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The word is derived from the Latin celebrity, from the adjective celeber ("famous," "celebrated"). Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability, although the word notable is mistaken to be synonymous with the title celebrity, fame, prominence etc.
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.
The missing name is represented by its initial. Please remove the category tag when you discover the missing name and replace the incomplete information in the biography. A simple Google search can usually find the information. Other good sources are the Google News Archive or the World War I and World War II draft registrations which required ...
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives; the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered when exercising editorial judgment. This policy applies to any living person mentioned in a BLP ...
This list does not include - famous people who are commonly referred to only by their first name (e.g. Adele, Beyoncé, Elvis, Madonna). famous people who are commonly referred to only by their surname (e.g. Liberace, Mantovani, Morrissey, Mozart, Shakespeare); it is quite common and regular for surnames to be used to identify historic and pop ...
Edgar Degas, French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings; Eugène Delacroix, was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school; Narcisse-Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, was a French painter of the Barbizon school; Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer