List of people known as the Great
"the Greats"
The following people normally have the words "the Great" appended to their names.
- Abbas the Great , Persia (Iran)
- Akbár the Great, India
- Albert the Great, better known as Albertus Magnus, French Catholic theologian
- Alexander the Great, Macedonia
- 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
- 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 (Iran)
- Darius the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- 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
- Trisin the Great, Unholy Nation
- The Great Houdini
- Ivan the Great, Russia
- John the Great, Portugal
- John Paul II the Great, Pope
- Justinian the Great, Byzantium
- Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i
- 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
- 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
- Rajaraja Chola the Great, India
- Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt
- Reza Shah the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Rhodri the Great
- Sancho III the Great, Navarre
- Sargon the Great, Akkad
- Sejong the Great, Korea
- Shivaji the Great, India
- Stefan the Great, Moldova, Romania
- St. Basil the Great, Cappadocia
- St. Euthymius the Great, Palestine
- St. Gregory the Great, pope
- Saint James the Great, apostle
- St. Leo the Great, pope
- St. Macarius the Great, Egyptian hermit
- Theodoric the Great, Ostrogoths
- Theodosius the Great, Rome
- Tigranes the Great, Armenia
- Turkmenbashi the Great, self-proclaimed title of Saparmurat Niyazov, the president of Turkmenistan.
- Valdemar I the Great of Denmark
- William V the Great, duke of Aquitaine
- Xerxes the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Yu the Great, China
Related
- Muhammad Ali, boxer (The Greatest)
- Rocky "The Rock" Johnson, wrestler/actor (Rocky, also known as The Great One)
- Ajax the Greater, hero from Homer's Iliad
- Alexandru cel Bun, ("the Kind") Romanian voivode
- Julio Cesar Chavez, boxer (The Great Mexican Champion)
- Agostino Chigi, il Magnifico ("The Magnificent")
- Jackie Gleason (the Great One)
- Wayne Gretzky (the Great One)
- Mihai Viteazul, ("the Brave"), Romanian voivode
- Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
- Stefan Dusan, ("The Forceful"), Serbian tzar
- Stefan cel Mare ("The Great"), voivod of Moldavia
- Stefan Visoki ("The Tall"), Serbian despot
- Suleyman the Magnificent
- Lorenzo il Magnifico, ("The Magnificent")
- Felix Trinidad, boxer (Tito, also known as The Great Puerto Rican Champion)
Antonyms, in various ways
- Ajax the Lesser
- Alexandru cel Rau ("the Evil"), Wallachian voivode
- August the strong of Saxony
- Basilides the False
- Charles the Bald
- Charles the Fat
- Charles the Short
- Charles the Simple
- Diogenes the Cynic (possibly "the dog")
- Dionysius Exiguus ("the little", "the humble")
- Ethelred the Unready, (i.e. ill-advised)
- Heliogabalus the Horrible
- Ivan the Terrible
- King John ''Lackland'' of England
- Mary the Rich
- Pepin the Short
- Romulus Augustulus ("the small Augustus"), last Western Roman Emperor.
- 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
- William the Silent
Fictional characters
- Sir Robin the Not-So Brave
- Edward the Great - title of an Iron Maiden 'greatest hits' album, named after 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 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