List of people known as The Great
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The following people normally have the words "the Great" appended to their names.
- Abgar the Great, Osroene
- Akb�r the Great, Mughal Empire
- Albert the Great, better known as Albertus Magnus, French Catholic theologian
- Alexander the Great, Macedonia
- Alfred the Great of Wessex, English
- Anthony the Great early Christian saint of Egypt
- Asoka 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
- Darius the Great, Persia
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
- Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden
- Hanno the Great, Carthage
- Herod the Great, Judea
- Ivan the Great, Russia
- Justinian the Great, Byzantium
- Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i
- Louis the Great, France
- Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque
- Peter the Great, Russia
- Pompey the Great, Rome
- Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt
- Sargon the Great, Akkad
- Sejong the Great, Korea
- Stefan the Great, Moldova, Romania
- St. Basil the Great, Cappadocia
- St. Euthymius the Great, Palestine
- St. Gregory the Great, pope
- St. Leo the Great, pope
- St. Macarius the Great, Egyptian hermit
- Theodosius the Great, Rome
- Xerxes the Great, Persia
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- Ajax the Greater, hero from Homer's Iliad
- Alexandru cel Bun, ("the Kind") Romanian voivode
- Du?an Silni, ("The Forceful"), Serbian tzar
- Jackie Gleason (the Great One)
- Wayne Gretzky (the Great One)
- Mihai Viteazul, ("the Brave"), Romanian voivode
- St. James the Greater, apostle
- 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
- 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
- Sir Robin the Not-So Brave
- 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
Fictional characters
- The Great Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel
- Gonzo the Great character from The Muppet Show.
See also
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_people_known_as_The_Great" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_known_as_The_Great, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
