Frédéric Cailliaud, (1787–1869), French naturalist, mineralogist and conchologist
In April 1891 he joined the Australian Museum staff as assistant in charge of land shells, and about five years later was appointed conchologist.
Friedrich Christian Meuschen (September 15, 1719 - February 20, 1811) was a German diplomat and conchologist born in Hanau.
Baron Jean Charles Louis Tardif d'Hamonville (30 August 1830 Saint-Mihiel - 1899), was an eminent French ornithologist and conchologist, and the author of a number of books on natural history.
John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885), British conchologist and malacologist
Alfred James Peile (1868–1948), artillery officer, malacologist and conchologist
R. Tucker Abbott (1919–1995), American conchologist and malacologist
William John Swainson, FLS, FRS, (1789-1855), English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist