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Historical figures known as the Great, the Terrible and similar

Name a historical figure known by an epithet starting with the word the, like Alexander the Great. Hopdown accepts 420 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper. A real historical figure (ruler, saint, noble or other) commonly known by a name plus an epithet beginning with the word the, such as Alexander the Great or Vlad the Impaler.

Most common answers

• Alexander the GreatExtremely common
• Ivan the TerribleExtremely common
• Vlad the ImpalerExtremely common
• Charles the BaldExtremely common
• Ethelred the UnreadyExtremely common
• Peter the GreatCommon
• Catherine the GreatUncommon
• Justinian the GreatUncommon
• Antiochus the GreatUncommon
• Mithridates the GreatUncommon
• Simeon the GreatUncommon
• Richard the LionheartUncommon
• William the ConquerorUncommon
• Alfonso the GreatUncommon
• Ferdinand the GreatUncommon

Rare answers

• Valdemar the VictoriousRare
• Alexander the FierceRare
• Justinian the Slit-NosedRare
• Alfonso the FatRare
• Juana the MadRare
• Philip the ArabRare
• Casimir the RestorerRare
• Matilda the EmpressVery rare
• Mehmed the ConquerorVery rare
• Baldwin the BeardedVery rare
• Daniel the StyliteVery rare
• Thomas the ApostleVery rare
• William Pitt the YoungerVery rare
• Aethelred the UnreadyVery rare
• Pedro the CruelVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Vytautas the GreatDeep cut
• Lazar the MartyrDeep cut
• Symeon the StyliteDeep cut
• Rosie the RiveterDeep cut
• Dionysius the AreopagiteDeep cut
• Croesus the RichDeep cut
• Constantine the PorphyrogenitusDeep cut
• Marius the YoungerDeep cut
• Maximinus the ThracianDeep cut
• Sargon the GreatDeep cut

Plus 380 more answers you'll have to find yourself.