Popov
The taxon authority Popov, Popow or Попов may refer to:
- Alexander Mikhailovich Popov (born 1943, A.M. Popov), Russian (Soviet) palaeontologist and phycologist
- Anatolij Mikhailovich Popov (1902–1942, An.M. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist and ichthyologist
- Andrian Vasilievich Popov (born 1931, A.V. Popov), Russian (Soviet) palaeontologist
- Evgeny Valerievich Popov (born 1974, E.V. Popov), Russian palaeontologist
- Gennadij Ivanovich Popov (1913–1980, G.I. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist, and malacologist
- George Basil Popov (1922–1998, G.B. Popov), Russian-British acarologist born in Iran
- Grigory Vladlenovich Popov (born 1972, G.V. Popov), Ukrainian entomologist
- Leonid Evgenievich Popov (born 1950, L.E. Popov), Russian (Soviet) palaeontologist
- Mikhail Grigorievich Popov (1893–1955, Popov), Russian (Soviet) botanist
- Nikolai Petrovich Popov (1884–1948, N.P. Popov), Russian botanist
- Nikolaj Petrovich Popov (1893–1960, N.P. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist, and helminthologist
- Petr Petrovich Popov (1888–1964, P.P. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist and entomologist
- Sergei Valentinovich Popov (born 1945, S.V. Popov), Russian (Soviet) palaeontologist
- Timofej Ivanovich Popov (1890–1963, T.I. Popov), Russian (Soviet) botanist
- Vasilij Nikolaevich Popov (born 1974, V.N. Popov, Russian zoologist and entomologist
- Vladimir Danilovich Popov (born 1935, V.D. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist and entomologist
- Vladimir Konstantinovich Popov (1892–1931, V.K. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist and carcinologist
- Vladimir Veniaminovich Popov (1902–1960, V.V. Popov), Russian (Soviet) zoologist and entomologist
- Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (1936–2016, Yu.A. Popov), Russian (Soviet) palaeontologist and entomologist
- Yuri Nikolaevich Popov (1894–1977, Yu.N. Popov), Russian (Soviet) palaeontologist