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The convention was inspired, at least in part, by a Hollywood tradition, where character actors in particular were given colorful nicknames to aid in their name recognition. [1] Monikers like Stan "The Man" Lee and Jack "King" Kirby permeated into mass culture. This is a list of those nicknames.
James William Anderson III (born November 1, 1937) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television host. His soft-spoken singing voice was given the nickname "Whispering Bill" by music critics and writers. [1]
This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...
Among these tracks was one of the title tracks, "But You Know I Love You". The song was originally recorded and made a hit single by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. "A Picture from Life's Other Side" had been originally cut by Hank Williams. Another track, "I Am," was written by Carter Howard, who was the son of Anderson's duet partner Jan ...
This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
The following list of nicknames of blues musicians complements the existing list of blues musicians by referring to their nicknames, stage names and pseudonyms, thereby helping to clarify possible confusion arising over artists with similar or the same nicknames. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by nickname rather than surname.
"Blood-n-Guts" – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II (a nickname he rejected) [22] "Bloody Bill" – William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader; William Cunningham, Loyalist militia commander in South Carolina "Bloody George" – George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general
Nickname Personal name Notes Crazy Mika Brzezinski [115] Mika Brzezinski: Co-host of Morning Joe; wife of Joe Scarborough Dumb as a Rock Mika [116] Dopey Graydon Carter [117] [118] [119] Graydon Carter: Former editor of Vanity Fair: Allison Cooper [120] Anderson Cooper: Host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° Fredo [121] Chris Cuomo