Stage name

A stage name, or a screen name for film stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. People may take on a stage name because their real name is considered dull, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projects the wrong image; or because they wish to remain anonymous in relation to another sphere of work. In past decades stage names were used because certain actors' real names were considered too "ethnic". In the United Kingdom, the actors' union Equity stipulates that no two members may have the same working name, and therefore actors are often forced to modify their name or take a new one. The Screen Actors Guild has similar rules in the United States. A consideration in choosing a stage name is ease of use. Actor's Equity Association (AEA) advises performers to select a name that is easy for others to pronounce, spell and remember. A survey of the three U.S. regional heads of AEA reveals that a performer whose name is difficult to pronounce, spell, or remember is less likely to be hired than other performers. Many performers refer to their stage name as their professional name. Famous stage names include:

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\n*3-D - Robert Del Naja\n*8 Ball - Premro Smith\n*50 Cent - Curtis Jackson Brown

A

\n*Ace - Martin Ivor Kent\n*Mellow Man Ace - Ulpiano Sergio Reyes\n*Maude Adams - Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden\n*Adamski - Adam Tinley\n*Adeva - Patricia Daniels\n*King Ad-Rock - Adam Horovitz\n*Eddie Albert - Edward Albert Heimberger\n*Bernard Albrecht - Bernard Dicken\n*Alan Alda - Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo\n*Jason Alexander - Jason Scott Greenspan\n*Papa Dee Allen - Thomas Sylvester Allen\n*Woody Allen - Allan Stewart Konigsberg\n*Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos\n*Anastacia - Anastacia Lyn Newkirk\n*Benny Andersson - Goran Bror Benny Andersson\n*André the Giant - André René Roussimoff\n*Julie Andrews - Julia Elizabeth Wells\n*Horace Andy - Horace Hinds (Reggae singer, later with Massive Attack)\n*Jennifer Aniston - Jennifer Linn Anastassakis\n*Ann-Margret - Ann Margaret Olsson\n*Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard\n*Little Anthony - Jerome Anthony Gourdine\n*Alan Anton - Alan Alizojvodic\n*Apache Indian - Steven Kapur\n*Aphex Twin - Richard D. James\n*Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple Maggart\n*Tina Arena - Filippina Lydia Arena\n*Desi Arnaz - Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III\n*Bea Arthur - Bernice Frankel\n*Kon Artis - Denaun Porter\n*Ashanti - Ashanti Shaquoya Douglas\n*Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz\n*Astro - Terence Wilson\n*Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avallone\n*Charles Aznavour - Shahnour Aznavurjan

B

\n*Derek B - Derek Bolland\n*Eric B - Eric Barrier\n*Jazzie B - Beresford Romeo\n*Mel B (Scary Spice) - Melanie Janine Brown\n*B-Real - Louis Freese\n*Babyface - Kenneth Brian Edmonds\n*Lauren Bacall - Betty Joan Perske\n*Erykah Badu - Erica Wright\n*Cheryl Baker - Rita Crudgington\n*Josephine Baker - Josephine Carson\n*LaVern Baker - Delores Williams\n*Afrika Bambaataa - Kevin Donovan\n*Anne Bancroft - Anna Maria Louisa Italiano\n*Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal\n*Count Basie - William Allen Basie\n*Toni Basil - Antonia Basilotta\n*Lance Bass - James Lansten Bass\n*Stiv Bators - Steven John Bator\n*Prince Be - Attrell Cordes, Jr.\n*Beaky - John Dymond\n*Guy Béart - Guy Béhar\n*Beck - Beck David Campbell Hansen\n*Bedders - Mark Bedford\n*Beenie Man - Anthony Moses Davis\n*Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto\n*Jack Benny - Benjamin Kubelsky\n*Brooke Benton - Benjamin Franklin Peay\n*Milton Berle - Mendel Berlinger\n*Irving Berlin - Israel Isidore Baline\n*Chuck Berry - Charles Edward Anderson Berry\n*Jello Biafra - Eric Boucher\n*The Big Bopper - Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr\n*Mr. Biggs - Ellis William\n*Big Youth - Manley Augustus Buchanan\n*Acker Bilk - Bernard Stanley Bilk\n*Peter S. Bizarre - Rufus Johnson\n*Björk - Björk Guðmundsdóttir\n*Cilla Black - Priscilla Maria Veronica White\n*Frank Black - Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV\n*Jet Black - Brian Duffy\n*Karen Black - Karen Blanche Ziegler\n*Blackberry - Berlenda Nikki Gadson\n*Carla Bley - Carla Borg\n*Buster Bloodvessel - Douglas Trendle (Lead singer with UK Ska band Bad Manners)\n*Kurtis Blow - Curtis Walker\n*Jim Bob - Jim Morrison\n*Boff - Billy McCoid\n*Bizzy Bone - Charles Scruggs\n*Krayzie Bone - Anthony Henderson\n*Layzie Bone - Steven Howse\n*Wish Bone - Byron McCane\n*Bono - Paul David Hewson\n*Sonny Bono - Salvatore Phillip Bono\n*Pat Boone - Charles Eugene Boone\n*Duke Bootee - Edward Fletcher\n*Shirley Booth - Thelma Booth Ford\n*Victor Borge - Borge Rosenbaum\n*Ernest Borgnine - Ermes Effron Borgnino\n*Bow Wow - Shad Gregory Moss\n*David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones\n*Billy Bragg - Steven William Bragg\n*Brandy - Brandy Rayana Norwood\n*Nicholas Brendon - Nicholas Brendon Schultz\n*Teresa Brewer - Teresa Breuer\n*Pete Briquette - Patrick Cusack\n*Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinski\n*Mel Brooks - Melvin Kaminsky\n*Foxy Brown - Inga Marchaud\n*Derry Brownson - Derry Brownstone\n*Aristide Bruant - Louis Armand Bruant\n*Lenny Bruce - Leonard Alfred Schneider\n*Yul Brynner - Taidje Khan\n*Chris de Burgh - Christopher John Davison\n*Burning Spear - Winston Rodney\n*George Burns - Nathanial Birnbaum\n*Ellen Burstyn - Edna Gilhooley\n*Prince Buster - Cecil Bustamente Campbell (Jamaican Ska singer)\n*Red Buttons - Aaron Chwatt

C

\n*Mel C (Sporty Spice) - Melanie Jayne Chisholm\n*Vitamin C - Colleen Fitzpatrick\n*Nicolas Cage - Nicholas Coppola\n*Michael Caine - Maurice Joseph Micklewhite\n*Maria Callas - Maria Kalogeropoulos\n*Ali Campbell - Alastair Campbell\n*Canibus - Germaine Williams\n*Dyan Cannon - Samile Diane Friesen\n*Freddy Cannon - Frederick Anthony Picariello\n*Eddie Cantor - Edward Israel Iskowitz\n*Vikki Carr - Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona\n*Tia Carrere - Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo\n*Diahann Carroll - Carol Diahann Johnson\n*Hopalong Cassidy - William Lawrence Boyd\n*Emma Caulfield - Emma Chukker\n*Cedric the Entertainer - Cedric Kyles\n*Jackie Chan - Chan Kong-sang (Cheng Long was a Chinese screen name)\n*Kelly Chan - Wai Man Chen\n*Gene Chandler - Eugene Dixon\n*Stockard Channing - Susan Antonia Williams Stockard\n*Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson\n*Charo - Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza\n*Chevy Chase - Cornelius Crane Chase\n*Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans\n*Joan Chen - Chong Chen\n*Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian La Pier\n*Cherrelle - Cheryl An Norton\n*Neneh Cherry - Neneh Mariann Karlsson (Note: Don Cherry was her step-father)\n*Chilli - Rozonda Ocielian Thomas\n*Chingy - Howard Bailey, Jr.\n*Agatha Christie - Agatha Marie Clarissa Miller\n*Cinque - Terrance Mason\n*Eric Clapton - Eric Patrick Clapp\n*Andrew Dice Clay - Andrew Clay Silverstein\n*Jimmy Cliff - James Chambers\n*Patsy Cline - Virginia Patterson Hensley\n*Lee J. Cobb - Amos Jacob\n*Nat King Cole - Nathaniel Adams Coles\n*Bootsy Collins - William Collins\n*Shawn Colvin - Shanna Colvin\n*Perry Como - Perino Roland Como\n*Sean Connery - Thomas Sean Connery\n*Sam Cooke - Samuel Cook \n*Coolio - Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.\n*Gary Cooper - Frank James Cooper\n*Jill Corey - Norma Jean Speranza\n*Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus\n*Lou Costello - Louis Francis Cristillo\n*Cowboy - Keith Wiggins\n*Carl Crack - Carl Bohm\n*Joan Crawford - Lucille Le Sueur\n*Michael Crawford - Michael Dumble-Smith\n*Randy Crawford - Veronica Crawford\n*Kid Creole - August Darnell\n*Kidd Creole - Nathaniel Glover\n*Tory Crimes - Terry Chimes\n*Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby\n*Christopher Cross - Christopher Geppert\n*Jennifer Cross - Carl Cross\n*Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV\n*Stan Cullimore - Ian Cullimore\n*Curly MC - Michael Cretu\n*King Curtis - Curtis Ousley\n*Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz

D

\n*Chuck D - Carlton Ridenhour\n*Master D - Deeder Saidullah Zaman\n*Mike D - Michael Diamond\n*Mr. Dalvin - Dalvin DeGrate\n*Jerry Dammers - Gerald Dankin\n*Vic Damone - Vito Farinola\n*Dana - Rosemary Brown\n*Taylor Dane - Lesley Wonderman\n*Rodney Dangerfield - Jacob Cohen\n*Tony Danza - Anthony Iadanza\n*Bobby Darin - Walden Robert Cassotto\n*James Darren - James William Ercolani\n*Dr. Das - Aniruddha Das\n*Bobby Day - Robert Byrd\n*Doris Day - Doris von Kappelhoff\n*John Day - John Baker\n*Dave Dee - David Harman\n*Joey Dee - Joseph DiNicola\n*Kiki Dee - Pauline Matthews\n*Kool Moe Dee - Mohandas Dewese\n*Desmond Dekker - Desmond Dacres\n*Rebecca DeMornay - Rebecca George\n*John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.\n*Bo Derek - Mary Cathleen Collins\n*Des'ree - Des'ree Weeks\n*Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli\n*Howard Devoto - Howard Trafford\n*B.B. Dickerson - Morris Dickerson\n*Angie Dickinson - Angeline Brown\n*Bo Diddley - Otha Ellas Bates McDaniel\n*P. Diddy - Sean "Puffy" John Coombs\n*Dido - Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong\n*Marlene Dietrich - Marie Magdelene Dietrich von Losch\n*Ani DiFranco - Angela Marie DiFranco\n*Bobby Digital - Robert Dixon\n*Phyllis Diller - Phyllis Driver\n*Dion - Dion DiMucchi\n*Divine - Harris Glenn Milstead\n*DMC - Darryl McDaniel\n*DMX - Earl Simmons\n*Phife Dog - Malik Taylor\n*Sen Dog - Sennen Reyes\n*Nate Dogg - Nathaniel Dawayne Hale\n*Snoop Doggy Dogg - Cordazer Calvin Broadus\n*Thomas Dolby - Thomas Morgan Robertson\n*Mickey Dolenz - George Michael Braddock\n*Fats Domino - Antoine Domino\n*Rasa Don - Donald Jones\n*Diana Dors - Diana Mary Fluck\n*Shannon Doughty - Britt Walford\n*Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky\n*Dozy - Trevor Davies\n*Dre - Andre Benjamin\n*Dr. Dre - Andre Young\n*Dr. Drew - David Drew Pinsky\n*Bill Drummond - William Butterworth\n*Sly Dunbar - Lowell Fillmore Dunbar\n*Dunst - Dunston Bruce\n*Bob Dylan (after Dylan Thomas) - Robert Allen Zimmerman

E

\n*E - Mark Oliver Everett\n*Sheena Easton - Sheena Shirley Orr\n*Eazy-E - Eric Wright\n*Barbara Eden - Barbara Huffman\n*The Edge - David Howell Evans\n*Eek-A-Mouse - Ripton Joseph Hilton\n*Carmen Electra - Tara Leigh Patrick\n*"Mama" Cass Elliott - Ellen Naomi Cohen\n*Missy Elliott - Melissa Elliott\n*Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III\n*Enya - Eithne ní Bhraonáin\n*Wreckless Eric - Eric Goulden\n*Duke Erikson - Douglas Erikson\n*Montsho Eshe - Temelca Gaither\n*David Essex - David Albert Cook\n*Gloria Estefan - Gloria Maria Fajardo\n*Little Eva - Eva Narcissus Boyd\n*Eve - Eve Jihan Jeffers\n*Kenny Everett - Maurice Cole

F

\n*Morgan Fairchild - Patsy Ann McClenny \n*Adam Faith - Terence Nelhams\n*Mimi Farina - Mimi Margharita Baez\n*Jamie Farr - Jameel Joseph Farah\n*Perry Farrell - Perry Bernstein\n*Fatboy Slim - Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook\n*Fatman Scoop - Isaac Freeman III\n*Richard Fearless - Richard Maguire\n*Freddie Fender - Baldemar G. Huerta\n*Will Ferrell - John William Ferrell\n*Tina Fey - Elizabeth Tina Fey\n*Sally Field - Sally Mahoney\n*Gracie Fields - Grace Stansfield\n*W. C. Fields - William Claude Dukenfield\n*Peter Finch - William Mitchell\n*Johnnie Fingers - John Moylett\n*Grandmaster Flash - Joseph Saddler\n*Flavor Flav - William Drayton\n*Flea - Michael Balzary\n*Flesh-n-Bone - Stanley Howse\n*Frankie Ford - Francis Guzzo\n*Glenn Ford - Gwyilyn Ford\n*Chrissie Boy Foreman - Christopher Foreman\n*George Formby - George Hoy Booth\n*Jodie Foster - Alicia Christian Foster\n*Michael J. Fox (after Michael J. Pollard) - Michael Andrew Fox\n*Redd Foxx - John Elroy Sanford\n*Connie Francis - Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero\n*Fréhel - Marguerite Boulc'h\n*Doug E. Fresh - Douglas E. Davis\n*Fruitbat - Les Carter\n*Blind Boy Fuller - Fulton Allen

G

\n*Ali G - Sacha Baron Cohen\n*Bobby G - Robert Gubby\n*Daddy G - Grant Marshall\n*Kenny G - Kenneth Gorelick\n*Pandit G - John Ashok Pandit\n*Shock G - Gregory Jacobs\n*Warren G - Warren Griffin\n*Greta Garbo - Greta Gustafsson\n*Judy Garland - Frances Ethel Gumm\n*James Garner - James Scott Baumgarner\n*Leif Garrett - Leif Per Narvik\n*Marvin Gaye - Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.\n*Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gail Webb Gatzimos\n*Ronnie Gaylord - Ronald L. Fredianelli \n*Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Fowles\n*Mitzi Gaynor - Franceska Mitzi Gerber\n*Sir Horace Gentleman - Horace Panter\n*Bobbie Gentry - Roberta Streeter\n*Geordie - Kevin Walker (Guitarist with UK punk band Killing Joke)\n*Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd\n*George Gershwin - Jacob Gershowitz\n*Ira Gershwin - Isreal Gershowitz\n*Stan Getz - Stanley Gayetsky\n*Kathie Lee Gifford - Kathie Epstein\n*Dizzy Gillespie - John Birks Gillespie\n*MC Globe - John B. Miller\n*Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Elaine Johnson\n*Samuel Goldwyn - Samuel Gelbfisch\n*Lesley Gore - Lesley Goldstein\n*Eydie Gorme - Edith Gormezano\n*Boon Gould - Roland Gould\n*Elliott Gould - Elliot Goldstein\n*Bill Graham - Wolfgang Wolodja Grajonka\n*Stewart Granger - James Stewart\n*Cary Grant - Archibald Alexander Leach\n*Eddy Grant - Edmond Montague Grant\n*Gogi Grant - Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg \n*Rachel Grant - Richard Grant\n*Dobie Gray - Leonard Victor Ainsworth\n*Macy Gray - Natalie Renee McIntyre\n*Green - Green Strohmeyer-Gartside\n*Al Green - Al Greene\n*Professor Griff - Richard Griffin\n*Robert Guillaume - Robert Peter Williams\n*Woody Guthrie - Woodrow Wilson Guthrie\n*Buddy Guy - George Guy

H

\n*Daryl Hall - Daryl Franklin Hohl\n*MC Hammer - Stanley Kirk Burrell\n*Jean Harlow - Harlean Carpentier\n*Slim Harpo - James Moore\n*Rex Harrison - Reginald Carey \n*Harry - Darren Hammer\n*Mary Hart - Mary Johanna Harum\n*P.J. Harvey - Polly Jean Harvey\n*Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Jalacy Hawkins\n*Goldie Hawn - Goldie Jean Studlendegehawn\n*Rita Hayworth - Margarita Carmen Cansino\n*DJ Headliner - Timothy Barnwell\n*Richard Hell - Richard Myers\n*Jimi Hendrix - Johnny Allen Hendriks (His name was changed to James Marshall Hendrix at the age of 4)\n*Pee-wee Herman - Paul Rubenfeld\n*Hulk Hogan - Terry Gene Bollea\n*William Holden - William Beedle\n*Billie Holiday - Eleanora Fagan Gough\n*John Holmes - John Curtis Estes\n*Nellee Hooper - Paul Andrew Hooper\n*Bob Hope - Leslie Townes Hope\n*Harry Houdini - Ehrich Weiss\n*Cissy Houston - Emily Drinkard\n*H.R - Paul Hudson\n*Rock Hudson - Roy Scherer, Jr.\n*Humanoid - Brian Dougans\n*Englebert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey

I

\n*Janis Ian - Janis Eddy Fink\n*Ice Cube - O'Shea Jackson\n*Ice T - Tracy Marrow\n*Billy Idol - William Michael Albert Broad\n*Owen If - Owen Rositer\n*Julio Iglesias - Julio Iglesias de la Cueva \n*Lux Interior - Erick Lee Purkhiser\n*I-Roy - Roy Reid\n*May Irwin - Ada May Campbell

J

\n*David J - David Haskins\n*Tito Jackson - Toriano Adaryll Jackson \n*Brian James - Brian Robertson\n*Etta James - Jamesetta Hawkins\n*Joni James - Joan (or Giovanna) Carmella Babbo\n*Rick James - James Ambrose Johnson\n*Skip James - Nehemiah James\n*Steve Jansen - Stephen Batt\n*Jam Master Jay - Jason Mizell\n*Jay-Z - Shawn Corey Carter\n*Blind Lemon Jefferson - Clarence Jefferson\n*Ron Jeremy - Ronald Jeremy Hyatt\n*Jewel - Jewel Kilcher\n*Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight\n*Don Johnson - Don Wayne\n*Holly Johnson - William Johnson\n*Jojo - Joel Hailey\n*Al Jolson - Asa Yoelson\n*Grace Jones - Grace Mendoza\n*James Earl Jones - Todd Jones\n*Tom Jones - Thomas Jones Woodward\n*Lonnie Jordan - Leroy Jordan\n*Jordan - Katie Price (formerly Katie Infield)\n*Mrs Jordan - Dorothea Bland (mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom)\n*Wynonna Judd - Christina Ciminella\n*Juvenile - Terius Gray

K

\n*Ya Kid K - Barbara Kamosi Maoso Duogi\n*K-Ci - Cedric Hailey\n*Madeline Kahn - Madeline Gail Wolfson\n*Kitty Kallen - Genevieve Agostinello \n*Boris Karloff - William Henry Pratt\n*Mick Karn - Anthony Michaelides\n*Casey Kasem - Kemal Amin Kasem\n*Jay Kay - Jason Kay\n*Danny Kaye - David Daniel Kaminski\n*K.C - Harold Wayne Casey\n*Diane Keaton - Diane Hall\n*Michael Keaton - Michael John Douglas\n*R. Kelly - Robert Kelly\n*Dee Dee Kennibrew - Dolores Henry\n*Alicia Keys - Alicia Augello Cook\n*Chaka Khan - Carole Yvette Marie Stevens\n*Lil Kim - Kimberly Denise Jones\n*Albert King - Albert Nelson\n*B.B. King - Riley B. King\n*Ben E. King - Benjamin Earl Nelson\n*Carole King - Carole Klein\n*Freddie King - Frederick Christian\n*Larry King - Larry Zieger\n*Ben Kingsley - Krishna Banji\n*Ted Knight - Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka\n*Dr. Know - Gary Wayne Miller\n*Buddy Knox - Wayne Knox\n*Nick Knox - Nicholas Stephanoff\n*Kool - Robert Bell\n*Kuniva - Von Carlisle

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\n*Patti LaBelle - Patricia Louise Holt\n*Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Stoppelmoor\n*Dame Cleo Laine - Clementina Dinah Campbell\n*Veronica Lake - Constance Ockleman\n*Dorothy Lamour - Mary Leta Dorothy Kaumeyer\n*Ann Landers - Esther Pauline Friedman\n*Michael Landon - Eugene Michael Orowitz\n*Nathan Lane - Joseph Lane\n*k.d. lang - Kathryn Dawn Lang\n*Mario Lanza - Alfredo Cocozza\n*Danny LaRue - Daniel Patrick Carroll\n*Queen Latifah - Dana Elaine Owens\n*Stan Laurel - Arthur Stanley Jefferson\n*Piper Laurie - Rosetta Jacobs\n*Martha La Velle - Martha Reeves\n*Lucy Lawless - Lucille Frances Ryan\n*Steve Lawrence - Sidney Leibowitz\n*Arthur Lee - Arthur Taylor Porter\n*Brenda Lee - Brenda Mae Tarpley\n*Bruce Lee - Lee Jun-fan\n*Gypsy Rose Lee - Rose Louise Hovick\n*Laura Lee - Laura Lee Rundless\n*Peggy Lee - Norma Delores Egstrom\n*Spike Lee - Shelton Jackson Lee\n*Left Eye - Lisa Nicole Lopes\n*Jennifer Jason Leigh (after Jason Robards) - Jennifer Lee Morrow\n*Vivien Leigh - Vivian Hartley\n*Sugar Ray Leonard - Ray Charles Leonard\n*Téa Leoni - Elizabeth Téa Pantleoni\n*Cass Lewis - Richard Lewis\n*Huey Lewis - Hugh Anthony Cregg III\n*Jerry Lewis - Joseph Levitch\n*Jet Li - Li Lian Jie\n*Liberace - Wladziu Lee Valentino Liberace\n*Bunny Livingston - Neville O'Riley\n*LL Cool J - James Todd Smith\n*Jah Lloyd - Patrick Lloyd Francis\n*Tone-Loc - Anthony Smith\n*Josef Locke - Joseph McLaughlin\n*Sophia Loren - Sofia Scicolone\n*Peter Lorre - László Löwenstein\n*Lou - Louise Mary Watts\n*Joe Louis - Joe Louis Barrow\n*Courtney Love - Love Michelle Harrison\n*Darlene Love - Darlene Wright\n*Linda Lovelace - Linda Susan Boreman\n*Lene Lovich - Lili-Marlene Premilovich (New Wave singer)\n*Ludacris - Chris Bridges\n*Lulu - Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie\n*Lydia Lunch - Lydia Koch\n*Annabella Lwin - Myant Myant Aye Dunn-Lwin\n*Vera Lynn - Vera Welsh\n*MC Lyte - Lana Moorer

M

\n*M - Robin Scott\n*Shirley MacLaine - Shirley Beaty\n*Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone\n*Magoo - Melvin Barcliff\n*Taj Mahal - Henry St. Clair Fredericks\n*Lee Majors - Harvey Lee Yeary II\n*Karl Malden - Malden Sekulovich\n*Method Man - Clifford Smith\n*Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pinkus\n*Manitoba - Dan Snaith\n*Jayne Mansfield - Vera Jane Palmer\n*Marilyn Manson - Brian Hugh Warner\n*Roots Manuva - Rodney Hylton Smith\n*Rocky Marciano - Rocco Francis Marchegiano\n*Marilyn - Peter Robinson\n*Rita Marley - Alpharita Constantia Marley\n*Ziggy Marley - David Marley\n*Johnny Marr - John Maher\n*Martika - Martha Marrero\n*Dean Martin - Dino Paul Crocetti\n*Ricky Martin - Enrique Jose Martin Morales IV\n*Tony Martin - Alvin Morris\n*Mase - Vincent Lamond Mason\n*Walter Matthau - Walter Matuschanskayasky \n*MCA - Adam Yauch\n*Brini Maxwell - Ben Sander\n*Elle MacPherson - Eleanor Gow\n*Melle Mel - Melvin Glover\n*Melanie - Melanie Safka Schekeryk\n*Freddie Mercury - Faroukh Bulsara\n*Ethel Merman - Ethel Zimmerman\n*George Michael - Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou\n*Pras Michel - Prakazrel Michel\n*Mick - Michael Wilson\n*Buddy Miles - George Miles\n*Millie - Millicent Small\n*DJ Minutemix - Jarrett Cordes\n*Carmen Miranda - Maria de Carmo Miranda de Cunha\n*Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson\n*Sir Mix-A-Lot - Anthony Ray\n*Moby - Richard Melville Hall\n*Matt Monro - Terrence Parson\n*Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker\n*Yves Montand - Ivo Livi\n*Demi Moore - Demetria Gene Guynes\n*Eric Morecambe - Eric John Bartholomew\n*Rita Moreno - Rosita Dolores Alverio\n*Van Morrison - George Ivan Morrison\n*Morrissey - Stephen Patrick Morrisey\n*Jelly Roll Morton - Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe\n*Zero Mostel - Samuel Mostel\n*Eek A Mouse - Ripton Joseph Hilton\n*Muggs - Lawrence Muggerud\n*Maria Muldaur - Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato\n*Mushroom - Andrew Vowles\n*Mystikal - Micheal Tyler

N

\n*Najma - Najma Akhtar\n*Nas - Nasir Jones\n*Nelly - Cornell Haynes, Jr.\n*Randy Newman - Gary Randolph Newman\n*Julie Newmar - Julia Charlene Newmeyer\n*Juice Newton - Judy Cohen\n*Stevie Nicks - Stephanie Lynn Nicks\n*Steve Nieve - Steven Nason\n*Dale Nixon - Greg Ginn\n*Danbert Nobacon - Alan Whaley\n*Chuck Norris - Carlos Ray\n*Butch Norton - Jonathan Norton\n*The Notorious B.I.G - Christopher Wallace\n*Gary Numan - Gary Anthony James Webb\n*Laura Nyro - Laura Nigro

O

\n*Billy Ocean - Leslie Sebastian Charles\n*Tony Orlando - Michael Anthony Orlando Cassivitis\n*Roland Orzabal - Roland Orzabal de la Quintana\n*Lee Oskar - Oskar Levetin Hansen\n*Marie Osmond - Olive Marie Osmond\n*Gilbert O'Sullivan - Raymond Edward O'Sullivan\n*Johnny Otis - John Veliotes\n*Ozzy Osbourne - Jonathan Michael Osborne

P

\n*Master P - Percy Miller Sr.\n*Augustus Pablo - Horace Swaby (Reggae artist and producer)\n*Patti Page - Clara Ann Fowler\n*Elaine Paige - Elaine Bikerstaff\n*Mica Paris - Michelle Wallen\n*Colonel Tom Parker - Andreas Cornelius van Kujik\n*Prince Paul - Paul Houston\n*Teddy Pendergrass - Theodore Pendergrass\n*Pepa - Sandra Denton\n*Lee "Scratch" Perry - Rainford Hugh Perry (Reggae/Dub singer and producer)\n*Le Pétomane - Joseph Pujol\n*Lou Diamond Phillips - Lou Upchurch\n*Edith Piaf - Edith Gassion\n*Mary Pickford - Gladys Smith\n*Pink - Alecia Moore\n*Iggy Pop - James Jewel Osterberg, Jr.\n*Natalie Portman - Natalie Hershlag\n*Posdnuos - Kelvin Mercer\n*Pow Wow - Robert Allen\n*Kid Congo Powers - Brian Tristan\n*Stephanie Powers - Stefdnia Zofija Federkiewicz\n*Maxi Priest - Max Elliot\n*Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson\n*Proof - DeShaun Holton

Q

\n*Q-Tip - Jonathan Davis Kamal IV

R

\n*Roddy Radiation - Rodney Byers\n*Raheim - Guy Todd Williams\n*Rakim - William Griffin\n*Buck Ram - Samuel Ram\n*Dee Dee Ramone - Douglas Colvin\n*Joey Ramone - Jeffrey Hyman\n*Johnny Ramone - John Cummings\n*Marky Ramone - Marc Bell\n*Ricky Ramone - Richard Beau\n*Tommy Ramone - Tommy Erdelyi\n*Tony Randall - Leonard Rosenberg\n*Shabba Ranks - Rexton Fernando Gordon\n*Easy Bay Ray - Ray Glasser\n*Johnnie Ray - John Alvin\n*Maxim Reality - Keeti Palmer\n*Redman - Reggie Noble\n*Lou Reed - Louis Allen Firbank\n*Della Reese - Delloreese Patricia Early\n*Vic Reeves - James Moir\n*Judge Reinhold - Edward Ernest Reinhold Jr.\n*MC Ren - Lorenzo Patterson\n*Debbie Reynolds - Mary Frances Reynolds\n*Trent Reznor - Michael Trent Reznor\n*Nick Rhodes - Nicholas James Bates\n*Busta Rhymes - Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.\n*Cliff Richard - Harry Rodger Webb\n*Little Richard - Richard Wayne Penniman\n*Joan Rivers - Joan Alexandra Molinsky\n*Edward G. Robinson - Emanuel Goldenberg\n*Smokey Robinson - William Robinson\n*Sugar Ray Robinson - Walker Smith, Jr.\n*The Rock - Dwayne Douglas Johnson\n*Rockwell - Kennedy Gordy\n*Ranking Roger - Roger Charlery\n*Ginger Rogers - Virginia Katherine McMath\n*Roy Rogers - Leonard Slye\n*Henry Rollins - Henry Garfield\n*Mickey Rooney - Joe Yule Jr.\n*Poison Ivy Rorschach - Kirsty Marlana Wallace\n*Axl Rose - William Bruce Rose\n*Diana Ross - Diane Ernestine Earle\n*Johhny Rotten - John Joseph Lydon\n*Kelly Rowland - Kelendria Rowland\n*Ja Rule - Jeffrey Atkins\n*Mark Ryan - Mark Gaumont\n*Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra\n*Winona Ryder - Winona Laura Horowitz

S

\n*Sade - Helen Folasade Adu\n*Salt - Cheryl James\n*Magic Sam - Samuel Maghett\n*Susan Sarandon - Susan Abigail Tomalin\n*Dick Sargent - Richard Cox\n*Michael Savage - Michael Alan Weiner\n*Leo Sayer - Gerard Hugh Sayer\n*Rat Scabies - Chris Miller\n*Romy Schneider - Rosemarie Magdalena Albach\n*Randolph Scott - George Randolph Crane\n*Seal - Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel\n*Peter Sellers - Richard Henry Sellers\n*Captain Sensible - Ray Burns\n*Steve Severin - Steven Bailey\n*David Seville - Ross Bagdasarian\n*Jane Seymour - Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenburg\n*DJ Shadow - Josh Davis\n*Shaggy - Orville Richard Burrell\n*Tupac Shakur - Lesane Parish Crooks\n*Omar Sharif - Michael Shalhoub\n*Artie Shaw - Arthur Arshawsky\n*Sandie Shaw - Sandra Goodrich\n*Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estevez\n*Martin Sheen - Ramon Estevez\n*Pete Shelley - Peter McNeish\n*Michelle Shocked - Karen Michelle Johnson\n*Sice - Simon Rowbottom\n*Phil Silvers - Philip Silversmith\n*Nina Simone - Eunice Kathleen Waymon\n*O. J. Simpson - Orenthal James Simpson\n*Captain Sinbad - Carl Dwyer\n*Siouxsie Sioux - Susan Janet Ballion\n*Sisqo - Mark Durell Andrews\n*Muzz Skillings - Manuel Skillings\n*Skin - Deborah Dyer\n*Slash - Saul Hudson\n*Christian Slater - Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins\n*Grace Slick - Grace Barnett Wing\n*Memphis Slim - Peter Chatman\n*Chas Smash - Cathal Smyth\n*Anna Nicole Smith - Vickie Lynn Hogan\n*Toby Smith - Toby Graffety-Smith\n*Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Laub\n*Kevin Spacey - Kevin Spacey Fowler\n*Ronnie Spector - Veronica Bennett\n*Speech - Todd Thomas\n*Baby Spice - Emma Lee Bunton\n*Ginger Spice - Geraldine Estelle Halliwell\n*Posh Spice - Victoria Caroline Adams\n*Spindarella - Deidre Roper\n*Dusty Springfield - Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien\n*Jill St. John - Jill Arlyn Oppenheim\n*Spider Stacy - Peter Stacy\n*Sylvester Stallone - Michael Sylvester Enzio Stallone\n*Edwin Starr - Charles Hatcher\n*Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey\n*Tommy Steele - Thomas Hicks\n*Cat Stevens - Steven Demetri Georgiou\n*Connie Stevens - Concetta Rosalie Ingolia\n*Sting - Gordon Matthew Sumner\n*Annette Stirling - Annette Stirling Beard\n*Sly Stone - Sylvester Stewart\n*Gale Storm - Josephine Owaissa Cottle \n*Poly Styrene - Marion Elliot (Singer with UK punk band X-Ray Spex)\n*Steve Strange - Steven Harrington\n*Joe Strummer - John Graham Mellor\n*Levi Stubbs - Levi Stubbles\n*Suggs - Graham McPherson\n*Donna Summer - LaDonna Andrea Gaines\n*Barney Sumner - Bernard Dicken\n*Devante Swing - Donald DeGrate Jr.\n*Sylvester - Sylvester James\n*David Sylvian - David Batt

T

\n*Mr. T - Lawrence Tero\n*T-Boz - Tionne Watkins\n*Aerle Taree - Taree Jones\n*Karen Taylor - Rodney Taylor\n*Robert Taylor - Spangler Arlington Brugh\n*Toni Tenille - Catheryn Antoinette Tenille\n*Tich - Ian Amey\n*Tiffany - Tiffany Renee Darwish\n*Tiny Tim - Herbert Buckingham Khaury\n*Peter Tork - Peter Halston Thorkelson\n*Rip Torn - Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.\n*Peter Tosh - Winston Hubert McIntosh\n*Randy Travis - Randy Bruce Traywick\n*Tricky - Adrian Thaws\n*Trugoy the Dove - David Jude Jolicoeur\n*King Tubby - Osborne Ruddock\n*Sophie Tucker - Sophia Kalish\n*Ike Turner - Izear Luster Turner\n*Lana Turner - Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner\n*Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock\n*Shania Twain - Eileen Regina Edwards, later Eileen Regina Twain\n*Twiggy - Leslie Hornby\n*Conway Twitty - Harold Lloyd Jenkins\n*Judy Tyler - Judith Mae Hess\n*Rob Tyner - Robert Derminer

U

\n*U-Roy - Ewart Beckford\n*Peter Ustinov - Peter Alexander von Ustinow

V

\n*Holly Valance - Holly Rachel Vukadinovic\n*Ritchie Valens - Ricardo Stephen Valenzuela\n*Rudolph Valentino - Rudolpho D'Antonguolla\n*Frankie Valli - Frank Castellucio\n*Mamie Van Doren - Joan Lucille Olander\n*Dave Vanian - David Letts\n*Vanilla Ice - Robert van Winkle\n*Bobby Vee - Robert Velline\n*Tom Verlaine - Thomas Miller\n*Sid Vicious - John Simon Beverley, later John Simon Ritchie\n*Butch Vig - Brian Vig\n*Vin Diesel - Mark Vincent

W

\n*Lindsay Wagner - Lindsay Jean Ball\n*Christopher Walken - Ronald Walken\n*Junior Walker - Autry DeWalt Walker Jr.\n*Dionne Warwick - Marie Dionne Warrick \n*Dave Was - David Weiss\n*Don Was - Donald Fagenson\n*Dinah Washington - Ruth Jones\n*Muddy Waters - McKinley Morganfield\n*John Wayne - Marion Robert Morrison, later Marion Michael Morrison\n*Sigourney Weaver - Susan Weaver\n*Dean Ween - Mickey Melchiondo\n*Gene Ween - Aaron Freeman\n*Paul Weller - John Weller\n*Riley Weston - Kimberlee Kramer\n*Raquel Welch - Jo-Raquel Tejada\n*Tina Weymouth - Martina Weymouth\n*Kim Wilde - Kim Smith\n*Marty Wilde - Reginald Leonard Smith\n*Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman\n*Hank Williams - Hiram Williams\n*Otis Williams - Otis Myers\n*Bruce Willis - Walter Bruce Willis\n*Flip Wilson - Clerow Wilson\n*Shelley Winters - Shirley Schrift\n*Nicky Wire - Nicholas Jones\n*Ernie Wise - Ernest Wiseman\n*Jah Wobble - John Wardle\n*Howlin' Wolf - Chester Arthur Burnett\n*Stevie Wonder - Steveland Hardaway Judkins Morris\n*Natalie Wood - Natasha Gurdin\n*Woody Woodgate - Daniel Woodgate\n*Tiger Woods - Eldrick Tiger Woods\n*Tammy Wynette - Virginia Pugh

X

\n*Terminator X - Norman Lee Rogers

Y

\n*"Weird Al" Yankovic - Alfred Matthew Yankovic\n*Yazz - Yasmin Evans\n*DJ Yella - Antoine Carraby\n*Yellowman - Winston Foster\n*Youth - Martin Glover Youth (Bassist with UK punk band Killing Joke)

Z

\n*Angus Zeb - Angus Gaye\n*DJ Zonka - Michael Custance\n*Buckwheat Zydeco - Stanley Joseph Dural, Jr.