# List of English translated personal names

This is a list of personal names known in English that are modified from another language and are or were not used among the person themselves.
It does not include:
* names of monarchs, which are commonly translated (e.g. Pope Francis), although current and recent monarchs are often untranslated today (e.g. Felipe VI of Spain)
* aliases, pseudonyms, and stage names (such as the librettist Metastasio)
* latinized spellings of other languages and other spelling variants (such as removal/spelling out of diacritics, e.g. Arnold Schoenberg, born Arnold Schönberg, US citizen in 1941))
* permanent name changes, colloquially known as "Ellis Island Specials" (such as George Frideric Handel born Georg Friedrich Händel, naturalised British subject in 1727; Sumner Redstone, legally translated his originally German/Yiddish surname Rothstein along with the rest of his family in 1940)
This list also includes names from non-English languages the individual did not use, such as Latin or French.
Modern convention is not to translate modern personal names.

## Translated names currently used

| English name | Original name | Language | Notability | Notes |
| Alexander Agricola | Alexander Ackerman | Dutch | Artist (musician) | |
| Averroes | Muḥammad Ibn-'Aḥmad Ibn-Rushd | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Avicenna | 'Ali Ibn Al-Ḥusayn Ibn-'Abdillāh Ibn-Ḥasan Ibn-Sīnā | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Bill Alexander | Wilhelm Alexander | German | Artist (painter) | Self-translated |
| Catiline | Lucius Sergius Catilina | Latin | Political leader | |
| Christopher Columbus | Cristóbal Colón | Spanish | Explorer | |
| Christopher Columbus | Cristoffa Corombo | Ligurian | Explorer | |
| Claudius Salmasius | Claude Saumise | French | Intellectual | |
| Clovis I | Chlodovechus | Latin | Political leader | |
| Clovis I | Hlōdowig | Frankish | Political leader | |
| Confucius | Kǒng Qiū (孔 丘) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
| Confucius | Kǒng Fūzǐ (孔 夫子) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Cornplanter | Gaiänt'wakê | Seneca | Political leader | |
| Cornplanter | John Abeel III | English | Political leader | Birth name, no longer used |
| Denis the Carthusian | Denys van Leeuwen | Dutch | Religious figure | |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Fernão de Magalhães | Portuguese | Explorer | |
| Ferenc Dávid | Franz David Hertel | German | Religious figure | Hungarian and German names were both in use |
| George Santayana | Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana | Spanish | Intellectual (philosopher) | Self-translated |
| Georgius Agricola | Georg Pawer | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Gerardus Mercator | Gheert Cremer | Dutch | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Hector Boyardee | Ettore Boiardi | Italian | Chef | |
| Henry of Ghent | Henri de Gand | French | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Henry of Ghent | Henricus Gadavensus | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Hieronymous Bosch | Jheronimus Bosch | Dutch | Artist (painter) | |
| Homer | Hómēros (Ὅμηρος) | Ancient Greek | Artist (poet) | |
| Horace | Quintus Horatius Flaccus | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
| Hugo Etherianis | Ugo Eteriano | Italian | Religious figure | |
| Hugo Grotius | Huig de Groot | Dutch | Intellectual | |
| Ignatius of Loyola | Ignacio de Loyola | Spanish | Religious figure (saint) | |
| Jacobus Arminius | Jacob Hermanszoon | Dutch | Religious figure | |
| Jerome | Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus | Latin | Theologian | |
| Jesus | Iēsoûs (Ἰησοῦς) | Koine Greek | Religious figure | |
| John Amos Comenius | Jan Amos Komenský | Czech | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | |
| John Cabot | Zuan Chabotto | Venetian | Explorer | |
| John Calvin | Jehan Cauvin | French | Religious figure (reformer) | |
| John Huss | Jan Hus | Czech | Religious figure (reformer) | |
| John of Damascus | Yuḥannā Ad-Dimashqi (يوحنا الدمشقي,) | Arabic | Religious figure (saint) | |
| Josephus | Titus Flavius Josephus | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Full Latin name. |
| Josephus | Yosef Ben-Matityahu (יוסף בן מתתיהו) | Hebrew | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Lee Iacocca | Lido Iacocca | Italian | Businessman | |
| Livy | Titus Livius Patavinus | Latin | Intellectual (historian) | |
| Julius Evola | Giulio Cesare Andrea baron Evola | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure (mystic) | |
| Maimonides | Moses Maimonides | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Maimonides | Moshe Ben-Maymon (משה בן‏‏ מימון) | Hebrew | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Maimonides | Mūsa Ibn-Maymūn (موسى بن ميمون) | Arabic | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Mark Antony | Marcus Antonius | Latin | Political leader | |
| Mencius | Mèng Kē (孟 軻) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
| Mencius | Mèngzī (孟 子) | Mandarin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Michael Servetus | Miguel Serveto | Spanish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Moses | Mōše (מֹשֶׁה) | Biblical Hebrew | Religious figure (prophet) | |
| Muhammad ibn Abdullah | Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh (مُحَمَّد ٱبن عَبْد ٱللَّٰه) | Arabic | Religious figure (prophet) | |
| Nachmanides | Bonastruc ça Porta | Catalan | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | |
| Nachmanides | Moshe Ben-Nachman (משה בן נחמן) | Hebrew | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | |
| Nicolas Steno | Nicolas Stenonis | Latin | Intellectual (scientist) Religious figure | |
| Nicolas Steno | Niels Steensen | Danish | Intellectual (scientist) Religious figure | |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Niklas Koppernigk | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Mikołaj Kopernik | Polish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Nostradamus | Michel de Nostredame | French | Intellectual | |
| Octavian | Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus | Latin | Roman emperor | |
| Ovid | Publius Ovidius Naso | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
| Paul of Venice | Paolo da Veneto | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Paul of Venice | Paolo Nicoletto | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | Birth name, no longer used |
| Paul of Venice | Paulus Venetus | Latin | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Pete Fountain | Pierre LaFontaine, Jr. | French | Artist (musician) | |
| Peter Damian | Pietro Damiani | Italian | Religious figure (saint) | |
| Peter Lombard | Pietro Lombardo | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) | |
| Peter of Bruys | Pierre de Bruys | French | Religious figure (priest) | |
| Peter of Ravenna | Pietro de Ravenna | Italian | Intellectual | |
| Peter Waldo | Pierre Vaudès | French | Religious figure | |
| Petrarch | Francesco Petracco | Italian | Artist (poet) Intellectual | |
| Petrarch | Franciscus Petrarca | Latin | Artist (poet) Intellectual | |
| Petrus Apianis | Peter Bienewitz | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Plato | Plátōn | Ancient Greek | Philosopher | |
| Pompey | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus | Latin | Political leader | |
| Raphael | Raffaello Sanzio | Italian | Artist | |
| Regiomontanus | Johannes Müller von Königsberg | German | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Rodolphus Agricola | Roelof Huysman | Dutch | Intellectual | |
| Samuel Maresius | Samuel Des Marets | French | Intellectual | |
| Terence | Publius Terentius Afer | Latin | Artist (playwright) | |
| Theodore Beza | Théodore de Bèze | French | Religious figure | |
| Thomas Aquinas | Tommaso d'Aquino | Italian | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure (saint) | |
| Thomas à Kempis | Thomas Hammerlein | German | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | Birth name, no longer used |
| Thomas à Kempis | Thomas Hemerkin | Dutch | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | Birth name, no longer used |
| Thomas à Kempis | Thomas van Kempen | Dutch | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | |
| Thomas à Kempis | Thomas von Kempen | German | Intellectual (philosopher) Religious figure | |
| Titian | Tiziano Vecelli | Italian | Artist | |
| Tycho Brahe | Tyge Brahe | Danish | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Virgil | Publius Vergilius Maro | Latin | Artist (poet) | |
| William of Salicet | Guglielmo da Saliceto | Italian | Intellectual (scientist) | |
| Zoroaster | Zarathustra | Avestan | Prophet | |