List of legally mononymous people
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This is a list of notable people whose full legal name is (or was) a mononym, either by name change or by being born mononymic (e.g. Burmese, Indonesian, or Japanese royalty). Titles (e.g. Burmese honorifics) do not count against inclusion, because they are not part of the name itself.
This list does not include people who are mononymous only as a stage name, pen name/pseudonym, in certain contexts, or by dint of fame.
List[]
Reason | Source | Mononym | Title(s) | Other name | Born | Died | Description | Ref. |
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Birth | Malagasy | Ahmad | 1959 | - | Malagasy football administrator and President of the Confederation of African Football | |||
Birth | Japanese royalty | Akihito | Emperor Emeritus | 1933 | - | former Emperor of Japan (abdicated 2019) | ||
Birth | Japanese royalty | Aiko | Princess Toshi | 2001 | - | daughter of Emperor Naruhito | ||
Birth | Burmese | Ba | Sir U | 1887 | 1963 | Burmese president and Supreme Court justice | ||
Birth | Nepali | Balkrishna | Acharya | c. 1972–1973 | - | Nepali billionaire businessman and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved | ||
Birth | Indonesian | Boediono | 1943 | - | former Vice President of Indonesia | |||
Birth | Japanese royalty | Fumihito | Prince Akishino | 1965 | - | heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito | ||
Birth | Indian | Govindjee | 1932 | - | Indian-American biochemist | |||
Birth | Japanese royalty | Hirohito | Emperor | 1901 | 1989 | former Emperor of Japan | ||
Birth | Burmese | Kyan | Binnya | ? | 1538 | senior minister at the court of King Takayutpi of Hanthawaddy | ||
Birth | Australian aboriginal | Loongkoonan | 1910 | 2018 | Australian aboriginal artist | |||
Birth | Japanese royalty | Mako (眞子) | former Princess Naishinnō (内親王) | Mako Komuro (小室 眞子, Komuro Mako) | 1991 | - | Daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, lost royal status and gained surname by marriage to commoner Kei Komuro | |
Birth | Indian | Mayawati | 1956 | - | Indian politician who formerly served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |||
Birth | Japanese royalty | Naruhito | Emperor | 1960 | - | Emperor of Japan | ||
Birth | Burmese | Nu | U or Thakin | 1907 | 1995 | leading Burmese statesman and nationalist politician | ||
Birth | Pakistani | Riazuddin | 1930 | 2013 | Pakistani physicist | |||
Birth | Burmese | Saw | U or Galon U | 1900 | 1948 | Burmese politician who served as Prime Minister during the colonial era before WW2 | ||
Birth | Indian | Siddaramaiah | 1948 | - | Indian politician who served a full-chief ministerial term of Karnataka from 2013 to 2018 | |||
Birth | Indonesian | Sjumandjaja | 1934 | 1985 | Indonesian director, screenwriter, and actor | |||
Birth | Indonesian | Sudirman | 1916 | 1950 | Indonesian National Hero and the first commander of Indonesian Armed Forces | |||
Birth | Indonesian | Suharto | 1921 | 2008 | former President of Indonesia | |||
Birth | Indonesian | Sukarno | 1901 | 1970 | former President of Indonesia | |||
Birth | Indonesian | Supriyadi | 1923 | c. 1945 | Indonesian National Hero and the first appointed Minister of Defense of Indonesia | |||
Birth | Burmese | Thant | U | 1909 | 1974 | Burmese diplomat and longest-serving Secretary-General of the United Nations | ||
Birth | Indonesian | Triyatno | 1987 | - | Indonesian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist | |||
Birth | Indian | Zoramthanga | Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Mizoram | |||||
Name change | Cher | Cherilyn Sarkisian | 1946 | - | American singer and actress | [1][2][3] | ||
Name change | Chyna | Joan Marie Laurer | 1970 | 2016 | American professional wrestler and actress | [4] | ||
Name change | Indrani | Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri | Indian-British-Canadian director, photographer, girls' empowerment activist and author | [5] | ||||
Name change | iOTA | Sean Hape | 1968 | - | Australian musician and actor | |||
Name change | Japanese royalty by marriage | Michiko | Empress | Michiko Shōda | 1934 | - | Japanese empress consort | |
Name change | Nenê | Maybyner Rodney Hilario | 1982 | - | Brazilian basketball player | |||
Name change | religious | Ramdev | Swami | Ram Kisan Yadav | 1965 | - | Indian ayurvedic and yoga practitioner | |
Name change | religious | Rajneesh | Chandra Mohan Jain | 1931 | 1990 | Indian mystic and founder of the Rajneesh movement | ||
Name change | Teller | Raymond Joseph Teller | 1948 | - | American magician | [6] | ||
Name change | Warrior | James Hellwig | 1959 | 2014 | American professional wrestler | [7][8] | ||
Name change | Winter | Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr. | 1972 | - | American software programmer best known for his goal to visit every company-owned Starbucks location in the world; changed name first to John Winter Smith, then to mononym Winter | [9] | ||
Name change | Ye | Kanye Omari West | 1977 | - | American rapper, record producer, and fashion designer | [10] | ||
Name change | promotion | DotComGuy | Mitch Maddox | American computer specialist; changed to mononym as promotion, later reverted to birth name |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Turning Back Time". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
- ^ @cher (1 March 2017). "@KBetter52 I Don't Have A Last name.Went to court...& Let me tell you it wasn't easy.They don't want Ppl running around with no last names