The use of articles with names of people

  Definite Article indicates: Indefinite Article indicates: Zero Article indicates:
the whole family as a unit · The Forsytes usually gathered for weddings and funerals. · My visit was a surprise for the Kellogans. Note: the proper name is used in the plural. one member of the family · Fleur acted like a real Forsyte. · You just look at him and immediately understand that he is a Weasley. a person’s name or surname · One of the wings in the Tate Gallery houses hundreds of William Turner’s pictures. · Bill’s younger sister, Penny, was in Henry’s new class.
a member of somebody else’s family The mother asked the son to be more polite to his grandparents. an unknown person · Robert, here is a Mr. Blake to see you. Note: the name of the person can be preceded by the attribute ‘certain’= ‘некий’, · Father, there is a certain Mr. Butler waiting for you in the hall.   a member of one’s own family · Mother has some definite plans for the coming Sunday. · It’s up to Aunt to decide what to do in this situation. Note the word combinations like ‘mother and daughter’, ‘father and son’, e.g. · Father and daughter looked at each other with affection.
that the name is clear from the situation (often with a limiting attribute) · The Gloria of 26 was still the Gloria of 20. · You are not the Andrew Manson I married that a proper name is used as a common noun · This man doesn’t know a Rembrandt from a Rubens. (pictures belonging to the brush of Rembrandt or Rubens) · He behaves like a modern Monte Christo. a person’s position, rank, family relationship or title · It’s elementary, Doctor Watson! · Colonel FitsPatrick never hesitated either on the battle field or in the ballroom. · Aunt Polly was very strict with Tom. · Mr. Hardy will be very pleased with you, John. President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
a person’s profession The painterWilliam Turner is one of the most honoured artists in England. Note: an unusual aspect of a person’s character, emotional state or behaviour, It was a very different John Mary had known seven years before.   age or personal qualities modified by the adjectivesyoung, old, poor, dear, honest, lazy, little, ugly, silly, pretty · Little Charles was made to start work when he was twelve. · Honest Abe was the name many American people used to refer to Abraham Lincoln.
5 a person’s permanent feature of character or quality · Paul understood that he would miss the beautiful Sonya. · You can always rely on the cautious George.