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Nicknames in World History

Guess the real names of the historical figures with the nicknames shown below.
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Nickname
Lifespan
Real Name
The Iron Lady
1925–2013
Margaret Thatcher
Madiba
1918–2013
Nelson Mandela
Che
1928–1967
Ernesto Guevara
The British Bulldog
1874–1965
Winston Churchill
Evita
1919–1952
Eva Perón
The Desert Fox
1891–1944
Erwin Rommel
The Red Baron
1892–1918
Manfred von
Richthofen
The Mad Monk
1869–1916
Grigori Rasputin
The Iron Chancellor
1815–1898
Otto von Bismarck
The Little Corporal
1769–1821
Napoleon
The Sun King
1638–1715
Louis XIV
The Bard
1564–1616
William Shakespeare
The Virgin Queen
1533–1603
Elizabeth I
The Impaler
1428–1476
Vlad III
The Maid of Orleans
1412–1431
Joan of Arc
Longshanks
1239–1307
Edward I
Lionheart
1157–1199
Richard I
The Unready
966–1016
Ethelred II
Bluetooth
?–986
Harold I of Denmark
The Scourge of God
406–453
Atilla the Hun
Africanus
235 BC–
183 BC
Publius Cornelius
Scipio
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40 Comments
NV1
+1
Level 55
Nov 30, 2020
16/21
JorgonQ
+23
Level 84
Nov 30, 2020
Can we get credit for typing "Aethelred"?
JackBeNimble
+14
Level 82
Dec 1, 2020
Seconded. I've never seen it without the a or æ.
Cooldrive
+2
Level 64
Dec 1, 2020
Never? What is your country?
KingWilwin
+2
Level 63
Mar 28, 2026
I am English and exclusively see it as Aethelred or Æthelred
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Dec 1, 2020
Aethelred and Æthelred will work now.
WillemLAif
+6
Level 81
Nov 30, 2020
Attila the Hun, not Atilla, perhaps?

Also, any chance for accepting Țepeș?

Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Dec 1, 2020
Tepes means impaler.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Dec 1, 2020
Good interesting quiz, good mix, thanks.
Algernon
+1
Level 74
Dec 1, 2020
Novel idea. Never heard of the final answer
angrobper14
+11
Level 86
Dec 1, 2020
Just searched about the "Unready" (the only I haven't heard of).

Apparently, it wasn't that he was "unready" for the bad things that came to him... "Unraed" meant "poorly advised" and it was a pun on his name, which meant "well advised".

Humans: Punning people name since, well, ever!!!

Teegthebeeg
+1
Level 53
Dec 1, 2020
I always try Miss Ofarc, just in case...
blackholexsun
+2
Level 64
Jan 22, 2021
I always type in "darc". It always works just fine.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 86
Apr 30, 2021
I thought it was Maxine of Arc...
Cooldrive
+4
Level 64
Dec 1, 2020
Most of the pleas asking acceptance of an alternate answer are by people just showing off. They all know the commonly accepted choice.
Sifhraven
+11
Level 76
Dec 9, 2020
What are you referring to Æthelred or Tepes? Cause those are the only ones mentioned. I too have only ever seen it written Aethelred.

And I don't feel the Tepes guy was showing of, probably tried it/thought of it because Vlad is a first name so he probably figured Tepes was the answer they might be looking for.

EytanMelech
+6
Level 66
Dec 1, 2020
Could you accept Æthelred or Aethelred? That is how it is supposed to be spelled. I genuinely didn't think to try Ethelred.
Chad
+2
Level 65
Dec 1, 2020
For the date Ethelred II lived you are able to click the link on mobile and call some phone number. I don’t think it needs to be fixed just funny.
sumguy
+2
Level 87
Dec 4, 2020
I expected Mahatma and Buddha.
KanzazKyote
+4
Level 92
Dec 10, 2020
Those are titles, not nicknames.
maur85
+8
Level 73
Jan 22, 2021
So is Africanus. He earned it by defeating Hannibal in Africa and winning Rome the second Punic War
MaxStickies
+1
Level 80
Dec 20, 2020
Nice quiz. Could Gormsson be accepted for Harold?
Kalleanon
+1
Level 66
Jan 22, 2021
Madiba is absolutely not a nickname.
HemmoAU
+2
Level 57
Mar 29, 2026
You're right, but I think it fits the quiz well. Probably should stipulate that it includes all manner of sobriquets, epithets, aliases and clan names.
Myloufa
+1
Level 65
Jan 22, 2021
Maybe add type-ins for Eva Perón? It's hard for some people to put the accent, and usually we don't need to? I tried Eva Peron, Eva Duarte, Eva Duarte y Peron and I had to go copy and paste her name to mak it work...
Nathaniel
+2
Level 77
Jan 22, 2021
Eva Peron and also Peron work
TheGW22
+4
Level 53
Jan 22, 2021
The first thing I wrote when I saw "The British Bulldog" was Davey Boy Smith. xD
TheAnimationGuy
+1
Level 44
Jan 24, 2021
Isn't the sun king Sinchi Roca?
SamIsCool
+2
Level 57
May 19, 2022
Pretty surprising that more people get Bluetooth more correct than the Red Baron.
NEGeo
+2
Level 65
Mar 28, 2026
Couldn't remember his name for the love of me. Everyone knows him as the red baron, or manfred. which is why I was typing in like Manstein or Mannerheim
tooths
+4
Level 59
May 18, 2023
Attila*
thegungler
+1
Level 52
Oct 4, 2023
Sad to see the lack of recognition for Madiba!
SARVEII
+1
Level 63
Jun 29, 2024
I think that outside Southafrica he's more commonly known by his actual name
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 78
Mar 28, 2026
TIL that Madiba was his clan name, not a true nickname, and that his given name at birth was Rolihlahla, which means "troublemaker" in Xhosa. How apt (in the sense of the "good trouble" that John Lewis wrote about).
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
Mar 30, 2026
Yeah, I have never heard this nickname. I got it from the dates.
SARVEII
+2
Level 63
Dec 19, 2023
May I suggest "The Supreme Poet" (Dante Alighieri) and the "Hero of the two Worlds" (Giuseppe Garibaldi)?
JackintheBox
+5
Level 82
Jan 22, 2025
Attila is misspelt.
al314
+1
Level 92
Mar 28, 2026
Yes. The root is 'atta' meaning father.
Eumenes
+2
Level 65
Mar 28, 2026
Cool quiz!
owllover4709
+2
Level 64
Mar 28, 2026
It is spelled Attila. Great puzzle!
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