Editing List of biologists (section)

=== Do–Du ===
*[[Walter Dobrogosz]] (born 1933), American microbiologist, discoverer of ''Lactobacillus reuteri''
*[[Theodosius Dobzhansky]] (1900–1975), American geneticist of Ukrainian origin, one of the  leading evolutionary biologists of his time
*[[Rembert Dodoens]] (1517–1585), Flemish botanist<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Dodoens</ref> who classified plants according to  their properties and affinities (rather than listing them alphabetically)
*[[Anton Dohrn]] (1840–1909), German marine biologist, Darwinist, founder of the world's first zoological research station, in Naples
*[[David Don]] (1799–1841), British botanist who described major conifers discovered in his time, including the [[Coast Redwood]].
*[[George Don]] (1798–1856), British botanist known for his four-volume ''A General System of Gardening and Botany''.
*[[James Donn]] (1758–1813), English botanist,<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Donn</ref> curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, and author of ''Hortus Cantabrigiensis''
*[[Jean Dorst]] (1924–2001), French ornithologist, authority on bird migration and one of the writers of ''Le Peuple Migrateur'' (Winged Migration)
*[[Edward Doubleday]] (1810–1849), British entomologist known for ''The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera''
*[[Henry Doubleday (1808–1875)|Henry Doubleday]] (1808–1875), British entomologist,<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Doubleday</ref> author of the first catalogue of British butterflies and moths, ''Synonymic List of the British Lepidoptera''
*[[Jennifer Doudna]] (born 1964), American biochemist known for [[CRISPR]]-mediated genome editing; Nobel Prize 2020
*[[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]] (1799–1834), Scottish botanist<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Douglas</ref> who studied conifers. The [[Douglas-fir]] is named after him.
*[[Patricia Louise Dudley]] (1929–2004), American zoologist who studied copepods (small crustaceans)
*[[Peter Duesberg]] (born 1936), German-American virologist who discovered the first retrovirus, and expert on genetic aspects of cancer, but his research contributions are overshadowed by his unpopular views on AIDS
*[[Félix Dujardin]] (1802–1860), French zoologist who studied protozoans, and also the structure of the insect brain
*[[Renato Dulbecco]] (1914–2012), Italian-American virologist awarded the Nobel Prize for work on oncoviruses
*[[Ronald Duman]] (1954–2020), American neuroscientist whose work in [[biological psychiatry]] concerned the biological mechanisms behind antidepressants
*[[André Marie Constant Duméril]] (1774–1860), French zoologist<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Duméril (also used for [[Auguste Duméril]])</ref> at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, who worked on herpetology and ichthyology
*[[Auguste Duméril]] (1812–1870), French zoologist, professor of herpetology and ichthyology, noted for ''Catalogue méthodique de la collection des Reptiles''
*[[Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix]] (1758–1830), French lawyer, but also an amateur ornithologist<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Dumont</ref> who described a number of Javanese bird species
*[[Michel Felix Dunal]] (1789–1856), French botanist<ref>Abbreviation in botany: Dunal</ref> known for work on the genus [[Solanum]]
*[[Robin Dunbar]] (born 1947), British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist, a specialist in primate behaviour.
*[[Gerald Durrell]] (1925–1995), British naturalist,<ref>Abbreviation in zoology: Durrell</ref> writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter, writer of popular books, such as ''[[My Family and Other Animals]]''
*[[Christian de Duve]] (1917–2013), Belgian cytologist and biochemist, discoverer of peroxisomes and lysosomes