History NamesToRunAwayFrom / Conquerors

The Greek name of Pharao Ramses II (or Ramses the Great).

The original Xerxes ''did'' conquer half of Asia, though he is most often remembered for his failed [[GrecoPersianWars attempt at conquering Greece.]]

[[folder:Raze]]
What conquerors are likely to do.

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Ra's al Ghul from ''{{Batman}}'' sounds like this; also, Ghoul.
** For extra running bowel-trembling terror-ness, Ra's al Ghul means "the demon's head" in Arabic.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* The Ra'zac from the ''InheritanceCycle''.
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[[folder:Stalin]]

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* Fran Stalinoskovichdavidovichski in ''{{Dodgeball}}'' who can knock out and possibly kill a man with one throw of a dodgeball.

[[folder:Ozymandias]]
Ramses II (or Ramses the Great).

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* [[{{Watchmen}} Adrian]] "[[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome thirty five minutes ago]]]]" Veidt.

* [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair Ozymandias, King of Kings]].

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* [[{{Xenogears}} Kahran Ramsus]].
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[[folder:Vlad/Vladimir]]
Note that "Vladimir" roughly translated as "ruler of (this) community", but due to language drift it translates to "ruler of the world" now. Note that [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou in Russian]] these names are just everyday names, so they are not that scary.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''DemolitionMan'' with Lenina Huxley.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]

The Russian czar Ivan The Terrible.

[[folder:Stalin]]

* Fran Stalinoskovichdavidovichski in ''{{Dodgeball}}'' who can knock out and possibly kill a man with one throw of a dodgeball.
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[[folder:Ozymandias]]
Ramses II (or Ramses the Great).

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* [[{{Watchmen}} Adrian]] "[[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome thirty five minutes ago]]]]" Veidt.

* [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair Ozymandias, King of Kings]].

* [[{{Xenogears}} Kahran Ramsus]].

[[folder:Vlad/Vladimir]]
Note that "Vladimir" roughly translated as "ruler of (this) community", but due to language drift it translates to "ruler of the world" now. Note that [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou in Russian]] these names are just everyday names, so they are not that scary.

* ''DemolitionMan'' with Lenina Huxley.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in ''{{Dune}}''
* Vlad Taltos of Steven Brust's ''{{Dragaera}}'' series
* Also note Lenina as female name in ''BraveNewWorld''.

[[AC:{{Live-Action TV}}]]
* Vladimir Bierko from ''[[TwentyFour 24]]''

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* The eventual Khan (aha!) Vlad Ward of ''BattleTech'' fame.

[[AC:WebComics]]
* Vlad from ''ElGoonishShive''

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Vladimir Lem from ''MaxPayne'', {{badass}} [[TheMafiya mafiya]] leader in both games, and [[spoiler:the BigBad of the second]].
* Kaiser Vlad of ''Battalion Wars''.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Vlad Masters/Plasmius in ''DannyPhantom'',

[[AC:RealLife]]
* Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin (Lenin, a ''BadAss?''), Vlad the Impaler, Vladimir Putin (particularly if you used to be part of the USSR). List wouldn't be complete without the guy who started the tradition: Vladimir the Great, Kievan prince who christened Rus.

[[folder:William]]
William The Conqueror (and William Wallace too) make William and variations on the name a usage of this trope.

[[AC:Comics]]
* Marvel's Bill Foster with alias like the Black Goliath, the fourth Goliath, and the second Giant-Man is definately someone to run away from really fast.

[[AC:Film]]
* President William Harrison (Bill) Mitchel from Dave, not exactly a nice guy.
* A favorite in Westerns which gave us the likes of Wild Bill Hickok, William Colton, Will Kane, and Will Sonnet
** Plus the historical Billy the Kid

[[AC:Folklore]]
* The Swiss folk hero William Tell.

[[AC:Literature]]
* William Boldwood from Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Maddening Crowd, set his sights on pursuing a conquest of a different sort than his name sake.
* William Briden a character in H.P. Lovecraft's work, who actually survives his first encounter with Cthulhu and escapes from R'lyeh, although having seen an EldritchAbomination and having [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Gone Mad From The Revelation]] he isn't exactly able to survive for the several weeks his ship spends at sea awaiting rescue.
* William Ewart Gladstone from the Bartimaeus trilogy "was a very powerful nineteenth century British magician, who rose to become a Prime Minister. He led the Grand Army of the Empire on conquests that decimated countries and made them a part of the British empire" - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_of_the_Bartimaeus_trilogy#William_Gladstone The Other Wiki]]

[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* Star Trek's Will Riker

[[folder:Xerxes]]
The original Xerxes ''did'' conquer half of Asia, though he is most often remembered for his failed [[GrecoPersianWars attempt at conquering Greece.]]

* Xerxes from ''SystemShock 2''.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Also the name of Mozenrath's flying eel companion in Disney's ''{{Aladdin}}'' animated series, but he's more of a Nuisance Connected to Someone to Run Away Really Fast From than anything. Still, they made the effort.

[[folder:Nero]]
Also means "black" in Italian, both literally and figuratively.

* The villain of the 2009 ''StarTrek'' feature film is called Captain Nero.

* Don't mess with NeroWolfe.
* Book The Fifth of ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents: The Austere Academy'' introduces the petty, bullying Principal Nero.
* Nero, the greedy cliff [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] from the ''{{Fablehaven}}'' series. Tying in with the name's meaning, he also has black scales.

* Nero Angelo from ''DevilMayCry'', [[spoiler: who turned out to be Vergil]], and Nero ([[strike:no relation]] [[strike:his son, according to WordofGod]] [[strike:Link?]] [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/carbo/blog/2009/04/28/captivate_2009__devil_may_cry_news_no_new_game_unfortunately Here you go.]]) from ''DevilMayCry 4''.
* Nrvnqsr (pronounced Nero) Chaos from ''{{Tsukihime}}.''

* In ''TheRescuers'', the villain has a pair of pet crocodiles named Nero and Brutus (see below).

[[folder:Hippolyta (or just Lyta)]]
An Amazon queen in Greek Mythology, though as one of the few "tough" feminine names, a girl with this name has at least an even chance of being good. "Polly" is generally too quaint-sounding to be tough or evil, though.

[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* ''BabylonFive'' gives us badass telepath Lyta Alexander.

[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
* Lita of the {{WWE}}.

[[folder:Tarquin]]

The name of several of Rome's pre-Republic Etruscan kings, but especially associated with Tarquin the Proud, Rome's final king and a reputed tyrant, as well as his son, Sextus Tarquinus, known as a rapist.

[[AC: Film]]
* Given its allusions to Roman history, this might be an inspiration for Tarkin in ''StarWars'', one of the Empire's top generals.

[[AC: Literature]]
* Tarquin Winot the epicurean VillainProtagonist and UnreliableNarrator of ''The Debt to Pleasure''
* Tarquin Blackwood, a vampire in some of Anne Rice's novels.

[[AC: Webcomics]]
* General Tarquin, an affable EvilOverlord in ''OrderOfTheStick''.

The original Xerxes ''did'' conquer half of Asia, though he is most often remembered for his failed attempt [[GrecoPersianWars at conquering Greece.]]

The original Xerxes ''did'' conquer half of Asia, though he is most remembered for his failed attempt [[GrecoPersianWars at conquering Greece.]]

The original Xerxes ''did'' conquer half of Asia.

Like Cyrus, the name of several kings of the Persian Empire, especially Darius I who ruled the empire at its peak and invaded Greece in 492 BC to be [[GrecoPersianWars beaten at Marathon.]]

The name's fame comes from CyrusTheGreat, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (also used by some of his successors).

* William Boldwood from Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Maddening Crowd, set his sights on pursuing a conquest of a different sort then his name sake.

William The Conqueror and William Wallace too, make William and variations on the name a usage of this trope.

* Marvels Bill Foster with alias like the Black Goliath, the fourth Goliath, and the second Giant-Man is definately someone to run away from really fast.

* William Boldwood from Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Maddening Crowd.

* Star Treks Will Riker

* In the Sanctuary series Helen Magnus; dated, and had a daughter with JackTheRipper who can teleport by the way, has a complicated relationship with NikolaTesla who was a vampire, is in conflict with [[JekyllAndHyde Dr. Jekylle and Mr. Hyde]], used to hang out with [[SherlockHolmes James Watson]] and [[TheInvisibleMan Nigel Griffin]] before they died of old age (she can live for ever, Tesla is a vampire and [[JackTheRipper Druitt...]] well no word on what keeps him, or Adam alive), currently friends include Bigfoot and [[WolfMan a werewolf]] and occasionally has to deal with a rampaging superabnormal like Big Bertha aka [[HinduMythology Kali]].

But only if they never abbreviate it to "Alex"... or for that matter "Xander"...or worst of all, [[GenderBlenderName "Sandy"]]. Named after Alexander the Great, 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 Persian's knew him by, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandar: Other wiki].

* In the Sanctuary series Helen Magnus; dated, and had a daughter with [JackTheRipper] who can teleport by the way, has a complicated relationship with [NikolaTesla] who was a vampire, is in conflict with [JekyllAndHyde Dr. Jekylle and Mr. Hyde], used to hang out with [SherlockHolmes James Watson] and [TheInvisibleMan Nigel Griffin] before they died of old age (she can live for ever, Tesla is a vampire and [JackTheRipper Druitt...] well no word on what keeps him, or Adam alive), currently friends include Bigfoot and [WolfMan a werewolf] and occasionally has to deal with a rampaging superabnormal like Big Bertha aka [HinduMythology: Kali].

But only if they never abbreviate it to "Alex"... or for that matter "Xander"...or worst of all, [[GenderBlenderName "Sandy"]]. Named after Alexander the Great, 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 Persian's knew him by, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandar Other wiki].

* In the [Santuary] series Helen Magnus; dated, and had a daughter with [JackTheRipper] who can teleport by the way, has a complicated relationship with [NikolaTesla] who was a vampire, is in conflict with [JekyllAndHyde Dr. Jekylle and Mr. Hyde], used to hang out with [SherlockHolmes James Watson] and [TheInvisibleMan Nigel Griffin] before they died of old age (she can live for ever, Tesla is a vampire and [JackTheRipper Druitt...] well no word on what keeps him, or Adam alive), currently friends include Bigfoot and [WolfMan a werewolf] and occasionally has to deal with a rampaging superabnormal like Big Bertha aka [HinduMythology Kali].

But only if they never abbreviate it to "Alex"... or for that matter "Xander"...or worst of all, [[GenderBlenderName "Sandy"]]. Named after Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who conquered Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia. And was starting on India.

* Another one: the genocidal Julian Robotnik from the SatAM ''SonicTheHedgehog'' continuity, who makes every other version of Robotnik/Eggman look like JulieAndrews.

Like Cyrus, the name of several kings of the Persian Empire, especially Darius I who ruled the empire at its peak.

The name's fame comes from CyrusTheGreat, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (also used by some of his successors), one of the great conquerors of ancient history.

* Magneto from ''[[XMen X-Men]]'', his alias being 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.]]

* Magnus Honey from RoaldDahl's ''{{Matilda}}'' is an exception, as he seems to have been a NiceGuy, perhaps in keeping with his surname. Also Dahl is from Norway, where Magnus is regarded a conventional name.

* Prominent conqueror kings from the Middle Ages who added taste to the name Magnus would be the likes of Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus), Magnus I "the Good" of Norway and Denmark and Magnus III "Barelegs" of Norway.

Latin for "(the) Great" or "Big". A rare personal name in Roman antiquity, it made another career after the newly-christianized, warlike royals of medieval Scandinavia adopted it as a first name by shortening the name of their idol Charlemagne ("Carolus Magnus" or "Karlamagnus" to them).[[hottip:*:The Latin meaning of the name was mostly lost to them. However, as it happens, 'magn' also means 'power' or 'might' in Old Norse. Magni ('strong one'/'strength') is the name of a [[NorseMythology son of the God Thor.]]]] Due to this lofty origin, it was exclusive to members of the high aristocracy, usually royals, in the Middle Ages. Today it is a fairly common (and therefore, harmless) first name in many Nordic countries. In fiction, often points to a Scandinavian, vaguely [[HornyVikings Viking]]-y, [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic]] background. Characters named Magnus are bound to be proud and ambitious, sometimes noble, sometimes overbearing.

* As a Roman epithet, Magnus was most prominently connected with [[AlexanderTheGreat Alexander]] and Pompey. There is also Magnus Maximus, a 4th century usurper who toppled the Western Roman Empire into a disastrous civil war.

* As a Roman epithet, Magnus was most prominently connected with [[AlexanderTheGreat Alexander]] and Pompey. There is also Magnus Maximus, a 4th century usurper who toppled the Western Roman Empire in a disastrous civil war.

* Magnus Honey from RoaldDahl's ''{{Matilda}}'' is an exception, as he seems to have been a NiceGuy, perhaps in keeping with his surname. Also Dahl is from Norway, where Magnus is a much more conventional name.

Latin for "(the) Great" or "Big". A rare personal name in Roman antiquity, it made another career after the newly-christianized, warlike royals of medieval Scandinavia adopted it as a first name by shortening the name of their idol Charlemagne ("Carolus Magnus" or "Karlamagnus" to them).[[hottip:*:The Latin meaning of the name was mostly lost to them. However, as it happens, 'magn' also means 'power' or 'might' in Old Norse. Magni ('strong one'/'strength') is the name of a [[NorseMythology son of the God Thor.]]]] Due to this lofty origin, it was exclusive to members of the high aristocracy, usually royals, in the Middle Ages. Today it is a fairly common (and therefore, harmless) first name in many Nordic countries. In fiction, often points to a Scandinavian, vaguely [[HornyVikings Viking]]-y, [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocratic]] background.