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
editPseudonym | 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
editMaternal family names
editPen names
editPorn names
editStage names
editFictional pseudonyms
editSuperhero 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
editReferences
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