This is a list of famous or notable people who have changed their names. The following list contains individuals who have legally changed their names. This list also includes individuals who are merely known by nicknames, one name, stage names, or women who may have changed surnames after marriage.
A *Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, American basketball player - birth name: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. *Abdul-Rauf, Mahmoud, American basketball player - birth name: Chris Wayne Jackson *Abdul-Wahad, Tariq, French basketball player - birth name: Olivier Michael St. Jean *Adams, Maud, Swedish actress - birth name: Maud Solveig Christina Wikström *Adams, Nick, American actor - birth name: Nicholas Aloysius Adamschock *Adorée, Renée, French actress - birth name: Jeanne de La Fonte *Affleck, Ben, American actor - birth name: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt *Aiken, Clay, American singer - birth name: Clayton Holmes Grissom *Albert, Eddie, American actor - birth name: Edward Albert Heimberger *Alexander, Jason, American actor - birth name: Jason Scott Greenspan *Alda, Alan, American actor - birth name: Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo *Alda, Robert, American actor - birth name: Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo *Alexi-Malle, Adam, Italian-born American actor/musician - birth name: Juan-Paolo Perre *Ali, Muhammad, American boxer - birth name: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. *Allen, Mel, American sportscaster - birth name: Melvin Israel, later Melvin Avron Israel *Allen, Rae, American actress - birth name: Raffaella Giulia Teresa D'Abruzzo *Allen, Tim, American actor - birth name: Timothy Allen Dick *Allen, Woody, American filmmaker/actor - birth name: Allen Stewart Konigsberg *Allin, Kevin Michael, American singer - birth name: Jesus Christ Allin *Allyson, June, American actress - birth name: Eleanor Geisman *Alvarado, Don, American actor - birth name: José Paige *Amos, Tori, American singer/songwriter - birth name: Myra Ellen Amos *Andre, Gwili, Danish-born American actress - birth name: Gurli Andresen *Andrews, Dana, American actor - birth name: Carver Dana Andrews *Aniston, Jennifer, American actress - birth name: Jennifer Linn Anastassakis *Ant, Adam, British pop star - birth name: Stuart Leslie Goddard *Anthony, Marc, Latin singer - birth name: Marco Antonio Muñiz *Arlen, Richard, American actor - birth name: Cornelius Richard Van Mattimore *Arliss, George, English actor - birth name: George Augustus Andrews *Arthur, Bea, American actress - birth name: Bernice Frankel *Asrani, Indian actor - birth name:Govardhan Asrani *Astaire, Fred, American actor/dancer - birth name: Frederick Austerlitz *Astor, Mary, American actress - birth name: Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke *Aubert, Jeanne, French singer/actress - birth name: Marguerite Perrinot *Avalon, Frankie, American singer - birth name: Francis Thomas Avallone
B *Baarová, Lída, Czech actress - birth name: Ludmila Babková *Bacall, Lauren, American actress - birth name: Betty Joan Perske *Baker, Josephine, American-born French singer/dancer/actress - birth name: Freda Josephine McDonald *Bancroft, Anne, American actress - birth name: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano *Bara, Theda, American actress - birth name: Theodosia Burr Goodman *Barrett, Syd, English musician - birth name: Roger Keith Barrett *Barry, Jeff, American singer/songwriter/music producer - birth name: Joel Adelberg *Barrymore, Ethel, American actress - birth name: Ethel Mae Blythe *Barrymore, John, American actor - birth name: John Sidney Blythe *Barrymore, Lionel, American actor - birth name: Lionel Herbert Blythe *Basquette, Lina, American actress - birth name: Lena Copeland Baskette *Batcheff, Pierre, French actor - birth name: Piotr Bacev *Beatty, Warren, American actors - birth name: Henry Warren Beaty *Benatar, Pat, American rock singer - birth name: Patricia Mae Andrzejewski *Bennett, Tony, American singer - birth name: Anthony Dominick Benedetto *Benny, Jack, American actor/television and radio personality - birth name: Benjamin Kubelsky *Benton, Barbi, American model/actress - birth name: Barbara Klein *Berle, Milton, American comedian/actor - birth name: Mendel Berlinger *Berlin, Irving, Russian-born American composer - birth name: Israel Isidore Beilin *Bernhardt, Sarah, French actress - birth name: Henriette Rosine Bernard *Bishop, Joey, American comedian/actor - birth name: Joseph Abraham Gottlieb *Black, Cilla, English singer - birth name: Priscilla White *Black, Karen, American actress - birth name: Karen Blanche Ziegler *Blair, Jenna, Girl - birth name: Honey *Blake, Amanda, American actress - birth name: Beverly Louise Neill *Blake, Robert, American actor - birth name: Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi *Blane, Sally, American actress - birth name: Elizabeth Jane Young *Blyleven, Bert, former Dutch-born American baseball player - birth name: Rik Aalbert Blyleven *Bogarde, Dirk, English actor - birth name: Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde *Bolan, Marc, English singer/musician (T. Rex) - birth name: Mark Feld *Bolton, Michael, American singer - birth name: Michael Bolotin *Bono, Sonny, American composer/singer/actor - birth name: Salvatore Philip Bono *Bonser, Boof, American baseball player - birth name: John Paul Bonser *Bowie, David, English singer - birth name: David Robert Jones *Brewer, Teresa, American singer - birth name: Theresa Breuer *Brice, Fanny, American comedian/entertainer - birth name: Fania Borach *Brittany, Morgan, American actress - birth name: Suzanne Cupito *Brolin, James, American actor - birth name: James Bruderlin *Bronson, Charles, American actor - birth name: Charles Buchinsky *Brooks, Albert, American actor - birth name: Albert Lawrence Einstein *Brooks, Donnie, American singer - birth name: John Dee Abohosh *Brooks, Mel, American film director - birth name: Melvin Kaminsky *Bruce, Lenny, American comedian - birth name: Leonard Alfred Schneider *Burns, George, American actor/comedian - birth name: Nathan Birnbaum *Burstyn, Ellen, American actress - birth name: Edna Rae Gillooly *Burton, Richard, Welsh actor - birth name: Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.
C *Caesar, Sid, American actor - birth name: Isaac Sidney Caesar *Cage, Nicolas, American actor - birth name: Nicholas Kim Coppola *Cain, Dean, American actor - birth name: Dean George Tanaka *Caine, Michael, English actor - birth name: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite *Calhoun, Rory, American actor - birth name: Francis Timothy McCown Durgin *Callas, Maria, American-born Greek opera singer - birth name: Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos *Campbell, Kim, Canadian ex-prime minister - birth name: Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell *Cannon, Dyann, American actress - birth name: Samile Diane Friesen *Capote, Truman, American author - birth name: Truman Streckfus Persons *Capshaw, Kate, American actress - birth name: Kathy Sue Nail *Carey, Harry, American actor - birth name: Henry DeWitt Carey II *Carlyle, Buddy, American baseball player - birth name: Earl L. Carlyle III *Cara, Irene, American singer/actress - birth name: Irene Escalera *Carradine, David, American actor - birth name: John Arthur Carradine *Carroll, Diahann, American actress/singer - birth name: Carol Diahann Johnson *Carver, George Washington, African-American agricultural educator - birth name: George Carver *Cates, Georgina, English actress - birth name: Clare Woodgate *Cates, Phoebe, American actress - birth name: Phoebe Belle Katz *Chandler, Jeff, American actor - birth name: Ira Grossel *Chandler, Lane, American actor - birth name: Robert Chandler Oakes *Charisse, Cyd, American dancer/actress - birth name: Tula Ellice Finklea *Charles, Ray, American singer/musician - birth name: Ray Charles Robinson *Chase, Chevy, American actor/comedian - birth name: Cornelius Crane Chase *Chenoweth, Kristin, American actress - birth name: Kristi Dawn Chenoweth *Cher, American actress/singer - birth name: Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere *Chopin, Frédéric François, Polish-born pianist/composer (emigrated to France) - birth name: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin *Church, Charlotte, Welsh singer - birth name: Charlotte Maria Reed *Clary, Robert, French-born American actor/author/lecturer - birth name: Robert Max Widerman *Clay, Andrew "Dice", American comedian/actor - birth name: Andrew Silverstein *Cline, Patsy, American singer/musician - birth name: Virginia Patterson Hensley *Clinton, Bill, Former American president - birth name: William Jefferson Blythe III *Cobb, Lee J., American actor - birth name: Leo Jacoby *Colbert, Claudette, American actress - birth name: Lily Claudette Chauchoin *Cole, Nat King, American singer - birth name: Nathaniel Adams Coles *Colter, Jessi, American singer/songwriter - birth name: Mirriam Johnson *Coltrane, Robbie, Scottish actor - birth name: Anthony Robert McMillan *Conaway, Jeff, American actor - birth name: Jeffery Charles William Michael *Conrad, Robert, American actor - birth name: Conrad Robert Falk *Conrad, William, American actor - birth name: William Cann *Como, Perry, American singer - birth name: Pierino Ronald Como *Connors, Carol, American singer - birth name: Annette Kleinbard *Connors, Chuck, American actor - birth name: Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors *Connors, Mike, American actor - birth name: Krekor Ohanian *Cooper, Alice, American singer - birth name: Vincent Damon Furnier *Cooper, Gary, American actor - birth name: Frank James Cooper *Copperfield, David, American illusionist - birth name: David Kotkin *Cortez, Ricardo, American actor - birth name: Jacob Krantz *Costello, Elvis, English singer - birth name: Declan Patrick MacManus *Costello, Lou, American actor and comedian (Abbott and Costello) - birth name: Louis Francis Cristillo *Covington, Bucky, American singer - birth name: William Joel Covington III *Coyote, Peter, American actor - birth name: Robert Peter Cohon *Crawford, Joan, American actress - birth name: Lucille LeSueur *Crisp, Coco, American baseball player - birth name: Covelli Loyce Crisp *Cromwell, Richard, American actor - birth name:LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh *Cruise, Tom, American actor - birth name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV *Cummings, Constance, American-born British actress - birth name: Constance Halverstadt *Curtis, Tony, American actor - birth name: Bernard Schwartz
D *Dalle, Brody, American singer/musician - birth name: Bree Leslie Pucilowski *Damita, Lili, French actress - birth name: Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré *Dana, Viola, American actress - birth name: Virginia Flugrath *Dane, Karl, Danish-born American actor - birth name: Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb *Daniels, Bebe, American actress - birth name: Phyllis Daniels *Dangerfield, Rodney, American comedian/actor - birth name: Jacob Cohen *Dante, Ron, American singer (The Archies) - birth name: Carmine Granito *Darin, Bobby, American singer/musician - birth name: Walden Robert Cassotto *Davies, Marion, American actress - birth name: Marion Cecilia Douras *Dawson, Richard, English-born American actor/television personality - birth name: Colin Emm *Day, Alice, American actress - birth name: Jacquiline Alice Newlin *Day, Doris, American actress/singer - birth name: Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff *Day, Marceline, American actress - birth name: Marceline Newlin *Dayne, Taylor, American singer/actress - birth name: Leslie Wunderman *De Carlo, Yvonne, Canadian-born American actress - birth name: Margaret Yvonne Middleton *De Mornay, Rebecca, American actress - birth name: Rebecca George *Dee, Kiki, English singer/songwriter - birth name: Pauline Matthews *Deneuve, Catherine, French actress - birth name: Catherine Dorléac *Denver, John, American singer/musician - birth name: Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. *Derek, Bo, American actress - birth name: Mary Kathleen Collins *Devi, Supriya, Indian actress - birth name:Supriya Choudhury *Dey, Manna, Indian Bollywood playback singer - birth name:Prabodh Chandra Dey *Dickinson, Angie, American actress - birth name: Angeline Brown *Diesel, Vin, American actor - birth name: Mark Sinclair Vincent *Dix, Richard, American actor - birth name: Ernest Carlton Brimmer *Dolby, Thomas, English musician/singer - birth name: Thomas Morgan Robertson *Doro, Marie, American actress - birth name: Marie Katherine Steward *Dors, Diana, English actress - birth name: Diana Mary Fluck *Douglas, Kirk, American actor - birth name: Issur Danielovitch Demsky *Drew, J. D., American baseball player - birth name: David Jonathan Drew *Durbin, Deanna, Canadian actress - birth name: Edna Mae Durbin *Dutt, Guru, Indian actor - birth name:Vasanth Kumar Shivsankar Padukone *Dylan, Bob, American singer/musician - birth name: Robert Allen Zimmerman
E *The Edge, British rock musician who plays guitar for U2 - birth name: David Howell Evans *Electra, Carmen, American actress - birth name: Tara Leigh Patrick *Elliot, Cass, American singer (The Mamas and the Papas), birth name: Ellen Naomi Cohen *Essex, David, English actor/singer - birth name: David Albert Cook *Evans, Linda, American actress - birth name: Linda Evanstad *Ewell, Tom, American actor - birth name: Samuel Yewell Tompkins
F *Fairbanks, Douglas, American actor - birth name: Julius Ullman *Fairchild, Morgan, American actress - birth name: Patsy Anne McClenny *Farr, Jamie, American actor - birth name: Jameel Joseph Farah *Fields, W. C., American actor/comedian - birth name: William Claude Dukenfield *Filmore, David, American actor/director - birth name: David Aaron Leonard *Finck, Herman, English composer - birth name: Hermann Van Der Vinck *Fine, Larry, American actor (Three Stooges) - birth name: Louis Feinberg *Flash, Grandmaster, American Hip/Hop musician/DJ - birth name: Joseph Saddler *Fleming, Rhonda, American actress - birth name: Marilyn Louis *Fontaine, Joan, English actress - birth name: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland *Forman, Miloš, Czech-born film director - birth name: Jan Tomáš Forman *Foster, Jodie, American actress - birth name: Alicia Christian Foster *Francis, Arlene, American actress/television personality - birth name: Arline Francis Kazanjian *Francis, Connie, American singer - birth name: Concetta Maria Franconero *Fritsch, Willy, German actor - birth name: Wilhelm Anton Frohs *Ford, Gerald, Former American president - birth name: Leslie Lynch King, Jr. *Ford, Glenn, Canadian-born American actor - birth name: Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford *Ford, John, American film director - birth name: John Martin Feeney *Ford, Mary, American singer - birth name: Iris Colleen Summers *Forsythe, John, American actor - birth name: John Lincoln Freund *Foxx, Jamie, American actor - birth name: Eric Marlon Bishop *Fulton, Eileen, American actress - birth name: Margaret Elizabeth McLarty
G *Gabin, Jean, French actor/war hero - birth name: Jean-Alexis Moncorgé *Gainsbourg, Serge, French singer - birth name: Lucien Ginsburg *Garbo, Greta, Swedish actress - birth name: Greta Lovisa Gustafsson *Garfield, John, American actor - birth name: Jacob Julius Garfinkle *Garland, Beverly, American actress - birth name: Beverly Lucy Fessenden *Garland, Judy, American singer/actress - birth name: Frances Ethel Gumm *Garner, James, American actor - birth name: James Scott Baumgarner *Gayle, Crystal, American singer - birth name: Brenda Gayle Webb *Gaynor, Janet, American actress - birth name: Laura Gainor *Gentry, Bobbie, American singer - birth name: Roberta Streeter *George, Boy, English singer/songwriter - birth name: George Alan O'Dowd *Gershwin, George, American composer - birth name: Jacob Gershowitz *Gershwin, Ira, American lyricist - birth name: Israel Gershowitz *Getty, Estelle, American actress - birth name: Estelle Scher *Gilbert, John, American actor - birth name: John Cecil Pringle *Gish, Dorothy, American actress - birth name: Dorothy Elizabeth de Guiche *Gish, Lillian, American actress - birth name: Lillian Diana de Guiche *Goldberg, Whoopi, American actress/comedienne - birth name: Caryn Elaine Johnson *Gore, Lesley, American singer - birth name: Lesley Sue Goldstein *Gould, Elliott, American actor - birth name: Elliott Goldstein *Granger, Stewart, English actor - birth name: James Lablache Stewart *Grant, Cary, American actor - birth name: Archibald Alexander Leach *Grant, Ulysses S., Former American president - birth name: Hiram Ulysses Grant *Gray, Macy, American R&B singer - birth name: Natalie Renee McIntyre *Graziano, Rocky, American boxer - birth name: Thomas Rocco Barbella *Greene, Shecky, American comedian/actor - birth name: Sheldon Greenfield *Grey, Zane, American author - birth name: Pearl Zane Gray *Guillaume, Robert, American actor - birth name: Robert Peter Williams
H *Hackett, Buddy, American actor/comedian - birth name: Leonard Hacker *Hagman, Larry, American actor - birth name: Larry Martin Hageman *Hall, Monty, American television personality - birth name: Monte Halparin *Halladay, Roy, American baseball player - birth name: Harry Leroy Halladay III *Hallyday, Johnny, French singer/actor - birth name: Jean-Philippe Smet *Hardin, Ty, American actor - birth name: Orton Hungerford, Jr. *Harlin, Renny, Finnish-born American director/producer - birth name: Lauri Mauritz Harjola *Harlow, Jean, American actress - birth name: Harlean Harlow Carpenter *Hart, Gary, American politician - birth name: Gary Warren *Havoc, June, American actress - birth name: Ellen Hovick *Hayakawa, Sessue, Japanese-born American actor - birth name: Hayakawa Kintaro *Hayward, Susan, American actress - birth name: Edythe Marrener *Hayworth, Rita, American actress - birth name: Margarita Cansino *Helm, Brigitte, German actress - birth name: Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm *Herzog, Werner, German film director - birth name: Werner Stipetić *Heston, Charlton, American actor - birth name: John Charles Carter *Hill, Faith, American country/pop singer - birth name: Audrey Faith Perry *Hogan, Hulk, American professional wrestler/actor - birth name: Terrence Gene Bollea *Holden, William, American actor - birth name: William Franklin Beedle, Jr. *Holliday, Billie, American blues singer - birth name: Eleanora Fagan Gough *Hollander, Xaviera, Dutch call girl/author - birth name: Vera de Vries *Holly, Buddy, American singer/songwriter - birth name: Charles Hardin Holley *Hope, Bob, American actor/comedian - birth name: Leslie Townes Hope *Houdini, Harry, Hungarian-born American illusionist - birth name: Ehrich Weiss *Howard, Curly, American actor/comedian (Three Stooges) - birth name: Jerome Lester Horwitz *Howard, Moe, American actor/comdian (Three Stooges) - birth name: Harry Moses Horwitz *Howard, Shemp, American actor/comedian (Three Stooges) - birth name: Samuel Horwitz *Hudson, Rock, American actor - birth name: Roy Scherer *Humperdinck, Engelbert, English singer - birth name: Arnold George Dorsey *Hunter, Evan, American author/screenwriter - birth name: Salvatore Albert Lombino
I *Ian, Janis, American singer/songwriter - birth name: Janis Eddy Fink *Idol, Billy, English rock musician - birth name: William Michael Albert Broad *Islam, Yusuf, English folk singer/songwriter - birth name: Steven Demetre Georgiou (also known as Cat Stevens prior to accepting Islam) *Ivins, Molly, American columnist/commentator/author - birth name: Mary Tyler Ivins
J *Jackson, Bo, former American baseball and football player - birth name: Vincent Edward Jackson *Jackson, Jesse, American politician/activist - birth name: Jesse Louis Burns *James, Rick, American singer/musician - birth name: James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. *Jameson, Jenna, American adult film actress - birth name: Jennifer Marie Massoli *Jannings, Emil, Swiss-born American actor - birth name: Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz *Jett, Joan, American singer/musician - birth name: Joan Marie Larkin *Jillian, Ann, American actress - birth name: Ann Jura Nauseda *John, Elton, English singer - birth name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight *Jolson, Al, Lithuanian-born American singer/actor - birth name: Asa Yoelson *Jones, Carolyn, American actress - birth name: Carolyn Sue Baker *Jones, Chipper, American baseball player - birth name: Larry Wayne Jones, Jr. *Jones, Grace, Jamaican model/singer/actress - birth name: Grace Mendoza *Jones, Jennifer, American actress - birth name: Phylis Lee Isley *Jones, Jenny, American television personality - birth name: Janina Stranski *Joy, Leatrice, American actress - birth name: Leatrice Joy Zeidler *Judd, Ashley, American actress - birth name: Ashley Tyler Ciminella *Judd, Wynonna, American singer (The Judds) - birth name: Christina Claire Ciminella
K *Kahlo, Frida, Mexican painter - birth name: Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón *Kahn, Madeline, American actress - birth name: Madeline Gail Wolfson *Karloff, Boris, British actor - birth name: William Henry Pratt *Kasem, Casey, American radio personality and voice actor - birth name: Kemal Amin Kasem *Kaye, Danny, American actor/singer - birth name: David Daniel Kaminsky *Keaton, Michael, American actor - birth name: Michael John Douglas *Kerry, Norman, American actor - birth name: Arnold Kaiser *Ketchel, Stanley, American boxer - birth name: StanisÅ‚aw Kiecal *Kier, Udo, German actor - birth name: Udo Kierspe *Kim, Andy, Canadian singer - birth name: Andrew Youakim *King, B.B., American blues singer/guitarist - birth name: Riley B. King *King, Larry, American television personality - birth name: Lawrence Harvey Zeiger *Kingsley, Ben, English actor - birth name: Krishna Bhanji *Kinski, Klaus, German actor - birth name: Nikolaus Karl Günther NakszyÅ„ski *Kinski, Nastassja, German actress - birth name: Nastassja Aglaia NakszyÅ„ski *Knight, Ted, American actor - birth name: Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka *Knotts, Don, American actor - birth name: Jesse Donald Knotts *Koidula, Lydia, Estonian poet - birth name: Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen *Koufax, Sandy, American baseball player - birth name: Sanford Braun *Kumar, Ashok, Indian actor - birth name: Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly *Kumar, Dilip, Indian actor - birth name: Muhammad Yousuf Khan *Kumar, Kishore, Indian actor and playback singer - birth name: Abhas Kumar Ganguly *Kumar, Uttam, Indian actor - birth name: Arun Kumar Chatterjee
L *Ladd, Cheryl, American actress - birth name: Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor *Lake, Veronica, American actress - birth name: Constance Frances Marie Ockleman *LaLanne, Jack, American fitness guru - birth name: François Henri LaLanne *Lamarr, Hedy, Austrian-born American actress - birth name: Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler *Landers, Ann, American newspaper columnist - birth name: Esther Pauline Friedman *Landers, Paul, German musician - birth name: Heiko Paul Hiersche *Landis, Carole, American actress - birth name: Frances Lillian Mary Ridste *Landon, Michael, American actor - birth name: Eugene Maurice Orowitz *La Rocque, Rod, American actor - birth name: Rodrique la Rocque de la Rour *Laurel, Stan, English-born American comedian/actor - birth name: Arthur Stanley Jefferson *Lauren, Ralph, American fashion designer - birth name: Ralph Lifschitz *Lawrence, Steve, American singer - birth name: Sidney Leibowitz *Lee, Gypsy Rose, American actress and burlesque performer - birth name: Rose Louise Hovick *Lee, Lila, American actress - birth name: Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel *Lee, Peggy, American singer - birth name: Norma Deloris Egstrom *Leigh, Janet, American actress - birth name: Jeanette Helen Morrison *Leigh, Jennifer Jason, American actress - birth name: Jennifer Lee Morrow *Leigh, Vivien, English actress - birth name: Vivien Mary Hartley *Lewis, Carl, American Olympic athlete - birth name: Frederick Carlton Lewis *Lewis, Huey, American Singer/actor - birth name: Hugh Anthony Cregg, III *Lewis, Jerry, American actor/comedian - birth name: Joseph Levitch *Linder, Max, French actor - birth name: Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle *Liotta, Ray, American actor - birth name: Raymond Julian Vicimarli *Little, Ann, American actress - birth name: Mary Brooks *Loaf, Meat, American singer/actor - birth name: Marvin Lee Aday *Loren, Sophia, Italian actress - birth name: Sofia Villani Scicolone *Lombard, Carole, American actress - birth name: Jane Alice Peters *London, Julie, American singer/actress - birth name: Gayle Peck *Lord, Jack, American actor - birth name: John Joseph Patrick Ryan *Lords, Traci, American actress - birth name: Nora Louise Kuzma *Lorre, Peter, Slovakian-born American actor - birth name: Ladislav Löwenstein *Louis, Joe, American boxer - birth name: Joseph Louis Barrow *Louise, Tina, American actress - birth name: Tina Blacker *Love, Bessie, American actress - birth name: Juanita Horton *Love, Courtney, American singer/musician(Hole)/actress - birth name: Courtney Michelle Harrison *Lovich, Lene, American singer - birth name: Lili-Marlene Premilovich *Loy, Myrna, American actress - birth name: Myrna Adele Williams *Ludacris, American singer - birth name: Christopher Brian Bridges *Lugosi, Bela, Hungarian-born American actor - birth name: Béla Ferenc DezsÅ‘ Blaskó *Lunch, Lydia, American singer - birth name: Lydia Koch *Lwin, Annabella, Engish singer (Bow Wow Wow) - birth name: Myint Myint Aye Lwin *Lynn, Loretta, American singer - birth name: Loretta Webb
M *Mac, Bernie, American comedian/actor - birth name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough *MacDowell, Andie, American actress - birth name: Rosalie Anderson MacDowell *MacLaine, Shirley, American actress - birth name: Shirley MacLean Beaty *Macpherson, Elle, Australian model/actress - birth name: Eleanor Nancy Gow *Madison, Holly, American television personality - birth name: Holly Cullen *Madhubala, Indian actress - birth name: Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi *Madonna, American entertainer - birth name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone *Majors, Lee, American actor - birth name: Harvey Lee Yeary, Jr. *Manilow, Barry, American singer-songwriter - birth name: Barry Alan Pinkus *Manson, Marilyn, American singer - birth name: Brian Hugh Warner *March, Fredric, American actor - birth name: Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel *Margera, Bam, American professional skateboarder/actor - birth name: Brandon Cole Margera *Marlowe, June, American actress - birth name: Gisela Goetten *Marshall, Penny, American actress/director - birth name: Carole Penelope Marsciarelli *Martin, Andrew Test, Canadian professional wrestler - birth name: Andrew J. Martin *Martin, Dean, American singer/actor - birth name: Dino Paul Crocetti *Mason, ShirleyAmerican actress - birth name: Leonie Flugrath *Matthau, Walter, American actor - birth name: Walter John Matthow *McGavin, Darren, American actor - birth name: William Lyle Richardson *McGuinn, Roger, American singer/guitarist - birth name: Jim McGuinn *McManus, Rove, Australian TV show host - birth name: John McManus *Mercier, Michèle, French film actress - birth name: Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier *Mercury, Freddie, English singer - birth name: Farrokh Bulsara *Merman, Ethel, American singer/actress - birth name: Ethel Agnes Zimmermann *Michael, George, English singer - birth name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou *Mills, Donna, American actress - birth name: Donna Jean Miller *Minter, Mary Miles, American actress - birth name: Juliet Reilly *Mirren, Helen, English actress - birth name: Ilyena Vasilievna Mironova *Mitchell, Joni, Canadian singer/songwriter - birth name: Roberta Joan Anderson *Monroe, Marilyn, American actress - birth name: Norma Jean Mortenson *Moore, Colleen, American actress - birth name: Kathleen Morrison *Moore, Demi, American actress - birth name: Demetria Gene Guynes *More, Max, Anglo-American Extropian philosopher, futurist and transhumanist - birth name: Max T. O'Connor *Moreno, Antonio, Spanish-born American actor - birth name: Antonio Garride Monteagudo *Moreno, Rita, Puerto Rican-born American actress - birth name: Rosita Dolores Alverío *Morgan, Harry, American actor - birth name: Henry Bratsburg *Morrissey, English singer - birth name: Steven Patrick Morrissey *Muni, Paul, Austro-Hungarian-born American actor - birth name: Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund *Murray, Mae, American actress - birth name: Marie Adrienne Koenig *Mutlu, Halil, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter – birth name: Huben Hubenov
N *Naldi, Nita, American actress - birth name: Anita Donna Dooley *Nazimova, Alla, Ukrainian-born American actress - birth name: Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon *Negri, Pola, Polish-born American film actress - birth name: Barbara Apolonia ChaÅ‚upiec *Nenê, Brazilian basketball player - birth name: Maybyner Rodney Hilario *Newmar, Julie, American actress - birth name: Julia Charlene Newmeyer *Nichols, Nichelle, American actress - birth name: Grace Nichols *Nomi, Klaus, German singer - birth name: Klaus Sperber *Norris, Chuck, American actor - birth name: Carlos Ray *Novak, Kim, American actress - birth name: Marilyn Pauline Novak *Novarro, Ramón, Mexican-born American actor - birth name: José Ramón Gil Samaniego *Novello, Ivor, Welsh singer/lyricist/actor - birth name: David Ivor Davies *Numan, Gary, English singer - birth name: Gary Anthony James Webb *Nurmi, Maila (aka "Vampira"), Finnish-born American actress - birth name: Maila Syrjäniemi *Nye, Louis, American actor - birth name: Louis Neistat
O *Oakley, Annie, American markswoman - birth name: Phoebe Ann Mosey *Oberon, Merle, Indian-born American actress - birth name: Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson *, American actress - birth name: Angela Maxine O'Brien *Ocean, Billy, Trinidad and Tobago-born British singer/songwriter - birth name: Leslie Sebastian Charles *, American actor/screenwriter - birth name: George Bolger *Oland, Warner, Swedish-born American actor - birth name: Johan Verner Ölund *Ondra, Anny, Czech film actress - birth name: Anna Sophie Ondráková *Owens, Jesse, American Olympic athlete - birth name: James Cleveland Owens
P *Palance, Jack, American actor - birth name: Vladimir Palaniuk *Palusalu, Kristjan, Estonian wrestler/Olympian - birth name: Kristjan Trossmann *Paul, Les, American musician/inventor - birth name: Lester William Polsfuss *Peters, Bernadette, American actress - birth name: Bernadette Lazzara *Petrova, Olga, English actress - birth name: Muriel Harding *Petrovich, Iván, Serbian-born German actor - birth name: Swetislaw Petrovic *Phillips, Siân, Welsh actress - birth name: Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips *Pickford, Jack, Canadian-born American actor - birth name: John Charles Smith *Pickford, Lottie, Canadian-born American actress - birth name: Charlotte Smith *Pickford, Mary, Canadian-born American actress - birth name: Gladys Louise Smith *Portman, Natalie, Israeli-born American actress - birth name: Natalie Hershlag *Preer, Evelyn, American actress/blues singer - birth name: Evelyn Jarvis *Prevost, Marie, Canadian-born American actress - birth name: Mary Bickford Dunn *Prinze, Freddie, American actor - birth name: Frederick Karl Pruetzel *Pujols, Albert, American baseball player - birth name: José Alberto Pujols
Q *Qualen, John, American actor - birth name: Johan Mandt Kvalen *Quinn, Anthony, Mexican-born American actor - birth name: Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn
R *Rambova, Natacha, American costume designer/actress - birth name: Winifred Shaughnessy *Rand, Ayn, Russian-born novelist/philosopher - birth name: Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Russian: Ð?лиÑ?а Зиновьевна Розенбаум) *Rand, Sally, American dancer/actress - birth name: Harriet Helen Gould Beck *Randall, Tony, American actor - birth name: Arthur Leonard Rosenberg *Rashad, Ahmad, American football player/sportscaster - birth name: Robert Moore *Rayburn, Gene, American television personality - birth name: Eugene Rubessa *Reed, Donna, American actress - birth name: Donnabelle Mullenger *Reeves, George, American actor - birth name: George Keefer Brewer *Reynolds, Debbie, American actress/singer - birth name: Mary Frances Reynolds *Reubens, Paul, American actor/comedian - birth name: Paul Rubenfeld *Rhodes, Nick, English musician (Duran Duran) - birth name: Nicholas James Bates *Richard, Cliff, English singer - birth name: Harry Rodger Webb *Rivers, Joan, American comedienne/actress - birth name: Joan Alexandra Molinsky *Roberts, Ben, English professional poker player - birth name: Mehdi Jadvani *Robinson, Edward G., American actor - birth name: Emanuel Goldenberg *Rogers, Ginger, American actress/dancer - birth name: Virginia Katherine McMath *Rogers, Roy, American cowboy actor/singer - birth name: Leonard Franklin Slye *Roland, Gilbert, Mexican-born American actor - birth name: Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso *Rooney, Mickey, American actor - birth name: Joseph Yule, Jr. *Rose, Axl. American Singer - birth name: William Bruce Rose, Jr. *Ross, Diana, American singer - birth name: Diane Ernestine Earle Ross *Roth, Tim, English actor - birth name: Timothy Simon Smith *Rothko, Mark, Latvian-born American painter - birth name: Marcus Rothkowitz *Rotten, Johnny, English rock singer - birth name: John Joseph Lydon *Rowan Melvyn Thomas Phillips, Welsh aristocrat - birth name: Henry Catale Windsor *Ryan, Meg, American actress - birth name: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra *Ryder, Winona, American actress - birth name: Winona Laura Horowitz
S *Samms, Emma, English actress - birth name: Emma Samuelson *Sanu, Kumar, Indian playback singer - birth name: Kedarnath Bhattacharya *Sawyer, Diane, American TV journalist - birth name: Lila Diane Sawyer *Scala, Gia, English actress - birth name: Giovanna Scoglio *Sen, Suchitra, Indian actress - birth name: Roma Dasgupta *Seymour, Jane, English-born American actress, birth name: Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg *Sharif, Omar, Egyptian actor - birth name: Michel Demitri Shalhoub *Sheen, Charlie, American actor - birth name: Carlos Irwin Estévez *Sheen, Martin, American actor - birth name: Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez *Sidney, Sylvia, American actress - birth name: Sophia Kosow *Sills, Beverly, American opera singer - birth name: Belle Miriam Silverman *Simmons, Gene, American singer (KISS) - birth name: Chaim Klein Witz *Simone, Nina, American singer - birth name: Eunice Kathleen Waymon *Sioux, Siouxsie, English rock singer - birth name: Susan Janet Ballion *Slash, English guitarist - birth name: Saul Hudson *Smith, Anna Nicole, American centerfold/model - birth name: Vickie Lynn Hogan *Somers, Brett, Canadian-born American television personality/actress - birth name: Audrey Sommers *Sondergaard, Gale, American actress - birth name: Edith Holm Sondergaard *Soo, Jack, American actor - birth name: Goro Suzuki *Sothern, Ann, American actress - birth name: Harriette Arlene Lake *Spacek, Sissy, American actress - birth name: Mary Elizabeth Spacek *Spillane, Mickey, American author - birth name: Frank Morrison Spillane *Springfield, Dusty, English singer - birth name: Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien *Soundarya, Indian actress - birth name: Sowmya *Stanwyck, Barbara, American actress - birth name: Ruby Katherine Stevens *Starr, Ringo, English drummer - birth name: Richard Starkey *Stewart, Jon, American comedian/actor - birth name: Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz *Sting, English musician - birth name: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner *Stone, Harold J., American actor - birth name: Harold Hochstein *Stone, Joss, British singer/actress - birth name: Joscelyn Eve Stoker *Storm, Hannah, American TV journalist - birth name: Hannah Storen *Streisand, Barbra, American singer/actress - birth name: Barbara Joan Streisand *, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter – birth name: Naim Suleimanov (later forcibly changed to Naum Shalamanov) *Súmac, Yma, Peruvian singer - birth name: Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo *Summer, Donna, American singer - birth name: LaDonna Adrian Gaines *Supervía, Conchita, Spanish opera singer - birth name: Concepcion Supervía Pascual *Suraiya, Indian actress - birth name: Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh
T *Taylor, Robert, American actor - birth name: Spangler Arlington Brough *Tellegen, Lou, Dutch-born American actor - birth name: Isadore Louis Bernard van Dommelem *Teller, American comedian/magician - birth name: Raymond Joseph Teller *Terrell, Tammi, American singer - birth name: Thomasina Montgomery *Thomas, Olive, American actress - birth name: Oliveretta Elaine Duffy *Thomas, Danny, American comedian/actor - birth name: Amos Yakhoob *Tilly, Jennifer, American actress - birth name: Jennifer E. Chan *Tilly, Meg, American actress - birth name: Margaret E. Chan *Top, Carrot, American prop comedian - birth name: Scott Thompson *Torn, Rip, American actor - birth name: Elmore Rual Torn, Jr. *Townsend, Smada, Canadian photographer - birth name: Adams Archibald Townsend *Trebek, Alex, Canadian-born American TV personality - birth name: Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek *Trevor, Claire, American actress - birth name: Claire Wemlinger *Turner, Lana, American actress - birth name: Julia Jean Turner *Turner, Ted, American media mogul/philanthropist - birth name: Robert Edward Turner III *Turner, Tina, American singer/actress - birth name: Anna Mae Bullock *Twain, Shania, Canadian/American singer - birth name: Eilleen Regina Edwards *Tyler, Bonnie, Welsh singer - birth name: Gaynor Hopkins *Tyler, Steven, American singer (Aerosmith) - birth name: Steven Victor Tallarico *Tyler, Flash, Romanian singer - birth name: Marius Stefan Andrei
U *The Undertaker, American professional wrestler - birth name: Mark Lucas Calaway *Ulrich, Skeet, American actor - birth name: Bryan Ray Trout *Ure, Midge, British singer - birth name: James Ure
V *Vadim, Roger - French director/actor/producer - birth name: Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov *Vale, Vola - American actress - birth name: Vola Smith *Valens, Ritchie, American rock and roll singer - birth name: Richard Steven Valenzuela *Valentino, Rudolph, Italian actor - birth name: Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla *Valli, Frankie, American singer (The Four Seasons) - birth name: Francis Stephen Castelluccio *Valli, Virginia, American actress - birth name: Virginia McSweeney *VandenHurk, Rick, Dutch-born American baseball player - birth name: Henricus van den Hurk *Van Doren, Mamie, American actress - birth name: Joan Lucille Olander *Varconi, Victor, Hungarian-born American actor - birth name: Mihály Várkonyi *Vedder, Eddie, American singer/guitarist (Pearl Jam) - birth name: Edward Louis Seversen III *Vee, Bobby, American singer - birth name: Robert Thomas Velline *Vegas, Johnny, English comedian and actor - birth name: Michael Joseph Pennington *Veidt, Conrad, German actor - birth name: Hans Walter Conrad Weidt *Ventura, Jesse, American wrestler, former Governor of Minnesota - birth name: James George Janos *Villas, Violetta, Polish singer - birth name: CzesÅ‚awa CieÅ›lak *Vinton, Bobby, American singer - birth name: Stanley Robert Vintula, Jr.
W *Wagner, Lindsay, American actress - birth name: Lindsay Jean Ball *Wallace, Beryl, American actress - birth name: Beryl Heischuber *Warhol, Andy, American artist - birth name: Andrew Warhola *Warrior, American professional wrestler - birth name: Brian James Hellwig *Warwick, Dionne, American singer - birth name: Marie Dionne Warrick *Wayne, John, American actor - birth name: Marion Robert Morrison *Weaver, Sigourney, American actress - birth name: Susan Alexandra Weaver *Webb, Clifton, American actor - birth name: Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck *Webber, Chris, American basketball player - birth name: Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III *Weissmuller, Johnny, Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer/actor - birth name: János Weißmüller *Wendell, Turk, American baseball player - birth name: Steven John Wendell *West, Adam, American actor - birth name: William West Anderson *West, Eric, American singer/model - birth name: Eric Rosa *White, Jack, American musician (White Stripes, The Raconteurs) - birth name: John Anthony Gillis *White, Vanna, American television personality - birth name: Vanna Marie Rosich *Wilder, Billy, American film director/producer - birth name: Samuel Wilder *Wilder, Gene, American actor - birth name: Jerome Silberman *Williams, Andy, American pop singer - birth name: Howard Andrew Williams *Wilson, Henry, Former American vice president - birth name: Jeremiah Jones Colbath *Winchell, Walter, American columnist, radio personality - birth name: Walter Winschel *Windsor, Claire - American actress: birth name: Clara Viola Cronk *Winters, Shelley, American actress - birth name: Shirley Schrift *Wonder, Stevie, American singer - birth name: Stevland Hardaway Judkins *Wong, Anna May, American actress - birth name: Wong Liu Tsong *Wood, Natalie, American actress - birth name: Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko *Woodall, Trinny, English fashion guru/television presenter - birth name: Sarah-Jane Woodall *Woods, Tiger, American golfer - birth name: Eldrick Tonter Woods *Wyman, Jane, American actress - birth name: Sarah Jane Mayfield *Wynette, Tammy, American singer - birth name: Virginia Wynette Pugh
X *Malcolm X, American civil-rights activist - birth name: Malcolm Little *Xuxa, Brazilian singer/television host - birth name: Maria de Graça Meneghel
Y *York, Susannah, British actress - birth name: Susannah Yolanda Fletcher *Young, Burt, American actor - birth name: Jerry De Louise *Young, Gig, American actor - birth name: Byron Elsworth Barr *Young, Loretta, American actress - birth name: Gretchen Michaela Young *Yuro, Timi, American singer - birth name: Rosemarie Timotea Aurro
Z *Zadora, Pia, American actress/singer - birth name: Pia Alfreda Schipani *Zapata, Emiliano, Mexican revolutionary - birth name: Emiliano Zapata Salazar *Zeffirelli, Franco, Italian film director - birth name: Gianfranco Corsi *Zydeco, Buckwheat, American singer/musician - birth name: Stanley Joseph Dural, Jr.