Friday, September 15, 2006

Famous stage names

Famous stage names include:



0–9

2Pac — Tupac Shakur (born Lesane Crooks)
50 Cent — Curtis Jackson

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A

Lee Aaron - Karen Lynn Greening
Mellow Man Ace — Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
Don Adams — Donald James Yarmy
Adamski — Adam Tinley
MC ADE — Adrian Hines
Adeva — Patricia Daniels
King Adrock — Adam Horovitz
Afrob — Robert Zemichiel
Afroman — Joseph Foreman
Akon — Aliaune Thiam
Eddie Albert — Edward Albert Heimberger
Bernard Albrecht — Bernard Dicken
Alan Alda — Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
Robert Alda — Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
Jason Alexander — Jason Scott Greenspan
Peter Alexander - Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer
Dave Allen - David Tynan O'Mahoney
Tim Allen — Timothy Alan Dick
Woody Allen — Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Tori Amos — Myra Ellen Amos
Anastacia — Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
Broncho Billy Anderson — Max H. Aronson
André 3000 — André Benjamin
André the Giant — André René Roussimoff
Julie Andrews — Julia Elizabeth Wells
Horace Andy — Horace Hinds (Reggae singer, later with Massive Attack)
John Aniston - Ioannis Anastassakis
Jennifer Aniston - Jennifer Anistonopolis
Ann-Margret — Ann Margaret Olsson
Adam Ant — Stuart Leslie Goddard
Michael Anthony - Michael Anthony Sobolewski
Alan Anton - Alan Alizojvodic
Apache Indian — Steven Kapur
Aphex Twin — Richard D. James
apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) - Allen Pineda Lindo
Fiona Apple — Fiona Apple Maggart
Eve Arden — Eunice Quedens
Jann Arden - Jann Arden Richards
Toni Arden — Antoinette Ardizzone
Tina Arena — Filippina Lydia Arena
Bea Arthur — Bernice Frankel
Julia Arthur — Ida Lewis
Kon Artis - Denaun Porter
Ashanti — Ashanti Shaquoya Douglas
Fred Astaire — Frederick Austerlitz
Mary Astor — Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
Astro — Terence Wilson
Jeanne Aubert — Marguerite Perrinot
Steve Austin — Steven Williams
Frankie Avalon — Francis Thomas Avallone
Jane Avril — Jeanne Beaudon
AZ — Anthony Cruz
Trey Azagthoth — George Emmanuel III
Charles Aznavour — Shahnour Aznavurjan
AiM — Ai Maeda

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B

Barbara — Monique Serf
Bun B — Bernard Freeman
Derek B - Derek Bolland
Eric B — Eric Barrier
Jazzie B - Beresford Romeo
Jon B. - Jonathan David Buck
B-Real — Louis Freese
Babyface — Kenneth Brian Edmonds
Lauren Bacall — Betty Joan Perske
Erykah Badu — Erica Wright
Badly Drawn Boy — Damon Gough
Cheryl Baker — Rita Crudgington
Josephine Baker — Josephine Carson
LaVern Baker — Delores Williams
Kaye Ballard - Catherine Gloria Balotta
Afrika Bambaataa — Kevin Donovan
Eric Bana — Eric Banadinovich
Anne Bancroft — Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
Lloyd Banks — Christopher Lloyd
Lionel Barrymore — Lionel Herbert Blythe
Brigitte Bardot — Camille Javal
Baron Longfellow — Andrew Youakim
Majel Barrett — Majel Lee Hudec
Rona Barrett - Rona Burstein
Barbara Barrie - Barbara Ann Berman
Billy Barty - William John Bertanzetti
Toni Basil — Antonia Basilotta
Ol' Dirty Bastard — Russell Tyrone Jones
Stiv Bators — Steven John Bator
Orson Bean - Dallas Frederick Burrows
Guy Béart — Guy Béhar
Beck — Bek David Campbell Hansen
Bedders - Mark Bedford
Beenie Man — Anthony Moses Davis
Pat Benatar - Patricia Mae Andrzejewski
Tony Bennett — Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Jack Benny — Benjamin Kubelsky
Tom Berenger — Thomas Michael Moore
Benzino — Raymond Scott
Milton Berle — Mendel Berlinger
Irving Berlin — Israel Isidore Baline
Jello Biafra — Eric Boucher
Mr. Biggs - Ellis William
Joey Bishop - Joseph Abraham Gottlieb
Big Boi — Antwan André Patton
The Big Bopper — Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr
Big L — Lamont Coleman
Big Youth — Manley Augustus Buchanan
Acker Bilk — Bernard Stanley Bilk
Jacqueline Bisset — Winifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset
Bill Bixby — Wilfred Bailey Bixby
Bizarre — Rufus Johnson
Björk - Björk Guðmundsdóttir (Technically not a stage name, see Icelandic name#cultural ramifications)
Cilla Black — Priscilla Maria Veronica White
Frank Black — Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV
Jack Black —- Thomas Black
Jet Black - Brian Duffy
Karen Black — Karen Blanche Ziegler
Michael Ian Black — Michael Schwarz
Amanda Blake — Beverly Louise Neill
Robert Blake — Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi
Buster Bloodvessel — Douglas Trendle (Lead singer with UK Ska band Bad Manners)
Kurtis Blow — Curtis Walker
Blowfly - Clarence Reid
Bo Bice — Harold Elwin Bice
Dirk Bogarde — Derek van den Bogaerde
Marc Bolan - Mark Feld
Jon Bon Jovi — John Francis Bongiovi
Bizzy Bone — Bryon McCane
Flesh-N-Bone — Stan Howse
Krayzie Bone — Anthony Henderson
Layzie Bone — Steven Howse
Wish Bone — Charles Scruggs
Lisa Bonet — Lisa Boney
Bono — Paul David Hewson
Sonny Bono - Salvatore Philip Bono
Pat Boone — Charles Eugene Boone
Shirley Booth — Thelma Marjorie Ford
Victor Borge — Borge Rosenbaum
Ernest Borgnine — Ermes Effron Borgnino
Lyrics Born — Tom Shimura
Bounty Killer — Rodney Price
Bow Wow — Shad Gregory Moss
David Bowie — David Robert Jones
Boxcar Willie - Lecil Travis Martin
Brandy — Brandy Rayonda Norwood
Da Brat — Shawntae Harris
Alan Braxe — Alain Quême
Nicholas Brendon — Nicholas Brendon Schultz
Teresa Brewer — Teresa Breuer
Christie Brinkley - Christie Lee Hudson
Pete Briquette - Patrick Cusack
May Britt — Maybritt Wilkens
J. Edward Bromberg — Joseph Bromberger
James Brolin — James Kenneth Bruderlin
Charles Bronson — Charles Buchinski
Brooke Hogan — Brooke Ellen Bollea
Albert Brooks — Albert Lawrence Einstein
Donnie Brooks — John Dee Abohosh
Mel Brooks — Melvin Kaminsky
Foxy Brown — Inga Marchaud
Aristide Bruant — Louis Armand Bruant
Lenny Bruce — Leonard Alfred Schneider
Patrick Bruel — Patrick Benguigui
Buckethead - Brian Carroll
Bebe Buell - Beverle Lorence Buell
Chris de Burgh — Christopher John Davison
Burning Spear — Winston Rodney
George Burns — Nathanial Birnbaum
Ellen Burstyn — Edna Mae Gilhooley
Prince Buster — Cecil Bustamente Campbell (Jamaican Ska singer)
Brett Butler (actress/comedienne) - Brett Anderson
Red Buttons — Aaron Chwatt
Batista — David Michael Bautista

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C

Mel C — Melanie Chisholm
Vitamin C — Colleen Fitzpatrick
Nicolas Cage — Nicholas Kim Coppola
Sir Michael Caine — Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Rory Calhoun - Francis Timothy McCown Durgin
Maria Callas — Maria Kalogeropoulos
Canibus — Germaine Williams
Cam'ron — Cameron Giles
Camoflauge — Jason Johnson
Dyan Cannon — Samile Diane Friesen
Freddy Cannon — Frederick Anthony Picariello
Cantinflas — Mario Moreno
Eddie Cantor — Edward Israel Iskowitz
Cappadonna — Darryl Hill
Kate Capshaw - Kathleen Sue Nail
Capucine — Germaine Lefebvre
Caribou — Dan Snaith (formerly Manitoba)
Kitty Carlisle - Kitty Carlisle Hart
Cathy Carr - Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano
Eric Carr - Paul Charles Caravello
Vikki Carr — Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona
David Carradine - John Arthur Carradine
Tia Carrere — Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo
Diahann Carroll — Carol Diahann Johnson
Carrot Top — Scott Thompson
Mrs. Leslie Carter — Caroline Louise Dudley Carter Payne
Nell Carter - Nell Ruth Hardy
Hopalong Cassidy — William Lawrence Boyd
Phoebe Cates - Phoebe Belle Katz
Emma Caulfield — Emma Chukker
Cedric the Entertainer — Cedric Kyles
Chamillionaire - Hakeem Seriki
Jackie Chan — Chan Kong-sang (Cheng Long was a Chinese screen name)
Gene Chandler — Eugene Dixon
Jeff Chandler — Ira Grossel
Stockard Channing —- Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
Ray Charles — Ray Charles Robinson
Charo — Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza
Chayanne — Elmer Figueroa de Arse
Chevy Chase — Cornelius Crane Chase
Daveigh Chase — Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier
Chubby Checker — Ernest Evans
Joan Chen — Chong Chen
Cher — Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre
Cherrelle - Cheryl An Norton
Chespirito — Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Chilli — Rozonda Ocielian Thomas
Chingy — Howard Bailey, Jr.
Annabel Chong — Grace Quek
Agatha Christie — Agatha Marie Clarissa Miller
Katalyn Cica — Tímea Vágvölgyi
Cinque - Terrance Mason
Eric Clapton — Eric Patrick Clapp
Buddy Clark — Samuel Goldberg
Andrew Dice Clay — Andrew Clay Silverstein
David Clayton-Thomas — David Henry Thomsett
Jimmy Cliff — James Chambers
Patsy Cline — Virginia Patterson Hensley
Lee J. Cobb — Amos Jacob
Alma Cogan — Alma Angela Cohen
Nat King Cole — Nathaniel Adams Coles
Common — Lonnie Rashied Lynn
Chuck Connors - Kevin Joseph Connors
Robert Conrad — Konrad Robert Falkowski
Coolio — Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
Tré Cool — Frank Edwin Wright III
Alice Cooper — Vincent Damon Furnier (Vincent legally changed his name to Alice Cooper after quitting the original band 'Alice Cooper' so he could use the name)
Gary Cooper — Frank James Cooper
David Copperfield — David Seth Kotkin
Jill Corey — Norma Jean Speranza
Dave "Baby" Cortez — David Cortez Clowney
Elvis Costello —- Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus
Lou Costello — Louis Francis Cristillo
Carl Crack — Carl Bohm
Joan Crawford — Lucille Fay LeSueur
Michael Crawford — Michael Dumble-Smith
Randy Crawford — Veronica Crawford
Kid Creole — August Darnell
Peter Criss — Peter Criscoula
Bing Crosby — Harry Lillis Crosby
Christopher Cross — Christopher Geppert
Tom Cruise — Thomas Cruise Mapother, IV
Stan Cullimore - Ian Cullimore
King Curtis — Curtis Ousley
Tony Curtis — Bernard Schwartz

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D

Chuck D — Carlton Ridenhour
Master D — Deeder Saidullah Zaman
Mike D — Michael Diamond
D-Flame — Daniel Kretschmar
D'Angelo — Michael Eugene Archer
Willem Dafoe — William Dafoe, Jr.
Khosrow Daivari — Shawn Daivari
Alan Dale — Aldo Sigismondi
Bobby Dall — Robert Harry Kuykendall
Béatrice Dalle — Béatrice Cabarrou
Brody Dalle — Bree Leslie Pucilowski ("Dalle" surname adopted due to admiration to Béatrice Dalle)
Mr. Dalvin — Dalvin DeGrate
Damia — Marie-Louise Damien
Jerry Dammers — Gerald Dankin
Vic Damone — Vito Farinola
Dana — Rosemary Brown
Rodney Dangerfield — Jacob Cohen
Tony Danza — Anthony Iadanza
Glenn Danzig — Glenn Allen Anzalone
Terence Trent D'Arby — Terence Trent Howard; later became Sananda Maitreya
Bobby Darin — Walden Robert Cassotto
Mona Darkfeather — Josephine Mona Workman
Dimebag Darrell — Darrell Lance Abbott
James Darren — James William Ercolani
Randy David — Randy David Goldstein
Bette Davis — Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Nancy Davis — Anne Frances Robbins (Mrs. Nancy Reagan)
Ossie Davis — Raiford Chatman Davis
Richard Dawson — Colin Emm
Bobby Day — Robert J. Byrd
Doris Day — Doris von Kappelhoff
Taylor Dayne — Lesley Wunderman
Inspectah Deck — Jason Hunter
Kiki Dee — Pauline Matthews
Kool Moe Dee — Mohandas Dewese
Sandra Dee — Alexandra Zuck
Desmond Dekker — Desmond Dacres
Del Tha Funky Homosapien — Teron Delvon Jones
Danièle Delorme — Danièle Girard
Samy Deluxe — Samuel Sorge
Monique DeMoan — Cheyenne August Camarillo
Rebecca DeMornay — Rebecca George
Catherine Deneuve — Catherine Dorléac
John Denver — Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
Margot Depard — Tímea Vágvölgyi
Bo Derek — Mary Cathleen Collins
Portia de Rossi — Amanda Lee Rogers
Johnny Desmond — Giovanni Alfredo De Simone
Des'ree — Des'ree Weeks
C.C. DeVille — Bruce Anthony Johannesson
Danny DeVito — Daniel Michaeli
Howard Devoto — Howard Trafford
Buck Dharma — Donald Roeser
Dharmendra — Dharam Singh Deol
B.B. Dickerson — Morris Dickerson
Angie Dickinson —- Angeline Brown
Bo Diddley — Ellas Bates, later Ellas McDaniel
P. Diddy — Sean John Combs
Dido — Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
Vin Diesel — Mark Vincent
Bobby Digital — Robert Dixon
Phyllis Diller — Phyllis Driver
Daz Dillinger — Delmar Arnaud
Ronnie James Dio — Ronald James Padavona
Dion — Dion DiMucci
Mike Dirnt (Green Day) — Michael Ryan Pritchard
Divine — Harris Glenn Milstead
Floyd Dixon — Jay Riggins Jr.
Ruben DJ — Ruben Urrutia s
DMC — Darryl McDaniels
DMX — Earl Simmons
The D.O.C. — Tracy Curry
Phife Dog — Malik Taylor
Sen Dog — Sennen Reyes
Nate Dogg — Nathaniel Dawayne Hale
Snoop Dogg — Cordazer Calvin Broadus
Thomas Dolby — Thomas Morgan Robertson
Arielle Dombasle — Arielle Sonnery de Fromental
Fats Domino — Antoine Domino
Troy Donahue — Merle Johnson, Jr.
Diana Dors — Diana Mary Fluck
Donna Douglas — Dorothy Smith
Kirk Douglas — Issur Danielovitch Demsky
Mike Douglas — Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.
Taime Downe — Gus Molnick
Doctor Dré (MTV/radio personality) — André Brown
Dr. Dre (N.W.A rapper) — André Romel Young
Minnie Driver — Amelia Driver
Bill Drummond — William Butterworth
Margaret Dumont — Daisy Juliette Baker
Sly Dunbar — Lowell Fillmore Dunbar
Elaine Dundy — Elaine Brimberg
Jermaine Dupri or JD — Jermaine Dupri Maudlin
Bob Dylan — born Robert Allen Zimmerman; legally changed to Robert Dylan

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E

E — Mark Oliver Everett
Sheena Easton — Sheena Shirley Orr
Eazy-E — Eric Wright
Barbara Eden — Barbara Huffman
Edge — Adam Copeland
The Edge — David Howell Evans
E-Dubble — Evan Wallace
Eek-A-Mouse — Ripton Joseph Hilton
Carmen Electra — Tara Leigh Patrick
"Mama" Cass Elliott — Ellen Naomi Cohen
Elvira, "Mistress of the Dark" - Cassandra Peterson
Emerson - Emerson Ferreira da Rosa
Ethan Embry — Ethan Philan Randall
Eminem — Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Enya — Eithne ní Bhraonáin
Wreckless Eric — Eric Goulden
Esham — Rashaam Smith
David Essex — David Albert Cook
Armando Alejandro Estrada - Hazem Ali
Little Eva — Eva Narcissus Boyd
Linda Evans — Linda Evanstad
Eve — Eve Jihan Jeffers
Everlast — Erik Schrody
Kenny Everett — Maurice Cole

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F

Shelley Fabares - Michele Ann Marie Fabares
Morgan Fairchild — Patsy Ann McClenny
Adam Faith — Terence Nelhams
Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk - Ian Fowles
Dennis Farina - Donaldo Guglielmo Farina
Mimi Farina - Mimi Margharita Baez
Jamie Farr — Jameel Joseph Farah
Perry Farrell — Perry Bernstein
Terry Farrell — Theresa Lee Farrell Grussendorf
Mia Farrow — Maria de Lourdes Villers Farrow
Alice Faye — Alice Jeane Leppert
Dani Filth — Daniel Lloyd Davey
Fatboy Slim — Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook
Fatman Scoop — Isaac Freeman III
Freddie Fender — Baldemar G. Huerta
Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) — Stacy Ann Ferguson
Olinka Ferova — Tímea Vágvölgyi
Tina Fey — Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
Jacques Feyder — Jacques Frederix
Sally Field — Sally Mahoney
Romaine Fielding — William Grant Blandin
Gracie Fields — Grace Stansfield
W. C. Fields — William Claude Dukenfield
Peter Finch — William Mitchell
Larry Fine — Louis Fienberg
Johnny Fingers — Johnny Moylett
Ricky Fitness - Richard Falomir
Ric Flair - Richard Morgan Fliehr
Grandmaster Flash — Joseph Saddler
Flavor Flav — William Drayton
Flea —- Michael Balzary
Flesh-n-Bone — Stanley Howse
Joan Fontaine — Joan de Havilland
Frankie Ford — Francis Guzzo
John Ford — Sean Aloysius O'Fearna
Mary Ford — Colleen Summers
George Formby — George Hoy Booth
John Forsythe — John Lincoln Freund
J.D. Fortune — Jason Dean Bennison
Jodie Foster — Alicia Christian Foster
Jamie Foxx — Eric Bishop
Redd Foxx — John Elroy Sanford
Connie Francis — Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
Dennis Franz - Dennis Franz Schlachta
Fab Five Freddy — Fred Braithwaite
Fréhel — Marguerite Boulc'h
Ace Frehley — Paul Frehley
Doug E. Fresh — Douglas E. Davis
Pierre Fresnay — Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach
Lefty Frizzell — William Orville Frizzell
Blind Boy Fuller — Fulton Allen
Edward Furlong - Edward Walter Torres

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G

Bobby G - Robert Gubby
Daddy G - Grant Marshall
Dog G — Tseng Kuan-jung
Kenny G — Kenneth Gorelick
Shock G — Gregory Jacobs
Warren G — Warren Griffin
Jean Gabin — Jean-Alexis Moncorge
Serge Gainsbourg — Lucien Ginzburg
The Game — Jayceon Taylor
Robert Gant — Robert Gonzalez
Greta Garbo — Greta Gustafsson
Judy Garland — Frances Ethel Gumm
James Garner — James Scott Baumgarner
Leif Garrett — Leif Per Narvik
Gene Gauntier — Genevieve Liggett
Marvin Gaye — Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
Crystal Gayle — Brenda Gail Webb Gatzimos
Ronnie Gaylord — Ronald L. Fredianelli
Gloria Gaynor — Gloria Fowles
Mitzi Gaynor — Franceska Mitzi Gerber
Ben Gazzara - Biagio Anthony Gazzara
Gidget Gein - Bradley Stewart
Sir Horace Gentleman — Horace Panter
Bobbie Gentry — Roberta Streeter
Geordie — Kevin Walker (Guitarist with UK punk band Killing Joke)
Boy George — George Alan O'Dowd
Georgious — Georges Guibourg
George Gershwin — Jacob Gershowitz
Ira Gershwin — Israel Gershowitz
Estelle Getty - Estelle Scher
Stan Getz — Stanley Gayetsky
Kathie Lee Gifford — Kathie Epstein
Billy Gilbert — William Gilbert Barron
Ginuwine — Elgin Lumpkin
Aria Giovanni — Cindy Renee Volk
Whoopi Goldberg — Caryn Elaine Johnson
Samuel Goldwyn — Samuel Gelbfisch
Lesley Gore — Lesley Goldstein
Eydie Gorme — Edith Gormezano
Jetta Goudal — Julie Henriette Goudeket
Elliott Gould — Elliot Goldstein
Betty Grable — Elizabeth Ruth Grable
Topher Grace — Christopher Grace
Bill Graham — Wolfgang Wolodja Grajonka
Stewart Granger — James Stewart
Cary Grant — Archibald Alexander Leach
Gogi Grant — Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg
Rachel Grant - Rachel Louise Grant De Longueuil
Dobie Gray - Leonard Victor Ainsworth
Macy Gray — Natalie Renee McIntyre
Al Green — Al Greene
Gribouille — Marie-France Gaîté
Professor Griff — Richard Griffin
CP Grogan - Clare Grogan (confusingly known by her own name as a musician but by her initials as an actress, as the name was already registered at Equity.)
Eddie Guerrero — Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes
Robert Guillaume — Robert Peter Williams
Buddy Guy — George Guy
GZA — Gary Grice

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H

Haiducii — Paula Mitrache
Larry Hagman —- Larry Martin Hageman
Daryl Hall —- Daryl Franklin Hohl
Halston — Roy Halston Frowick
MC Hammer — Stanley Kirk Burrell
Max Hardcore — Paul Little
Sarah Harding — Sarah Hardman
Jean Harlow — Harlean Carpentier
Tess Harper - Tessie Jean Washam
Slim Harpo — James Moore
Julie Harris — Julia Ann Harris
Wood Harris — Sherwin David Harris
Rex Harrison — Reginald Carey Harrison
Mary Hart — Mary Johanna Harum
Nina Hartley — Marie Louise Hartman
Muhammad Hassan -- Mark Copani
Davey Havok - David Marchand
Goldie Hawn — Goldie Jean Studlendegehawn
Salma Hayek - Salma Hayek-Jiménez
Neil Hayward — Niels Bonke
Susan Hayward — Edythe Marriner
Rita Hayworth — Margarita Carmen Cansino
Richard Hell — Richard Myers
Audrey Hepburn — Audrey Kathleen Ruston
Charlton Heston — John Charles Carter
Hildegarde — Hildegarde Loretta Sell
Benny Hill - Alfred Hawthorn Hill
Faith Hill — Audrey Faith Perry
hitomi — Hitomi Furuya
Hulk Hogan — Terry Gene Bollea
William Holden — William Beedle
Noddy Holder - Neville Holder
Billie Holiday — Eleanora Fagan Gough
John Holmes — John Curtis Estes
Jack Holt — Charles John Holt II
Jennifer Holt — Elizabeth Marshall Holt
Tim Holt — Charles John Holt III
Nellee Hooper - Paul Andrew Hooper
Bob Hope — Leslie Townes Hope
Harry Houdini — Ehrich Weiss
Cissy Houston — Emily Drinkard
Curly Howard — Jerome Lester Horwitz
Leslie Howard — Leslie Howard Stainer
Moe Howard — Moses Horwitz
Shemp Howard — Samuel Horwitz
H.R. - Paul Hudson
Rock Hudson — Roy Scherer, Jr.
Betty Hutton — Elizabeth June Thornburg
Lauren Hutton — Mary Laurence Hutton
Marion Hutton — Marion Thornburg
Englebert Humperdinck — Arnold George "Gerry" Dorsey
Triple H — Paul Michael Levesque

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I

Janis Ian — Janis Eddy Fink
Ice Cube — O'Shea Jackson
Ice T — Tracy Marrow
Ichiro — Ichiro Suzuki
Billy Idol — William Michael Albert Broad
Lux Interior - Erick Lee Purkhiser
Mr. II — Joseph Mbilinyi
May Irwin — Ada May Campbell
Ivy Queen — Martha Ivelisse Pesante

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J

David J - David Haskins
Jackie Jackson — Sigmund Esco Jackson
Rebbie Jackson — Maureen Reilette Jackson
Tito Jackson — Toriano Adaryl Jackson
Jaël - Rahel Krebs
Jello Biafra — Eric Boucher
Brian James — Brian Robertson
Etta James — Jamesetta Hawkins
Joni James — Joan (or Giovanna) Carmella Babbo
Rick James — James Ambrose Johnson
Skip James — Nehemiah James
Sonny James — James Loden
Jenna Jameson — Jennifer Marie Massoli
James St. James — James Clark
Janine — Janine Lindemulder
Steve Jansen — Stephen Batt
David Janssen - David Harold Meyer
Sir David Jason — David John White
Jam Master Jay — Jason Mizell
Jay-Z — Shawn Corey Carter
Jazzy Jeff — Jeffrey Townes
Blind Lemon Jefferson — Clarence Jefferson
Ron Jeremy — Ronald Jeremy Hyatt
Chris Jericho - Christopher Keith Irvine
Jessicka — Jessica Fodera
Joan Jett - Joan Marie Larkin
Jewel — Jewel Kilcher
Ann Jillian - Ann Jura Nauseda
Jim Bob — James Robert Morrison
Jimmy The Robot - James Briggs
Sir Elton John — Reginald Kenneth Dwight (He legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John on September 2, 1972. An image of the deed poll certificate for Mr. John's change of name is visible here.)
Don Johnson — Don Wayne
Holly Johnson — William Johnson
JoJo — Joanna Noelle Levesque
Angelina Jolie — Angelina Jolie Voight
Al Jolson — Asa Yoelson
Lil Jon — Jonathan Smith
Grace Jones — Grace Mendoza
James Earl Jones — Todd Jones
Jenny Jones - Janina Stranski
John Paul Jones (musician) - John Baldwin
Tom Jones — Thomas Jones Woodward
Dave Jonsen — Gordon C.
Lonnie Jordan — Leroy Jordan
Jordan — Katie Price (formerly Katie Infield)
Mrs Jordan — Dorothea Bland (mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom)
José José — José Sosa
Ashley Judd - Ashley Tyler Ciminella
Naomi Judd - Diana Ellen Judd
Wynonna Judd — Christina Claire Ciminella
Miranda July — Miranda Grossinger
Junkyard Dog — Sylvester Ritter
Juvenile — Terius Gray

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K

K-Ci — Cedric Hailey
Ya Kid K — Barbara Kamosi Maoso Duogi
Madeline Kahn — Madeline Gail Wolfson
Kitty Kallen — Genevieve Agostinello
Kane — Glen Jacobs
Big Daddy Kane — Antonio Harding
Boris Karloff — William Henry Pratt
Mick Karn — Anthony Michaelides
Richard Karn — Richard Karn Wilson
Danny Kaye — David Daniel Kaminski
Staci Keanan — Anastasia Sagorsky
Diane Keaton — Diane Hall
Michael Keaton — Michael John Douglas
Maynard James Keenan — James Herbert Keenan
Kool Keith — Keith Matthew Thornton
Emma Kennedy — Elizabeth Emma Williams
Kelis — Kelis Rogers
Cevin key — Kevin Crompton
Alicia Keys — Alicia Augello Cook
Chaka Khan — Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
Masta Killa — Elgin Turner
Ghostface Killah — Dennis Coles
Andy Kim — Andrew Youakim
Lil Kim — Kimberly Denise Jones
Sandra Kim — Sandra Caldarone
Albert King — Albert Nelson
Anita King — Anna Keppen
B.B. King — Riley B. King
Ben E. King — Benjamin Earl Nelson
Carole King — Carole Klein
King Diamond - Kim Bendix Petersen
Freddie King — Frederick Christian
Larry King — Larry Zieger
Ben Kingsley — Krishna Banji
Beverley Knight — Beverley Anne Smith
Ted Knight — Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
Dr. Know — Gary Wayne Miller
Johnny Knoxville — Phillip John Clapp
Kool — Robert Bell
Véra Korène — Rébecca Véra Korestzky
Marta Kristen — Birgit Annalisa Rusanen
KRS-One — Lawrence Krisna Parker
Ashok Kumar — Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly
Dilip Kumar — Yusuf Khan
Kishore Kumar — Abhas Ganguly
Meena Kumari — Mahjabeen Bano
Kuniva - Von Carlisle
Kurupt — Ricardo Brown

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L

La Goulue — Louise Weber
Patti LaBelle — Patricia Louise Holt
Cheryl Ladd — Cheryl Stoppelmoor
Lagbaja — Bisade Ologunde
Dame Cleo Laine — Clementina Dinah Campbell
Veronica Lake — Constance Ockleman
Dorothy Lamour — Mary Leta Dorothy Kaumeyer
Michael Landon — Eugene Michael Orowitz
Nathan Lane — Joseph Lane
Mario Lanza — Alfredo Cocozza
Alexis Laree - Michaela Laree James
Brie Larson — Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
Queen Latifah — Dana Elaine Owens
Larry The Cable Guy — Daniel Lawrence Whitney
James Last - Hans Last
Stan Laurel — Arthur Stanley Jefferson
Ralph Lauren — Ralph Lipschitz
Piper Laurie — Rosetta Jacobs
Blackie Lawless - Steven Duren
Lucy Lawless — Lucille Frances Ryan
Joey Lawrence - Joseph Lawrence Mignona, Jr.
Steve Lawrence — Sidney Leibowitz
Vicki Lawrence - Vicki Ann Axelrad
Arthur Lee — Arthur Taylor Porter
Brenda Lee — Brenda Mae Tarpley
Bruce Lee — Lee Jun-fan
Geddy Lee — Gary Lee Weinrib OC
Gypsy Rose Lee — Rose Louise Hovick
Michele Lee — Michelle Lee Dusick
Peggy Lee — Norma Delores Egstrom
Spike Lee — Shelton Jackson Lee
Tommy Lee - Thomas Lee Bass
John Legend - John Stephens
Janet Leigh — Jeanette Helen Morrison
Jennifer Jason Leigh — Jennifer Lee Morrow
Vivien Leigh — Vivien Mary Hartley
Lemmy - Ian Fraiser Kilminster
Marcelle Lender — Anne-Marie Marcelle Bastien
Sugar Ray Leonard — Ray Charles Leonard
Téa Leoni — Elizabeth Téa Pantleoni
Huey Lewis — Hugh Anthony Cregg III
Jerry Lewis — Joseph Levitch
Jet Li — Li Lian Jie
Liberace — Wladziu Lee Valentino Liberace
Mr. Lif — Jeffrey Haynes
Alex Lifeson — Alexander Zivojinovich OC
Judith Light - Judith Ellen Licht
Rickey Lime — Anna Goodling
Max Linder — Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle
Lita — Amy Dumas
Bunny Livingston/Bunny Wailer — Neville O'Riley
Lizzie - Liz Enriquez
LL Cool J — James Todd Smith
Tone-Loc — Anthony Smith
Josef Locke — Joseph McLaughlin
Carole Lombard — Jane Alice Peters
Julie London - Gayle Peck
Jack Lord - John Joseph Patrick Ryan
Traci Lords — Nora Louise Kuzma
Sophia Loren — Sofia Scicolone
Peter Lorre — László Löwenstein
Lou — Louise Mary Watts
Joe Louis — Joe Louis Barrow
Courtney Love — born Courtney Michelle Harrison, legally changed to Courtney Michelle Love
Darlene Love — Darlene Wright
Lovefoxxx - Luísa Hanaê Matsushita (singer of Cansei de Ser Sexy)
Linda Lovelace — Linda Susan Boreman
Lene Lovich — Lili-Marlene Premilovich
Myrna Loy — Myrna Adele Williams
Ludacris — Christopher Bridges
Bela Lugosi — Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó
Lulu — Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
Lydia Lunch — Lydia Koch
Annabella Lwin - Myant Myant Aye Dunn-Lwin
Amber Lynn - Laura Allen
Ginger Lynn - Ginger Lynn Allen
Loretta Lynn — Loretta Lynn Webb
Dame Vera Lynn — Vera Welsh

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M

Edo Maajka — Edin Osmic
Bernie Mac — Bernard Jeffrey McCollough
Willard Mack — Charles McLaughlin
Shirley MacLaine — Shirley Beaty
Gavin MacLeod - Allan See
Madonna — Madonna Louise Ciccone
Magoo — Melvin Barcliff
Taj Mahal — Henry St. Clair Fredericks
Lee Majors — Harvey Lee Yeary II
Makaveli - Tupac Shakur
Karl Malden — Mladen Sekulovich
Yngwie Malmsteen - Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck
Method Man — Clifford Smith
Mana — Real name unknown
Camryn Manheim — Debra Frances Manheim
Barry Manilow — Barry Alan Pinkus
Handsome Dick Manitoba - Richard Blum
Manitoba — Dan Snaith (formerly, now uses the stage name Caribou)
Jayne Mansfield — Vera Jane Palmer
Marilyn Manson — Brian Hugh Warner
Roots Manuva — Rodney Hylton Smith
Rocky Marciano — Rocco Francis Marchegiano
Bam Margera — Brandon Cole Margera
Marilyn — Peter Robinson
Biz Markie — Marcel Hall
Marley Marl — Marlon Williams
Ziggy Marley — David Marley
Johnny Marr — John Maher
Mick Mars — Robert Alan (Bob) Deal
Garry Marshall - Anthony Wallace Marsciarelli
Penny Marshall — Carole Penelope Marsciarelli
Peter Marshall - Ralph Pierre LaCock
Masked Musician - Leonard Monatono
Chris Masters — Christopher Mordetsky
Martika — Martha Marrero
Dean Martin — Dino Paul Crocetti
Ricky Martin — Enrique Jose Martin Morales IV
Tony Martin — Alvin Morris
Hank B. Marvin — Brian Rankin
Chico Marx — Leonard Marx
Groucho Marx — Julius Henry Marx
Gummo Marx — Milton Marx
Harpo Marx — Adolph Arthur Marx
Zeppo Marx — Herbert Marx
Ma$e — Mason Betha
Jackie Mason - Jacob Maza
Walter Matthau — Walter John Matthow — there is a common urban legend that his original name was Matuschanskyayasky. This was a joke told by Matthau himself.
The MC Bat Commander - Christian Jacobs
MC Lyte — Lana Michelle Moorer
MCA — Adam Yauch
Brini Maxwell — Ben Sander
Elle MacPherson — Eleanor Gow
Maxim Reality - Keith Palmer
Kent McCord — Kent Franklin McWhirter
Andie McDowell — Rosalie Anderson-MacDowell
Mike McGear - Peter Michael McCartney (brother of Paul McCartney)
Duff McKagan - Michael Andrew McKagan
Siobhán McKenna — Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith
Crash McLarson - Chad Larson
Meat Loaf — Marvin Lee Aday
Melle Mel — Melvin Glover
Carlos Mencia — Ned Holness
Freddie Mercury — Faroukh Bulsara
Ethel Merman — Ethel Zimmerman
George Michael — Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
Bret Michaels - Bret Michael Sychak
Shawn Michaels - Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
Pras Michel — Prakazrel Michel
Cindy Miel — Tímea Vágvölgyi
Luis Miguel — Luis Miguel Gallegos Basteri
Buddy Miles - George Miles
Millie — Millicent Small
Donna Mills — Donna Jean Miller
Minnesota Fats - Rudolph Walter Wanderone Jr.
Mary Miles Minter — Juliet Reilly
Mina — Anna Maria Mazzini
Carmen Miranda — Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha
Mistinguett — Jeanne Bourgeois
Joni Mitchell — Roberta Joan Anderson
Mitsou - Mitsou-Miel Rioux-Gélinas
Sir Mix-A-Lot — Anthony Ray
Moby — Richard Melville Hall
Matt Monro — Terence Parsons
Marilyn Monroe — Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker
Yves Montand — Ivo Livi
Demi Moore — Demetria Gene Guynes
Garry Moore — Thomas Garrison Morfit
Julianne Moore — Julie Anne Smith
Eric Morecambe — Eric John Bartholomew
Rita Moreno — Rosita Dolores Alverio
Chesty Morgan - Ilana Wilczkowsky
Harry Morgan - Henry Bratsburg
Jane Morgan — Florence Catherine Currier
Van Morrison — George Ivan Morrison
Jelly Roll Morton — Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe
Mos Def - Dante Terrell Smith
Zero Mostel — Samuel Mostel
Eek A Mouse — Ripton Joseph Hilton
DJ Muggs — Lawrence Muggerud
Maria Muldaur - Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato
Musidora - Jeanne Roques
Mystikal — Micheal Tyler

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N

Tech N9ne — Aaron D. Yates
Najma - Najma Akhtar
Bif Naked - Beth Torbert
Nas — Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
Alla Nazimova — Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon
Me'shell Ndegeocello — born Michelle Johnson, later Meshell Suihailia Bashir Shakur
Vince Neil - Vincent Neil Wharton
Sam Neill - Nigel John Dermot Neill
Nelly — Cornell Haynes, Jr.
Harriet Nelson — Peggy Lou Snyder
Ricky Nelson — Eric Hilliard Nelson
Julie Newmar — Julia Charlene Newmeyer
Juice Newton — Judy Cohen
Ne-Yo — Shaffer Chimere Smith
Nico - Christa Päffgen
Steve Nieve - Steven Nason
Dale Nixon — Greg Ginn
Marni Nixon — Marni McEathron
Danbert Nobacon - Alan Whaley
Noko — Norman Fisher-Jones
Noodles — Kevin Wasserman
Chuck Norris — Carlos Ray
Sheree North — Dawn Shirley Crang (later Bethel)
The Notorious B.I.G. — Christopher Wallace
Aldo Nova - Aldo Caporuscio
Kim Novak — Marilyn Pauline Novak
Gary Numan — Gary Anthony James Webb
Numskull — Garrick Husbands
Laura Nyro — Laura Nigro

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O

Karen O - Karen Lee Orzolek
Merle Oberon — Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
Billy Ocean — Leslie Sebastian Charles
Maureen O'Hara - Maureen FitzSimons
Warner Oland — Johan Verner Ölund
Tony Orlando - Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis
Lee Oskar - Oskar Levetin Hansen
Gilbert O'Sullivan — Raymond Edward O'Sullivan
Johnny Otis — John Veliotes
Natalino Otto — Natale Codognotto
Super Dave Osborne - Bob Einstein
Ozzy Osbourne — Jonathan Michael Osborne

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P

Master P — Percy Miller Sr.
Augustus Pablo — Horace Swaby
Patti Page — Clara Ann Fowler
Debra Paget — Debralee Griffin
Elaine Paige — Elaine Bickerstaff
Jack Palance — Vladimir Palahnuik
Paris — Oscar Jackson, Jr.
Mica Paris — Michelle Wallen
Colonel Tom Parker — Andreas Cornelius van Kujik
Robert Patrick - Robert Patrick O'Shaugnessy
Les Paul — Lester Polfuss
Prince Paul — Paul Houston
Vinnie Paul — Vinnie Paul Abbott
Johnny Paycheck - Donald Eugene Lytle
Minnie Pearl - Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon
Pelé - Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Queen Pen — Lynise Walters
Kal Penn — Kalpen Modi
Joe Perry - Anthony Joseph Pereira
Lee "Scratch" Perry — Rainford Hugh Perry
Luke Perry - Coy Luther Perry III
Bernadette Peters - Bernadette Lazzara
Le Pétomane — Joseph Pujol
Lou Diamond Phillips — Lou Upchurch
Michelle Phillips — Holly Michelle Gilliam
Édith Piaf — Édith Gassion
Slim Pickens - Louis Bert Lindley, Jr.
Mary Pickford — Gladys Smith
Pink — Alecia Moore
Billie Piper - Leanne Paul Piper
Roddy Piper — Roderick Toombs
Ingrid Pitt — Ingoushka Petrov
Buster Poindexter — David Johansen
Doc Pomus — Jerome Solon Felder
Iggy Pop — James Jewel Osterberg, Jr.
Natalie Portman — Natalie Hershlag
Kid Congo Powers — Brian Tristan
Stefanie Powers — Stefania Zofija Federkiewicz
Maxi Priest — Max Elliot
Prince — Prince Rogers Nelson
Prince Adam - Adam Deibert
Victoria Principal — Concettina Ree Principale
Yvonne Printemps — Yvonne Wignolle
Freddie Prinze — Frederick Karl Pruetzel
El-Producto — Jaime Meline
Proof — DeShaun Holton
Grand Puba — Maxwell Dixon
Big Pun — Christopher Lee Rios
Pink - Adithya Rangarajan

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Q

Q-Tip — Jonathan Davis (now Kamaal Fareed)
Suzi Quatro - Susan Kay Quatrocchio

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R

Sun Ra — Herman Poole Blount
Roddy Radiation — Rodney Byers
Charlotte Rae - Charlotte Rae Lubotsky
Raekwon — Corey Woods
Rakim — William Griffin
Buck Ram — Samuel Ram
Twiggy Ramirez — Jeordie Francis White
Dee Dee Ramone — Douglas Colvin
Joey Ramone — Jeffrey Hyman
Johnny Ramone — John Cummings
Marky Ramone — Marc Bell
Tommy Ramone — Tommy Erdelyi
Tony Randall — Leonard Rosenberg
James Randi - Randall James Hamilton Zwinge
Ranking Roger - Roger Charlery
Shabba Ranks — Rexton Fernando Gordon
Dizzee Rascal — Dylan Mills
Raven — Scott Levy
Gene Rayburn - Eugene Rubessa
Nancy Reagan — Anne Frances Robbins Davis
Maxim Reality — Keeti Palmer
Redman — Reggie Noble
Donna Reed - Donna Belle Mullenger
Della Reese — Delloreese Patricia Early
George Reeves - George Keefer Brewer
Vic Reeves — James Moir
Judge Reinhold — Edward Ernest Reinhold Jr.
MC Ren — Lorenzo Patterson
Debbie Reynolds — Mary Frances Reynolds
Rhino — Terrance Gerin
Erik Rhodes — Ernest Sharpe
Nick Rhodes — Nicholas James Bates
Busta Rhymes — Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.
Cliff Richard — Harry Rodger Webb
Little Richard — Richard Wayne Penniman
Rihanna — Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Rikki — Nakano Ritsuki
Jeannie C. Riley — Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson
Joan Rivers — Joan Alexandra Molinsky
Johnny Rivers - John Ramistella
Marty Robbins - Martin David Robinson
Julia Roberts — Julie Fiona Roberts
Roy Roberts — Roy Barnes Jones
Edward G. Robinson — Emanuel Goldenberg
Smokey Robinson — William Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson — Walker Smith, Jr.
Aesop Rock — Ian Bavitz
Derek Lee Rock - Derek Lee Smith
Kid Rock — Robert Ritchie
Pete Rock — Peter Phillips
The Rock — Dwayne Douglas Johnson
Rikki Rockett - Richard Allan Ream
Rockwell — Kennedy Gordy
Rod Roddy — Robert Ray Roddy
Ranking Roger — Roger Charlery
Ginger Rogers — Virginia Katherine McMath
Roy Rogers — Leonard Slye
Henry Rollins — Henry Garfield
Lil' Romeo — Percy Romeo Miller, Jr.
Ronaldinho — Ronaldo Assis de Moreira
Mickey Rooney — Joe Yule Jr.
Axl Rose — William Bruce Bailey
Diana Ross — Diane Ernestine Earle Ross
Johnny Rotten — John Joseph Lydon
Kelly Rowland - Kelendria Trene Rowland
Run — Joseph Simmons
Ja Rule — Jeffrey Atkins
Jennifer Rush - Heidi Stern
John Russell — William Lawrence Russell
Leon Russell - Claude Russell Bridges
Lillian Russell - Helen Louise Leonard
Jeri Ryan - Jeri Lynn Zimmerman
Mark Ryan - Mark Gaumont
Meg Ryan — Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Winona Ryder — Winona Laura Horowitz
RZA — Robert Diggs

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S

Raphael Saadiq - Charlie Ray Wiggins
Sable — Rena Greek (later Rena Mero, or Merowitz)
Sabu — Terry Brunk
Sade — Helen Folasade Adu
Susan Saint James — Susan Jane Miller
Jill St. John - Jill Arlyn Oppenheim
Soupy Sales - Milton Supman
Salt-N-Pepa — Cheryl James & Sandra Denton
Magic Sam — Samuel Maghett
Flo Sandon's — Mammola Sandon
Juelz Santana — LaRon Louis James
Susan Sarandon — Susan Abigail Tomalin
Father Guido Sarducci - Don Novello
Dick Sargent — Richard Cox
Michael Savage — Michael Alan Weiner
Randy Savage — Randall Poffo
Telly Savalas — Aristotle Savalas
Leo Sayer — Gerard Hugh Sayer
Rat Scabies — Chris Miller
Boz Scaggs — William Royce Scaggs
Gia Scala — Giovanna Scoglio
Scarface — Brad Jordan
Romy Schneider — Rosemarie Magdalena Albach
Bon Scott - Ronald Bedford Scott
Lizabeth Scott - Emma Matzo
Randolph Scott — George Randolph Crane
Seal — Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
Selena — Selena Quintanilla Pérez
Peter Sellers — Richard Henry Sellers
Captain Sensible — Ray Burns
MC Serch — Michael Berrin
Yahoo Serious - Gregory Pead
Steve Severin - Steven Bailey
David Seville — Ross Bagdasarian
Jane Seymour — Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenburg
DJ Shadow — Josh Davis
Shaggy — Orville Richard Burrell
Shakira — Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
MC Shan — Shawn Moltke
Del Shannon — Charles Weedon Westover
Omar Sharif — Michael Shalhoub
Artie Shaw — Arthur Arshawsky
Sandie Shaw — Sandra Goodrich
Charlie Sheen — Carlos Irwin Estevez
Martin Sheen — Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez
Pete Shelley — Peter McNeish
Anne Shelton — Patricia Sibley
Shemp — Samuel Howard
Anne Shirley — Dawn Evelyn Paris
Michelle Shocked — Karen Michelle Johnson
Dinah Shore — Frances Rose Shore
Too $hort — Todd Anthony Shaw
Sice - Simon Rowbottom
Simone Signoret — Simone Kaminker
Beverly Sills — Belle Miriam Silverman
Phil Silvers — Philip Silversmith
Gene Simmons — Chaim Klein Witz, later Gene Klein
Nina Simone — Eunice Kathleen Waymon
Sinbad - David Adkins
Bob Sinclar — Christophe Le Friant
Siouxsie Sioux — Susan Janet Ballion
Nikki Sixx — Frank Carlton Serafino Ferranno
Sisqó — Mark Althavan Andrews
Muzz Skillings — Manuel Skillings
Skin — Deborah Dyer
Skeltz — Anthony Schultz
Slash — Saul Hudson
Christian Slater — Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins
Grace Slick — Grace Barnett Wing
Memphis Slim — Peter Chatman
Chas Smash - Cathal Smyth
Anna Nicole Smith — Vickie Lynn Hogan
Elliott Smith — Steven Paul Smith
Keely Smith — Dorothy Jaqueline Keely
Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Laub
Snow — Darrin O'Brien
MC Solaar — Claude M'Barali
Suzanne Somers — Suzanne Marie Mahoney
Elke Sommer - Elke Schletz
Jack Soo - Goro Suzuki
P. C. Sorcar — Protul Chandra Sorcar
Talisa Soto - Miriam Soto
Sissy Spacek — Mary Elizabeth Spacek
Kevin Spacey — Kevin Spacey Fowler
Bubba Sparxxx — Warren Anderson Mathis
Ronnie Spector — Veronica Bennett
Speech — Todd Thomas
John Spencer (actor) - John Speshock
Spindarella — Deidre Roper
Dusty Springfield — Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien
Rick Springfield — Richard Lewis Springthorpe
Squarepusher — Tom Jenkinson
Rebecca St. James — Rebecca Smallbone
Robert Stack - Charles Langford Modini Stack
Paul Stanley — Stanley Eisen
Barbara Stanwyck - Ruby Katherine Stevens
Jean Stapleton - Jeanne Murray
Scott Stapp — Anthony Scott Flippen
Belle Starr - Myra Maybelle Shirley
Blaze Starr - Fannie Belle Fleming
Edwin Starr — Charles Hatcher
Ringo Starr — Richard Starkey
Tommy Steele — Thomas Hicks
Ford Sterling — George Ford Stich
April Stevens — Carol LoTempio
Cat Stevens — Steven Demetri Georgiou
Connie Stevens — Concetta Rosalie Ingolia
Craig Stevens — Gail Shikles, Jr.
Ray Stevens - Harold Ray Ragsdale
Jon Stewart — Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz
Sting — Gordon Matthew Sumner
Sly Stone — Sylvester Stewart
Gale Storm — Josephine Owaissa Cottle
Hannah Storm — Hannah Storen
Lance Storm - Lance Timothy Evers
Izzy Stradlin - Jeffrey Isbell
Steve Strange — Steven Harrington
Trish Stratus — Patricia Anne Stratigias
Meryl Streep — Mary Louise Streep
Stringbean — David Akeman
Poly Styrene - Marion Elliot (Singer with UK punk band X-Ray Spex)
Joe Strummer — John Graham Mellor
Jeanne Stuart — Ivy Sweet
Levi Stubbs — Levi Stubbles
Sugar — Stephanie Beard
Suggs — Graham McPherson
Donna Summer — LaDonna Andrea Gaines
Marc Summers — Marc Berkowitz
Princess Superstar — Concetta Kirschner
Swifty - Jonathan Albrecht (Sports Agent)
Devante Swing — Donald DeGrate, Jr.
Sylvester — Sylvester James
David Sylvian — David Batt
Slug - Sean Dailey

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T

Mr. T — Lawrence Tureaud, later Lawrence Tero
Taboo (Black Eyed Peas) - Jaime Luis Gomez
Kobe Tai — Carla Carter Scott
T-Boz — Tionne Watkins
Tarkan - Tarkan Tevetoğlu
Tatanka — Christopher Chavis
Eva Taylor — Irene Joy Gibbons
Rip Taylor - Charles Elmer, Jr.
Robert Taylor — Spangler Arlington Brugh
Teller — Raymond Joseph Teller
Joey Tempest — Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
Nino Tempo — Antonino LoTempio
Jack Terricloth - Pete Ventantonio
Danny Thomas — Amos Muzyad Jahoob
Jonathan Taylor Thomas — Jonathan Weiss
Johnny Thunders - John Anthony Genzale, Jr.
Tiffany — Tiffany Renee Darwish
Tila Tequila — Tila Nguyen
Timea Margot — Tímea Vágvölgyi
Tiny Tim — Herbert Buckingham Khaury
Torch — Frederick Hahn
Peter Tork — Peter Halston Thorkelson
Rip Torn — Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.
Peter Tosh — Winston Hubert McIntosh
Totò — Antonio Clemente de Curtis
Maurice Tourneur — Maurice Thomas
Toyah - Toyah Ann Willcox
Alex Trebek — Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek, later George Alexander Trebek
Randy Travis — Randy Bruce Traywick
Tricky — Adrian Thaws
Pastor Troy — Micah Levar Troy
Trugoy the Dove — David Jude Jolicoeur
King Tubby — Osborne Ruddock
Sophie Tucker — Sophia Kalish
Lana Turner — Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
Tina Turner — Annie Mae Bullock
Shania Twain — Eileen Regina Edwards, later Eileen Regina Twain
Twiggy — Leslie Hornby
Twista — Carl Mitchell
Conway Twitty — Harold Lloyd Jenkins
Bonnie Tyler — Gaynor Hopkins
Judy Tyler — Judith Mae Hess
Rob Tyner - Robert Derminer
Steven Tyler - Stephen Victor Tallarico
Hunter Tylo - Deborah Jo Hunter

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U

U-God — Lamont Hawkins
U-Roy — Ewart Beckford
The Ultimate Warrior - Brian James Hellwig
The Undertaker — Mark Calaway
Usher — Usher Raymond IV
Peter Ustinov — Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinow

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V

Big Van Vader — Leon White
Roger Vadim — Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov
Holly Valance — Holly Rachel Vukadinovic
Jerry Vale — Genaro Louis Vitaliano
Ritchie Valens — Ricardo Stephen Valenzuela
Rudolph Valentino — Rudolpho D'Antonguolla
Dickie Valentine — Richard Bryce
Valda Valkyrien — Adele Eleonore Freed
Frankie Valli — Frank Castellucio
Rob Van Dam — Robert Szatkowski
Mamie Van Doren — Joan Lucille Olander
Vangelis — Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou
Dave Vanian — David Letts
Vanilla Ice — Robert Van Winkle
Vanity — Denise Katrina Matthews
Frankie Vaughan — Frank Abelson
Eddie Vedder - Edward Louis Seversen III
Bobby Vee — Robert Velline
Jesse Ventura — James George Janos
Tom Verlaine — Thomas Miller
John Vernon — Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz
Sid Vicious — John Simon Ritchie
Butch Vig — Brian Vig
Gene Vincent - Vincent Eugene Craddock
Vinnie Vincent — Vincent Cusano
Bobby Vinton - Stanley Robert Vintula, Jr.
Dita Von Teese — Heather Sweet

[edit]

W

Andrew W.K. — Andrew Wilkes-Krier
Lindsay Wagner — Lindsay Jean Ball
Christopher Walken — Ronald Walken
Junior Walker — Autry DeWalt, Jr.
Beryl Wallace — Beryl Heischuber
Jack Warden - John Lebzelter
Dionne Warwick — Marie Dionne Warrick
Don Was — Donald Fagenson
Dinah Washington — Ruth Jones
Gedde Watanabe — Gary Watanabe
Muddy Waters — McKinley Morganfield
Wavy Gravy - Hugh Romney
John Wayne — Marion Robert Morrison, later Marion Michael Morrison
Johnny Wayne - Louis Weingarten
Sigourney Weaver — Susan Weaver
Clifton Webb — Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
Dean Ween — Mickey Melchiondo
Gene Ween — Aaron Freeman
Raquel Welch — Jo Raquel Tejada
Tuesday Weld - Susan Ker Weld
Paul Weller — John Weller
Kitty Wells - Muriel Deason
Adam West - William West Anderson
Eric West — Eric Rosa
Mae West - Mary Jane West
Riley Weston — Kimberlee Kramer
Kim Wilde — Kim Smith
Marty Wilde — Reginald Leonard Smith
Gene Wilder — Jerome Silberman
will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) - William James Adams, Jr.
Anson Williams - Anson William Heimlich
Hank Williams — Hiram Williams
Flip Wilson — Clerow Wilson
Shelley Winters — Shirley Schrift
Nicky Wire — Nicholas Jones
Ernie Wise — Ernest Wiseman
Wish Bone — Charles Scruggs
Jah Wobble — John Wardle
Howlin' Wolf — Chester Arthur Burnett
Wolfman Jack - Robert Smith
Stevie Wonder — Steveland Hardaway Judkins (later Steveland Hardaway Morris)
Lana Wood - Svetlana Gurdin
Natalie Wood — Natasha Gurdin
Bill Wyman - William George Perks
Jane Wyman — Sarah Jane Mayfield Fulks
Tammy Wynette — Virginia Wynette Pugh

[edit]

X

Terminator X — Norman Lee Rogers
Xzibit — Alvin Nathaniel Joiner

[edit]

Y

Yanni — Yanni Chrysomallis
Yazz — Yasmin Evans
DJ Yella — Antoine Carraby
Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng
Yellowman — Winston Foster
Youth — Martin Glover Youth (Bassist with UK punk band Killing Joke)
Yo-Yo — Yolanda Whitaker
Michael York - Michael Hugh Johnson
Loretta Young - Gretchen Young
Young Buck (of G-Unit) — David Darnell Brown
Young Jeezy - Jay Jenkins
Yukmouth — Jarold Ellis, Jr.

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Z

Pia Zadora - Pia Alfreda Schipani
Rob Zombie - Robert Cummings
Buckwheat Zydeco — Dural, Jr.

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