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* [[Franchise/WonderWoman Charles Moulton]] (William Moulton Marston and Joye Murchison)

* Shotaro Onodera whose earlier pen name, Ishimori, was due to an editor's error in 1959 but changed in 1986 to Shotaro Ishinomori.

Many animation voice actors, especially those based in New York City, use pseudonyms due to the lack of unions there. Sometimes it's because certain anime dub actors voice for hentai, and so they use a pen name so young viewers don't search their real name and find anime porn alongside their regular work.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Haruna Saotome (no relation to that other [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Saotome]]) uses the moniker "Paru".

-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''Palimpsest''

* [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd David Wong]] (Jason Pargin)

* Student's (of t-distribution fame) was the pen name of William Sealy Gosset.

* Creator/OsamuTezuka uses the nickname ''Osamushi'', which is the Japanese name of a beetle; he writes it like ''Osamu'' + ''mushi'' ('insect'). During his lifetime, he would sometimes use this nickname for signing autographs with an occasional illustration of his characters. ([[https://i.imgur.com/PFA5Yz7.jpg such as this autograph featuring a drawing]] of Manga/{{Unico}} under his name)

* Creator/OsamuTezuka uses the nickname ''Osamushi'', which is the Japanese name of a beetle; he writes it like ''Osamu'' + ''mushi'' ('insect').

* Creator/Wildbow (John C. [=McRae=])

A Pen Name (also known as a pseudonym or "nom de plume" if you want to sound fancy) is a made-up name a writer or artist (in the case of performers, this is called a [[StageNames Stage Name]]) produces works under for whatever reason. Often due to RuleOfCool, but other reasons also abound. In the case of famous actors / people, it's sometimes a way to find out whether or not they'd be succesful even without their star power attached to it. Many writers have used a fictional name in order to avoid the typecasting associated with their name and particular genres, allowing them to write outside the expected genre that they've become well known for. Some manga creators use a pen name to avoid legal difficulties due to rules of their regular employment (school teachers and civil servants in Japan are often forbidden from pursuing other sources of income and it could be scandalous if a high school teacher was also a mangaka). A pseudonym may be used to protect the writer for exposé books about espionage or crime. Many female writers have used male pen names when writing in a male-dominated genre, and male writers have used female-sounding pen names when writing in a female-dominated genre, due to public expectations or the avoidance of potential scandal.

** ''The Sensuous Dirty Old Man'' was published under the pseudonym Creator/DrA because he was parodying ''The Sensuous Woman'' (by "J") and ''The Sensuous Man'' (by "M").
** Hilariously, he did use the very ordinary "Paul French" as a pseudonym when he wrote the [[Literature/TheCompleteAdventuresOfLuckyStarr Lucky Starr]] series, as he wanted to have them turned into a TV series but didn't trust Hollywood [[ExecutiveMeddling not to mess things up]].

* Johannes de Silentio, Johannes Climacus, Anti-Climacus, Victor Eremita, Constantin Constantius, Vigilius Haufniensis, Nicolaus Notabene, Hilarius Bookbinder, etc. (some of Creator/SørenKierkegaard's many pseudonyms)

* Johannes de Silentio, Johannes Climacus, Anti-Climacus, Victor Eremita, Constantin Constantius, Vigilius Haufniensis, Nicolaus Notabene, Hilarius Bookbinder, etc. (some of Søren Kierkegaard's many pseudonyms)

* Johannes de Silentio, Johannes Climacus, Anti-Climacus, Victor Eremita, Constantin Constantius, Vigilius Haufniensis, Nicolaus Notabene, Hilarius Bookbinder, etc. (some of Søren Kierkegaard's '''19''' pseudonyms)