List of Sobriquets

Sobriquets: Nick names of important places and persons

A sobriquet is a nickname, occasionally assumed and often given by another. It is usually a familiar name.

This significant distinctive is of ample familiarity that the sobriquet can become more familiar than the original name. Example: Mohandas Gandhi who is better known as Mahatma Gandhi, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln came to be known as Honest Abe and New York City, often referred to as the Big Apple. The term therefore relate to the nickname for a person, group of people or a place. Persons from Political figures, Musician, Sport personalities are often branded with sobriquets.

Sobriquets	Primary Names
Person
Father of the Nation	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Joe the Plumber	Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, an American plumbing contractor.
Genghis Khan	Temüjin
The General	Irish Criminal Martin Cahill
El Cauclillo	Francisco Franco
Chacha	Jawaharlal Nehru
Loknayak	Jayaprakash Narayan
Maid of Orleans	Joan of Arc
Man of Peace	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Desert Fox	Erwin Rommel
Punjab Kesari	Lala Lajpat Rai
The Godfather of Soul	James Brown
Guruji	M S Gohlwalkar
Man of Destiny	Napolean Bonaparte
The Elephant Man	Joseph Merrick
The Edge	David Howell Evans, guitarist in the rock band U2
The Duke	John Wayne
Dubya	George W. Bush
Man of Blood and Iron	Otto Von Bismark
The Cincinnatus of the Americans	George Washington
The Fab Four	The Beatles
Grits	a media term for the Liberal Party of Canada
Jesse “The Mind” Ventura	Jesse Ventura, Professional Wrestler and Former Governor of Minnesota
Jesse “The Body” Ventura	Jesse Ventura, Professional Wrestler and Former Governor of Minnesota
Father of his country	George Washington
Honest Abe	Abraham Lincoln
His Airness	Michael Jordan
The Hick from French Lick	Larry Bird
Haryana Hurricane	Kapil Dev
Hanoi Jane	Jane Fonda
The Glimmer Twins	Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Rolling Stones originals members, they co-write most of the hits.
The Gray Lady	The New York Times
Panditji	Jawaharlal Nehru
The Greatest	Muhammad Ali boxer[1]
The Great One	Wayne Gretzky, WHA/NHL hockey player
The Great Emancipator	Abraham Lincoln, The 16th President of the United States of America
The Great Communicator	Ronald Reagan, The 40th President of the United States of America
The Governator	Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California
King Maker	Earl of Warwick
GOP (Grand Old Party)	Republican Party (United States)
The Golden Bear	Jack Nicklaus
The Great Commoner	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (“Pitt the Elder”) or William Jennings Bryan
Bonnie Prince Charlie	Charles Edward Stuart
Canuck	Canadian, from Johnny Canuck
Caligula	Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
The Bambino	George Herman Ruth, Jr., American baseball Player
Buddha	Siddhartha Gautama
Broadway Joe	Joe Namath, AFL/NFL American Football player
The Bard	William Shakespeare
Brangelina	Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Boom Boom Afridi	Shahid Afridi
Saint of the Gutters	mother Teresa
Bono	Paul Hewson
The Young Pretender	Charles Edward Stuart
Body Beautiful Beale	Edith Bouvier Beale
Bloody Mary	Mary I of England
Birdman	Chris Andersen
Bird	Charlie Parker
The Boston Strangler	Albert DeSalvo
The Boss	Bruce Springsteen
The Bird	Mark Fidrych, Baseball pitcher
Biggie Smalls	Christopher Wallace, American Hip-Hop and rap singer
Bonzo	John Bonham
Dr. Death	Jack Kevorkian proponent of assisted suicide
Iceman	George Gervin, Jerry Butler, ABA/NBA Basketball player; Kimi Räikkönen, Formula One racing driver, Chuck Liddell, UFC former light heavy weight champion
Kaviguru	Rabindranath Tagore
Ike Dwight	David Eisenhower
Deshbandhu	C. R. Das
Bard of Twickenham	Alexander Pope
Bard of Avon	William Shakespeare
Badshah Khan / Frontier Gandhi	Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Adi Kavi	Valmeeki
Chemical Ali	Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister during the 2003 US invasion; also known as Baghdad Bob
Nightingale of India	Sarojini Naidu
Angel of Death	Josef Mengele
The Doctor	Valentino Rossi
Digger	Australian soldier
Diamond Dave	David Lee Roth, Singer
DeathStar	DeskStar, a model of disk drives by IBM which had a remarkably high failure rate
Netaji	Subhash Chandra Bose
Wizard of the North	Walter Scott
Grand Old Man of Britain	Willian Ewart Glandstone
der Alte (the old man)	Konrad Adenauer
Qaid-e-Azam	Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Gurudev	Rabindranath Tagore
Prince of Kolkata	Saurav Ganguly
Sandman	Howard Sims, dancer
Saint Jimmy	Billie Joe Armstrong
The Rock Chameleon	David Bowie
The Rock (person)	Dwayne Johnson
The Rat Pack	A group of American singers and entertainers from the late 1950s to the early 1970s
The Red Baron	Manfred von Richthofen, World War I, German flying ace
Old Rough and Ready	Zachary Taylor
Ike	Dwight David
Slash	Saul Hudson, guitarist.
Joltin’ Joe	Joe Dimaggio, Baseball player; former husband of Marilyn Monroe
Fuhrer	Adolf Hitler
Pearl of the Orient	Philippines
Lokmanya	Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Pelé	Edson Arantes do Nascimento
The Paris of the South	São Paulo and Buenos Aires
Deenabandhu	C F Andrews
The Rawalpindi Express	Shoaib Akhtar
The Teflon Don	mobster John Gotti
Yank (a short form of “Yankee”)	originally used derogatorily by Southerners but now only heard outside the USA
Yardbird	jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker (Also shortened simply to “Bird”)
X-22	backgammon champion Paul Magriel.
Uncle Sam	the U.S.A. or sometimes the government
Turd Blossom	name given by George W. Bush to Karl Rove
Tricky Dick	Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States
Trane	John Coltrane
Satchmo	Louis Armstrong
The Thin White Duke	David Bowie, Actor, Entertainer
The Say Hey Kid	Willie Mays, American, Major League baseball player and Hall of Famer
Super Star	Tamil Actor(Indian) Rajinikanth
The Sultan of Swat	Babe Ruth, Major league Baseball player and Hall of Famer
Sting	Gordon Sumner, British rock musician
Soapy Sam	Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford
Slowhand	Eric Clapton
Slick Willy	U.S. President Bill Clinton
Prince of the Humanists	Desiderius Erasmus
The Toxic Twins	Aerosmith members Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, referred to as such because of their massive drug intake during the 70’s and 80’s
Knick Killer	Reggie Miller
Larry Legend	Larry Bird
The Little Sparrow	Sezen Aksu
The King (of all Media)	Howard Stern
Little Richard	Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman, a prominent figure in rock n’ roll.
The Lion of the Round Top	Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, commander of the 20th Maine Regiment, American Civil War
The Killer	Jerry Lee Lewis
The Old Pretender	James Francis Edward Stuart
Madiba	Nelson Mandela
Frontier Gandhi	Abdul Gaffar Khan
Madge	Madonna
The King of Spin	Shane Warne
The King of Spain	Ashley Giles
The King of Pop	Michael Jackson
King James	LeBron James
The King (of Rock and Roll)	Elvis Presley
The King (of NASCAR)	Richard Petty
The King (of golf)	Arnold Palmer
The King (of baseball)	Felix Hernandez
Grand Old Man of India	Dadabhai Naoroji
Old Kinderhook (OK)	Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States
Old Hickory	Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States
Old Blue Eyes	Frank Sinatra, entertainer
Anna	C N Annadurai
Old St. Nick	Santa
Old Nick	Santa
Rajaji	C Rajagopalachari
The Man from Tennessee	Andrew Jackson
Mr. Hockey	Gordie Howe
Mr. October- Reggie Jackson	Major League Baseball Player and Hall of Famer
Iron Duke	Duke of Wellington
The Mick	Mickey Mantle
Mahatma Gandhi	Mohandas K. Gandhi
Kaká	Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite
The Myth	Bodybuilding great Sergio Oliva
The Material Girl	Madonna
Manitas de Plata	Flamenco guitarist Ricardo Baliardo
Places
Queen of Arabian Sea	Kochi, India
Queen of Adriatic	Venice, Italy
Land of the Kangaroo	Australia
Land of the Golden Fleece	Australia
Roof of World	Pamirs, Central Asia
Yellow River	Huang Ho (China)
Garden City of India	Bangalore
Quaker City	Philadelphia, USA
World’s Loneliest Island	Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
Sick Man of Europe	Turkey
Sorrow of China	River Hwang Ho
World’s Bread Basket	Praires of N.America
Windy City	Chicago, USA
Sugar bowl of the World	Cuba
White Man’s Grave	Guinea Coast
White City	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Venice of North	Stockholm, Sweden
Venice of East	Alleppey, India
Spice Garden of India	Kerala
Dark Continent	Africa
Iron Lady	Margaret Thatcher
Great White Way	Broadway, New York, USA
Granite City	Aberdeen, Scotland
Gift of Nile	Egypt
Gateway of India	Mumbai
Gate of Tears	Bab-el-mandab, Jerusalem
Garden of India	Bangalore, India
Garden of England	Kent, England
Forbidden City	Lhasa, Tibet
Eternal City	Rome, Italy
Herring Pond	Atlantic Ocean
Emerald Island	Ireland
The City or The City by the Bay	San Francisco, California
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium
City of Sky-scrapers	New York, USA
City of Seven Hills	Rome, Italy
City of Palaces	Kolkata, India
City of Magnificent Distances	Washington D.C., USA
City of Golden Temple	Amristar, India
City of Golden Gate	San Francisco, USA
City of Dreaming Spires	Oxford, England
Britain of South	New Zealand
Blue Mountain	Niligiri Hills, India
Empire City	New York, USA
Land of Lilies	Canada
Playground of Europe	Switzerland
Pink City	Jaipur, India
Pillars of Hercules	Strait of Gibraltar
Pearl of Antilles	Cuba
Never Never Land	Prairies of N.Australia
Manchester of Japan	Osaka
Land of White Elephants	Thailand
Land of Thunderbolt	Bhutan
Land of Thousand Lakes	Finland
Land of Rising Sun	Japan
Hermit Kingdom	Korea
Land of Midnight Sun	Norway
Powder Keg of Europe	Balkans
Land of Kangaroo	Australia
Land of Golden Pagoda	Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Five Rivers	Punjab, India
Land of Cakes	Scotland
Lady with the Lamp	Florence Nightingale
Key of Mediterranean	Gibraltar
Island of Pearls	Bahrain
Island of Cloves	Madagascar
Land of Maple	Canada
Holy Land	Palestine
Land of Morning Calm	Korea
The Eternal City	Rome
The Mother-in-law of Europe	Denmark
Hogtown	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gotham	New York
God’s Own Country	Kerala, New Zealand, Rhodesia or Yorkshire
Garrincha	Manoel Francisco dos Santos
Frisco	San Francisco, California
Columbia	The United States or The Americas
The Federal City	Washington D.C.
The Old Bailey	The Central Criminal Court in England
The Enchanted Isle	(from ‘la isla del encanto’) Puerto Rico
The Emerald City	Seattle, Washington, USA
The Emerald Isle	Ireland or Puerto Rico
The Dragon	China (as an economy)
Roof of the World	Pamirs
Chosin Few	US Marine survivors of Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir
The Fourth Estate	the press
Sin City	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Windy City	Chicago, Illinois, USA
White House	the executive branch of the government of the United States
Whitehall	the British government including Parliament but excluding the monarchy
Westminster	the British Parliament
Tinseltown	Hollywood, California, USA
Taiwan	Republic of China
The New Sinatra	Jay-Z
The Smoke	London
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street	the Bank of England
The Rock (prison)	Alcatraz Prison
The Red Devils	Manchester United Football Club
The Queen of the Arabian Sea	Cochin
Perfidious Albion	Great Britain
Pensioneers	Chelsea football club
The Paris of the West	San Francisco, USA
The City of Palaces	Kolkata, India
The Steel City	Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania.
City of the Golden Gate	San Francisco
The Battlefield of Europe	Belgium
Auntie	Australian Broadcasting Corporation / British Broadcasting Corporation
the Antipodes	Australia and New Zealand
Diamond City in India	Surat, Gujarat
Humming Bird	Trinidad
Land of the Canals	Netherlands
World’s Breadbasket	Prairies of N. America
City of Brotherly Love	Philadelphia
The Beeb	The British Broadcasting Corporation
Venice of the North	Stockholm
Queen of the Adriatic	Venice
Land of White Elephant	Thailand
Land of Canals	Netherlands
Port of five Seas	Moscow
Land of the Golden Pagoda	Burma (Myanmar)
Land of Windmills	Netherlands
Brass Fountain	PPSh-41
The City of Brotherly Love	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The City of Joy	Kolkata, India
The City of Light	Paris
Bengal’s Sorrow	Damodar River, India
Chocolate City	Washington, D.C., so named because of its majority African-American population
C-3	the Collins Crystal Cave expedition
The Bayou City	Houston, Texas, USA
Brew City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Beantown	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Blighty	Great Britain (used by British servicemen abroad and expatriates)
The Big Stick	Theodore Roosevelt’s diplomatic policy
The Big Smoke	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Big Easy	New Orleans, Louisiana
The Big D	Dallas, Texas, USA
The Big Apple	New York City, New York, USA
Pearl of the Antilles	Cuba
Brisvegas	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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