 1938	Wasp	John Greenleaf Whittier
Zamenhofella Girault, 1941	Wasp	L. L. Zamenhof	Subsequently synonymised with the genus Austroencyrtus Girault, 1923.
Zovax vangoghi Błeszyński, 1965	Moth	Vincent Van Gogh

See also

• List of bacterial genera named after personal names
• List of rose cultivars named after people
• List of taxa named by anagrams
• List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series