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Literary Pseudonyms
Notable pseudonyms or pen names of famous authors
| Pseudonym | Authors real name |
|---|---|
| Acton Bell | Anne Bronte |
| Anne Knish | Arthur Davison Ficke |
| Anne Rice | Howard Allen O'Brian |
| Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne |
| Barbara Cartland | Barbara McCorquodale |
| Barbara Vine | Barbara Grasemann |
| Boz | Charles Dickens |
| Currer Bell | Charlotte Bronte |
| Daniel Defoe | Daniel Foe |
| Doctor Seuss | Theodore Seuss Geisel |
| Ed McBain | Evan Hunter |
| Elizabeth Peters | Barbara Mertz |
| Ellis Bell | Emily Bronte |
| George Eliot | Mary Ann Evans |
| George Orwell | Eric Arthur Blair |
| George Sand | Amandine Dupin |
| Harold Robbins | Harold Rubin |
| Jack Higgins | Harry Patterson |
| James Herriot | James Alfred Wight |
| John Beynon | John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris |
| John le Carre | David John Moore Cornwell |
| John Wyndham | John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris |
| Joseph Conrad | Jozef Teodor Nalecz Konrad Korzeniowski |
| Lewis Carroll | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| Mahatma Kane Jeeves | WC Fields |
| Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
| Mary Westmacott | Agatha Christie |
| Mickey Spillane | Frank Morrison |
| Moliere | Jean-Baptiste Poquelin |
| Paul Klenousky | Sir Henry Wood |
| Richard Bachman | Stephen King |
| Ruth Rendell | Barbara Grasemann |
| Tennessee Williams | Thomas Lanier |
| Tom Stoppard | Tomas Straussler |
| Virgil | Publius Vergilus Maro |
| Voltaire | Francois-Marie Arouet |
| Woody Allen | Allen Stewart Konigsberg |