Their Real Names
We know them as Bono, Sting and Woody Allen, but that’s not what their parents called them. Here are some celebs’ real names.
Bono: Paul Hewson
Sting: Gordon Matthew Sumner
Van Morrison: George Ivan Morrison
Muddy Waters: McKinly Morganfield
Liberace: Wladziu Valentino Liberace
Dean Martin: Dino Crocetti
Jerry Lewis: Joseph Levitch
James Stewart: Stewart Granger
Charles Bronson: Charles Buchinsky
Stevie Wonder: Steveland Judkins Morris
Tammy Wynette: Wynette Pugh
Kirk Douglas: Issur Danielovitch
John Wayne: Marion Michael Morrison
David Bowie: David Jones
Woody Allen: Allen Konigsberg
Lucille Ball: Dianne Belmont
John Denver: Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
Red Foxx: John Sanford
Mel Brooks: Mel Kaminsky
Shania Twain: Eilleen Regina Edwards
50 Cent: Curtis James Jackson III
Alice Cooper: Vincent Damon Furnier
Axl Rose: William Bailey
Bob Dylan: Robert Allen Zimmerman
Cher: Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere
Demi Moore: Demetria Gene Guynes
Dido: Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
Eminem: Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Jennifer Aniston: Jennifer Anastassakis
Marilyn Manson: Brian Warner
Natalie Portman: Natalie Hershlag
Pink: Alecia Moore
Seal: Sealhenry Samuel
Tiger Woods: Eldrick Woods
Tom Cruise: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
[...] Celebs’ Real Names [...]
February 6th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Most people don’t know that my real name is Ferdinand Von Space Rocker.
I try and keep it under wraps for obvious reasons.
Ben O.
February 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
obviously…
February 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
You think Kirk Douglas could have landed Catherine Zeta-Jones if his name was Issur Danielovitch?
February 7th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
fun post!
February 7th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Very cool post! Isn’t it interesting that so many public “artists” change their names to other names that are sexier or easier to say.
It would be a kind of boring music/movie world without interesting celeb names.
Ben, you always looked like a Von Space Rocker to me : )
February 8th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Yeh he probably could have, but it would’ve been just as sick, considering she’s married to his son Michael.
February 8th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Stevie Wonder should have kept his original name — Steveland Morris OWNS as a name.
February 9th, 2007 at 9:16 am
That’s right it’s Michael Douglas, Kirk is Spartacus
February 11th, 2007 at 11:18 am
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July 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I want to change my name to Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong! That rocks. Why would you change it?