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Outis Outis (a transliteration of the Ancient Greek pronoun , meaning " nobody" or "no one"). is an often used pseudonym that appeared famously in Classical Greek legends. Modern artists, writers, and others in public life have adopted the use of this p ...

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Odysseus In Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus ( ; , ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; ), is a legendary Greeks, Greek king of Homeric Ithaca, Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, epic poem, the ''Odyssey''. Od ...

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Polyphemus Polyphemus (; , ; ) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's ''Odyssey''. His name means "abounding in songs and legends", "many-voiced" or "very famous". Polyphemus first ap ...

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The Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; ) is one of two major epics of ancient Greek literature attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest surviving works of literature and remains popular with modern audiences. Like the ''Iliad'', the ''Odyssey'' is divi ...

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Geronimo Gerónimo (, ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands the Tchihen ...

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People

Given name or nickname

* Nemo Gaines (1897–1979), American Major League Baseball player and naval captain *

Nemo Leibold Harry Loran "Nemo" Leibold (February 17, 1892 – February 4, 1977) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1913 to 1925. He played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Washington Senators. He stood at ...

(1892–1977), American Major League Baseball player, named after the comic strip character Little Nemo *

Nemo Mettler Nemo Mettler (; born 3 August 1999), known mononymously as Nemo, is a Swiss musician and singer-rapper who plays the violin, piano and drums. They were the first openly non-binary act to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Eurovisi ...

(born 1999), known mononymously as Nemo, Swiss rapper *

Antti Niemi (ice hockey) Antti Niemi (; born 29 August 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. During the 2009–10 NHL season, 2009–10 season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, he became the first Finnish goaltender to win the Stanley Cup, a ...

(born 1983), Finnish former National Hockey League goaltender nicknamed "Nemo" *

Nemo Zhou Qiyu Zhou ( zh, 周齐宇; born January 6, 2000), also known as Nemo Zhou and her online alias akaNemsko, is a Chinese-born Canadian and Finnish chess player who holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and FIDE Master (FM), and is a live st ...

(born 2000), Chinese-born Canadian chess player and streamer; original Chinese name Qiyu Zhou

Last name

Gina Nemo Gina Nemo (born March 22, 1965) is an American actress, singer, author, and marketing executive who had an award-winning role as Dorothy Pezzino in the American television series ''21 Jump Street'' in the 1980s. She is the daughter of jazz musi ...

(born 1965), American actress *

Henry Nemo Henry Nemo (June 8, 1909 – November 26, 1999) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster. Band leading In 1941, Nemo formed his own 19-piece band. The group featured four Chinese women ...

(1909–1999), American musician, songwriter and actor *

Louis-Paul Némo Louis-Paul Némo (18 November 1900 – 29 June 1978), better known by the pseudonym Roparz Hemon, was a Breton author and scholar of Breton expression. He was the author of numerous dictionaries, grammars, poems and short stories. He also found ...

(1900–1978), known as Roparz Hemon, Breton author and scholar

Fictional characters

Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; also known as Prince Dakkar) is a character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction books, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870) and '' The Mysterious Is ...

, in Jules Verne's novels ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' and ''Mysterious Island'' (1870), and adaptations thereof *

Little Nemo Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. He originated in an early comic strip by McCay, '' Dream of the Rarebit Fiend'', before receiving his own spin-off series, ''Little Nemo in Slumberland''. The ful ...

, protagonist of the comic strip ''Little Nemo in Slumberland'' by Winsor McCay (1905) and the main character in the 2022 film adapted from the comic strip * Nemo, a clownfish in the film ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Lee Unkrich, and produced by Graham Walters, from ...

'' film franchise * Nemo, a minor character in the Charles Dickens novel ''

Bleak House ''Bleak House'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode Serial (literature), serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by th ...

'' (1852) * Nemo Nobody, the title character of the film '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009) * Quentin Nemo, a warlock from the novel ''

Orphans of Chaos ''Orphans of Chaos'' is a 2005 science fantasy novel by John C. Wright. It is the first volume of the Orphans of Chaos trilogy that continues with the novels ''Fugitives of Chaos'' (2006) and '' Titans of Chaos'' (2007). Plot synopsis Five or ...

'' (2005) * Judge Nemo, main villain of the video game ''

Disgaea 4 is a 2011 in video gaming, 2011 Tactical role-playing game, tactical role-playing video game for the PlayStation 3 and the fourth in the ''Disgaea'' series by Nippon Ichi Software. The game tells the story of Valvatorez, a former tyrant leading ...

'' * Nicolas Monroe "Nemo" Makalintal, a minor character in the 2018 Philippine romantic-comedy series '' The One That Got Away'' * NEMO, the player character of the video game '' Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere'' {{given name, type=both Nicknames Latin given names