The Great - Definition and Overview

"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
• Darius the Great, Persia
• Frederick the Great, Prussia
• Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
• Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden
• Hanno the Great, Carthage
• Herod the Great, Judea
• The Great Houdini
• Ivan the Great, Russia
• Justinian the Great, Byzantium
• Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i
• Louis the Great, France
• Mithradates the Great, Pontus
• Moctezuma the Great, Aztec empire
• Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque
• Peter the Great, Russia
• Pompey the Great, Rome
• Prokop the Great, Hussite leader in Bohemia
• Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt
• Sargon the Great, Akkad
• Sejong the Great, Korea
• 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
• 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

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")
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah , (Quaid-e-Azam | The great leader)

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
• 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
• 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 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

See also

• Epithet
• List of people known by initials
• List of people known by one name