Townsend

The taxon authority Townsend may refer to:

• Andrew C. Townsend, entomologist
• Andrew Townsend Peterson, U.S. ornithologist
• Carol R. Townsend, herpetologist
• Charles Haskins Townsend (1859–1944), U.S. zoologist
• Charles Henry Tyler Townsend (1863–1944), U.S. entomologist
• Charles Orrin Townsend (1863–??), U.S. bacteriologist
• Clifford Charles Townsend (1926–2018, C.C.Towns.), British botanist
• Frederick Townsend (1822–1905, F.Towns), botanist
• James Ian Townsend, New Zealand entomologist
• John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851, J.K.Towns.), U.S. ornithologist and botanist
• Josiah H. Townsend, U.S. herpetologist
• Ted M. Townsend, U.S. evolutionary biologist
• Victor R. Townsend Jr., U.S. arachnologist