This article gives a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. Pseudonyms are similar to, but distinct from, secret identities. A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ... For other uses of this term, please see Secret identity (disambiguation). ...

Artists, sculptors, architects

• Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)
• 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)
• 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)

Nude with arms raised, oil on canvas, 1951 by Balthus Balthazar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 in Paris – February 18, 2001) was an esteemed Polish/French modern artist whose work was ultimately anti-modern. ... Pietà with St Sebastian and St Roch by Bartolomeo Suardi at the Parish Church of Somma Lombardo, Italy Bartolomeo Suardi (c. ... The Stonemasons Yard, painted 1726-30. ... Lodovico Cigoli Lodovico Cardi called Cigoli (1559, Villa Castelvecchi di Cigoli - 1613, Rome)) is an Italian painter, architect and poet, born at Cigoli in Tuscany. ... Romain de Tirtoff (pseudonym Erté, a French pronunciation of initials ) (November 23, 1892 - 1990) was a French artist and designer. ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-born architect and writer, who is famous for his contributions to what now is called Modern Architecture. ... Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape, 1514 - 1516. ... El Greco (The Greek, 1541 – April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. ... It has been suggested that Benvenuto Tisio be merged into this article or section. ... A purported self-portrait of Giorgione, represented in the guise of David. ... Giottino (1324 - 1357) was an early Florentine painter. ... (1525) Oil on canvas, 206 x 154 cm Galleria Palatina, Florence Il Sodoma (1477 - February 14, 1549?) was the name given to the Italian Mannerist painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi (also wrongly spelled Razzi). ... Lo Spagna (d. ... The poster Normandie (1935) is Cassandres most famous design Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, born January 24, 1901 - died June 19, 1968, was an influential Ukrainian-French painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer. ... Man Ray, photographed at Gaite-Montparnasse exhibition in Paris by Carl Van Vechten on June 16, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. ... Masaccio (born Tommaso Cassai or in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone; December 21, 1401 – autumn 1428), was the first great painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. ... István Orosz (b. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Categories: 1911 Britannica | Stub | Italian painters | Gothic painting | 1380 births | 1456 deaths ... Golgotha, by Pordenone, Cathedral of Cremona. ... Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ... Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin) September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance. ... A typical Tom of Finland hunk Tom of Finland (May 8, 1920 – November 7, 1991) (born Touko Laaksonen in Kaarina, Finland) was a fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. ... Utisz: Self portrait Utisz (the Hungarian spelling of the Greek name ουτις, or OYTIΣ, pronounced: outis) often used pseudonym of István Orosz Hungarian visual artist. ... Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo (c. ...

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)

MichaÅ‚ GrażyÅ„ski MichaÅ‚ GrażyÅ„ski (b. ... Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (June 1, 1895 - August 24, 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (Bór being one of his wartime code-names), Polish military leader, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Carcassonne (Carcassona in Occitan) is a fortified French town, in the Aude département of which it is the préfecture, in the former province of Languedoc. ... Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (July 6, 1886 – June 16, 1944) was a French historian of medieval France in the period between the First and Second World Wars, and a founder of the Annales School. ... Darius Paul Dassault born Darius Paul Bloch (* 13 January 1882 in Paris; † 1969) was a French General who was in the French Résistance in World War 2. ... Stefan PaweÅ‚ Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, hence called Stefan Grot-Rowecki, 1895-1944?) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. ... Stefan PaweÅ‚ Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, hence called Stefan Grot-Rowecki, 1895-1944?) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Major Henryk DobrzaÅ„ski aka Hubal (1897 - 1940) was a Polish soldier, sportsman and partisan, one of the first (if not the first) guerrilla commanders in World War II. Biography Memorial to Henryk DobrzaÅ„ski in Kielces old cemetery Henryk DobrzaÅ„ski was born on June 22, 1897, in... Jean Jérome (born MichaÅ‚ - French: Mikhaël or Michel - Feintuch, took the pseudonym in 1940; 1906—1990) was a Polish Jew-French communist activist and Resistance member. ... Stefan PaweÅ‚ Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, hence called Stefan Grot-Rowecki, 1895-1944?) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. ... Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (June 1, 1895 - August 24, 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (Bór being one of his wartime code-names), Polish military leader, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Florian Marciniak codename: Jerzy Nowak, Nowak, J.KrzemieÅ„, Szary, Flo (b. ... Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (June 1, 1895 - August 24, 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (Bór being one of his wartime code-names), Polish military leader, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Philippe de Hauteclocque, often known by his French resistance alias Leclerc (November 22, 1902 - November 28, 1947), was a Marshal of France. ... Gen. ... General Leopold Okulicki (noms de guerre Kobra, Niedźwiadek; 1898-1946) was a General of the Polish Army and the last commander of the Home Army during the World War II. He was murdered by the NKVD after the war. ... StanisÅ‚aw Broniewski codename: Stefan Orsza, Witold, K. KrzemieÅ„ (born December 29, 1915 in Warsaw - died December 30, 2000 in WesoÅ‚a near Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish economist, Naczelnik of the scouting resistance and second lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa during the Second World War. ... Jan Piwnik (1912-1944; nom de guerre Ponury, Donat) was a Polish World War II soldier, a cichociemny and a notable leader of the Home Army in the ÅšwiÄ™tokrzyskie Mountains area. ... Jan Mazurkiewicz (1896-1988), codename RadosÅ‚aw, was a colonel of Armia Krajowa, general in Ludowe Wojsko Polskie, vice-president of ZBoWiD. Member of Polish Legions in World War I. In Polish resistance he was a commander of Tajna Organizacja Wojskowa and later Kedyw. ... Stefan PaweÅ‚ Rowecki (pseudonym: Grot, hence called Stefan Grot-Rowecki, 1895-1944?) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. ... “Red Baron” redirects here. ... Roman Shukhevych (Ukrainian: ; also known by his pseudonym Taras Chuprynka) (b. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... Aleksander Krzyżanowski (1895 - 1951) – was a Polish officer, major, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and Commandant of the Armia Krajowa in the Wilno (now Vilnius) region. ... Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (June 1, 1895 - August 24, 1966), better known by the name Bór-Komorowski (Bór being one of his wartime code-names), Polish military leader, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Tadeusz Zawadzki codename: ZoÅ›ka, Kajman, Kotwicki, Lech PomaraÅ„czowy, Tadeusz (b. ...

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)
• 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 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)
• 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)

Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933), 1953 U.S. paperback edition The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1956), 1958 Pan paperback edition. ... Abigail Van Buren is a pseudonym or pen name used by the writers of the Dear Abby column, Pauline Phillips (born July 4, 1918) and her successor, her daughter Jeanne Phillips. ... Andrei Sinyavsky Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: Андрей Донатович Синявский) (1925 - 1997) was a Russian writer, dissident, gulag survivor, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher. ... Acton Bell was the pseudonym of Anne Brontë, the sixth and last child in her family. ... George William Russell, a. ... Alain Fournier (1943-2000) was a computer graphics researcher. ... Victor Canning (born 1911) was a prolific British author of spy thrillers and adventure novels. ... Alan Smithee, Allen Smithee, Alan Smythee, and Adam Smithee are pseudonyms used between 1968 and 1999 by Hollywood film directors who wanted to be dissociated from a film for which they no longer wanted credit. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Alberto Moravia. ... Ann Landers, 1961 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Ann Landers Esther Eppie Pauline Friedman Lederer, better known as Ann Landers (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), was best known for writing the famous syndicated advice column Ann Landers. ... François Rabelais François Rabelais (c. ... Anatole France (April 16, 1844 – October 12, 1924) was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole François Thibault. ... William Luther Pierce III (September 11, 1933 – July 23, 2002) was the leader of the white separatist National Alliance organization, and a principal ideologue of the white nationalist movement. ... Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. ... Spectra are conditions or values that vary over a continuum. ... Arkon Daraul is the name of the author of A History of Secret Societies (1961), a popular occult/conspiracy work dealing with, among other topics, the Assassins, the Knights Templar, Rosicrucians, Chinese Triads and the Carbonari. ... Idries Shah (16 June 1924–23 November 1996) (Arabic: ), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayyid Idris al-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس الهاشمي), was an author in the Naqshbandi sufist tradition on works ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies. ... Ashida Kim is a Florida-based American martial arts teacher and author best known for his books on ninjitsu training. ... Banaphool (sometimes translated as Banaphul or Bonoful) is the pen name of the Bengali author, playwright and poet, Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy (1899–1979). ... Elizabeth Peters (a pen-name of Barbara Mertz) has written many books in the mystery genre, featuring strong female protagonists and many archaeological connections. ... Frédéric Louis Sauser (September 1, 1887 – January 21, 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss novelist and poet naturalized French in 1916. ... Albert J. Trace (b. ... Boris Akunin (Russian: ) is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili (Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили), born May 20, 1956, a Russian essayist, literary translator, and fiction writer. ... Boz may refer to: people Boz (long o), an early pen name of Charles Dickens, and the name under which he published his first work, Sketches by Boz. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... Boz may refer to: people Boz (long o), an early pen name of Charles Dickens, and the name under which he published his first work, Sketches by Boz. ... Boz Burrell (born Raymond Burrell) 1 August 1946 in Lincoln, England–21 September 2006 in Spain was a bass guitarist known for his involvement in bands such as King Crimson and Bad Company. ... Branislav NuÅ¡ić, 1894 Branislav NuÅ¡ić (Бранислав Нушић) was a Serbian novelist, playwright, comediographer, story writer, essayist, founder of modern Rhetoric in Serbia. ... B. Traven (b. ... Ibsen redirects here. ... John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1905 _ February 27, 1977) was a prolific American-born author of detective stories who also published under the pen names Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. ... The Four False Weapons (1948), 1961 Pan paperback edition. ... Cherry Wilder (September 3, 1930 _ March 14, 2002) was the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm. ... Elisaveta Dmitrieva Cherubina de Gabriak (Russian: ) was a literary pseudonym of Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva (Russian: ; 1887–1928) most probably together with Maximilian Voloshin. ... Ashida Kim is the pseudonym of self-proclaimed ninja Christopher Hunter, best known for his books on ninjitsu and martial arts published during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Albert J. Trace (b. ... Cordwainer Smith – pronounced CORDwainer Smith – was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966) for his science fiction works. ... Charlotte Brontë - idealized portrait, 1873 (based on a drawing by George Richmond, 1850) Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 - March 31, 1855) was an English writer. ... Curzio Malaparte Curzio Malaparte (June 9, 1898 - July 19, 1957), born as Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, novelist and diplomat. ... Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] â€“ April 24 [?], 1731)[1] was an English writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... Daniil Kharms Daniil Kharms (Russian: ) (30 December 1905/Gregorian calendar: 12 January 1906 - 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era satirist who used a surrealist or absurdist style. ... Dan Rhodes is a British author who was born in 1972. ... Dean Ray Koontz, born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania, is a prolific and best-selling fiction author known primarily for his popular suspense novels. ... David Michaels is a pseudonym for the author of the novel series Splinter Cell. ... Osamu Dazai (太宰 æ²» Dazai Osamu, June 19, 1909 in Aomori Prefecture - June 13, 1948) was a Japanese author. ... Dear Abby is the most popular syndicated advice column which was founded in 1956 by Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips and is currently written by her daughter, Abigail Van Buren, also know as Jeanne Phillips. ... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist best known for his classic childrens books under the pen name Dr. Seuss, including The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and One Fish Two Fish Red... Ed McBain may refer to: The best known pseudonym used by American author Evan Hunter A gunrunner in the 1961 western film The Comancheros Category: ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 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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)

Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots (1755 - March 24, 1794), better known as Anacharsis Cloots, a noteworthy figure in the French Revolution, was born near Cleves, at the castle of Génadenthal. ... Douglas Hyde, circa 1912 Douglas Hyde (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde) (17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949) was an Anglo-Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. ... Anthony William Garotinho Matheus de Oliveira (born Rio de Janeiro, 1960) is a Brazilian politician. ... Colonel Bob Denard, known in Arabic as Said Mustapha Mahdjoub (born April 7, 1929 in Bordeaux, France as Gilbert Bourgeaud) is perhaps the most famous and influential mercenary in the last fifty years. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor , political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ... Abimael Guzman Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso (born 3 December 1934), known also as President Gonzalo, is a former professor of philosophy who became the leader of the Communist Party of Peru, a terrorist Maoist movement known also as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso in Spanish). ... Germain is the name of more than one thing: Germain automobile is a car marque from Belgium. ... Gheorghiu-Dej (center) and CeauÅŸescu (left) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (November 8, 1901, Bârlad - March 19, 1965, Bucharest) was the Communist leader of Romania from 1948 until his death in 1965. ... François-Noël Babeuf (November 23, 1760 - May 27, 1797), known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French political agitator and journalist of the revolutionary period. ... Grigory Zinoviev Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евс́еевич Зин́овьев, alternative transliteration Grigorii Ovseyevish Zinoviev, born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky (Радомысльский), also known as Hirsch Apfelbaum, (September 23 [O.S. September 11] 1883 - August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician. ... Gus Hall Gus Hall (October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a labor organizer, a founder of the United Steelworkers of America trade union, a leader of the Communist Party USA, and five-time U.S. presidential candidate. ... For the city named after him, see Ho Chi Minh City. ... Houari Boumédiènne (original name Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba) (August 23, 1932 - December 27, 1978) was President of Algeria from 19 June 1965 to 27 December 1978 (Chairman of the Revolutionary Council until 12 December 1976). ... H. Rap Brown in 1967 H. Rap Brown now known as Jamil Al-Amin (born October 4, 1943) came to prominence in the 1960s as a civil rights worker, black activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Justice Minister of the Black Panther Party. ... János Kádár, né Giovanni Csermanek (his Italian first name was due to the laws of Fiume, his father denied paternity and refused to support his mother Borbála[1]) (May 26, 1912–July 6, 1989), was the communist leader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988, and twice... Joseph Ejercito Estrada, more popularly known as Erap (born Jose Marcelo Ejercito on April 19, 1937), is a popular former film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... J. Posadas (1912-1981) (occasionally referred to as Juan Posadas), was the pseudonym of Homero Cristali, an Argentinian Trotskyist. ... President Xanana Gusmão Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (born June 20, 1946), born José Alexandre Gusmão, is the inaugural President of the small nation of East Timor in Southeast Asia. ... Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1912–July 8, 1994) was a Korean Communist politician and the ruler of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) from 1948 until his death. ... Stokely Carmichael Stokely Carmichael (June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998), also known as Kwame Ture, was an American Black activist and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panther Party. ... Dolores Ibarruri Dolores Ibárruri Gómez, also known as La Pasionaria (the passion flower) (November 12, 1895–December 9, 1989) was a Spanish political leader. ... Leon Trotsky (Russian:  , Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (), was an Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... Lev Borisovich Kamenev   (Russian: Лев Борисович Каменев, born Rosenfeld, Розенфельд) (July 18 [O.S. July 6] 1883 – August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician. ... Louise Levêque de Vilmorin (4 April 1904-26 December 1969) was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist. ... Lula may refer to: // [edit] Geography Lula, a village in Groningen province, the Netherlands. ... Chris Hani, born Martin Thembisile Hani (June 28, 1942 – April 10, 1993) was the leader of the South African Communist Party. ... Michel Pablo (August 24, 1911 - February 17, 1996 ) was the pseudonym of Michalis N. Raptis, a Greek Trotskyist leader. ... Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (October 14, 1930 – September 7, 1997), known commonly as Mobutu, or Mobutu Sese Seko, born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for 32 years (1965–1997), in which he rose to power... Mary Harris Jones (August 1, 1837 – November 30, 1930), better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent American labor and community organizer, and Wobbly. ... Nahuel Moreno (April 24, 1924 - January 25, 1987) (real name Hugo Bressano) was a Trotskyist leader from Argentina. ... Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot, was the leader of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially renamed the Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979, having been de facto leader since mid-1975. ... Prachanda (NepālÄ«: प्रचण्ड pracaṇḍa, born Pushpa Kamal Dahal on December 11, 1954) is the leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). ... Ronwaldo Reyes is a pseudonym under which popular Filipino actor Fernando Poe, Jr. ... Colonel Bob Denard, known in Arabic as Said Mustapha Mahdjoub (born April 7, 1929 as Gilbert Bourgeaud in Bordeaux, France) is perhaps the most famous and influential mercenary in the last fifty years. ... Kathleen Soliah (born January 16, 1947) is an American woman who was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in the 1970s. ... Tariq Aziz Mikhail Yuhanna, later and more popularly known as Tariq Aziz or Tareq Aziz, (Arabic: طارق عزيز, Syriac: ܜܪܩ ܥܙܝܙ) (born 1936 in Tel Keppe) was the Foreign Minister (1983 – 1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979 – 2003) of Iraq, and a close advisor of former President Saddam Hussein for decades. ... Edward (Ted) Grant (born July 9, 1913) is a Trotskyist politician. ... Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin ( Russian: Николай Иванович Бухарин), ( October 9 ( September 27 Old Style) 1888 – March 13, 1938) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and intellectual, and later a Soviet politician. ... Tony Cliff (May 20, 1917 – May 9, 2000) was a Trotskyist revolutionary activist. ... For other uses, see Molotov (disambiguation). ... “Lenin” redirects here. ... Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (December 18, 1913 - October 8, 1992), was a German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1969 – 1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1964 – 1987. ... George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as the father of containment and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. ...

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)
• Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
• Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ben Yosef)
• Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła)

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Stage names

Main article (with full list): Stage name A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ...

• Adrock (Adam Horowitz)
• Alan Dale (Aldo Sigismondi)
• Albert Brooks (Albert Lawrence Einstein)
• Alex Lifeson (Alexander Zivojinovich)
• Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier)
• Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook)
• Alla Nazimova (Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon)
• Alpha Blondy (Seydou Koné)
• André 3000 (André Benjamin)
• Anita O'Day (Anita Belle Colton)
• Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Italiano)
• Aphex Twin (Richard David James)
• Ashley Judd (Ashley Tyler Ciminella)
• Ashok Kumar (Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly)
• Ayọ (Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin)
• Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds)
• Barbara (Monique Serf)
• Beck (Bek David Campbell)
• Bela Lugosi (Be'la Ferenc Dezso Blasko)
• Betty Hutton (Elizabeth June Thornburg)
• Big Boi (Antwan André Patton)
• The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.)
• Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough)
• Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad)
• Billy Ocean (Leslie Charles)
• Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto)
• Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)
• Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)
• Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins)
• Bono (Paul Hewson)
• Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)
• Buddy Clark (Samuel Goldberg)
• Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
• Burning Spear (Winston Rodney)
• Burt Holiday (Bonaldo Bonaldi)
• Cantinflas (Mario Moreno)
• Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre)
• Carole Lombard (Jane Alice Peters)
• Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)
• Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, later Yusuf Islam)
• Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Dorléac)
• Cathy Carr (Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano)
• Charlie Laine (Tiffany Louise Gard)
• Charlie Sheen (Carlos Irwin Estevez)
• Charlton Heston (John Charles Carter)
• Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
• Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolanos)
• Chocolate Cube (Rowan Melvyn Thomas Phillips)
• Cilla Black (Priscilla White)
• Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins)
• Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III)
• Coolio (Artis Ivey, Jr.)
• Cozy Powell (Colin Flooks)
• Damia (Marie-Louise Damien)
• D'Angelo (Michael Archer, Sr.)
• Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski)
• David Bowie (David Robert Jones)
• David Copperfield (David Seth Kotkin)
• David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian)
• Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti)
• Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo)
• Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover)
• Dharmendra (Dharam Singh Deol)
• Diane Keaton (Diane Hall)
• Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan)
• Dirk Bogarde (Derek van den Bogaerde)
• Donna Summer (LaDonna Andrea Gaines)
• Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff)
• Duane Allman (Howard Duane Allman)
• Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)
• The Edge (David Evans)
• Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
• Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus)
• Eminem (Marshall Mathers III)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold Dorsey)
• Eric Clapton (Eric Clapp)
• Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholemew)
• Ernest Borgnine (Ermes Effron Borgnino)
• Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman)
• Fatboy Slim (Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook)
• Flea (Michael Balzary)
• Frankie Valli (Francis Castelluccio)
• Franz Welser-Möst (Franz Möst)
• Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
• Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel)
• Fifty Cent (Curtis Jackson)
• Freddie Mercury (Faroukh Bulsara)
• Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle)
• Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit)
• Gary Glitter (Paul Francis Gadd)
• Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib)
• Gene Simmons (Chaim Witz)
• Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
• Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman)
• Georgious (Georges Guibourg)
• George Michael (Giorgos Panayiotou)
• Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
• Gogi Grant (Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg)
• Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson)
• Gribouille (Marie-France Gaîté)
• Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx)
• Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones)
• Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss)
• Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)
• Heino (Heinz Georg Kramm)
• Henry Rollins (Henry Garfield)
• Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett)
• Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson)
• Ice T (Tracy Morrow)
• Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.)
• Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins)
• Jaël (Rahel Krebs)
• Jamie Foxx (Eric Bishop)
• Janet Leigh (Jeanette Helen Morrison)
• Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jayne Palmer)
• Jazzy Jeff (Jeffrey Townes)
• Jem (Jemma Grifftis)
• Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpentier)
• Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg)
• Jennifer Jones (Phyllis Lee Isley)
• Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)
• Jacques Lu Cont (Stuart Price)
• Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza)
• J.J. Cale (Johnny Cale)
• Joan Crawford (Lucille Fay LeSueur)
• Joan Fontaine (Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland)
• John Ford (Sean Aloysius O'Fearna)
• John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)
• John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison)
• Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo De Simone)
• Johnny Rotten (John Joseph Lydon)
• Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi)
• Jon Stewart (Jonathon Leibowitz)
• Joni James (Joan Carmella Babbo|Joan (or Giovanna) Carmella Babbo)
• Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson)
• José José (José Sosa)
• Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)
• Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
• Kenny G (Kenneth Gorelick)
• Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch Demsky)
• Kishore Kumar (Abhas Ganguly)
• Kitty Kallen (Genevieve Agostinello)
• Lale Andersen (Liese-Lotte Helene Berta Bunnenberg)
• Lauren Bacall (Betty Joan Perske)
• Les Paul (Lester Polfuss)
• Lilly Ann (Ashley Nichole Ames)
• Lionel Barrymore (Lionel Herbert Blythe)
• Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
• LL Cool J (James Todd Smith)
• Lulu (singer) (Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie)
• Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie)
• Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner)
• Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker)
• Marion Hutton (Marion Thornburg)
• Marni Nixon (Marni McEathron)
• Martin Sheen (Ramón Estévez)
• Mary Astor (Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)
• Mary Ford (Colleen Summers)
• Mary Pickford (Gladys Smith)
• MCA (Adam Yauch)
• Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
• Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano)
• Meg Ryan (Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra)
• Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky)
• Michael J. Fox (Michael Andrew Fox)
• Michael Keaton (Michael John Douglas)
• Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite)
• Michael Landon (Eugene Orowitz)
• Mike D (Mike Diamond)
• Mike Dirnt (Michael Pritchard)
• Moby (Richard Melville Hall)
• Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)
• Musidora (Jeanne Roques)
• Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag)
• Natalie Wood (Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko)
• Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr.)
• Nico (Christa Päffgen)
• Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon)
• Ozzy Osbourne (John Osbourne)
• Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler)
• Paul Muni (Meshilem Meier Weisenfreud)
• Paul Stanley (Stanley Harvey Eisen)
• Peggy Lee (Norma Deloris Egstrom)
• Pink (Alecia Moore)
• Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson)
• Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd)
• Queen Latifah (Dana Owens)
• Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)
• Richard Clapton (Terry Gonk)
• Richard Cromwell (LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh)
• Rikki (Nakano Ritsuki)
• Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
• Ritchie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela)
• Robert Gant (Robert Gonzalez)
• The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson)
• Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer Jr.)
• Roger Vadim (Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov)
• Ronnie Gaylord (Ronald L. Fredianelli)
• Ronnie James Dio (Ronald Padavona)
• Sandie Shaw (Sandra Goodrich)
• Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow (David Edward Sutch)
• Seal (Sealhenry Samuel)
• Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginzburg)
• Shania Twain (Eileen Regina Edwards, later Eileen Regina Twain)
• Shirley Strachan (Graeme Strachan)
• Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritche; Later John Beverly)
• Simone Signoret (Simone Kaminker)
• Slash (Saul Hudson)
• Slim Harpo (James Moore)
• Smokey Robinson (William Robinson)
• Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
• Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone)
• Spike Jonze (Adam Spiegel)
• Stanley Donwood (Dan Rickwood)
• Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris)
• Stewart Granger (James Stewart)
• Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner)
• Sugar (Stephanie Beard)
• Susan Hayward (Edythe Marrenner)
• Susan Sarandon (Susan Abigail Tomalin)
• Syd Barrett (Roger Keith Barrett)
• T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker)
• Tchock, Tchocky, Dr. Tchock, The White Chocolate Farm (Thom Yorke)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace)
• Timea Margot (Tímea Vágvölgyi)
• Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock)
• Tiny Tim (Herbert Butros Khaury)
• Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV)
• Toni Arden (Antoinette Ardizzone)
• Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto)
• Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz)
• Tony Martin (Alvin Morris)
• Tori Amos (Myra Ellen Amos)
• Totò (Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Griffo Focas Comneno)
• Trent Reznor (Michael Trent Reznor)
• Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III)
• Twiggy (Leslie Hornby)
• Tupac (Parish Lesane Crooks, later changed to Tupac Amaru Shakur)
• Vangelis (Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou)
• Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle)
• Vic Reeves (Jim Moir)
• Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum)
• Vitamin C (Colleen Fitzpatrick)
• Vivien Leigh (Vivian Mary Hartley)
• Voltaire (Aurelio Voltaire Hernandez)
• Wes C. Addle (Eddie Vedder)
• Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson)
• Willa Ford (Amanda Williford)
• William Holden (William Franklin Beedle Jr.)
• Willy DeVille (William Borsay)
• Winona Ryder (Winona Laura Horowitz)
• Woody Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg)
• Ziggy Marley (David Nesta Marley)

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DAngelo (born Michaela Eugene Archer on February 11, 1974 in Richmond, Virginia) is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. ... Kaye entertaining U.S. troops at Sasebo, Japan, 25 Oct 1945 David Daniel Kaminsky, known as Danny Kaye (January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer and comedian. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 1947 January 8) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin) is a multi Emmy Award winning, American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of illusions and storytelling. ... Ross Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), American pianist, songwriter, actor, and record producer was born in Fresno, California and was of Armenian ethnic descent. ... 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Paul Francis Gadd aka Gary Glitter (born May 8, 1944) is an English rock and pop singer and songwriter who had a string of chart successes with a collection of 1970s glam rock hits including Rock and Roll parts 1 & 2, I Love You Love Me Love, Im the... Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian musician best known as the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. ... Chaim Witz (חיים וויץ), (born August 25, 1949 in Haifa, Israel), better known by his stage name Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American hard rock bass guitarist and vocalist. ... Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American comedic actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Willy Wonka and his collaborations with Mel Brooks, most notably Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his many movies with Richard Pryor, including Silver Streak... 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Julius Henry Marx, AKA Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own. ... Eddie Guitar Slim Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959) is a New Orleans blues guitar player from the 1940s and 1950s best known for the million-selling song The Things That I Used to Do (a song that shaped rock and roll), and his flamboyant stage presence. ... Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to America), was a Hungarian-born American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, film... Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian/Jewish-American actress and communications technology innovator. ... The one and only Heino! Heino (born December 13, 1938 Düsseldorf as Heinz Georg Kramm) is a German singer of popular music (Schlager and Volksmusik). ... Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer and songwriter, spoken word artist and author. ... Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin Wolf, was an influential blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. ... OShea Jackson (born June 15, 1969) better known by his stage name, Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor and film director. ... Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known as Ice T or Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer and actor. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule is an American rapper from Hollis, Queens, New York City, New York, United States. ... Jaël is a singer/songwriter from the band Lunik. ... Jamie Foxx (born Eric Marlon Bishop on Dec. ... Janet Leigh (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), born Jeanette Helen Morrison, was an American actress. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... DJ Jazzy Jeff (born Jeffrey A. Townes on January 22, 1965 in Philadelphia) is an African American hip hop/R&B record producer and turntablist. ... Jemma Griffiths (born June 18, 1975 in Penarth, nr. ... Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. ... “Van Damme” redirects here. ... Jennifer Jones (born as Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ... For other persons named Jerry Lewis, see Jerry Lewis (disambiguation). ... Stuart Price (born in Paris, 9 September 1977) is an electronic musician, songwriter and producer whose remixing skills are coveted by artists including Madonna and Missy Elliot. ... Jill Corey (born Norma Jean Speranza September 30, 1935) was a traditional pop music singer. ... J.J. Cale (born December 5, 1938) is an American songwriter and musician, best known for writing two songs that Eric Clapton made famous, After Midnight and Cocaine . He is one of many artists that play the Tulsa Sound. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977),[1] was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. ... Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning Japanese-born British actress, who became an American citizen in April 1943. ... For other persons named John Ford, see John Ford (disambiguation). ... John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. ... John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. ... Johnny Desmond (November 14, 1920-September 6, 1985) was an American popular singer. ... John Lydon John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ... Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi Jr on March 2, 1962) is an American singer, musician, businessman, and actor. ... Not to be confused with John Stewart or John Stuart. ... Joni James on the cover of her 2002 collection Platinum & Gold: The MGM Years Joni James (born Giovanna Carmella Babbo, on September 22, 1930) is an American singer of traditional pop music. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... José Romulo Sosa Ortiz (born February 17, 1948), better known in the entertainment world as José José or El príncipe de la Canción (The Prince of Song), is an international singer and actor from Mexico. ... Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). ... Judy Holliday (June 21, 1921–June 7, 1965) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American actress. ... For the WFMU DJ, see Kenneth Goldsmith. ... Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky December 9, 1916) is an iconic American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. ... Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 – October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and comic actor. ... Kitty Kallen (born on May 25, 1922) was an American popular singer, who sang with a number of big bands in the 1940s, coming back in the 1950s to score her biggest hit, 1954s Little Things Mean A Lot. Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, she won an... Lili Marleen by Lale Andersen Lale Andersen (March 23, 1905 – August 29, 1972) was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Bremerhaven, Germany. ... Betty Joan Perske (born on September 16, 1924), better known as Lauren Bacall, is a Golden Globe– and Tony Award–winning, as well as Academy Award–nominated, American film and stage actress. ... This article is about the musician. ... Lilly Ann is an American erotic, nude, glamour model, pornographic film and pornographic actress. ... Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe on April 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 1954 in Van Nuys, California) was an American Academy Award Winning actor of stage, radio and film. ... Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an African-American singer, songwriter, and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and recording from 1951. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner ) is the lead singer of the band Marilyn Manson. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ... Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an American actress of the 20th century. ... Marion Thornburg, better known as Marion Hutton, (March 10, 1919 - January 10, 1987) was a United States singer and actress. ... Marni Nixon (born February 22, 1930) is a singer whose renown for dubbing the singing voices of featured actresses in movies earned her the sobriquet The Ghostess with the Mostess. She was born Margaret McEathron in Altadena, California and began singing at a young age in choruses. ... Martin Sheen (born August 3, 1940 as Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Mary Astor (May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Mary Ford (aka Colleen Hatfield) (July 7, 1924, Pasadena, California, – September 30, 1977, Arcadia, California), vocalist and guitarist, was one-half of the famed husband-wife musical duo, Les Paul and Mary Ford. ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. ... The Beastie Boys as depicted on the cover of their 1992 album Check Your Head. ... This article is about the singer. ... Mahjabeen Bano (August 1, 1932 - March 31, 1972), more commonly known as Meena Kumari, was a prominent Indian film actress. ... Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is a questionable American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For other persons named Michael Fox, see Michael Fox (disambiguation). ... Michael John Douglas (Better known by the stage name Michael Keaton) (born September 9, 1951) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift, and Beetlejuice, and for his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton directed films in the... This article is about the English actor. ... Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor, singer, producer, and director, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. ... The Beastie Boys as depicted on the cover of their 1992 album Check Your Head. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Not to be confused with Mooby. ... McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered the Father of Chicago blues. He is also the actual father of blues musician Big Bill Morganfield. ... Musidora as Irma Vep in a screen shot of the 1915 film serial Les Vampires Musidora (February 23, 1889 - December 11, 1957) was the professional stage-name of a popular French silent film actress of the early 20th century. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן), born Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג) on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel[1] is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was a three time Academy Award nominated American film actress. ... For other uses, see Nelly (disambiguation). ... For the prequel to Ico, see Shadow of the Colossus. ... Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933–April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Patti Page (born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma) is one of the best-known female singers in traditional pop music. ... Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor. ... Stanley Harvey Eisen (born January 20, 1952, Queens, New York) known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American Hard rock guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Kiss. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. ... Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK (also written as Pink), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early January of 2000. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy Bald Head Byrd and as Fess) (December 19, 1918 - January 30, 1980) was a legendary New Orleans blues musician. ... 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David Edward Sutch (or Screaming Lord Sutch) (November 10, 1940 – June 16, 1999) was an English musician, politician and maverick. ... Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in Paddington, London, England) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning British soul vocalist and songwriter. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shania Twain, OC (born Eilleen Regina Edwards, August 28, 1965, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian singer and songwriter in the country and pop music genres. ... Graham Shirley Strachan (2 January 1952 - 29 August 2001) was the lead singer of Australian 1970s rock group Skyhooks. ... For the professional wrestler, see Sid Eudy. ... Simone Signoret (March 25, 1920 - September 30, 1985), was an Academy Award-winning French actress. ... Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is an English/American guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver. ... Slim Harpo, born James Moore (11 January 1924, Lobdel, Louisiana, USA, died 31 January 1970) was a blues musician. ... William Smokey Robinson, Sr. ... Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. ... Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is a motion picture and stage, Academy Award-winning actress, widely considered to be the most popular Italian actress. ... Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel on October 22, 1969), is an American director of music videos and commercials, and an Academy Award-nominated director and producer in film and television, most notably the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 film Adaptation. ... Stanley Donwood is the pen name of English writer and artist Dan Rickwood[1], who has gained fame for his work on the album and poster art for Radiohead on every release since their My Iron Lung EP (1994). ... Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... Stewart Granger (May 6, 1913 – August 16, 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. ... This article is about the musician. ... Stephanie Beard and Carlos Bustamente hosting The Zone Stephanie Beard (born August 27, 1980 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), also known as Sugar and Suga BayBee, is a Canadian actress, voice actress and television and radio personality. ... Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... 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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)
• 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)

Abédi Ayew Pelé (born November 5, 1962 in Domé, Ghana) is a former Ghanaian football player. ... Yokozuna Akebono is fitted with a tsuna belt for the last time at his retirement ceremony. ... Al Bummy Davis (b. ... José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, known as Bebeto, (born February 16, 1964 in Salvador, Brazil) is a social networking website. ... Marcos Evangelista de Moraes (born June 7, 1970 in São Paulo), better known as Cafu, is a Brazilian footballer, currently a defender for Italian club A.C. Milan. ... Antonio de Oliveira Filho Careca, (born October 5, 1960), is a legendary Brazillian association football (soccer) player. ... Anderson Luis de Souza, OIH (born August 27, 1977 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil) is a professional Brazilian footballer widely known as Deco [Portuguese]. He is of Portuguese Brazilian descent. ... Richard Dick Tiger Ihetu (August 14, 1929 - December 14, 1971) was a boxer from Amaigbo, Orlu, Nigeria, was a migrant fighter to Liverpool (and later to America). ... Manoel Francisco dos Santos (October 28, 1933 – January 20, 1983), known by the nickname Garrincha (little bird),[3] was a Brazilian football right winger and forward who helped the Brazil national team win the World Cups of 1958 and 1962, and played the majority of his professional career for Brazilian... Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: ) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) (now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, and former World Chess Champion. ... Raymond Kopa (born October 13, 1931), originally Raymond Kopaszewski, is a French former football midfielder, integral to the French national teams of the 1950s. ... He hate me is the phrase American football player Rod Smart chose to place on the back of his jersey during the one and only season of the XFL. Though most sports organizations allow only a surname or first initial and surname to be placed there, XFL rules permitted players... Henri Cornet, born August 4, 1884 - died March 18, 1941, was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France. ... James Kenneth McManus, better known by his professional name of Jim McKay (b. ... Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber, a native of Lexington, Alabama, is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions of all time. ... This article is about the Brazilian footballer. ... For the football player, see Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar. ... Karim Abdul Jabbar Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, formerly known as Karim Abdul-Jabbar (born June 28, 1974 in Los Angeles, California), is a former professional NFL football player who played from 1996 to 2000 seasons with the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts. ... Sura Saenkham (born May 15, 1959) was one of the sport of boxings greatest champions ever, and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. ... Sura Saenkham (born May 15, 1959) was one of the sport of boxings greatest champions ever, and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. ... Charles Kid McCoy, who was born Norman Selby (October 13, 1872 - April 18, 1940) was a world champion boxer. ... This article refers to the Hawaiian sumo wrestler. ... Lucien Georges Mazan (October 18, 1882 – December 20, 1917) was an Argentine cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton). ... José Miguel González Martín del Campo, also known as Míchel, (born March 23, 1963 in Madrid) is a Spanish football midfielder. ... For other persons named Muhammad Ali, see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation). ... Musashimaru Koyo was declared the most successful foreign sumo wrestler ever during his retirement ceremony on October 2, 2004. ... Nenê (born Maybyner Rodney Hilario on September 13, 1982 in São Carlos, Brazil) is a 6 11 (2. ... “Pele” redirects here. ... Vítor Borba Ferreira (born April 19, 1972 in Paulista, Pernambuco), commonly known as Rivaldo, is regarded as one of the best Brazilian professional football players of all time, currently playing for AEK Athens in the Super League Greece. ... Rocky Marciano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. ... For other persons named Ronaldinho, see Ronaldinho (disambiguation). ... Stanislaus Kiecal, (September 14, 1886–October 15, 1910), better known in the boxing world as Stanley Ketchel was an American boxer who became world middleweight champion. ... Sugar Ray Robinson, (born Walker Smith Jr. ... Takanohana III Koji (貴乃花 光司 Takanohana Kōji, born August 12, 1972 as Koji Hanada (花田 光司 Hanada Kōji)) is the younger son of the late Takanohana Kenshi (formerly Ozeki Takanohana II, whose name after retirement was Futagoyama oyakata). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wakanohana III Masaru (若乃花 勝) (born January 20, 1971 as Hanada Masaru (花田 勝)) is the elder son of Futagoyama oyakata, formerly Ozeki Takanohana II. He is also the nephew of Wakanohana I Kanji, who was a famous Yokozuna of the 1950s. ... Arthur Antunes Coimbra (born in March 3, 1953), better known as Zico , is a former Brazilian footballer, one of the best midfielders in the world and possibly the worlds best player in the early 80s[2] He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest...

Fictional

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

Dale Gribble Dale Alvin Gribble (voiced by Johnny Hardwick) is a character in the animated series King of the Hill. ... Demosthenes (384–322 BC, Greek: Δημοσθένης, Dēmosthénēs) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. ... Valentine Wiggin is a fictional character in Orson Scott Cards Enders Game series of novels. ... Locke is a common Western surname of English origin: John Locke, an English Enlightenment philosopher. ... In the science fiction story Enders Game and its sequels, Peter Wiggin is Enders (or Andrews) older brother. ...

Other

• Aramis (Chevalier d'Herblay)
• Art Vandelay (George Costanza)
• Athos (Le Comte de La Fère)
• 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)

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See also

• Literary initials
• List of notable pen names
• List of pseudonyms used in the American constitutional debates

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External links

• FamousFolk - An extensive list of pseudonyms