List of nicknames of historical personages

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This is a list of nicknames of notable people, both current and historical.

This list does not include athletes, criminals, entertainers, monarchs, or U.S. Presidents, who are dealt with elsewhere.


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  • Keegan, John. In the Know. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2003.
  • Stanley, Roy M., II, Colonel, USAF. World War II Photo Intelligence. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.
  • Brickhill, Paul. The Dam Busters. New York: Ballantine, 1955.
  • Barris, Ted. Behind the Glory. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1992.
  • Hastings, Max. Overlord. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
  • ________. Bomber Command. New York: Dial Press/James Wade, 1979.
  • Faltum, Andrew. The Essex Aircraft Carriers. Charleston, SC: The Nautical & Aviation Publication Company of America, 2000 (third edition)
  • Goldstein, Donald M., & Dillon, Katherine V., eds. The Pearl Harbor Papers. McLean, VA: Brassey's (US), 1993.
  • Middlebrook, Martin. Convoy. Markham, ON: Penguin Books, 1978 (reprints Allan Lane 1976 edition)
  • Saward, Dudley. "Bomber" Harris. London: Buchan & Enright, 1984.
  • Jones, Reginald V. Professor. Most Secret War. London: Coronet Books, 1979.
  • Price, Alfred, Dr. Aircraft versus the Submarine. London: William Kimber & Co., 1973.
  • Johnson, William E., Air Vice Marshal, RAF. The Story of Air Fighting. London: Hutchinson, 1985.
  • Dönitz, Karl, Grossadmiral, translated by Stevens, R. H., & Woodward, David. Memoir: Ten Years & Twenty Days. Cleveland: World Publishing Co, 1959 (reprint 1958 Anthenãum-Verlag, Zehn Jahre und Zwanzig Tage)
  • MacArthur, Douglas, General of the Army. Reminiscences. Crest Books/Fawcett, 1965 (reprints 1964 McGraw-Hill edition)
  • Alperovitz, Gar. Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb. New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 1996.
  • Galland, Adolf, translated by Small, Mervyn. The First & the Last. London: Methuen & Co., 1970 (reprints Die Ersten und Die Letzen, Franz Schneekluth 1953 edition)
  • Winter, Denis. . First of the Few. London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1982.
  • van der Vat, Dan. The Atlantic Campaign. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
  • ___________. The Pacific Campaign. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992.
  • Addington, Larry H., Prof. The Blitzkrieg Era & the German General Staff. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1971.
  • Young, Desmond , Brigadier. World Almanac Book of World War II. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981.
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  • Edgerton, Robert. Warriors of the Rising Sun. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997.
  • Ito, Masanoru *Young, Desmond , with Pineau, Roger, translated by Kuroda, Andrew, & Pineau, Roger. The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1962 (translation of 1956 Japanese language Orion edition)
  • Stephan, John J. Hawaii under the Rising Sun. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
  • Willmott, H. P., Empires in the Balance. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute Press, 1982.
  • ________. The Barrier and the Javelin. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute Press, 1983.
  • Hart, Sydney. Submarine Upholder. London: Oldbourne Book Co., 1960.
  • Mars, Alastair, RN. Unbroken. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1953.
  • Shenkman, Richard. Legends, Lies, & Cherished Myths of World History. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
  • Dean, Maurice, Sir. The RAF & Two World Wars. London: Cassell, 1979.
  • Cowley, Robert, ed. What If?. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999 (tenth print)
  • Seaton, Albert, Colonel, British Army (rtd). The German Army 1939-45. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982.
  • Weigley, Russell F. Eisenhower's Lieutenants. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1981.
  • Carver, Michael, Field Marshal Sir. The War Lords. Boston: Little Brown, 1976.
  • Deighton, Len. Fighter. London: Triad Panther, 1979.
  • Lyall, Gavin, ed. The War in the Air. New York: Ballantine, 1972.
  • Hayashi, Saburo, & Coox, Alvin D. Kōgun. Quantico, WV: Marine Corps Association, 1959 (reprints Teiheiyo Senso Rikusen Gaishi, Tokyo, 1951)
  • Peattie, Mark R., & Evans, David C. Kaigun. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press, 1997.
  • Liddle, P. H. The Airman's War. Poole, Britain: Blandford, 1987.
  • Friedman, Norman. United States Destroyers. London: Arms & Armour Press, 1982.
  • ________. United States Aircraft Carriers. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press, 1983.
  • Smith, Stan. The Destroyermen. New York: Belmont Books, 1986.
  • Farago, Ladislas. The Tenth Fleet. New York: Paperback Library, 1972.
  • Schultz, Duane. Wake Island. New York: Playboy Press, 1979.
  • Humble, Richard. Japanese High Seas Fleet. London: Pan/Ballantine, 1973.
  • Macintyre, Donald, Captain, RN. The Encyclopedia of Sea Warfare. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1976.
  • Allen, H.R. "Dizzy", Wing Commander, RAF. Who Won the Battle of Britain?. London: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1974.
  • Von Der Porten, Edward P. The German Navy in World War II. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1969.
  • Gallery, Daniel V., Admiral, USN (rtd). U-505. New York: Paperback Library, 1968 (reprints Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea, 1956).
  • Beurling, George F., with Roberts, Leslie. Malta Spitfire. Toronto: Penguin, 2002 (reprints 1943 Farrar & Rinehart edition).
  • Tsuji, Masunobu, Colonel, IJA, translated by Lake, Margaret E. Singapore. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961 (English edition of Shonan)
  • Preston, Anthony. Destroyers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Bison/Prentice-Hall, 1977.
  • Holmes, Wilfrid R. "Jasper", USN. Double-Edged Secrets. New York: Berkley, 1981.
  • ______. Undersea Victory. New York: Doubleday, 1966.
  • Beach, Edward L. "Ned", Captain, USN (rtd). Submarine!. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1952 (reprinted 2003 by United States Naval Institute Press).
  • Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1975.
  • Ryan, Cornelius. A Bridge Too Far. London: Coronet Books, 1974.

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