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This is a list of pseudonyms, in various categories.

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A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from his or her 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 noms de guerre, an author's pen name, 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.

Social activists

  • Aristides (William Lloyd Garrison)
  • Frank Talk (Stephen Bantu Biko)
  • H. Rap Brown (Hubert Gerold Brown)
  • Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
  • Malcolm X (Malcolm Little)
  • Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
  • VaGla (Piotr Waglowski)
  • WhoIsParadise (Marcus Dawes)

    • Visual arts

  • ABOVE (Tavar Zawaki)
  • W. Andresen (Christian Wilhelm Allers)
  • Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)
  • Banksy (Robin Gunningham)
  • Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)
  • Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale)
  • Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
  • Cigoli (Lodovico Cardi)
  • Coldmirror (Kathrin Fricke)
  • Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret)
  • DAIM (Mirko Reisser)
  • Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi)
  • Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri)
  • El Greco (Dominikos Theotokópulos)
  • Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
  • Il Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)
  • Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco)
  • Giottino (Maso di Stefano)
  • Henriett Seth F. (on Hungarian pseudonym Seth F. Henriett; on birth name Fajcsák Henrietta)
  • IceFrog (Unknown)
  • Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi)
  • Lee Krasner (Lena Krassner)
  • Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro)
  • A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron)
  • Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
  • Marc Chagall (Moishe Shagal)
  • Masaccio (Tommaso Cassai or, in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone)
  • Notch (Markus Persson)
  • ουτις or OYTIΣ (István Orosz)
  • Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
  • Picasso (Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso)
  • Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto)
  • Il Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis or Giovanni Antonio Licinio according to Vasari)
  • Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
  • Ricco (Erich Wassmer)
  • ROJO (David Quiles Guilló)
  • Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz)
  • SAMO (Jean-Michel Basquiat)
  • Spy (Leslie Ward)
  • Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
  • Titian (Tiziano Vecelli)
  • Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen)
  • Utisz (István Orosz)
  • Vecchietta (Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo)

    • Noms de guerre

  • Abu Ammar (Yasir Arafat)
  • Borelowski (Michał Grażyński)
  • Bór ("Forest" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
  • Carcassonne (name of a city) - Marc Bloch
  • Dassault ("For assault" - Darius Paul Bloch)
  • Grabica (name of mountain - Stefan Rowecki)
  • Grot ("Spearhead" - Stefan Rowecki)
  • Grzegorz ("Gregory", a name - Tadeusz Pełczyński)
  • Hubal (Henryk Dobrzański)
  • Jean Jérome - (Michel Feintuch)
  • Kalina ("Cranberry" - Stefan Rowecki)
  • Korczak (surname or coat of arms name - Tadeusz Komorowski)
  • J. Krzemień (Florian Marciniak)
  • Lawina ("Avalanche" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
  • Leclerc - Philippe François Marie, comte de Hauteclocque, later his legal name.
  • Legija ("Legion" – Milorad Ulemek)
  • Monter ("Assembler" - Antoni Chruściel)
  • Niedźwiadek ("Bear cub" - Leopold Okulicki)
  • Nil ("Nile River " - August Emil Fieldorf)
  • Orsza (Stanisław Broniewski)
  • Ponury ("Gloomy" - Jan Piwnik)
  • Radosław (a name - Jan Mazurkiewicz)
  • Rakoń (name of mountain - Stefan Rowecki)
  • Strongbow - (Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke)
  • The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)
  • The Red Knight (Pseudonym created by British journalists for Manfred von Richthofen)
  • Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych)
  • Tito (Josip Broz)
  • Francisco "Pancho" Villa (José Doroteo Arango Arámbula)
  • Wilk ("Wolf" - Aleksander Krzyżanowski)
  • Znicz ("Candle" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
  • Zośka (Tadeusz Zawadzki)

    • Politicians

  • Abel Djassi (Amílcar Cabral)
  • Amor De Cosmos (William (Bill) Alexander Smith )
  • Anacharsis Cloots (Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots)
  • Anthony Garotinho (Anthony William Matheus de Oliveira)
  • Bob Denard (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
  • Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
  • Che Guevara (Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna)
  • Chemical Ali (Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti)
  • Comandante Gonzalo (Abimael Guzmán)
  • Germain (Ernest Mandel)
  • Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Gheorghe Gheorghiu)
  • Golda Meir (Golda Meyerson)
  • Gracchus Babeuf (François-Noël Babeuf)
  • Grigory Zinoviev (Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky)
  • Gus Hall (Arvo Kustaa Halberg)
  • Ho Chi Minh (Nguyễn Sinh Cung)
  • Houari Boumedienne (Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba)
  • János Kádár (János Csermanek)
  • John Barron (Donald Trump)
  • John Miller (Donald Trump)
  • Joseph Estrada (Joseph Marcelo Ejército)
  • Joseph Stalin (Ioseb Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili)
  • Josip Tito (Josip Broz)
  • J. Posadas (Homero Cristali)
  • Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (José Alexandre Gusmão)
  • Kim Il Sung (Kim Song Ju)
  • La Pasionaria (Dolores Ibárruri)
  • Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein)
  • Lev Kamenev (Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld)
  • Lula (Luiz Inácio da Silva)
  • Martin Thembisile Hani (Chris Hani)
  • Michel Pablo (Michel Raptis)
  • Mobutu Sese Seko (Joseph-Désiré Mobutu)
  • Nahuel Moreno (Hugo Bressano)
  • Pol Pot (Saloth Sar)
  • Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal)
  • Publius (Alexander Hamilton)
  • Ronwaldo Reyes (Fernando Poe, Jr.)
  • Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
  • Tariq Aziz (Michael Yuhanna)
  • Ted Grant (Isaac Blank)
  • Tony Cliff (Ygael Gluckstein)
  • Tristán Marof (Gustavo Navarro)
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Skryabin)
  • Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov)
  • William Rabbit (Katay Don Sasorith)
  • Willy Brandt (Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)

    • Religion

  • Acharya S (D. M. Murdock)
  • Allan Kardec (Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail )
  • Brother Andre (Alfred Bessette)
  • Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone)
  • Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
  • Joseph of Cupertino (Giuseppe Maria Desa)
  • Lord Mahavira (Vardhamana)
  • Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
  • Mata Amritanandamayi (Sudhamani)
  • Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo)
  • Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)
  • Moses David (David Berg)
  • His Divine Grace Abhay Charana-Aravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhay Charan De)
  • Osho (Rajneesh Chandra Mohan)
  • Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione)
  • Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
  • Sathya Sai Baba (Sathya Narayana Raju)
  • Sister Dora (Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison)
  • Swami Vivekananda (Narendranath Dutta)
  • Thérèse of Lisieux (Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin)
  • Yusuf Islam (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, formerly known as Cat Stevens)

    • Sportspeople

  • Abédi Pelé (Abédi Ayew)
  • Akebono Taro (Chad Haaheo Rowan)
  • Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff)
  • Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, Jr.)
  • Barney Oldfield (Berna Eli Oldfield)
  • Bebeto (José Roberto Gama de Oliveira)
  • Bubba Watson (Gerry Lester Watson, Jr.)
  • Buddy Baker (Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr.)
  • Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)
  • Cale Yarborough (William Caleb Yarborough)
  • Careca (Antonio de Oliveira Filho)
  • Casey Stengel (Charles Dillon Stengel; originally named after the initials of his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, or "K.C.")
  • Chad Ochocinco (Chad Javon Johnson)
  • Chi Chi Rodriguez (Juan Antonio Rodriguez)
  • Chipper Jones (Larry Wayne Jones, Jr.)
  • Cristiano Ronaldo (Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro)
  • Dabo Swinney (William Christopher Swinney)
  • Deco (Anderson Luiz de Sousa)
  • Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu)
  • Dida (Nélson de Jesus Silva)
  • Duda (Sérgio Paulo Barbosa Valente)
  • Fuzzy Zoeller (Frank Urban Zoeller, Jr.)
  • Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos)
  • Geki (Giacomo Russo)
  • Gimax (Carlo Franchi)
  • Goose Gossage (Richard Michael Gossage)
  • Garry Kasparov (Garik Kimovich Weinstein)
  • Raymond Kopa (Raymond Kopaszewski)
  • He hate me (Rod Smart)
  • Hellé Nice (Mariette Hélène Delangle)
  • Henri Cornet (Henri Jaudry)
  • Henry Arundel (Henry Fitzalan-Howard)
  • Ickey Woods (Elbert L. Woods)
  • Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
  • JJ Lehto (Jyrki Järvilehto)
  • Joe Louis (Joseph Louis Barrow)
  • John Winter (Louis Krages)
  • Johnny Dumfries (John Crichton-Stuart)
  • Kaká (Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite)
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.; legally changed name after conversion to Islam)
  • Karim Abdul-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah)
  • Khaosai Galaxy (Sura Saenkham)
  • Kid McCoy (Norman Selby)
  • Konishiki Yasokichi (Salevaa Atisanoe)
  • Kuba (Jakub Błaszczykowski)
  • Leon Duray (George Stewart)
  • Lolo Jones (Lori Jones)
  • Lucien Petit-Breton (Lucien Mazan)
  • Míchel (José Miguel González Martín)
  • Metta World Peace (Ronald William Artest, Jr.)
  • Mercury Morris (Eugene Edward Morris)
  • Mo Martin (Melissa Linda Martin)
  • Muggsy Bogues (Tyrone Curtis Bogues)
  • Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
  • Musashimaru Koyo (Fiamalu Penitani)
  • Nenê (Maybyner Rodney Hilário; this is now his legal name)
  • Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
  • Pierre Levegh (Pierre Bouillin)
  • Razor Ruddock (Donovan Ruddock)
  • Rivaldo (Vitor Borba Ferreira)
  • Rocket Ismail (Raghib Ramadian Ismail)
  • Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano)
  • Rollie Fingers (Roland Glen Fingers)
  • Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima)
  • Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira))
  • Satchel Paige (Leroy Robert Paige)
  • Spud Webb (Anthony Jerome Webb)
  • Stanley Ketchel (Stanislaus Kiecal)
  • Sugar Ray Leonard (Ray Charles Leonard)
  • Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.)
  • Suso (Jesús Fernandez Sáez)
  • Takanohana Koji (Koji Hanada)
  • Tony Zale (Anthony Florian Zaleski)
  • W Williams (William Grover-Williams)
  • Wakanohana Masaru (Masaru Hanada)
  • Whitey Ford (Edward Charles Ford)
  • Yogi Berra (Lawrence Peter Berra)
  • Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra)

    • Criminals

  • Al Capone (Alphonse Gabriel Capone)
  • Arkan (Željko Ražnatović)
  • Baby Face Nelson (Lester Joseph Gillis; also used the alias George Nelson)
  • The Barefoot Bandit (Colton Harris-Moore)
  • Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney; born William Henry McCarty, Jr.)
  • Black Bart (Charles Earl Bowles)
  • BTK (Dennis Rader)
  • Bugsy Siegel (Benjamin Siegelbaum)
  • Bumpy Johnson (Ellsworth Raymond Johnson)
  • Buster Edwards (Ronald Christopher Edwards)
  • Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker)
  • Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez)
  • Dutch Schultz (Arthur Flegenheimer)
  • Frank Costello (Francesco Castiglia)
  • Green River Killer (Gary Leon Ridgway)
  • The Happy Face Killer (Keith Hunter Jesperson)
  • Hillside Strangler (collective pseudonym for two serial killers, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi)
  • The Iceman (Richard Kuklinski)
  • The I-5 Killer (Randall Woodfield)
  • Jack the Ripper (Unknown)
  • Legs Diamond (Jack Diamond)
  • Kim Philby (Harold Adrian Russell Philby)
  • Lucky Luciano (Salvatore Lucania)
  • Machine Gun Kelly (George Celino Barnes)
  • Meyer Lansky (Meyer Suchowljansky)
  • Mickey Cohen (Meyer Harris Cohen)
  • Murf the Surf (Jack Roland Murphy)
  • Murray The Hump (Murray Humphreys)
  • Ned Kelly (Edward Kelly)
  • The Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez)
  • Pretty Boy Floyd (Charles Arthur Floyd)
  • Sara Jane Olson (Kathleen Soliah)
  • Son of Sam (David Berkowitz)
  • The Sundance Kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh)
  • The Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski; pseudonym was an FBI acronym for UNiversities and Airline Bomber)
  • Waxey Gordon (Irving Wexler)
  • The Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe)
  • The Zodiac Killer (Unknown)

    • Fashion and beauty

  • Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel)
  • Elizabeth Arden (Florence Nightingale Graham)
  • Estée Lauder (Josephine Esther Mentzer)
  • Halston (Roy Halston Frowick)
  • Jil Sander (Heidemarie Jiline Sander)
  • Jimmy Choo (Choo Yeang Keat)
  • Karl Lagerfeld (Karl Otto Lagerfeldt)
  • Manolo Blahnik (Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez)
  • Marc Ecko (Marc Louis Milecofsky)
  • Max Factor (Maksymilian Faktorowicz)
  • Miu Miu (Miuccia Prada)
  • Paco Rabanne (Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo)

    • Other real life pseudonyms

  • Alexander Supertramp (Christopher McCandless)
  • Bernard Shakey (Neil Young)
  • Colonel Tom Parker (Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk)
  • Divine Brown (Estella Marie Thompson)
  • Emmanuel Goldstein (Eric Corley)
  • John of God (João Teixeira de Faria)
  • Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle MacLeod)
  • Miss Cleo (Youree Dell Harris)
  • Armin S. (unknown)
  • Viktor Suvorov (Vladimir Rezun)

    • Superhero genre

  • The Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner) - Marvel Comics
  • Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) - Marvel Comics
  • Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) - Marvel Comics
  • Wolverine (Logan, James Howlett) - Marvel Comics
  • Captain America (Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers) - Marvel Comics
  • Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent) - DC Comics
  • Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira / Diana Prince) - DC comics
  • Batman (Bruce Wayne) - DC Comics
  • Catwoman (Selina Kyle) - DC Comics
  • Catwoman (Patience Phillips) - 2004 film
  • Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs) - Watchmen (Alan Moore graphic novel)
  • Doctor Octopus (Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius) - Marvel Comics
  • Huntress (Helena Wayne) - DC Comics
  • Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) - DC Comics
  • Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) - DC Comics
  • Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) - DC Comics
  • The Flash (Jay Garrick) - DC Comics
  • The Flash (Barry Allen) - DC Comics
  • The Flash (Wally West) - DC Comics
  • The Flash (Bart Allen) - DC Comics
  • The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) - DC Comics
  • The Riddler (Dr. Edward Nigma) - DC Comics

    • Other fictional characters

  • Lord Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) - Harry Potter Series
  • Aramis (Henri d'Aramitz, le Chevalier d'Herblay) - The Three Musketeers
  • Scarlet Pimpernel (Sir Percy Blakeney)
  • Athos (Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle, Le Comte de La Fère) - The Three Musketeers
  • Demosthenes (Valentine Wiggin)
  • Chuck Finley (Sam Axe)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Duke Silver (Ron Swanson)
  • Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggin)
  • 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 Tepes)
  • Mr. Underhill (Frodo Baggins) - 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
  • The Doctor (Doctor Who) - Unknown

    • References

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