Lesson, René Primevère (1794–1849) French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist.
Named genera:
Esacus 1829 = Esacus Thick-knees
(With I. Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire) Attagis 1831 = Attagis seedsnipes
Bartramia 1831 = Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Named species:
Charadrius Duvaucelii 1826 = River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
Charadrius lugubris 1826 = Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
C. Leschnaultii 1826 = Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
C. pyrrhocephalus 1826 = Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
C. larvtus 1828 = Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
C. taitensis 1828 = Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
A. gayi 1831 = Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
(With I. Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire) Tinochorus Orbignyianus 1831 = Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus
Named subspecies:
C. L. Leschnaultii 1826 = Greater Sandplover Charadrius l. leschenaultii
A. gayi gayi 1831 = Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi gayi
A. latreillii 1831 = Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi latreillii
(With I. Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire) Tinochorus O. Orbignyianus 1831 = Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinochorus o. orbignyianus