Editing Taxidermy (section)

==Notable taxidermists==
* [[Carl Akeley]] (1864–1926), the father of modern taxidermy
* [[Jean-Baptiste Bécœur]] (1718–1777), French [[Ornithology|ornithologist]], taxidermist, and inventor of arsenical soap
* [[Harry Ferris Brazenor]] (1863–1948), 19th-century British taxidermist
* [[James Dickinson (taxidermist)|James Dickinson]], [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (1959–), retired British taxidermist, known for his restorations of existing specimens
* [[John Edmonstone]] (c. 1790-?), [[Guyanese in the United Kingdom|British-Guyanese]] taxidermist best known for teaching [[Charles Darwin]] the art of taxidermy in 1825
* [[William Temple Hornaday]] (1854–1937), American zoologist, conservationist, and taxidermist who was the first director of what is now called the [[Bronx Zoo]]
* [[Martha Maxwell]] (1831–1881), American [[naturalist]], taxidermist, and artist who was the first female naturalist to obtain and taxidermy her own specimens
* [[Charles Johnson Maynard]] (1845–1929), American naturalist, [[ornithologist]], and taxidermist who discovered many new species and authored many notable publications
* [[Charles Willson Peale]] (1741–1827), American painter, [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] veteran, [[Invention|inventor]], naturalist, and [[polymath]] who organized the US's first scientific expedition in 1801
* [[Walter Potter]] (1835–1918), [[Victorian era]] British creator of iconic whimsical [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] taxidermy [[diorama]]s
* [[Jules Verreaux]] (1807–1873), French [[Botany|botanist]], ornithologist, and taxidermy collector and trader
* [[James Rowland Ward]] (1848–1912), British taxidermist and founder of [[Rowland Ward Limited]], known for its furniture and household items made of animal parts
* [[Raymond Douglas (artist)|Raymond Douglas]] (1957–), American taxidermist and founder of King Sailfish Mounts, Inc., known for introducing the release mount concept for Atlantic sailfish
* [[Carl Cotton]] (1918–1971), the first African American taxidermist at the [[Field Museum of Natural History|Field Museum]]