Benvenuto Tisi (il Garofalo)

List of pseudonyms

Here is a list of pseudonyms, in various categories. Pseudonyms are similar to, but distinct from, secret identities.

Artists, sculptors, architects

Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola)
Banksy (Unknown)

Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canale)
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
Cigoli (Lodovico Cardi)
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret)
Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri)
El Greco (Dominikos Theotokópulos)
Il Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)
Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco)
Giottino (Maso di Stefano)
Giovanni Barbbaro (Arthur Dudley)
Il Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi)
Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro)
A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron)
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Masaccio (Tommaso Cassai or, in some accounts Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone)
ουτις or OYTIΣ (István Orosz)
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
Phelgo (Unknown)
Pisanello (Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto)
Il Pordenone (Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis or Giovanni Antonio Licinio according to Vasari)
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)
Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen)
Utisz (István Orosz)
Vecchietta (Francesco di Giorgio e di Lorenzo)
Pandalf Vulkanski (Nikola Gelevski)

Noms de guerre, war code names

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 ("Arrowhead" - 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.
Monter ("Assembler" - Antoni Chruściel)
M'zée Fula-Ngenge (André A. Jackson)
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)
The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)
Taras Chuprynka (Roman Shukhevych)
Tito (Josip Broz)
Wilk ("Wolf" - Aleksander Krzyżanowski)
Znicz ("Candle" - Tadeusz Komorowski)
Zośka (Tadeusz Zawadzki)

Pen names

Note: List of Urdu language poets provides pen names for a range of Urdu poets.

A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner, one of several he published under)
Abhishek Kumar Yadav (Annu)
Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips)
Abram Tertz (Andrei Sinyavsky)
Acton Bell (Anne Brontë)
Æ (George William Russell)
Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier)
Alan Gould (Victor Canning)
Alan Smithee (name used by American film directors under certain circumstances)
Alberto Moravia (Alberto Pincherle)
Ann Landers (Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer)
Alcofribas Nasier (François Rabelais)
Alexander Barks (Charlie Christensen)
Anatole France (Jacques Anatole François Thibault)
Andrew MacDonald (William Luther Pierce)
Anne Rice (Howard Allen O'Brien)
Anne Knish (Arthur Davison Ficke)
Arkon Daraul (likely Idries Shah)
Ashida Kim (Radford William Davis)
Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz)
Banaphool (Balāi Chānd Mukhopādhyāy)
Barbara Michaels (Barbara Mertz)
Blaise Cendrars (Frédéric Louis Sauser)
Bob Hart (Al Trace|Albert J. Trace)
Boris Akunin (Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili)
Boz (Charles Dickens)
Boz (Raymond "Boz" Burrell)
Branislav Nušić (Ben Akiba)
Bruno Traven
Brynjolf Bjarme (Henrik Ibsen)
Carter Dickson (also Carr Dickson: John Dickson Carr)
Cherry Wilder (Cherry Barbara Grimm)
Cherubina de Gabriak (Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva)
Christopher Hunter (Radford William Davis)
Clem Watts ([Albert J. Trace)
Cordwainer Smith (Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)
Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë)
Curzio Malaparte (Kurt Erich Suckert)
Daniel Defoe (Daniel Foe)
Daniil Kharms (Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev)
Danuta de Rhodes (Dan Rhodes)
David Axton (Dean Koontz)
David Michaels (Raymond Benson)
Dazai Osamu (Shuji Tsushima)
Dear Abby (Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips)
Diedrich Knickerbocker (Washington Irving)
Douglas Spaulding (Ray Bradbury)
Doctor A (Isaac Asimov)
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
Ed McBain (Evan Hunter, born as Salvatore A. Lombino)
Edith Van Dyne (L. Frank Baum)
Edogawa Rampo (Hirai Tarō)
Edward Pygge (Ian Hamilton, Clive James, Russell Davies)
Edwin Caskoden (Charles Major)
Elia (Charles Lamb)
Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz)
Ellis Bell (Emily Brontë)
Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter)
Elsa Triolet (Elsa Kagan)
Elsie J. Oxenham (Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley)
Emanuel Morgan (Witter Bynner)
Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark)
Euphrosyne (Julia Nyberg)
Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan)
Francis Bennett (Edwin Keppel Bennett)
Françoise Sagan (Françoise Quoirez)
Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving)
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
George Sand (Amandine Dupin)
Georges Courteline (Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux
Grace Greenwood (Sara Jane Lippincott)
Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Albert Vladimir Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky)
Guy d'Obonner (Marion D. Farell)
H.N. Turtletaub (Harry Turtledove)
Hard Pan (Geraldine Bonner)
Harold Robbins (Harold Rubin)
Havank (Hans van der Kallen)
Hergé (Georges Remi)
Hugh Conway (Frederick John Fargus)
Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg)
Irwin Shaw (Irwin Shamforoff)
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Italo Svevo (Ettore Schmitz)
J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
James Dillinger (James Robert Baker)
James Tiptree, Jr (Alice Sheldon)
Jay Livingston (Jacob Harold Levison)
Jean Paul (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter)
Jean Plaidy (Eleanor Hibbert)
Johann Joachim Sautscheck (Roman Turovsky-Savchuk)
John Beynon (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)
John Christopher (Samuel Youd)
John le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell)
John Wyndham (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)
Jonathan Oldstyle (Washington Irving)
Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski)
Julia Quinn (Julia Pottinger)
Korney Chukovsky (Nikolay Vasilyevich Korneychukov)
Keno (Eric Killinger)
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol)
Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Lorenzo da Ponte (Emmanuele Conegliano )
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Louis-Ferdinand Destouches)
Lu Lung (Alicia Garcia)
M. Barnard Eldershaw (Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw)
Maironis (Jonas Mačiulis)
Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky)
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Martin Roberts (Ralph de Vore)
Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie)
Michael Arlen (Dikran Kuyumjian)
Michael Serafian (Malachi Martin)
Michael Innes (J. I. M. Stewart)
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)
Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)
Murray Leinster (Will F. Jenkins)
Nancy Boyd (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Natsume Sōseki (Natsume Kinnosuke)
Nisa (Nicola Salerno), Italian lyricist
Nicolas Bourbaki (a group of 20th-century mathematicians)
Novalis (Friedrich Leopold)
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
Ogdred Weary (Edward Gorey)
Onceler Lorax (Zachary Bass)
Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton)
Pablo Neruda (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto)
Paul Annixter (Howard Allison Sturtzel)
Paul Celan (Paul Antschel)
Paul French Isaac Asimov
Jean Ray (Jean Raymond Marie de Kremer)
Pauline Réage (Anne Desclos)
Peter Gast (Heinrich Köselitz)
Pierre Loti (Louis Marie Julien Viaud)
Piers Anthony (Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob)
Phillip Guston (Phillip Goldstein)
Publius (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, when writing The Federalist Papers)
Q (Arthur Quiller-Couch)
Rafael Lefort, anagram of "a real effort", Idries Shah
Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
Richard Leander (Richard von Volkmann)
Robert Jordan (James Oliver Rigney, Jr.)
Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis)
Roger Fairbairn (John Dickson Carr)
Romain Gary (Romain Kacew)
Rosemary Edghill (eluki bes shahar)
Saint-John Perse (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger)
Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
Salomėja Nėris (Salomėja Bučinskaitė-Bučienė)
Sapper (H. C. McNeile)
Seiko Legru (Janwillem van de Wetering)
Sierra Needle (Emily Axford)
Silence Dogood (Benjamin Franklin)
Sister Nivedita (Margaret Elizabeth Noble)
Stash Cairo (Craig Hamilton)
Stefan Brockhoff (Dieter Cunz, Richard Plant, Oskar Seidlin)
Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis)
Stein Riverton (Sven Elvestad, born as Kristoffer Elvestad Svendsen)
Student (William Sealey Gosset, discoverer of Student's t-distribution in statistics)
Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton)
Ted L. Nancy (Currently unknown, possibly Jerry Seinfeld. Creator of the "Letters from a Nut.")
The Fredman (Karl Mikael Bellman)
Thoinot Arbeau (Jehan Tabourot)
Tite Kubo (Noriaki Kubo)
TM Maple (Jim Burke)
Toni Morrison (Chloe Anthony Wofford)
Trevanian (Rodney William Whitaker)
Tristan Tzara (Sami Rosenstock)
Uanhenga Xitu (Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho)
Umberto Saba (Umberto Poli)
Vera Haij (Tove Jansson)
Vercors (Jean Bruller)
Vernon Sullivan (Boris Vian)
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
Walter (Henry Spencer Ashbee)
Willibald Alexis (Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Haring)
Woody Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg)
Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev)
Yukio Mishima (Kimitake Hiraoka)

Politicians

Abel Djassi (Amílcar Cabral)
Anacharsis Cloots (Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots)
An Craoibhín Aoibhinn (Douglas Hyde)
Anthony Garotinho (Anthony William Matheus de Oliveira)
Bob Denard (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
Che Guevara (Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna)
Comandante Gonzalo (Abimael Guzmán)
Germain (Ernest Mandel)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej [Gheorghe Gheorghiu)
Gracchus Babeuf (François-Noël Babeuf)
Grigory Zinoviev (Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky)
Gus Hall (Arvo Kusta Halberg)
Ho Chi Minh (Nguyễn Sinh Cung)
Houari Boumedienne (Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba)
H. Rap Brown (Hubert Gerold Brown)
Iñaki de Rentería (Ignacio Gracia Arregui)
János Kádár (János Csermanek)
Joseph Estrada (Joseph Marcelo Ejército)
Joseph Stalin (Iosif Vissarionovich Djugashvili)
Josip Tito (Josip Broz)
J. Posadas (Homero Cristali)
J.R. Johnson (Cyril Lionel Robert James)
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão (José Alexandre Gusmão)
Kim Il Sung (Kim Song Ju)
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
La Pasionaria (Dolores Ibárruri)
Léon José de Ramírez Reina (Léon Degrelle)
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein)
Lev Kamenev (Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld)
Loulou (Enver Hoxha)
Lula (Luiz Inácio da Silva)
Martin Thembisile Hani (Chris Hani)
Michel Pablo (Michel Raptis)
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (Joseph-Désiré Mobutu)
Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)
Nahuel Moreno (Hugo Bressano)
Pol Pot (Saloth Sar)
Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal)
Ronwaldo Reyes (Fernando Poe, Jr.)
Saïd Moustapha Mahdjoub (Gilbert Bourgeaud)
Sara Jane Olson (Kathleen Soliah)
Tariq Aziz (Michael Yuhanna)
Ted Grant (Isaac Blank)
Tetsuzo Fuwa (Kenjiro Ueda; named after N. I. Bukharin)
Tony Cliff (Ygael Gluckstein)
Tristán Marof (Gustavo Navarro)
Vyacheslav Molotov (Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Skryabin)
Vladimir Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov)
William Rabbit (Katay Don Sasorith)
Willy Brandt (Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)
X (George F. Kennan)

Religion

Acharya S (D. Murdock)
Allan Kardec (Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail )
Mata Amritanandamayi (Sudhamani)
His Divine Grace Abhay Charana-Aravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhay Charan De)
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
Yusuf Islam (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, formerly known as Cat Stevens)
Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj (Nrsimha Chakravarti)
Lord Mahavira (Vardhamana)
Osho (Rajneesh Chandra Mohan)
Sathya Sai Baba (Sathya Narayana Raju)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)
Swami Vivekananda (Narendranath Dutta)

Stage names

See List of stage names.

Sportspeople

Abédi Pelé (Abédi Ayew)
Action Jackson (André Action Diakité Jackson)
Akebono Taro (Chad Haaheo Rowan)
Al Bummy Davis (Abraham Davidoff)
Bebeto (José Roberto Gama de Oliveira)
Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)
Careca (Antonio de Oliveira Filho)
Deco (Anderson Luiz de Sousa)
Dick Tiger (Richard Ihetu)
Dida (Nélson de Jesus Silva)
Eduardo Golding (David Edward Michael Gordon Copleston)
Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos)
Garry Kasparov (Gari Weinstein)
Raymond Kopa (Raymond Kopaszewski)
He hate me (Rod Smart)
Henri Cornet (Henri Jaudry)
Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
Joe Louis (Joseph Louis Barrow)
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)
Kline (Roland Lam)
Konishiki Yasokichi (Salevaa Atisanoe)
Lucien Petit-Breton (Lucien Mazan)
Míchel (José Miguel González Martín)
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
Musashimaru Koyo (Fiamalu Penitani)
Nenê (Maybyner Rodney Hilario; this is now his legal name)
Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)
Rivaldo (Vitor Borba Ferreira)
Rocky Marciano (Rocco Francis Marchegiano)
Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira)
Smush Parker (William Henry Parker)
Stanley Ketchel (Stanislaus Kiecal)
The Stig (Unknown)
Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith Jr.)
Takanohana Koji (Koji Hanada)
Tony Zale (Anthony Florian Zaleski)
Wakanohana Masaru (Masaru Hanada)
Zico (Arthur Antunes Coimbra)