Following is the list of sobriquets of some famous persons.
| Nickname/Sobriquet | Referred Person |
|---|---|
| Bard of Avon | William Shakespeare |
| Biebs | Justin Bieber |
| Becks | David Beckham |
| Big B | Amitabh Bachchan |
| The Big Bopper | Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. |
| The Big O | Roy Orbison |
| The Big Piece | Ryan Howard |
| The Big Unit | Randy Johnson |
| Biggie Smalls | Christopher Wallace |
| King Billy | William III of England |
| The Bird | Mark Fidrych |
| Birdman | Chris Andersen |
| The Black Mamba | Kobe Bryant |
| Blackbeard | Edward Teach |
| Bloody Mary | Queen Mary I of England |
| Bojangles | Bill Robinson |
| Boney | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| The Boss | Bruce Springsteen |
| The Boston Strangler | Albert DeSalvo |
| Broadway Joe | Joe Namath |
| Calico Jack | John Rackham |
| Diamond Dave | David Lee Roth |
| Dr. J | Julius Erving |
| The Duke | John Wayne |
| The Elephant Man | Joseph Merrick |
| The Fastest Girl on Earth | Dorothy Levitt |
| Fatha | Earl Hines |
| The Godfather of Grunge | Neil Young |
| The Godfather of Soul | James Brown |
| The Golden Bear | Jack Nicklaus |
| The Great Communicator | Ronald Reagan |
| The Great Compromiser | Henry Clay |
| The Great Emancipator | Abraham Lincoln |
| The Great Orator | Daniel Webster |
| The Great Commoner | William Pitt |
| Grizzly Adams | James Adams |
| The Haryana Hurricane | Kapil Dev |
| His Airness | Michael Jordan |
| Honest Abe | Abraham Lincoln |
| The Humbler | Danny Gatton |
| The Iron Lady | Margaret Thatcher |
| The King of Reggae | Bob Marley |
| The King of Pop | Michael Jackson |
| The Lady with the Lamp | Florence Nightingale |
