Regex Full Name Validation

Question

Is there a well-defined and thorough example of a Regex string of which can validate a Full Name?

I expect the string to be able to validate a majority of names such as:

• Stack Overflow
• John P. Example
• Martin Luther King, Jr
• and a variety of foreign letters (if possible)

Answer 1

This can't be done because there is no way to determine if a string of characters is a word or a name without a data set. The best that you can do is match strings that could be names, then check those positive results against a data set for confirmation.