Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (11 July 1876 – 20 March 1958) was a Brazilian writer and historian.

Afonso was born in the Palácio Rosado, the residence of Santa Catarina's governor.

He had one half-brother, João Pedro Nolasco, who was born in Paris and married a Basque woman, Maria de Lima.

Taunay is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Brazilian lizard, Colobodactylus taunayi.

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