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 conandoylei — 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 — Buddha
- Calponia harrisonfordi — Harrison Ford
- Campsicnemius charliechaplini — Charlie Chaplin. This fly dies with its midlegs in a bandy-legged position.
- Carlyleia — 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 — 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 — Karl Marx
- Microchilo elgrecoi — El Greco
- Microchilo murilloi — Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Milesdavis — Miles Davis
- Mozartella beethoveni — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven
- Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi — Neil Young
- Norasaphus monroeae — Marilyn Monroe. Trilobite with an hourglass shaped glabella.
- Orectochilus orbisonorum — Roy Orbison and his widow Barbara. Whirligig beetle from India.
- 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 of Frank Zappa's mustache.
- Perirehaedulus richardsi — Keith Richards
- Petrochirus diogenes — Diogenes of Sinope
- Petula Clark (tineid) — Petula Clark
- Phanaeus changdiazi — Dr. Franklin Chang-Díaz. Costa Rican-American physicist and former NASA Astronaut.
- 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
- 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. Clarke
- Serratoterga larsoni — Gary Larson
- Shakespearia — William Shakespeare
- Stasimopus mandelai - Nelson Mandela
- 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."
