Just One Word

How famous do you have to be to compel the world to notice and address you by one, just ONE word? You and only you are identified with that one single eponymous word. Not your father, nor any other relative, indeed none of your family. When that word is uttered, it's you they are talking about. You own that name!

Who does make it then?

How about Madonna? Hmm, that would be cheating, right? Coz she does have just one name anyways, right? Nope! She was born Madonna Ciccione, and despite having had the handicap of being named after a really famous personage, has made the name her very own in the modern world.

And hey, pseudonyms shouldn't count. I mean, which parent would have normally named their kids Sting (Gordon Sumner, Ladies & Gentlemen) or Bono (Paul Hewson, everyone!)?

Well, my own nominees for this honour would be Gandhi, Mandela, Garbo, Ali, Churchill. All real heavyweights!

Anyone else come to mind?