Names for a typical ordinary /unknown or unidentified man around the world:
- Joe Bloggs, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus (UK English)
- Joe Schmoe, Joe Blow, John Doe, Joe Sixpack (US English)
- Joe Meatball (The Simpsons)
- John Citizen, Fred Nurk, The Man on the Bondi Tram (Australian)
- Johnny Canuck (Canadian)
- Jean Dupont, Monsieur Tout-le-monde, Monsieur Untel, Ducon (derog.) (French)
- Joe Little Carrot (Slovakian)
- Mid-range Vasya (Russian)
- Jan Modaal = John Midrange/Average, Jan met de Pet = John with a Cap, Jan Jansen, Piet Pietersen, Jan Alleman (Dutch)
- Average Svensson (Swedish)
- Ola Norseman (Norwegian)
- Morten Menigmand = Morten Simpleman, Navn Navnesen = Name Nameson (Danish)
- Svenne Banan = Sven Banana (slang for average, ethnic, ordinary guy with somewhat socially conservative views), Gemene man eller Medelsvensson (Swedish)
- Matti Meikäläinen = Matti One-of-Us or One-of-Ours (Finnish)
- Mr Mehmet with the Yellow Boots (Turkish)
- Jón Jónsson, Meðal-Jón, Meðaljón (Icelandic)
- Juan de la Cruz / Juana de la Cruz (Philippino)
- Lágbájá ọmọ Tàmẹ̀dò (Yoruba)
- Fulano, Mengano (Cuban)
- Fulān al-Fulāni = so & so of so & so (Arabic)
- Otto Normalconsumer, Max Mustermann (German)
- Statistical Kowalski (Polish)
- Hong Gildong (Korean)
- Israel Israeli (Hebrew)
- Wang Number Five (Mandarin)
- Taro (Japanese)
Names for a typical ordinary woman around the world:
- Susi Specimen-woman (Austria)
- Kari Norwegian (Norway)
- Voghera Housewife (Italy)
- Mrs Swiss (Switzerland)
- Biddy Gilhooley (Ireland)
- Janey Canuck (Canada)
- Jane Doe (US)
- Sally Housecoat (The Simpsons)
Tom, Dick and Harry equivalents from other languages:
- Wang Wu (Wang Five) has two friends called Zhang San (Zhang Three) and Li Si (Lee Four) (Mandarin)
- Pierre, Paul, Jacques (French)
- Fulano, Mengano, Sutano (Spanish)
- Ivanóv, Petróv, Sídorov (Russian)
- Jan, Piet, Klaas (Dutch)
- Hans und Franz (German)
- Catso, Stunado, Brutto (Italian)
- Ionescu, Popescu, Georgescu (Romanian)
Source: Edited from a thread started by @AdamCSharp on Twitter
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