List of legally mononymous people

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 (such as in Indonesia, or Japanese royalty). This list does not include people who are mononymous only as a stage name, pen name, in certain contexts, or by dint of fame.

List
  • Mayawati (born 1956), Indian politician who formerly served as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
  • Michiko (born Michiko Shōda, 1934), Japanese empress consort
  • Naruhito (born 1960), Emperor of Japan
  • Nenê (born Maybyner Rodney Hilario, 1982), Brazilian basketball player
  • Riazuddin (1930–2013), Pakistani physicist
  • Sjumandjaja (1934–1985), Indonesian director, screenwriter, and actor
  • Sudirman (1916–1950), Indonesian National Hero and the first commander of Indonesian Armed Forces
  • Suharto (1921–2008), former President of Indonesia
  • Sukarno (1901–1970), former President of Indonesia
  • Supriyadi (1923–1945?), Indonesian National Hero and the first appointed Minister of Defense of Indonesia
  • Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller, 1948), American magician[5]
  • U Thant (1909–1974), Burmese diplomat who was the longest-serving Secretary-General of the United Nations ("U" being, rather than a first name, a common title translating as "mister" or "sir")
  • Triyatno (born 1987), Indonesian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist
  • Warrior (born James Hellwig, 1959-2014), an American professional wrestler[6][7]
  • Winter (born Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr., 1972; changed his name to "John Winter Smith", then to the mononym "Winter"), American software programmer best known for his goal to visit every company-owned Starbucks location in the world[8]

See also

References
  1. "Turning Back Time". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  2. https://twitter.com/cher/status/836845856179556352
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000333/bio
  4. "Copy of Name Change Document" (PDF). 2007-11-07. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20070813090329/http://pennandteller.com/sincity/penn-n-teller/faq.html#Teller
  6. Grasso, John (6 March 2014). Historical Dictionary of Wrestling – John Grasso – Google Books. ISBN 9780810879263. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  7. Reynolds, R.D.; Alvarez, Bryan (2014). The Death of WCW: 10th Anniversary Edition of the Bestselling Classic — Revised and Expanded. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1770411753.
  8. "Starbucks Everywhere". starbuckseverywhere.net. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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