From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

A pseudonym or allonym is a name, (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious), used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name.

When used by authors, a pseudonym is also called a pen name or nom de plume. This is an English expression: in France, such an alias is more commonly termed a nom de guerre, or “name of war”.

When used by actors, performers, or models, a pseudonym is also called a stage name (or sometimes “screen name”)

Famous pseudonyms of people who were neither authors nor actors include:

  1. Le Corbusier, the architect, was Charles Edouard Jeanneret.
  2. Alan Smithee is the name used by directors who disown their own movie.
  3. David Agnew is used on BBC programmes where a writer’s name cannot used for contractual reasons.
  4. Nicolas Bourbaki was a famous pseudonym for a group of mathematicians
  5. Student was William Sealey Gosset, discoverer of Student’s t-distribution in statistics.
  6. Carlos the Jackal is the nom de guerre of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a terrorist
  7. Hambali is Riduan Isamuddin, the leader of Jemaah Islamiah, a terrorist group; he was born Encep Nurjaman
  8. Abu Mazen is Mahmoud Abbas, the former prime minister of the State of Palestine
  9. Abu Ammar was PLO leader Yasser Arafat’s nom de guerre, although this name is no longer widely used
  10. Abu Ala is the name that Ahmed Qurei uses.

On the internet, pseudonymous remailers utilising cryptography can be used to achieve persistent pseudonymity, so that two-way communication can be achieved, and reputations can be established without linking a physical identity to a pseudonym.

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