List of pseudonyms

This article gives a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. Pseudonyms are similar to, but distinct from, secret identities.

Artists, sculptors, architects

• Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)
• Banksy (Unknown)
• Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)
• Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale)
• Cigoli (Lodovico Cardi)
• Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
• Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret)
• Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri)
• El Greco (Dominikos Theotokópulos)
• Il Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)
• Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco)
• Giottino (Maso di Stefano)
• Giovanni Barbbaro (Arthur Dudley)
• Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi)
• Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro)
• A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron)
• Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
• Masaccio (Tommaso Cassai or, in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone)
• ουτις or OYTIΣ (István Orosz)
• Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
• phelgo (Unknown)
• Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto)
• Il Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis or Giovanni Antonio Licinio according to Vasari)
• Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
• Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen)
• Utisz (István Orosz)
• Vecchietta (Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo)

Noms de guerre, war code names

• Borelowski (Michał Grażyński)
• Bór ("Forest" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
• Carcassonne (name of a city) - Marc Bloch
• Dassault ("For assault" - Darius Paul Bloch)
• Grabica (name of mountain - Stefan Rowecki)
• Grot ("Arrowhead" - Stefan Rowecki)
• Grzegorz ("Gregory", a name - Tadeusz Pełczyński)
• Hubal (Henryk Dobrzański)
• Jean Jérome - Michel Feintuch
• Kalina ("Cranberry" - Stefan Rowecki)
• Korczak (surname or coat of arms name - Tadeusz Komorowski)
• J. Krzemień (Florian Marciniak)
• Lawina ("Avalanche" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
• Leclerc - Philippe François Marie, comte de Hauteclocque, later his legal name.
• Monter ("Assembler" - Antoni Chruściel)
• Niedźwiadek ("Bear cub" - Leopold Okulicki)
• Nil ("Nile river " - August Emil Fieldorf)
• Orsza (Stanisław Broniewski)
• Ponury ("Gloomy" - Jan Piwnik)
• Radosław (a name - Jan Mazurkiewicz)
• Rakoń (name of mountain - Stefan Rowecki)
• The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)
• Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych)
• Tito (Josip Broz)
• Wilk ("Wolf" - Aleksander Krzyżanowski)
• Znicz ("Candle" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
• Zośka (Tadeusz Zawadzki)

Pen names

Note: List of Urdu language poets provides pen names for a range of Urdu poets.

• A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner, one of several he published under)
• Abhishek Kumar Yadav (Annu)
• Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips)
• Abram Tertz (Andrei Sinyavsky)
• Acton Bell (Anne Brontë)
• Æ (George William Russell)
• Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier)
• Alan Gould (Victor Canning)
• Alan Smithee (name used by American film directors under certain circumstances)
• Alberto Moravia (Alberto Pincherle)
• Ann Landers (Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer)
• Alcofribas Nasier (François Rabelais)
• Alexander Barks (Charlie Christensen)
• Anatole France (Jacques Anatole François Thibault)
• Andrew MacDonald (William Luther Pierce)
• Anne Rice (Howard Allen O'Brien)
• Anne Knish (Arthur Davison Ficke)
• Arkon Daraul (likely Idries Shah)
• Ashida Kim (Radford William Davis)
• Seiko Legru (Janwillem van de Wetering)
• Banaphool (Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy)
• Barbara Michaels (Barbara Mertz)
• Blaise Cendrars (Frédéric Louis Sauser)
• Bob Hart (Al Trace|Albert J. Trace)
• Boris Akunin (Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili)
• Boz (Charles Dickens)
• Boz (Raymond "Boz" Burrell)
• Branislav Nušić (Ben Akiba)
• Bruno Traven
• Brynjolf Bjarme (Henrik Ibsen)
• Carter Dickson (also Carr Dickson: John Dickson Carr)
• Cherry Wilder (Cherry Barbara Grimm)
• Cherubina de Gabriak (Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva)
• Christopher Hunter (Radford William Davis)
• Clem Watts ([Albert J. Trace)
• Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)
• Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë)
• Curzio Malaparte (Kurt Erich Suckert)
• Daniel Defoe (Daniel Foe)
• Daniil Kharms (Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev)
• Danuta de Rhodes (Dan Rhodes)
• David Axton (Dean Koontz)
• David Michaels (Raymond Benson)
• Dazai Osamu (Shuji Tsushima)
• Dear Abby (Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips)
• Douglas Spaulding (Ray Bradbury)
• Doctor A Isaac Asimov
• Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
• Ed McBain (Evan Hunter, born as Salvatore A. Lombino)
• Edith Van Dyne (L. Frank Baum)
• Edogawa Rampo (Hirai Tarō)
• Edward Pygge (Ian Hamilton, Clive James, Russell Davies)
• Edwin Caskoden (Charles Major)
• Elia (Charles Lamb)
• Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz)
• Ellis Bell (Emily Brontë)
• Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter)
• Elsa Triolet (Elsa Kagan)
• Elsie J. Oxenham (Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley)
• Emanuel Morgan (Witter Bynner)
• Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark)
• Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan)
• Francis Bennett (Edwin Keppel Bennett)
• Françoise Sagan (Françoise Quoirez)
• George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
• George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
• George Sand (Amandine Dupin)
• Georges Courteline (Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux
• Grace Greenwood (Sara Jane Lippincott)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky)
• H.N. Turtletaub (Harry Turtledove)
• Hard Pan (Geraldine Bonner)
• Harold Robbins (Harold Rubin)
• Havank (Hans van der Kallen)
• Hergé (Georges Remi)
• Hugh Conway (Frederick John Fargus)
• Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg)
• Irwin Shaw (Irwin Shamforoff)
• Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
• Italo Svevo (Ettore Schmitz)
• J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
• J. K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling)
• James Dillinger (James Robert Baker)
• James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Sheldon)
• Jay Livingston (Jacob Harold Levison)
• Jean Paul (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter)
• Jean Plaidy (Eleanor Hibbert)
• Johann Joachim Sautscheck (Roman Turovsky-Savchuk)
• John Beynon (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)
• John Christopher (Samuel Youd)
• John le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell)
• John Wyndham (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)
• Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski)
• Julia Quinn (Julia Pottinger)
• Korney Chukovsky (Nikolay Vasilyevich Korneychukov)
• Keno (Eric Killinger)
• Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
• Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol)
• Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
• Lorenzo da Ponte (Emmanuele Conegliano )
• Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches)
• Lu Lung (Alicia Garcia)
• Maironis (Jonas Mačiulis)
• Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky)
• Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
• Martin Roberts (Ralph de Vore)
• Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie)
• Michael Arlen (Dikran Kuyumjian)
• Michael Serafian (Malachi Martin)
• Michael Innes (J. I. M. Stewart)
• Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)
• Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)
• Murray Leinster (Will F. Jenkins)
• Nancy Boyd (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• Natsume Sōseki (Natsume Kinnosuke)
• Nisa (Nicola Salerno), Italian lyricist
• Nicolas Bourbaki (a group of 20th-century mathematicians)
• Novalis (Friedrich Leopold)
• O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
• Ogdred Weary (Edward Gorey)
• Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton)
• Pablo Neruda (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto)
• Paul Annixter (Howard Allison Sturtzel)
• Paul Celan (Paul Antschel)
• Paul French Isaac Asimov
• Jean Ray (Jean Raymond Marie de Kremer)
• Pauline Réage (Anne Desclos)
• Peter Gast (Heinrich Köselitz)
• Pierre Loti (Louis Marie Julien Viaud)
• Piers Anthony (Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob)
• Phillip Guston (Phillip Goldstein)
• Publius (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, when writing The Federalist Papers)
• Q (Arthur Quiller-Couch)
• Rafael Lefort, anagram of "a real effort", Idries Shah
• Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
• Richard Leander (Richard von Volkmann)
• Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr.)
• Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis)
• Roger Fairbairn (John Dickson Carr)
• Romain Gary (Romain Kacew)
• Rosemary Edghill (eluki bes shahar)
• Saint-John Perse (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger)
• Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
• Salomėja Nėris (Salomėja Bučinskaitė-Bučienė)
• Sapper (H. C. McNeile)
• Sierra Needle (Emily Axford)
• Silence Dogood (Benjamin Franklin)
• Sister Nivedita (Margaret Elizabeth Noble)
• Stash Cairo (Craig Hamilton)
• Stefan Brockhoff (Dieter Cunz, Richard Plant, Oskar Seidlin)
• Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis)
• Stein Riverton (Sven Elvestad, born as Kristoffer Elvestad Svendsen)
• Student (William Sealey Gosset, discoverer of Student's t-distribution in statistics)
• Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton)
• The Fredman (Karl Mikael Bellman)
• Thoinot Arbeau (Jehan Tabourot)
• Tite Kubo (Noriaki Kubo)
• TM Maple (Jim Burke)
• Toni Morrison (Chloe Anthony Wofford)
• Trevanian (Rodney William Whitaker
• Tristan Tzara (Sami Rosenstock)
• Vercors (Jean Bruller)
• Vernon Sullivan (Boris Vian)
• Umberto Saba (Umberto Poli)
• Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
• Walter (Henry Spencer Ashbee)
• Willibald Alexis (Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Haring)
• Woody Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg)
• Yevegny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev)
• Yukio Mishima (Kimitake Hiraoka)

Politicians

• Abel Djassi (Amílcar Cabral)
• Anacharsis Cloots (Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots)
• An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (Douglas Hyde)
• Anthony Garotinho (Anthony William Matheus de Oliveira)
• Bob Denard (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
• Che Guevara (Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna)
• Comandante Gonzalo (Abimael Guzmán)
• Germain (Ernest Mandel)
• Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej [Gheorghe Gheorghiu)
• Gracchus Babeuf (François-Noël Babeuf)
• Grigory Zinoviev (Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky)
• Gus Hall (Arvo Kusta Halberg)
• Ho Chi Minh (Nguyễn Sinh Cung)
• Houari Boumedienne (Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba)
• H. Rap Brown (Hubert Gerold Brown)
• Iñaki de Rentería (Ignacio Gracia Arregui)
• János Kádár (János Csermanek)
• Joseph Estrada (Joseph Marcelo Ejército)
• Joseph Stalin (Iosif Vissarionovich Djugashvili)
• Josip Tito (Josip Broz)
• J. Posadas (Homero Cristali)
• J.R. Johnson (Cyril Lionel Robert James)
• Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (José Alexandre Gusmão)
• Kim Il Sung (Kim Song Ju)
• Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
• La Pasionaria (Dolores Ibárruri)
• Léon José de Ramírez Reina (Léon Degrelle)
• Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein)
• Lev Kamenev (Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld)
• Loulou (Enver Hoxha)
• Lula (Luiz Inácio da Silva)
• Martin Thembisile Hani (Chris Hani)
• Michel Pablo (Michel Raptis)
• Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (Joseph-Désiré Mobutu)
• Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
• Nahuel Moreno (Hugo Bressano)
• Pol Pot (Saloth Sar)
• Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal)
• Ronwaldo Reyes (Fernando Poe, Jr.)
• Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
• Sara Jane Olson (Kathleen Soliah)
• Tariq Aziz (Michael Yuhanna)
• Ted Grant (Isaac Blank)
• Tetsuzo Fuwa (Kenjiro Ueda; named after N. I. Bukharin)
• Tony Cliff (Ygael Gluckstein)
• Tristán Marof (Gustavo Navarro)
• Vyacheslav Molotov (Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Skryabin)
• Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov)
• William Rabbit (Katay Don Sasorith)
• Willy Brandt (Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)
• X (George F. Kennan)

Religion

• Acharya S (D. Murdock)
• Allan Kardec (Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail )
• Mata Amritanandamayi (Sudhamani)
• His Divine Grace Abhay Charana-Aravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhay Charan De)
• Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
• Yusuf Islam (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, formerly known as Cat Stevens)
• Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj (Nrsimha Chakravarti)
• Lord Mahavira (Vardhamana)
• Osho (Rajneesh Chandra Mohan)
• Sathya Sai Baba (Sathya Narayana Raju)
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)
• Swami Vivekananda (Narendranath Dutta)

Stage names

See List of stage names.

Sportspeople

• Abédi Pelé (Abédi Ayew)
• Akebono Taro (Chad Haaheo Rowan)
• Al Bummy Davis (Abraham Davidoff)
• Bebeto (José Roberto Gama de Oliveira)
• Bob Baumeister (Reto Demhold)
• Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)
• Careca (Antonio de Oliveira Filho)
• Deco (Anderson Luiz de Sousa)
• Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu)
• Dida (Nélson de Jesus Silva)
• Eduardo Golding (David Edward Michael Gordon Copleston)
• Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos)
• Garry Kasparov (Gari Weinstein)
• Raymond Kopa (Raymond Kopaszewski)
• He hate me (Rod Smart)
• Henri Cornet (Henri Jaudry)
• Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
• Joe Louis (Joseph Louis Barrow)
• Kaká (Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr)
• Karim Abdul-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah)
• Khaosai Galaxy (Sura Saenkham)
• Kid McCoy (Norman Selby)
• Kline (Roland Lam)
• Konishiki Yasokichi (Salevaa Atisanoe)
• Lucien Petit-Breton (Lucien Mazan)
• Míchel (José Miguel González Martín)
• Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
• Musashimaru Koyo (Fiamalu Penitani)
• Nenê (Maybyner Rodney Hilario; this is now his legal name)
• Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
• Rivaldo (Vitor Borba Ferreira)
• Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano)
• Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira)
• Stanley Ketchel (Stanislaus Kiecal)
• Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.)
• Takanohana Koji (Koji Hanada)
• Tony Zale (Anthony Florian Zaleski)
• Wakanohana Masaru (Masaru Hanada)
• Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra)

Fictional

• Rusty Shackleford (Dale Gribble)
• Demosthenes (Valentine Wiggin)
• Locke (Peter Wiggin)

Other

• Aramis (Chevalier d'Herblay)
• Art Vandelay (George Costanza)
• Athos (Le Comte de La Fère)
• The Big Deal (Brice Jordan Foutch)
• Bernard Shakey (Neil Young)
• Colonel Tom Parker (Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk)
• Emmanuel Goldstein (Eric Corley)
• Manoj (Mayank)
• Maxwell Nerdstrom
• Porthos (Monsieur du Vallon)
• Viktor Suvorov (Vladimir Rezun)

See also

• Literary initials
• List of notable pen names
• List of pseudonyms used in the American constitutional debates
• List of works published under a pseudonym

External links

• FamousFolk - An extensive list of pseudonyms