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characters with "the" as a middle name?

We have heard of Joe the Plumber but what other people have "the" as their middle names - e.g. bob the builder, mac the knife..

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Jack the Ripper

    Alexander the Great

    Attilla the Hun

    Edit: I thought of some more in the shower this morning:

    Vlad the Impaler

    Conan the Barbarian

    Richard the Lionheart (Robin Hood's hero)

    Louis the Fly (gotta be an Aussie for this one & the next perhaps)

    Sadie the Cleaning Lady

    Alfred the Great

    Catherine the Great

    All the royals with numbers... eg Elizabeth the First, Henry the Eighth, Louis the Fourteenth etc

    Pliny the Elder

    Pliny the Younger. There were lots of famous The Youngers: William Pitt (British PM), Hans Holbien (artist), Agrippina (Nero's mum)

  • 1 decade ago

    winnie the pooh

    I always remember this because I was playing the Trivial Pursuit game with some friends and a question that was asked was What was Winnie the Poohs second name? I said I did not know. The answer was 'the'.

  • 1 decade ago

    bob the builder

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    megan the fox

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