Watson
The taxon authority Watson may refer to:
- Allan Watson (A.Watson), British entomologist
- Charlotte Watson, Australian annelidologist
- David Meredith Seares Watson (1886–1973), British zoologist and palaeontologist
- Donald E. Watson, helminthologist
- Edward Arthur Watson (1879–1945, E.A.Watson), Canadian parasitologist
- Edward Yerbury Watson (1864–1897), British lepidopterist
- Elba Emanuel Watson (1871–1936, E.Watson), U.S. botanist
- Frank Edward Watson (F.E.Watson), U.S. entomologist
- Gillian Watson, South African herpetologist
- Gillian W. Watson, U.S. entomologist
- Graeme Field Watson, Australian herpetologist
- Hewett Cottrell Watson (1804–1881, H.C.Watson), English botanist
- Hugh Watson (1885–1959), British malacologist
- J. Henry Watson, English entomologist
- Jeanette E. Watson, Australian cnidariologist
- John Anthony Linthorne Watson, (1935–1993, J.A.L.Watson), Australian entomologist
- John Forbes Watson (1827–1892, J.F.Watson), Scottish botanist
- John Michael Watson (born 1936, J.M.Watson), British botanist
- Joseph Ralph Watson (1874–1945), U.S. entomologist
- Kenneth Watson (fl. 2002, K.Watson), mycologist
- Leslie Watson (born 1938, L.Watson), British botanist
- Linda E. Watson (fl. 1990, L.E.Watson), U.S. botanist
- Lyn Watson, mammalogist
- M. Carolyn Watson (M.C.Watson), botanist
- Mark Francis Watson (born 1963, M.F.Watson), British botanist
- Morrison Watson (fl. 1883), Brirish ornithologist
- Peter William Watson (1761–1830, P.Watson), English botanist
- Reginald Alan Watson, Australian marine biologist
- Robert Boog Watson (1823–1910), Scottish malacologist
- Ronald E. Watson, ichthyologist
- Sereno Watson (1826–1892, S.Watson), U.S. botanist
- Thomas J. Watson (fl. 1977, T.J.Watson), botanist
- Walter Watson (1872–1960, Walt.Watson), English lichenologist
- William Watson (1832–1912, Will.Watson), British botanist
- William Watson (1715–1787, Watson), British botanist
- William Watson (1858–1925, W.Watson), British botanist
- William Charles Richard Watson (1885–1954, W.C.R.Watson), botanist
- W. Y. Watson, Canadian entomologist