Pseudonyms

German politician (SPD), chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use them because they wish to remain anonymous and maintain privacy, though this may be difficult to achieve as a result of legal issues.

British musician (born 1951)

Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation. As part of the implementation, Nakamoto also devised the first blockchain database. Nakamoto was active in the development of bitcoin until December 2010.

Irish rock musician, guitar player of U2

pseudonym adopted by an author (or a group of authors) and printed on the title page in place of their real name

American composer (1860–1908)

"Gimax", pseudonym of Carlo Franchi (1 January 1938 – 13 January 2021) was an Italian racing driver. He never raced under his real name, and his son has also raced using the name "Gimax".

racecar driver (1937-1967)

French composer of British-Irish origin

Pentawer (also Pentawere and Pentaweret) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 20th Dynasty, a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III and his secondary wife, Tiye. He was involved in the so-called "harem conspiracy", a plot to kill his father and place him on the throne. The details of his trial are recorded in the Judicial Papyrus of Turin; he was compelled to commit suicide following his trial. A candidate for his body is a mummy known as "Unknown Man E", discovered in the Deir el-Bahari cache in 1881. This mummy is unusual as it was found wrapped in a sheep or goat skin and was improperly mummified, b

any name a person gives oneself, originated from the Six Dynasties period; common to artists, poets, but not exclusively in East Asia

stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist or boxer

Prussian princess (1866-1952)

Italian singer

pen name used by Stephen King

American musician (1908–1999)

Salvadoran revolutionary (1929–1983)

pseudonym used by a combatant

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German singer, composer and musician

French composer (1903–1990)

Romanian singer-songwriter

collective pseudonym used by cultural activists

personal identity less known to a public than another identity or persona

actor, country singer (1919-2009)

British opera singer, teacher and composer (1866–1956)

German comedy character

pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall or Brittany

Uketsu (Japanese: 雨穴, romanized as Uketsu) is a Japanese YouTuber and author of unknown identity. He creates surreal short films and writes mystery and horror fiction.

upright=0.8|thumb|Berlin Painter's [[Name vase]] upright=0.8|thumb|Virgin and Child in a Landscape, the Master of the Embroidered Foliage 1492–1498. [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis]] In art history, a '''''' (, "name of necessity" or "contingency name") is an invented name given to an artist whose identity has been lost. The practice arose from the need to give such artists and their typically untitled or generically titled works an acceptable if unsatisfactory grouping to avoid confusion when cataloging.

British actress

German intendant (1838–1897)

French writer, journalist and publisher

Pebekkamen or Paybakkamen was an ancient Egyptian official during the reign of pharaoh Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty. Along with Ramesses' secondary wife Tiye and the official Mesedsure, he was a primary organizer of the Harem conspiracy in 1155 BC. The conspirators intended to assassinate Ramesses and place Pentawer, her and Ramesses' son, on the throne instead of his elder half-brother Ramesses IV.

thumb|right|upright=1.1|Japanese sumo wrestler Toshimitsu Obata was known by his Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, and he was generally referred to simply as Kitanoumi. A is a sumo wrestler's ring name. The use of ring names in sumo dates back to the Muromachi period and developed further in the Edo period, when ring names were used to hide the identities of early , many of whom were masterless samurai called . By the 20th century, use of ring names became governed by customs within the Japan Sumo Association.

French musician

Spanish chess player

French journalist and video blogger

Zapatista activist

use of pseudonyms by Donald Trump

In Persian, Turkic, Hindustani and Punjabi, the word takhallus (from Arabic , ; ; ; ; , ) means a pen name. Pen names were widely adopted by Persian, Turkic, Urdu and Punjabi poets.

Congolese journalist and writer

Belgian concert pianist, piano teacher and composer (1835-1886)

French clairvoyant