List of legally mononymous people

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 (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

• Ahmad (born 1959), Malagasy football administrator and President of the Confederation of African Football
• Akihito (born 1933), Emperor Emeritus of Japan since his abdication in April 2019
• Aiko (born 2001), daughter of Emperor Naruhito
• Boediono (born 1943), former Vice President of Indonesia
• Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian, 1946), American singer and actress[1][2][3]
• Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer, 1970–2016), American professional wrestler and actress[4]
• DotComGuy (born and reverted to Mitch Maddox), American computer specialist
• Fumihito, heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito
• Goodspaceguy (born Michael George Nelson, 1938), American perennial political candidate[5]
• Govindjee (born 1932), Indian-American biochemist
• Hirohito (1901–1989), Emperor of Japan
• Indrani (born Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri), Indian-British-Canadian director, photographer, girls' empowerment activist and author[6]
• iOTA (born Sean Hape, 1968), Australian musician and actor
• Loongkoonan (born 1910), Australian aboriginal artist

• Mayawati (born 1956), Indian politician who formerly served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Michiko (born Michiko Shōda, 1934), Japanese empress consort
• Naruhito (born 1960), Emperor of Japan
• Nenê (born Maybyner Rodney Hilario, 1982), Brazilian basketball player
• Riazuddin (1930–2013), Pakistani physicist
• Sjumandjaja (1934–1985), Indonesian director, screenwriter, and actor
• Sudirman (1916–1950), Indonesian National Hero and the first commander of Indonesian Armed Forces
• Suharto (1921–2008), former President of Indonesia
• Sukarno (1901–1970), former President of Indonesia
• Supriyadi (1923–1945?), Indonesian National Hero and the first appointed Minister of Defense of Indonesia
• Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller, 1948), American magician[7]
• U Thant (1909–1974), Burmese diplomat who was the longest-serving Secretary-General of the United Nations ("U" being, rather than a first name, a common title translating as "mister" or "sir")
• Triyatno (born 1987), Indonesian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist
• Warrior (born James Hellwig, 1959-2014), an American professional wrestler[8][9]
• Winter (born Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr., 1972; changed his name to "John Winter Smith", then to the mononym "Winter"), American software programmer best known for his goal to visit every company-owned Starbucks location in the world[10]

See also

• List of one-word stage names
• Mononymous person

References

1. "Turning Back Time". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
2. https://twitter.com/cher/status/836845856179556352
3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000333/bio
4. "Copy of Name Change Document" (PDF). 2007-11-07. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
5. Ervin, Keith (12 August 2007). "Goodspaceguy Nelson challenges Constantine in race for District 8". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
6. http://jezebel.com/watch-this-rad-feminist-short-film-of-girls-playing-soc-1639677259
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20070813090329/http://pennandteller.com/sincity/penn-n-teller/faq.html#Teller
8. Historical Dictionary of Wrestling – John Grasso – Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
9. Reynolds, R.D.; Alvarez, Bryan (2014). The Death of WCW: 10th Anniversary Edition of the Bestselling Classic — Revised and Expanded. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1770411753.
10. "Starbucks Everywhere". starbuckseverywhere.net. Retrieved 2018-01-03.