List added by tartan_skirt on 27 August 2008 05:20

A Change of Names

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6.8

1. Woody Allen

Allan Stewart Konigsberg

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2. Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Anastassakis

tartan_skirt's rating:

8.4

3. Fred Astaire

Frederick Austerlitz

6.1

4. Mary Astor

Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke

2.5

5. Cilla Black

Priscilla Maria Veronica White

6. Bono

Paul David Hewson

7. David Bowie

David Robert Jones

6.7

8. Mel Brooks

Melvin Kaminsky

tartan_skirt's rating:

8.1

9. Michael Caine

Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.

tartan_skirt's rating:

6.5

10. Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane Chase

11. Patsy Cline

Virginia Patterson Hensley

12. Alice Cooper

Vincent Damon Furnier

13. Elvis Costello

Declan McManus

6.1

14. Rodney Dangerfield

Jacob Cohen

tartan_skirt's rating:

8.2

15. Yvonne De Carlo

Peggy Yvonne Middleton

16. Morgan Fairchild

Patsy Ann McClenny

17. Mia Farrow

Maria de Lourdes Villers Farrow

5.5

18. Peter Finch

Frederick George Peter Ingle-Finch

5.9

19. Edward Furlong

Edward Walter Torres

8.1

20. Judy Garland

Frances Ethel Cumm

5.7

21. Mitzi Gaynor

Franceska Mitzi von Gerber

6.6

22. Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson

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23. Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea

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24. Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan

25. Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley

26. Elton John

Reginald Kenneth Dwight

6.2

27. Johnny Knoxville

Phillip John Clapp

7.2

28. Lucy Lawless

Lucille Frances Ryan

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

8.4

33. Peter Lorre

László Löwenstein

4.5

34. Lulu

Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

4.7

35. Marilyn Manson

Brian Hugh Warner

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36. Freddie Mercury

Farrokh Bulsara

5.2

37. Meat Loaf

Marvin Lee Aday

5.8

38. Demi Moore

Demetria Gene Guynes

39. Patsy Palmer

Julie Harris

7.8

40. Natalie Portman

Natalie Hershlag

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41. Freddie Prinze

Frederick Karl Pruetzel

42. Suzi Quatro

Susan Kay Quatrocchio

7.3

43. Vic Reeves

James Moir

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44. Cliff Richard

Harry Rodger Webb

4.2

45. Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky

46. W. Axl Rose

William Bruce Bailey

6.4

47. Meg Ryan

Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra

tartan_skirt's rating:

6.8

48. Winona Ryder

Winona Laura Horowitz

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49. Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Chedid

6.2

50. Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estévez

tartan_skirt's rating:

6.9

51. Martin Sheen

Ramon Estévez

52. Gene Simmons

Chaim Klein Witz

53. Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon

54. Siouxsie Sioux

Susan Janet Ballion

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55. Sting

Gordon Matthew Sumner

5.1

56. Mr. T

Lawrence Tureaud

57. Tina Turner

Annie Mae Bullock

7.3

58. Shania Twain

Eilleen Regina Edwards

59. Twiggy

Leslie Hornby

8.3

60. John Wayne

Marion Morrison

6.7

61. Alida Valli

Alida Maria Laura von Altenburger (Baroness of Marckenstein and Freuenberg)

62. Vanilla Ice

Robert Van Winkle

63. Johnny Vegas

Michael Joseph Pennington

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64. Dita Von Teese

Heather Sweet

tartan_skirt's rating:

6.6

65. Adam West

William West Anderson

7.9

66. Gene Wilder

Jerome Silberman

tartan_skirt's rating:

7.3

67. Guy Williams

Armando Joseph Catalano

7.3

68. Natalie Wood

Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko

69. Zakk Wylde

Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt

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Posted : 17 hours, 46 minutes 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.


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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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