The following people normally have the words "the Great" appended to their names.
- Abbas The Great , Persia (Iran)
- Akbár The Great , India
- Alaric The Great , of the Visigoths
- Albert The Great (aka Albertus Magnus), Medieval German philosopher and theologian (but note that "the Great" translates his family name, de Groot)
- Alexander The Great , Macedon King
- Alfred The Great of Wessex, English
- Alfonso The Great of Leon
- Anthony The Great early Christian saint of Egypt
- Antiochus The Great , Seleucid Empire
- Ashoka The Great , India
- Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great , Thailand
- Boleslaus The Brave , sometimes called the Great, Poland
- Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke The Great , Thailand
- Canute The Great , Danish, King of Denmark, England, and Norway
- Casimir The Great , Poland
- Catherine The Great , Russia
- Charles The Great , more commonly known as "Charlemagne"
- Chulalongkorn The Great , Thailand
- Constantine The Great , Rome/Byzantium
- Cyrus The Great , Persia (Iran)
- Darius The Great , Persia (Iran)
- Frederick The Great , Prussia
- Genghis Khan The Great , Mongolia
- Gertrude The Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
- Gustavus Adolphus The Great , Sweden
- Gwanggaeto The Great Of Goguryeo , Korea
- Hanno The Great , Carthage
- Henry IV The Great , France
- Herod The Great , Judea
- The Great Houdini
- Ivan The Great , Russia
- John The Great , Portugal
- John Paul II The Great , Pope
- Justinian The Great , Byzantium
- Kamehameha The Great , Hawai'i
- Karikala Chola The Great , India
- Llywelyn The Great , Wales / Gwynedd
- Louis The Great , Hungary and Poland
- Louis The Great , France
- Mithridates The Great , Parthia
- Mithridates The Great , Pontus
- Moctezuma The Great , Aztec empire
- Mubarak Al-Sabah The Great , Kuwait
- Otto I The Great , Holy Roman Emperor
- Pacal The Great , Maya state of Palenque
- Peter The Great , Russia
- Peter III The Great , Aragont
- Pompey The Great , Rome
- Prokop The Great , Hussite leader in Bohemia
- Rajaraja Chola The Great , India
- Rameses The Great , Ancient Egypt
- Reza Shah The Great , Persia (Iran)
- Rhodri The Great , Wales / Gwynedd
- Ronald The Great , United States ''(aka Ronaldus Magnus - often referred to as such by Reagan's supporters after his death, and sarcastically by his opponants)''
- Sancho III The Great , Navarre
- Shapur The Great , Sassanid empire, Persia (Iran)
- Sargon The Great , Akkad
- Sejong The Great , Korea
- Shivaji The Great , India
- Stefan The Great , Moldova, Romania
- St. Basil The Great , Cappadocia
- St. Euthymius The Great , Palestine
- St. Gregory The Great , pope
- Saint James The Great , apostle
- St. Leo The Great , pope
- St. Macarius The Great , Egyptian hermit
- St. Nicholas The Great , pope
- Theodoric The Great , Ostrogoths
- Theodosius The Great , Rome
- Tigranes The Great , Armenia
- Turkmenbashi The Great , self-proclaimed title of Saparmurat Niyazov, the president of Turkmenistan .
- Valdemar I The Great , Denmark
- Vytautas The Great , archduke of Lithuanian Grand Duchy
- William V The Great , Aquitaine
- William I The Great , Germany
- Xerxes The Great , Persia (Iran)
- Yu The Great , China
- Muhammad Ali , boxer (''The Greatest'')
- Ajax The Greater , hero from Homer 's Iliad
- Alexandru Cel Bun , ("the Kind") Romania n Voivode
- Julio Cesar Chavez , boxer (''The Great Mexican Champion'')
- Agostino Chigi , il Magnifico ("The Magnificent")
- Ellaalan , "the Just" , Sri Lanka .
- Jackie Gleason (the Great One)
- Wayne Gretzky (the Great One)
- Karikala II Chola , "of the abundant/plentiful" , India .
- Leelavathi Naaichchi , " the Brave " , Sri Lanka .
- Chera n Maavali Vaanan , "the Prosperous" , India .
- Malaiyamaan Kaari , "the Modest" , India .
- Mihai Viteazul , ("the Brave"), Romania n Voivode
- Pegun , "the Magnanimous" , India .
- Philip The Good , duke of Burgundy
- The Rock , wrestler/actor (''Rocky'', also known as ''The Great One'')
- Stefan Dusan , ("The Forceful"), Serbia n Tzar
- Stefan Cel Mare ("The Great"), Voivod of Moldavia
- Stefan Visoki ("The Tall"), Serbian Despot
- Suleyman The Magnificent
- Lorenzo Il Magnifico , ("The Magnificent")
- Felix Trinidad , boxer (''Tito'', also known as ''The Great Puerto Rican Champion'')
- Ajax The Lesser
- Alexandru Cel Rau ("the Evil"), Wallachia n Voivode
- August The Strong of Saxony
- Basilides The False
- Charles The Bald
- Charles The Fat
- Charles The Short
- Charles The Simple
- Diogenes The Cynic (possibly "the dog")
- Dionysius Exiguus ("the little", "the humble")
- Dutte Gamini or Gamini Abhaya , "the Evil" and "the Daring", Sri Lanka
- Ethelred The Unready , (i.e. ill-advised)
- Heliogabalus the Horrible (better known as Elagabalus )
- Ivan The Terrible
- King John ''Lackland'' Of England
- Kulothunga Chola I , "the rotten", India
- Mary The Rich
- Pepin The Short
- Romulus Augustulus ("the small Augustus"), last Western Roman Emperor.
- St. James The Less er
- Stefan Surdul ("the Deaf"), Wallachia n Voivode
- Vlad Inecatul ("the Drowned"), Wallachia n Voivode
- Vlad II Dracul ("the Dragon" or "the Devil"), Wallachia n Voivode
- Vlad III Dracula ("son of the Dragon", "son of the Devil), better known as Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachia n Voivode
- William the Bastard, better known as William I Of England or William The Conqueror
- William The Silent , Prince Of Orange
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