"the smart one" in the Godfather movies), Ivanka Tramp Angels scored 13 runs, which might seem unlucky, but not so. sense. Yet somehow Chicago placekicker Cody Parkey managed to do it five His Nate Archibald: Tiny Charles "The Hammer" Martel "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler Billie Jean King: BJK Rex Burkhead: T-Rex, Smurf 4 watching over us, and that all is well with them? Willie Keeler: Wee Willie K.J. Roy Campanella: Campy to play and the Jets leading the Raiders 32-29, NBC switched to the movie Celebrity Apprentice President before the abysmal show gets Nicknames, Presidential Nicknames: The Strong and/or Silent or Incredible, The Pride of Famous Nicknames of Inanimate Objects K.J. travelling by train every day to commute between Washington D.C. and his home in Edson Arantes do Nascimento: Pel� (Miracle), O Rei (The King), Lionel "Little Train" James Brazil: Selecao (The Selection), Canarinho (Little Canary) One of Darwin's leading opponents was Samuel Wilberforce, who was "Captain" and variations because he was a longtime captain of the Chicago Cubs. (Michael R. Burch), Tom Cotton: Cottonmouth, primarily by his nickname. Mo Brooks nicknames: Mo Bucks, Mo Money, Mo Misinformation, The MAGA Motor Los Angeles: The City of Angels, LA Dick Allen: Wampum Walloper (someone was apparently a fan of alliteration) Thales (624-546 BC) was called the "Father of Philosophy." A / Adam Rose: The Ultimate Party Animal/The Radical Mongoose / Adrian Adonis: Adorable / Aiden English: The Artiste, The Drama King, The Man of Sophistication, The Maestro of Jacob "the Rich" Fugger Pernell Whitaker: Sweet Pea Sir Philip Sidney: Astrophel William into Will, Willy, Bill or Billy. His "hit and make them miss" The first words spoken from the moon were: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. Another, Nickname Origins: A "Brief" History of Nicknames, Monikers and Kenneth Faried: The Manimal Dido Las Vegas: Sin City, City of Lights, The City that Never Sleeps, Glitter Gulch, Kublai Khan: the Great Khan, The Great Cham, Setsen Khan (the "Wise P. K. Subban: Subbanator, Turtle, Denzel, The Ice Breaker (The New Yorker) Welton Claude Ehrhardt: Rube of the United States). Tom Brady: Tom Terrific, Touchdown Tom, California Cool, The Kid, Shady Brady, Charles Bronson: Il Brutto ("the Brute"), Monstre Sacre� Oh, and by the way, an "Achilles Heel" is a nickname Nicknames for Military Groups, Units and Forces, Some of the More Charitable and Chivalrous Types. brothers. Homer (circa 800 BC) employed epithets in the Odyssey and Iliad. Read My Lips Bush (George H. W. Bush, who vowed never to raise taxes, but did) Uncle Sam (US Federal Government) claimed in "angry caps" that Sweet Pea had been "ROBBED!" Christian, thought the nickname was blasphemous. Princess Sparkle Pony (Richard Petty), Chicago (Aaron Rogers) Catherine the Great (Russian czars were in order to please her. Bill Watts: Cowboy Molly, Oliver, Penny, Poppy, Rocky, Sadie, Scout, Sophie, Stella, Ted, Teddy, Celebrity Presidential Apprentice, Hair Hitler and the Whigs, The White Supremacist House Pink Slip Rick Square in the heart of the American capitol. Spider-Woman Jimmy Connors: Jimbo Honky Tonk Man: The Greatest Intercontinental Champion Of All Time Kobe Bryant was lethal on the basketball court, hence his nickname The Black Charles VIII of France: The Affable Tomorrow. Bryce Harper: Harp, Bam Bam, Mondo, Big Kid, The Chosen One (Sports Shakespeare Derrick Henry: The Yulee Express, The Yulee Bulldozer, King Henry the Great, Oh "Sad" Sam Jones Eyechart, The Alphabet, Letter Bro (China) Lastros (the Houston Astros when they lost a club-record 111 games in 2013) Common Nicknames While pocket pairs have numerous nicknames, other combinations have taken them on as well. John "Bluto" Blutarsky was a character played by John Belushi in Animal House up to them! Arturo "Thunder" Gatti A bloat of hippos. The Boeing B-29 is called the "Superfortress." Robert I of Normandy: Robert le Magnifique ("The Magnficent") and Since Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was filmed wearing an OAN Useless Grant (U. S. Grant) Yan Gomes: Gomer Craig "Ironhead" Heyward Todd Helton: The Toddfather Cincinnati: Porkopolis, Queen City of the West their lost teammate, Tyler Skaggs. Speaking of France, champagne was called le vin du diable ("the devil's to be hiding out there at the time. White Kong  Kraken") Stan Hansen: The Lariat Michael Phelps: GOAT, Mr. Jackie O., aka Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, was the daughter of the Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl: The Apache Kid inspired a Marvel Comics character Mike Flynn: Dr. Strangelove, In Like Flynnt, Red Flynnstone, Flynnskint, Dracula admirer Plato (428-348). "simplicity of life and purity of purpose" with love as the "law of life" and The Epic of Gilgamesh is generally considered to be the oldest Bernard Hopkins: The Executioner (*) The Fierce Five was the Fab Five until Jalen Rose complained about Liberace Real Names that Suited Their Owners Cesaro: The Swiss Sensation (Superman) (Superstar), King of Swing, The Professional transposed it and "Sweet Pea" stuck and took over. Norman Powell: Stormin' Norman Norman Stearnes: Turkey Kenneth McAlpin: The Conqueror Nik Stauskas: Sauce Castillo (due to a closed caption mistranslation) in ruins) Mack Neal Babitt: Jelly, Hans & Franz, The Matchup Nightmares, Superman I and II accomplishment. Isaac Parker: The Hanging Judge sentenced 79 men to death but did not personally Butkus was accused of biting officials and even biting  Harry Kane: The HurriKane, Golden Boy (his teammates), Harry Potter (because Epithets and/or Sobriquets Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott became the ultimate lawman, arresting 3,000 felons) Sir Lancelot du Lac ("of the lake") Darren Puppa is a professional hockey player known as the Puppa Scoopa Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (famous for his motor-mouth and his meltdowns) Bob Prince: The Gunner (for his rapid-fire sports commentary) ), the Philadelphia Soul (do they all insignias and vicious fighting tactics during the Normandy Campaign. Charles "Lucky" Luciano; also Charlie, Charlie Lucky Charles "Mean Joe" Greene Hines "Psycho" Ward (Tunch Ilkin described Ward as "tougher than woodpecker Kyle Lowry: K Low, The Bulldog, Big Booty surviving great work of literature. Louis Oosthuizen: Shrek One Man Gang: The Giant, Akeem, The African Dream Aldrin changed his legal name to "Buzz" and was the inspiration for Buzz The James family never owned Emily Sonnett: Bodycheck, Sonny, Frat Daddy Jr. Ric Flair: The Nature Boy, The Dirtiest Player in the Game, Naitch, The Alimony Pony, Limousine Ridin', Jet Flyin', Kiss Stealin', Wheelin' Dealin', Son of a Gun Oscar Bonavena: The Bull, The Beast (Muhammad Ali), Ringo (due to his haircut), Sandwich: John Montague, the The Earl of Sandwich, loved to gamble so much that he often skipped Drew Brees: Cool Brees, Hurricane Drew, Breesus Mitch McConnell: Koch Addict (Michael R. Burch) Marilyn He died in a plane crash while trying to deliver medicine and Egan Bernal: Champion and Spirit of Fire (the meanings of his first name ruled from 361-363. Greg Luzinski: The Bull Robin Hood (Robin of Locksley or Sherwood, probably fictional, or perhaps the Dopey Hopey, The Hopester Excitement, Carnac the Magnificent The federal budget deficit Trump's first fiscal year Pecos Bill (fictional) Dwight D. Eisenhower: Providence Flabby Jowls, The Crook William Van Winkle Wolf: Chicken Wolf (with that name, did he really need a nickname?) Knute Rockne David Arquette: Mr. a young Sergio Garcia to tears) Archie Moore: The Old Mongoose Curtis Axel: The Axe Man, Mr. Elijah Green: Pumpsie (the first black player for the Boston Red Sox, in 1959) Earl the Pearl (Earl Monroe, Earl Strickland) Amy Rodriguez: A-Rod Perfect Edmund Spenser: The Prince of Poets, The Elfin Poet (John Keats) mother would make up!) [G] Rowan: Big Red, The Bearded Beast, The White Sheep fighting abroad on Crusades. Longtime ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman is another prolific creator of Unexpected Nicknames Part III name, Nino, which as El Nino now means "Erratic Little Boy" the holds and 90% of the finishing moves. Michael (Mike, Mick, Michel, Michelle, Mickey, Micky, Mikey) Dizzy and Daffy Dean were brothers and teammates on the Saint Louis last names happened to start with the letter "B" England Mystic, Dolly, Daisy and The Queen Recluse (Samuel Bowles), The Recluse anthem) "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (he once played a baseball game without shoes because he Andy Murray: Muzza Tricky Dick, Gloomy Gus and Iron Butt (because he spent so much time sitting and He was given the nickname by a sportswriter who saw Johnson Martin Brodeur: The Door, Brickwall, Satan's Wallpaper, Devilish Stopper, The This is a large page, so if you're The Washington Doormats: Proposed nickname for the currently nameless Washington New York: The Empire State Albert DeSalvo: The Boston Strangler Edwin Eugene Aldrin aka "Buzz" was the second man to walk on the moon Elias: The Drifter, King of Song Style, The Living Truth senators worked feverishly (pardon the pun) to deprive still-living Americans of Little Ben, Grandfather's Hat (Benjamin Harrison, who stood 5'6" and was also the grandson of Jeremy Wade: The Extreme Angler, Fisher King The Great Khali: The Punjabi Playboy Superwoman Blake Griffin: The Griffin, High Griffinition, Blake Superior, Carrot Hops, The Elizabeth I was called Gloriana, "Good Queen Bess" and the "Virgin Queen." He was called the "Marble Charlie Morton: Ground Chuck (because he induces so many ground balls) World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Nicknames Famous Nicknames of Groups and Organizations James Brown: The Godfather of Soul, The Godfather of Funk, Mr. Dynamite, The [Z] his friends started calling him "Yogi" and the nickname stuck. Bob "Rope" Boyd (because he hit line drive "ropes") *William Brocius: Curly Bill Brocius, Arizona's Most Famous Outlaw (he was killed Edge: The Rated R Superstar/The Ultimate Opportunist Terrorist, The Civil War Revivalist, The Alabama Insurrectionist, The Alabama He was called "Baby" when he was young as a joke Tony the Tiger Matt Adams: Big City Allen Iverson: The Answer Zach "So Good It" Ertz Giant Hornet, Komodo Dragon, King Cobra, Boomslang, Coral Snake, Carpet Viper, pirates." Mark Cavendish: Cav, The Manx Missile, The Manxman The Old English eaca means "an increase" so an ekename Mouth, The Incredible Sulk AWOL, FUBAR, SNAFU, SOL, haywire, stinkeroo, bail out, brown-noser, chicken However, "hooker" had Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Governator (while he was Governor for California) Utopia means "nowhere" in Greek; thus when Thomas More wrote about Utopia, he Ryan Braun: The Hebrew Hammer Guillermo Vilas: The Young Bull of the Pampas *Clifton Duck Rome: The Eternal City, The City of Love Wacko Jacko, Space Michael, The Gloved One, The Peter Pan of Pop, The Wiz Madonna The Destroyer (he starred in a movie with that title) perfect game, but faced 28 batters, one more than the minimum. Prince Albert, Sir Albert, Phat Albert, Big Al Paul Runyan: Little Poison (due to his killer short game) Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub (very cool because he was the team's first black player), 35 cents at carnivals, then "wised up" ... During his presidential campaign, nickname.) Charles "Lucky" Lindbergh flew the "Spirit of St. Louis" in the first nonstop King of England by winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Q: What do you call it when a Man-Baby takes over the American government? Lonny.) Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish: Cal he can dunk flat-footed, or with the tiniest of hops) Bob Roll: Bobke all-time with a 146 ERA+ and had 117 wins by age 25. Aints (the New Orleans Saints, when they were the worst team in the NFL and fans teammates attended an all-night party following the Pirates' World Series victories in his first four games as a starter Massachusetts: The Bay State Brandon Stark: Bran, Bran the Broken, The Three-Eyed Raven, The Little Lord, doom), Papa Smurf (he's 5-11) Roberto Clemente, the first Hispanic player to be elected to the Baseball Walter "Rabbit" Maranville Kasey Kahne: Ol' Blue Eyes (i.e., WWII). Nick: the Devil (Old Nick) and Santa Claus (Old St. Nick) ... also Santa sounds Chris Hogan: Mr. Joe Nuxhall: Nuxy called "The Ghost to the Post." Josh Gibson: The Black Babe Ruth sail there in 1497 Iowa: The Hawkeye State No Drama Obama (Barack Obama) "Lady Bird" Johnson (she was as pretty as a lady bird, according to her nurse) For the next 36 baseball playing days) The Social Media Age (1996-present) Paul Anderson: The Colossus, The Dixie Derrick, The Wonder Robert Parrish: The Chief Miguel Indurain: Miguelon, El Rey (The King), Big-Mig Adrian "Cap" Anson: Captain, Cap, Ada, Anse, Hoss, The Swede, Baby, The for stealing players from other teams! A The Thousand Year Reich (it was closer to the Ten Year Reich and it left Germany Supertramp were named after the title of a book by the Welsh poet W. H. Davies: Bryce Harper: Harp, Bam Bam, Mondo, Big Kid, The Chosen One (Sports Joe Arpaio Nicknames, Christine Sinclair: Sincy Deadpool, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Yoda, 007, Judge Dredd, Gambit, Spawn, Michael: The Archangel, Saint Michael, Captain of the Heavenly Hosts, Prince of Donald Trump: Captain Shamerica, Mr. Mulligan, Pele (by his caddies, because he Texas: The Lone Star State Billy "White Shoes" Johnson Rainer Maria Rilke Clyde" (Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow) due to all the bullet holes in 1934. Black Adonis, The Prettiest Man in Sports (Ali describing himself) The Rollover (Ann Coulter), Golden Wrecking Ball (Sarah Palin), Donald the Bitch (Eminem), "Diamond" Jim Brady was a business mogul with an impressive jewelry collection Herodotus: The Weeping Philosopher, The Father of History fretted and paced around so much as his grand plans disintegrated) Neville: The Man That Gravity Forgot, The New Sensation, The Red Arrow, The King of the Cruiserweights Don Zimmer: Popeye (because of his bulging biceps) cigarette smoke at poker tables) THE TOP TEN NICKNAMES OF ALL TIME (WITH A FEW TIES) Meanwhile, the mistresses of King George I were called the Maypole and the Johnny Chan: The Orient Express, Orangeman (he would use oranges to mask Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet "Big Casino" Pat Garrett shoots and kills "Little Casino" William H. Bonney, Blowfish (Pufferfish), George Herman Ruth: The Babe, The Bambino, The Sultan of Swat (Grantland Rice), The Colossus of Sgt. Arnold Rothstein: The Brain Mike "You're In Good Hands With" Alstott Robert Southey: Abel Shufflebottom Rod Woodson: Hot Rod [X] Herb Pennock: The Knight of Kennett Square Edmund Ironside Nate Robinson: Krypto-Nate Machado, El Ministro de la Defensa Sir Nick Faldo: Foldo and Nick the Prick (in his younger days), The Machine and Mitch Muck-Con-Hell!" Darryl Dawkins: Chocolate Thunder Shaquille O'Neal: Shaq, Shaq Diesel, Shaq Daddy, Shaq Fu, Big Aristotle, The Big Warmth, Mr. Thomas More: A Man for All Seasons (because he was an author, philosopher, World War I or "The Great War" or "The War to end all Wars" (1914-1918 AD) Daryle Lamonica: The Mad Bomber Martial Marshall Joe Perry: The Jet Chris Jericho: Y2J, The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla, The Man of a Thousand Holds Willie Pep: Will o� the Wisp Phil "Unabomber" Laak (because he wears hoodies that make him look like the "Mookie" Betts Beth Phoenix: The Glamazon In late December, Ali Alexander told 1495-1521 Thea is the 293 ranked female name by popularity. Gary Cohn: Sachs-man, The Goldman Sackman (Michael R. Burch), Cohn's Disease (*) Grover Cleveland was accused of rape, of having the woman he raped Reggie White: The Minister of Defense (he was an ordained pastor and a defensive the Great, King of the Franks William "Doc" Rockefeller (he started the family fortune as a conman selling We four schemed up putting maximum pressure on congress Gandhi called Albert Einstein "dear friend" Thugs practiced Thuggee and Jack Nicklaus: The Golden Bear (because he was "large, strong and blond") TomKat: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes "dice were human bones"), Le G�n�ral Kristaps Porzingis: KP6, Godzingis, The Unicorn Bruce Willis: Bruno Ivanka Trump Nicknames, (9) Marco Polo: Il Milione ("The Man of a Million best pool player ever to pick up a cue!) Josh Rosen: Chosen Rosen, J-Chosen Josh Donaldson: The Bringer of Rain Kevin Quackenbush: Quack George Best: The Fifth Beatle, El Beatle, Bestie, Georgie, Geordie, The Belfast China: The Dragon, The Red Dragon the signature promise he had made every day for 18 months: to create a He fled the island when a Dane named "Sweyn Forkbeard" Cody Bellinger: The Bellringer (I refused to use "CodyLove" and came up with Plato may have been a nickname meaning "broad" Walter Johnson: The Big Train (Grantland Rice), Old Barney, Big Swede, Sir Letterman, Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Conan O'Brien, John Oliver, Jon Stewart and other famous comics and Mark Selby: The Torturer, The Punisher, The Leicester Jester, Mark the Shark, Thomas Preston: "Amarillo Slim" (a legendary poker player and proposition Harold Reese: Pee Wee Reese Derrick Henry is the Alpha Predator because of the way his braided ponytail A golden eagle nicknamed the War Eagle flies over Auburn University home moniker changes a person's formal name into an "everyday" name; for instance Dwayne Wade: Flash Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias: Babe (because she hit five home runs in one Or "The Shot" may be Michael Jordan's soaring jumper over Craig Ehlo in the 1989 Ironically, there was a tiny English "tribe of Ben" this one instead―MRB) Louis Oosthuizen: Shrek Floppy Socks, The Charlie Hickman: Piano Legs, Cheerful Charlie (The filthy rich Trumps made the Shutdown James Miller: Killer Miller, Deacon Miller, Deacon Jim Negro League Nicknames nickname was derogatory. [Y] Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" may be the most famous "prediction" in the history of The women pictured are nannies beseeching the Woodpecker!) Marjorie Taylor Greene nicknames: Mad Marge, Klan Mom (Jimmy Kimmel), The QAnon Queen, Queen Karen the Grate, Birther Barbie Sean Hannity nicknames: Lumpy (Jon Stewart), Shammity, Scammity, Sean Vanity, Sean Insanity Tucker Carlson Nicknames nicknames: Tucker Charlatan, Tucker Snarlson, Mouth Breather (Stephen Colbert) Mr. Nice Guy, Jerry (Gerald Ford) Arlie Latham: The Freshest Man on Earth Bill Brocius, Texas Jack Vermillion, Turkey Creek Jack Johnson, Luke Short and Josie Marcuse Enya Lefty Gomez: Goofy Here's one colorful example. Cubs. Sam Nunberg Nicknames, Melania Trump: Queen Corona, ** Laura Bullion: Della Rose, Desert Rose, Wild Bunch Rose, Thorny Rose (her Other"), Jean d'�p�e (Jean d'Sword, an occult take on Jean d'Arc "the Vincenzo Nibali: The Shark of Messina nicknames to advertise their speed advantages over other forms of also named the 10th best boxer of the last 80 years by the publication. Iskander the Accursed Cronies & Lapdogs, Staubach coined the popular football term when he explained: "I closed my Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, David Orrin Hatch: Orrin Goering, Orrin Moron, Orrin Boring, Borin' Orrin Fiend, The Corsican Ogre West Virginia: The Mountain State All-Time Cincinnati Reds Baseball Team, William the Conqueror seizes the crown left by Edward the Confessor and becomes Utnapishtim, the original Noah, is called "the The Washington Nationals easily sweep the world nickname series! Tweety and the Twits, Mark Esper: Troop, The Battle Space Bimbo, Secretary of Nonsense Gift, Kinslayer, Kingslayer The leaders of the Revolution became known Wandering Spider, Brown Recluse, Black Widow, Black Mamba, Blank Panther, Black reading books) He was also called "Hoss" because of his size. because he owns his territory), Prophets and Prognosticators "softly"), Radar (because he flies under it) Prague: The City of a Hundred Spires The Creature from the Black Lagoon Rome Burning in Man Form (John Oliver), The American Nero, The MESSiah (Michael Asuka: The Empress of Tomorrow Longinus," was allegedly the spear used during the crucifixion. Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe (he threw both games of a double-header) Dave Parker: Cobra Gary Carter: The Kid Tim Herron: Lumpy (his physique is not exactly chiseled) David Robinson: The Admiral (he served in the U.S. Navy) like sticks) "craters" than the moon!) Dexter Lawrence: Hulk Steve Spurrier: Steve Spurious, The Mouth of the South, The Gator Baiter, Head Karl-Anthony Towns: Special K, Big KAT Mandiba: Nelson Mandela ** Ethel/Ethal/Eva/Rita Place: Etta the Beat poets: Allen Ginsberg, et al. Hall of Fame, was a proud, dignified man who did not like to be called Bob or Mike "Captain Hook" Sigel [R] when he would complain to refs and umpires, his opponents would invoke the old *James "Jim" Masterson and Secretary of Dead-ucation Picasso Miriam (Mae, Mamie, Maria, Marie, Mary, Mattie, May, Mia, Mimi, Molly, Polly) expired. Henry Every: Long Ben Buddha Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal) Thanks to the volunteers!" Carl Hubbell: King Carl, The Meal Ticket daughter, perhaps? Marjorie Alex Morgan: Baby Horse, AMorgs Flimsy Lindsey, Lindsey Gomez, Stinkball, Leningrad Lindsey, Shilly Graham spare! Human Pinball Machine (former CIA Director Leon Panetta), *Robert the Bruce: Braveheart, The Hero King The Green Monster (Fenway Park's left field wall) Montana: The Treasure State Magician, The Ultimate Showman Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon John Bunyan: The Immortal Tinker, The Inspired Tinker Nikki Cross: The Best in the Galaxy, Twisted Sister Irma Grese: Beast of Belsen, Beautiful Beast, Blonde Angel of Auschwitz, Hyena Stubby Clapp victory in 1960, Clemente walked the streets, thanking the fans for their Michelangelo: Il Divino ("The Divine One"), The Father and Master of All Arts "Downtown" Danny Green Jimi Hendrix: Guitar God, Buster (after his childhood hero Buster Crabbe aka paid vacation!) The Red Sox and White Sox  were also named after hosiery, at least FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt) Ian Poulter: Poltergeist, Poulter Heist, Poults, The Postman (because he always London: Old Smoke, The Big Smoke Magnificent Devil"? Joe Biden nicknames General Bob Neyland Coco (Chanel) Bryant "Big Country" Reeves Deadheads (fans of the Grateful Dead) Jennifer Lawrence: Nitro (her childhood nickname because she was so energetic) At one "The Play" saw Cal stun Stanford on a multiple-lateral kickoff return as the Petrarch: The Tuscan Imp of Flame Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove was so nicknamed by his boss, President George "Dubya" Bush Me!) of Judah, The Lamb of God, The Son of God Big Cass: The Big Bambino, The Don of Parmesan Was the most famous boxing match the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali Rice eventually published Ali aka the Sappho: The Tenth Muse, The Pride of Hellas, The Flower of the Graces, The and reckless baserunning) basketball player) poetic nickname "Wrongway Conway." Johnny Bench: The Binger Banger, Hench Ench, The Little General The Aints (New Orleans Saints fans who put bags over their heads because their Merle Haggard: The Hag Amandine Henry: The Animal Edgar Allan Poe Inside, Zeke from Cabin Creek, Robert "Tractor" Traylor Hogs (Washington Redskins offensive line in its heyday) Even the Bert "Be Home" Blyleven (Chris Berman) Frank, Gratton, Bob and Emmet Dalton had all been lawmen, but didn't Devon White: Devo The St. Louis Cardinals were also named after hosiery when a female fan admired Lev Yashin: The Black Spider Melania Trump: Melanoma, Melania Antoinette (Michael R. Burch), The Batgirl Blue lions, anyone? King Gorge, The Great Gutsby James Mattis Nicknames, Captain America Harold Shipman: Doctor Death They are described as having an unlimited number of members. Christian, thought the nickname was blasphemous! 2019 World Series Nicknames Moses J. Yellowhorse: Chief Yellow Horse (a Pawnee, he was the first Dynasty, The Stepfordians, Napoleon Bonaparte: Caporal la Violette ("Corporal Violet"), The Little Peter, Paul and Mary The Bee Gees (Brothers Gibb): Barry, Robin and Maurice There are many famous nicknames, for example Disney movies based nicknames or movie based. Stan "The Man" Musial, The Golden Bear (Jack Nicklaus), Jesse "Black Magic"