List of organisms named after famous people
Taxon Type Namesake Notes
Ablerus longfellowi Girault , 1913 Wasp Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acanthosquilla sirindhorn Naiyanetr , 1995 Crustacean Sirindhorn Acanthosquilla sirindhorn is the junior synonym to Acanthosquilla derijardi
Acisoma attenboroughi Mens et al . 2016 Dragonfly David Attenborough For Attenborough 's 90th birthday
Adaina atahualpa Gielis , 2011 Moth Atahualpa
Aegomorphus wojtylai Hilszczanski & Bystrowski , 2005 Beetle Pope John Paul II A Polish beetle , posthumously named for the Pope 's birth name , Karol Wojtyła
Aegrotocatellus jaggeri Adrain & Edgecombe , 1995 Trilobite Mick Jagger Perirehaedulus richardsi was named concurrently to honor fellow Rolling Stones member Keith Richards
Aegrotocatellus nankerphelgeorum Adrain & Edgecombe , 1995 Trilobite Nanker Phelge Collective pseudonym used by members of The Rolling Stones
Aeschylia Girault , 1929 Wasp Aeschylus
Aesopichthys Poplin & Lund , 2000 Fish Aesop
Agaporomorphus colberti Miller & Wheeler , 2008 Beetle Stephen Colbert According to Wheeler , the scientist who discovered the diving beetle named it after Colbert because Stephen shamelessly asked the science community to name something cooler than a spider to honor him . His top choices were a giant ant or a laser lion . While those would be cool species to discover , our research involves beetles , and they are 'way cooler ' than a spider any day
Agathidium bushi Miller & Wheeler , 2005 Beetle George W. Bush This beetle was also named by Quentin Wheeler , and President Bush was pleased with the gesture , even calling Wheeler to thank him for the honor
Agathidium cheneyi Miller & Wheeler , 2005 Beetle Dick Cheney
Agathidium cortezi Miller & Wheeler , 2005 Beetle Hernan Cortez
Agathidium rumsfeldi Miller & Wheeler , 2005 Beetle Donald Rumsfeld
Agra catbellae Erwin , 2002 Beetle Catherine Bell
Agra katewinsletae Erwin , 2002 Beetle Kate Winslet Her ( Titanic ) character did not go down with the ship , but we will not be able to say the same for this elegant canopy species , if all the rain forest is converted to pastures
Agra liv Erwin , 2002 Beetle Liv Tyler The existence of this species ... is dependent upon the rainforest not undergoing an Armageddon
Agra schwarzeneggeri Erwin , 2002 Beetle Arnold Schwarzenegger Named in reference to the markedly developed ( biceps-like ) middle femora of the males of this species reminiscent of the actor 's physique
Agyneta danielbelangeri Dupérré , 2013 Spider Daniel Bélanger
Akihito Watson , Keith , & Marquet , 2007 Fish Akihito
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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 includes organisms named after famous individuals or ensembles (including bands and comedy troupes), but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities, and populated places. It does not include organisms named for fictional entities, for biologists or other natural scientists, nor for associates or family members of researchers who are not otherwise notable. 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 are unavailable in the zoological sense or illegitimate in the botanical sense due to senior homonyms already having the same name.