List of people known as the Merciful explained

The epithet the Merciful may refer to:

• Ashot III of Armenia (died 977), Armenian king
• John the Merciful (c. 552-between 616 and 620), Patriarch of Alexandria and Christian saint

See also

• John the Hairy, also known as John the Merciful of Rostov, a 16th-century holy fool (yurodivy) of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Ming the Merciless, the main villain in the Flash Gordon comic strip and related works
• Mordru the Merciless, the villain in the DC Comics story arc of the same name