Be Anonymous everywhere you go, John Doe
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 Comments so far:
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.
Comment by milo 06.13.05 @ 5:22 pmcome to think of it, there’s also Tal Dei Tali (Mr. So And So), more formal than Pinco Pallo but equally fake.
Comment by milo 06.13.05 @ 5:23 pmIn canadian it’s “Hey buddy”
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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.
Comment by steve minutillo 06.13.05 @ 9:57 am