n. 25B6; noun SOBRIQUET, byname, tag, label, epithet, cognomen; pet name, diminutive, endearment; informal moniker; formal appellation. See list.
Nicknames
See also name .
nickname person
Baby Doc Jean-Claude Duvalier
the Bard/Swan of Avon William Shakespeare
Bible Bill William Aberhart
Billy the Kid William H. Bonney
Bird Charlie Parker
the Blonde Bombshell Jean Harlow
the Body Elle Macpherson
Bomber Harris Arthur Harris
the Boss Bruce Springsteen
the Brown Bomber Joe Louis
Buffalo Bill William Cody
Butch Cassidy Robert Leroy Parker
the Butcher of Lyon Klaus Barbie
Calamity Jane Martha Jane Burke
the Cannibal Eddy Merkcx
Capability Brown Lancelot Brown
Clive of India Robert Clive
Colorado Charlie Charles Utter
the Desert Fox Erwin Rommel
Dizzy Gillespie John Birks Gillespie
Doubting Thomas St Thomas the Apostle
the Elephant Man John Merrick
Ethelred the Unready Ethelred II
Evita Eva Perón
the Forces' Sweetheart Vera Lynn
Gazza Paul Gascoigne
the Georgia Peach Ty Cobb
the Great Assassin Abdul Hamid II
the Hammer of the Scots Edward I
the Hit Man Tommy Hearns
Hotspur Henry Percy
Hurricane Higgins Alex Higgins
Il Duce Benito Mussolini
the Iron Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
the Iron Duke Duke of Wellington
the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher
Iron Mike Mike Tyson
the Italian Stallion Sylvester Stallone
the It Girl Clara Bow
the King Elvis Presley
the King of Swing Benny Goodman
Lady Day Billie Holiday
the Lady of the Lamp Florence Nightingale
La Pasionaria Dolores Ibárruri Gómez
Lawrence of Arabia T. E. Lawrence
Le Douanier Henri Rousseau
the Lion of Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
the Liberator Simón Bolívar
the Liberator Daniel O'Connell
Little Mo Maureen Connolly
Lo Spagnoletto José Ribera
Magic Johnson Earvin Johnson
the Maid of Orleans Joan of Arc
the Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey
Monty Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
Ol' Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra
Old Blood and Guts George Patton
Old Hickory Andrew Jackson
Papa Doc François Duvalier
the People's Princess Diana, Princess of Wales
the Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Red Emma Emma Goldman
Richard the Lionheart Richard I
Satchmo Louis Armstrong
Scarface Al Capone
the Scourge of God Attila
the Sex Kitten Brigitte Bardot
Son of Sam David Berkowitz
Stonewall Jackson Thomas Jackson
the Sultan of Swat Babe Ruth
the Sundance Kid Harry Langbaugh
the Sun King Louis XIV
Supermex Lee Trevino
the Teflon Don John Gotti
Tricky Dicky Richard Nixon
Uncle Joe Joseph Stalin
the Vamp Theda Bara
the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I
Wild Bill Hickok James Butler Hickok
the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe