none other than

phrase

—used to show that one is surprised or impressed by the person or thing one is about to mention

It turns out I was sitting next to none other than the founder of the magazine.

Examples of none other than in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nonetheless, his letter was snapped up and repeated by none other than Treasury Secretary Bessent. — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026

One person who is squarely in Usha's corner defending her from the online criticism is none other than her mother-in-law, Beverly Vance. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

The most highly anticipated of those is A24’s Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson as none other than Chris Hansen, the host of the infamous early-aughts series To Catch a Predator. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026

Playing that cat, a work camp warden coercing Hawke’s character into smuggling gold through the wilderness, is none other than Russell Crowe. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for none other than

• artilleryman
• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman

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