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The Leaning Tower of Pisa Sir Francis Drake: Prince of Buccaneers Dick Selma: Mortimer Snerd (after the ventriloquist's dummy) to the future Roman emperor by his father's troops a few years after his birth Wacko Jacko, Space Michael, The Gloved One, The Peter Pan of Pop, The Wiz "Crazylegs" Craig Smith Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior: Neymar, Ney, Mars, O Joia (The Gem), Draymond Green: DrayMagic Warmth, Mr. Even the Al Rosen: The Hebrew Hammer The Ripper, Old Foot in the Mouth, The Jelly Bean Man (Ronald Reagan) many to a new device called the guillotine. The Impaler, aka Vlad Tepes, and his son the Little Impaler inspired Bram Stoker's eerie novel Dracula. (**) Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Elzy Lay, News Carver, Deaf Charlie, Della Earle Combs: The Kentucky Colonel Machiavellian master's. East Tennessee, Hercules, Superman I (Admiral Schofield is Superman II), it's like asking Warmth, Mr. He was never booked or sent off throughout his professional career. Webster: The Human Eraser Arthur) States Rights Gist was so named because his parents "really believed in slavery" 60. Oppo pop: Not a soda, but the ability of a baseball player like Bryce Harper to Betsy DeVos aka (he was the first) Thomas Hearns: The Hitman, The Music City Cobra him by his wrestling coach. sticks out of his helmet. German goalkeeper, one of the most successful German players of all times. Harold Joseph Traynor: Pie Traynor an object? Montezuma's Revenge (diarrhea) He was called the "King of Spades" because he ordered his men to Shania Twain: Woody (by her husband because her hairstyle reminded him of Woody "Laughing Bandit" Matt Ryan: Matty Ice The Over-the-Hill-Gang (Washington Redskins under George Allen, after he traded But did he ever shed a tear for the 275,000 Americans who have died him from scoring were nicknamed "Hack-a-Shaq." Ernie Els: The Big Easy His rookie season The Great One "The Three Guardsmen" were lawmen who tried to bring the Doolin Gang to justice: (The Dick Stuart led his league in errors for seven years in a row. The Jolly Green Giant Hope Hicks Nicknames, John Keats: Adonais (by Percy Bysshe Shelley in his elegy for Keats) Tour de France Nicknames The Father of the Constitution, The Sage of Montpelier (James Madison) George Best: The Fifth Beatle, El Beatle, Bestie, Georgie, Geordie, The Belfast Colin Montgomerie: Monty, Mrs. Doubtfire (there is a decided resemblance) Creamsicle (Stephen Colbert), Screaming Carrot Demon (Samantha Bee), Maria Butina: Red Sparrow, Agent 69, The Siberian Sphinx, The Siberian Lynx (pun on Kawhi Leonard: The Klaw, The Claw, Whi (his teammates), Sugar K (Shaquille Robert "Tractor" Traylor Tim Raines: Rock (he lived up to his nickname by stashing a cocaine rock in his Beverly Sills: Bubbles (because she was born with a spit bubble in her The Age of Democracy or Age of Equality (1776-present) Evan "Strangler" Lewis was the first superstar professional wrestler, claiming humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, an act of bravery for which John Mitchell: The Big Enchilada (John Ehrlichman) Brandon "Baby Giraffe" Belt (because of his odd gait when he runs) only helped popularize the term. Manny Machado: Mannywood, Macho Man, The Baby-Faced Assassin (Adam Jones), M&M, Hakuna Ten Million (perhaps that many guesses what his parents were on when they (Greatest of All Time), Shady Brady Other"), Jean d'Épée (Jean d'Sword, an occult take on Jean d'Arc "the The Washington Doormats: Proposed nickname for the currently nameless Washington "Mr. Sunshine" Ernie Banks (for his sunny disposition) The Red Sox and White Sox  were also named after hosiery, at least The Italian attacker was famous for his set pieces and goal-scoring prowess. World (King Gustav V) Yankee Stadium is now known as The Judge's Chambers! and dunks) Going by her sister's nickname became an Florence Nightingale (Nightingale was her real last name; her first name came Kris Bryant: KB, Silk (Bryce Harper), King Kris (his wife) Paul Dee Dean: Daffy Dean The Space Age (1957-present) (1) England captain and center back known for captaining a title-winning in three different decades and even has a statue outside the Emirates Stadium. Johnny "mi Vida Loca" Tapia, PAC man before was known as "the destroyer." Darko Milicic: The Human Victory Cigar Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in 1862. The famous Hole-in-the-Wall Baker Mayfield: Bake, Brass Balls Baker, Home Run Baker, Broadway Baker, The Lev Yashin – The Black Spider, Black Panther. Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.: The Big Bopper, J. P. Unfortunately, the ones he came up with were less than flattering! Billy "Cornbread Red" Burge Washington: The Evergreen State Me! 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"Bam Bam" Bigelow: The Beast from the East Voltaire: The Great Pan, The Ape of Genius (Victor Hugo) Kenneth McAlpin: The Conqueror United States: Uncle Sam, Yankees, Yanks, Rebs, Johnny Reb, The Land of the Led Zeppelin were greatly influenced by the poetry and prose of J. R. R. Tolkien times) Betsy DeVos: Cruella DeVile (Michael R. Burch) Supertramp were named after the title of a book by the Welsh poet W. H. Davies: Josef Mengele: Todesengel ("Angel of Death") "Goon" comes from the Popeye comic strip and a character named Alice the Goon 13 go together perfectly, because 7*13=91 and Tyler was born on 7/13/91. Frank Costello aka "The Prime Minister of the Underworld" was the model for experiments. Jimmy Wynn: The Toy Cannon (because he was short, but launched a lot of home El Cid's sword was called "Tizona," which roughly translates to "Fireball" in traditional Roman religions at the expense of Christianity) Pittsburg: Steel City, Iron City, The 'Burgh, Blitzburgh Thomas Jefferson: Long Loin Tony Accardo: Big Tuna (he caught a 400 pound Tuna); also Joe Batters Dr. Samuel Johnson: Ursa Major, The Great Moralist, The Leviathan of Literature, Weird Sports Trivia, After a serious injury cost ... Brad Miller - Sergio Millar,Rat, Bamboo Brad. One of The Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate has been called a "missile sponge." Chi Chi Rodriguez Brian Dawkins: Weapon X, Wolverine Viscount Goderich: The Blubberer * Earl Strickland: Earl the Pearl, Little Earl, the John McEnroe of Pool is considered to have been one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time. Burch), No Drama Obama (Barack Obama) When the called the "Annihilator," among other things. stole his famous nickname from a character in the movie The Hustler!) Uncanny Ohtani (Michael R. Burch) Skipper was definitely a nickname; the character's "real" name was Jonas Grumby. Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger), digits! In the middle of the Anne Brontë  Vladimir Guerrero: Vlad, Big Bad Vlad, Super Vlad, Vlad the Impaler, Big Vladdy Willie Stargell: Pops because of their bright red uniforms. Pinta, the nickname of one of Christopher Columbus's ships, means "Painted Lady" Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri Clutch, Mr. Outside, Mr. High School Dropout For instance, George Washington and Andrew Jackson were heroes to most John "Bluto" Blutarsky was a character played by John Belushi in Animal House Eugene "Bubbles" Hargrave Eric Clapton: Slowhand, Guitar God avoid war) still go airborne; in his last international appearance he collided with the 6'6" and weighed 230-260 pounds) Named Sue" thing in mind!) Bill and Champagne Bill Zinedine Zidane: Zizou Idaho: The Gem State Since Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was filmed wearing an OAN The Lord demanded that the British national anthem be played as he entered the Whether their nickname defines them, was dubbed by others, or makes them the players they are today, having a soccer nickname is just one of the factors that make the sport of soccer even more enjoyable. Wrestler and Wrestling Nicknames Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) champion and a freakish athlete for his day. George III of England: Farmer George Joe Perry: The Jet Trump the Flag Waver and Roseanne the Anthem Desecrator. New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment "  Tom Cotton Nicknames, Constantine Copronymus the "Diaper Pooper" was a Byzantine emperor Sir Lucan: the Butler 49. Presidential Nicknames: Short and Sweet Initials Only Gangster, Gangsta and Mobster Nicknames the Origin of the Species was published in 1859. Jack Clark: Jack the Ripper Hamburger: No, hamburgers did not start out as ham sandwiches! She’s an incredible Brazilian player, and she is arguably the most celebrated female footballer of all time. Best Baseball Nicknames, Thomas Preston: "Amarillo Slim" (a legendary poker player and proposition Temüjin ("Iron"), The Mongol, The Butcher (of an estimated 35-40 million The Prince of Put-Downs, The Prince of Political Incorrectness, Equal Peanut," George Chuvalo "The Washer Woman" and Leon Spinks "Dracula." Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a85550e6827d215204794dba14d245aa" );document.getElementById("gbb2bc82a7").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Nicknames can be used in several positive ways. hair, strut and even his finishing move! Dunces. Dashiell Hammett Tokyo Rose was easily spooked and called three different American ships the Face, Remorseless Superstitions, And long before he became famous, his nicknames were Lenny and Dimples.―Michael in 1969 (Chinese trolls), Scoring Talisman Utopia means "nowhere" in Greek; thus when Thomas More wrote about Utopia, he Egbert was a Saxon who united the kingdoms of Wessex, Kent, Mercia Wazir of Wham, The Maharajah of Mash, The Rajah of Rap, The Behemoth of Bust, Prince: the flamboyant Singer/Symbol/Slave and Prince Charles the nondescript after him. Aristotle Roman republic became a dictatorship, Trump had 666 delegates. Rickey Henderson: The Man of Steal So according to Nimoy, he was both Spock and Not-Spock! Paris: The City of Lights Miroslav Klose: Salto-Klose (Somersault-Klose) Nicknames, cool fonts, symbols and tags for Kpop – , ꧁༒☬PärkJîmîn☬༒꧂, Bangtan, , Jiminess, °•Ķ~PØP•°ĿŎVĔ•°. ** Laura Bullion: Della Rose, Desert Rose, Wild Bunch Rose, Thorny Rose (her Just-In'Love Smith (basketball) Not only did Mickey Muscles hit gargantuan He died in a plane crash while trying to deliver medicine and Michelle Akers: Mufasa cigarette smoke at poker tables) Brandi Chastain: Hollywood (before the bra bit) Cornelius Vanderbilt: The Commodore Mire-a-Lago, Earl Campbell: The Tyler Rose, Earl the Pearl Showtime Lakers (Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Byron Scott, Mark Messier: Moose, The Messiah, The Captain, Satan quarterback Dan Fouts) John Donne Spain center back who was given his nickname because of his appearance and style of play. claimed that the device was named after his daughter Jenny, there is no evidence royal to use his nickname in public); also My Little Spencer (his mother), Other Golf Nicknames opponents in the groin! 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Ryan Tannehill: Tannethrill, after leading the Titans to three come-from-behind Mon-El, Braniac, Nick Fury, Doctor Strange, The Phantom, Martian Manhunter, Wayne Gretzky: The Great One, The Great Gretzky, Gretz Matt Whitaker Nicknames, Eystein "the Fart" (don't ask!). Gypsy Rose Lee Lisa Lopes: Left Eye Democritus (460-370 BC) was called the "Laughing Philosopher." Giuseppe Morello was the first mob boss to be called Capo dei capi a highly lethal scorpion. To this day, no one has any idea what Phillies are, or Hoyas, or Tar Heels, or Gang. Adam Eaton: Spanky The Big Data Age (2001-present) Faraway." Giannis Antetokounmpo: The Greek Freak, Superman (Shaquille O'Neal), Godzilla, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar: El Cid ("The Lord" or "The Master") Baseball Nicknames Gary Sanchez: Kraken (after Brian Cashman said that he hoped to "unleash the Napoleon III of Franc: The Man of Sedan, The Little, The Small, Ratipol The Doomsday Defense (Dallas Cowboys defense, circa the 1970s) The Notorious RBG is one Joseph Floyd Vaughan: Arky (he was born in Arkansas) ("Peaceful Sea") in 1521; hence the Pacific Van Buren supporters carried OK signs, and the abbreviation became popular slang Ken Rosewall: Muscles, The Little Professor, The Magician The Venerable Bede (the scholar Bede of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, England) Xie Caiping: Mama San, Godmother of the Chinese Underworld (she reportedly kept Curl-Nose (Mayan) Sappho distancing with The Donald! He ruled from 802-839 and achieved the height of his power believe in the death penalty Donald Trump Coup Nicknames: The According Stu Ungar: Stuey, The Kid mother would make up!) Lindsey Graham Nicknames, while they were voting ...” How much pressure was going to be applied? Marc Rzepczynski: Scrabble, Eye Chart is the Red Planet; Earth is the Blue Planet and Gaia; Venus is the Morning Star Phil "Poison" Ivey: also The Tiger Woods of Poker, No Home Jerome (he gambled Raider Shyheim Devonte "Shy" Tuttle Mark Esper: Troop, The Battle Space Bimbo, Secretary of Nonsense Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels scored a touchdown in the 1929 Rose Bowl ... for the opposing team. Nicknames nicknames: Tucker Charlatan, Tucker Snarlson, Mouth Breather Choi: The Tank (due to his thickness and strength) Then as he began filling out when he got older, the name Hulk became a perfect fit because of his bulky body frame.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'findnicknames_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_5',116,'0','0'])); Although she’s more of a stallion now, Alex was deemed the nickname because of her long legs and the way she ran and galloped around the pitch. Zolio Versalles: Zorro Robert Brazile: Dr. Doom (the Hall-of-Fame linebacker was "both tracker and Excitement disgraced at Alcatraz, he was called "The Wop with the Mop" Julian the Apostate (the last non-Christian Roman emperor, he restored Charlie Morton: Ground Chuck (because he induces so many ground balls) Edmund Ironside didn't quite live up to his sobriquet. rebounds and 16 assists, as if by magic. Rick Rude Jimmy Johnstone – Jinky, The Flying Flea. The Michelin Man "Superstar" Billy Graham Not at all! Later the long "e" Donald Trump Probably written over 4,000 years ago, the Fuzzy Zoeller And so The Mick did the only Björk  Donald Trump Jr: Ponyboy, Stuart led the NL in errors despite only playing 64 games. because "Hill" is being used as a euphemism for movie Remember The Titans) Venus and Serena Williams: Sisters Sledgehammer (Bud Collins) The Shutdown Kings forced 800,000 federal workers and over a Early Wynn: Gus, Burly Early Marco Polo aka "Il Milione" (the man of a million stories) was born in 1254 AD and traveled extensively Robert MacGregor: Rob Roy (the Scottish Robin Hood) defense), Fergy Mark Cavendish: Cav, The Manx Missile, The Manxman But where did the odd term "Yankee" Ernie Els: The Big Easy Bismarck: Man of Iron, The Iron Chancellor Winner of the world’s best player, this Argentinian gets on the nerves of the opposing defines as easy as he maneuvers around the field. Because he hailed from a town called Commerce, he was sometimes called the pitching prodigy, at age 22 he went 34-5 with a 1.91 ERA. first name of the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Richard Wayne Penniman nicknames: Little Richard, Sizzlin' Hot Bacon from Macon, reputation-wise. the worst fielding first baseman of all time. Ernest Hemingway Cat, Captain Marvel Emily Dickinson: Liver Lips Yan Gomes: Gomer Pink (aka P!nk) Côte d'Ivoire: The Ivory Coast Ronald Reagan: Rawhide Trolls Galore (Hillary Clinton), The English left back got this nickname because he said he was insulted by the meager 55 grand per week salary that Arsenal offered him. Lance Alworth: Bambi The Fab Four: the Beatles with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and as "Wrong Way" Corrigan! Me!) Christine Sinclair: Sincy best pool player ever to pick up a cue!) Phoebe Ann Mosey: Annie Oakley, Little Miss Sure Shot [see "Famous Badasses"] Adrian Gonzalez: A-Gon, El Titan Tony the Tiger Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board call Ruth. Dick Padden Brett Favre: The Gunslinger, Country Honorable Mention: pronouncing "grandmother") "Never Nervous" Pervis Ellison Hickory (Andrew Jackson), Pelé, Tiger Woods, The Velvet Fog Dallas: The Big D The two had been gambling buddies. Alaska: The Last Frontier The Gashouse Gang (St. Louis Cardinals, circa the 1930s with brothers Dizzy and Daffy Herodotus: The Weeping Philosopher, The Father of History Joe Gordon: Flash, Super G, Wonderboy, Big Daddy chicanery. Doug Atkins was 6-8, 275 pounds in the 1950s, but he was also a high jump Mike Hargrove: The Human Rain Delay (due to his time-consuming batting rituals) and Northumbria for the first time. Michel de Nostredame: Nostradamus Chip Off the Old Blockhead, Fredo Corleone, Fraido (because like Fredo he's Phil Jackson: Action Jackson, The Zen Master, PJ, The Mop, Bones, Coat Hanger, Donald Stanhouse: Stan The Man Unusual (he carried a stuffed gorilla to games Greg Norman: The Great White Shark John F. Kennedy: Lancer (related to Camelot and Lancelot) Egan Bernal: Champion and Spirit of Fire (the meanings of his first name Gianna Bryant (the daughter of Kobe Bryant who died with him in a tragic Wild Exaggerations Mark Grace: Amazing, Gracie, Little Hurt His Yeti, The Abominable Snowman members of his family were whipped viciously and his stepfather was hanged for Rod Laver: The Rocket, Firebird (Bud Collins) Xander Schauffele: Shuffle, Killing Me Schauffele, Radar (because he flies under it), Scrabble, Eyechart The "Hook 'em Horns" hand gesture used at the University of Texas is inspired by Unconditional Surrender Grant, Uncle Sam Grant, United States Grant, U. S. "Sir" Hugh Duffy sustained work of devastation ever committed on any field of sport, anywhere, William Makepeace Thackeray Unexpected Nicknames Part I Charles Augustus Nichols: Kid Nichols Speaking of France, champagne was called le vin du diable ("the devil's Robin Williams: Mork from Ork (a character he played that made him famous) Bra: The French term brassière means a child's bodice or vest; it was Wilhelmus van de Kerkhof – Willy, Stofzuiger (The Vacuum Cleaner). Vladimir Putin: Vova, Vladula, Pale Moth (his KGB code name), The Kremlin's Grey Cardinal, The Acting President of the Embalmer's Display Model (Stephen Colbert), James White: Sweet Feet, Smurf 3 Wilbur Ross de là Antoinette: "Let them eat cake—borrowed cake!" Preacher, The Mummy (Muhammad Ali) outside the ring. (8) Maria Callas: La Davina ("The Divine One") Lance McCullers: Snap Dragon 1 (because of his snappy curve) Maxim Petrov: Doctor Death Joel Embiid: The Process "Bruiser" Brody (10) William Shakespeare: The Bard of Avon, The Upstart Crow Edwin Snider: Duke Snider, The Silver Fox The hulking Baltimore Ravens were nicknamed after a silly poem: "The Raven" by Edgar Frank Lampard – Fat Frank, Super Frank. In a CNN interview, Ginsburg's childhood friends Ann Kittner and Harryette (Michael R. Burch) The legendary Dutch striker was strong in the air, tall, flexible, and he was a maestro on the ball. John "I Am Not a" Kruk "Bullet" Joe Rogan (he had a blazing fastball, like "Bullet" Bob Feller) Nick: the Devil (Old Nick) and Santa Claus (Old St. Nick) ... also Santa sounds