History NamesToRunAwayFrom / Conquerors

* "Alexander [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}}]]. My name is Alexander Hamilton. And there's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait..."

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What conquerors are likely to do.

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* ComicBook/RasAlGhul from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' sounds like this. For extra running bowel-trembling terror-ness, Ra's al Ghul means "the demon's head" in Arabic.

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* The Ra'zac from the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle''.

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* From Wiki/{{Killerbunnies}}, we have Razelle Anne Serchendistroy. Interestingly, her name is an actual but uncommon name and, ironically, despite it's spelling, her name means " ewe, lamb daughter", not what you'd expect.
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* Julian Solo, from ''SaintSeiya''.

* Xerxes Break (no, it's not his real name) from ''PandoraHearts''.

* Prince Gilgamesh from "VideoGame/TowerOfDruaga". How awesome is he? Awesome enough to wear gold armor.

Both of the titles 'kaiser' and 'tsar'/czar' are derived from 'Caesar'. Of course, the kaisers and tsars were notable lines of conquerors in their own rights. In some cases, 'kaiser' can be a respectable title for someone, like it was for Ryu in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal''. Named after Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar, who conquered and unified Italy, Gaul, and the Iberian peninsula towards the end of the Roman Republic.

* Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar, conqueror of Gaul and a few other places, victor of the Roman Civil War.

* A slight variation: ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'''s hero, Maximus Decimus Meridius. Due to the quirks of Roman naming (and also because of the idiosyncratic way his name was rendered), most viewers don't realize that Maximus is not actually his given name, but a title. In English, his name comes out as [[BadAss Maximus the Great, Conqueror of the South]]. Certainly a name to run away from if you're in the arena with the fellow, or just ''happen'' to have assassinated his Emperor.

* Drone/sludge metal band {{Khanate}}.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'' gives us badass telepath Lyta Alexander.

But only if they never abbreviate it to "Alex"[[note]][[Literature/AClockworkOrange Well,]] [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist usually...]][[/note]]... or for that matter "Xander"...or worst of all, [[GenderBlenderName "Sandy"]].[[note]]Though after 2012, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy "Sandy"]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting may]] count now...[[/note]] Named after UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, the Macedonian king who conquered Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia. And was starting on India. Bonus points for the somewhat more obscure Iskandar, which was the name the Persians knew him by; see the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandar Other Wiki]].

* Iskandar, Chief Lector of the House of Life in ''TheKaneChronicles.'' As mentioned above, his name comes from the Persian name for Alexander the Great.
* It's mentioned that Alexander Naymeer from ''Pendragon'' was named after Alexander The Great.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Alex Louis Armstrong. He can get away with shortening it to "Alex" partly because we hardly ever hear his full name, and partly because he's already such a silly yet {{badass}} character that the name doesn't do much to take away from his {{badass}}ery.

The original gets the double whammy of also having Khan used as part of his title. He's ''that'' {{Badass}}. His real name Temujin is less intimidating, but it pops up occasionally. Even though Temujin roughly translates to "Strong-As-Iron" in Mongolian, and "Supreme Earth Man" in Chinese.

* Gilgamesh of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. His {{badass}}ery might vary from game to game, but try telling that to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Seifer]].

* Vladimir Lem from ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'', {{badass}} [[TheMafiya mafiya]] leader in both games, and [[spoiler:the BigBad of the second]].

* In ''Literature/EndersGame'', this is the real name of [[spoiler:Bean]], whose full name is Julian Delphiki II.

** And, naturally, the one from the ''[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'' MirrorUniverse, who pulled the Earth of another universe into his own, ''destroying the rest of that universe in the process.''

* Alexander Anderson from ''{{Hellsing}}'', Alucard's most dangerous adversary.

* The demon lord Neron from TheDCU. The numerological ties to "666" are pointed out.

* Lex Luthor of DCComics is one of the few characters that can get away with shortening it.

* Another one: the genocidal Julian Robotnik from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sonic|SATAM}} '' continuity, who makes every other version of Robotnik/Eggman look like JulieAndrews.

* The title character from Creator/MontagueRhodesJames' short story "Count Magnus" fits this trope [[AristocratsAreEvil to]] [[EvilSorcerer a]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent "T"]]...

The first name of several Roman emperors including Gaius Octavian UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}}, one the greatest emperors. This is because it was the Roman "praenomina" which, by the time of the late Roman republic, had been narrowed down to less than ten common names. The "cognomen" (the second name usually) was much more commonly used by the time of the Caesars.

But only if they never abbreviate it to "Gus", or, worse yet, [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster "Gussie"]]. Or, for that matter, "Auggie", but that's pretty uncommon. Named after Gaius Octavius UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}}, nephew of Julius Caesar and first emperor of Rome (generally remembered by history as one of the few good emperors... as long as you didn't happen to stand in his way, of course).

* The Katyusha multiple rocket launcher was nicknamed "Stalin's organ" by the Germans in WorldWarTwo partly because the missile racks resembled a church organ, but also because of the terrible howling noise and destruction they caused.

* Wilhelm (a German variant of William) was the name of two German kaisers, the second of whom ruled during UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne.

* The obscure PlayStation game ''Krazy Ivan'' features a badass HumongousMecha pilot by the name of Ivan Popovich.

* David Gemmell's Drenai series has a whole dynasty of Khans along with a prophecy of one taking over the world for good measure.

* {{Magneto}} from ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'', alias Erik ''Magnus'' Lehnsherr. The way Magneto spells his Erik with a k has an additional effect of making him look Nordic. Also, "Lehnsherr" is German for [[FeudalOverlord 'liege' or feudal lord.]]

But only if they never abbreviate it to "Alex"[[note]][[Literature/AClockworkOrange Well,]][[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist usually...]][[/note]]... or for that matter "Xander"...or worst of all, [[GenderBlenderName "Sandy"]].[[note]]Though after 2012, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy "Sandy"]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting may]] count now...[[/note]] Named after UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, the Macedonian king who conquered Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia. And was starting on India. Bonus points for the somewhat more obscure Iskandar, which was the name the Persians knew him by; see the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandar Other Wiki]].

* Alex Delarge of ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' comes to mind. Actually his whole name is a pun on Alexander the Great.