Celebrities: Stage Names... Also Known As

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Celebrities Birth Names:

A

Kareen Abdul-Jabbar: Ferdinand "Lew" Alcindor Jr. 

Alan Alda: Alphonse d'Abruzzo
Jason Alexander: Jay Scott Greenspan
Tim Allen: Timothy Dick
Woody Allen: Allan Konigsberg
DJ AM: Adam Goldstein
Tori Amos: Myra Amos
Jennifer Aniston: Jennifer Anastassakis
Elizabeth Arden: Florence Graham
Fred Armisen: Fereydun Armisen
Bea Arthur: Bernice Frankel
Fred Astaire: Frederick Austerlitz
Mary Astor: Lucile Langhanke
Eleanor Audley: Eleanor Zellman
Awkwafina: Nora Lum
Iggy Azalea: Amethyst Kelly (like her real name more)

B

Lauren Bacall: Betty Perske
Erykah Badu: Erica Wright
Anne Bancroft: Anna Italiano
Brigitte Bardot: Camille Javal
Steven Bauer: Esteban Echevarria

Bonnie Bedelia: Bonnie Culkin 
Tony Bennett: Anthony Benedetto
Jack Benny: Benjamin Kubelsky
Irving Berlin: Israel Baline

Ted Bessell: Howard Bessell Jr. 
Biggy Smalls: Christopher Wallace
Bjork: Bjork Guomundsdottir
Jack Black: William Black
Selma Blair: Selma Beitner
Judy Blume: Judy Sussman
Betty Blythe: Elizabeth Slaughter
Michael Bolton: Michael Bolotin
Bono: Paul Hewson
David Bowie: David Hayward-Jones
Beau Bridges: Lloyd Bridges III

Alison Brie: Alison Schermerhorn 
Albert Brooks: Albert Einstein
Garth Brooks: Troyal Brooks
Mel Brooks: Melvin Kaminsky
Charles Bronson: Charles Buchinsky
Lenny Bruce: Leonard Schneider
Billie Burke: Mary Burke
George Burns: Nathan Birnbaum
Ellen Burstyn: Edna Gilhooley

Busta Rhymes: Trevor Smith

C

Cardi B: Belcalis Almanzar 

Louis C.K.: Louis Szekely

Sid Caesar: Isaac Caesar 
Michael Caine: Maurice Micklewhite
Truman Capote:Truman Persons
Mary Carlisle: Gwendolyn Witter
Carrot Top: Scott Thompson

Johnny Cash: J.R. Cash 
Kim Cattrall: Clare Woodgate
Jackie Chan: Kong-Sang Chan
Jeff Chandler: Ira Grossel

Coco Chanel: Gabrielle Chanel 
Chevy Chase: Cornelius Chase
Jessica Chastain: Jessica Howard
Cher: Cherilyn  Sarkisian
Julia Childs: Julia McWilliams
Andrew Dice Clay: Andrew Silverstein
Patsy Cline: Virginia Hensley
Lee J. Cobb: Leo Jacoby
Diablo Cody: Brooke Busey
Claudette Colbert: Emilie Chauchoin
Common: Lonnie Lynn

Jeff Corey: Arthur Zwerling 
Bud Cort: Walter Cox
Elvis Costello: Declan McManus
Joan Crawford: Lucille LeSueur

Richard Cromwell: LeRoy Radabaugh 
Scatman Crothers: Benjamin Crothers
Curly: Jerry Howard
Tony Curtis: Bernard Schwartz

D

Willem Dafoe: William Defoe
Rodney Dangerfield: Jacob Cohen
Ted Danson: Edward Danson III
Bobby Darin: Walden Cassotto
Bette Davis: Ruth Davis
Geena Davis: Virginia Elizabeth Davis
Ossie Davis: Raiford Davis

Richard Dawson: Colin Emm 
Taylor Dayne: Leslie Wunderman
Rebecca De Mornay: Rebecca Pearch

Portia De Rossi: Amanda Lee Rogers
Sandra Dee: Alexandra Zuck
Mos Def: Dante Terrell Smith

Benicio del Toro: Benicio Sanchez 
Danny DeVito: Daniel Michaeli

Lana Del Rey: Elizabeth Grant
Bo Derek: Mary Collins
Angie Dickinson: Angeline Brown
Vin Diesel: Mark Vincent
Divine: Harris Hilstead
DMX: Earl Simmons
Kirk Douglas: Issur Danielovitch
Robert Downey Jr. : Robert Ford-Elias Jr.
Drake: Aubrey Graham
Dr. Dre: Andre Young
Minnie Driver: Amelia Driver
Faye Dunaway: Dorothy Dunaway
Bob Dylan: Robert Zimmerman

E

Billie Eilish: Billie O'Connell
Cass Elliot: Ellen Cohen
Eminem: Marshall Mathers

F

Max Factor: Maksymilian Faktorowicz

Douglas Fairbanks: Douglas Ullman
Morgan Fairchild: Patsy McClenny
Mia Farrow: Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow 

Fatboy Slim: Quentin Leo Cook 
Totie Fields: Sophie Feldman

50 Cent: Curtis Jackson
"Larry" Fine: Louis Feinberg

Flavor Flav: William Drayton Jr.
Flea: Michael Balzary
Gerald Ford: Leslie King, Jr.
Will Forte: Orville Forte
Jodi Foster: Alicia Foster
Jamie Foxx: Eric Bishop 

Buckminster Fuller: Richard Fuller 

G

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Sari Gabor
Greta Garbo: Greta Gustaffson
Judy Garland: Frances Gumm

Greer Garson: Eileen Garson 
Lou Gehrig: Ludwig Gehrig
Henry Gibson: James Bateman
Jackie Gleason: Herbert Gleason
Whoopi Goldberg: Caryn Johnson
Samuel Goldwyn: Szmuel Gelbfisz

Elliott Gould: Elliott Goldestein 
Topher Grace: Christopher Grace
Kelsey Grammer: Allen Grammer
Cary Grant: Archibald Leach
Lee Grant: Lyova Rosenthal
Macy Gray: Natalie Renee McIntyre

Tom Green: Michael Green 

Joel Grey: Joel Katz 

Charles Grodin: Charles Grodinsky 
Edmund Gwenn: Edmund Kellaway

H

Buddy Hackett: Leonard Hacker

Halsey: Ashley Frangipane 
M C Hammer: Stanley Burrell
Jean Harlow: Harlean Carpenter

Mark Harmon: Thomas Harmon 

Calvin Harris: Adam Wiles 
Debbie Harry: Angela Tremble (her orignal name was better)
Steve Harvey: Broderick Harvey
Rita Hayworth: Margarita Cansino
Audrey Hepburn: Edda Hepburn-Ruston
Pee Wee Herman: Paul Reubenfeld
Barbara Hershey: Barbara Herzstein
Jean Hersholt: Jean Buron
Charlton Heston: John Carter
Jonah Hill: Jonah Feldstein

Judy Holliday: Judith Tuvim 
Buddy Holly: Charles Holley
Bob Hope: Leslie Hope
Harry Houdini: Erich Weiss
"Curly" Howard: Jerome Horwitz
"Moe" Howard: Moses Horwitz
Tab Hunter: Arthur Kelm

I

Ice Cube: Oshea Jackson

Ice-T: Tracy Marrow 
Billy Idol: William Broad

J

Kevin James: Kevin Knipfing
Thomas Jane: Thomas Elliott
Jay-Z: Shawn Corey Carter
Joan Jett: Joan Larkin
Elton John: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Al Jolson: Asa Yoelson 
Norah Jones: Geetali Shankar

K

Mindy Kaling: Vera Chokalingam
Boris Karloff: William Henry Pratt
Casey Kasem: Kemal Amin Kasem

Stubby Kaye: Bernard Katzin 

Stacy Keach: Walter Keach 
Buster Keaton: Joseph Keaton
Michael Keaton: Michael Douglas
Kesha: Kesha Sebert
Chaka Khan: Carole Stevens

Tawny Kitaen: Julie Kitaen 
Carole King: Carole Klein
Larry King: Larry Zeigler
Ben Kingsley: Krishna Banji
Calvin Klein Richard Klein
Jack Klugman: Jacob Klugman
Evel Knievel: Robert Knievel
Johnny Knoxville: Philip Clapp

Jo Koy: Joseph Herbert 

Mila Kunis: Milena Kunis 
Ashton Kutcher: Christopher Kutcher

L

Lady Gaga: Stefani Germanotta
LL Cool J: James Todd Smith
Veronica Lake: Constance Ockleman
Kendrick Lamar: Kendrick Duckworth
Michael Landon: Eugene Orowitz
Mario Lanza: Alfredo Cocozza
Larry the Cable Guy: Daniel Whitney
Queen Latifah: Dana Owens
Stan Laurel: Arthur Jefferson
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lipschitz
Piper Laurie: Rosetta Jacobs
Brenda Lee: Brenda Tarpley

Peggy Lee: Norma Egstrom 
Spike Lee: Shelton Lee

Tommy Lee: Thomas Bass 
Jennifer Jason Leigh: Jennifer Morrow
Vivian Leigh: Vivian Hartley
Jay Leno: James Leno
Shari Lewis: Phyllis Hurwitz
Andrew Lincoln: Andrew Clutterbuck
Carole Lombard: Jane Peters
Lorde: Ella Yelich-O'Connor
Sophia Loren: Sophia Scicoloni
Courtney Love: Courtney Harrison

Myrna Loy: Myrna Williams 
Ludacris: Christopher Bridges
Bela Lugosi: Bela Blasko
Natasha Lyonne: Natasha Braunstein

M

Moms Mabley: Loretta Aiken
Andie MacDowell: Rosalie MacDowell

Post Malone: Austin Post 
Babaloo Mandel: Marc Mandel
Jayne Mansfield: Vera Palmer
Marilyn Manson: Brian Warner
Rooney Mara: Patricia Mara
Cheech Marin: Richard Marin
Bruno Mars: Peter Hernandez
Penny Marshall: Carole Maschiarelli
Dean Martin: Dino Crocetti

Chico Marx: Leonard Marx 
Groucho Marx: Julius Marx

Gummo Marx: Milton Marx 

Harpo Marx: Arthur Marx 

Zeppo Marx: Herbert Marx 

Jackie Mason: Yacov Maza 

Frances McDormand: Cynthia Smith 

Darren McGavin: William Richardson 

Meat Loaf: Marvin Lee Aday

Freddy Mercury: Farrokh Bulsara
Burgess Meredith: Oliver Meredith
Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Jonathan O'Keefe 

Method Man: Clifford Smith
Tim McGraw: Samuel Smith
Alexander McQueen: Lee McQueen
Ethel Merman: Ethel Zimmermann
George Michael: Georgios Panayiotou

Bret Michaels: Bret Sychak 
Lorne Michaels: Lorne Lipowitz

Dash Mihok: Dashiell Mihok 
Nicki Minaj: Onika Maraj
Joni Mitchell: Roberta Anderson
Eddie Money: Edward Mahoney
Ron Moody: Ronald Moodnick
Marilyn Monroe: Norma Mortenson
Demi Moore: Demetria Guynes
Rick Moranis: Fredrick Moranis
Rita Moreno: Rosa Alverio
Toni Morrison: Chloe Wofford
Zero Mostel: Samuel Mostel

N

Nas: Nasir Jones 
Liam Neeson: William Neeson
Sam Neill: Nigel Neill
Nelly: Cornell Haynes Jr.

Mike Nichols: Mikhail Peschkowsky

Stevie Nicks: Stephanie Nicks 
Chuck Norris: Carlos Ray

O

Jerry O'Connell: Jeremiah O'Connell
Carroll O'Connor: John O'Connor
Billy Ocean: Leslie Charles
Gary Oldman: Leonard Oldman

Rita Ora: Rita Sahatciu 
Ozzy Osbourne: John Osbourne
Frank Oz: Frank Oznowicz

P

Jack Palance: Volodymyr Palahniuk
Chazz Palminteri: Calogero Palminteri

Jason Patric: John Miller III
Les Paul: Lester Polsfuss
Gregory Peck: Eldred Peck
Katy Perry: Katheryn Hudson
Luke Perry: Coy Perry
Tyler Perry: Emmitt Perry
Bernadette Peters: Bernadette Lazzara
Busy Philipps: Elizabeth Philipps
River Phoenix: River Button
Edith Piaf: Edith Gassion 

Slim Pickens: Louis Lindley Jr. 
Mary Pickford: Gladys Smith
Pink: Alecia Moore
Pitbull: Armando Perez
Brad Pitt: William Pitt
Roman Polanski: Ramon Leibling
Natalie Portman: Natalie Hershlag
Prince: Prince Nelson
Missi Pyle: Andrea Pyle

Q

Maggie Q: Margaret Quigley

Margaret Qualley: Sarah Qualley 

Questlove: Ahmir Thompson 

R

Charlotte Rae: Charlotte Lubotsky 

Tony Randall: Leonard Rosenberg
Donna Reed: Donnabelle Mullenger
Judge Reinhold: Edward Reinhold

Jean Reno: Juan Moreno Herrera-Jimenez 
Anne Rice: Howard O'Brien

Diana Rigg: Enid Rigg 
Rihanna: Robyn Fenty
Joan Rivers: Joan Molinsky
Mickey Rooney: Joseph Yule Jr.
Kid Rock: Robert Ritchie
Ginger Rogers: Virginia McMath
Roy Rogers: Leonard Slye

Gilbert Roland: Luis Damaso de Alonso
Axl Rose: William Rose
Johnny Rotten: John Lydon
Mickey Rourke: Philip Rourke Jr.
Amy Ryan: Amy Dziewiontkowski
Meg Ryan: Margaret Hyra
Winona Ryder: Winona Horowitz

S

Susan Sarandon: Susan Tomaling

Telly Savalas: Aristotle Tsavalas 

Liev Schreiber: Isaac Schreiber 
Seal: Henry Samuel

Jerry Seinfeld: Jerome Seinfeld 

Peter Sellers: Richard Sellers 
Dr. Seuss: Theodore Geisel
Jane Seymour: Joyce Frankenberg
Omar Shaif: Michel Chalhoub
Tupac Shakur: Lesane Crooks
M. Night Shyamalan: Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
Ally Sheedy: Alexandra Sheedy
Charlie Sheen: Carlos Estevez

Beverly Sills: Belle Silverman 
Gene Simmons: Chaim Witz
Richard Simmons: Milton Simmons
Nina Simone: Eunice Waymon
Sinbad: David Atkins
Grace Slick: Grace Wing
Anna Nicole Smith: Vickie Lynn Hogan
Yeardley Smith: Martha Smith

Snoop Dog: Cordazer Broadus
Suzanne Somers: Suzanne Mahoney
Sissy Spacek: Mary Spacek
Barbara Stanwyck: Ruby Stevens
Ringo Starr: Richard Starkey
Cat Stevens: Steven Georgiou
Jon Stewart: Jonathan Liebowitz
Sting: Gordon Sumner
Lee Strasberg: Israel Strasberg
Donna Summer: Ladonna Gaines
Tilda Swinton: Katherine Swinton

T

Mr. T: Lawrence Tureaud

Rip Taylor: Carles Taylor 

Robert Taylor: Spangler Brugh 
Jonathan Taylor Thomas: Jonathan Weiss

Brother Theodore: Theodore Gottlieb

Tiffany: Tiffany Darwish 
Jennifer Tilly: Jennifer Chan
Lily Tomlin: Mary Jean Tomlin
Rip Torn: Elmore Torn Jr.
Alex Trebek: Giorgi Trebek
Leon Trotsky: Lev Bronstein
Tina Turner: Anna Mae Bullock
Mark Twain: Samuel Clemens
Shania Twain: Eileen Edwards
Steven Tyler: Steven Tallarico

U

Skeet Ulrich: Bryan Trout

V

Rudolph Valentino: Rudolpho D'Antonguolla
Mamie Van Doren: Joan Olander
Jo Van Fleet: Catherine Van Fleet

Vanilla Ice: Robert Van Winckle
Sid Vicious: John Ritchie

W

Taika Waititi: Taika Cohen
Christopher Walken: Ronald Walken
John Wayne: Marion Morrison
Sigourney Weaver: Susan Weaver
The Weeknd: Abel Tesfaye
Raquel Welch: Jo Tejada
Tuesday Weld: Susan Weld
Jack White: John Gillis
Vanna White: Vanna Rosich
Olivia Wilde: Olivia Cockburn
Gene Wilder: Jerome Silberman
Treat Williams: Richard Williams
Bruce Willis: Walter Willison
Paul Winchell: Paul Wilchinsky

Reese Witherspoon: Laura Witherspoon 
Stevie Wonder: Steveland Judkins

Natalie Wood: Natalie Zacharenko 
Tiger Woods: Eldrick Woods

Jane Wyman: Sarah Mayfield 
Tammy Wynette: Virginia Pugh
Ed Wynn: Isaiah Leopold

Y

Gig Young: Byron Barr 

Sean Young: Mary Young 

Z

Zendaya: Zendaya Coleman
Rob Zombie: Robert Cummings