List of legally mononymous people
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
This is a list of notable people whose full legal name is a mononym, either by name change or by being born mononymic (such as in Indonesia, or Japanese royalty). This list does not include people who are mononymous only as a stage name, pen name, in certain contexts, or by dint of fame.
List
- Akihito (born 1933), Japanese emperor
- Boediono (born 1943) former Vice President of Indonesia
- Cher (born 1946 as Cherilyn Sarkisian) American singer and actress[1]
- Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer, 1970–2016), American professional wrestler and actress.[2]
- DotComGuy (born and reverted to Mitch Maddox), American computer specialist
- Fun (born Courtney Blair Schwebel, 1977), Writer, Artist[3]
- Goodspaceguy (born Michael George Nelson, 1938) American perennial political candidate[4]
- Govindjee, biochemist
- Hirohito (1901–1989), Japanese emperor
- iOTA (born 1968/1969) Australian musician and actor
- KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, (born and reverted to Christopher Garnett), American animal rights activist
- Mayawati (born 1956) former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Michiko (born 1934 Michiko Shōda), Japanese empress consort
- Nenê (born 1982 Maybyner Rodney Hilario) Brazilian basketball player
- Riazuddin (1930–2013), Pakistani physicist
- Suharto (1921–2008) Indonesian president
- Sukarno (1901–1970) Indonesian president
- Teller (born 1948 Raymond Joseph Teller) American magician[5]
- Triyatno (born 1987) Indonesian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist
- Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig, 1959–2014) American professional wrestler
- Winter (born 1972 Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr., changed to John Winter Smith, then to just Winter)
References
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- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070813090329/http://pennandteller.com/sincity/penn-n-teller/faq.html#Teller