List of animals named after celebrities
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This page is a list of animals named after celebrities.
- Aegrotocatellus jaggeri - Mick Jagger
- Aesopichthys - Aesop
- Ablerus longfellowi - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Agathidium bushi - George W. Bush
- Agathidium cheneyi - Dick Cheney
- Agathidium rumsfeldi - Donald Rumsfeld
- Agra katewinsletae - Kate Winslet
- Agra liv - Liv Tyler
- Agra schwarzeneggeri - Arnold Schwarzenegger. In reference to the markedly developed (biceps-like) middle femora of the males of this species reminiscent of the actor's physique."
- Aligheria - Dante Aligheri
- Amaurotoma zappa - Frank Zappa
- Anomphalus jaggerius - Mick Jagger
- Anophthalmus hitleri - Adolf Hitler
- Arcticalymene viciousi - Sid Vicious
- Arcticalymene rotteni - Johnny Rotten
- Arcticalymene jonesi - Steve Jones
- Arcticalymene cooki - Paul Cook
- Arcticalymene matlocki - Glen Matlock
- Arthurdactylus conandoylensis - Arthur Conan Doyle. Found in jungle similar to where The Lost World was set.
- Attenborosaurus - David Attenborough. Plesiosaur "in honor of the naturalist and filmmaker, whose childhood fascination with Liassic plesiosaurs sparked a brilliant career in scientific journalism."
- Avahi cleesei - John Cleese. Woolly lemur, Cleese played a lemur-happy zookeeper in the film Fierce Creatures, hosted a documentary on lemurs, and is concerned with wildlife conservation.
- Avalanchurus simoni - Paul Simon
- Avalanchurus garfunkeli - Art Garfunkel
- Avalanchurus lennoni - John Lennon
- Avalanchurus starri - Ringo Starr
- Baeturia hardyi - Oliver Hardy
- Baeturia laureli - Stan Laurel
- Baru darrowi - Paul Darrow
- Beethovena - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Bishopina mozarti - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Bufonaria borisbeckeri - Boris Becker
- Buddhaites - Buddah
- Calponia harrisonfordi - Harrison Ford
- Campsicnemius charliechaplini - Charlie Chaplin. This fly dies with its midlegs in a bandy-legged position.
- Carlyleia Girault - Thomas Carlyle
- Cirolana mercuryi - Freddy Mercury. East African isopod named for "arguably Zanzibar's most famous popular musician and singer."
- Confucius - Confucius
- Confuciusornis sanctus - Confucius. Feathered dinosaur - "holy Confucius' bird".
- Cryptocercus garciai - Jerry Garcia
- Dalailama - Dalai Lama. Bombycid moth from Tibet.
- Draculoides bramstokeri - Bram Stoker
- Emersonella - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Eristalis alleni - Paul Allen
- Eristalis gatesi - Bill Gates
- Fernandocrambus chopinellus - Frédéric Chopin
- Funkotriplogynium iagobadius - James Brown. Iago is "James" and badius is "brown" in Latin
- Garylarsonus - Gary Larson
- Gnathia beethoveni - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Goethaeana shakespearei - Johann Goethe and William Shakespeare
- Hyla stingi - Sting. Colombian tree frog named in recognition of his work for the rain forest.
- Idiomacromerus longfellowi - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Keatsia - John Keats
- Kerygmachela kierkegaardi - Søren Kierkegaard
- Legionella shakespearei - William Shakespeare
- Lutheria Girault - Martin Luther
- Mackenziurus johnnyi - Johnny Ramone
- Mackenziurus joeyi - Joey Ramone
- Mackenziurus deedeei - Dee Dee Ramone
- Mackenziurus ceejayi - C. J. Ramone
- Masiakasaurus knopfleri - Mark Knopfler
- Mastophora dizzydeani - Dizzy Dean. The spider uses a sticky ball on the end of a thread to catch its prey.
- Marxella Girault - Karl Marx
- Microchilo elgrecoi - El Greco
- Microchilo murilloi - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Milesdavis - Miles Davis
- Mozartella beethoveni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven
- Norasaphus monroeae - Marilyn Monroe. Trilobite with an hourglass shaped glabella.
- Orontobia dalailama - Dalai Lama. Tiger moth from Tibet.
- Orsonwelles othello - Orson Welles. And one of his famous roles.
- Orsonwelles macbeth - Orson Welles. And one of his famous roles.
- Orsonwelles falstaffius - Orson Welles. And one of his famous roles.
- Orsonwelles ambersonorum - Orson Welles. And one of his famous roles.
- Pachygnatha zappa - Frank Zappa. An orb-weaver spider, it has a black marking under its abdomen curiously reminiscent (at least to Bosmans and Bosselaers) of Frank Zappa's mustache.
- Perirehaedulus richardsi - Keith Richards
- Petrochirus diogenes - Diogenes of Sinope
- Petula Clark (tineid) - Petula Clark
- Pheidole harrisonfordi - Harrison Ford
- Phialella zappai - Frank Zappa. A jellyfish named as part of Ferdinando Boero's plan to get to meet Frank Zappa. "There is nothing I'd like better than having a jellyfish named after me" - Frank Zappa.
- Platoninae Plato - Plato
- Plutarchia - Plutarch
- Podocyrtis goetheana - Johann Goethe
- Preseucoila imallshookupis - Elvis Presley. And the specific name for one of his songs.
- Psephophorus terrypratchetti - Terry Pratchett. He wrote a series of fantasy books set on a world carried on the back of a giant turtle.
- Pseudoparamys cezannei - Paul Cézanne
- Raphaelana - Raphael
- Richteria - Jean Richter
- Rostropria garbo - Greta Garbo. Diapriid wasp described as "a solitary female".
- Sappho - Sappho
- Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei - Arthur C. Clark
- Serratoterga larsoni - Gary Larson
- Shakespearia - William Shakespeare
- Strigiphilus garylarsoni - Gary Larson
- Struszia mccartneyi - Paul McCartney
- Sula abbotti costelloi - Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Sylvilagus palustris hefneri - Hugh Hefner
- Thoreauia - Henry David Thoreau
- Xanthosomnium froesei - Edgar Froese. "Xanthosomnium" is a translation of Tangerine Dream.
- Zaglossus attenboroughi - David Attenborough
- Zappa - Frank Zappa. Murdy, who renamed the genus, says, "I like his music."
