Jacques Surcouf

Jacques M R Surcouf (1873–1934) was a French entomologist. He held the title of baron and may have been of corsair descent

He published a number of notable studies, largely on the subject of flies. In 1909 he published a description of four new species of horse-fly (Tabanidae) from India and Assam with Gertrude Ricardo, a scientist from the British Museum. In 1911 he published a noted study of South American Diptera (flies) with R. Gonzales-Rincones.

Surcouf was a difficult person to work with and clashed with his peers, particularly, for example, Eugene Seguy.

He was a member of the Société entomologique de France starting in 1905, and the president of the Société entomologique de France in 1921.