List of authors of names published under the ICZN

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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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