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This is a list of personal names known in English that are modified from another language and are or were not used among the person themselves.

It does not include: names of historical monarchs (current and recent monarchs are rarely translated, e.g. Philip V of Spain but Felipe VI of Spain) commonly translated names of religious leaders (e.g. Pope Francis) aliases, pseudonyms, and stage names (such as the librettist Metastasio) latinized spellings of other languages and other spelling variants (such as removal/spelling out of diacritics, e.g. Arnold Schoenberg, born Arnold Schönberg, US citizen in 1941)John R. Shook – Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers: Volume 1 – 2005 Page 2153 "He became a US citizen in 1941, thereafter spelling his name as Schoenberg.") permanent name changes, colloquially known as "Ellis Island Specials" (such as George Frideric Handel born Georg Friedrich Händel, naturalised British subject in 1727; Sumner Redstone, legally translated his originally German/Yiddish surname Rothstein along with the rest of his family in 1940)

This list also includes names from non-English languages the individual did not use, such as Latin or French.

Modern convention is not to translate modern personal names.Journal of the Kafka Society of America Kafka Society of America 2003 Volume 27, Nos 1 & 2 – Page 54 "To begin with false notes, the conventional recent practice among translators has been not to translate personal names, and we might therefore think of the transformation of the German Georg into an English George (Jolas, Beuscher, ."

Translated names currently used English nameOriginal nameLanguageNotabilityNotesAlexander AgricolaAlexander AckermanDutchArtist (musician)AverroesMuḥammad Ibn-'Aḥmad Ibn-RushdArabicIntellectual (philosopher)Avicenna'Ali Ibn Al-Ḥusayn Ibn-'Abdillāh Ibn-Ḥasan Ibn-SīnāBill AlexanderWilhelm AlexanderGermanArtist (painter)Self-translatedCatilineLucius Sergius CatilinaLatinPolitical leaderChristopher ColumbusCristóbal ColónSpanishExplorerCristoffa CoromboLigurianClaudius SalmasiusClaude SaumiseFrenchIntellectualClovis IChlodovechusLatinPolitical leaderHlōdowigFrankishConfuciusKǒng Qiū (孔丘)MandarinIntellectual (philosopher)Birth name, no longer usedKǒng Fūzǐ (孔夫子)CornplanterGaiänt'wakêSenecaPolitical leaderJohn Abeel IIIEnglishBirth name, no longer usedDenis the CarthusianDenys van LeeuwenDutchReligious figureFerdinand MagellanFernão de MagalhãesPortugueseExplorerFerenc DávidFranz David HertelGermanReligious figureHungarian and German names were both in useGeorge SantayanaJorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de SantayanaSpanishIntellectual (philosopher)Self-translatedGeorgius AgricolaGeorg PawerGermanIntellectual (scientist)Gerardus MercatorGheert CremerDutchIntellectual (philosopher)Hector BoyardeeEttore BoiardiItalianChefHenry of GhentHenri de GandFrenchIntellectual (philosopher)Henricus GadavensusLatinHieronymous BoschJheronimus BoschDutchArtist (painter)HomerHómēros (Ὅμηρος)Ancient GreekArtist (poet)HoraceQuintus Horatius FlaccusLatinHugo EtherianisUgo EterianoItalianReligious figureHugo GrotiusHuig de GrootDutchIntellectualIgnatius of LoyolaIgnacio de LoyolaSpanishReligious figure (saint)Jacobus ArminiusJacob HermanszoonDutchReligious figureJeromeEusebius Sophronius HieronymusLatinTheologianJesusIēsoûs (Ἰησοῦς)Koine GreekReligious figure John Amos ComeniusJan Amos KomenskýCzechIntellectual (philosopher) Religious figureJohn CabotZuan ChabottoVenetianExplorerJohn CalvinJehan CauvinFrenchReligious figure (reformer)John HussJan HusCzechJohn of DamascusYuḥannā Ad-Dimashqi (يوحنا الدمشقي,)ArabicReligious figure (saint)JosephusTitus Flavius JosephusLatinIntellectual (philosopher)Full Latin name.Yosef Ben-Matityahu (יוסף בן מתתיהו)HebrewLee IacoccaLido IacoccaItalianBusinessmanOther members of the Iacocca family used a different English adaptation, Yocco.LivyTitus Livius PatavinusLatinIntellectual (historian)Julius EvolaGiulio Cesare Andrea baron EvolaItalianIntellectual (philosopher) Religious figure (mystic)MaimonidesMoses MaimonidesLatinIntellectual (philosopher)Moshe Ben-Maymon (משה בן‏‏ מימון)HebrewMūsa Ibn-Maymūn (موسى بن ميمون)ArabicMark AntonyMarcus AntoniusLatinPolitical leaderMenciusMèng Kē (孟軻)MandarinIntellectual (philosopher)Birth name, no longer usedMèngzī (孟子)Michael ServetusMiguel ServetoSpanishIntellectual (scientist)MosesMōše (מֹשֶׁה)Biblical HebrewReligious figure (prophet)Muhammad ibn AbdullahMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (مُحَمَّد ٱبن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه)ArabicNachmanidesBonastruc ça PortaCatalanIntellectual (philosopher) Religious figureMoshe Ben-Nachman (משה בן נחמן)HebrewNicolas StenoNicolas StenonisLatinIntellectual (scientist) Religious figureNiels SteensenDanishNicolaus CopernicusNiklas KoppernigkDava Sobel A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos – Page 5 – 2011 "He was christened for his father — Mikolaj in Polish, Niklas in German, his native tongue. Later, as a scholar, he Latinized his name, but he grew up Niklas Koppernigk,"GermanIntellectual (scientist)Mikołaj KopernikPolishNostradamusMichel de NostredameFrenchIntellectualOctavianGaius Julius Caesar OctavianusLatinRoman emperorOvidPublius Ovidius NasoArtist (poet)Patricia PalinkasPatric BarcziHungarianAthlete (American football player)Palinkas was her married name. Her maiden name has also been simplified to Barzi.Paul of VenicePaolo da VenetoItalianIntellectual (philosopher)Paolo NicolettoBirth name, no longer usedPaulus VenetusLatinPete FountainPierre LaFontaine, Jr.FrenchArtist (musician)Peter DamianPietro DamianiItalianReligious figure (saint)Peter LombardPietro LombardoItalianIntellectual (philosopher)Peter of BruysPierre de BruysFrenchReligious figure (priest)Peter of RavennaPietro de RavennaItalianIntellectualPeter WaldoPierre VaudèsFrenchReligious figurePetrarchFrancesco PetraccoItalianArtist (poet) IntellectualFranciscus PetrarcaLatinPetrus ApianisPeter BienewitzGermanIntellectual (scientist)PlatoPlátōnAncient GreekPhilosopherPompeyGnaeus Pompeius MagnusLatinPolitical leaderRaphaelRaffaello SanzioItalianArtistRegiomontanusJohannes Müller von KönigsbergGermanIntellectual (scientist)Rodolphus AgricolaRoelof HuysmanDutchIntellectualSamuel MaresiusSamuel Des MaretsFrenchTerencePublius Terentius AferLatinArtist (playwright)Theodore BezaThéodore de BèzeFrenchReligious figureThomas AquinasTommaso d'AquinoItalianIntellectual (philosopher) Religious figure (saint)Thomas à KempisThomas HammerleinGermanIntellectual (philosopher) Religious figureBirth name, no longer usedThomas HemerkinDutchThomas van KempenThomas von KempenGermanTitianTiziano VecelliItalianArtistTycho BraheTyge BraheDanishIntellectual (scientist)VirgilPublius Vergilius MaroLatinArtist (poet)William of SalicetGuglielmo da SalicetoItalianIntellectual (scientist)William FoxWilmos FuchsHungarianBusinessmanZoroasterZarathustraAvestanProphet

See also

List of Latinised names

References