Most of you people are phenomenally stupid and so you won’t ever learn from your many, many mistakes. For instance, there are lots of personal names — including pen names and fictitious characters — that you persistently misspell. I have collected & corrected your false spellings and misconceptions in the following list. These are not just some simple, unique typing errors but obstinate fallacies concerning the correct spelling of these names. Especially the Americans seem to be the true illiterates here. Also, Helsingin Sanomat is an invaluable source of information in this respect.
The Russian names are given in the Finnish forms, however, because the letters Š and Ž and Ё give rise to laziness and misconceptions. In Modern English you don’t have any standard for transliteration, so you cannot make any mistakes either. (The Finnish transliterations are made according to SFS 4900.) — Also, the list is in Finnish alphabetical order, just to annoy foreigners.
You can send me more of these, but you have to find my e-mail address first — hope you can manage that.
Other corrective resources that I have come by:
Last update: March 10th, 2024.
| Correct Form | Misspelling(s) |
| Theodor W. Adorno | Theodore W. Adorno |
| Carl Aejmelaeus | Carl Aejmalaeus |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Hans Christian Anderssen Hans Christian Anderson |
| Amos Anderson | Amos Andersson |
| Jüri Arrak | Juri Arrak |
| Dan Aykroyd | Dan Ackroyd |
| Milton Babbitt | Milton Babbit |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Johan Sebastian Bach |
| Vivica Bandler | Viveca Bandler |
| Samuel Beckett | Samuel Becket |
| David Beckham | David Beckam |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Ludvig van Beethoven Ludwig Van Beethoven |
| Antony Blinken | Anthony Blinken |
| Colby Buzzell | Colby Buzzel |
| Rudolf Carnap | Rudolph Carnap |
| Lewis Carroll * | Lewis Carrol Lewis Caroll Lewis Carol |
| Mihály Csíkszentmihályi | Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi |
| Bruce Davison | Bruce Davidson |
| Charles Dickens | Charles Dickins |
| Charles Dodgson | Charles Dodson Charles Dogson |
| Feliks Dzeržinski (Феликс Дзержинский) |
Felix Dzeržinski Felix Dzerzhinski |
| Iosif Vissarionovitš Džugašvili (Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили) |
Josif Vissarionovitš Džugašvili Josif Vissarionovitsh Dzhugashvili Josef Vissarionovitsh Dzhugashvili |
| Antonín Dvořák | Anton Dvořák Antonín Dvorák Antonin Dvorak |
| Hanns Eisler | Hans Eisler |
| Max Eitingon | Max Eitington |
| Gabriel Fahrenheit | Gabriel Farenheit Gabriel Fahreinheit Gabriel Fareinheit |
| T. Josephus Flavius | T. Josefus Flavius |
| Antony Flew | Anthony Flew |
| Alma Fohström | Alma Fohrström |
| Michel Foucault | Michael Foucault Michel Focault |
| Nils-Eric Fougstedt | Nils-Erik Fougstedt |
| Sigmund Freud | Siegmund Freud Sigmund Freund |
| Mohandas K. Gandhi | Mohandas K. Ghandi |
| Philip Glass | Philipp Glass |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Johann Wilhelm Goethe |
| Maksim Gorki * (Максим Горький) |
Maxim Gorki Maksim Gorgi |
| Stephen Jay Gould | Steven Gould |
| Edvard Grieg | Edward Grieg |
| Sofija Gubaidulina (София Губайдулина) |
Sofia Gubaidulina |
| Natalja Gutman (Наталья Гутман) |
Natalia Gutman Natalija Gutman Наталия Гутман |
| Jussi Halla-aho | Jussi Halla-Aho |
| Lasse Hallström | Lasse Hallstrom Lasse Hällström |
| Bernard Herrmann | Bernard Hermann Bernard Herrman |
| Heinrich Hoffmann | Heinrich Hoffman |
| Hugo von Hofmannsthal | Hugo von Hoffmannsthal Hugo von Hofmannstahl |
| Nikita Hruštšov (Никита Хрущёв) |
Nikita Hrutshev Nikita Hrushtshev Nikita Hrustsev Nikita Hruštšev |
| Christiaan Huygens | Christian Huygens Christian Huyghens |
| Ifigeneia † (Ιφιγένεια) |
Ifigenia |
| Jeremy Irons | Jeromy Irons |
| Émile Jaques-Dalcroze | Émile Jacques-Dalcroze |
| Fredric Jameson | Frederick Jameson Frederic Jameson Fredrick Jameson |
| Tove Jansson | Tove Jannson Tove Jannsen |
| Ernest Jones | Ernst Jones |
| Jüri Järvet | Juri Jarvet Juri Järvet Yuri Jarvet Yuri Yarvet Youri Yarvet |
| Pietari Kalm (Pehr Kalm) |
Peter Calm |
| Gorden Kaye | Gordon Kaye |
| Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen | Liisa Keltinkangas-Järvinen |
| Krzysztof Kieślowski | Krzysztof Kieslowski Krysztof Kieslowski |
| Jevgeni Kisin (Евгений Кисин) |
Jevgeni Kissin |
| Nikke Knatterton † (Nick Knatterton) |
Nikke Knakkerton Nikke Knattertton |
| Platon Kuzmitš Kovaljov † (Платон Кузьмич Ковалёв) |
Platon Kuzmitš Kovalev Platon Kuzmitsh Kovalev |
| Sergei Koroljov (Сергей Королёв) |
Sergei Korolev |
| Hermann Kretzschmar | Hermann Kretschmar Hermann Kretchmar |
| Pertti Kurikka | Pentti Kurikka |
| Wifredo Lam | Wilfredo Lam |
| Vytautas Landsbergis | Vitautas Landsbergis |
| Susanne Langer | Suzanne Langer |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| Jerrold Levinson | Jerold Levinson |
| A. A. Liébeault | A. A. Liébault |
| Marjana Lipovšek | Marjana Lipovshek Marjana Lipovsek |
| Franz Liszt | Franz Listz |
| Aleksei Ljubimov (Алексей Любимов) |
Aleksei Lybimov Alexei Lybimov Alexei Lubimov |
| Desmond Llewelyn | Desmond Llewellyn |
| Aleksandr Lurija (Александр Лурия) |
Aleksandr Luria Alexander Luria |
| Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde | Rauni-Leena Luukkanen-Kilde |
| Markus Lång | Marcus Lång Marcus Lang Markus Lang Markus Long |
| Elias Lönnrot | Elias Lönnroth |
| Alasdair MacIntyre | Alastair MacIntyre |
| Kazimir Malevitš (Казимир Малевич) |
Kasimir Malevitš Kasimir Malevitsh |
| Eyolf Mattsson | Eyolf Mattson |
| Medeia † (Μήδεια) |
Medea |
| Dmitri Mendelejev (Дмитрий Менделеев) |
Dimitri Mendelejev |
| Stephenie Meyer | Stephanie Meyer |
| Michelangelo | Michaelangelo |
| François Mitterrand | François Miterrand François Mitterand |
| Aleksandr Mosolov | Aleksandr Molosov |
| Jan Mukařovský | Jan Mukarovsky Jan Mukarowsky Jan Mukařowský |
| Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen | Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchausen |
| Lasse Mårtenson | Lasse Mårtensson Lasse Mortensson |
| Eimuntas Nekrošius | Eimuntas Nekroshius Eimuntas Nekrosius |
| Carl Nielsen | Carl Nielson |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | Friedrich Nietsche Friedrich Nietzche |
| Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld | Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld |
| Hugh O’Conor | Hugh O’Connor |
| Päivö Oksala | Päiviö Oksala |
| José Ortega y Gasset | Jose Ortega y Gasset José Ortega Y Gasset José Ortega y Gassett |
| Rolf Paqvalin | Rolf Pagvalin |
| Friedrich Paulus | Friedrich von Paulus |
| Charles Sanders Peirce | Charles Sanders Pierce Charles Saunders Peirce |
| Kimberly Peirce | Kimberly Pierce |
| Maija Plisetskaja (Майя Плисецкая) |
Maja Plisetskaja |
| Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Grigori Potjomkin (Григорий Потёмкин) |
Grigori Potemkin |
| Jemeljan Pugatšov (Емельян Пугачёв) |
Jemeljan Pugatšev Jemeljan Pugatshev |
| Hilary Putnam | Hillary Putnam |
| Willard Van Orman Quine | Willard van Orman Quine Willard Van Ormond Quine |
| Frank Ramsey | Frank Ramsay |
| Condoleezza Rice | Condoleeza Rice Gondoleezza Rice Gondoleeza Rice |
| Paul Ricœur | Paul Ricouer |
| David Rockefeller | David Rockerfeller |
| Miklós Rózsa | Miklos Rozsa Miklós Rósza |
| Andrei Rubljov (Андрей Рублёв) |
Andrei Rublev |
| Bertrand Russell | Bertrand Russel |
| Hanns Sachs | Hans Sachs |
| George Sanders | George Saunders |
| Jukka-Pekka Saraste | Jukka-Pekka Sarasate |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | (See the list) |
| Roman Šebrle | Roman Sebrle Roman Seberle |
| Bryan Singer | Brian Singer |
| Nicolas Slonimsky (Nikolai Slonimski) |
Nicholas Slonimsky |
| Vladimir Solovjov (Владимир Соловьёв) |
Vladimir Solovjev |
| Aleksandr Solženitsyn (Александр Солженицын) |
Alexander Solzenitsyn Aleksander Solzhenitsyn |
| Susan Sontag | Susan Sonntag |
| Dmitri Šostakovitš (Дмитрий Шостакович) |
Dimitri Šostakovitš Dmitri Šoštakovitš Dmitri Sostakovits Dmitri Shostakovits Dimitri Shostakovitsh |
| Britney Spears | (See the list) |
| Iosif Stalin * (Иосиф Сталин) |
Josif Stalin Josef Stalin |
| Gertrude Stein | Gertrud Stein |
| Stendhal * | Stendahl |
| Nils-Börje Stormbom | Nils-Börje Storbom |
| Richard Strauss | Rikhard Strauss |
| P. Cornelius Tacitus | P. Cornelius Tacticus |
| Erik Tawaststjerna | Erik Tawastjerna |
| Konstantin Gavrilovitš Trepljov † (Константин Гаврилович Треплёв) |
Konstantin Gavrilovitš Treplev Konstantin Gavrilovitsh Treplev |
| Saša Tšornyi * (Саша Чёрный) |
Saša Tšernyi Sasha Tshernyi |
| Ivan Turgenev (Иван Тургенев) |
Ivan Turgenjev |
| Alan Turing | Alan Turning |
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Markku Uuspaavalniemi |
| Kurt Weill | Kurt Weil |
| Edvard Westermarck | Edward Westermarck Edvard Westermark |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein | Ludvig Wittgenstein Ludwig von Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittengenstein |
| Hugo Wolf | Hugo Wolff |
| Georg Henrik von Wright | George Henrik von Wright Georg Hendrik von Wright Georg Henrik Von Wright |
| Ben Zyskowicz | (See the list) |
* = pen name
† = fictitious character