Presume that these mainstays (even if their names are short) can all be named publicly.
I fancy referring to them only with my abbreviations that I introduce on the first page, to save space and avoid typos, like for long surnames (e.g. some Indian, Polish, and Russian mathematicians).
E.g., I'd state my abbreviations of Iannis Xenakis as IXS, Jean Barraqué as JB, and Per Nørgård as PN (I chose the latter because of its 2 accents). Then I'd write:
IXS won the Polar Music Prize in 1999, but fewer prizes than PN. JB won none.