John Xantus, Also known as Xántus János,Was a Hungarian Exile and Zoologist. John was born on October 5th 1825 in Csokonay, somogy Hungary. He had escaped hungary via the english in 1850 after being arrested during the nationalist uprisings of 1848-1849 )John Xantus de Vesey. (n.d.). Retrieved October 15, 2015. ). Xantus was a dabbler in all forms of work after he was moved to the us,Despite his other careers Xantus’s most notable work was in Zoology. He Had discovered his fair share of animal species specific to Cabo San Lucas. A Large Collection of these Species in the Unites States national Museum is directly credited to him for his discoveries.

Xantus's Contributions to Science were Solely seen in the field of Zoology. He had collected