Distinctive Names of Some Famous Personalities

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

2. Lal Bahadur Shastri………………………………..Man of Peace
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad………………………………. Ajatshatru, Desh Ratna
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy……………………………. Morning Star of India
5. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel…………………………Iron man of India
6. Rabindranath Tagore………………………………Vishwa Kavi
7. Bhagat Singh………………………………………….Sahid-e-Azam, Prince of Martyrs
8. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal……………… Lal-Bal-Pal
9. Bal Gangadhar Tilak……………………………….Lokmanya

10. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke……………………….Grandfather of Indian Films
11. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah………………….Sher-e-Kashmir Lion of Kashmir
12. Sayyed Bandhu………………………………………King maker of indian History
13. Tipu Sultan…………………………………………….Mysore Tiger
14. Sarojini Naidu…………………………………………Nightingale of India
15. Lata Mangeshkar…………………………………….Swarn Kokila
16. Dadabhai Naoroji…………………………………….Grand Old man of India
17. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan………………………..Frontier Gandhi
18. Salim Ali………………………………………………….Bird Man of India
19. Subhash Chandra Bose……………………………Netaji
20. PT Usha…………………………………………………..Payyoli Express
21. Sourav Ganguly……………………………………….Prince of Kolkata
22. Dhyanchand…………………………………………….Hockey Wizard of India
23. Milkha Singh……………………………………………Flying Sikh
24. Samudra Gupta……………………………………….Napolean of India
25. Indira Gandhi…………………………………………..Young Turk
26. Lord Buddha……………………………………………Enlightened One
27. Sachin Tendulkar…………………………………….The Little Master
28. Nagarjuna………………………………………………..Indian Einstein
29. Sankaracharya…………………………………………Sage of Kanchi
30. Dr. B R Ambedkar.……………………………………Baba Saheb
31. Mother Teresa………………………………………….Saint of Gutters
32. Kalidas……………………………………………………Shakespeare of India
33. Major General Rajinder Singh………………….Sparrow
34. Samudragupta………………………………………..Napolean of India
35. Jayaprakash Narayan……………………………..Loknayak
36. Yatindra Mohan Sengupta……………………….Deshpriya
37. C F Andrews……………………………………………Deenabandhu
38. Ashutosh Mukherji…………………………………………………Bengal Kesari
39. Jainul Abdin…………………………………………………………..Akbar of Kashmir
40. Vinoba Bhave…………………………………………………………Acharya
41. Vallabhai Patel………………………………………………………..Bismark of India
42. Ravi Shankar Maharaj……………………………………………..Father of Gujarat
43. Sreebuddha…………………………………………………………….Light of Asia
44. Bal Gangadhar Tilak………………………………………………..Lion of Maratha
45. Purushottam Das Tandon…………………………………………Rajarshee
46. Lala Lajpat Rai…………………………………………………………Punjab Kesari

48. Chanakya……………………………………..Machiavelli of India
49. Karpuri Thakur……………………………..Jana Nayak
50. 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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