Various persons in different fields are generally known not by their actual names but some Pen names/ Nick names/Sobriquets stick to them and they are popularly known by that term. Below is the list of famous nicknames of Popular Persons from different walks of life.
Famous Nicknames of Popular Persons : Freedom Fighters
| Nick Name | Person |
| Nightingale of India | Sarojini Naidu |
| Father of the nation, Mahatma, Bapu | M K Gandhi |
| Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| Strong Man, Iron Man, Sardar | Vallabh bhai Patel |
| Deshpriya | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta |
| Mahamana | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| Andhra Kesari | T Prakasam |
| Sahid-e-Azam | Bhagat Singh |
| Deenbandhu | C F Andrews |
| Deshbandhu | Chitranjan Das |
| Lokmanya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Rajaji, CR | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |
| Punjab Kesari | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Rajarshree | Purushottam Das Tondon |
| Lal, Bal, Pal | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Young Turk | Chandra Shekhar |
| Netaji | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| Borinvala Maharaj, Ravishankar Maharaj, Muksevak | Ravi Shankar Vyas |
Famous Nicknames of Popular persons in field of Arts, Music, Literature
| Shakespeare of India | Kalidas |
| Viswa Kavi, Kaviguru, Gurudev | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Grandfather of Indian Films | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke |
| Swar Kokila | Lata Mangeshkar |
| GBS | George Bernard Shaw |
| Tota-e-Hind | Amir Khusro |
| Kuvempu | K V Puttappa |
Famous Nicknames of Popular persons in field of Social Service
| Bengal Kesari | Ashutosh Mukherji |
| Babuji | Jagjeevan Ram |
| Morning Star of India Renaissance | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Grand old man of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Lokmanya | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| Guruji | M S Golvalkar |
| Mother | Mother Teresa |
| Anna | C N Annadurai |
| Amma | Mata Amritanandmai |
Famous Nicknames of Popular persons in field of Sports
| Magician of Hockey | Dhyanchand |
| Udanpari | P T Usha |
| Flying Sikh | Milkha Singh |
| Haryana Hurricane | Kapil Dev |
| Little Master, Sunny | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Master Blaster | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Captain Cool | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| Rawalpindi Express | Shoaib Akhtar |
| Veeru, Multan ka Sultan | Virendra Sehwag |
| Jimmy | Mohinder Amarnath |
| Boom Boom | Shahid Afridi |
| Slow Death | Steve Bucknor |
| Belly | Ian Bell |
| The Wall, Jammy | Rahul Dravid |
| Aloo (Potato), Inzy | Inzamam ul Haq |
| Zulu | Lance Klusener |
| Jumbo | Anil Kumble |
| Very Very Special | VVS Laxman |
| Tiger | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi |
| Sherry, Jonty Singh | Navjot Singh Siddhu |
Famous Nicknames of Popular persons in field of Politics, Government Service
| Chacha | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Priyadarshini, Iron Lady | Indira Gandhi |
| Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru | Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| Man of Peace | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Tau | Chaudhary Devi Lal |
| Sher-e-Kashmir | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Sparrow | Major General Rajinder Singh |
| Bang Bandhu | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Bihar Vibhuti | Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha |
| Didi | Mamta Banerjee |
| Behen Ji | Mayawati |
| Jan Nayak | Karpuri Thakur |
| Bihar Kesari | Sri Krishna Singh |
Famous Nicknames of Popular Foreigners
| II Duce (The Leader) | Benito Mussolini |
| Lady with the Lamp | Florence Nightingale |
| Maiden Queen | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Maid of Orleans | Joan of Arc |
| Man of Blood and Iron | Otto Van Bismark |
| Fuehrer | Adolf Hitler |
| Little Corporal, Man of Destiny | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Father of English Poetry | Geoffery Chaucer |
| Uncle Ho | Ho Chi Minh |
| Li Kwan | Pearl Buck |
| Grand Old Man of Britain | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Desert Fox | Gen. Ervin Rommel |
| Quaid-i-Azam | Md Ali Jinnah |
| Bard of Avon | William Shakespeare |
| Earl of Warwick, The Kingmaker | Richard Neville |
Famous Nicknames of Popular persons from History
| King maker of Indian History | Sayyed Bandhu |
| Ajatshatru | Bindusar |
| Napoleon of India | Samudra Gupta |
| Akbar of Kashmir | Jainul Abdin |
Famous Nicknames of Popular persons in field of Movies, Cinema
| Angry Youngman, Big B, Shahenshah | Amitabh Bachhan |
| Showman | Raj Kapoor |
| Shotgun | Shatrughna Sinha |
| King Khan | Shahrukh Khan |
| Mr. Perfectionist | Amir Khan |