A. N. Other is a pseudonym used by a person wishing to remain anonymous. It is also used as a placeholder name. A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... ... A placeholder name occupies a syntactic space between nouns and pronouns. ...

A. N. Other may be known as Anne Other if definitely female, Mr./Mrs. Other, Mr./Mrs. Average (in statistics; also Joe Average), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (especially used in hotels), Mr./Mrs./Miss Blank.

As well as the above examples the person may be defined by what they own or where they spend most of the time, such as Mr. Semi-detached, Mr. Down-the-Mine etc. For past people we talk of Mr. Smith (etc.) of yesteryear, and the opposite is Mr. Smith (etc.) of the future.

If known only by a first name they are usually John if male, Jane if female. There is course Tom, Dick and Harry but these are not applied to one person. Jonny is usually the name of a child (but also John and Jane).

More specialised versions would be Tommy Atkins (used in the First World War) and Walter Plinge (formerly used on theatre programmes). First World War British soldiers in the trenches Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that is particularly associated with World War I. German soldiers would call out to Tommy across no mans land if they wished to speak to... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Walter Plinge is a pseudonym, traditionally used in London theatres. ...

John Doe and Jane Doe and Fred Bloggs are other examples. In the USA, the name John Doe is used for a defendant or victim in a legal example or for a person whose identity is unknown or is intended to be anonymous. ... The surname Bloggs or the full name Joe Bloggs is a commonly used example name, or metasyntactic variable, in United Kingdom teaching, programming, and other thinking and writing. ...

Couples may be known as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bloggs, Mr. and Mrs. 2.4 Children (from the number of children the average family is supposed to have), and so on.

Jackie Stewart raced as "A.N. Other" early in his career, supposedly because his mother would worry if she knew he was racing cars. Jackie Stewart speaking at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Sir John Young Stewart OBE (born June 11, 1939 in Dumbartonshire, Scotland), better known as Jackie Stewart, is a three-time Formula One racing champion representing Great Britain. ...

The street A. N. Other lives on may be Any Street, Any Road, Acacia Road or High Street. The most common name for a road in Britain, however, is Station Rd., which is not used.

A. N. Other lives at Anytown or Anyton (this is adapted to Anytown-by-Sea for a seaside town and so on) or Bunting-by-Sea, Power Cable, Nebraska or Auchterturra. Sometimes he just lives in a known big city such as New York or London. Anytown, USA is a generic term for a fictional setting that has no definite location. ... Power Cable, Nebraska is a fictitious town in America used as a generic placename (that is, where people like A. N. Other live). ... Auchterturra is a fictitious town created by the Scottish comedy team Scotland the What. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

A. N. Other's credit card number is usually 1234 5678 9101 1213. Credit cards A credit card system is a type of retail transaction settlement and credit system, named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. ...

See also List of pseudonyms. This article gives a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. ...