... the great
The epithet the great or the great is given in the history of science particularly outstanding rulers.
The list includes personalities who are usually given the nickname the great in German-speaking countries .
- Abbas I the Great
- Aias the Great
- Ajax the great
- Akbar the great
- Albert the Great
- Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC), King of Macedon and hegemon of the Corinthian League
- Alfred the Great
- Antiochus the Great
- Anthony the Great
- Ariokh the Great
- Arsenius the Great
- Ashoka the great
- Athanasius the great
- Babai the Great
- Basil the Great
- Bessarion the Great
- Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great
- Darius the great
- Euthymios the Great
- Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg
- Geert the great
- Gerhard the Great
- Gero the great
- Grabissa the great
- Gregory the Great (around 540–604), Pope
- Gwanggaeto the Great
- Hanno the Great
- Henry the Great
- Herod the Great
- Hugo the Great
- Isaac the Great
- Ivan the Great
- Charlemagne (747 or 748–814), King of the Franconian Empire
- Casimir the Great
- Knut the great
- Konrad the Great
- Constantine the Great (between 270 and 288–337), Roman emperor
- Krischan the Great
- Cyrus the Great
- Leo the Great (around 400–461), Bishop of Rome
- Llywelyn the Great
- Ludwig the Great
- Michael the Great
- Nerses I the Great
- Nicholas the Great
- Omar the great
- Onuphrios the Great
- Otto the Great
- Pakal the Great
- Peter the Great (1672–1725), Tsar and Emperor of Russia
- Photios the great
- Pompey the Great
- Procopius the Great
- Ramses the Great
- Rhodri the Great
- Novel the great
- Sejong the Great
- Simeon the Great
- Slauko the Great
- Stephen the Great
- Svatopluk the Great
- Theodoric the Great
- Theodosius the Great
- Ténimoun the great
- Umar the great
- Vytautas the great
- Vladimir the Great
- Yu the great
the big one :
- Gertrud the Great from Helfta
- Catherine II the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia