none other than

1. That very person or thing, the same as. For example, In the elevator I ran into none other than the woman we'd been talking about, or It turned out to be none other than Jim in a clown costume. [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

None have more than Marchand, whose ribbing style once earned the nickname “Little Ball of Hate” from none other than former President Barack Obama.

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It was none other than Tom Brady and the 2001 New England Patriots.

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The owner was none other than Ken Carlson, who is regarded in the Corvette world as one of the best restorers.

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The occasion was none other than Archival Revival, a party thrown in celebration of Image Magazine’s September issue, Image Makers, and Issue 14 of Ursula, Hauser & Wirth’s magazine.

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The physical embodiment of this character comes courtesy of none other than Ken Watanabe, the acclaimed actor known in Hollywood for films ranging from “The Last Samurai” and “Memoirs of a Geisha” to “Letters from Iwo Jima” and “Godzilla: King of Monsters.”

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