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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:
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.[2]
| English name | Original name | Language | Notability | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Agricola | Alexander Ackerman | Dutch | Artist (musician) | ||
| Averroes | Muḥammad Ibn-'Aḥmad Ibn-Rushd | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Avicenna | 'Ali Ibn Al-Ḥusayn Ibn-'Abdillāh Ibn-Ḥasan Ibn-Sīnā | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Bill Alexander | Wilhelm Alexander | German | Artist (painter) | Self-translated | |
| Catiline | Lucius Sergius Catilina | Latin | Political leader | ||
| Christopher Columbus | Cristóbal Colón | Spanish | Explorer | ||
| Cristoffa Corombo | Ligurian | ||||
| Claudius Salmasius | Claude Saumise | French | Intellectual | ||
| Clovis I | Chlodovechus | Latin | Political leader | ||
| Hlōdowig | Frankish | ||||
| Confucius | Kǒng Qiū (孔 丘) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used | |
| Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔 夫子) | Mandarin | ||||
| Cornplanter | Gaiänt'wakê | Seneca | Political leader | ||
| John Abeel III | English | Birth name, no longer used | |||
| Denis the Carthusian | Denys van Leeuwen | Dutch | Religious figure | ||
| Ferdinand Magellan | Fernão de Magalhães | Portuguese | Explorer | ||
| Ferenc Dávid | Franz David Hertel | German | Religious figure | Hungarian and German names were both in use | |
| George Santayana | Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana | Spanish | Intellectual (philosopher) | Self-translated | |
| Georgius Agricola | Georg Pawer | German | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Gerardus Mercator | Gheert Cremer | Dutch | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Hector Boyardee | Ettore Boiardi | Italian | Chef | ||
| Henry of Ghent | Henri de Gand | French | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Henricus Gadavensus | Latin | ||||
| Hieronymous Bosch | Jheronimus Bosch | Dutch | Artist (painter) | ||
| Homer | Hómēros (Ὅμηρος) | Ancient Greek | Artist (poet) | ||
| Horace | Quintus Horatius Flaccus | Latin | Artist (poet) | ||
| Hugo Etherianis | Ugo Eteriano | Italian | Religious figure | ||
| Hugo Grotius | Huig de Groot | Dutch | Intellectual | ||
| Ignatius of Loyola | Ignacio de Loyola | Spanish | Religious figure (saint) | ||
| Jacobus Arminius | Jacob Hermanszoon | Dutch | Religious figure | ||
| Jerome | Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus | Latin | Theologian | ||
| Jesus | Iēsoûs (Ἰησοῦς) | Koine Greek | Religious figure | ||
| John Amos Comenius | Jan Amos Komenský | Czech | Intellectual (philosopher)Religious figure | ||
| John Cabot | Zuan Chabotto | Venetian | Explorer | ||
| John Calvin | Jehan Cauvin | French | Religious figure (reformer) | ||
| John Huss | Jan Hus | Czech | Religious figure (reformer) | ||
| John of Damascus | Yuḥannā Ad-Dimashqi (يوحنا الدمشقي,) | Arabic | Religious figure (saint) | ||
| Josephus | Titus Flavius Josephus | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Full Latin name. | |
| Yosef Ben-Matityahu (יוסף בן מתתיהו) | Hebrew | ||||
| Lee Iacocca | Lido Iacocca | Italian | Businessman | ||
| Livy | Titus Livius Patavinus | Latin | Intellectual (historian) | ||
| Julius Evola | Giulio Cesare Andrea baron Evola | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher)Relligious figure (mystic) | ||
| Maimonides | Moses Maimonides | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Moshe Ben-Maymon (משה בן מימון) | Hebrew | ||||
| Mūsa Ibn-Maymūn (موسى بن ميمون) | Arabic | ||||
| Mark Antony | Marcus Antonius | Latin | Political leader | ||
| Mencius | Mèng Kē (孟 軻) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used | |
| Mèngzī (孟 子) | Mandarin | ||||
| Michael Servetus | Miguel Serveto | Spanish | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Moses | Mōše (מֹשֶׁה) | Biblical Hebrew | Religious figure (prophet) | ||
| Muhammad ibn Abdullah | Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (مُحَمَّد ٱبن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه) | Arabic | Religious figure (prophet) | ||
| Nachmanides | Bonastruc ça Porta | Catalan | Intellectual (philosopher)Religious figure | ||
| Moshe Ben-Nachman (משה בן נחמן) | Hebrew | ||||
| Nicolas Steno | Nicolas Stenonis | Latin | Intellectual (scientist)Religious figure | ||
| Niels Steensen | Danish | ||||
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Niklas Koppernigk[3] | German | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Mikołaj Kopernik | Polish | ||||
| Nostradamus | Michel de Nostredame | French | Intellectual | ||
| Octavian | Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus | Latin | Roman emperor | ||
| Ovid | Publius Ovidius Naso | Latin | Artist (poet) | ||
| Paul of Venice | Paolo da Veneto | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Paolo Nicoletto | Italian | Birth name, no longer used | |||
| Paulus Venetus | Latin | ||||
| Pete Fountain | Pierre LaFontaine, Jr. | French | Artist (musician) | ||
| Peter Damian | Pietro Damiani | Italian | Religious figure (saint) | ||
| Peter Lombard | Pietro Lombardo | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | ||
| Peter of Bruys | Pierre de Bruys | French | Religious figure (priest) | ||
| Peter of Ravenna | Pietro de Ravenna | Italian | Intellectual | ||
| Peter Waldo | Pierre Vaudès | French | Religious figure | ||
| Petrarch | Francesco Petracco | Italian | Artist (poet)Intellectual | ||
| Franciscus Petrarca | Latin | ||||
| Petrus Apianis | Peter Bienewitz | German | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Plato | Plátōn | Ancient Greek | Philosopher | ||
| Pompey | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus | Latin | Political leader | ||
| Raphael | Raffaello Sanzio | Italian | Artist | ||
| Regiomontanus | Johannes Müller von Königsberg | German | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Rodolphus Agricola | Roelof Huysman | Dutch | Intellectual | ||
| Samuel Maresius | Samuel Des Marets | French | Intellectual | ||
| Terence | Publius Terentius Afer | Latin | Artist (playwright) | ||
| Theodore Beza | Théodore de Bèze | French | Religious figure | ||
| Thomas Aquinas | Tommaso d'Aquino | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher)Religious figure (saint) | ||
| Thomas à Kempis | Thomas Hammerlein | German | Intellectual (philosopher)Religious figure | Birth name, no longer used | |
| Thomas Hemerkin | Dutch | Birth name, no longer used | |||
| Thomas van Kempen | Dutch | ||||
| Thomas von Kempen | German | ||||
| Titian | Tiziano Vecelli | Italian | Artist | ||
| Tycho Brahe | Tyge Brahe | Danish | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Virgil | Publius Vergilius Maro | Latin | Artist (poet) | ||
| William of Salicet | Guglielmo da Saliceto | Italian | Intellectual (scientist) | ||
| Zoroaster | Zarathustra | Avestan | Prophet |