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This is a list of the full names of people and fictional characters whose first name is not generally used when referring to them, and consequently is not common knowledge.
When considering if a person is more commonly known by their full name or a common name, some consideration should be made of the number of times each name is used in published sources. The same standards that are currently used for redirects can also be applied. If Thomas Sean Connery redirects to Sean Connery, this can be taken as community consensus that "Sean Connery" is, in fact, the more commonly known name.
(add connery test)
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export targets: List of people known by initials List of people known by middle name
Individuals which meet one of these criteria should be members of this list:
- Primarily known solely by their surname (Marcus Tullius Cicero -> Cicero)
- Do not use their first name at all (Thomas Sean Connery -> Sean Connery), or only use the first initial
(Lafayette Ronald Hubbard -> L. Ron Hubbard)
- Full name is not commonly known internationally, even if it is known in some countries or communities
(Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -> Mahatma Gandhi)
- Known by a common name which includes a nickname, but also includes part of their full name
(Earvin Johnson -> Magic Johnson, Thomas Edward Lawrence -> Lawrence of Arabia)
Special care should be taken to avoid including individuals which fall into these categories:
- Known by a stage name or pseudonym (Reginald Kenneth Dwight -> Elton John)
- Known by shorter versions of their first names (William Jefferson Clinton -> Bill Clinton)
(add note re: al capone okay, al could stand for alfred, albert, alphonse, alan, etc.) (rick dees ok, since it doesn't start for richard)
- Middle names are not commonly known (Paris Whitney Hilton -> Paris Hilton), or abbreviated (George Walker Bush -> George W. Bush)
Famous People Not Known By Their Full Names
[edit]A
[edit]- Gnaeus Julius Agricola
- Taoiseach, Patrick Bartholemhew "Bertie" Ahern
- Alfonso Capone
- Edwin Eugene Aldrin, aka Buzz Aldrin, born 1930, changed name to "Buzz" officially only in 1988.
- Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (Algazel)
- Ernest Giuseppe "Trey" Anastasio III
- Mariah Bridgette Andersen
- Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Aurelius Augustinus (St. Augustine of Hippo)
- Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Rushd (surname anglicised as Averroes)
- Abu Ali Sina (anglicised as Avicenna)
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
B
[edit]- Chastity Claire Babcock (Ms. Babcock, The Nanny)
- Johnnie "Dusty" Baker
- Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker
- Robert David Bruce Banner
- Bosco "B.A." (Bad Attitude) Baracus (The A-Team)
- Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett
- John Richard Basehart
- Leocadio Francisco "Tony" Batista
- Isabella Beeton (Mrs. Beeton)
- David Gus "Buddy" Bell
- Solomon "Saul" Bellow
- Kristin James "Kris" Benson
- Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
- Randolph Peter "Pete" Best (original Beatles drummer)
- James Bigglesworth (Biggles)
- Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Rik Aalbert "Bert" Blyleven
- Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs
- Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues
- Aubrey Boyce (Boycee, Only Fools and Horses)
- Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister
- Marcus Junius Brutus (assassin of Julius Caesar)
- Selva Lewis "Lew" Burdette
- Allan James "A. J." Burnett
- Charles Montgomery Burns Monty Burns
- George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron
C
[edit]- Calleigh Duquesne (CSI:Miami)
- Christine Cagney (Cagney & Lacey)
- Gaius Valerius Catullus
- Alice Lynne "Lindy" Chamberlain
- Susan Antonia Williams Stockard (Stockard Channing)
- Channing Pierce Verbeck Jr. "CJ"
- Carroll Christopher "Chris" Chambliss
- Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase
- Dana "Pokey" Chatman
- Constance Lady Chatterley
- Pavel Chekov (Chekov, Star Trek)
- Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley (Australian PM)
- Avram Noam Chomsky
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Claudius)
- Jacques Clouseau (Inspector Clouseau)
- Frank Columbo (often falsely believed to be 'Philip'. See Columbo#First name?)
- Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (originally Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus)
- Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors
- Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (Constantine)
- José Alexander "Alex" Cora
- William Joel "Bucky" Covington
- Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp
- Richard Stephen "Bubba" Crosby
- Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers
- Edward Alexander "Aleister" Crowley (nb "Aleister" is a version of "Alexander")
- Gaius Julius Caesar
- Clarence
D
[edit]- Fitzwilliam Darcy (Darcy, Pride and Prejudice)
- Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis
- Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis
- Paul "Daffy" Dean
- Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
- Rigdon Ogden "Rick" Dees III
- Engelbert Dollfuss
- John Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle)
- Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian)
- Joan Doyle (Mrs. Doyle - Father Ted)
- David Jonathan "J. D." Drew
- Jacobus Petrus "Os" du Randt
E
[edit]- Ralph Dale Earnhardt
- Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Clinton "Clint" Eastwood
- Johannes Eckhart (Meister Eckhart)
- Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (Samantha Eggar)
- Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els
- Ronald Lee Ermey (R. Lee Ermey)
- Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason
F
[edit]- Cornelius Clifford "Cliff" Floyd
- Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes Jr.
- Alexis "Faith" Ford
- Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford
- Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster
- Francisco Franco Bahamonde (Franco)
- Victor Frankenstein
G
[edit]- William Clark Gable
- Buonapart Ignace Gallia ("Mr Big", i.e. "B.I.G.")
- William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Anthony Nomar Garciaparra
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Mrs. Gaskell)
- Clarence Edwin "Cito" Gaston
- Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig
- David Lloyd George (NB: Lloyd is not a given name, but instead the first part of his compound surname.)
- Joseph Diego "Jody" Gerut
- John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
- Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels
- Auric Goldfinger
- Wiklenman Vicente "Wiki" González
- Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson "Tipper" Gore
- Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin
- Cycalona "Clonie" Gowen
- Thurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer
- George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey Jr.
- George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Sr.
- Jakob Grimm (Brothers Grimm)
- Wilhelm Grimm (Brothers Grimm)
- Dr Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (some sources add "Lynch" to his name) - aka Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary
- Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillén
H
[edit]- Eugene Alden "Gene" Hackman
- Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (Hadrian)
- Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay
- Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm
- Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes
- Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
- Susan Eloise (S.E. Hinton)
- John Henry "Doc" Holliday
- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
- James Robert "Bob" Horner
- Douglas "Doogie" Howser (portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris on Doogie Howser, M.D.)
- Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (L. Ron Hubbard)
- Saul "Slash" Hudson
- Charles "Chad" Hugo
- Ken Hutchinson (Starsky and Hutch)
- Edward Hyde (Mr Hyde, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
I
[edit]J
[edit]- Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson
- Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson
- Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson
- Maureen "Rebbie" Jackson
- Tariano Adaryl "Tito" Jackson
- Thomas Dexter "T.D." Jakes
- Charles Hamilton "Chuck" James
- Phyllis Dorothy "P.D." James
- Henry Jekyll (Dr Jekyll, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
- Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
- Dr. Henry Walden "Indiana" Jones Junior
- Lewis Brian Hopkin-Jones (Brian Jones)
- John Luther "Casey" Jones
- Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones
- Wallace Keith "Wally" Joyner
- Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal)
K
[edit]- Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón (Frida Kahlo)
- Robert Sylvester Kelly (R. Kelly)
- Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac (Jack Kerouac)
- Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi Khayyámi (Omar Khayyám)
- Horatio Herbert Kitchener (Lord Kitchener)
- Riley B. King (B.B. King)
- Charles "Karch" Kiraly
- Cordel Leonard "Corey" Koskie
- Sanford "Sandy" Koufax
- Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
L
[edit]- Kevin James LaBrie
- Mary Beth Lacey (Cagney & Lacey)
- Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas
- John Thomas "J.T." Lambert, Step By Step
- Kathryn Dawn Lang (k.d. lang)
- Alison Joy "A.J." Langer
- David Adam LaRoche
- David Herbert "D. H." Lawrence
- Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Nelle Harper Lee - author of To Kill a Mockingbird
- Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee
- Donald Philip "Donovan" Leitch, Sr.
- Donald Philip "Donovan" Leitch Jr.
- Ione Skye Leitch
- Roger Mario Lemieux [1]
- Harris "Carlos / Henry Lavalle" Levine
- John Charles Julian Lennon
- Clive Staples Lewis (C. S. Lewis)
- Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis
- Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby
- Wladziu Valentino Liberace
- Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Lilly
- Carl von Linné (Linnaeus)
- Chester Trent Lott Jr.
- Howard Phillip "H.P." Lovecraft
- Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann
- Darrell Wayne Lukas (D. Wayne Lukas)
M
[edit]- James Ramsay MacDonald
- Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell
- Angus MacGyver
- Thomas Sullivan Magnum III (Magnum, P.I.)
- Gaius Marius
- Elieser "Eli" Marrero
- Jane Marple (Miss Marple)
- Ed Gunnar "E.G." Marshall
- Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
- Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale
- Constantino "Tino" Martinez
- John Albert "Buck" Martinez
- Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin
- James Paul McCartney
- Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Dr McCoy, Star Trek)
- Robert William "R. W." McQuarters
- Herbert "H.I." McDunnough
- Ioannis Metaxas (Controversial Greek leader)
- Alan Alexander "A.A." Milne
- Saturnino Orestes Armas "Minnie" Miñoso Arrieta
- Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (Carmen Miranda)
- Vyacheslav Molotov
- Bernard Law Montgomery (Field Marshal Montgomery)
- Michael Morris (Lord Killanin)
- George Ivan "Van" Morrison
- John Scott "Jack" Morris
- Steven Patrick Morrissey
- Endeavour Morse (Inspector Morse)
- Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses
- Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Phoebe Annie Oakley Mozee
- Keith Rupert Murdoch
N
[edit]- Clarence Ray Nagin Jr.
- William John "Liam" Neeson
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson
- Horatio Nelson (Lord Nelson)
- Marcus Cocceius Nerva
- Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks
- Karin Inger Monica Nilsson
- Rutgerus Johannes Martinus "Ruud" van Nistelrooy (Dutch: van Nistelrooij)
- Christopher Trotman "Trot" Nixon
- Doctor Julius No (Dr. No)
- Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris
- Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus)
O
[edit]- Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant
- Patrick Ryan O'Neal
- John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil
- Willard Van Orman Quine (W.V.O. Quine/"Van")
- Peterson Thomas Gordon "Pete" Orr
- John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne
- Kay Toinette "K.T." Oslin
- Olive Marie Osmond
- Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)
- James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
P
[edit]- Alfredo James "Al" Pacino
- Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
- Jason Lee "Jay" Payton
- Jacob Edward "Jake" Peavy
- James Cash "J.C." Penney
- Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington
- Henry Ross Perot
- Richard "Digger" Phelps
- Matthew Ryan Phillipe
- General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte
- David "Drew" Pinsky
- William Bradley "Brad" Pitt
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (usually anglicised as Pompey)
- José Alberto "Albert" Pujols
- Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey The Great)
Q
[edit]- James Danforth "Dan" Quayle
- Michaela 'Mike' Quinn (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
R
[edit]- John J. Rambo
- Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh "P." Ramlee
- Charles Robert Redford
- Jonathan Clay "J. J." Redick
- Robert Oliver Reed
- Calvin "Pokey" Reese
- William James Remar
- Michael Trent Reznor
- Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop
- Rupert Rigsby (Rigsby, Rising Damp)
- Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken Jr.
- Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter
- Gerald "Geraldo" Rivera
- Martha Mary Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (Cokie Roberts)
- Bill Robinson (Bojangles)
- Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson
- Remington Brendan Rooks
- William Bailey Axl Rose
- Katherine Patricia Routledge
- Joanne "J. K." Rowling
- George Herman "Babe" Ruth
- Robert Victor "B.J." Ryan
- Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.
S
[edit]- Carsten Charles "C.C." Sabathia
- António de Oliveira Salazar
- Jerome David "J.D." Salinger
- Harland Sanders (Colonel Sanders)
- Clark Savage Jr. (Doc Savage)
- Lila Diana "Diane" Sawyer
- Francisco "Pistols"/"Paco" Scaramanga
- Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler
- Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Montgomery Scott (Scotty, Star Trek)
- David "Doc" Searls
- George Thomas "Tom" Seaver
- Allan Huber "Bud" Selig
- Richard Henry "Peter" Sellers
- Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen
- John Shaft (Shaft)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter
- Manoj Nelliyattu "Night" Shyamalan
- Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson
- Albert Clifford "A.C." Slater, Saved by the Bell
- Laura Cassandra "Lala" Sloatman
- John "Hannibal" Smith (The A-Team)
- Ellen Jaclyn Smith
- Osborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith
- David Shepard Smith Jr.
- Willard Christopher "Will" Smith
- Jack Thomas "J.T." Snow
- Pamela Jayne "P.J." Soles
- Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek
- Harvey Phillip "Phil" Spector
- Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer
- Frank Morrison "Mickey" Spillane
- Spenser (Robert B. Parker's detective has no admitted first name)
- Michael Sylvester Stallone
- Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey
- David Starsky (Starsky and Hutch)
- Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
- Richard Parker Stevenson
- William Payne Stewart
- Robert Lawrence "R.L." Stine
- Gordon Matthew "Sting" Sumner
- Abraham "Bram" Stoker
- William Oliver Stone
- Leopold "Butters" Stotch
- Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep
- Hikaru Sulu (Sulu, Star Trek)
- William James "B.J." Surhoff
- Renee Kristen "Kristy" Swanson
- Robert Alexander "Jeep" Swenson Jr.
- Algernon C. Swinburne
T
[edit]- Publius (or: Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus
- Newton Booth Tarkington
- Alan John Percivale ("A.J.P.") Taylor
- John Michael Beck Taylor
- Raymond Joseph Teller, who legally dropped his first and second names
- Maha Thray Sithu U Thant (the only Asian to have served as UN Secretary-General)
- Yelberton Abraham "Y. A." Tittle
- Josip Broz Tito (Tito was a nom de guerre), Yugoslav leader & WWII partisan.
- Hideki Tojo
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone
- Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn
- Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (Trajan)
- George Alexander "Alex" Trebek
- Thomas Bubba Trammell
- Laurence Tureaud (Mr. T)
- Robert Edward "Ted" Turner
- Marie Tussaud (Madame Tussaud)
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
V
[edit]- Edward George de Valera (Éamon de Valera)
- Edwardo Valesquez (Jovi)
- Hubert Pryor "Rudy" Vallee
- Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil/Virgil)
- Eugene Luther "Gore" Vidal
- Jennifer Jean "Jenna" Von Oy
- Carl Adolf "Max" Von Sydow
W
[edit]- Ronald Christopher Walken
- Myron L. "Mike" Wallace
- George Roger Waters
- John H. Watson (Doctor Watson)
- Michael Barrett "Barry" Watson
- Edward Waverley (Waverley)
- Susan "Sigourney" Weaver
- Anthony Jerome "Spud" Webb
- Mayce Edward Christopher "Chris" Webber III
- Susan Kerr "Tuesday" Weld
- Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, aka "Wellington"
- Herbert George "H.G." Wells
- Steven John "Turk" Wendell
- Edward Gough Whitlam (Prime Minister of Australia from 1972—1975)
- Richard William "Wil" Wheaton 3rd
- Elwyn Brooks "E.B." White
- Samuel "Billy" Wilder
- Lawrence Douglas Wilder
- Bernabé "Bernie" Williams
- John Peter Rhys "J.P.R." Williams
- Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams
- Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams
- Gregory Scott "Woody" Williams
- John Anthony Burgess Wilson
- William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson
- Thomas Woodrow Wilson
- Marie Debra Winger
- Dwight Randolph "Randy" Winn
- Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon
- Eldrick "Tiger" Woods
- Vina Fay Wray
Y
[edit]- Genrikh Grigor'evich Yagoda (née Enokh Gershonovich Yagoda, Head of Soviet secret police, and show trial victim himself)
- William Butler Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
- Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost
- Brett Ace Young
- Mary Sean Young
Z
[edit]- Ian Donald Calvin Euclid "Dweezil" Zappa
- Francis Vincent "Frank" Zappa Jr.
- Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (aka "Marshall Zhukov", WWII military man)
Unknown
[edit]- Gilligan (see also [1])
- Quincy, M.E. (shown to begin with R in one episode)
- Captain Nemo (the surname itself means "nobody" in Latin))
- Mr. Spock (mentioned as unpronounceable in one episode)
- Uhura (conjecturally Nyota, but never established on film)
- The Doctor, from Doctor Who.
- B. J. Hunnicutt (Named after his father Jay and his mother Beau noted in one episode and proven by his birth certificate , M*A*S*H)
Notes
[edit]- ^ McDonell, Chris. Hockey's Greatest Stars: Legends and Young Lions. Firefly Books, Limited. p. 180. ISBN 1-55209-332-8. Retrieved 2008-05-18.