The following people normally have the words "the Great" appended to their names.
- Akbár the Great
- Albert the Great, better known as Albertus Magnus, French Catholic theologian
- Alexander the Great, Macedonia
- Alfred the Great of Wessex, English
- Asoka the Great, India
- Boleslaus the Brave, sometimes called the Great, Poland
- Canute the Great, British, commanded the sea.
- Casimir the Great, Poland
- Catherine the Great, Russia
- Charles the Great, more commonly known as "Charlemagne"
- Roman Empire">Constantine the Great, Rome/Byzantium
- Cyrus the Great, Persia
- Darius the Great, Persia
- Frederick the Great, Prussia
- Gertrude the Great of Helfta, medieval mystic
- Gustavus Adolphus the Great, Sweden
- Hanno the Great, Carthage
- Herod the Great, Judea
- Ivan the Great, Russia
- Justinian the Great, Byzantium
- Louis the Great, France
- Pacal the Great, Maya state of Palenque
- Peter the Great, Russia
- Pompey the Great, Rome
- Rameses the Great, Ancient Egypt
- Sargon the Great, Akkad
- Sejong the Great, Korea
- Stefan the Great, Moldova, Romania
- St. Anthony the Great
- St. Basil the Great, Cappadocia
- St. Euthymius the Great, Palestine
- St. Gregory the Great, pope
- St. Leo the Great, pope
- St. Macarius the Great, Egyptian hermit
- Theodosius the Great, Rome
- Xerxes the Great, Persia
