List of pseudonyms
Appearance
This is a list of pseudonyms, in various categories.
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from 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
[edit]Pseudonym | Real name | Notability | Notes |
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Abel Djassi | Amílcar Cabral | Guinea-Bissauan politician | |
ABOVE | Tavar Zawacki | American abstract artist | |
Abu Ammar | Yasser Arafat | Palestinian president | |
Abu Obaida | (unknown) | Spokesperson of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades | |
Acharya S | D.M. Murdock | American Christ myth theorist | |
Adam Ant | Stuart Goddard | English Pop Musician | |
Adi Da | Franklin Jones | American writer | |
Al "Bummy" Davis | Abraham Davidoff | American boxer | |
Alexander Supertramp | Christopher McCandless | American hiker | |
Allan Kardec | Hippolyte Rivail | American religious figure | |
Amor de Cosmos | William Smith | 2nd premier of British Columbia, Canada | |
Anarchasis Cloots | Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce | Prussian-French noble | |
Anthony Garotinho | Anthony Matheus de Oliveira | Brazilian broadcaster, politician, and criminal | |
Aristides | William Lloyd Garrison | American activist and journalist | |
Arkan | Željko Ražnatović | Serbian soldier and criminal | |
Armin S. | (unknown) | German financier | |
Ary Ecilaw | Alexandrine Countess von Hutten-Czapska | Polish novelist | |
Avicii | Tim Bergling | Swedish pop artist | |
Baby Face George Nelson | Lester Gillis | American criminal | |
Balthus | Balthazar Klossowski de Rola | French painter | |
Banksy | (unknown) | England-based street artist, political activist, and film director | |
Barefoot Bandit | Colton Harris-Moore | American former fugitive | |
Basshunter | Jonas Altberg | Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ | |
Bernard Shakey | Neil Young | Canadian musician | |
Bhanusimha | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter | |
Billy the Kid | Henry McCarty | American criminal | |
Black Bart | Charles Bowles | English-American criminal | |
Bob Denard | Gilbert Bourgeaud | French mercenary | |
Bono | Paul Hewson | Lead singer, U2 | |
Bór | Tadeusz Komorowski | Polish soldier | |
Borelowski | Michał Grażyński | President of Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego | |
Bramantino | Bartolomeo Suardi | Italian painter | |
Brother Andre | André Bessette | Canadian priest and saint | |
BTK | Dennis Rader | American serial killer | |
Bugsy Siegel | Benjamin Siegelbaum | American criminal | |
Butch Cassidy | Robert Parker | American criminal | |
Cafu | Marcos Evangelista de Moraes | Brazilian footballer | |
Caligula | Gajus Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus | Roman emperor | |
Calvin Harris | Adam Richard Wiles | Scottish DJ and Record Producer | |
Canaletto | Giovanni Canale | Italian painter | |
Caravaggio | Michelangelo Merisi | Italian painter | |
Careca | Antônio de Oliveira Filho | Brazilian footballer | |
Carlos Danger | Anthony Weiner | United States Congressperson | |
Carlos the Jackal | Ilich Ramírez-Sánchez | Terrorist | |
Caroline Marbouty | Claire Brunne | French writer | |
Cassandre | Adolphe Mouron | French painter | |
Chad Ochocinco | Chad Johnson | American footballer | |
Cigoli | Lodovico Cardi | Italian painter | |
Coco Chanel | Gabrielle Chanel | Fashion designer | |
Colonel Tom Parker | Andreas van Kuijk | Musical entrepreneur | |
Coldmirror | Kathrin Fricke | Youtube creator | |
DAIM | Mirko Reisser | Graffiti artist | |
Darius Paul Dassault | Darius Paul Bloch | French general | |
Deco | Anderson Luiz de Sousa | Footballer | |
Dick Tiger | Richard Ihetu | Nigerian boxer | |
Dida | Nélson de Jesus Silva | Brazilian former footballer | |
Doctor Ch@os | Joseph Konopka | American terrorist | |
Donatello | Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi | Italian Renaissance sculptor | |
Dosso Dossi | Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri | Italian painter | |
Duda | Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente | Portuguese footballer | |
Dutch Schultz | Arthur Flegenheimer | American mobster | |
El Greco | Dominikos Theotokópulos | Greek painter | |
Elizabeth Arden | Florence Graham | Canadian-American businesswoman | |
Emmanuel Goldstein | Eric Corley | Hacker | |
Erté | Romain de Tirtoff | French artist and designer | |
Estée Lauder | Josephine Mentzer | American businesswoman | |
Francis of Assisi | Giovanni di Bernardone | Italian Catholic saint | |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | José Arango Arámbula | Mexican revolutionary general and politician | |
Frank Costello | Francesco Castiglia | Italian-American mobster | |
Frank Talk | Stephen Biko | Activist | |
Friedensreich Hundertwasser | Friedrich Stowasser | Visual artist | |
Garrincha | Manuel Francisco dos Santos | Brazilian footballer | |
Garry Kasparov | Garik Weinstein | Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer | |
Geki | Giacomo Russo | Italian racing driver | |
Germain | Ernest Mandel | Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher | |
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej | Gheorge Gheorghiu | Former General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party | |
Gimax | Carlo Franchi | Italian racing driver | |
Giorgione | Giorgio da Castelfranco | Italian painter | |
Giottino | Maso di Stefano | Italian painter | |
Grabica; Grot; Kalina | Stefan Rowecki | Polish general | |
Gracchus Babeuf | François-Noël Babeuf | French political agitator and journalist | |
Green River Killer | Gary Ridgway | American serial killer | |
Grigory Zinoviev | Ovsel Radymyslsky | Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician | |
Grzegorz | Tadeusz Pełczyński | Polish army major general | |
Gus Hall | Arvo Halberg | Former General Secretary of Communist Party USA | |
H. Rap Brown | Hubert Gerold Brown | Activist | |
Halston | Roy Halston Frowick | American fashion designer | |
Happy Face Killer | Keith Hunter Jesperson | Canadian-American serial killer | |
He hate me | Rod Smart | American gridiron football player | |
Hellé Nice | Mariette Hélène Delangle | French racing car driver | |
Henri Cornet | Henri Jaudry | French cyclist | |
Henriett Seth F. | Henrietta Fajcsák[1] | Hungarian artist and autistic savant | |
Henry Arundel | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | British racing driver | |
Ho Chi Minh | Nguyễn Sinh Cung | Vietnamese communist leader | |
Houari Boumédiène | Mohamed Boukharouba | Former president of Algeria | |
Hubal | Henryk Dobrzański | Polish army commander | |
I-5 Killer | Randall Woodfield | American serial killer and rapist | |
Iceman | Richard Kuklinski | American criminal | |
Il Garofalo | Benvenuto Tisi | Italian painter | |
Il Pordenone | Giovanni Licinio | Italian painter | |
Il Sodoma | Giovanni Bazzi | Italian Renaissance painter | |
Kim Il Sung | Song-ju Kim | Former leader of North Korea | |
Ingahild Grathmer | Margrethe II of Denmark | Illustrator | She illustrated The Lord of the Rings under this pseudonym. |
J. Krzemień | Florian Marciniak | First Chief Scout in the Gray Ranks | |
J. Posadas | Homero Cristali | Italian-Argentine Trotskyist revolutionary | |
J.J. Lehto | Jyrki Järvilehto | Finnish racing driver | |
János Kádár | János Csermanek | Former leader of Hungary | |
Jean Jérome | Michel Feintuch | French Communist Activist | |
Jieshi Jiang | Chiang Kai-shek | Chinese politician and military leader | |
Jil Sander | Heidemarie Jiline Sander | German fashion designer | |
Jim McKay | James McManus | American television sports journalist | |
Jimmy Choo | Choo Yeang Keat | Malaysian-born fashion designer | |
Joe Louis | Joseph Louis Barrow | American boxer | |
Joel Ash | David Padwa | Author | |
John of God | João Teixeira de Faria | Brazilian faith healer | |
John Winter | Louis Krages | German racing driver | |
Johnny Dumfries | John Crichton-Stuart | British racing driver | |
Josef Stalin | Ioseb Dzhugashvili | Former leader of the Soviet Union | |
Joseph Estrada | Joseph Ejército | Former president of the Philippines | |
Joseph of Cupertino | Giuseppe Desa | Italian Franciscan friar | |
Josip Broz Tito | Josip Broz | Former leader of Yugoslavia | |
Juice WRLD | Jarad Anthony Higgins | American rapper | |
Kaká | Ricardo dos Santos Leite | Brazilian footballer | |
Karl Lagerfeld | Karl Lagerfeldt | German fashion designer | |
Kaws | Brian Donnelly | American artist and designer | |
Khaosai Galaxy | Sura Saenkham | Thai boxer and kickboxer | |
Kid McCoy | Norman Selby | American boxer | |
Korczak | Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski | Polish military leader | |
Kouji Takanohara | Kouji Hanada | Sumo Wrestler | |
Kuba | Jakub Błaszczykowski | Polish footballer | |
Lawina | Tadeusz Komorowski | Polish military leader | |
La Pasionaria | Dolores Ibárruri | Former leader of the Communist Party of Spain | |
Le Corbusier | Charles-Édouard Jeanneret | Swiss-French architect | |
Leclerc | Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque | French general | |
Legija | Milorad Ulemek | Serbian military commander and criminal | |
Leon Trotsky | Lev Bronstein | Russian Marxist revolutionary | |
Lev Kamenev | Lev Rosenfeld | Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician | |
Lo Spagna | Giovanni di Petra | Italian painter | |
Lucien Petit-Breton | Lucien Mazan | French cyclist | |
Lucky Luciano | Salvatore Lucania | Italian-American mobster | |
Machine Gun Kelly | George Barnes | American gangster | |
Madeon | Hugo Pierre Leclercq | French musician | |
Madame Fraya | Valentine Dencausse | French chiromancer | |
Madame de Thèbes | Anne-Victorine Savigny / Matylda Průšová | French (Savigny) / Czech (Průšová) fortunetellers | |
Mahatma Gandhi | Mohandas Gandhi | Indian independence activist | |
Malaclypse the Younger | Gregory Hill | American writer and co-founder of Discordianism | |
Man Ray | Emmanuel Radnitzky | American visual artist and photographer | |
Manolo Blahnik | Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez | Spanish fashion designer | |
Marc Chagall | Moishe Shagall | Belarusian-French artist | |
Marc Ecko | Marc Milecofsky | American fashion designer | |
Mark Rothko | Marcus Rothkowitz | Abstract painter | |
Martin Thembisile Hani | Chris Hani | Anti-apartheid activist | |
Masaccio | Tommaso Cassai | Italian Renaissance painter | |
Masaru Wakanohara | Masaru Hanada | Japanese sumo wrestler | |
Mata Amritanandamayi | Sudhamani | Indian Hindu spiritual leader | |
Mata Hari | Margaretha MacLeod | Dutch courtesan and spy | |
Max Factor Jr. | Maksymilian Faktorowicz | American businessperson | |
Meyer Lansky | Meyer Suchowljansky | Russian-American gangster | |
Michael Fenne | David Kim Stanley | Founder of Pixelon | |
Míchel | José Miguel González Martín del Campo | Spaniard footballer | |
Michel Pablo | Michel Raptis | Egyptian-Greek activist | |
Miss Cleo | Youree Harris | American television psychic | |
Miu Miu | Miuccia Prada | Italian fashion designer | |
Mo Martin | Melissa Martin | American golfer | |
Monter | Antoni Chruściel | Polish military officer | |
Moses David | David Berg | American cultist | |
Mother Angelica | Rita Rizzo | American nun | |
Mother Jones | Mary Jones | Irish-American activist | |
Mother Teresa | Agnes Bojaxhiu | Albanian nun | |
Mr. Baldy | Brian Keith Jones | Australian criminal | |
Mr. Death | Dennis Allen | Australian criminal | |
Mr. Rent-a-Kill | Christopher Flannery | Australian assassin | |
Mr. Stinky | Raymund Edmunds | Australian murderer | |
Murph the Surf | Jack Murphy | American murderer | |
Murray the Hump | Murray Humphreys | American criminal | |
Mutilator | William McDonald | Serial Killer | |
Nahuel Moreno | Hugo Bressano | Argentinian politician | |
Nenê | Maybyner Rodney Hilário | Brazilian basketballer | |
Niedźwiadek | Leopold Okulicki | Polish general | |
Night Stalker | Richard Ramirez | American serial killer | |
Nil | August Emil Fieldorf | Polish brigadier general | |
Notch | Markus Persson | Swedish former game programmer | |
Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst | Kerry Wendell Thornley | American author | |
Orsza | Stanisław Broniewski | Polish economist and soldier | |
Paco Rabanne | Francisco Rabanedo Cuervo | Basque fashion designer | |
Padre Pio | Francesco Forgione | Italian priest and mystic | |
Papa Doc | François Duvalier | President of Haiti | |
Parmigianino | Girolamo Mazzola | Italian printmaker and painter | |
Pelé | Edson Arantes do Nascimento | Brazilian footballer | |
Phoenix Jones | Benjamin Fodor | American vigilante and martial artist | |
Pierre Levegh | Pierre Bouillin | French auto racer | |
Pink | Alecia Moore | American pop musician | |
Pisanello | Antonio Pisano | Italian sculptor and painter | |
Pol Pot | Saloth Sar | Cambodian politician and murderer | |
Ponury | Jan Piwnik | Polish soldier | |
Postcard Bandit | Brenden Abbott | Australian robber | |
Prachanda | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Former prime minister of Nepal | |
Radosław | Jan Mazurkiewicz | Polish soldier | |
Rakoń | Stefan Rowecki | Polish general and journalist | |
Ram Dass | Richard Alpert | American religious leader | |
Raphael | Raffaello da Urbino | Italian painter and architect | |
Raymond Kopa | Raymond Kopaszewski | French footballer | |
Red Baron | Manfred von Richthofen | German soldier | |
Ricco | Erich Wassmer | Swiss painter | |
Rivaldo | Vitor Borba Ferreira | Brazilian footballer | |
Rocket Ismail | Raghib Ismail | American football player | |
Rocky Marciano | Rocco Marchegiano | American boxer | |
ROJO | David Quiles Guilló | Artist | |
Ronaldinho | Ronaldo de Assis Moreira | Brazilian footballer | |
Ronaldo | Ronaldo Nazário de Lima | Brazilian footballer | |
Ronwaldo Reyes | Fernando Poe Jr. | Filipino actor, director, and politician | |
Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub | Gilbert Bourgeaud | French mercenary | |
SAMO | Jean-Michel Basquiat | American artist | |
Sara Jane Olson | Kathleen Soliah | American robber | |
Sathya Sai Baba | Sathya Narayana Raju | Indian guru | |
Satoshi Nakamato | (unknown) | Inventor of Bitcoin | |
Sister Dora | Dorothy Pattison | English nun | |
Son of Sam | David Berkowitz | American serial killer | |
Spy | Leslie Ward | British artist | |
Stanley Ketchel | Stanislaus Kiecal | American boxer | |
Student | William Sealy Gosset | British statistician | |
Sugar Ray Robinson | Walker Smith Jr. | American boxer | |
Sundance Kid | Harry Longabaugh | American robber | |
Suso | Jesús Fernandez Sáez | Spaniard footballer | |
Swami Vivekananda | Narandranath Dutta | Indian monk and philosopher | |
Swoon | Caledonia Curry | American graffiti artist | |
Taras Chuprynka | Roman Shukhevych | Leader of Ukrainian Insurgent Army | |
Ted Grant | Isaac Blank | South African-British activist | |
The Edge | David Evans | Lead guitarist, U2 | |
Thérèse of Lisieux | Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin | French nun and saint | |
Tiger Woods | Eldrick Woods | American golfer | |
Tintoretto | Jacopo Robusti | Italian painter | |
Titian | Tiziano Vecelli | Italian painter | |
Tom of Finland | Touko Laaksonen | Finnish visual artist | |
Tony Cliff | Yigael Glückstein | Israeli-English activist | |
Tony Zale | Anthony Zaleski | American boxer | |
Tristán Marof | Gustavo Navarro | Bolivian activist | |
Ulay | Frank Uwe Leysiepen | German artist | |
Unabomber | Ted Kaczynski | American serial killer | |
Utisz | István Orosz | Hungarian visual artist | |
VaGla | Piotr Waglowski | Polish activist | |
Vecchietta | Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo | Italian painter | |
Viktor Suvorov | Vladimir Rezun | Russian-British Soviet defector and author | |
Vladimir Lenin | Vladimir Ulyanov | 1st head of the Soviet Union | |
VLEZ | Claudio Ribeiro Velez | Artist - Architect | |
Voltaire | François-Marie Arouet | French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher | |
Vyacheslav Molotov | Vyacheslav Skryabin | Russian politician | |
Waxey Gordon | Irving Wexler | American gangster | |
WhoIsParadise | Marcus Dawes | British-American musician and activist | |
Wilk | Aleksander Krzyżanowski | Polish soldier | |
William Andersen | Christian Wilhelm Allers | French cricketeer | |
William Rabbit | Katay Don Sasorith | 8th prime minister of Laos | |
Willy Brandt | Herbert Frahm | Chancellor of Germany | |
Xanana Gusmão | José Alexandre Gusmão | 3rd prime minister of Timor-Leste | |
Yorkshire Ripper | Peter Sutcliffe | English serial killer | |
XXXTentacion | Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy | American rapper | |
Zico | Arthur Antunes Coimbra | Brazilian footballer and manager | |
Znicz | Tadeusz Komorowski | Polish soldier | |
Zośka | Tadeusz Zawadzki | Polish soldier |
Other lists
[edit]Maternal family names
[edit]Pen names
[edit]Porn names
[edit]Stage names
[edit]Fictional pseudonyms
[edit]Superhero genre
[edit]- Iron Man (Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark) – Marvel Comics
- Captain America (Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers) – Marvel Comics
- The Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner) – Marvel Comics
- Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) – Marvel Comics
- Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) – Marvel Comics
- Doctor Octopus (Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius) - Marvel Comics
- Wolverine (Logan, James Howlett) – 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
- Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira / Diana Prince) – DC comics
Other fictional characters
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ Particular Educational Talents Support Council, 3rd annex "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Henriett Seth F. – The Rain Girl Artist" National Talents Support Council. Retrieved 2011-04-03
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