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 their 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 nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume. It may be 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.
General list
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|Abel Djassi
|Amílcar Cabral
|Guinea-Bissauan politician
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|ABOVE
|Tavar Zawacki
|American abstract artist
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|Abu Ammar
|Yasser Arafat
|Palestinian president
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|Abu Mohammad al-Julani
|Ahmed al-Sharaa
|Syrian president
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|Abu Obaida
| Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout <small>(alleged by the United States)</small>
|Spokesperson of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
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|Acharya S
|Dorothy Milne Murdock
|American Christ myth theorist
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|Adam Ant
|Stuart Goddard
|English Pop Musician
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|Adi Da
|Franklin Jones
|American writer
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|Al "Bummy" Davis
|Abraham Davidoff
|American boxer
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|Alexander Supertramp
|Christopher McCandless
|American hiker
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|Allan Kardec
|Hippolyte Rivail
|American religious figure
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|Amor de Cosmos
|William Smith
|2nd premier of British Columbia, Canada
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|Anarchasis Cloots
|Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce
|Prussian-French noble
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|Anthony Garotinho
|Anthony Matheus de Oliveira
|Brazilian broadcaster, politician, and criminal
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|Aristides
|William Lloyd Garrison
|American activist and journalist
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|Arkan
|Željko Ražnatović
|Serbian soldier and criminal
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|Armin S.
|(unknown)
|German financier
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|Ary Ecilaw
|Alexandrine Countess von Hutten-Czapska
|Polish novelist
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|Avicii
|Tim Bergling
|Swedish pop artist
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|Baby Face George Nelson
|Lester Gillis
|American criminal
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|Balthus
|Balthazar Klossowski de Rola
|French painter
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|Banksy
|(unknown)
|England-based street artist, political activist, and film director
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|Barefoot Bandit
|Colton Harris-Moore
|American former fugitive
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|Basshunter
|Jonas Altberg
|Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ
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|Bernard Shakey
|Neil Young
|Canadian musician
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|Bhanusimha
|Rabindranath Tagore
|Poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter
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|Billy the Kid
|Henry McCarty
|American criminal
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|Black Bart
|Charles Bowles
|English-American criminal
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|Bob Denard
|Gilbert Bourgeaud
|French mercenary
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|Bono
|Paul Hewson
|Lead singer, U2
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|Bór
|Tadeusz Komorowski
|Polish soldier
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|Borelowski
|Michał Grażyński
|President of Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego
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|Bramantino
|Bartolomeo Suardi
|Italian painter
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|Brother Andre
|André Bessette
|Canadian priest and saint
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|BTK
|Dennis Rader
|American serial killer
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|Bugsy Siegel
|Benjamin Siegelbaum
|American criminal
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|Butch Cassidy
|Robert Parker
|American criminal
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|Cafu
|Marcos Evangelista de Moraes
|Brazilian footballer
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|Caligula
|Gajus Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
|Roman emperor
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|Calvin Harris
|Adam Richard Wiles
|Scottish DJ and Record Producer
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|Canaletto
|Giovanni Canale
|Italian painter
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|Caravaggio
|Michelangelo Merisi
|Italian painter
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|Careca
|Antônio de Oliveira Filho
|Brazilian footballer
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|Carlos Danger
|Anthony Weiner
|United States Congressperson
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|Carlos the Jackal
|Ilich Ramírez-Sánchez
|Terrorist
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|Caroline Marbouty
|Claire Brunne
|French writer
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|Cassandre
|Adolphe Mouron
|French painter
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|Celestilian
|Ruben Torke
|German author
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|Chad Ochocinco
|Chad Johnson
|American footballer
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|Cigoli
|Lodovico Cardi
|Italian painter
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|Coco Chanel
|Gabrielle Chanel
|Fashion designer
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|Colonel Tom Parker
|Andreas van Kuijk
|Musical entrepreneur
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|Coldmirror
|Kathrin Fricke
|Youtube creator
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|DAIM
|Mirko Reisser
|Graffiti artist
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|Darius Paul Dassault
|Darius Paul Bloch
|French general
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|D.B. Cooper
|Unknown
|American criminal
|aka Dan Cooper
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|Deco
|Anderson Luiz de Sousa
|Footballer
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|Dick Tiger
|Richard Ihetu
|Nigerian boxer
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|Dida
|Nélson de Jesus Silva
|Brazilian former footballer
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|Doctor Ch@os
|Joseph Konopka
|American terrorist
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|Donatello
|Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
|Italian Renaissance sculptor
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|Dosso Dossi
|Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri
|Italian painter
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|Duda
|Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente
|Portuguese footballer
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|Dutch Schultz
|Arthur Flegenheimer
|American mobster
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|El Greco
|Dominikos Theotokópulos
|Greek painter
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|Elizabeth Arden
|Florence Graham
|Canadian-American businesswoman
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|Emmanuel Goldstein
|Eric Corley
|Hacker
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|Erté
|Romain de Tirtoff
|French artist and designer
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|Estée Lauder
|Josephine Mentzer
|American businesswoman
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|Francis of Assisi
|Giovanni di Bernardone
|Italian Catholic saint
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|Francisco "Pancho" Villa
|José Arango Arámbula
|Mexican revolutionary general and politician
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|Frank Costello
|Francesco Castiglia
|Italian-American mobster
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|Frank Talk
|Stephen Biko
|Activist
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|Friedensreich Hundertwasser
|Friedrich Stowasser
|Visual artist
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|Garrincha
|Manuel Francisco dos Santos
|Brazilian footballer
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|Garry Kasparov
|Garik Weinstein
|Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer
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|Geki
|Giacomo Russo
|Italian racing driver
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|Germain
|Ernest Mandel
|Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher
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|Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
|Gheorge Gheorghiu
|Former General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party
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|Gimax
|Carlo Franchi
|Italian racing driver
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|Giorgione
|Giorgio da Castelfranco
|Italian painter
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|Giottino
|Maso di Stefano
|Italian painter
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|Grabica; Grot; Kalina
|Stefan Rowecki
|Polish general
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|Gracchus Babeuf
|François-Noël Babeuf
|French political agitator and journalist
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|Green River Killer
|Gary Ridgway
|American serial killer
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|Grigory Zinoviev
|Ovsel Radymyslsky
|Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician
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|Grzegorz
|Tadeusz Pełczyński
|Polish army major general
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|Gus Hall
|Arvo Halberg
|Former General Secretary of Communist Party USA
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|H. Rap Brown
|Hubert Gerold Brown
|Activist
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|Halston
|Roy Halston Frowick
|American fashion designer
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|Happy Face Killer
|Keith Hunter Jesperson
|Canadian-American serial killer
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|He hate me
|Rod Smart
|American gridiron football player
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|Hellé Nice
|Mariette Hélène Delangle
|French racing car driver
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|Henri Cornet
|Henri Jaudry
|French cyclist
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|Henriett Seth F.
|Henrietta Fajcsák
|Hungarian artist and autistic savant
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|Henry Arundel
|Henry Fitzalan-Howard
|British racing driver
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|Ho Chi Minh
|Nguyễn Sinh Cung
|Vietnamese communist leader
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|Houari Boumédiène
|Mohamed Boukharouba
|Former president of Algeria
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|Hubal
|Henryk Dobrzański
|Polish army commander
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|I-5 Killer
|Randall Woodfield
|American serial killer and rapist
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|Iceman
|Richard Kuklinski
|American criminal
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|Il Garofalo
|Benvenuto Tisi
|Italian painter
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|Il Pordenone
|Giovanni Licinio
|Italian painter
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|Il Sodoma
|Giovanni Bazzi
|Italian Renaissance painter
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|Kim Il Sung
|Song-ju Kim
|Former leader of North Korea
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|Ingahild Grathmer
|Margrethe II of Denmark
|Illustrator
|She illustrated The Lord of the Rings under this pseudonym.
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|J. Krzemień
|Florian Marciniak
|First Chief Scout in the Gray Ranks
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|J. Posadas
|Homero Cristali
|Italian-Argentine Trotskyist revolutionary
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|J.J. Lehto
|Jyrki Järvilehto
|Finnish racing driver
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|János Kádár
|János Csermanek
|Former leader of Hungary
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|Jean Jérome
|Michel Feintuch
|French Communist Activist
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|Jieshi Jiang
|Chiang Kai-shek
|Chinese politician and military leader
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|Jil Sander
|Heidemarie Jiline Sander
|German fashion designer
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|Jim McKay
|James McManus
|American television sports journalist
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|Jimmy Choo
|Choo Yeang Keat
|Malaysian-born fashion designer
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|Joe Louis
|Joseph Louis Barrow
|American boxer
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|Joel Ash
|David Padwa
|Author
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|John of God
|João Teixeira de Faria
|Brazilian faith healer
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|John Winter
|Louis Krages
|German racing driver
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|Johnny Dumfries
|John Crichton-Stuart
|British racing driver
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|Josef Stalin
|Ioseb Dzhugashvili
|Former leader of the Soviet Union
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|Joseph Estrada
|Joseph Ejército
|Former president of the Philippines
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|Joseph of Cupertino
|Giuseppe Desa
|Italian Franciscan friar
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|Josip Broz Tito
|Josip Broz
|Former leader of Yugoslavia
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|Juice WRLD
|Jarad Anthony Higgins
|American rapper
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|Kaká
|Ricardo dos Santos Leite
|Brazilian footballer
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|Karl Lagerfeld
|Karl Lagerfeldt
|German fashion designer
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|Kaws
|Brian Donnelly
|American artist and designer
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|Khaosai Galaxy
|Sura Saenkham
|Thai boxer and kickboxer
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|Kid McCoy
|Norman Selby
|American boxer
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|Korczak
|Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
|Polish military leader
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|Kouji Takanohara
|Kouji Hanada
|Sumo Wrestler
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|Kuba
|Jakub Błaszczykowski
|Polish footballer
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|Lawina
|Tadeusz Komorowski
|Polish military leader
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|La Pasionaria
|Dolores Ibárruri
|Former leader of the Communist Party of Spain
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|Le Corbusier
|Charles-Édouard Jeanneret
|Swiss-French architect
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|Leclerc
|Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
|French general
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|Legija
|Milorad Ulemek
|Serbian military commander and criminal
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|Leon Trotsky
|Lev Bronstein
|Russian Marxist revolutionary
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|Lev Kamenev
|Lev Rosenfeld
|Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
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|Lo Spagna
|Giovanni di Petra
|Italian painter
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|Lucien Petit-Breton
|Lucien Mazan
|French cyclist
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|Lucky Luciano
|Salvatore Lucania
|Italian-American mobster
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|Machine Gun Kelly
|George Barnes
|American gangster
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|Madeon
|Hugo Pierre Leclercq
|French musician
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|Madame Fraya
|Valentine Dencausse
|French chiromancer
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|Madame de Thèbes
|Anne-Victorine Savigny / Matylda Průšová
|French (Savigny) / Czech (Průšová) fortunetellers
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|Mahatma Gandhi
|Mohandas Gandhi
|Indian independence activist
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|Malaclypse the Younger
|Gregory Hill
|American writer and co-founder of Discordianism
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|Man Ray
|Emmanuel Radnitzky
|American visual artist and photographer
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|Manolo Blahnik
|Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez
|Spanish fashion designer
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|Marc Chagall
|Moishe Shagall
|Belarusian-French artist
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|Marc Ecko
|Marc Milecofsky
|American fashion designer
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|Mark Rothko
|Marcus Rothkowitz
|Abstract painter
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|Mark Twain
|Samuel Clemens
|American Novelist/Humorist
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|Martin Thembisile Hani
|Chris Hani
|Anti-apartheid activist
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|Masaccio
|Tommaso Cassai
|Italian Renaissance painter
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|Masaru Wakanohara
|Masaru Hanada
|Japanese sumo wrestler
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|Mata Amritanandamayi
|Sudhamani
|Indian Hindu spiritual leader
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|Mata Hari
|Margaretha MacLeod
|Dutch courtesan and spy
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|Max Factor Jr.
|Maksymilian Faktorowicz
|American businessperson
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|Meyer Lansky
|Meyer Suchowljansky
|Russian-American gangster
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|Michael Fenne
|David Kim Stanley
|Founder of Pixelon
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|Míchel
|José Miguel González Martín del Campo
|Spaniard footballer
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|Michel Pablo
|Michel Raptis
|Egyptian-Greek activist
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|Miss Cleo
|Youree Harris
|American television psychic
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|Miu Miu
|Miuccia Prada
|Italian fashion designer
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|Mo Martin
|Melissa Martin
|American golfer
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|Monter
|Antoni Chruściel
|Polish military officer
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|Moses David
|David Berg
|American cultist
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|Mother Angelica
|Rita Rizzo
|American nun
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|Mother Jones
|Mary Jones
|Irish-American activist
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|Mother Teresa
|Agnes Bojaxhiu
|Albanian nun
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|Mr. Baldy
|Brian Keith Jones
|Australian criminal
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|Mr. Death
|Dennis Allen
|Australian criminal
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|Mr. Rent-a-Kill
|Christopher Flannery
|Australian assassin
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|Mr. Stinky
|Raymund Edmunds
|Australian murderer
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|Murph the Surf
|Jack Murphy
|American murderer
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|Murray the Hump
|Murray Humphreys
|American criminal
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|Mutilator
|William McDonald
|Serial Killer
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|Nahuel Moreno
|Hugo Bressano
|Argentinian politician
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|Nenê
|Maybyner Rodney Hilário
|Brazilian basketballer
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|Niedźwiadek
|Leopold Okulicki
|Polish general
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|Night Stalker
|Richard Ramirez
|American serial killer
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|Nil
|August Emil Fieldorf
|Polish brigadier general
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|Notch
|Markus Persson
|Swedish former game programmer
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|Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst
|Kerry Wendell Thornley
|American author
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|Orsza
|Stanisław Broniewski
|Polish economist and soldier
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|Paco Rabanne
|Francisco Rabanedo Cuervo
|Basque fashion designer
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|Padre Pio
|Francesco Forgione
|Italian priest and mystic
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|Papa Doc
|François Duvalier
|President of Haiti
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|Parmigianino
|Girolamo Mazzola
|Italian printmaker and painter
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|Pedri
|Pedro González López
|Spanish footballer
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|Pelé
|Edson Arantes do Nascimento
|Brazilian footballer
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|Phoenix Jones
|Benjamin Fodor
|American vigilante and martial artist
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|Pierre Delecto
|Mitt Romney
|Former United States Senator
|He used the pseudonym on twitter.
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|Pierre Levegh
|Pierre Bouillin
|French auto racer
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|Pink
|Alecia Moore
|American pop musician
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|Pisanello
|Antonio Pisano
|Italian sculptor and painter
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|Pol Pot
|Saloth Sar
|Cambodian politician and murderer
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|Ponury
|Jan Piwnik
|Polish soldier
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|Postcard Bandit
|Brenden Abbott
|Australian robber
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|Prachanda
|Pushpa Kamal Dahal
|Former prime minister of Nepal
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|Radosław
|Jan Mazurkiewicz
|Polish soldier
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|Rakoń
|Stefan Rowecki
|Polish general and journalist
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|Ram Dass
|Richard Alpert
|American religious leader
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|Raphael
|Raffaello da Urbino
|Italian painter and architect
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|Raymond Kopa
|Raymond Kopaszewski
|French footballer
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|Red Baron
|Manfred von Richthofen
|German soldier
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|Ricco
|Erich Wassmer
|Swiss painter
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|Rivaldo
|Vitor Borba Ferreira
|Brazilian footballer
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|Rocket Ismail
|Raghib Ismail
|American football player
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|Rocky Marciano
|Rocco Marchegiano
|American boxer
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|Rodri
|Rodrigo Hernández Cascante
|Spanish footballer
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|ROJO
|David Quiles Guilló
|Artist
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|Ronaldinho
|Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
|Brazilian footballer
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|Ronaldo
|Ronaldo Nazário de Lima
|Brazilian footballer
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|Ronwaldo Reyes
|Fernando Poe Jr.
|Filipino actor, director, and politician
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|Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub
|Gilbert Bourgeaud
|French mercenary
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|SAMO
|Jean-Michel Basquiat
|American artist
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|Sara Jane Olson
|Kathleen Soliah
|American robber
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|Sathya Sai Baba
|Sathya Narayana Raju
|Indian guru
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|Satoshi Nakamato
|(unknown)
|Inventor of Bitcoin
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|Sister Dora
|Dorothy Pattison
|English nun
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|Son of Sam
|David Berkowitz
|American serial killer
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|Spurck
|Marco Vanoppen
|Belgian musician/deconstructivist
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|Spy
|Leslie Ward
|British artist
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|Stanley Ketchel
|Stanislaus Kiecal
|American boxer
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|Student
|William Sealy Gosset
|British statistician
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|Sugar Ray Robinson
|Walker Smith Jr.
|American boxer
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|Sundance Kid
|Harry Longabaugh
|American robber
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|Suso
|Jesús Fernandez Sáez
|Spaniard footballer
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|Swami Vivekananda
|Narandranath Dutta
|Indian monk and philosopher
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|Swoon
|Caledonia Curry
|American graffiti artist
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|Taras Chuprynka
|Roman Shukhevych
|Leader of Ukrainian Insurgent Army
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|Ted Grant
|Isaac Blank
|South African-British activist
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|The Edge
|David Evans
|Lead guitarist, U2
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|Thérèse of Lisieux
|Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin
|French nun and saint
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|Tiger Woods
|Eldrick Woods
|American golfer
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|Tintoretto
|Jacopo Robusti
|Italian painter
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|Titian
|Tiziano Vecelli
|Italian painter
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|Tom of Finland
|Touko Laaksonen
|Finnish visual artist
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|Tony Cliff
|Yigael Glückstein
|Israeli-English activist
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|Tony Zale
|Anthony Zaleski
|American boxer
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|Tristán Marof
|Gustavo Navarro
|Bolivian activist
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|Ulay
|Frank Uwe Leysiepen
|German artist
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|Unabomber
|Ted Kaczynski
|American serial killer
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|Utisz
|István Orosz
|Hungarian visual artist
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|VaGla
|Piotr Waglowski
|Polish activist
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|Vecchietta
|Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo
|Italian painter
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|Viktor Suvorov
|Vladimir Rezun
|Russian-British Soviet defector and author
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|Vladimir Lenin
|Vladimir Ulyanov
|1st head of the Soviet Union
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|VLEZ
|Claudio Ribeiro Velez
|Artist - Architect
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|Voltaire
|François-Marie Arouet
|French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
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|Vyacheslav Molotov
|Vyacheslav Skryabin
|Russian politician
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|Waxey Gordon
|Irving Wexler
|American gangster
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|WhoIsParadise
|Marcus Dawes
|British-American musician and activist
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|Wilk
|Aleksander Krzyżanowski
|Polish soldier
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|William Andersen
|Christian Wilhelm Allers
|French cricketeer
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|William Rabbit
|Katay Don Sasorith
|8th prime minister of Laos
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|Willy Brandt
|Herbert Frahm
|Chancellor of Germany
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|Xanana Gusmão
|José Alexandre Gusmão
|3rd prime minister of Timor-Leste
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|Yorkshire Ripper
|Peter Sutcliffe
|English serial killer
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|XXXTentacion
|Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy
|American rapper
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|Ye
|Kanye Omari West
|American rapper
|He often used the mononym during the late 2010s, even naming an album as such, although he legally changed his name to "Ye" in October 2021.
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|Zico
|Arthur Antunes Coimbra
|Brazilian footballer and manager
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|Znicz
|Tadeusz Komorowski
|Polish soldier
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|Zośka
|Tadeusz Zawadzki
|Polish soldier
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- Black Widow (Yelena Belova) – Marvel Comics
- Ironheart (Riri Williams) – Marvel Comics
- Black Panther (T'Challa) – Marvel Comics
- Black Panther (T'Chaka) – Marvel Comics
- Black Panther (Princess Shuri) – Marvel Comics
- Ant-Man (Henry Jonathan Pym) – Marvel Comics
- Ant-Man (Scott Edward Harris Lang) – Marvel Comics
- Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) – Marvel Comics
- Daredevil (Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock) – Marvel Comics
- Amazing-Man (William Blake "Will" Everett) – DC Comics
- Amazing-Man (William Blake "Will" Everett III) – DC Comics
- Amazing-Man (Markus Clay) – DC Comics
- Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (Amy Winston) – DC Comics
- Animal Man (Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) – DC Comics
- Aquagirl (Lorena Marquez) – DC Comics
- Argus (Nick Kelly) – DC Comics
- Atom (Albert "Al" Pratt) – DC Comics
- Aqualad (Garth) – DC Comics
- Aqualad (Kaldur'ahm / Jackson Hyde) – DC Comics
- Aquaman (Arthur Joseph Curry) – DC Comics
- Superman (Kal-El / Clark Joseph Kent) – DC Comics
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) – DC Comics
- Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) – DC Comics
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) – DC Comics
- Catwoman (Selina Kyle) – DC Comics
- Catwoman (Patience Phillips) – 2004 film
- Huntress (Helena Wayne) – DC Comics
- Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) – DC Comics
- The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) – DC Comics
- The Riddler (Dr. Edward Nigma) – DC Comics
- Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs) – Watchmen (Alan Moore graphic novel)
- The Flash (Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick) – DC Comics
- The Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) – DC Comics
- The Flash (Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West) – DC Comics
- The Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II) – DC Comics
- Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira / Diana Prince) – DC Comics
Other fictional characters
- Lord Voldemort (Thomas Marvolo "Tom" Riddle) – Harry Potter series
- Aramis (Henri d'Aramitz, le Chevalier d'Herblay) – The Three Musketeers
- Scarlet Pimpernel (Sir Percy Blakeney) - The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Athos (Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle, Le Comte de La Fère) – The Three Musketeers
- Demosthenes (Valentine Wiggin) – Ender's Game series
- Chuck Finley (Sam Axe) - Burn Notice
- Monika (Monitor Kernel Access / Monika.chr / Monika) – Doki Doki Literature Club!
- 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) – Ender's Game series
- 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) - King of the Hill
- Duke Silver (Ron Swanson) - Parks and Recreation
- Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggin) – Ender's Game series
- 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 Ţepeş)
- Mr. Underhill (Frodo Baggins) – The 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) - Haruhi Suzumiya
- The Doctor – Doctor Who
- Keyser Söze (Roger "Verbal" Kint) - The Usual Suspects
- Rollo Tomasi - Pseudonym given to his father's unknown murderer by Lieutenant Edmund Exley - L.A. Confidential
- Comic Book Guy (Jeff Albertson) - The Simpsons
- Fat Tony (Don Marion Anthony D'Amico) - The Simpsons
- Krusty the Clown (Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky) - The Simpsons
See also
- Literary initials
- List of pen names
- 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
- Pseudonyms used by U.S. President Donald Trump
