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.
- Abbas the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Akbar the Great, India
- Alaric the Great, of the Visigoths
- Albert the Great (aka Albertus Magnus), Medieval German philosopher and theologian (but note that "the Great" translates his family name, de Groot)
- Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
- Alfred the Great of Wessex, English
- Alfonso the Great of Leon
- Anthony the Great early Christian saint of Egypt
- Antiochus the Great, Seleucid Empire
- Ashoka the Great, India
- Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, Thailand
- Boleslaus the Brave, sometimes called the Great, Poland
- Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great, Thailand
- 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"
- Chulalongkorn the Great, Thailand
- Constantine the Great, Rome/Byzantium
- Cyrus the Great, Persia (Iran) - Cyrus is the first king whose name was suffixed with the word "Great"
- Darius the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- Genghis Khan the Great, Mongolia
- Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
- Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden
- Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo, Korea
- Hanno the Great, Carthage
- Henry IV the Great, France
- Herod the Great, Judea
- Ivan the Great, Russia
- John the Great, Portugal
- John Paul II the Great, Pope
- Justinian the Great, Byzantium
- Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i
- Karim Khan the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Llywelyn the Great, Wales/Gwynedd
- Louis the Great, Hungary and Poland
- Louis the Great, France
- Mithridates the Great, Parthia
- Mithridates the Great, Pontus
- Moctezuma the Great, Aztec empire
- Mubarak Al-Sabah the Great, Kuwait
- Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor
- Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque
- Peter the Great, Russia
- Peter III the Great, Aragont
- 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, Wales/Gwynedd
- Sancho III the Great, Navarre
- Shapur the Great, Sassanid empire, Persia (Iran)
- Sargon the Great, Akkad
- Sejong the Great, Korea
- Simeon I the Great, Bulgaria
- Stephen the Great, Moldova, Romania
- St. Basil the Great, Cappadocia
- St. Gregory the Great, pope
- Saint James the Great, apostle
- St. Leo the Great, pope
- St. Macarius the Great, Egyptian hermit
- St. Nicholas the Great, pope
- Theodoric the Great, Ostrogoths
- Theodosius the Great, Rome
- Tigranes the Great, Armenia
- Valdemar I the Great, Denmark
- Vytautas the Great, archduke of Lithuanian Grand Duchy
- William V the Great, Aquitaine
- Xerxes the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Yu the Great, China
Related
- Muhammad Ali, boxer (The Greatest)
- Alexandru cel Bun, ("the Kind") Romanian voivode
- Julio César Chávez, boxer (The Great Mexican Champion)
- Agostino Chigi, il Magnifico ("The Magnificent")
- Ellaalan, "the Just" , Sri Lanka
- Frederick William of Brandenburg, Großer Kurfürst ("the Great Elector")
- Jackie Gleason (the Great One)
- Wayne Gretzky (the Great One)
- Lorenzo il Magnifico, ("The Magnificent")
- Lozang Gyatso, 5th Dalai Lama, "The Great Fifth Dalai Lama", Tibet
- Leelavathi Naaichchi, " the Brave " , Sri Lanka .
- Mihai Viteazul, ("the Brave"), Romanian voivode
- Pegun, "the Magnanimous", India .
- Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
- The Rock, wrestler/actor (Rocky, also known as The Great One)
- Shivaji, "The Great Maratha"
- Stefan Dušan, ("The Forceful"), Serbian tzar
- Ştefan cel Mare ("The Great"), voivod of Moldavia
- Stefan Visoki ("The Tall"), Serbian despot
- Suleyman the Magnificent
- Felix Trinidad, boxer (Tito, also known as The Great Puerto Rican Champion)
- The Great Kat, heavy metal guitarist and violinist
Fictional characters
- Sheila the Great from Judy Blume's Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
- Edward the Great - title of an Iron Maiden 'greatest hits' album, named for 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 Gazoo from the cartoon series The Flintstones.
- The Great Khali WWE wrestler
- 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
See also
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