Capitalize the names and initials of all real or fictitious people.
![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | David Bohm |
| ![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Joanot Martorell |
| ![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Silence Dogood |
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Many names contain articles, prepositions, conjunctions or other particles (for example,
de,
d’,
de la,
the,
lo,
el,
la,
i,
y,
von,
van, etc.). English, Catalan and Spanish names tend to lowercase these elements. Therefore:
![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Xavier de Bofarull |
| ![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Walter de la Mare |
| ![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Alexander the Great |
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![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Tirant lo Blanc |
| ![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Antoni Rovira i Virgili |
| ![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte-26.png) | Santiago Ramón y Cajal |
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However, capitalize the particle when a person is referred to by the surname and the particle is in initial position.
![Exemple adequat Exemple adequat](grafics/exemple-correcte.png) | The writer D’Ors often used the pseudonym Xènius. |