Not all celebrities were blessed with the perfect Hollywood name. In fact you may be surprised at how many famous actors you know and love were born under another name.
We now have 354 Celebrity Names and growing.
| STAGE NAME | GIVEN NAME |
| 50 Cent | Curtis Jackson |
| Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) | Pauline Phillips |
| Adam West | William West Anderson |
| Adele | Adele Laurie Blue Adkins |
| Ahmad Rashad | Bobby Moore |
| Al Jolson | Asa Yoelson |
| Alan Alda | Alphonso D’Abruzzo |
| Albert Brooks | Albert Einstein |
| Alice Cooper | Vincent Furnier |
| Alicia Keys | Alicia Augello Cook |
| Amazing Kreskin (The) | George Joseph Kresge |
| Andie MacDowell | Rosalie Anderson MacDowell |
| Andre the Giant | André René Roussimoff |
| Andre Norton | Mary Alice Norton |
| Andrew “Dice” Clay | Andrew Silverstein |
| Angelina Jolie | Angelina Jolie Voight |
| Andy Warhol | Andrew Warhola |
| Angie Dickenson | Angeline Brown |
| Ann Landers | Esther Pauline Lederer |
| Anna Nicole Smith | Vickie Lynn Hogan |
| Anne Bancroft | Anna Maria Italiano |
| Antonio Banderas | Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera |
| Ashton Kutcher | Christopher Ashton Kutcher |
| Axl Rose | William Bailey |
| B.B. King | Riley B. King |
| Babyface | Kenneth Brian Edmonds |
| Barbara Eden | Barbara Huffman |
| Barbara Hershey | Barbara Herzstine |
| Barbara Stanwyck | Ruby Stevens |
| Barry Manilow | Barry Alan Pincus |
| Beatrice Arthur | Bernice Frankel |
| Beau Bridges | Lloyd Vernet Bridges III |
| Bela Lugosi | Bela Ferenc Blasko |
| Ben Kingsley | Krishna Banji |
| Bernadette Peters | Bernadette Lazzaro |
| Bill Clinton | William Jefferson Blythe III |
| Billie Holiday | Eleanora Fagan |
| Billy Idol | William Broad |
| Bing Crosby | Harry Lillis Crosby |
| Bjork | Bjork Gudmundsdottir |
| Bo Derek | Mary Cathleen Collins |
| Bo Diddley | Elias Bates |
| Bob Dylan | Robert Zimmerman |
| Bob Hope | Leslie Townes Hope |
| Bobby Darin | Walden Robert Cassotto |
| Bono (Vox) | Paul Hewson |
| Boris Karloff | William Henry Pratt |
| (Lil) Bow Wow | Shad Gregory Moss |
| Boy George | George Alan O’Dowd |
| Bozo the Clown | Larry Harmon |
| Brandy | Brandy Rayana Norwood |
| Bret Michaels | Bret Michael Sychak |
| Bruce Lee | Lee Yuen Kam |
| Bruno Mars | Peter Gene Hernández |
| Busby Berkeley | Welliam Berkeley Enos |
| Busta Rhymes | Trevor Smith |
| Buster Keaton | Joseph Frank Keaton |
| Carl Malden | Mladen George Sekulovich |
| Carrot Top | Scott Thompson |
| Cary Grant | Archibald Alexander Leach |
| Casey Kasem | Kemal Amin Kasim |
| Chad Everett | Raymond Crampton |
| Chaka Khan | Yvette Stevens |
| Charles Bronson | Charles Dennis Buchinski |
| Charlie Sheen | Carlos Irwin Estevez |
| Charo | María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza de Rasten |
| Cher | Cherilyn Sarkisian |
| Cheryl Ladd | Cheryl Stoppelmoor |
| Chipper Jones | Larry Wayne Jones |
| Christopher Walken | Ronald Walken |
| Chubby Checker | Ernest Evans |
| Chuck Norris | Carlos Ray |
| Ciara | Ciara Princess Harris |
| Claudette Colbert | Lily Chauchoin |
| Clay Aiken | Clayton Holmes Grissom |
| Coco Crisp | Covelli Loyce “Coco” Crisp |
| Connie Stevens | Concetta Ingolia |
| Conway Twitty | Harold Lloyd Jenkins |
| Coolio | Artis Leon Ivey Jr. |
| Count Basie | William Basie |
| Criss Angel | Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos |
| Crystal Gayle | Brenda Gayle Webb |
| Cyd Charisse | Tula Finklea |
| Daddy Yankee | Raymond Ayala |
| Dale Evans | Frances Octavia Smith |
| Danny DiVito | Daniel Michaeli |
| Danny Kaye | David Kaminsky |
| Danny Thomas | Muzyad Yakhoob |
| David Bowie | David Robert Hayward-Jones |
| David Copperfield | David Seth Kotkin |
| Dean Martin | Dino Crocetti |
| Debbie Reynolds | Mary Francis Reynolds |
| Della Reese | Delloreese Patricia Early |
| Demi Gene Moore | Demetria Guynes |
| Diane Keaton | Diane Hall |
| Dido | Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong |
| Diahann Carroll | Carol Diahann Johnson |
| Dinah Washington | Ruth Lee Jones |
| DMX | Earl Simmons |
| Dog the Bounty Hunter | Duane Lee Chapman |
| Don Johnson | Don Wayne |
| Donna Reed | Donna Belle Mullenger |
| Donna Summer | La Donna Gaines |
| Doris Day | Doris von Kappelhoff |
| Dorothy Lamour | Mary Kaumeyer |
| Dr. Seuss | Theodore Seuss Geisel |
| Eddie Albert | Edward Albert Heimberger |
| Edie Adams | Elizabeth Edith Enke |
| Edward G Robinson | Emmanuel Goldenberg |
| Elle MacPherson | Elenor Gow |
| Ellen Burstyn | Edna Gilhooley |
| Elton John | Reginald Kenneth Dwight |
| Elvira | Cassandra Peterson |
| Elvis Costello | Declan McManus |
| Erykah Badu | Erica Wright |
| Ethel Merman | Ethel Zimmerman |
| Eminem | Marshall Bruce Mathers III |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | Gerry Dorsey |
| Enya | Eithne Ni Bhraonian |
| Erykah Badu | Erica Wright |
| Esteban | Stephen Paul |
| Eve Arden | Eunice Quedens |
| Fabio | Fabio Lanzoni |
| Faith Hill | Audrey Faith Perry McGraw |
| Fanny Brice | Fanny Borach |
| Fatboy Slim | Quentin Norman Cook |
| Fergie | Stacey Ann Ferguson |
| Frankie Valli | Frank Castelluccio |
| Flavor Flav | William Johnathon Drayton Jr. |
| Fred Allen | John Sullivan |
| Fred Astaire | Frederick Austerlitz |
| Freddie Mercury | Farrokh Bulsara |
| Gene Barry | Eugene Klass |
| Gene Simmons | Chaim Witz |
| Gene Wilder | Jerome Silberman |
| George Burns | Nathan Birnbaum |
| George Michael | Georgios Panayiotou |
| Gisele | Gisele Caroline Bündchen |
| The Great Khali (WWE) | Dalip Singh Rana |
| Greta Garbo | Greta Gustafsson |
| Harry Houdini | Ehrich Weiss |
| Harry Morgan | Harry Bratsburg |
| Howard Cosell | Howard Cohen |
| Huey Lewis | Hugh Cregg |
| Hulk Hogan | Terry Gene Bollea |
| Ice Cube | O’Shea Jackson |
| Ice-T | Tracy Morrow |
| Irving Berlin | Israel Baline |
| Jack Benny | Benjamin Kubelsky |
| Jack Black | Thomas J. Black |
| Jack Lord | John Joseph Ryan |
| Jack Palance | Walter Palanuik |
| Jackie Chan | Chan Kwong-Sung |
| Jamie Farr | Jameel Joseph Farah |
| Jamie Marlon Foxx | Eric Bishop |
| James Garner | James Bumgarner |
| Jason Alexander | Jay Scott Greenspan |
| Jane Seymour | Joyce Frankenberg |
| Jayne Mansfield | Vera Jane Palmer |
| Jay-Z | Shawn Corey Carter |
| Jean Arthur | Gladys Greene |
| Jennifer Aniston | Jennifer Linn Anastassakis |
| Jermaine Jacksun | Mohammad Abdul Aziz |
| Jerry Lewis | Joseph Levitch |
| Joan Crawford | Lucille Le Sueur |
| Joan Rivers | Joan Sandra Molinsky |
| Jody Foster | Alicia Christian Foster |
| Joey Bishop | Joseph Gottlieb |
| John Bon Jovi | John Francis Bongiovi |
| John Denver | Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. |
| John Wayne | Marion Morrison |
| Johnnie Ray | John Alvin |
| Johnny Bench | Johnny Lee |
| Johnny Rotten | John Lydon |
| Judy Garland | Frances Gumm |
| Julia Child | Julia Carolyn McWilliams |
| Julie Andrews | Julia Wells |
| June Allyson | Ella Geisman |
| Junior Seau | Tiaina Baul Seau, Jr. |
| Stage Name | Given Name |
| Kaká | Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite |
| Kane (WWE) | Glen Jacobs |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. |
| Karl Malden | Mladen Sekulovich |
| Kathy Lee Gifford | Kathie Epstein |
| Katy Perry | Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson |
| Kid Rock | Robert James Ritchie |
| Kim Cattrall | Clare Woodgate |
| Kirk Douglas | Issur Danielovitch |
| Lady Gaga | Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta |
| Larry the Cable Guy | Daniel Lawrence Whitney |
| Larry King | Larry Ziegler |
| Lauren Bacall | Betty Joan Perske |
| Lea Michele | Lea Michele Sarfati |
| Lee J. Cobb | Leo Jacoby |
| Lee Majors | Harvey Lee Yeary II |
| Lil Kim | Kimberly Denise Jones |
| Lil Romeo | Percy Romeo Miller Jr. |
| Lil Wayne | Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. |
| Lisa Bonet | Lisa Boney |
| Liv Tyler | Liv Rundgren |
| LL Cool J | James Todd Smith III |
| Lord Byron | George Gordon Byron |
| Lou Costello | Louis Cristillo |
| Ludacris | Christopher Brian Bridges |
| Madonna | Madonna Louisse Ciccone |
| Maria Callas | Maria Kalogeropoulos |
| Marilyn Manson | Brian Warner |
| Marilyn Monroe | Norma Jean (Mortenson) Baker |
| Marc Anthony | Marco Antonio Muñiz |
| Mark Twain | Samuel Longhorne Clemens |
| Martha Stewart | Martha Kostyra |
| Martin Sheen | Ramon Estevez |
| Mario | Mario Dewar Barrett |
| Master P | Percy Robert Miller |
| Marilyn Monroe | Norma Jean Mortenson (Baker) |
| Martha Stewart | Martha Helen Kostyra |
| Mary Pickford | Gladys Smith |
| MC Hammer | Stanley Kirk Burrell |
| Meatloaf | Marvin Lee Aday |
| Mel Brooks | Melvin Kaminsky |
| Melvyn Douglas | Melvyn Hesselberg |
| Metta World Peace | Ronald William Artest, Jr. |
| Michael Caine | Maurice Micklewhite |
| Michael Crawford | Michael Dumble-Smith |
| Michael Keaton | Michael Douglas |
| Michael Landon | Eugene Maurice Orowitz |
| Mickey Rooney | Joe Yule Jr. |
| Miley Cirus | Destiny Hope Cyrus |
| Milton Burle | Milton Burlinger |
| Minnie Driver | Amelia Fiona J. Driver |
| Morgan Fairchild | Patsy McClenny |
| Mr. T | Lawrence Tero |
| Muddy Waters | McKinley Morganfield |
| Muhammad Ali | Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. |
| Nancy O’Dell | Nancy Evelyn Humphries |
| Nat King Cole | Nathaniel Adams Coles |
| Natalie Portman | Natalie Hershlag |
| Nastassja Kinski | Natassja Naksyznyski |
| Natalie Wood | Natasha Gurdin |
| Nelly | Cornell Haynes, Jr. |
| Newt Gingrich | Newton Leroy McPherson |
| Nicki Minaj | Onika Tanya Maraj |
| Nicolas Cage | Nicholas Coppola |
| Nicole Ritchie | Nicole Camilla Escovedo |
| Nostradamus | Michel de Nostredame |
| Notorious B.I.G. | Christopher Wallace |
| Olivia Wilde | Olivia Jane Cockburn |
| Omar Sharif | Michael Shalhoub |
| Ozzie Osbourne | John Michael Osbourne |
| “Papa” John | John Schnatter |
| Pat Benatar | Patricia Andrejewski |
| Patsy Cline | Virginia Patterson Hensley |
| Pee Wee Herman | Paul Reubenfeld |
| Pelé | Edson Arantes Do Nascimento |
| Penn (& Teller) | Penn Fraser Jillette |
| Perez Hilton | Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr |
| Peter Coyote | Peter Cohon |
| Peter Lorre | Laszio Lowenstein |
| Phyllis Diller | Phyllis Driver |
| Pink | Alecia Moore |
| Pitbull | Armando Cristian Pérez |
| Portia De Rossi | Amanda Lee Rogers |
| Prince | Prince Rogers Nelson |
| PSY | Park Jae-sang |
| Puff Daddy (Diddy) | Sean John Combs |
| Queen Latifah | Dana Elaine Owens |
| Ralph Lauren | Ralph Lifshitz |
| Randy Travis | Randy Traywick |
| Raquel Welch | Raquel Tejada |
| Ray Charles | Ray Charles Robinson |
| Reese Witherspoon | Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon |
| Red Buttons | Aaron Chwatt |
| Richard Burton | Richard Jenkins |
| Rihanna | Robyn Rihanna Fenty |
| Ringo Starr | Richard Starky |
| Rip Torn | Elmore Rual Torn Jr. |
| Rita Hayworth | Margarita Cansino |
| Rita Moreno | Rosita Alverio |
| Robert Blake | Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi |
| Robert Conrad | Conrad Robert Falk |
| Robert Stack | Robert Modini |
| Rock Hudson | Roy Scherer Jr. |
| Rodney Dangerfield | Jacob Cohen |
| Ron Ely | Ronald Pierce |
| Roy Rogers | Leonard Franklin Sly |
| Rudolph Valentino | Rudolpho D’Antonguolla |
| Ruth Westheimer | Karola Ruth Siegel |
| Sally Field | Sally Mahoney |
| Sandra Dee | Alexandria Zuck |
| Shaggy | Orville Richard Burrell |
| Shakira | Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll |
| Shania Twain | Eileen Regina Edwards |
| Sheena E(aston) | Sheena Shirley Orr |
| Skeet Ulrich | Bryan Ray Ulrich |
| Shawn Michaels (WWE) | Michael Higgenbottom |
| Sheila E | Sheila Escovedo |
| Shelley Winters | Shirley Schrift |
| Sinbad | David Atkins |
| Slash (Guns ‘n Roses) | Saul Hudson |
| Stephanie Powers | Stefania Federkiewicz |
| Shirley MacLaine | Shirley Beaty |
| Sid Vicious | John Simon Ritchie |
| Slim Pickens | Louis Lindley |
| Snoop Dogg | Cordazer Calvin Broadus |
| Sophia Loren | Sophia Scicoloni |
| Sophie Tucker | Sophia Kalish |
| Stan Laurel | Arthur Jefferson |
| Steve-O | Stephen Gilchrist Glover |
| Steve Lawrence | Sidney Liebowitz |
| Steven Tyler | Steven Tallarico |
| Stevie Wonder | Steveland Judkins |
| Sting | Gordon Sumner |
| Sugar Ray Robinson | Walker Smith, Jr. |
| Susan Surandon | Susan Tomaling |
| Suzanne Somers | Suzanne Mahoney |
| Talia Shire | Talia Coppola |
| Ted Danson | Edward Bridge Danson III |
| Teller (Penn & …) | Raymond Joseph Teller |
| The Big Bopper | Jiles Perry “J.P.” Richardson |
| The Big Show | Paul White |
| The Rock | Dwayne Johnson |
| Tia Carre | Althea Janairo |
| Tiger Woods | Eldrick Woods |
| Tim McGraw | Samuel Timothy Smith |
| Tina Turner | Annie Mae Bullock |
| Tiny Tim | Herbert Buckingham Khaury |
| Tom Cruise | Thomas Mapother IV |
| Tom Jones | Thomas Woodward |
| Tony Bennett | Anthony Benedetto |
| Tony Curtis | Bernard Schwartz |
| Tony Danza | Anthony Salvatore Iadanza |
| Tony Randall | Leonard Rosenberg |
| Tori Amos | Myra Ellen Amos |
| Tre Cool (Green Day) | Frank Edwin Wright III |
| Triple H (HHH) | Paul Michael Levesque |
| Twiggy | Leslie Hornby |
| Undertaker | Mark Calloway |
| Usher | Usher Raymond IV |
| Vanilla Ice | |
| Veronica Lake | Constance Ockleman |
| Vic Damone | Vito Farinola |
| Vikki Carr | Florencia Casillas |
| Vin Diesel | Mark Vincent |
| Victor Borge | Borge Rosenbaum |
| W.C. Fields | William Claude Dukenfield |
| Walter Matthau | Walter Matuschanskayasky |
| Whoopie Goldberg | Caryn Johnson |
| Winona Ryder | Winona Laura Horowitz |
| Woody Allen | Allen Konigsberg |
| Wynonna Judd | Christina Ciminella |
| Yves St. Laurent | Henri Donat Mathieu |
| Yvonne De Carlo | Peggy Middleton |
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