Home > List of people known by one name
This is a list of people famous enough to be known unambiguously by one of the following:- A one word nickname (Shaq)
- A one word first name (Madonna)
- Their only known name (Aristotle)
- A one word stage name or pseudonym (Babyface)
- A one word pen name (Voltaire)
The reason for such distinctions is that countless artists, composers, philosophers, politicians, writers, scientists and sports figures are known by their last name (e.g. Mozart, Shakespeare, Hitler, etc.). It is quite common and regular for last names to be used to identify historic and pop culture figures. It is another thing all together to be known uniquely within the criteria listed above.
Note that this list does not include fictional characters, such as Gandalf (from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books) or Neo (from the 1999 movie The Matrix). See List of fictional people known by one name for a list of such people.
Note also that most names in the list will be unusual since common names are likely to be ambiguous and to need a context.
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- Aaliyah, (1979-2001), American R&B singer
- AaronTeofilo Vargas Sein (born c. 1926), better known as Aaron is a well known Puerto Rican religious leader. Vargas Sein grew as a pentecostal. He would later separate from that doctrine and join his adoptive mother, Juanita Garcia in the founding of a new re, (born c. 1926), leader of the "MITA" religion.
- AbatiAbati , or Niccolo Dell' Abbato ( 1512 1571), was a celebrated fresco-painter of Modena, whose best works are there and at Bologna. He accompanied Primaticcio to France, and assisted in decorating the palace at Fontainebleau ( 1552- 1571). His pictures ex, (1512-1571), frescoXIV Century fresco featuring Saint Sebastian Note: Fresco is the NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. In painting, the term fresco (pl. frescoes comes from the Italian phrase buon fresco ("really fresh") a technical term in opposition to in-painter of ModenaModena is a town and a province on the south side of the Po valley, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. An ancient town, the seat of an archbishop, it is now mostly known as "the capital of engines", given that most famous Italian car factories like De Tomaso, Ferr
- AbigailAbigail "Father/leader of/is dance/joy", Standard Hebrew Avigayil Tiberian Hebrew Aiayil / Aiyil , once Abigal ( 2 Samuel 3:3), is a female Bible character. She is described as the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, on whose death she became the wife of David (, Australian television actress
- Abraham, (c. 1980-1890 BC), BiblicalThe Bible (From Greek βιβλια biblia meaning "books", which in turn is derived from βυβλος byblos meaning "papyrus", from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) patriarch
- Absalon, (c. 1128-1201), Danish archbishop and statesman
- Adalita , lead singer of Australian indie rock band Magic Dirt.
- Akhenaton - Egyptian Pharaoh and founder of a brief monotheistic religion
- Akihito, (born 1933), current Emperor of Japan
- Aneirin, (6th/7th century), British poet
- Ansgar, (801-865), missionary, archbishop
- Archimedes, (ca. 287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathemtician
- Aristophanes, (ca. 446-385 BC), Ancient Greek playwright
- Aristotle, (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek writer and philosopher
- Arletty, (1898-1992), French model and actress
- Arsenio, (born 1955), American talk show host
- Ashanti, African-American singer
- Attila, (c. 406-453), Hun leader
- Augustus, (62 BC-AD 14), Roman emperor
- Aurobindo, (1872-1950,) Indian writer, philosopher, mystic and guru.
