Anonymous

Anonymus, often spelled Anonymous in English, comes from Ancient Greek, and can be translated as without a name. It can stand for different people and groups:

People called anonymous

• Two writers of Byzantine chronicles, of the 6th century, both known as Anonymus Valesianus
• The writer of the history of Poland, of the 12th century, known as Gallus Anonymus
• The writer of the Ravenna Cosmography, a medieval work on geography
• Bele Regis Notarius, a writer of chronicles, at the Hungarian court, in the 13th century.
• The Anonymus of Placentia (or Piacenza), who left an account of their visit to 6th‑century Jerusalem
• The Anonymus of Turin (often referred to by the Italian Anonimo di Torino), writer of a catalogue of churches of Rome
• The Anonymus Banduri, the author of the Πάτρια Κωνσταντινοπόλεως, a 10th‑century topography of Constantinople
• The Anonymus de Rebus Bellicis, author of a Late Antique work on warfare
• The Anonymus Hispanus Chisianus (named after the library where the manuscript was found; sometimes referred to by the Italian Anonimo Spagnuolo), author of a medieval work on churches and relics in Rome
• The Anonymus Ανταττικιστης (the Anti-Atticist Anonymus), an opponent of Phrynichus Arabius, valuable for the study of ancient Greek vocabulary
• The Anonymus Mellicensis, of the 8th century, author of a work on ecclesiastical writers
• The Anonymus Seguerianus, of the 3rd century, whose work is useful for the study of 1st century rhetoric
• The Anonymus Gestorum Francorum, author of the Gesta Francorum, an account of the First Crusade
• The Anonymus of York (or The Norman Anonymous), author of an 11th‑century religious/political tract on the right of kings
• The Anonymus of Dubrovnik, author of 15th‑century Annals of that city
• Anonymus I and Anonymus II, the authors of commentaries on the Phaenomena of Aratus

Groups

• A civil rights group, see Anonymous (group)

Other

• A person who created a work of art, but whose name or identity can no longer be determined.