List of people known as The Great
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"the Greats"
The following people normally have the words "the Great" appended to their names.
- Akbár the Great, India
- Albert the Great, better known as Albertus Magnus, French Catholic theologian
- Alexander the Great, Macedonia
- Alfred the Great of Wessex, English
- Alfonso III of Leon
- Anthony the Great early Christian saint of Egypt
- Ashoka the Great, India
- Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, Thailand
- Boleslaus the Brave, sometimes called the Great, Poland
- Canute the Great, Danish, King of Denmark, England, and Norway
- Casimir the Great, Poland
- Catherine the Great, Russia
- Charles the Great, more commonly known as "Charlemagne"
- Constantine the Great, Rome/Byzantium
- Cyrus the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Darius the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Elizabeth I the Great, England
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
- Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden
- Hanno the Great, Carthage
- Henry IV the Great, France
- Herod the Great, Judea
- The Great Houdini
- Ivan the Great, Russia
- John the Great, Portugal
- Justinian the Great, Byzantium
- Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i
- Llywelyn the Great
- Louis the Great
- Louis the Great, France
- Mithradates the Great, Pontus
- Moctezuma the Great, Aztec empire
- Mohammad Ali Jinnah,(Quaid-e-Azam | The great leader),Pakistan
- Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque
- Peter the Great, Russia
- Peter III the Great, Aragon
- Pompey the Great, Rome
- Prokop the Great, Hussite leader in Bohemia
- Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt
- Reza Shah the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Rhodri the Great
- Sargon the Great, Akkad
- Sejong the Great, Korea
- Shah Abbas the Great , Persia (Iran)
- Sancho III the Great, Navarre
- Stefan the Great, Moldova, Romania
- St. Basil the Great, Cappadocia
- St. Euthymius the Great, Palestine
- St. Gregory the Great, pope
- Saint James the Great, apostle
- St. Leo the Great, pope
- St. Macarius the Great, Egyptian hermit
- Theodoric the Great, Ostrogoths
- Theodosius the Great, Rome
- Tigranes the Great, Armenia
- Turkmenbashi the Great, self-proclaimed title of Saparmurat Niyazov, the president of Turkmenistan.
- Valdemar I the Great of Denmark
- William V the Great, duke of Aquitaine
- Xerxes the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Yu the Great, China
Since his death in 2005, "the Great" has often been appended to the name Pope John Paul II, though he has not officially been designated as such by the Vatican to this point.
Related
- Ajax the Greater, hero from Homer's Iliad
- Alexandru cel Bun, ("the Kind") Romanian voivode
- Agostino Chigi, il Magnifico ("The Magnificent")
- Jackie Gleason (the Great One)
- Wayne Gretzky (the Great One)
- Mihai Viteazul, ("the Brave"), Romanian voivode
- Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
- Stefan Dusan, ("The Forceful"), Serbian tzar
- Stefan cel Mare ("The Great"), voivod of Moldavia
- Stefan Visoki ("The Tall"), Serbian despot
- Suleyman the Magnificent
- Lorenzo il Magnifico, ("The Magnificent")
Antonyms, in various ways
- Ajax the Lesser
- Alexandru cel Rau ("the Evil"), Wallachian voivode
- August the strong of Saxony
- Basilides the False
- Charles the Bald
- Charles the Fat
- Charles the Short
- Charles the Simple
- Dionysius Exiguus ("the little", "the humble")
- Ethelred the Unready, (i.e. ill-advised)
- Heliogabalus the Horrible
- Ivan the Terrible
- King John ''Lackland'' of England
- Mary the Rich
- Pepin the Short
- Romulus Augustulus ("the small Augustus"), last Western Roman Emperor.
- St. James the Lesser
- Stefan Surdul ("the Deaf"), Wallachian voivode
- Vlad Inecatul ("the Drowned"), Wallachian voivode
- William the Bastard, better known as William I of England or William the Conqueror
- William the Silent
Fictional characters
- Sir Robin the Not-So Brave
- Edward the Great - title of an Iron Maiden 'greatest hits' album, named after the band's mascot Eddie.
- Gonzo the Great character from The Muppet Show.
- The Great Brain.
- The Great Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.
- The Great Merlini.
- The Great Pumpkin from Peanuts comic strip.
- The Great Rupert from the 1950 film of the same name.
- The Great Skeeve from the novels of Robert Asprin
- The Great Santini.
- The Great Suprendo from Sesame Street