Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel
Johann Jakob Heckel
Born	(1790-01-23)23 January 1790 Mannheim
Died	12 March 1857(1857-03-12) (aged 67) Vienna
Nationality	Austrian
Scientific career
Fields	Ichthyology Zoology
Institutions	Naturhistorisches Museum

Johann Jakob Heckel (23 January 1790 – 1 March 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate. He worked at the Royal natural history cabinet in Vienna which later became the Austrian Museum of Natural History.