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[edit] Famous Nicknames in the Arts
[edit] Drama
- Ben Jonson Rare Ben [1]
[edit] Music
- Baltasarini Beaujoyeulux [2]
- Bessie Smith the Empress of the Blues [3]
- Bill (Luther) Robinson Bojangles [4]
- Elvis Presley the King of Rock 'n' Roll [5]
- Eric Coates the Greatest British Composer of Light Music in the 20th Century [6]
- George Frederick Handel the Thunderbolt [7]
- Guillaume de Machaut the Leading Representative of the Ars Nova Tradition [8]
- Herbert Blake Eubie [9]
- Irving Berlin Mr. American Music [10]
- Jean Baptiste Davaux the Father of the Rondo [11]
- Jean-Philippe Rameau the Greatest French Musical Dramatist" [12]
- Johann Christian Bach the English Bach, the London Bach [13]
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Bückeburg Bach [14]
- Johann Strauss Jr. the Waltz King [15]
- Joseph Haydn the Father of the Modern Symphony [16]
- Josquin Des Préz the Greatest Composer of the High Renaissance]] [17]
- Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior the Heroic Tenor, the Premier Heldentenor of the 20th Century [18]
- Liberace the Master of Las Vegas [19]
- Louis Armstrong Satchmo (Satchel Mouth) [20]
- Niccolò Paganin the Greatest Violin Virtuoso of All Time [21]
- Renata Tebaldi the Voice of an Angel [22]
- Scott Joplin the Father of Ragtime [23]
- W. C. Handy the Father of the Blues [24]
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach the Halle Bach
[edit] Painting
- Ambrogio de Bondone Giotto, Ambrogiotto [25]
- Andrea del Castagno Andrew of the Hanged Men [26]
- Godefroi Mind (1768-1814) the Raphael of Cats [27]
- Eustace Lesueur (1617-1655) the French Raphael [28]
- Jean Dumont the Roman (le Romain)
- Luca Giordano Luca Fa Presto (Luke work quickly) [29]
- Pyricus the Greek Ryparographer [30]
- Robert Ponsonby Staples the Barefoot Baronet [31]
- Roger van der Weyde Roger of Bruges
- Stanley Spencer Cookham [32]
[edit] Poetry
- Adam de la Halle Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback) [33]
- John Dryden England's First Poet Laureate [34]
- Neidhardt von Reuenthal Neidhardt Fuchs (the Fox) [35]
- Saadi (poet) the Nightingale of Thousand Songs, One of the Four Monarchs of Eloquence [36]
- Simonides the Samian Poet [37]
[edit] Writing
- César Vichard de Saint-Réal the Sallust of France [38]
- François Rabelais the Ryparographer of Wits [39]
[edit] Others
- Francois Rabelais the Father of Ridicule [40]
- Stephen Picart (1631-1721), the French engraver, the Roman (le Romain)
