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Abbas the Great, Persia (Iran)

Akbar the Great, India

Alaric the Great, of the Visigoths

Albert the Great (aka Albertus Magnus), Medieval German philosopher and theologian (but note that "the Great" translates his family name, de Groot)

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon

Alfred the Great of Wessex, English

Alfonso the Great of Leon

Anthony the Great early Christian saint of Egypt

Antiochus the Great, Seleucid Empire

Ashoka the Great, India

Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, Thailand

Boleslaus the Brave, sometimes called the Great, Poland

Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great, Thailand

Canute the Great, Danish, King of Denmark, England, and Norway

Casimir the Great, Poland

Catherine the Great, Russia

Chandragupta the Great, India

Charles the Great, more commonly known as "Charlemagne"

Chulalongkorn the Great, Thailand

Constantine the Great, Rome/Byzantium

Cyrus the Great, Persia (Iran) - Cyrus is the first king whose name was suffixed with the word "Great"

Darius the Great, Persia (Iran)

Frederick the Great, Prussia

Genghis Khan the Great, Mongolia

Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic

Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden

Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo, Korea

Hanno the Great, Carthage

Henry IV the Great, France

Herod the Great, Judea

Ivan the Great, Russia

John the Great, Portugal

John Paul II the Great, Pope

Justinian the Great, Byzantium

Kamehameha the Great, Hawai'i

Karim Khan the Great, Persia (Iran)

Llywelyn the Great, Wales/Gwynedd

Louis the Great, Hungary and Poland

Louis the Great, France

Mithridates the Great, Parthia

Mithridates the Great, Pontus

Moctezuma the Great, Aztec empire

Mubarak Al-Sabah the Great, Kuwait

Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor

Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque

Peter the Great, Russia

Peter III the Great, Aragont

Pompey the Great, Rome

Prokop the Great, Hussite leader in Bohemia

Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt

Reza Shah the Great, Persia (Iran)

Rhodri the Great, Wales/Gwynedd

Sancho III the Great, Navarre

Shapur the Great, Sassanid empire, Persia (Iran)

Sargon the Great, Akkad

Sejong the Great, Korea

Stephen the Great, Moldova, Romania

St. Basil the Great, Cappadocia

St. Gregory the Great, pope

Saint James the Great, apostle

St. Leo the Great, pope

St. Macarius the Great, Egyptian hermit

St. Nicholas the Great, pope

Theodoric the Great, Ostrogoths

Theodosius the Great, Rome

Tigranes the Great, Armenia

Turkmenbashi the Great, self-proclaimed title of Saparmurat Niyazov, the president of Turkmenistan.

Valdemar I the Great, Denmark

Vytautas the Great, archduke of Lithuanian Grand Duchy

William V the Great, Aquitaine

Xerxes the Great, Persia (Iran)

Yu the Great, China

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Muhammad Ali, boxer (The Greatest)

Alexandru cel Bun, ("the Kind") Romanian voivode

Julio Cesar Chavez, boxer (The Great Mexican Champion)

Agostino Chigi, il Magnifico ("The Magnificent")

Ellaalan, "the Just" , Sri Lanka .

Jackie Gleason (the Great One)

Wayne Gretzky (the Great One)

Lorenzo il Magnifico, ("The Magnificent")
Lozang Gyatso, 5th Dalai Lama, "The Great Fifth Dalai Lama", Tibet

Leelavathi Naaichchi, " the Brave " , Sri Lanka .

Mihai Viteazul, ("the Brave"), Romanian voivode

Pegun , "the Magnanimous" , India .

Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy

The Rock, wrestler/actor (Rocky, also known as The Great One)

Shivaji, "The Great Maratha"

Stefan Dušan, ("The Forceful"), Serbian tzar

Ştefan cel Mare ("The Great"), voivod of Moldavia

Stefan Visoki ("The Tall"), Serbian despot

Suleyman the Magnificent

Felix Trinidad, boxer (Tito, also known as The Great Puerto Rican Champion)

The Great Kat, heavy metal guitarist and violinist

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Sheila the Great from Judy Blume's Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

Edward the Great - title of an Iron Maiden 'greatest hits' album, named for the band's mascot Eddie.

Gonzo the Great character from The Muppet Show.

The Great Brain.

The Great Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.

The Great Gazoo from the cartoon series The Flintstones.

The Great Khali WWE wrestler

The Great Merlini.

The Great Pumpkin from Peanuts comic strip.

The Great Rupert from the 1950 film of the same name.

The Great Skeeve from the novels of Robert Asprin

The Great Santini.

The Great Suprendo from Sesame Street

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Epithet

List of monarchs by nickname