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People

Preferred form Pronunciation Alternates
Alexander the Great Alexander, Alexander of Macedon
Asoka a-SHO-ka Ashoka
Augustine, St. Augustine of Hippo
Aurangzeb or-ang-ZEB ‘Alamgir

Caesar, Augustus Augustus Caesar, Caesar Augustus
Chiang Kai-shek chang kye-shek Jiang Jieshi
Confucius con-FYU-shus Kong Fuzi, K’ung Fu-tzu
Gandhi, Mohandas GHAN-dee, mo-HAN-des Mahatma Gandhi
Galileo Galilei ga-li-LAY-o ga-li-LAY not Galilei, Galileo
Genghis Khan JEN-gis kon Chinghis, Chinghiz, Chingiz
Han Wudi hon woot-see Han Wu-ti
Ibn Battuta ib-un ba-TOO-ta Ibn Battutah
Ibn Sina ib-un see-na Avicenna

Jesus Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth
Kangxi emperor kong-hsee K’ang-hsi
Khubilai Khan KOO-blah kon Kublai, Qubilai
Laozi laud-zuh Lao-tzu, Lao Tzu
Leonardo da Vinci le-o-NAR-do da VIN-chee da Vinci, Leonardo
Mao Zedong mao zeh-DON Mao Tse-tung
Mencius MEN-chee-us Mengzi, Meng-tzu, Meng Tzu

Moses Moshe
Motecuhzoma II mo-tek-w-ZO-ma Montezuma II; Moctezuma
Muhammad mo-HA-med Mohammad, the Prophet Muhammed,
Mehemet

Napoleon na-POLE-eon Napoleon Bonaparte
Qin Shi Huangdi chin sher hwang-dee Ch’in Shih Huang-ti
Saladin SAL-a-den Salah al-Din, Selahedin
Siddhartha Gautama si-DAR-ta GAU-ta-ma Buddha,The
Sima Qian suma chee-en Ssu-ma Ch’ien
Sui Wendi sway wen-dee Sui Wen-ti
Sui Yangdi sway yahng-dee Sui Yang-ti
Süleyman soo-lay-MON Süleyman the Magnificant, Süleyman I,
Suleiman the Lawgiver
Sun Yat-sen soon yat-sen Sun Yixian
Tang Taizong tahng taizong T’ang T’ai-tsung