List (people born 1900–1924)
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| Taxon | Type | Namesake | Notes | Taxon image | Namesake image | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abichites shahriari †Korn et al., 2015 | Ammonite | Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar | A fossil from the Permian of the Aras river valley, on the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, named "After Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906–1988), the last poet of the lineage of classical legendary Iranian Azerbaijani poets." |  | [2] | |
| Acanthella stanleei Nascimento, Cavalcanti & Pinheiro, 2019 | Sponge | Stan Lee | "in honor of the scriptwriter and editor of Marvel Comics, recently deceased." |  | [3] | |
| Acanthobunocephalus scruggsi Carvalho & Reis, 2020 | Catfish | Earl Scruggs | "Named after Earl Scruggs, a prominent American banjo player known for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, also known as "Scruggs style", which is characteristic of bluegrass music. The name of the species also makes an allusion to the common name given to aspredinid species in general (banjo catfishes), and the remarkable resemblance of the new species with this musical instrument." |  | [4] [5] | |
| Acritus mandelai Gomy, 2001 | Beetle | Nelson Mandela | A clown beetle native to South Africa. |  |  | [6] |
| Adoretus thomasi Limbourg, Dekoninck & Seidel, 2024 | Beetle | Terry-Thomas | "Dedicated to the late British actor Terry-Thomas (1911–1990) for the similarity between the shape of the big moustache of his character of Sir Reginald in the 1966 French-British comedy film La Grande Vadrouille and the long setae on the apex of the parameres of the new species." |  | [7] | |
| Aegomorphus wojtylai Hilszczanski & Bystrowski, 2005 | Beetle | Pope John Paul II | A Polish beetle, posthumously named for the Pope's birth name, Karol Wojtyła. Subsequently synonymised with Aegomorphus obscurior . |  | [8] [9] | |
| Aetana manansalai Huber, 2015 | Spider | Vicente Manansala | A cellar spider from the Philippines, "Named for the Filipino painter and illustrator Vicente Silva Manansala (1910–1981), most famous for his 'Madonna of the Slums'" |  | [10] | |
| Aetana ocampoi Huber, 2015 | Hernando R. Ocampo | A cellar spider from the Philippines, "Named for the Filipino artist Hernando Ruiz Ocampo (1911–1978), famous for his work reflecting the harsh realities of his country after the Second World War, but also for his interest in depicting Philippine flora and fauna." | ||||
| Afgekia mahidoliae B.L.Burtt & Chermsir. | Legume | Srinagarindra | A climbing vine from Thailand "dedicated, with permission, to Her Royal Highness, the King's Mother, whose interest in the Thai flora is well known." |  |  | [11] |
| Agraecia cesairei Hugel, 2009 | Katydid | Aimé Césaire | This species is endemic to Martinique. It was subsequently transferred to the monotypic genus Sylvainhugiella , named after the scientist who described it. |  | [12] [13] | |
| Aleiodes kingmani Shimbori & Shaw, 2014 | Wasp | Eduardo Kingman | A parasitoid wasp from Ecuador, "named after Eduardo Kingman (Loja, February 23, 1913 – Quito, November 27, 1997), one of the greatest Ecuadorian artists, who dedicated his art to portray the indigenous people of Ecuador." | [14] | ||
| Allende Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 | Spider | Salvador Allende | A genus of Long-jawed orb weaver spiders native to Chile. |  | [15] | |
| Allendia Noonan, 1974 | Beetle | Salvador Allende | "The genus is named for Salvador Allende, the late president of Chile, and is dedicated to his memory." This genus is native to Chile, and was named one year after Allende's death. | | [16] | |
| Alterosa amadoi Dumas, Calor & Nessimian, 2013 | Caddisfly | Jorge Amado | A species native to Bahia state, Brazil, "dedicated to the deceased Brazilian writer Jorge Amado, who was born in Bahia state in 1912 and died in 2001. Amado is one of the most acclaimed contemporary Brazilian novelists, whose 32 novels have sold millions of copies. Among his best-known works are Capitães de Areia , Gabriela, Cravo e Canela , and Tieta do Agreste . In 2012, Brazil celebrated the centenary of his birth." |  | [17] | |
| Alterosa caymmii Dumas, Calor & Nessimian, 2013 | Dorival Caymmi | A species native to Bahia state, Brazil, "named in memory of Dorival Caymmi, considered one of the most important Brazilian songwriters. Caymmi was born in Bahia state in 1914 and died [in] 2008. He became a national icon with his lyrics that evoked the charm of Bahia's fishing villages, beaches and beautiful women, like "O Que é Que a Baiana Tem?", "Marina", "Rainha do Mar", "Samba da Minha Terra", among others". |  | |||
| Ambocythere amadoi †Bergue & Coimbra, 20218 | Crustacean | Jorge Amado | A fossil ostracod from the Pleistocene of Brazil, "In honor of the Brazilian writer Jorge Amado (1912–2001), born in Bahia State, on whose coast lies the Camamu Basin." (the type locality). | | [18] | |
| Amplaria adamsi Shear & Krejca, 2007 | Millipede | Ansel Adams | A troglobiont species found in Sequoia National Park, California, named "After the late Ansel Adams, an extraordinary photographer whose finest pictures depict the Sierra Nevada." |  | [19] | |
| Anelosimus nelsoni Agnarsson, 2006 | Spider | Nelson Mandela | | [20] | ||
| Anillinus docwatsoni Sokolov & Carlton, 2004 | Beetle | Doc Watson | A species known from a single locality in Rutherford County, North Carolina, named "after Arthel "Doc" Watson, legendary bluegrass musician from North Carolina." |  | [21] | |
| Anopheles (Cellia) seretsei Abdulla-Khan, Coetzee & Hunt, 1998 | Mosquito | Seretse Khama | A nail mosquito from Botswana. |  | [22] | |
| Anthonomus rulfoi Clark, 1987 | Weevil | Juan Rulfo | This species is native to Mexico. |  | [23] | |
| Arianops carteri Carlton, 2008 | Beetle | Jimmy Carter |  | [24] | ||
| Astyanax kennedyi Géry, 1964 | Fish | John F. Kennedy | This species was described shortly after Kennedy's assassination, and named in his memory. |  | [25] | |
| Aulospongus mandela Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2014 | Sponge | Nelson Mandela | | [26] | ||
| Australopicus nelsonmandelai †Manegold & Louchart, 2012 | Bird | Nelson Mandela | A fossil woodpecker from the Pliocene of South Africa, "dedicated to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on the occasion of his 94th birthday on 18 July 2012." | | [27] | |
| Austrogena nerudai Krylova, Sellanes, Valdés & D'Elía, 2014 | Bivalve | Pablo Neruda | "The species is dedicated to Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), the renowned Chilean poet, awarded with the Nobel Prize of literature in 1971, who was also a keen collector of shells. The poet's grave and one of his houses, 'Isla Negra', now a museum, are located at the seashore of El Quisco nearby the collection site of the new species." |  | [28] | |
| Austrotinodes lattesi Dumas, de Souza & Rocha, 2017 | Caddisfly | César Lattes | A species from Brazil, "Dedicated to the Brazilian physicist Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes, who was born in Curitiba, Paraná state in 1924 and died in 2005. César Lattes was one of the most distinguished and honored Brazilian physicists, and his work was fundamental for the development of atomic physics. He was one of the discoverers of the Pion (pi meson), a subatomic particle, and one of the main personalities behind the creation of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)." |  | [29] | |
| Ayacucho pasolinii Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Harvestman | Pier Paolo Pasolini |  | [30] | ||
| Azygophleps adamsonae Yakovlev & László, 2020 | Moth | Joy Adamson | A carpenter moth from Cameroon. | [31] | ||
| Bacillus glennii Seuylemezian et al., 2020 | Bacterium | John Glenn | This bacterium was isolated from the vehicle assembly building at Kennedy Space Center where the Viking spacecraft were assembled, and "named after John Glenn, a NASA astronaut who was the first American to orbit the Earth." Subsequently transferred to genus Peribacillus . |  | [32] [33] | |
| Bastanius Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2016 | Spider | Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi | "honouring the late emeritus professor of the University of Tehran Dr Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (1924–2014), who was an Iranian historian, translator, poet, essayist and author of non-fiction books. His numerous publications are mostly popular reads on the history of Iran and the history of his hometown, Kerman." The type locality of the type species of this genus is in Kerman province. |  | [34] | |
| Belesica madiba Rousse & Van Noort, 2014 | Wasp | Nelson Mandela | A species of parasitoid wasp endemic to South Africa. "We respectfully dedicate this rare gem to "Madiba" Nelson Mandela, for the enlightenment he brought to South Africa and the remainder of the World. Enkosi uhambe kakuhle Tata Madiba [Thank you and go well Tata Madiba]." | | [35] | |
| Belisana keyti Huber, 2005 | Spider | George Keyt | A cellar spider from Sri Lanka, "Named for George Keyt (1901–1993), one of the most outstanding Sri Lankan painters. The eternal theme of devine [sic] and human love is the thread that runs unbroken throughout his prolific artistic career." | [36] | ||
| Bohadschia cousteaui Cherbonnier, 1954 | Sea cucumber | Jacques Cousteau | Described from specimens collected by Cousteau's ship, the RV Calypso. |  | [37] | |
| Cacomorphocerus bentifabrici †Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 | Beetle | Bent Fabric | A fossil soldier beetle found in Eocene Baltic amber, "named in honour of the Danish musician Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, internationally known as Bent Fabric, in recognition of his career as a pianist and composer." | [38] | ||
| Calacalles manriquei Stüben, 2018 | Weevil | César Manrique | "dedicated to César Manrique (1919–1992), the famous artist, sculptor, architect, but above all nature conservationist on the Canary Island of Lanzarote. He has characterised the present appearance of this volcanic island with its unique fauna and flora." This species is endemic to Lanzarote. | [39] | ||
| Calathotarsus fangioi Ferretti, Soresi, González & Arnedo, 2019 | Spider | Juan Manuel Fangio | This species is restricted to a small area of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, and some of the specimens used to describe it were collected in Fangio's hometown, the city of Balcarce. |  | [40] | |
| Callicebus bernhardi van Roosmalen et al., 2002 | Monkey | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld |  |  | [41] | |
| Candelabrella shahriari Mekht. | Fungus | Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar | This species was identified from samples of soil collected from Shahriar's grave in Tabriz, Iran. Subsequently transferred to genus Arthrobotrys | | [42] | |
| Capederces madibai Maquart & Van Noort, 2017 | Beetle | Nelson Mandela | A longhorn beetle from South Africa "dedicated to Nelson Mandela, also known by his clan name Madiba, a South African hero and Nobel Peace Prize holder, who passed away on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95." | | [43] | |
| Carapoia carybei Huber, 2016 | Spider | Carybé | A cellar spider from Brazil. | [44] | ||
| Carebara madibai Fischer & Azorsa, 2014 | Ant | Nelson Mandela | "Named in memory Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918–5 December 2013), who was nicknamed Madiba by his people, former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary, often also described as "father of the nation"." | | [45] | |
| Charletonia shahriari Saboori, Azimi & Shirdel, 2012 | Mite | Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar | This species was described from specimens collected in Tabriz, Iran, and "named in memory of Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, one of the most famous poets of Iran from Tabriz (1906–1988)." | | [46] | |
| Charletonia terianae Hakimitabar, Saboori & Seiedy, 2013 | Alenush Terian | This species was described from specimens collected from the grounds of the University of Tehran in Iran, and "named in memory of Prof. Alenoush Terian (1920–2011), the mother of Iranian astronomy and first Iranian lady astronomer and physics professor. She was one of the founders of the solar observatory of the Institute of Geophysics at University of Tehran, where she also worked until her retirement in 1979." |  | [47] | ||
| Cis mandelai Souza-Gonçalves & Lopes-Andrade, 2017 | Beetle | Nelson Mandela | A minute tree-fungus beetle from South Africa, "named in honor of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918–2013), the most powerful symbol of the fight against the segregationist regime of Apartheid." | | [48] | |
| Clitenella sukarnoi Mohamedsaid, 2001 | Beetle | Sukarno | This leaf beetle is native to the island of Bali, Indonesia. |  | [49] | |
| Clusia donramonii J. E. Nascim & Bittrich | Flowering plant | Ramón Valdés |  | [50] | ||
| Cobitis afifeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 | Fish | Afife Jale | A species of loach from Turkey. |  | [51] | |
| Colbertia falui †Fernández et al., 2021 | Notoungulate (an extinct order of mammals) | Eduardo Falú | A fossil oldfieldthomasiid from the Eocene of Salta Province, Argentina, named "In honor of Eduardo Falú (1923–2013), an Argentinian folk music composer and guitarist, strongly influenced by the folk traditions of Salta Province." |  | [52] | |
| Coniceromyia niemeyeri Ament, Kung & Brown, 2020 | Fly | Oscar Niemeyer | "Considering the characteristically curved wing veins of this species, we name it in honor of the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer whose revolutionary work frequently has characteristic curved shapes." |  | [53] | |
| Cowanomyia hillaryi Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2009 | Fly | Edmund Hillary | A species of fungus gnat endemic to New Zealand. "We name this new species in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary, the Patron of the New Zealand Native Forests Restoration Trust until his death in January 2008, and to honour the Trust's dedicated work from which forest-dwelling arthropods, such as fungus gnats, should benefit greatly." |  | [54] | |
| Cretalamna bryanti †Ebersole & Ehret, 2018 | Shark | Bear Bryant and his family | A fossil species of mega-toothed shark from the Cretaceous of Alabama, USA, named "in honor of the Bryant family, whose commitment to education and ongoing support of the University of Alabama, the ALMNH [Alabama Museum of Natural History], and MSC [McWane Science Center, where the holotype is stored] have enhanced the reputations and missions of all three institutions." |  | [55] [56] | |
| Culicoides rulfoi Spinelli & Huerta, 2015 | Fly | Juan Rulfo | The holotype of this mesoamerican biting midge was collected in Mexico. "We are pleased to name this species after the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, in recognition of his very important literary work." | | [57] | |
| Cunaxoides shahriari Bagheri, Paktinat-Saeij & Castro, 2016 | Mite | Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar | A species native to Northern Iran and Iranian Azerbaijan, "named in memory of "Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, Shahriar" (1906–1988) who was a notable Iranian poet of Iranian Azerbaijani origin, who wrote in Azeri, Turkish and Persian." | | [58] | |
| Cybaeina dixoni Bennett, 2023 | Spider | Willie Dixon |  | [59] | ||
| Cyphochilus leducthoi Sabatinelli, 2020 | Beetle | Lê Đức Thọ | "Lê Đức Thọ was a Vietnamese general, diplomat, politician, and awardee (but refused to accept) of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, for his efforts in negotiating between the U.S.A. and Vietnam, the country from where the new species of Cyphochilus is described." |  | [60] | |
| Dactylopodola nadine Todaro, Perissinotto & Bownes, 2015 | Hairyback worm | Nadine Gordimer | This species was described from specimens collected in South Africa and "dedicated to the late Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, civil right activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature." |  | [61] | |
| Daisya obriani Anderson, 2003 | Weevil | Patrick O'Brian | "This species is named after Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), an author of a series of historical novels set in the early 19th century British Royal Navy. The dedication was arranged through a donation to Nature Discovery Fund of the Canadian Museum of Nature by The Gunroom of HMSSurprise.org, an internet group devoted to the publications of Mr. O'Brian. Many of his books tell of long sea voyages and there are often references to the weevils found in the ship's biscuit." | [62] | ||
| Dalicrinus †Cole et al., 2017 | Sea lily | Salvador Dalí | A fossil genus of crinoids from the Ordovician of Spain, named "in recognition of the Spanish surrealist painter, Salvador Dalí, with reference to the irregular plating of the interradial areas." |  | [63] | |
| Daptolestes leei Robinson, Li & Yeates, 2020 | Fly | Stan Lee | "Stan Lee's fly [...] shares his characteristic sunglasses and white moustache". In the same paper, other species were named after Marvel Comics characters, such as "Thor's fly" Daptolestes bronteflavus (meaning "blond thunder"), "Loki's fly" Daptolestes illusiolautus (meaning "elegant deception"), "Black Widow's fly" Daptolestes feminategus (meaning "woman wearing leather"), and "Deadpool's fly" Humorolethalis sergius ("[The generic name] sounds like lethal humour and is derived from the Latin words humorosus, meaning wet or moist, and lethalis meaning dead") | | [64] [65] [66] | |
| Dichogaster manleyi James, 2004 | Earthworm | Michael Manley | This species is native to Jamaica. |  | [67] | |
| Diplomaragna feynmani Shear, 1990 | Millipede | Richard Feynman | "The species name honors Richard P. Feynman, physicist, teacher, artist, musician, raconteur, and personal hero of the author, whose untimely death prevented him from realizing his ambition to visit Tannu Tuva, now the Tuva ASSR." (where the holotype was collected) |  | [68] | |
| Dolomedes venmani Raven & Hebron, 2018 | Spider | Jack Venman | A species of fishing spider from Australia, named "in honour of Jack Venman (13 August 1911–29 December 1994), a farmer who, wanting to preserve the great biodiversity in the area, sold his 255 acres to the Queensland Government [sic; actually the Shire of Albert] in 1971 for $1." |  | [69] | |
| Doris parrae Ortea, 2017 | Sea slug | Violeta Parra | A species native to the Galápagos Islands, "named in honour of Victoria [sic] Parra (4 October 1917, San Carlos – 5 February 1967, Santiago de Chile), Chilean composer and singer, on the 100th anniversary of her birth, author of the song "Gracias a la vida" ["Thanks to life"] that has so often been sung by those who saw their childhood dreams come true." |  | [70] | |
| Drosophila kingmani Peñafiel-Vinueza & Rafael, 2018 | Fly | Eduardo Kingman | A fruit fly from Ecuador; "The species name honors Eduardo Kingman (1913–1997). Kingman was a famous painter and muralist and was born in Loja [very close to the type locality]. Kingman was a founder of the Ecuadorian impressionism movement." | [71] | ||
| Drosophila teresae Pradhan & Sati, 2015 | Mother Teresa | A fruit fly from India named "in honour of Saint Mother Teresa (Nobel Peace Prize winner 1979), who was the founder of the order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor." |  | [72] | ||
| Dusona franklinae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Rosalind Franklin | Replacement name for Dusona nigritibialis(Gupta & Gupta, 1976), which had originally been described as Kartika nigritibialisGupta & Gupta, 1976, but upon being transferred to the genus Dusona in 1997, became a junior homonym of Dusona nigritibialis (Viereck, 1926). |  | [73] | |
| Elysia chavelavargas Ortea, 2017 | Sea slug | Chavela Vargas | A species native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, named "In honour of the unique ranchera singer Chavela Vargas, a native of Heredia, Costa Rica, and naturalized Mexican, like our colleague and friend Julio Magaña, organiser of the collection in Guanacaste, as a technician of INBio, an institution also based in Heredia. A name for the memory of a woman who lived to die and who, like Julio, travelled to a particular hell, from which Julio returned to see the end of INBio's Malacology Unit (2003) and the beginning of the Institution's decline." |  | [74] | |
| Elysia manriquei Ortea & Moro, 2009 | César Manrique | A species native to the Canary Islands and named "in honour of César Manrique, illustrious son of Lanzarote, a pioneer in defending what is now known as sustainable development and an example of the struggle to preserve the harmony of the landscape as one of its elements." | [75] | |||
| Enteromius mandelai Kambikambi, Kadye & Chakona, 2021 | Fish | Nelson Mandela | A species of barb "named after South Africa's first democratically elected head of state, President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who was from the Eastern Cape Province, where this species is endemic. The species is named in honour and recognition of his legacy and selfless contribution towards promotion of peace, democracy, human rights, equality, social justice and sustainable development." | | [76] | |
| Etheostoma jimmycarter Layman & Mayden, 2012 | Fish | Jimmy Carter | The scientific name of the bluegrass darter, endemic to the Green River (Kentucky) drainage, honors Carter for "his environmental leadership and accomplishments in the areas of national energy policy and wilderness protection, and his lifelong commitment to social justice and basic human rights". | | [77] [78] | |
| Eubranchus steinbecki Behrens, 1987 | Sea slug | John Steinbeck | Named "to give recognition to the author and philosopher John Steinbeck [...], the man who not only influenced the works of Edward "Doc" Ricketts, but was himself so greatly influenced by Doc that some have speculated that Steinbeck may have joined the ranks of our colleagues had it not been for Ricketts['s] untimely death. Together they wrote The Sea of Cortez and were near completion of The Outer Shores". |  | [79] | |
| Eurybia gonzaga Dolibaina, Dias, Mielke & Casagrande, 2014 | Butterfly | Luiz Gonzaga | "This species honors Luiz Gonzaga (1912–1989), a Brazilian composer and musician popularly known as the "king of baião" (a folk rhythm from northeastern Brazil) born in the state of Pernambuco, region of all known specimens." |  | [80] | |
| Euryopis mallah Zakerzade, Moradmand & Jäger, 2022 | Spider | Mahlagha Mallah | A cobweb spider from Iran, "named in honour of Mahlagha Mallah (1917–2021), an environmental activist who was referred to as the "Mother of Iran's Environment". She was the founder of the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution based in Iran." |  | [81] | |
| Euschistus (Mitripus) saramagoi Bianchi, Cioato & Grazia, 2015 | True bug | José Saramago | A stink bug from Brazil, "Named in honor of José Saramago, for his contribution to literature. This late Portuguese writer, who had received the Nobel Prize in Literature 1998, was responsible for the spread of prose in Portuguese around the [world]." Subsequently transferred to genus Adustonotus . |  | [82] [83] | |
| Evita Capps, 1943 | Moth | Eva Perón |  | [84] | ||
| Fanteichthys †Carnevale, 2007 | Fish | John Fante | A genus of fossil codlings from the Miocene of Torricella Peligna, Italy. The name honours Italian-American writer John Fante, whose parents came from Torricella Peligna; plus the suffix ichthys, Greek for "fish". | [85] | ||
| Filistatinella kahloae Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 | Spider | Frida Kahlo | This species is native to Mexico. |  | [86] | |
| Fujuriphyes dalii Cepeda, Sánchez & Pardos, 2019 | Mud dragon | Salvador Dalí | "The name is dedicated to the prominent Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), whose peculiar moustache resembles the shape of the lateral terminal spines of the species." | | [87] | |
| Ganaspidium flemingi Buffington, 2010 | Wasp | Ian Fleming | The holotype was collected in the Bahamas, where Fleming was a "long time resident". |  | [88] | |
| Garjainia madiba †Gower et al., 2014 | Archosaur | Nelson Mandela | A fossil erythrosuchid reptile from the Triassic of South Africa, "named in honour of Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), the first fully representatively democratically elected president of South Africa (1994–1999). Mr Mandela was known affectionately as "Madiba"." |  | | [89] |
| Gehyra leopoldi Brongersma, 1930 | Lizard | Leopold III of Belgium |  | [90] | ||
| Geophagus harreri Gosse, 1976 | Fish | Heinrich Harrer | "This new species is cordially dedicated to Professor H. Harrer from Kitzbühel, in gratitude for his help during ichthyological missions, among others in Surinam and French Guiana where this species was collected." |  | [91] | |
| Gibbacousteau jacquesi Espinosa & Ortea, 2013 | Sea snail | Jacques Cousteau | "Named in honour of Commander Jacques-Yves Cousteau, pioneer explorer of the marine environment, to whom we owe the perpetual opening of the frontier between sea and land. [...] [W]e baptise this species in homage to the man who [...] almost 50 years ago, started the Precontinente III experiment, where six oceananauts lived together for 30 days at a depth of 100 m." |  | | [92] |
| Gibberula delarrochae Ortea, 2015 | Sea snail | Alicia de Larrocha | One of 21 sea snails of the genus Gibberula concurrently named after female winners of the Prince of Asturias Awards (see also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949) and List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)). [note 2] . "Named in honour of pianist Alicia de Larrocha (Barcelona, Spain, 1923–2009), winner of the 1994 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, renowned for her masterly interpretations of works by Spanish composers such as Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados." |  |  | [93] |
| Gibberula lessingae Ortea, 2015 | Doris Lessing | One of 21 sea snails of the genus Gibberula concurrently named after female winners of the Prince of Asturias Awards. "Named in honour of British writer Doris Lessing (Kermanshah, Iran 1919 – London, 2013), winner of the 2001 Prince of Asturias Award for Literature; author of works such as the Children of Violence series and The Golden Notebook , considered the Bible of feminism, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007." |  |  | ||
| Gibberula zambranoae Ortea, 2015 | María Zambrano | One of 21 sea snails of the genus Gibberula concurrently named after female winners of the Prince of Asturias Awards. "Named in honour of philosopher María Zambrano (Vélez-Málaga, Spain, 1904–1991), exile and neighbour of Calzada, Havana, between 1948 and 1953 [where the zoologist who named this species had established his base of operations], winner of the 1981 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, author of works such as Claros del bosque or De la aurora, where her philosophical proposal takes on a mystical air." |  |  | ||
| Glycera sheikhmujibi Hossain & Hutchings, 2020 | Polychaete worm | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | A marine bloodworm endemic to Bangladesh. |  | [94] | |
| Glyptotermes magsaysayi Snyder, 1958 | Termite | Ramon Magsaysay | This species is endemic to Luzon island in the Philippines. It was named posthumously in honor of Magsaysay one year after his death in the 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash. |  | [95] | |
| Godartiana amadoi Paluch, Zacca & Freitas, 2016 | Butterfly | Jorge Amado | A species native to Northeastern Brazil, named "in honour of the famous Brazilian writer, Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, known as Jorge Amado [...]. Jorge Amado was born in Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil, and occupied a chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 to 2001. He wrote more than 30 books, being best known worldwide by his notable books, Gabriela, cravo e canela [English title: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon ], Capitães de Areia [ Captains of the Sands ] and Tieta . Furthermore, Jorge Amado also made a great contribution to cultural and social development through the establishment of the 'House of Jorge Amado Foundation' in Salvador, Bahia." | | [96] | |
| Haplochromis nyererei Witte-Maas & Witte, 1985 | Fish | Julius Nyerere | Subsequently transferred to genus Pundamilia (though not all classifications recognise this change). |  |  | [56] [97] |
| Harryhausenia †Boyko, 2004 | Crustacean | Ray Harryhausen | A genus of fossil crabs from the Oligocene of Italy. "Named for the great dynamator of fantasy film, Ray Harryhausen, in recognition of his long career during which he brought the imaginary to life on the screen." |  | [98] | |
| Hemistomia shostakovichi Haase & Bouchet, 1998 | Freshwater snail | Dmitri Shostakovich | "Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) is one of the favourite composers of the first author." |  | [99] | |
| Heteronychia dayani Lehrer, 1996 | Fly | Moshe Dayan | This species was described from a specimen collected in Israel; subsequently synonymised with Sarcophaga kerteszi . |  | [100] [101] | |
| Heterospilus reagani Marsh, 2013 | Wasp | Ronald Reagan |  | [102] | ||
| Hydraena hillaryi Skale & Jäch, 2009 | Beetle | Edmund Hillary | A minute moss beetle "Named for Sir Edmund P. Hillary [...], who died in early 2008, exactly when the description of this species was compiled. In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hillary devoted much of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal by founding the "Himalayan Trust". Through his efforts, schools and small hospitals were built in remote regions of Nepal. Furthermore, Hillary was Honorary President of "Mountain Wilderness", a world-wide organization for preservation of mountain environment. Hydraena hillaryi lives near the foot of Mount Everest." |  | | [103] |
| Hydraena nelsonmandelai Makhan, 2008 | Nelson Mandela | | [104] | |||
| Hydroptila florestani Souza, Santos & Takiya, 2014 | Caddisfly | Florestan Fernandes | A Brazilian microcaddisfly "named in honor of the sociologist Florestan Fernandes, who published many texts opposing the Brazilian Military Government and coordinated the "Escola Paulista de Sociologia" from 1964 to 1969." |  | [105] | |
| Hydroptila marighellai Souza, Santos & Takiya, 2014 | Carlos Marighella | A Brazilian microcaddisfly "named in honor of Carlos Marighella, founder of the "Ação Libertadora Nacional", an movement of opposition to the Brazilian Military Government (1964–1985)." |  | |||
| Hylomyrma lispectorae Ulysséa, 2021 | Ant | Clarice Lispector | "named after Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), born Chaya Pinkhasovna Lispector, a Ukrainian-Brazilian novelist, poetess, and short story writer— "Liberdade é pouco. O que eu desejo ainda não tem nome"." |  | [106] | |
| Ichneumon goeppertae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Maria Goeppert Mayer | Replacement name for Ichneumon denticulatorThunberg, 1822, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon denticulator Müller, 1776. |  | [73] | |
| Ichneumon hodgkinae Kittel, 2016 | Dorothy Hodgkin | Replacement name for Ichneumon punctulatusPfeffer, 1913, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon punctulatus Geoffroy, 1785. |  | |||
| Ichneumon vaughanae Kittel, 2016 | Dorothy Vaughan | Replacement name for Ichneumon bipunctatusCuvier, 1833, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon bipunctatus Gmelin, 1790. |  | |||
| Ichneumon yalowae Kittel, 2016 | Rosalyn Yalow | Replacement name for Ichneumon variusGmelin, 1790, which was preoccupied by Ichneumon varius Pontoppidan, 1763. |  | |||
| Impatiens achudanandanii V.S.A. Kumar, M.G. Govind & Sindhu Arya | Flowering plant | V. S. Achuthanandan | A balsamine native to Kerala, India, "named in honor of Mr. V.S. Achudanandan, former Chief Minister of the state of Kerala for his ardent efforts in conservation of the pristine environment of Western Ghats, especially Mathikettan Shola." |  | [107] | |
| Ipomoea kahloae Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & Rios-Carr. | Flowering plant | Frida Kahlo | A morning glory from Mexico, whose name "honors the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), one of the most influential Latin American artists of the 20th century. Frida Kahlo, besides being a painter, participated in many cultural, academic and political activities and was a social activist. Kahlo revived the roots of Mexican popular art and became a cultural reference point for the people of Mexico and its national identity." Originally described as Ipomoea kahloiae, subsequently amended. | | [108] | |
| Janibacter hoylei Shivaji et al., 2009 | Bacterium | Fred Hoyle | A bacterium isolated from cryotubes used to collect air samples from the upper atmosphere at altitudes between 27 and 41 km., "named after Sir Fred Hoyle, the famous English astronomer", who was one of the main proponents of the theory of panspermia. Research was funded by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). |  | [109] | |
| Juratelacrima ballingi †Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 | Beetle | Erik Balling | A fossil soldier beetle found in Eocene Baltic amber. | [38] | ||
| Kahlerosphaera faludyi †Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Protist | György Faludy | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. |  | [110] | |
| Kahlerosphaera karinthyi †Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Ferenc Karinthy | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. |  | |||
| Kahlerosphaera koestleri †Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Arthur Koestler | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. |  | |||
| Kahlerosphaera rejtoei †Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Jenő Rejtő | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. |  | |||
| Kahlerosphaera szerbi †Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Antal Szerb | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. |  | |||
| Kahlerosphaera vonneguti †Kozur, Moix & Ozsvárt, 2007 | Kurt Vonnegut | A fossil radiolarian from the Triassic of Turkey. |  | |||
| Kokoppia mandelai Hugo-Coetzee, 2014 | Mite | Nelson Mandela | A species found in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa "named in honor of the late Mr Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa. He wrote about the Free State (in which Golden Gate is situated) in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom , the following: "The province of the Orange Free State has always had a magical effect on me....the Free State's landscape gladdens my heart no matter what my mood. When I am there, I feel that nothing can shut me in, that my thoughts can roam as far and wide as the horizons" (Mandela 1994)." | | [111] | |
| Komagataella mondaviorum Naumov, Naumova & Boundy-Mills, 2018 | Yeast | Robert Mondavi and Margrit Mondavi | "named in honor of the late Robert and Margrit Mondavi, honoring their tremendous impact on the CA wine industry and their generous and forward-thinking support of facilities and programs at the University of California Davis [where the strain was identified]." | [112] | ||
| Krithe nerudai †Bergue, Coimbra & Finger, 2019 | Crustacean | Pablo Neruda | A fossil ostracod from the Miocene of Chile, named "In honor of Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), an eminent Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician whose poetry often ex-pressed his love of the sea." | | [113] | |
| Lagenopolycystis mandelai Willems & Artois, 2017 | Flatworm | Nelson Mandela | A species from South Africa named "in honour of Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), famous anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1993, together with Frederik Willem de Klerk) and former president of South Africa (1994–1999)." | | [114] | |
| Lampanyctus steinbecki Bolin, 1939 | Fish | John Steinbeck | Rolf L. Bolin, the ichthyologist who described this species, was a friend of John Steinbeck (a serious amateur naturalist himself, who enjoyed studying the aquatic life of Monterey Bay and the Gulf of California). He received a signed first edition of one of Steinbeck's novels, and, touched by the gesture, decided to name a newly-discovered species of lanternfish after Steinbeck to honor him in return. However, soon afterwards, Steinbeck asked for the book back (for unknown reasons) and never returned it. Later, Bolin stated that he spent a great deal of time thereafter trying to synonymise L. steinbecki with any other species (thus invalidating the name), but did not succeed. | | [115] | |
| Lasioseius jorgeamadoi Santos & Argolo, 2018 | Mite | Jorge Amado | "This species is named in memory of Jorge Amado, one of the most famous Brazilian writers, born near the type locality of this species." | | [116] | |
| Leistus lesteri Allegro, 2007 | Beetle | Lester Young | "I dedicate this species to the jazz tenor saxophonist Lester Young, master of musical poetry." |  | [117] | |
| Leporinus villasboasorum Burns et al., 2017 | Fish | Villas-Bôas brothers | "Named in honor of Orlando, Cláudio and Leonardo Villas-Bôas, in recognition of their pioneering efforts to conserve and protect the rio Xingu's marvelous biodiversity, of which Leporinus villasboasorum forms part." |  | [118] | |
| Lepthercus mandelai Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 | Spider | Nelson Mandela | A mygalomorph spider from South Africa, named "in honor of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, first president of the democratic, post-apartheid South Africa." | | [119] | |
| Leptomorphus mandelai Borkent & Wheeler, 2012 | Fly | Nelson Mandela | A fungus gnat from South Africa, "named in honour of former South African President Nelson R. Mandela, in recognition of his role in ending apartheid in South Africa and for his advocacy of peace, reconciliation and social justice." | | [120] | |
| Lucanus aungsani Zilioli, 2000 | Beetle | Aung San | A stag beetle from Myanmar, "named in honour of the late great patriot U Aung San, father of Myanmar independence." |  | [121] | |
| Lumieria antonionii Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Harvestman | Michelangelo Antonioni |  | [30] | ||
| Lunaceps rothkoi Gustafsson & Olsson, 2012 | Louse | Mark Rothko | "Named in honour of the painter Mark Rothko (1903–1970), whose painting Saffron (1957) is somewhat reminiscent of the colouration and distribution of dark and light areas in the head of the holotype. He is also one of the first author's favourite painters." |  | [122] | |
| Mahajanganella fridakahloae Lorenz, Loria, Harvey & Harms, 2022 | Pseudoscorpion | Frida Kahlo | "This species is named after the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo de Rivera († 1954) whose unmistakable character were her striking eyebrows, which she included in many of her self-portraits. The species is reminiscent of her because of the strongly granulated cuticle above the second pair of eyes, which resemble 'eyebrows'." | | [123] | |
| Maisorthina saroyani †García-Alcalde, 2015 | Brachiopod | William Saroyan | A fossil orthid from the Devonian of Spain, "dedicated to William Saroyan, a North American writer of Armenian origin, whose stories of great humanity captivated the author and continue to do so today." |  | [124] | |
| Mandelara Malzacher & Staniczek, 2016 | Mayfly | Nelson Mandela | A genus from South Africa. | | [125] | |
| Mandelia Valdés & Gosliner, 1999 | Sea slug | Nelson Mandela | "This South African genus is named Mandelia to honor Nelson Mandela, who led the struggle for a multiracial government in South Africa." |  | | [56] [126] |
| Mastophora dizzydeani Eberhard, 1981 | Spider | Dizzy Dean | A bolas spider that uses a sticky ball on the end of a thread to catch its prey. "Since this spider's livelihood depends on throwing a ball fast and accurately, it seems appropriate to name it in honor of one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time, Jerome "Dizzy" Dean." |  | [127] | |
| Meenoplus roddenberryi Hoch & Naranjo, 2012 | True bug | Gene Roddenberry | A cave-dwelling species of planthopper named "in honour of Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991), creator and producer of the famous U.S. science fiction tv-series Star Trek. The mission of its starship Enterprise "... to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life ..., to boldly go where no one has gone before" applies – as much as to space – to biospeleology. Gene Roddenberry was fascinated by the exploration of the unknown, and we are sure he would be delighted about the discovery of the new life form described here." |  | [128] | |
| Melloleitaoina yupanqui Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2014 | Spider | Atahualpa Yupanqui | A species of tarantula described from specimens collected near Pergamino, Argentina, where Yupanqui was born. Subsequently transferred to genus Tmesiphantes . |  | [129] [130] | |
| Menabites tsirananai † Collignon, 1969 | Ammonite | Philibert Tsiranana | A fossil species from the Cretaceous of Madagascar, "dedicated to Mr. Tsiranana, President of the Malagasy Republic, to thank him for all that Malagasy Geology owes him, in which he continues to take an interest in its research and its multiple applications." |  | [131] | |
| Mesabolivar amadoi Huber, 2018 | Spider | Jorge Amado | A cellar spider from Brazil, "Named for Jorge Amado (1912–2001), Brazilian writer, author of Gabriela, Cravo e Canela ." | | [132] | |
| Mesabolivar claricae Huber, 2018 | Clarice Lispector | A cellar spider from Brazil, "Named for Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), Brazilian writer, daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants, author of Perto do coração selvagem ." | | |||
| Mesochorus elionae Kittel, 2016 | Wasp | Gertrude B. Elion | Replacement name for Mesochorus niger(Dasch, 1974), which had originally been described as Piestetron nigrumDasch, 1974, and was transferred to the genus Mesochorus in 1993; when Plectochorus nigerKusigemati, 1967 was transferred to the same genus in 1997, becoming Mesochorus niger (Kusigemati, 1967), Mesochorus niger(Dasch, 1974) became a junior homonym. |  | [73] | |
| Mesochorus leviae Kittel, 2016 | Rita Levi-Montalcini | Replacement name for Mesochorus inflatusSchwenke, 1999, which was preoccupied by Mesochorus inflatus Dasch, 1971. |  | |||
| Metasarcus bergmani Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Harvestman | Ingmar Bergman |  | [30] | ||
| Metasarcus fellinii Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Federico Fellini |  | ||||
| Metasarcus kurosawai Benedetti & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2022 | Akira Kurosawa |  | ||||
| Micromelanconis kaihuiae C.M. Tian & N. Jiang (2021) | Fungus | Yang Kaihui | "Named after Kaihui Yang, a Chinese heroine; Kaihui is also the name of the town where holotype was collected." |  | [133] | |
| Mitromica carildae Espinosa & Ortea, 2018 | Sea snail | Carilda Oliver Labra | Species described from specimens collected in Varadero beach, Matanzas Province, Cuba, "Named in honour of the Matanzas poet Carilda Oliver Labra, for her 96 years of fruitful life, whose work, full of the purest and most delicate feminine sensuality, is a true hymn to love and life." | [134] | ||
| Mizotrechus edithpiafae Erwin, 2011 | Beetle | Edith Piaf | "based on the full name of Edith Piaf, the famous French singer [...], whose voice had an incredible range of diversity, as is that found in the carabid species richness of Guyane, and who sang a variety of "torch songs", and here I play on the word "torch", the same word that applies to what is used to ignite the trees of the unique tropical rainforests of South America, an Armageddon in our own times." |  | [135] | |
| Modisimus mariposas Huber & Fischer, 2010 | Spider | Mirabal sisters | A cellar spider from the Dominican Republic, whose name "honours the Mirabal sisters, who fervently opposed the dictatorship of Trujillo, and formed a group of opponents known as Las Mariposas (The Butterflies). Three of them were assassinated in 1960". |  | [136] | |
| Modisimus miri Huber & Fischer, 2010 | Pedro Mir | A cellar spider from the Dominican Republic. |  | |||
| Modisimus roumaini Huber, 2010 | Jacques Roumain | A cellar spider from Haiti, whose name "honours Jacques Roumain (1907–1944), author of Masters of the Dew, about a young Haitian man's effort to save a once-thriving community from drought and family feuds." |  | |||
| Monomorium elghazalyi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2017 | Ant | Mohammed al-Ghazali | [137] | |||
| Munidopsis mandelai Macpherson, Amon & Clark, 2014 | Crustacean | Nelson Mandela | A squat lobster from the Southwest Indian Ridge, "named for Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, Father of a Nation, Elder Statesman, and a remarkable man." | | [138] | |
| Murphyarachne ymasumacae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 | Spider | Yma Sumac | A tarantula from Peru named "in honour of Yma Sumac (1922–2008), the famous Peruvian opera singer whose voice spanned an incredible five octaves." |  | [139] | |
| Naarda uthanti Tóth & Ronkay, 2015 | Moth | U Thant | This species is native to Burma/Myanmar. |  | [140] | |
| Nama ginobartalii Meregalli & Borovec, 2023 | Weevil | Gino Bartali | "Gino Bartali (1914–2000) was a champion road cyclist. Bartali earned respect for his work helping Jews who were being persecuted by the Nazis during the time of the Italian Social Republic and used his fame to carry messages and documents to the Italian Resistance. In 2013 he was awarded the honorific Righteous Among the Nations." |  | [141] | |
| Nama startorum Meregalli & Borovec, 2023 | FC Start | "In 1942 in Kiev, under Nazi occupation, former footballers linked to the resistance organised a football team, named START F.C. The Nazis organised a tournament with five other teams, all linked to the Nazi regime. The START team won all the competitions, thus providing strong psychological support for the civil resistance against the invaders. The species is dedicated to these sportsmen and, by extension, to people fighting for their freedom." |  | |||
| Neocybaeina burnetti Bennett, 2023 | Spider | Howlin' Wolf |  | [59] | ||
| Neotrichia feolai Santos & Nessimian, 2009 | Caddisfly | Vicente Feola | One of twelve Brazilian species of microcaddisflies named in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first FIFA World Cup won by Brazil (Sweden '58), after the eleven players that participated in the final match and the team coach (see also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949)). "This species is named in honor of Vicente Ítalo Feola, coach of the Brazilian team of 1958." |  | [142] | |
| Neruda Turner, 1976 | Butterfly | Pablo Neruda | A subgenus of the genus Heliconius . "In continuance of [the] tradition [of using names associated with poetry and the arts for the genus Heliconius], and recalling that the butterflies are South American, the new subgenus is named after the author of Alturas de Macchu Picchu , Veinte Poemas de Amor , Residencia en la Tierra etc. Señor Pablo Neruda graciously consented to the use of his name, although sadly he did not live to see this paper written." |  | | [143] [144] |
| Nerudia Huber, 2000 | Spider | Pablo Neruda | A genus of cellar spiders native to Chile and Argentina. | | [145] | |
| Nesticus dykemanae Hedin & Milne, 2023 | Spider | Wilma Dykeman | A scaffold web spider endemic to a small area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, USA, "Named to honor Wilma Dykeman (1920–2006), a writer, speaker, teacher, historian, and environmentalist who spent most of her life in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Mrs. Dykeman was devoted to social justice and environmental integrity, discussing Appalachian water pollution in her classic 1955 book The French Broad, and sharing a social justice award in 1957 for her co-authored book Neither Black Nor White." | [146] | ||
| Noergaardia †Fanti & Damgaard, 2018 | Beetle | Lise Nørgaard | A genus of fossil soldier beetles found in Eocene Baltic amber, "named in honour of the Danish author, journalist, debater and scriptwriter Lise Nørgaard [...] as congratulation for her 100th birthday (1917–2017) and in honour of her decades of contributions to the Danish cultural treasure chest. She is a pioneer in consumer journalism, has fought for women's rights and equality and, with her strong personality, has influenced and impacted Danish culture." |  | [38] | |
| Nordus elytisi Chatzimanolis, 2004 | Beetle | Odysseas Elytis |  | [147] | ||
| Nordus seferisi Chatzimanolis, 2004 | Giorgos Seferis |  | ||||
| Oblitosaurus bunnueli †Sánchez-Fenollosa, Verdú & Cobos, 2023 | Dinosaur | Luis Buñuel | An iguanodontian from the Jurassic of eastern Spain. The name "honours Luis Buñuel, a prestigious Spanish film director born in the province of Teruel." (where the fossils were found). |  |  | [148] |
| Oedichirus sihanouki Rougemont, 2018 | Beetle | Norodom Sihanouk | This species is native to Cambodia. |  | [149] | |
| Oiclus cousteaui Ythier, 2019 | Scorpion | Jacques Cousteau | The name "honours Mr. Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1997), French oceanographic explorer, for his contribution to the creation of the National Park of Pigeon, also called Cousteau reserve, where the new species was found." | | [150] | |
| Ombilinichthys yamini †Murray et al., 2015 | Fish | Mohammad Yamin | A fossil gourami from Eocene deposits found in Talawi, Sumatra, Indonesia, "Named for Mohammad Yamin (1903–1962), historian, poet, playwright, and politician, who was born in Talawi, and was named a 'National Hero of Indonesia' in part for his role during the Indonesian Revolution for Independence." |  |  | [151] |
| Orcus frommi Łączyński, 2012 | Beetle | Erich Fromm |  | [152] | ||
| Orcus popperi Łączyński, 2012 | Karl Popper |  | ||||
| Orsonwelles Hormiga, 2002 | Spider | Orson Welles | Many of the species are named after elements from Welles' films. |  |  | [153] |
| Orwellium Johnson, Masner & Musetti, 2009 | Wasp | George Orwell | A genus of parasitoid wasps from Chile, whose name "honors the author George Orwell, the brilliant and seemingly clairvoyant writer of political science fiction". |  |  | [154] |
| Otacilia loriot Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012 | Spider | Loriot | "dedicated to the late Vicco von Bülow (pseudonym: Loriot) acknowledging his tremendous contributions to German humour." |  | [155] | |
| Ozcopa chiunei Raven, 2015 | Spider | Chiune Sugihara |  | [156] | ||
| Ozicrypta tuckeri Raven & Churchill, 1994 | Spider | Perc Tucker | A brushed trapdoor spider endemic to Queensland, Australia, named "for Mr Perc Tucker, 1919–1980, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Townsville North, 1960–1969, for Townsville West 1969–1974, Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1966–1974, Leader 1974, Mayor of Townsville 1970–1980 [sic, actually 1976–1980], who was well known in the Townsville region [the type locality] and highly respected for his many contributions to the community." |  | [157] | |
| Pamphobeteus urvinae Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022 | Spider | Hermelinda Urvina | A tarantula from Ecuador named "in honour of Hermelinda Urvina Mayorga (1905–2008), an Ecuadorian aviator who was the first woman in South America to earn a pilot licence. She was also a friend of the pioneering American aviator Amelia Earhart (1897–1937)." |  | [158] | |
| Papasula abbotti costelloi †Steadman et al., 1988 | Bird | Lou Costello | An extinct subspecies whose remains have been found in the Marquesas islands, named in allusion to comedy team Abbott and Costello; however, the patronym abbotti honors ornithologist William Louis Abbott, not Bud Abbott. |  | [56] [159] | |
| Paramicromerys rabeariveloi Huber, 2003 | Spider | Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo | A cellar spider from Madagascar, "Named for Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901–37), gifted Malagasy poet whose struggle against a severe colonial system cut short his work and, eventually, his life." |  | [160] | |
| Parnassius imperator aungsani Nose & Mikami, 1998 | Butterfly | Aung San | | [161] | ||
| Patellapis mandela Timmermann & Kuhlmann, 2009 | Bee | Nelson Mandela | This species has only been found in Richtersveld National Park, South Africa. | | [162] | |
| Peloridinannus curly Weirauch & Frankenberg, 2015 | True bug | Curly Howard | Three species of schizopterid bugs were named, because of their "comical appearance", after the 1932–1946 Three Stooges (see also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)). |  | [163] | |
| Peloridinannus larry Weirauch & Frankenberg, 2015 | Larry Fine |  | ||||
| Pholcus jusahi Huber, 2011 | Spider | Franklin Gritts | A cellar spider native to North Carolina, USA. Gritts was also known as Oau Nah Jusah ("They Have Returned" in Cherokee) |  | [164] | |
| Photinus fridakhaloae Zaragoza-Caballero & González-Ramírez, 2023 | Firefly | Frida Kahlo | This species, described from a holotype collected in Jalisco, Mexico, was "dedicated to the renowned Mexican painter and activist Magdalena Carmen Frida Khalo [sic] Calderón, whose paintings have broken frontiers." | | [165] | |
| Photinus juanrulfoi Zaragoza-Caballero & Domínguez-León, 2023 | Juan Rulfo | This species, described from specimens collected in Durango, Mexico, was "dedicated to the outstanding Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, renowned for his works El Llano en llamas and Pedro Páramo ." | | |||
| Phyllodactylus benedettii Ramírez-Reyes & Flores-Villela, 2018 | Lizard | Mario Benedetti | A Mexican species of gecko "dedicated to the memory of the great Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti in recognition of his prolific literary production and critical thinking of great importance in the political and social life of Latin America." |  | [166] | |
| Phyllodytes amadoi Vörös, Ribeiro Dias & Solé, 2017 | Frog | Jorge Amado | "for Jorge Amado, a Brazilian modernist writer who had an enormous influence on Brazilian literature. He lived in the same region where the new species was discovered and he adored frogs and enjoyed collecting all kinds of objects that were related to them. As a well-travelled man, he grew a big collection of these "frog-souvenirs" from all over the world, which are partially on display in his home in Salvador, Brazil." |  | | [167] |
| Pipra vilasboasi Sick, 1959 | Bird | Villas-Bôas brothers | A manakin from the Amazon rainforest. Subsequently transferred to genus Lepidothrix . |  | [168] [169] | |
| Pithecopus gonzagai Andrade et al., 2020 | Frog | Luiz Gonzaga | "Luiz Gonzaga has been credited for presenting the rich universe of north-eastern musical genres to the rest of the country. He was born and raised in the municipality of Exu, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Pithecopus gonzagai sp. nov. also occurs in the state of Pernambuco, which is equally its type locality." |  | | [170] |
| Plataxoides leopoldi Gosse, 1963 | Fish | Leopold III of Belgium | A freshwater angelfish species from the Amazon River, named in honor of King Leopold III of Belgium, who sponsored the 1962 Amazon expedition and helped collect the type specimens. Subsequently transferred to genus Pterophyllum . |  | | [171] |
| 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." |  | [172] | |
| Potamotrygon leopoldi Castex & Castello, 1970 | Stingray | Leopold III of Belgium | A South American freshwater stingray known as Xingu River ray, white-blotched river stingray, or polka-dot stingray, named in honor of Leopold III, sponsor of scientific studies at the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. |  | | [173] |
| Potosa elsanto Cruz-López, 2018 | Harvestman | El Santo | "in honor to Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, a.k.a "El Santo", an emblematic Mexican wrestler and actor who was born in Hidalgo, Mexico, where the type locality is located." |  | [174] | |
| Proctophyllodes carmenmirandae Pedroso & Hernandes, 2021 | Mite | Carmen Miranda | A parasitic feather mite that affects the Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) in Brazil, "named after the famous Portuguese-born Brazilian female singer Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), who made famous the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá", composed by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917, which is about the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Z. capensis) that is eating her corn meals." |  | [175] | |
| Promyrmekiaphila korematsui Bond, Jochim, Quayle & Starrett, 2024 | Spider | Fred Korematsu | A trapdoor spider from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, named in honor of Oakland-born Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu by UC Davis scientists. "Korematsu was awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998 in recognition of his lifelong dedication as a civil rights activist and his resistance to the incarceration of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II." |  | [176] | |
| Protopliomerella bowlesi †McAdams & Adrain, 2011 | Trilobite | Paul Bowles |  | [177] | ||
| Protopliomerella kerouaci †McAdams & Adrain, 2011 | Jack Kerouac |  | ||||
| Protopliomerella seegeri †McAdams & Adrain, 2011 | Pete Seeger |  | ||||
| Protopliomerella stegneri †McAdams & Adrain, 2011 | Wallace Stegner | |||||
| Psalikilus hestoni †Adrain, McAdams & Westrop, 2009 | Trilobite | Charlton Heston |  | [178] | ||
| Pseudostomella mandela Todaro, Perissinotto & Bownes, 2015 | Hairyback worm | Nelson Mandela | This species was described from specimens collected in South Africa and "dedicated to the late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the first democratically elected President of South Africa and 1993 Nobel Peace Prize awardee." | | [61] | |
| Pseudotanais szymborskae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2020 | Crustacean | Wisława Szymborska | Identified by scientists of the University of Łódź and "dedicated to Wisława Szymborska, a Polish poet and essayist, a Nobel Prize Laureate in literature." |  | [179] | |
| Pseudotrogulus pagu DaSilva & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2010 | Harvestman | Pagu | A species from São Paulo state, Brazil, named after "Patrícia Galvão, nickname "Pagu" (1910–1962), who was a socialist playwright and modernist writer. She was born and lived in São Paulo state, where she was a feminist symbol and organized worker's struggle." |  | [180] | |
| Ptenothrix dalii Zeppelini, Ferreira & Oliveira 2020 | Springtail | Salvador Dalí | "The name refers to the single pair of labral chaetae, one each side somewhat like the world famous Salvador Dali's moustache." | | [181] | |
| Pycnogonum cesairei Sabroux, Hassanin & Corbari, 2022 | Sea spider | Aimé Césaire | This species is native to the waters of Martinique. | | [182] | |
| Quadrulella madibai Kosakyan et al., 2016 | Protist | Nelson Mandela | A species of testate amoeba from South Africa "named to honour Nelson Mandela, the South African revolutionary and later president, who was called Madiba by his friends in reference to the name of his clan." | | [183] | |
| Rhynchocyon chrysopygus mandelai Agwanda et al., 2021 | Elephant shrew | Nelson Mandela | A subspecies of the golden-rumped elephant shrew found in Lamu county, Kenya. "Our choice of epithet derives from the severe and persisting insecurity in the taxon range, stemming from decades-long lack of peace in bordering Somaliland [sic; meaning Somalia]. Thus, we wish to honor the late Nelson Mandela as the inspiring beacon for peace and prosperity in Africa and link his name with a unique and precious expression of Kenya's and Africa's endemic fauna. We propose the common name "Mandela's sengi" in English ("sengi ya Mandela" in Kiswahili) for this new form" | | [184] [185] | |
| Rissoella dalii Ortea, Espinosa & Magaña, 2004 | Sea snail | Salvador Dalí | "Named in homage to the brilliant painter Salvador Dalí, on the centenary of his birth. Dalí frequently incorporated snails in his works, from the individual Seashell (1928) to The Path to Enigma (1981), including the drawings of land snails in 50 Magic Secrets to Paint (1947) and Dalí illustrious Casanova (1967), with special mention of The Madonna of Port Lligat (1949 and 1950)." | | [186] | |
| Roddenberryus Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023 | Spider | Gene Roddenberry | A genus of caponiid spiders named "honoring Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr, the creator of Star Trek, a science fiction media franchise that inspired generations of kids to pursue scientific careers." |  | | [187] |
| Rostropria garbo Early & Naumann, 1990 | Wasp | Greta Garbo | A Diapriid wasp described as "a solitary female". |  | [84] [188] | |
| Rotaovula hirohitoi Cate & Azuma, 1973 | Sea snail | Hirohito | "The name of this new species honors His Majesty, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who is an ardent patron of malacology." |  | [189] [190] | |
| Rothaeina jamesi Bennett, 2023 | Spider | Elmore James | "honouring the late Elmore James who set the standards for electric slide guitar blues in post-World War II Chicago, U.S.A." | [59] | ||
| Rothaeina mackinleyi Bennett, 2023 | Muddy Waters | "honouring the late blues guitarist, lyricist, and band leader McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield." |  | |||
| Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum Mares, Braun, Barquez & Diaz, 2000 | Rodent | Los Chalchaleros | The researcher in charge of the naming stated that he named the new species after Los Chalchaleros because his crews had sung their songs during thirty years of field research across Argentina. Subsequently transferred to genus Tympanoctomys . |  | [191] | |
| Schismatothele benedettii Panzera, Perdomo & Pérez-Miles, 2011 | Spider | Mario Benedetti | A Brazilian tarantula named "in honour of Mario Benedetti, the Uruguayan writer and poet recognised as one of the most important in the Spanish language, who passed away in 2009." | | [192] | |
| Schistura kaysonei Vidthayanon & Jaruthanin, 2002 | Fish | Kaysone Phomvihane | A blind cave loach endemic to Laos. |  | [193] | |
| Schistura pridii Vidthayanon, 2003 | Pridi Banomyong | A blind cave loach endemic to Thailand, named "in honor of the late Pridi Bhanomyong (1900–1983), politician, statesman and Thai Prime Minister who founded Thammasart University, which plays an important role in the development of social sciences in Thailand." |  | |||
| Seitaad ruessi †Sertich & Loewen, 2010 | Dinosaur | Everett Ruess | A sauropodomorph from the Jurassic of southern Utah, named "In honor of the young artist, poet, naturalist, and explorer Everett Ruess (1914–1934?), who mysteriously disappeared in 1934 while exploring southern Utah." |  | [194] | |
| Senoniasphaera clavelli †Bailey, Milner & Varney, 1997 | Protist | James Clavell | A fossil dinoflagellate cyst from the Jurassic Coast of Dorset, England, named "After local celebrity James Clavell, in whose memory an obelisk is built on top of Hen Cliff." (the type locality) | [195] | ||
| Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei †Rich & Vickers-Rich, 2003 | Dinosaur | Arthur C. Clarke | "Named in honour of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, who inspired both of us in our youth with his writings and who in his youth was lured into science by dinosaurs." Clarke, who was a personal friend of the authors, reportedly told friends "I've had an asteroid named after me and I've had a dinosaur named after me, now what's there to live for?" |  | [196] [197] | |
| Sharpia madibai Haran, 2021 | Weevil | Nelson Mandela | A species found in South Africa and Namibia, "dedicated to Nelson Mandela 'Madiba' for the role he played in the history of the Republic of South Africa." | | [198] | |
| Showajidaia Korshunova et al., 2020 | Sea slug | Hirohito | "From the Japanese Shōwa jidai (昭和時代) meaning 'Shōwa era' corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor Hirohito in reference to the collection of the type material for the type species of this genus C. sagamiensis by Hirohito." |  | | [199] |
| Showapolynoe Imajima, 1997 | Polychaete worm | Hirohito | "The genus is named after the late Emperor Showa [Hirohito's posthumous name] who investigated the benthic fauna of Sagami Bay." | | [200] [201] | |
| Showascalisetosus Imajima, 1997 | Hirohito | "The genus is named after the late Emperor Showa [Hirohito's posthumous name] who collected the specimens." | | [200] [202] | ||
| Sinatra Buffington, 2011 | Wasp | Frank Sinatra |  | [203] | ||
| Singafrotypa mandela Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002 | Spider | Nelson Mandela | This South African species "is named after Nelson Mandela in honor of his struggle against Apartheid." | | [204] | |
| Souvanna phoumai Breuning, 1963 | Beetle | Souvanna Phouma | This species was described from specimens collected in Laos; The genus and species names were created concurrently to honor the Laotian Prime Minister in office at the time. Subsequently, this species was synonymised with Mispila signata(Pic, 1926), which was transferred to the still valid genus Souvanna , and therefore renamed as Souvanna signata (Pic, 1926). |  | [205] [206] | |
| Spelaeornis troglodytoides indiraji Ripley et al., 1991 | Bird | Indira Gandhi | "dedicated to the memory of our beloved friend and foremost member of the Delhi Birdwatching Society, the late Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi." |  | [207] | |
| Spermophora gordimerae Huber, 2003 | Spider | Nadine Gordimer | A cellar spider from South Africa, "Named after Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and Nobel laureate." | | [208] | |
| Spermophora pembai Huber, 2003 | George Pemba | A cellar spider from South Africa, "Named after George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba (1912–2001), one of South Africa's greatest pioneering artists." | ||||
| Stactobiella solzhenitsyni Sykora & Weaver, 1978 | Caddisfly | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | "I take much pleasure in naming this species for Mr. Aleksander I. Solzhenitsyn, the great Russian author, who once shared the same country with the closest relative of the new species— Stactobiella biramosa Martynov." Subsequently synonymised with Stactobiella martynovi . |  | [209] | |
| Stasimopus mandelai Hendrixson & Bond, 2004 | Spider | Nelson Mandela | "honoring Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and one of the great moral leaders of our time." This species is known only from the Great Fish River Nature Reserve in South Africa. | | [210] | |
| Stenotarsus monterrosoi Arriaga-Varela et al., 2013 | Beetle | Augusto Monterroso | "This small–sized species from Guatemala is dedicated to the late Guatemalan author Augusto Monterroso, who mastered the art of short narrative." | [211] | ||
| Stenotarsus rulfoi Arriaga-Varela et al., 2013 | Juan Rulfo | "This species is dedicated to the prominent Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, who lived his youth at San Gabriel town, 20 kilometers away from the type locality." | | |||
| Sternolophus mandelai Nasserzadeh & Komarek, 2017 | Beetle | Nelson Mandela | "Named in honor of the great philanthropist, anti-apartheid revolutionary leader and politician Nelson Mandela from South Africa who died on 5 December 2013. Preparing the description was coincident with the national mourning period of his death." | | [212] | |
| Sulawesidrobia soedjatmokoi Zielske, Glaubrecht & Haase, 2011 | Freshwater snail | Soedjatmoko | "named after Soedjatmoko Mangundiningrat, an Indonesian peace activist and honoree of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the prestigious Asian equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize." |  | [213] | |
| Synagelides wyszynskii Bohdanowicz, 1987 | Spider | Stefan Wyszyński | Subsequently synonymised with Synagelides martensi . |  | [214] [215] | |
| Synopeas saintexuperyi Buhl, 1997 | Wasp | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |  | [216] | ||
| Tasmanocaecilius truchanasi Schmidt & New, 2008 | Barklouse | Olegas Truchanas | This species is endemic to Tasmania, where Truchanas was a conservation campaigner and nature photographer. | [217] | ||
| Temnothorax elmenshawyi Sharaf, Wachkoo & Hita Garcia, 2019 | Ant | Muhammad Saddiq Al-Minshawi |  | [218] | ||
| Teresirogas nolani Quicke & Butcher, 2014 | Wasp | Sidney Nolan | An Australian parasitoid wasp "Named after the famed Australian artist, Sidney Robert Nolan (1917–1972) well known for his Ned Kelly series of paintings." |  | [219] | |
| Thalassema steinbecki Fisher, 1946 | Polychaete worm | John Steinbeck | "Named for John Steinbeck, whose expedition to the Gulf of California collected the type." | | [220] | |
| Thraulodes luizgonzagai Lima, Mariano & Pinheiro, 2013 | Mayfly | Luiz Gonzaga | "a tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, famous singer from the state of Pernambuco, who sang beautiful songs about the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, collection site of the new species." | | [221] | |
| Tianchisaurus nedegoapeferima †Dong, 1993 | Dinosaur | Sam Neill , Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, Ariana Richards, and Joseph Mazzello | Actors involved in the 1993 film Jurassic Park : Neill, Dern, Goldblum, Attenborough, Peck, Ferrero, Richards, and Mazzello. The type specimen was informally referred to as "Jurassosaurus". The species name was proposed by director Steven Spielberg. | [84] [222] [223] | ||
| Tmesiphantes amadoi Yamamoto et al., 2007 | Spider | Jorge Amado | A tarantula native to the Brazilian state of Bahia, where Jorge Amado was born. | | [224] | |
| Tmesiphantes caymmii Yamamoto et al., 2007 | Dorival Caymmi | A tarantula native to the Brazilian state of Bahia, where Dorival Caymmi was born. | | |||
| Travisia amadoi Elías et al., 2003 | Polychaete worm | Jorge Amado | A marine worm native to the Atlantic coasts of Argentina and Southern Brazil. | | [225] | |
| Triacanthella madiba Janion, D'Haese & Deharveng, 2012 | Springtail | Nelson Mandela | This species is native to South Africa; "We dedicate this species to Madiba, former President of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who celebrated his 20 years of freedom on 11 February 2010." | | [226] | |
| Trichogramma nerudai Pintureau & Gerding, 1999 | Wasp | Pablo Neruda | This species is native to Chile. | | [227] | |
| Trichomycterus dali Rizzato, Costa, Trajano & Bichuette, 2011 | Catfish | Salvador Dalí | "an allusion to the Spanish artist Salvador Dali, in reference to his famously long moustache (or whisker)." | | [228] | |
| Triplocania nerudai González-Obando, Carrejo-Gironza & García Aldrete, 2021 | Barklouse | Pablo Neruda | | [229] [230] | ||
| Triraphis cortazari Valerio, 2015 | Wasp | Julio Cortázar |  | [231] | ||
| Tsitsikamma (Clavicaulis) madiba Samaai, Kelly, Payne & Ngwakum 2020 | Sponge | Nelson Mandela | A Poecilosclerid sponge from the coasts of South Africa, "Named in honour of the great South African president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, also known by his clan name "Madiba", liberation struggle hero and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who passed away on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95." | | [232] | |
| Ummidia waunekaae Godwin & Bond, 2021 | Spider | Annie Dodge Wauneka | A trapdoor spider from New Mexico, named "in honor of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910–1997), influential member of the Navajo Nation who worked tirelessly to improve education and health of the Navajo. Among other awards, she was bestowed the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President Lyndon B. Johnson." | [233] | ||
| Vaimosa rambaiae H.M. Smith, 1945 | Fish | Rambai Barni | "Special permission to use her name for this species was obtained from Her Majesty Rambai Barni, former Queen of Siam, and at a reception and exhibit given by the Siam Society in honor of their majesties on January 8, 1934, a water-color painting, made by the talented Thai artist Luang Masya Chitrakarn, was presented to her majesty. The painting represented several life-size examples of the fish in their natural habitat." Subsequently transferred to genus Mugilogobius . |  |  | [234] |
| Volvarina (Mirpurina) blezai Ortea, 2019 | Sea snail | Francisco Xavier da Cruz | A margin shell from Cape Verde, "Named in honour of Francisco Xavier da Cruz (1905–1958), native of São Vicente and immortalised as B. Leza, musician, composer, performer, writer, researcher, pedagogue and poet. Author of the poem "Mar Azul", our common home, and master of the cadenced rhythm we know today as Morna, the hallmark of Cape Verdean music". Immediately after the formal description, within the same paper, subgenus Mirpurina was elevated to genus status. | [235] | ||
| Volvarina dulcemariae Espinosa & Ortea, 1998 | Dulce María Loynaz | A margin shell from Cuba, "named in honour of the late Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz [...] and in gratitude for her contribution to the book Fábulas del Mar [Fables of the Sea, a children's book sponsored by the second author, which Loynaz wrote the prologue for]." | [236] | |||
| Volvarina saramagoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2013 | José Saramago | "in honour of José de Sousa Saramago, illustrious Portuguese writer and poet, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature, who chose Lanzarote [where the holotype was collected] as his refuge and residence at the end of his life; he died on 18.6.2010 in Tías." | | [237] | ||
| Vulcanobatrachus mandelai † Trueb, Ross & Smith, 2005 | Frog | Nelson Mandela | A fossil species from the Cretaceous of Marydale, South Africa. | | [238] | |
| Warimiri madiba Tavares, de Mello & de Mello Mendes, 2021 | Katydid | Nelson Mandela | "The name is an hommage of the authors to South Africa's ex-president, Nobel Prize of Peace winner, human rights activist, and the most acknowledged Subsaharian African leader, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013). Madiba is the name of Mandela's clan and how he is known in many South African ethnicities." | | [239] | |
| Whartonia glenni Brennan, 1962 | Mite | John Glenn | One of four species of chiggers named concurrently after the cosmonauts and astronauts who participated in the first four crewed orbital spaceflights in 1961 and 1962 (see also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949)). "Named for Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., USA, who made three orbits of the earth in Friendship II [sic; the name was actually Friendship 7], 20 February 1962." | | [240] | |
| Zanclea hirohitoi Boero, Bouillon & Gravili, 2000 | Jellyfish | Hirohito | "This species is dedicated to the late Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, distinguished hydrozoan taxonomist, who first described material referable to this species." | | [241] | |
| Zaprionus aungsani Wynn & Toda, 1988 | Fly | Aung San | A fruit fly from Myanmar, "dedicated to the late general Aung San, the national leader of Burma." | | [242] | |