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    This document lists the real names of over 100 famous actors and musicians. Many actors used stage names that were different from their birth names. Some of the notable name changes included Cary Grant being born as Archibald Alexander Leach, Elvis Costello being born as Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, and Woody Allen being born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. The document provides a brief glimpse into how some celebrities adopted names that helped further their careers in the entertainment industry.

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    This document lists the real names of over 100 famous actors and musicians. Many actors used stage names that were different from their birth names. Some of the notable name changes included Cary Grant being born as Archibald Alexander Leach, Elvis Costello being born as Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, and Woody Allen being born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. The document provides a brief glimpse into how some celebrities adopted names that helped further their careers in the entertainment industry.

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    This document lists the real names of over 100 famous actors and musicians. Many actors used stage names that were different from their birth names. Some of the notable name changes included Cary Grant being born as Archibald Alexander Leach, Elvis Costello being born as Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, and Woody Allen being born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. The document provides a brief glimpse into how some celebrities adopted names that helped further their careers in the entertainment industry.

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    634 views4 pages

    Real Names of Famous Actors

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    This document lists the real names of over 100 famous actors and musicians. Many actors used stage names that were different from their birth names. Some of the notable name changes included Cary Grant being born as Archibald Alexander Leach, Elvis Costello being born as Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, and Woody Allen being born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. The document provides a brief glimpse into how some celebrities adopted names that helped further their careers in the entertainment industry.

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    This document lists the real names of many famous actors and actresses, as most use stage names to help separate their personal and professional lives.

    Actors often use stage names to mask their ethnic backgrounds, avoid being typecast, protect their personal privacy, or to just sound more appealing to potential audiences and directors.

    Common types of stage names include Americanized versions of their birth names, names that start with their first initial, names that sound catchy or memorable, names inspired by other actors they admire, and names that better suit the image they want to portray.

    Real names of famous actors

    Actors

    • Alan Dale (Aldo Sigismondi)


    • Albert Brooks (Albert Lawrence Einstein)
    • Alex Lifeson (Alexander Zivojinovich)
    • Alla Nazimova (Mariam Edez Adelaida
    Leventon)
    • Alpha Blondy (Seydou Kon)
    • Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Italiano)
    • Ashley Judd (Ashley Tyler Ciminella)
    • Ashok Kumar (Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly)
    • Bela Lugosi (Be'la Ferenc Dezso Blasko)
    • Betty Hutton (Elizabeth June Thornburg)
    • Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)
    • Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)
    • Buddy Clark (Samuel Goldberg)
    • Burt Holiday (Bonaldo Bonaldi)
    • Carole Lombard (Jane Alice Peters)
    • Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)
    • Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Dorlac)
    • Cathy Carr (Angelina Helen Catherine
    Cordovano)
    • Charlie Sheen (Carlos Irwin Estevez)
    • Charlton Heston (John Charles Carter)
    • Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
    • Cozy Powell (Colin Flooks)
    • Damia (Marie-Louise Damien)
    • David Copperfield (David Seth Kotkin)
    • David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian)
    • Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti)
    • Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo)
    • Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover)
    • Dharmendra (Dharam Singh Deol)
    • Diane Keaton (Diane Hall)
    • Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan)
    • Dirk Bogarde (Derek van den Bogaerde)
    • Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff)
    • Duane Allman (Howard Duange Allman)
    • Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
    • Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick Aloysius
    McManus)
    • Eminem (Marshall Mathers III)
    • Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholemew)
    • Ernest Borgnine (Ermes Effron Borgnino)
    • Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman)
    • Franz Welser-Mst (Franz Mst)
    • Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
    • Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre
    Bickel)
    • Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle)
    • Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib)
    • Gene Simmons (Chaim Witz)
    • Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
    • Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman)
    • Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
    • Gogi Grant (Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg)
    • Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson)
    • Gribouille (Marie-France Gat)
    • Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx)
    • Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss)
    • Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)
    • Heino (Heinz Georg Kramm)
    • Henry Rollins (Henry Garfield)
    • Ice T (Tracy Morrow)
    • Jamie Foxx (Eric Bishop)
    • Janet Leigh (Jeanette Helen Morrison)
    • Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jayne Palmer)
    • Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpentier)
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude
    Camille Franois Van Varenberg)
    • Jennifer Jones (Phyllis Lee Isley)
    • Jacques Lu Cont (Stuart Price)
    • Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza)
    • Joan Crawford (Lucille Fay LeSueur)
    • Joan Fontaine (Joan de Beauvoir de
    Havilland)
    • John Ford (Sean Aloysius O'Fearna)
    • John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)
    • John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison)
    • Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo De
    Simone)
    • Jon Stewart (Jonathon Leibowitz)
    • Joni James (Joan Carmella Babbo|Joan (or
    Giovanna) Carmella Babbo)
    • Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)
    • Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
    • Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch Demsky)
    • Kishore Kumar (Abhas Ganguly)
    • Lale Andersen (Liese-Lotte Helene Berta
    Bunnenberg)
    • Lauren Bacall (Betty Joan Perske)
    • Lionel Barrymore (Lionel Herbert Blythe)
    • Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson,
    later Norma Jean Baker)
    • Marion Hutton (Marion Thornburg)
    • Marni Nixon (Marni McEathron)
    • Martin Sheen ([Ramn Estvez)
    • Mary Astor (Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)
    • Mary Ford (Colleen Summers)
    • Mary Pickford (Gladys Smith)
    • Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano)
    • Meg Ryan (Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra)
    • Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky)
    • Michael J. Fox (Michael Andrew Fox)
    • Michael Keaton (Michael John Douglas)
    • Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite)
    • Mike Dirnt (Michael Pritchard)
    • Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag)
    • Natalie Wood (Natalia Nikolaevna
    Zakharenko)
    • Nico (Christa Pffgen)
    • Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler)
    • Paul Muni (Meshilem Meier Weisenfreud)
    • Paul Stanley (Stanley Harvey Eisen)
    • Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd)
    • Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)
    • Richard Clapton (Terry Gonk)
    • Robert Gant (Robert Gonzalez)
    • The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson)
    • Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer Jr.)
    • Roger Vadim (Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov)
    • Ronnie Gaylord (Ronald L. Fredianelli)
    • Ronnie James Dio (Ronald Padavona)
    • Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginzburg)
    • Shirley Strachan (Graeme Strachan)
    • Simone Signoret (Simone Kaminker)
    • Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone)
    • Spike Jonze (Adam Spiegel)
    • Stanley Donwood (Dan Rickwood)
    • Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris)
    • Stewart Granger (Stewart Granger|James
    Stewart)
    • Susan Hayward (Edythe Marrenner)
    • Susan Sarandon (Susan Abigail Tomalin)
    • Timea Margot (Tmea Vgvlgyi)
    • Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV)
    • Toni Arden (Antoinette Ardizzone)
    • Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz)
    • Tony Martin (Alvin Morris)
    • Tori Amos (Myra Ellen Amos)
    • Tot (Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Griffo Focas
    Comneno)
    • Trent Reznor (Michael Trent Reznor)
    • Twiggy (Leslie Hornby)
    • Vic Reeves (Jim Moir)
    • Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum)
    • Vivien Leigh (Vivian Mary Hartley)
    • William Holden (William Franklin Beedle Jr.)
    • Wilhelm Fink (Billie Joe Armstrong)
    • Willy DeVille [William Borsay)
    • Winona Ryder (Winona Laura Horowitz)

    • Woody Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg)

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