Celebrities Real/Birth Names

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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting.

Steve Borden (born March 20, 1959), better known by the ring nameSting.

 

[3rd__Optic]

I dind't know Demond Wilson first name was Grady.

I think that I read somewhere that he was a major contributor to Sandford and Son as far as writing and characters. Hence, Grady

 

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William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951)

Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004

 

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LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name Donna Summer

Zainon Salleh Riperton-Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), known professionally as Minnie Riperton

 

[godofwine]

Cary Grant

Real Name: Archibald Alexander Leach

There really is no way to make “Archibald Leach” roll off the tongue, is there?

Eric Jerome Dickey Fashions one of the characters in his Gideon book series actor Cary Grant. He's Gideon's mentor. I can't remember his name off hand, but he's the man with the white shoes: Constantine

 

[Duece]

Zainon Salleh Riperton-Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), known professionally as Minnie Riperton

Might have to dispute that one.. I was always told that she was born Minnie Julia Riperton.

 

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Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), best known as Jersey Joe Walcott

Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), best known as Rocky Marciano

 

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Albert Joseph Brown III During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B. Sure!

Birth name Eldra Patrick DeBarge Also known as El Debarge

 

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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983)known professionally as Muddy Waters

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf

 

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Sugar Ray Robinson born Walker Smith Jr.

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey

 

[dasmybikepunk]

Keep it going!

Sisqo

Mark Althavan Andrews (born November 9, 1978)


Grand Master Flash

Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958)

Musiq Soulchild

Taalib Johnson, professionally known as Musiq Soulchild or simply Musiq (/ˈmjuːsɪk/; born September 16, 1977)

Kem

Kim Owens (born July 23, 1969)

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott

Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971)

 

[godofwine]

That's fucked up Kem's name is Kim.

That is just not fair to put on a boy. Neither is a Leslie or Ashley. It's been done (NFL players Leslie O'Neal and Ashley Ambrose), but it's not something I'd put my kid through

 

[dasmybikepunk]

That's fucked up Kem's name is Kim.

That is just not fair to put on a boy. Neither is a Leslie or Ashley. It's been done (NFL players Leslie O'Neal and Ashley Ambrose), but it's not something I'd put my kid through

True, always makes me laugh, I had an ex who would lose it when I hang out with the fellas and my homies from high school, so I get in 2ish AM, my ex asking "who was you with?", and I'm like G, Ron, Mike, Stacy...she loses it "who the fuck is Stacy?" I'm like "it's a dude his name is Stacy!" She could not wrap her head around a dude named Stacy.

 

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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.)

William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III)

 

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Dionne Warwick (Born Marie Dionne Warrick)

Beatrice Melba Hill known by her stage name, Melba Moore

 

[LSN]

the revelations are far more surprising/ interesting than I thought they would be...cool info

 

[JimJones]

Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson

Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson

wtf is this about? When did they use those names?

 

[PliggaNease]

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV: Tom Cruise
Mark Vincent: Vin Diesel

 

[PliggaNease]

From the pro wrestling circuit:

Richard Fliehr: Ric Flair
Virgil Runnels: Dusty Rhodes
Michael Hickenbottom: Shawn Michaels
Mark Galloway: The Undertaker
Michael Hegstrand and Joe Laurenitis: Hawk and Animal
Paul Wight: The Big Show
Paul Levesque: Triple H

 

[ORIGINAL NATION]

Interesting post

 

[An RnB Thug]

Malcolm X - (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) Born May 19, 1925 as Malcolm Little

 

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Charlie Sheen - Born September 3, 1965 as Carlos Irwin Estévez

 

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Vin Diesel - Born July 18, 1967 as Mark Sinclair

 

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Miley Cyrus Born November 23, 1992 as Destiney Hope Cyrus

 

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Tiger Woods - Born December 30, 1975 as Eldrick Tont Woods

 

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Katy Perry - born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson

Natalie Portman - born Natalie Hershlag

Angelina Jolie - born Angelina Jolie Voight

Nicolas Cage - born Nicolas Kim Coppola

Axl Rose - born William Bruce Rose, Jr.

Sasha Grey - born Marina Ann Hantzis

Jon Stewart - born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz

Woody Allen - born Allen Stewart Konigsberg

Sigourney Weaver - born Susan Alexandra Weaver

Freddie Mercury - born Farrokh Bulsara


Michael Caine - born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite

John Wayne - born Marion Michael Morrison

Kirk Douglas - born Issur Danielovitch Demsky

Gene Simmons - born Chaim Klein Witz

Stone Cold Steve Austin - born Steven James Anderson


Asia Carrera - born Jessica Andrea Steinhauser

Stan Lee - born Stanley Leiber

 

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Michael Eugene Archer better known by his stage name D'Angelo

Erica Abi Wright known professionally as Erykah Badu

 

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Marla Gibbs (born Margaret Theresa Bradley; June 14, 1931)

Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford)

 

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Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown

Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson

 

[darth frosty]

Graduel Christopher Darin Carter[1] (born November 25, 1965) is a former American football player in the National Football League.

It was fellow wide receiver Chris Collingsworth who told him he would never make it with the name graduel.

 

[easy_b]

Clifford

 

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Shari Watson (born October 10, 1971, St. Louis, Missouri), known as Truth Hurts

Charlene Keys (born January 21, 1971), better known by the stage nameTweet

 

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Elgin Baylor Lumpkin better known by his stage name Ginuwine

Raphael Saadiq (/səˈdiːk/; born Charles Ray Wiggins

 

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Broderick Stephen Harvey

Cedric Antonio Kyles better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer

 

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Julius "Nipsey" Russell

Ermias Joseph Asghedom known professionally as Nipsey Hussle