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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.
| Pseudonym | Real name | Notability | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| D.B. Cooper | Unknown | American criminal | aka Dan Cooper | |
| 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 |
Maternal family names
Pen names
Porn names
Stage names
Superhero genre
- 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
- 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
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