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A Change of Names

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1. Woody Allen

Allan Stewart Konigsberg

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2. Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Anastassakis

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8.4

3. Fred Astaire

Frederick Austerlitz

6.3

4. Mary Astor

Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke

2.7

5. Cilla Black

Priscilla Maria Veronica White

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5.9

6. Bono

Paul David Hewson

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7.2

7. David Bowie

David Robert Jones

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8. Mel Brooks

Melvin Kaminsky

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8.1

9. Michael Caine

Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.

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6.5

10. Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane Chase

11. Patsy Cline

Virginia Patterson Hensley

6.4

12. Alice Cooper

Vincent Damon Furnier

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4.5

13. Elvis Costello

Declan McManus

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6.4

14. Rodney Dangerfield

Jacob Cohen

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7.8

15. Yvonne De Carlo

Peggy Yvonne Middleton

4.3

16. Morgan Fairchild

Patsy Ann McClenny

7.4

17. Mia Farrow

Maria de Lourdes Villers Farrow

18. Peter Finch

Frederick George Peter Ingle-Finch

6.1

19. Edward Furlong

Edward Walter Torres

8.1

20. Judy Garland

Frances Ethel Cumm

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5.7

21. Mitzi Gaynor

Franceska Mitzi von Gerber

6.6

22. Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson

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4.1

23. Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea

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24. Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan

25. Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley

6.1

26. Elton John

Reginald Kenneth Dwight

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6.2

27. Johnny Knoxville

Phillip John Clapp

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7.5

28. Lucy Lawless

Lucille Frances Ryan

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29. Anna Lee

Joan Boniface Winnifrith

6.5

30. Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson Lee

5.8

31. Stan Lee

Stanley Martin Lieber

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32. Lemmy

Ian Fraiser Kilminster

8.3

33. Peter Lorre

László Löwenstein

34. Lulu

Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

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4.8

35. Marilyn Manson

Brian Hugh Warner

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7.3

36. Freddie Mercury

Farrokh Bulsara

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5.3

37. Meat Loaf

Marvin Lee Aday

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5.9

38. Demi Moore

Demetria Gene Guynes

3.5

39. Patsy Palmer

Julie Harris

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7.8

40. Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag

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41. Freddie Prinze

Frederick Karl Pruetzel

42. Suzi Quatro

Susan Kay Quatrocchio

43. Sally Rand

Harriet Helen Gould Beck

7.2

44. Vic Reeves

James Moir

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5.3

45. Cliff Richard

Harry Rodger Webb

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3.7

46. Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky

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47. W. Axl Rose

William Bruce Bailey

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6.5

48. Meg Ryan

Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra

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6.7

49. Winona Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz

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7.3

50. Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Chedid

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Prelude

Posted : 6 months ago at Jan 5 7:10

Even though I risk sounding anti-Semitic in this comment, it has always seemed to me the jewish actors with the most jewish-sounding names are usually the ones changing their professional names. Gene Wilder is a perfect example.

Rose

Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 11 22:56

Where's Madonna? She's been in films.

tartan_skirt

Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 12 11:59

Madonna is her name, just omitting her middle and last name(s), which I didn't think was very interesting, tbh.

Mihail

Posted : 5 months, 2 weeks ago at Jan 17 17:07

Kirk Douglas -> Issur Danielovitch Demsky
Billy Wilder -> Samuel Wilder

JxSxPx

Posted : 2 months, 2 weeks ago at Apr 15 17:51

Judy Garland's real last name was Gumm. not Cumm.
and some of these are just abbreviations of their real names and/or names they got from previous marriages that they were in when they got married. if you're not going to include Madonna, then you should probably take down Suzi Quatro, Mia Farrow, and a few other people.

tay m.

Posted : 3 days, 20 hours ago at Jun 30 17:50

There's also Marilyn Monroe -> Norma Jean Mortensen ;)

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Some of the most interesting, weird and notable name changes I have come across.

Listed alphabetically by stage name.

(Still need to add: Dido - Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong)

At the moment the list is a little too musician/singer heavy for my liking, so it will be updated in the future with more actors.


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