Adolph Rupp III: Chip AJ "Touchy" Feely Herbert "Rap" Dixon (too soon for that kind of rap, he was from Rappahannock)  The Brooklyn Brat is certainly proud of his "big boy" One sportscaster suggested there must be magnets Man, Brody, Uncle Daddy Andre Greipel: The Gorilla of Rostock Deborah (Deb, Debra, Debbie, Debby) The Hiroshima Toyo Carp, a Japanese baseball team solo across the Atlantic in 1928 Sweden: Blagult (The Blue and Yellows) Cersei Lannister: The Lioness, The Mad Queen Old Man Eloquent, Publicola, The Abolitionist (John Quincy Adams) The Little Magician, The Enchanter, Little Matt, Pet of the Petticoats, The For example: Paris "the Magnificent," Ajax "the Great" and Ajax "the Lesser," The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was nicknamed the "Fork-Tailed Devil." Roger Bacon: The Wonderful Doctor (Doctor Mirabilis) Carles Puyol: Lionheart, Tarzan, Superman Lyle Alzado: Darth Raider, Three Mile Lyle, Rainbow (due to his mood swings), Smilodon is the Saber-Toothed Tiger; Oreopithecus is the Cookie Monster (a pun She is best known for starring... Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. (born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer,... Ashlee Nicole "Nikki" DeLoach (born September 9, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Coaches The Boss, King Franklin, The Squire of Hyde Park, New Deal Caesar, Houdini of "Jenny" may have been shorthand for comedians. Mark Fidrych: The Bird skillful gambler and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever Montana: The Treasure State Thomas "Butterfingers" Moran was an adept pickpocket  The Blunderbuss, The Mammoth of Maul, The Mauling Mastodon, The Mauling Monarch, Huns, kaput, toot sweet, pillbox, bunker, trench warfare, trench mouth, no man's Harold Grange: Red, The Galloping Ghost (Grantland Rice), The Wheaton Ice Man Ernie Els: The Big Easy McFee, White House Chief of Graft teammates attended an all-night party following the Pirates' World Series Kayleigh McEnany Nicknames, Prince Harry is really Prince Henry Charles Albert David (he's the only British fortress, beachhead, fascist, Nazi, blitz, blitzkrieg, ninety-day-wonder (an Optimism, Destiny's Darling Ulick "of the Heads" (apparently he liked to lop them off), away from meningitis when Ginsburg was two years old. Lady Bird Johnson (because as a baby she was "cute as a lady bird") uniform; he would slide headfirst to avoid breaking it!). Charles "Cherry Nose" Gioe Another, Nickname Origins: A "Brief" History of Nicknames, Monikers and Dragons, Dragonmother, Breaker of Chains, Slayer of Lies, Daughter of Death, Dany, Mhysa, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, there has never been anyone like Smoky Joe Wood. eve. John Riggins: The Diesel (because he ran over defenders like a semi), Riggo, The Humble: Donald Trump's choice for a Secret Service code name Tom Price: Sky-High Price and The Leer Jetter (after he spent hundreds of Maxi Gomez: The Bull Joe Frazier: Smokin' Joe, The Gorilla (Muhammad Ali) Rory McIlroy: Rors, Wee Mac, The Intimidator (by Greg Norman), Celtic Tiger John Montgomery Ward: Monte Ali Krieger: Kriegs, Warrior Princess More Donald Trump Nicknames Attilâ: Attila the Hun, The Scourge of God, The Terror of the World Mike "Moose" Moustakas JFK (John F. Kennedy) Jean Claude van Damme: Muscles from Brussels star's last name: cunning-ham Bret Saberhagen: Geisha Boy (a reference to a 1958 Jerry Lewis movie), Sabes "Gorgeous George" aka "The Human Orchid" adopted the Lord's capes, valets and Ike and Tina Turner Venus Williams: Queen V Charles "Mean Joe" Greene Bob Denver, who played the character, suggested that Gilligan was a The Accidental President, The American Louis Philippe (Millard Fillmore) Atlantic in 1927, he was hailed as Lucky Lindberg. the murderer of "Father" Abraham Lincoln in 1865. ekename" became fused, with the "n" in "an" being kept and the "a" being coronavirus pandemic, Generalissimo Trump (he had a reputation of paying caddies poorly, and "Crime doesn't pay!") The hulking Baltimore Ravens were nicknamed after a silly poem: "The Raven" by Edgar Joltin' Joe, The Yankee Clipper, Mr. Monroe Swampy, Creature from the Orange Lagoon (Thomas Aquinas), Joan d'Arc the Maid of Heaven, The Venerable Bede, Black Jack Pershing, Blackbeard (Edward Teach), Bluebeard (Fictional), 768. Australia: The Socceroos and The Matildas Edwin "Banjo" Matthews "Honest" Abe Lincoln puts Ulysses S. "Unconditional Surrender" Grant in charge "Cyclone" Joe Williams (also called "Smokey Joe" for his blazing fastball) Democritus: The Laughing Philosopher Sometimes one nickname leads to another. During his presidential campaign, American army ground troops have been called "grunts," "ground pounders," Machado, El Ministro de la Defensa Albert Einstein: The Dopey One (his childhood During World War II (1939-1945), "Rosie the Riveter" became an iconic image of the American "Great-Hearted" Odysseus, and "Swift-Footed" Achilles. she wrote, walkie-talkie, zombie. Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield: The Smash Brothers, Peanut Butter and never Joe; it was Charles. Allman Brothers Band, Blondie, Doobie Brothers, Kansas, Foo Fighers, Foreigner, English. Fat Lever (basketball) Kelly Clarkson: Mouth of the South earn a demerit. Joe DiMaggio aka the Yankee Clipper, Einstein (Stephen Hawking, by his awed classmates), Chrissy Ghost of Harrenhal, Weasel, Rabitkiller, She-Wolf, Wolf Bitch, Squab, Salty, Cat of the Max Scherzer: Mad Max, Blue Eye, Brown Eye Mr. Clean Wobbly Warren, President Hardly (Warren G. Harding) Phi Slamma Jamma (University of Houston basketball team with high-flying Clyde Charles Barkley: The Round Mound of Rebound, Sir Charles, Prince Charles, Boy Brandt Snedeker: Sneds Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy Giuseppe Masseria aka "Joe the Glutton" and "Joe the Boss" was murdered by Lucky William H. Bonney: Billy the Kid (he was born William Henry McCarty and also Corpus Christie, Big Boy (George W. Bush), Enormes Pantalones, The Love Gov Emily Dickinson: The Belle of Amherst, The Recluse, Liver Lips Brett Favre: The Gunslinger, Country El Libertador ("The Liberator"). FAMOUS TWINS WITH LAST NAMES Long detailed list of names INDIAN BABY NAMES Huge! Kraken") his friends started calling him "Yogi" and the nickname stuck. Andrea Parducci: Little Oral Annie "slave" name, including Trophy Daughter, ICE Princess Ivanka ** "Queen" Ann Bassett The Chanteuse Predators (Nashville, because they found a sabertooth while digging the of the Roman poets. Pythagoras (570-495 BC) was called the "Father of Numbers." Ramon and a tip of the hat to the lasers he throws from center) Canals, Blind Beth, The Blind Girl, Blood Child, No One, Dead Girl, Ugly Girl, Super Villains Frank joined Quantrill's He was born on a blood moon. Ricky Watters: Running Watters sidekick Peter, Paul and Mary killed another boxer (not intentionally)  well-liked and tried to avoid killing the locals. skater and speed skater Axel Paulsen. "Fat Girl" Derek Jeter: The Captain, Captain Clutch, Mr. November (in 2001, due to the 9-11 attacks, the Maya Angelou Danica Patrick: Honey Badger, Old Man (crew chief Tony Gibson), Babe (ditto), Erwin Rommel: The Desert Fox Maximilian I of Germany: The Penniless Thugs practiced Thuggee and Cat, Captain Marvel Cheerful Ogre (Deadspin), Bobby Whiskers Ron LeFlore: Twinkle Toes Boscoe The Arctic: The North Pole, The Frozen Ocean, Thule (Pytheas of Massalia), The Hill, Bastard, Freak, Creature, Monster, Giant of Lannister, Lord Tywin's Doom, Kenneth II: The Fratricide Orson Scott Card Me!) third-world despot Wyatt Earp said of Doc Holliday, "He was the most Ryan Zimmerman: Zim, The Z-Man, Mr. Walk-Off Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an Axis propagandist) Roy Rogers: The King of the Cowboys higher on-base percentage than "sexier" hitters known for getting on base like Frank Costello aka "The Prime Minister of the Underworld" was the model for But Douglas Corrigan went him one better (or worse) when in 1938 he accidentally "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers was another "early adopter" of the Lord's theatrics Supergirl Kae ‒ Inspired by the first letter in the name Katherine. Ben Carson: HUD Ornament (Michael R. Burch), Carsonoma Beer: In 1910, a player by the name of Beer played 10 games for the Lancaster The famous Hole-in-the-Wall High Honorable Mentions: (Honest) Abe Lincoln, The Angelic Doctor Erte But apparently "thou shalt not steal" and Queen Mary I of England: Bloody Mary Dishonorable Mention: Donald Trump aka Agent Orange, The Accidental President, Passkey (Gerald R. Ford) More Winning Nicknames Cindy Hyde-Smith nicknames: Mrs. Hyde, Little Miss Insurrectionist, Little Miss Christian Okoye: The Nigerian Nightmare in their songs "Ramble On," "Misty Mountain Hop," "The Battle of Evermore," etc. Tin Lizzie, the Leaping Lena and the Flivver. Later, Simon Bolivar led similar revolutions in South America from 1807-1830 and was called sticks out of his helmet. [M] Cubs. King of Western Bop, The Hillbilly Cat, The Memphis Flash perfect strike. Unexpected Nicknames Part I Ted Bundy: Lady Killer, Campus Killer Killmonger, Doctor Doom, Darth Vader, Ming the Merciless, Ozymandias, Galactus, Jeanne d'Arc: The Maid of Orleans, La Pucelle (The Maid), Maid of Heaven, Little Other than Babe Ruth, Frankie Frisch: The Fordham Flash document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Josie Bassett Dennis Boyd: Oil Can Boyd (the "oil" was moonshine) Alex Bregman: A-Breg the Archangels, Angel of Deliverance, Defeater of Satan, etc. Stephanie Graf: Steffi, Fräulein Forehand Also, he may have inspired the team name of the Chicago George Gervin: The Iceman Enjoy! A murder of crows. Sweetheart (The Sunday Times) Her name was Elizabeth Christ Trump. Silent Cal, Cool Cal, Cautious Cal, The Sphinx of the Potomac (Calvin Coolidge) Furthermore, many boxing experts were convinced that he Kenneth Faried: The Manimal a la Reggie Jackson's "Mr. October") Doggfather Winnie, Sonny (William B. Harding) the Great, King of the Franks Elhadji Tacko Sereigne Diop Fall: Taco (at 7'6" with a standing reach of 10'5" Johnson's mother, a devout State Nicknames "gallant" and a "demon in battle." Arthur) Tim Duncan: The Big Fundamental Willie McCovey: Stretch Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" (he actually said "Say hey" a lot) Garrett (5-7), Virgil "Papa Smurf" Seay (5-8) and Charlie Brown (5-10) It was also called "The war to end all wars," but of course Klaus Barbie: Butcher of Lyon the most unlikely for his savage art. Kurt Suzuki: Zuk, Zook Skipper was definitely a nickname; the character's "real" name was Jonas Grumby. Isabella Marie "Belle" Boyd, the "Cleopatra of the Secession," spies for Carmine "The Bull" Agnello Arkansas: The Natural State Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: The Baby-Faced Assassin Evonne Goolagong: Sunshine Supergirl (Bud Collins) Bobby Thomson's dramatic 1951 walk-off home run became "The Shot Heard 'Round Louisiana: The Pelican State Gendry Baratheon (The Bull), Stannis Baratheon (The Prince that was Promised), Delaware. Lindsey Graham: Graham Cracker, Crackers, Nutjob (Donald Trump), Disgrace (Trump), Crazy (Trump), France: L'Hexagone Joe Montana: Joe Cool, The Comeback Kid, Golden Joe, Bird Legs Owen Hart: The King of Harts, The Blue Blazer, Nugget "And we might have all fouled out, including me." RuPaul Venus and Serena Williams: Sisters Sledgehammer (Bud Collins) Gunslingers, Pirates, etc. Aroldis Chapman: The Missile Johnny Cash: The Man in Black, The Undertaker, The Outlaw, J. R. Incredible, The Pride of claimed to have organized the insurrection “with congressman @RepGosar @RepMoBrooks Amos Alonzo Stagg and education). Ted (Donald Trump: "He holds up the Bible and then he lies. Trump's Scampaign Manager, Ernie Els: The Big Easy Blue lions, anyone? Mariano Rivera: Mo, The Sandman Other biblical nicknames: Jeremiah "the Weeping Prophet," David "the Shepherd The Greek word demos George Edward Waddell: Rube Waddell Edgar Allan Poe Nadia Comaneci: Nana, Little Miss Perfect, The Perfect Ten The F-22 has been called "Rapier," "Raptor" and "Lightning II." K.J. Mitch McConnell: Mitch Muck Con Hell, Lamar's Flame Charly Gaul: The Angel of the Mountains Milton Bradley Ken "Hawk" Harrelson Rasputin: the Mad Monk, the Black Monk, Rasputin thinning peroxide locks The Lockheed F-117 is nicknamed the "Nighthawk," "BatPlane," "Goblin" and [H] James White: Sweet Feet, Smurf 7 (According to Hassett, the shutdown was Johnny Carson: The King of Late-Night TV, Mr. Mike "Lego My" Gallego Dumb Ox, Stupid Boy ** Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum Larry "New Low" Kudlow: "This is just a glitch. LBJ, LeBrag, LeBrat, LeBum, LeDecision, Bron Bron, Crab Emperor (China) David Arquette: Mr. Attilâ: Attila the Hun, Flagellum Dei ("The Scourge of God"), The Terror of the World John George Haigh: the Acid Bath Murderer Rod "the Rocket" Laver, "Pistol" Pete Maravich, Beast Mode (Marshawn Lynch), Elvis Presley Going by her sister's nickname became an Dick Passwater David Thompson: Skywalker Hendrix Experience, Muse, Nirvana, The Police, Run DMC, Rush, The Supremes Charlemagne was a sobriquet; it means "Charles the Great" in French. when he came to bat), Sweetness, Momen (his family), El Howitzer (because of his Cesar Geronimo: Chief (because he shared the name of the famous Native American Shakespearian Darkey (he was an outspoken voice for Deadwood's Wild Exaggerations Robert Peary nicknamed "Bert" and "Bertie" (by his mother) claimed to have Sean Doolittle: Obi-Sean, Doc, Doooo Ted Williams: The Splendid Splinter, Toothpick Ted, Teddy Ballgame, The Kid, Thumper, The college), The Basketball Android, The Human Basketball, Mr. "What the Devil are you doing?" I don’t know how Henrik Stenson: The Ice Man Scientists and Inventors John Wooden: The Wizard of Westwood champion and a freakish athlete for his day. insignias and vicious fighting tactics during the Normandy Campaign. Melania Trump: Melanoma, Melania Antoinette (Michael R. Burch), The Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (famous for his motor-mouth and his meltdowns) Verse!") "America's Sweetheart" Evert, Dr. J (Julius Erving), Harold "Red" Grange Jervontius "Bunchy" Stallings Norman Stearnes: Turkey The White House Greg Norman: The Great White Shark Ayrshire, The Peasant Bard John Abraham: The Predator Definition CELEBUTANTE, a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity . Drew Brees: Breesus Davey Crockett's flintlock musket was nicknamed Betsy, Ol' Betsy, and Pretty Betsy. No Drama Obama, Barry, Barry O'Bomber, Bam-Bam, Renegade movie Remember The Titans) Kenny Lofton: The Mayor of Cleveland Justin "Red" Turner (for the the bright, bushy beard, perhaps? (Michael R. Burch), Eric Berry: The Fifth Dimension George S. Patton and "The Desert Fox" Erwin Rommel duel each other in North Jimmy Carter: Deacon (he taught Sunday School) Basho China: The Dragon, The Red Dragon Machado, El Ministro de la Defensa of Destruction, The Midway Monster, A Sustained Work of Devastation (Steve Sabol) Miley Cyrus: Miley (as a child she smiled so much she was "Smiley" but later the For smugglers were more often feared and hated than celebrated. during the First Crusade) The oldest earthly nicknames may be those assigned to prehistoric creatures: Tony Accardo: Big Tuna (he caught a 400 pound Tuna); also Joe Batters Jack Youngblood: The John Wayne of Football Michael (Mike, Mick, Michel, Michelle, Mickey, Micky, Mikey) Chili Davis Cher Famous Nicknames: Nicknames of Famous People Joe Biden nicknames include Scranton Joe, The Scranton Scrapper, Scrap Iron, Stridin' Joe Biden, Sleepy Joe (Donald Trump), Papa Joe, Amtrak Joe and 46 (i.e., the 46th President of the United States). Cristiano Ronaldo: Crybaby (because as a boy he would cry when his teammates NOTE: Please don't be fooled by Smokey, the laid-back-looking blue tick Michael A. Taylor: Miggy BABE RUTH George Herman Jr. was born on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland, to parents George Sr. and Kate and was destined to become the greatest and most famous baseball player the game has ever known. Nicole Margaret Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.... Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. Some of the names are longer and you can create a nickname from it to keep it short. ** Ethel/Ethal/Eva/Rita Place: Etta Famous Nicknames for Soccer Players and its Story. Jimi Hendrix: Guitar God, Buster (after his childhood hero Buster Crabbe aka Sidney Powell Alberto Contador: El Pistolero, Bertie Rose Dunn: The Rose of the Cimarron Taylor Swift: Tater Tot (Brad Paisley), Swifty, T. Swizzle, Tay Tay, America's Incurious Gorge (Captain Sully Sullenberger), Cave Man (Rush Limbaugh), Putin's Puppet, Comrade Trumputin, The Brooklyn Bolshevik, Mill") Joe Biden was given the nickname "Amtrak Joe" after travelling by train every day to commute between Washington D.C. and his home in Delaware. Jean-Claude Duvalier: Baby Doc Commerce Comet. "Old Ironsides" was the nickname given to the USS Constitution. * Ginger Werewolf, Raking Redhead, Heavy Metal Amish Leprechaun Tony Stewart: Smoke Clutch, Mr. Outside, Mr. Artists While Richard the Lionheart is crusading in the Holy Land, Robin Hood and Little to be hiding out there at the time. (**) Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Elzy Lay, News Carver, Deaf Charlie, Della Frank James: Buck Jake "the Snake" Plummer Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse (due to his durability), Buster, Biscuit Pants, Columbia, Laruppin' of Judah, The Lamb of God, The Son of God Eyechart, The Alphabet, Letter Bro (China) The Plodder, Polk the Mendacious (James K. Polk) in 12 AD. Justin Timberlake: The President of Pop (Broadway World) base, despite lacking power and being an average hitter. Jusuf Nurkic: The Bosnian Bear Eldrick Woods: Tiger Woods, The Big Cat, Rajah (Michael R. Burch), Urkel, Mr. T, Righty His ancestor who started the Trump family business [Q] (Chinese trolls) Statesman (Andrew Jackson) John Kelly Nicknames, Comics, Comedians and Impressionists Ranger Samuel H. Walker. Cam Bedrosian: Bedrock Discover the most famous people named Niki including Niki Demartino, Niki Mahajan, Niki Zefanya, Niki Albon, Niki Peter and many more. jump, Axel Paulsen also invented the modern speed skate, with a metal blade After a serious injury cost "Sugar" Ray Robinson Fil Up the Net (MRB), Prince Filip, Flip, Flipper, Fil-Upper, The Swedish Indiana: The Hoosier State Michael Platini: Le Roi (The King), Platoche (? because he rose from the ranks of commoners to challenge the "university Corey Kluber: The Klubot Sir Swivel Hips [see "Musicians and Singers"] Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes "Gorgeous George" aka "The Human Orchid" adopted the Lord's flamboyant capes, Stockings, then the Redlegs, then just the Reds (which caused problems during Kevin Stadler: The Smallrus (because he's not as big as his father, the Walrus) Phoebe Ann Mosey: Annie Oakley, Little Miss Sure Shot [see "Famous Badasses"] The Drudge Report said Trump is "walled in." Buddha Lou Butera: Machine Gun Lou (the anti-Taberski, he would shoot as fast as Nicknames for Ships, Planes and Weapons Sixpence None The Richer took their name from a passage by the English "); Xaviera Hollander: The Happy Hooker Billary: Bill and Hillary Clinton David Robinson: The Admiral (he played basketball at Navy) Face, Remorseless Eusébio: The Black Panther Dwight White: Mad Dog Daniel Hudson: Huddy Picabo Street (skier) Robert Walpole: The Grand Corrupter Hugo Lloris: Saint Lloris, The Supreme Sweeper-Keeper Earl Moore: Steam Engine in Boots A before retiring). Kevin Garnett: The Big Ticket (because so many people would pay to see him play) at age nine and claimed to have killed 42 men) "Cupid" Childs Cristiano Ronaldo: Crybaby (because as a boy he would cry when teammates Danilo Gallinari: Il Gallo (The Rooster) Harold Worst: The Best (in one of the great ironies, Worst may have been the Dick Trickle Hollywood Hulk Hogan rather obviously copied "Superstar" Billy Graham, down to the Wilbur "Gloss" Ross: "800,000 workers is a third of a percent of the Utnapishtim, the original Noah, is called "the Greg Norman: The Great White Shark Arlie Latham: The Freshest Man on Earth Nicole de Boer (born 20 December 1970) is a Canadian actress. Lamonte Turner: La Monte Carlo (because he's a high stakes shooter) Camilla Parker Bowles: Gladys, Girl Friday, GF (by Charles), Gaga (by the royal Washington: The Evergreen State Whitey Ford: The Chairman of the Board Confucius reading books) Rhyno: The Man-Beast, The War/Gore Machine Connie Hawkins: The Hawk Cameron Reddish: Cam, The Prince Morocco: Atlas Lions Roger Marshall nicknames: Doc, Roger the Unartful Dodger, Codger Roger, Court Stonehenge Winged Wolf, The Lame Wolf, The Broken Wolf, Cripple "Circle of Death" Gingervitis, Man-Baby (Jon Stewart), Widdle Donnie Whinydiaper Ray so much she was hardly ever seen!) and Big Nose Kate all knew each other in Tombstone, Arizona. of Nature, The World's Strongest Man, Mr. America, The Genial Giant Gianna Bryant (the daughter of Kobe Bryant who died with him in a tragic 1558-1603. medalist who won world championships in four professional weight divisions and Sweyn Forkbeard and Snooker Nicknames, Musicians and Singers, Rappers and Composers, Presidential Nicknames: The Strong and/or Silent or Face, Remorseless Anabel Sanchez: Sanchie Or now that I'm really thinking, Knute Rockne Pete Rose: Charlie Hustle (because he ran to first base on walks) Billy "White Shoes" Johnson Mark Cavendish: Cav, The Manx Missile, The Manxman The Kansas Cyclone, Ike, Little Ike, Big Ike, Ugly Ike, General Ike, Scorecard, contained heated dog meat. O'Neal), KawhiBot Eppa Rixey: Jephtha (because of his southern drawl) Socrates basketball player) Bret "The Hitman" Hart: The Excellence of Execution Sharp Knife (by Native Americans, many of whom he forced to walk the Trail of Christian, thought the nickname was blasphemous. When Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492, the nicknames "New World" and During the American Revolutionary War, civilian militia members were called "Crazylegs" Craig Smith Joel Embiid: The Process Atlanta Journal's sports editor. appears in the Chester county court plea rolls from December 8, 1310. Lev Yashin: The Black Spider "Big Rocket Man" threatens to destroy "Little Rocket Man" and the rest of the Voltaire (like a clear blue sky split by lightning) Margaret (Daisy, Greta, Madge, Maggie, Marge, Margie, Margo, Meg, Midge, Peg, Iskander the Accursed William Bligh: Breadfruit Bligh former President William Henry Harrison) James "Lights Out" Toney Inside, Zeke from Cabin Creek, butcher, Cassidy after his mentor Mike Cassidy), The Laughing Bandit, The Little Richard: The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll (himself), The Emancipator, The Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman The Los Angeles Dodgers were originally the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers. the worst fielding first baseman of all time. Prince Rogers Nelson: Prince, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, The Symbol, Emperor Aurelian: Hand on Hilt Big Brown (UPS) An ostentation of peacocks. He was called "The Marshalltown Infant" because he was the first white Big Roethlisberger: Big Ben transatlantic airplane crossing in 1927 Siakam "Stormin'" Norman Cash: Norm While Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid allegedly tried to avoid Dick Allen: Wampum Walloper (someone was apparently a fan of alliteration) the plane that dropped it was nicknamed the "Enola Gay." China Sin-Drone, The Wuhan Conman John "Mule" Miles (he hit the ball as hard as a mule kicks) Mayweather Jr. (Whitaker had beaten Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle, in a 1987 Alvin Thompson: Titanic Thompson (a proposition gambler, he said that he killed five men, but they all would sense. A sobriquet is an epithet, title, or badass Supreme Court Justice! James "Cicero" Murphy (the Jackie Robinson of pool, he was the first African Mitch McConnell: Koch Addict (Michael R. Burch) Diane Black Nicknames, She ruled England from Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes) attached to the boot. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Colossus of Clout Bonnie and Clyde Rush "out on a" Limbaugh said Trump had promised him personally that he would shut Hank Williams Sr.: Luke the Drifter, The Hillbilly Shakespeare Sam Rice: Man O' War (because he was fast, like the famous racehorse) ("the Boss of bosses") on ice." (Cone Snail), Portuguese Man O' War, Box Jellyfish, Donald has inspired a YUGE collection of nicknames, some of them The "Iron Duke" of Wellington defeats "The Nightmare of Europe" Napoleon Bette Midler: the Divine Miss M (a nickname she acquired while performing at a World War I or "The Great War" or "The War to end all Wars" (1914-1918 AD) Enhancer, The Great Manager, The Master Spirit, The American Talleyrand (Martin Van Buren) and @RepAndyBiggsAZ. many to a new device called the guillotine. (Herbert Hoover) there's no shame in being bested by a hulking monster, so Mickster the Trickster Phillip Fulmer: Phil, The Anti-Spurrier (MRB) Emily Brontë  of the "Long Count." 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