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List of people known as The Great
"the Greats"
The following people normally have the words "the Great" appended to their names.
- 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
- Anthony the Great early Christian saint of Egypt
- Ashoka 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 (Iran)
- Darius the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Elizabeth I the Great, England
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
- Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden
- Hanno the Great, Carthage
- Henry IV the Great, France
- Herod the Great, Judea
- The Great Houdini
- Ivan the Great, Russia
- John the Great, Portugal
- Justinian the Great, Byzantium
- Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i
- Llywelyn the Great
- Louis the Great, France
- Mithradates the Great, Pontus
- Moctezuma the Great, Aztec empire
- Mohammad Ali Jinnah ,(Quaid-e-Azam | The great leader),Pakistan
- Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque
- Peter the Great, Russia
- Peter III the Great, Aragon
- Pompey the Great, Rome
- Prokop the Great, Hussite leader in Bohemia
- Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt
- Reza Shah the Great, Persia (Iran)
- Rhodri the Great
- Sargon the Great, Akkad
- Sejong the Great, Korea
- Shah Abbas the Great , Persia (Iran)
- Sancho III the Great, Navarre
- 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
- 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)
Related
- Ajax the Greater, hero from Homer's Iliad
- Alexandru cel Bun, ("the Kind") Romanian voivode
- 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")
Antonyms, in various ways
Fictional characters
See also
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