From Nationmaster’s John Doe page (Nationmaster – Where Stats Come Alive!) comes the names of Mr. and Ms. Anonymous all over the world:
| Australia | Fred Nurk, Joe Farnarkle |
| Austria | Hans Meier, Hans Maier, Hans Mayer, Herr und Frau Österreicher |
| Belgium | Jan Janssen, Piet Pietersen |
| Brazil | Beltrano, Ciclano, Fulano, Zé ninguém, João da Silva, Zé da Silva, João Ninguém, Maria Ninguém |
| Canada | G. Raymond |
| China | 陈小明 (Mandarin: Chen Xiao Ming / Cantonese: Chan Siu Ming) |
| Colombia | Fulano de Tal, Pepito Pérez; |
| Croatia | Ivan Horvat, Pero Perić |
| Czech Republic | Jan Novák, Karel Vomáčka |
| Denmark | Morten Menigmand |
| Faroe Islands | Miðalhampamaður |
| Finland | Matti and Maija Meikäläinen |
| France | Jean Dupont, Monsieur Durand |
| Germany | Max and Erika Mustermann, Lieschen Müller, Otto Normalverbraucher |
| Hungary | Gipsz Jakab , Kovács János |
| Indonesia | Si Polan |
| Iceland | Meðal-Jón, Meðal-Jóna, Jón Jónsson, Jóna Jónsdóttir |
| Republic of Ireland | Seán and Síle Citizen |
| Israel | Israel Israeli ישראל ישראלי and also Ploni פלוני and Almoni (as a party to Ploni) |
| Italy | Mario Rossi |
| Japan | 名無しの権兵衛 (Nanashi no Gonbei) |
| Korea | 홍길동 (Hong, Gil-dong) |
| Latvia | Jānis Bērziņš |
| Lithuania | Jonas Jonaitis, Petras Petraitis |
| Mexico | Juan Pérez |
| Malaysia | Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan |
| Malta | Joe Borg |
| Netherlands | a defendant is referred to with first name and initial, e.g. “Mohamed B.“; Jan Modaal is approximately the Joneses, in particular referring to average wealth |
| Norway | Ola and Kari Nordmann |
| Peru | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Zutano, Mengano |
| Philippines | Juan dela Cruz |
| Poland | Jan Kowalski, Jan Nowak (but in legal/police work person unknown is NN) |
| Portugal | Zé Ninguém |
| Romania | Necunoscut |
| Russia | Ivanov, Petrov and Sidorov, Vasya Pupkin, Vasya Tapochkin |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Petar Petrovic |
| Slovenia | Janez Novak |
| South Africa | Koos van der Merwe |
| Spain | Pedro Perez, Fulano, Mengano, Zutano |
| Sweden | Medel-Svensson, Sven Svensson |
| Switzerland | Herr und Frau Schweizer, Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann |
| Thailand | Somchai, Sommai, Nai-Gor |
| United Kingdom | Fred Bloggs or Joe Bloggs, John Smith |
| Uruguay | Fulano, Mengano; Juan Perez |
| USA | John Doe, Jane Doe, John Q. Public, Joe Blow, Joe Sixpack, Sally Sixpack, John Smith (which has largely been replaced with John Doe) |
| Vietnam | Nguoi La |
4 responses so far ↓
1 steve minutillo // Jun 13, 2005 at 9:57 am
Nationmaster just took an old copy of the real John Doe article at Wikipedia, which has since been updated with even more names, and put some ads around it.
2 milo // Jun 13, 2005 at 5:22 pm
in Italian you also use Tizio, Caio e Sempronio when you have to refer to a number of people (they come straight from Latin). A more casual version of Mario Rossi (a proper name and surname) is Pinco Pallo or Pinco Pallino, which in turn don’t exist - and could not, actually.
3 milo // Jun 13, 2005 at 5:23 pm
come to think of it, there’s also Tal Dei Tali (Mr. So And So), more formal than Pinco Pallo but equally fake.
4 required // Nov 14, 2006 at 8:32 am
In canadian it’s “Hey buddy”
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