Freedom Lawyers of America

So, you know some people in showbiz have to change
their names to make it. Some celebrities want short,
catchy names that people can remember. Here are
the names of some celebrities who use names other
than their birth names:

Ed Asner - Yitzak Edward Asner
Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Robert Blake - Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi
Jon Bon jovi - John Francis Bongiovi
Bono - Paul Hewson
Yul Brynner - Taidje Kahn, Jr.
Charo - Maria Rosaria Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza
Chevy Chase - Cornelius Crane Chase
Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans
Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre
Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz
John Wayne - Marion Morrison

Real Names of Celebrities
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� A
� Alan Alda = Alphonso D'Abruzzo
� Woody Allen = Allen Konigsberg
� Julie Andrews = Julia Wells
� Fred Astaire = Frederick Austerlitz

� B
� Babyface = Kenneth Edmonds
� Lauren Bacall = Betty Joan Perske
� Anne Bancroft = Anna Maria Italiano
� Pat Benatar = Patricia Andrejewski
� Tony Bennett = Anthony Benedetto
� Jack Benny = Benjamin Kubelsky
� Robert Blake = Michael Gubitosi
� Bono = Paul Hewson
� David Bowie = David Robert Jones
� Boy George = George Alan O'Dowd
� Charles Bronson = Charles Buchinski
� Albert Brooks = Albert Einstein
� Mel Brooks = Melvin Kaminsky
� George Burns = Nathan Birnbaum
� Ellen Burstyn = Edna Gilhooley
� Richard Burton = Richard Jenkins

� C
� Nicholas Cage = Nicholas Coppola
� Michael Cain = Maurice Micklewhite
� Maria Callas = Maria Kalogeropoulos
� Vikki Carr = Florencia Casillas
� Ray Charles = Ray Charles Robinson
� Chubby Checker = Ernest Evans
� Cher = Cherilyn Sarkisian
� Patsy Cline = Virginia Patterson Hensley
� Claudette Colbert = Lily Chauchoin
� Robert Conrad = Conrad Robert Falk
� Alice Cooper = Vincent Furnier
� David Copperfield = David Kotkin
� Howard Cosell = Howard Cohen
� Elvis Costello = Declan McManus
� Lou Costello = Louis Cristillo
� Joan Crawford = Lucille Le Sueur
� Michael Crawford = Michael Dumble-Smith
� Tom Cruise = Thomas Mapother IV
� Tony Curtis = Bernard Schwartz

� D
� Rodney Dangerfield = Jacob Cohen
� Doris Day = Doris von Kappelhoff
� James Dean = James Byron
� John Denver = Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
� Bo Derek = Mary Cathleen Collins
� Danny DeVito = Daniel Michaeli
� Angie Dickinson = Angeline Brown
� Bo Diddley = Elias Bates
� Phyllis Diller = Phyllis Driver
� Kirk Douglas = Issur Danielovitch
� Bob Dylan = Robert Zimmerman

� E
� Sheena Easton = Sheena Shirley Orr
� Elvira = Cassandra Paterson
� Enya = Eithne Ni Bhraonian

� F
� Morgan Fairchild = Patsy McClenny
� Sally Field = Sally Mahoney
� W.C. Fields = William Claude Dukenfield
� Jodie Foster = Alicia Christian Foster

� G
� Greta Garbo = Greta Gustafsson
� Judy Garland = Frances Gumm
� James Garner = James Bumgarner
� Crystal Gayle = Brenda Gayle Webb
� Kathie Lee Gifford = Kathie Epstein
� Whoopie Goldberg = Caryn Johnson
� Cary Grant = Archibald Leach

� H
� Hammer = Stanley Kirk Burrell
� Rita Hayworth = Margarita Cansino
� Pee-Wee Herman = Paul Reubenfeld
� Barbara Hershey = Barbara Herzstine
� Billie Holliday = Eleanora Fagan
� Harry Houdini = Ehrich Weiss
� Rock Hudson = Roy Scherer Jr.

� I
� Ice-T = Tracy Morrow
� Billy Idol = William Broad

� J
� Elton John = Reginald Dwight
� Don Johnson = Donald Wayne
� Al Jolson = Asa Yoelson
� Tom Jones = Thomas Woodward
� Wynonna Judd = Christina Ciminella

� K
� Boris Karloff = William Henry Pratt
� Danny Kaye = David Kaminsky
� Diane Keaton = Diane Hall
� Michael Keaton = Michael Douglas
� Chaka Khan = Yvette Stevens
� Larry King = Larry Zeigler
� Ben Kingsley = Krishna Banji
� Nastassja Kinski = Nastassja Naksyznyski

� L
� Cheryl Ladd = Cheryl Stoppelmoor
� Veronica Lake = Constance Ockleman
� Dorothy Lamour = Mary Kaumeyer
� Michael Landon = Eugene Orowitz
� Queen Latifah = Dana Owens
� Stan Laurel = Arthur Jefferson
� Steve Lawrence = Sidney Leibowitz
� Bruce Lee = Lee Yuen Kam
� Huey Lewis = Hugh Cregg
� Jerry Lewis = Joseph Levitch
� Jack Lord = John Joseph Ryan
� Sophia Loren = Sophia Scicoloni
� Peter Lorre = Laszio Lowenstein
� Bela Lugosi = Bela Ferenc Blasko

� M
� Shirley MacLaine = Shirley Beaty
� Elle MacPherson = Eleanor Gow
� Madonna = Madonna Louise Ciccone
� Lee Majors = Harvey Lee Yeary II
� Karl Malden = Mladen Sekulovich
� Barry Manilow = Barry Alan Pincus
� Jayne Mansfield = Vera Jane Palmer
� Walter Matthau = Walter Matuschanskayasky
� Dean Martin = Dino Crocetti
� Meat Loaf = Marvin Lee Aday
� Ethel Merman = Ethel Zimmerman
� George Michael = Georgios Panayiotou
� Marilyn Monroe = Norma Jean Mortenson (later Baker)
� Demi Moore = Demetria Guynes
� Rita Moreno = Rosita Alverio
� Harry Morgan = Harry Bratsburg

� N
� Chuck Norris = Carlos Ray
� Andre Norton = Mary Alice Norton
� Notorious B.I.G. = Christopher Wallace

� P
� Jack Palance = Walter Palanuik
� Bernadette Peters = Bernadette Lazzaro
� Slim Pickens = Louis Lindley
� Mary Pickford = Gladys Smith
� Stephanie Powers = Stefania Federkiewicz
� Prince = Prince Rogers Nelson

� R
� Tony Randall = Leonard Rosenberg
� Johnnie Ray = John Alvin
� Donna Reed = Donna Belle Mullenger
� Della Reese = Delloreese Patricia Early
� Joan Rivers = Joan Sandra Molinsky
� Edward G. Robinson = Emmanuel Goldenberg
� Mickey Rooney = Joe Yule Jr.
� Johnny Rotten = John Lydon
� Winona Ryder = Winona Horowitz

� S
� Susan Sarandon = Susan Tomaling
� Jane Seymour = Joyce Frankenberg
� Omar Sharif = Michael Shalhoub
� Charlie Sheen = Carlos Irwin Estevez
� Martin Sheen = Ramon Estevez
� Talia Shire = Talia Coppola
� Sinbad = David Atkins
� Slash = Saul Hudson
� Suzanne Somers = Suzanne Mahoney
� Robert Stack = Robert Modini
� Barbara Stanwyck = Ruby Stevens
� Ringo Starr = Richard Starkey
� Connie Stevens = Concetta Ingolia
� Sting = Gordon Sumner
� Donna Summer = La Donna Gaines

� T
� Mr. T = Lawrence Tero
� Danny Thomas = Muzyad Yakhoob
� Tiny Tim = Herbert Khaury
� Rip Torn = Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
� Randy Travis = Randy Traywick
� Sophie Tucker = Sophia Kalish
� Tina Turner = Annie Mae Bullock
� Twiggy = Leslie Hornby

� V
� Rudolph Valentino = Rudolpho D'Antonguolla
� Frankie Valli = Frank Castelluccio
� Sid Vicious = John Simon Ritchie

� W
� John Wayne = Marion Morrison
� Raquel Welch = Raquel Tejada
� Gene Wilder = Jerome Silberman
� Shelley Winters = Shirley Schrift
� Stevie Wonder = Stevland Morris
� Natalie Wood = Natasha Gurdin