Distinctive Names of Some Famous Personalities

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Personalities | Distinctive Names of Some Famous Personalities

Many famous personalities are addressed with certain names and titles given in honor of their work for welfare. Their good work is recognized by their titles. the title is given out of love and respect they earned for doing noteworthy works for society.

Many competitive exams ask questions related to famous titles in the general knowledge section. One must have knowledge of the most famous personalities and their titles.

Here is a list of some famous men and women in history with their distinctive names not only of the nation but around the world.

Indian Personalities Distinctive Names

  1. Mahatma Gandhi………………………………Father of the Nation
Mahatma Gandhi-Distinctive Names of Some Famous Personalities
  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri………………………………..Man of Peace
  2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad………………………………. Ajatshatru, Desh Ratna
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy……………………………. Morning Star of India
  4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel…………………………Iron man of India
  5. Rabindranath Tagore………………………………Vishwa Kavi
  6. Bhagat Singh………………………………………….Sahid-e-Azam, Prince of Martyrs
  7. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal……………… Lal-Bal-Pal
  8. Bal Gangadhar Tilak……………………………….Lokmanya
Bal Gangadhar Tilak-Distinctive Names
  1. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke……………………….Grandfather of Indian Films
  2. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah………………….Sher-e-Kashmir Lion of Kashmir
  3. Sayyed Bandhu………………………………………King maker of indian History
  4. Tipu Sultan…………………………………………….Mysore Tiger
  5. Sarojini Naidu…………………………………………Nightingale of India
  6. Lata Mangeshkar…………………………………….Swarn Kokila
  7. Dadabhai Naoroji…………………………………….Grand Old man of India
  8. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan………………………..Frontier Gandhi
  9. Salim Ali………………………………………………….Bird Man of India
  10. Subhash Chandra Bose……………………………Netaji
  11. PT Usha…………………………………………………..Payyoli Express
  12. Sourav Ganguly……………………………………….Prince of Kolkata
  13. Dhyanchand…………………………………………….Hockey Wizard of India
  14. Milkha Singh……………………………………………Flying Sikh
  15. Samudra Gupta……………………………………….Napolean of India
  16. Indira Gandhi…………………………………………..Young Turk
  17. Lord Buddha……………………………………………Enlightened One
  18. Sachin Tendulkar…………………………………….The Little Master
  19. Nagarjuna………………………………………………..Indian Einstein
  20. Sankaracharya…………………………………………Sage of Kanchi
  21. Dr. B R Ambedkar.……………………………………Baba Saheb
  22. Mother Teresa………………………………………….Saint of Gutters
  23. Kalidas……………………………………………………Shakespeare of India
  24. Major General Rajinder Singh………………….Sparrow
  25. Samudragupta………………………………………..Napolean of India
  26. Jayaprakash Narayan……………………………..Loknayak
  27. Yatindra Mohan Sengupta……………………….Deshpriya
  28. C F Andrews……………………………………………Deenabandhu
  29. Ashutosh Mukherji…………………………………………………Bengal Kesari
  30. Jainul Abdin…………………………………………………………..Akbar of Kashmir
  31. Vinoba Bhave…………………………………………………………Acharya
  32. Vallabhai Patel………………………………………………………..Bismark of India
  33. Ravi Shankar Maharaj……………………………………………..Father of Gujarat
  34. Sreebuddha…………………………………………………………….Light of Asia
  35. Bal Gangadhar Tilak………………………………………………..Lion of Maratha
  36. Purushottam Das Tandon…………………………………………Rajarshee
  37. Lala Lajpat Rai…………………………………………………………Punjab Kesari
Lala Lajpat Rai-Distinctive Names
  1. Chanakya……………………………………..Machiavelli of India
  2. Karpuri Thakur……………………………..Jana Nayak
  3. Kapil Dev……………………………………..Haryana Hurricane

World Personalities Distinctive Names

  1. The Great Commoner………………………………William Pitt
  2. The Blind Poet…………………………………………John Milton
  3. The Black Prince……………………………………..Son of Edward III
  4. The Morning Star of the Reformation……….John Wycliff
  5. The Dickens of France…………………………….Honore de Balzac
  6. The Unready……………………………………………King Etheral II of England
  7. The first Gentleman in Europe…………………King George IV of England
  8. The Grand Oldman………………………………….William Ewart Gladstone
  9. The Iron Chancellor…………………………………Prince Otto Von Bismarck
  10. The King Maker……………………………………….Richard Neville
  11. Old Rough and Ready……………………………..Zachary Taylor
  12. The Swedish Nightingale………………………..Jenny Lind
  13. The Merrie Monarch……………………………….King Charles II of England
  14. The Little Corporal…………………………………Napolean Bonaparte
  15. The Beloved Disciple……………………………..St John
  16. The Light of Asia……………………………………Buddha
  17. The Sage of Concord……………………………..Ralph Waldo Emerson
  18. The Black Napolean………………………………Jean Jacques Dessalines of Haiti
  19. The Iron Duke……………………………………….The Duke of Wellington
  20. The Mad Monk………………………………………Rasputin
  21. The Lady of the Lamp……………………………Florence Nightingale
  22. The Tiger of France………………………………Georges Clemenceau
  23. The Father of Medicine…………………………Hippocratess
  24. The Father of Modern Astronomy…………..Copernicus
  25. The Father of Modern Chemistry……………Antoine Lavoisier
  26. The Father of Natural History………………..John Ray
  27. The Father of Modern Music…………………Johann Sebastian Bach
  28. The Father of Novel Writing………………….Giovanni Boccaccio
  29. The Father of Biography……………………….Plutarch
  30. The Father of Poets………………………………Homer
  31. The Father of English Poetry………………..Geoffrey Chaucer
  32. The Father of Moral Philosophy……………Thomas Aquinas
  33. The Father of Unitarianism…………………..John Biddle
  34. The Father of History……………………………Herodotus
  35. The Father of Experimental Philosophy………Thomas Aquinas
  36. The Uncrowned Queen of Arabia…………………Gertrude Bell
  37. The Inspired Idiot…………………………………Oliver Goldsmith
  38. The Faultless Painter……………………………Andrea del Sarto
  39. The Maid of Orleans…………………………….Joan of Arc
  40. William of the Conqueror……………………..William I of England
  41. The Seraphic Doctor…………………………….St Bonaventura
  42. The Semiramis of the North…………………Catherine II Empress of Russia
  43. Defender of the Holy Sepulchre…………..Godfrey of Bouillon
  44. The Maid of Orleans……………………………Joan of Arc
  45. The Virgin Queen………………………………..Queen Elizabeth I
  46. Coeur de Lion……………………………………..Richard I of England
  47. Reformation………………………………………..John Wycliff
  48. The Bard of Avon………………………………..William Shakespeare
  49. The Apostle of the Indians…………………..Bartholome de Las Cassa
  50. The Most Musical of all Englishmen……….Sir William Sterndale Bennett

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