\documentclass[12pt]{thesis} \usepackage{makendx} \makenameindex \namefont{\sl\bfseries} \begin{document} \chapter{Preface} We are grateful to \name[Knuth, Donald E.]{Donald E. Knuth} for \TeX{}. Furthermore we thank \nameindex{Lamport, Leslie} \emph{Leslie Lamport} and the \LaTeX3{} \name*{Project}. \renewcommand{\indexname}{Nameindex} \printnameindex \end{document}