List of pseudonyms
Appearance
This is a list of pseudonyms, in various categories.
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from his or her true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's noms de guerre, an author's pen name, a performer's stage name, or an alias used by visual artists, athletes, fashion designers, or criminals. Pseudonyms are occasionally used in fiction such as by superheroes or other fictional characters.
Social activists
- Aristides (William Lloyd Garrison)
- Frank Talk (Stephen Bantu Biko)
- H. Rap Brown (Hubert Gerold Brown)
- Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
- Malcolm X (Malcolm Little)
- Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
- VaGla (Piotr Waglowski)
- WhoIsParadise (Marcus Dawes)
Visual arts
- ABOVE (Tavar Zawaki)
- W. Andresen (Christian Wilhelm Allers)
- Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)
- Banksy (Robin Gunningham)
- Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)
- Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale)
- Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
- Cigoli (Lodovico Cardi)
- Coldmirror (Kathrin Fricke)
- Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret)
- DAIM (Mirko Reisser)
- Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi)
- Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri)
- El Greco (Dominikos Theotokópulos)
- Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
- Il Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)
- Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco)
- Giottino (Maso di Stefano)
- Henriett Seth F. (on Hungarian pseudonym Seth F. Henriett; on birth name Fajcsák Henrietta)[1]
- IceFrog (Unknown)
- Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi)
- Lee Krasner (Lena Krassner)
- Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro)
- A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron)
- Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
- Marc Chagall (Moishe Shagal)
- Masaccio (Tommaso Cassai or, in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone)
- Notch (Markus Persson)
- ουτις or OYTIΣ (István Orosz)
- Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
- Picasso (Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso)
- Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto)
- Il Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis or Giovanni Antonio Licinio according to Vasari)
- Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
- Ricco (Erich Wassmer)
- ROJO (David Quiles Guilló)
- Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz)
- SAMO (Jean-Michel Basquiat)
- Spy (Leslie Ward)
- Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
- Titian (Tiziano Vecelli)
- Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen)
- Utisz (István Orosz)
- Vecchietta (Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo)
Noms de guerre
- Abu Ammar (Yasir Arafat)
- 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 ("Spearhead" - 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.
- Legija ("Legion" – Milorad Ulemek)
- 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)
- Strongbow - (Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke)
- The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)
- The Red Knight (Pseudonym created by British journalists for Manfred von Richthofen)
- Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych)
- Tito (Josip Broz)
- Francisco "Pancho" Villa (José Doroteo Arango Arámbula)
- Wilk ("Wolf" - Aleksander Krzyżanowski)
- Znicz ("Candle" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
- Zośka (Tadeusz Zawadzki)
Pornography names
Pen names
Politicians
- Abel Djassi (Amílcar Cabral)
- Amor De Cosmos (William (Bill) Alexander Smith )
- Anacharsis Cloots (Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots)
- Anthony Garotinho (Anthony William Matheus de Oliveira)
- Bob Denard (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
- Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
- Che Guevara (Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna)
- Chemical Ali (Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti)
- Comandante Gonzalo (Abimael Guzmán)
- Germain (Ernest Mandel)
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Gheorghe Gheorghiu)
- Golda Meir (Golda Meyerson)
- Gracchus Babeuf (François-Noël Babeuf)
- Grigory Zinoviev (Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky)
- Gus Hall (Arvo Kustaa Halberg)
- Ho Chi Minh (Nguyễn Sinh Cung)
- Houari Boumedienne (Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba)
- János Kádár (János Csermanek)
- John Barron (Donald Trump)
- John Miller (Donald Trump)
- Joseph Estrada (Joseph Marcelo Ejército)
- Joseph Stalin (Ioseb Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili)
- Josip Tito (Josip Broz)
- J. Posadas (Homero Cristali)
- Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (José Alexandre Gusmão)
- Kim Il Sung (Kim Song Ju)
- La Pasionaria (Dolores Ibárruri)
- Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein)
- Lev Kamenev (Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld)
- Lula (Luiz Inácio da Silva)
- Martin Thembisile Hani (Chris Hani)
- Michel Pablo (Michel Raptis)
- Mobutu Sese Seko (Joseph-Désiré Mobutu)
- Nahuel Moreno (Hugo Bressano)
- Pol Pot (Saloth Sar)
- Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal)
- Publius (Alexander Hamilton)[2]
- Ronwaldo Reyes (Fernando Poe, Jr.)
- Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
- Tariq Aziz (Michael Yuhanna)
- Ted Grant (Isaac Blank)
- Tony Cliff (Ygael Gluckstein)
- Tristán Marof (Gustavo Navarro)
- Vyacheslav Molotov (Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Skryabin)
- Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov)
- William Rabbit (Katay Don Sasorith)
- Willy Brandt (Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)
Religion
- Acharya S (D. M. Murdock)
- Allan Kardec (Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail )
- Brother Andre (Alfred Bessette)
- Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone)
- Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
- Joseph of Cupertino (Giuseppe Maria Desa)
- Lord Mahavira (Vardhamana)
- Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
- Mata Amritanandamayi (Sudhamani)
- Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo)
- Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)
- Moses David (David Berg)
- His Divine Grace Abhay Charana-Aravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhay Charan De)
- Osho (Rajneesh Chandra Mohan)
- Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione)
- Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
- Sathya Sai Baba (Sathya Narayana Raju)
- Sister Dora (Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison)
- Swami Vivekananda (Narendranath Dutta)
- Thérèse of Lisieux (Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin)
- Yusuf Islam (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, formerly known as Cat Stevens)
Stage names
Matrinames
Sportspeople
- Abédi Pelé (Abédi Ayew)
- Akebono Taro (Chad Haaheo Rowan)
- Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff)
- Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, Jr.)
- Barney Oldfield (Berna Eli Oldfield)
- Bebeto (José Roberto Gama de Oliveira)
- Bubba Watson (Gerry Lester Watson, Jr.)
- Buddy Baker (Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr.)
- Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)
- Cale Yarborough (William Caleb Yarborough)
- Careca (Antonio de Oliveira Filho)
- Casey Stengel (Charles Dillon Stengel; originally named after the initials of his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, or "K.C.")
- Chad Ochocinco (Chad Javon Johnson)
- Chi Chi Rodriguez (Juan Antonio Rodriguez)
- Chipper Jones (Larry Wayne Jones, Jr.)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro)
- Dabo Swinney (William Christopher Swinney)
- Deco (Anderson Luiz de Sousa)
- Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu)
- Dida (Nélson de Jesus Silva)
- Duda (Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente)
- Fuzzy Zoeller (Frank Urban Zoeller, Jr.)
- Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos)
- Geki (Giacomo Russo)
- Gimax (Carlo Franchi)
- Goose Gossage (Richard Michael Gossage)
- Garry Kasparov (Garik Kimovich Weinstein)
- Raymond Kopa (Raymond Kopaszewski)
- He hate me (Rod Smart)
- Hellé Nice (Mariette Hélène Delangle)
- Henri Cornet (Henri Jaudry)
- Henry Arundel (Henry Fitzalan-Howard)
- Ickey Woods (Elbert L. Woods)
- Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
- JJ Lehto (Jyrki Järvilehto)
- Joe Louis (Joseph Louis Barrow)
- John Winter (Louis Krages)
- Johnny Dumfries (John Crichton-Stuart)
- Kaká (Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.; legally changed name after conversion to Islam)
- Karim Abdul-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah)
- Khaosai Galaxy (Sura Saenkham)
- Kid McCoy (Norman Selby)
- Konishiki Yasokichi (Salevaa Atisanoe)
- Kuba (Jakub Błaszczykowski)
- Leon Duray (George Stewart)
- Lolo Jones (Lori Jones)
- Lucien Petit-Breton (Lucien Mazan)
- Míchel (José Miguel González Martín)
- Metta World Peace (Ronald William Artest, Jr.)
- Mercury Morris (Eugene Edward Morris)
- Mo Martin (Melissa Linda Martin)
- Muggsy Bogues (Tyrone Curtis Bogues)
- Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
- Musashimaru Koyo (Fiamalu Penitani)
- Nenê (Maybyner Rodney Hilário; this is now his legal name)
- Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
- Pierre Levegh (Pierre Bouillin)
- Razor Ruddock (Donovan Ruddock)
- Rivaldo (Vitor Borba Ferreira)
- Rocket Ismail (Raghib Ramadian Ismail)
- Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano)
- Rollie Fingers (Roland Glen Fingers)
- Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima)
- Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira))
- Satchel Paige (Leroy Robert Paige)
- Spud Webb (Anthony Jerome Webb)
- Stanley Ketchel (Stanislaus Kiecal)
- Sugar Ray Leonard (Ray Charles Leonard)
- Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.)
- Suso (Jesús Fernandez Sáez)
- Takanohana Koji (Koji Hanada)
- Tony Zale (Anthony Florian Zaleski)
- W Williams (William Grover-Williams)
- Wakanohana Masaru (Masaru Hanada)
- Whitey Ford (Edward Charles Ford)
- Yogi Berra (Lawrence Peter Berra)
- Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra)
Criminals
- Al Capone (Alphonse Gabriel Capone)
- Arkan (Željko Ražnatović)
- Baby Face Nelson (Lester Joseph Gillis; also used the alias George Nelson)
- The Barefoot Bandit (Colton Harris-Moore)
- Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney; born William Henry McCarty, Jr.)
- Black Bart (Charles Earl Bowles)
- BTK (Dennis Rader)
- Bugsy Siegel (Benjamin Siegelbaum)
- Bumpy Johnson (Ellsworth Raymond Johnson)
- Buster Edwards (Ronald Christopher Edwards)
- Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker)
- Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez)
- Dutch Schultz (Arthur Flegenheimer)
- Frank Costello (Francesco Castiglia)
- Green River Killer (Gary Leon Ridgway)
- The Happy Face Killer (Keith Hunter Jesperson)
- Hillside Strangler (collective pseudonym for two serial killers, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi)
- The Iceman (Richard Kuklinski)
- The I-5 Killer (Randall Woodfield)
- Jack the Ripper (Unknown)
- Legs Diamond (Jack Diamond)
- Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby)
- Lucky Luciano (Salvatore Lucania)
- Machine Gun Kelly (George Celino Barnes)
- Meyer Lansky (Meyer Suchowljansky)
- Mickey Cohen (Meyer Harris Cohen)
- Murf the Surf (Jack Roland Murphy)
- Murray The Hump (Murray Humphreys)
- Ned Kelly (Edward Kelly)
- The Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez)
- Pretty Boy Floyd (Charles Arthur Floyd)
- Sara Jane Olson (Kathleen Soliah)
- Son of Sam (David Berkowitz)
- The Sundance Kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh)
- The Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski; pseudonym was an FBI acronym for UNiversities and Airline Bomber)
- Waxey Gordon (Irving Wexler)
- The Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe)
- The Zodiac Killer (Unknown)
Fashion and beauty
- Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel)
- Elizabeth Arden (Florence Nightingale Graham)
- Estée Lauder (Josephine Esther Mentzer)
- Halston (Roy Halston Frowick)
- Jil Sander (Heidemarie Jiline Sander)
- Jimmy Choo (Choo Yeang Keat)
- Karl Lagerfeld (Karl Otto Lagerfeldt)
- Manolo Blahnik (Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez)
- Marc Ecko (Marc Louis Milecofsky)
- Max Factor (Maksymilian Faktorowicz)
- Miu Miu (Miuccia Prada)
- Paco Rabanne (Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo)
Other real life pseudonyms
- Alexander Supertramp (Christopher McCandless)
- Bernard Shakey (Neil Young)
- Colonel Tom Parker (Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk)
- Divine Brown (Estella Marie Thompson)
- Emmanuel Goldstein (Eric Corley)
- John of God (João Teixeira de Faria)
- Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle MacLeod)
- Miss Cleo (Youree Dell Harris)
- Viktor Suvorov (Vladimir Rezun)
Pseudonyms used in fiction
Superhero genre
- The Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner) - Marvel Comics
- Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) - Marvel Comics
- Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) - Marvel Comics
- Wolverine (Logan, James Howlett) - Marvel Comics
- Captain America (Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers) - Marvel Comics
- Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent) - DC Comics
- Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira / Diana Prince) - DC comics
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) - DC Comics
- Catwoman (Selina Kyle) - DC Comics
- Catwoman (Patience Phillips) - 2004 film
- Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs) - Watchmen (Alan Moore graphic novel)
- Doctor Octopus (Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius) - Marvel Comics
- Huntress (Helena Wayne) - DC Comics
- Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) - DC Comics
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) - DC Comics
- Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) - DC Comics
- The Flash (Jay Garrick) - DC Comics
- The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) - DC Comics
- The Riddler (Dr. Edward Nigma) - DC Comics
Other fictional characters
- Lord Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) - Harry Potter Series
- Aramis (Henri d'Aramitz, le Chevalier d'Herblay) - The Three Musketeers
- Scarlet Pimpernel (Sir Percy Blakeney)
- Athos (Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle, Le Comte de La Fère) - The Three Musketeers
- Demosthenes (Valentine Wiggin)
- Chuck Finley (Sam Axe)
- d'Artagnan (Charles de Batz-Castelmore) - The Three Musketeers
- Dylan Sharp (Deryn Sharp - Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld)
- Jeff (Othello Jeffries from the comic strip Mutt and Jeff)
- Locke (Peter Wiggin)
- M (Sir Miles Messervy) - James Bond novels
- Q (Major Boothroyd) - James Bond Novels
- Regina Phalange (Phoebe Buffay) - Friends
- Porthos (Isaac de Porthau, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds) - The Three Musketeers
- Rusty Shackleford (Dale Gribble)
- Duke Silver (Ron Swanson)
- Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggin)
- Ken Adams (Joey Tribbiani) - Friends
- Art Vandelay (George Costanza) - Seinfeld
- La Volpe - Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega)
- Alucard (Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes)
- Mr. Underhill (Frodo Baggins) - Lord Of The Rings series
- The Shadow (Lamont Cranston)
- Clint Eastwood (Marty McFly) - Back To The Future Part III
- Heisenberg (Walter White) - Breaking Bad
- Saul Goodman (James "Jimmy" McGill) - Breaking Bad
- L (L Lawliet) - Death Note
- John Smith - Kyon
- The Doctor (Doctor Who) - Unknown
See also
- Literary initials
- List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames
- List of pseudonyms used in the American constitutional debates
- List of works published under a pseudonym
- Mononymous persons
- Nicknames of jazz musicians
References
- ^ Particular Educational Talents Support Council, 3rd annex http://www.tehetsegpont.hu/dokumentumok/eml_ntt_20110511.doc "Henriett Seth F. - The Rain Girl Artist" National Talents Support Council. Retrieved 2011-04-03
- ^ Entirety of Chapter Thirteen in Ron Chernow's "Alexander Hamilton"
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