N NEYMAR - full name Neymar da Silva Santos Junior. Brazilian football currently plying his trade in France with Paris Saint-Germain. Perhaps one of the most talented footballers of modern time?
A-Z of Mononymous People
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O - Ovid. Publius Ovidius Naso was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature.
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... or... (The) OX - nickname of John Entwistle (1944-2002) of rock band, The Who. Musician, singer and songwriter . Usually played bass guitar. He also performed with his own band "The Ox," in periods when The Who had no scheduled tours. Saw "The Ox " band play live - they were good. Probably most famous for writing the early Who recording , "Boris the Spider"! Clip on YouTube.
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P PELE- (1940-2022) Brazilian footballer and three times World Cup winner. Member of the Brazil World Cup winning squad 1958,1962 and 1970. Real name Edson Arantes Nascimento. Born in Brazil and played for Santos football club, then later New York Cosmos in the USA. Probably the greatest mononymous sporting character of all time. He reportedly didn't really like the name "Pele".
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Q - 'Q'. Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863 – 1944) was a British writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for The Oxford Book of English Verse and for his literary criticism. He influenced many who never met him, including American writer Helene Hanff, author of 84, Charing Cross Road and its sequel, Q's Legacy. His Oxford Book of English Verse was a favourite of John Mortimer's fictional character Horace Rumpole
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R RIHANNA - Pop/Soul/ R&B singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Barbados in 1988. Her full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Her first album ,"Music of the Sun" was released in 2005. She has had many hit singles worldwide. Clips on YouTube.
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S STING - front man of the Police born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend. He got his nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes that made him look like a wasp. He was awarded the CBE in 2003 for his services to the music industry.
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... or ... SWAMPY - environmental campaigner. Real name Daniel Marc Hooper. He was born in Luton in 1973. He rose to fame in 1996 because of his involvement in the protest against the new A30 road extension in Devon. He later worked for the Forestry Commission and he is still an environmental activist.
Clip on YouTube -"This Morning" tv interview on 25th anniversary of A30 protest.
Clip on YouTube -"This Morning" tv interview on 25th anniversary of A30 protest.
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T - Twiggy. Dame Lesley Lawson is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent model during the swinging '60s in London.
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... or... from the same era... TWINKLE - stage name of singer-songwriter Lynn Annette Riley (1948-2015). She was born in Surbiton, Surrey. Best known for her UK hit single "Terry" (1964) , which she also wrote. The recording features Led Zepplin's Jimmy Page on guitar. Clip on YouTube.
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U UFFIE - American-French singer/songwriter/rapper/DJ. Real name Anna-Catherine Hartley. Born in Florida ,USA (09/12/87), but from a French family background. Her recordings are synthpop/electro/dance music. Probably best known for "Pop the Glock" (2009). Clip on YouTube.
Her name came about because when she was misbehaving as a child, her father would say "Enough!"... that sounded like "Un oeuf" (an egg in French).... which then became "Oeufy/Uffie".
Her name came about because when she was misbehaving as a child, her father would say "Enough!"... that sounded like "Un oeuf" (an egg in French).... which then became "Oeufy/Uffie".
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V VOLTAIRE - François-Marie Arouet was a French writer and philosopher in the 1700's and was known as M. de Voltaire. A clever child who was taught Latin, theology, and rhetoric and in later life became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. He wrote non-fictions books, history books, fiction books, plays and poems and was also known for quotes such as 'It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere' and 'The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.'
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W - Witkacy. The name adopted by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885 – 1939), influential Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period.
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X XERO - US rapper/hiphop artist, and songwriter. Real name Tyler James Lyijnen. Born in1996 and based in Detroit. Clips on YouTube.
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... or YAZZ - Pop singer /model. Real name Yasmin Evans. Born in London in 1960. She had several UK hit singles, the best known being "The only way is up" (1988). Clips on YouTube. She also played for the England U-19 volleyball team.
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Good one, Mike. I remember her.
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Z ZIPPY - Millers superfan. Real name John Norris. Previously posted on this website as Zip-a Dee-Doo-Dah . Attended 1172 consecutive Rotherham United games between 1996 and 2019. The sequence was broken because he had a bad 'flu infection. I have met him many times and most Millers fans will have done too.
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