Real Names Of Famous People (singers, rock, Ringo Star, Berlin)

[LinaJo76]

1. Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker; or Mortenson in some books).

2. Lana Turner (Julia Mildred Frances Turner)

3. Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jayne Palmer)

4. Anna Nicole Smith (Vickie Lynn Hogan)

5. John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison; Marion Robert Morrison in some books)

6. Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)

7. Mamie Van Doren (Joan Lucille Olander)

8. Rock Hudson (Roy Scherer; Roy Fitzgerald in some books)

9. Jack Lemmon (John Uhler Lemmon III)

10. Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)



Can you name some?

[Lucky Lady123]

Tony Curtis -(Bernard Schwartz)
Rock Hudson -(Roy Harold Scherer Jr.)
Elton John- (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)

[NCInMyMind]

Ralph Lauren=Ralph Lif****z.

Can you imagine buying perfume called "Eau de Lif****z?"

[lilypad]

Dean Martin (Dean Paul Crocetti)
Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)
Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)
Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto)
Chevy Chase (Cornelius Crane Chase)
Peter Graves (Peter Aurness)
Ann-Margaret (Ann Margret Olsson)
Doris Day (Doris Ann Kappelhoff)
Loren Bacall (Betty Joan Perske)
Jennifer Jones (Phylis Lee Isley)
Angie Dickinson (Angeline Brown)
Donna Reed (Donna Belle Mullenger)

[Lucky Lady123]

Barry Manilow - (Barry Alan Pinkus)
Crystal Gayle - (Brenda Gail Webb)
David Copperfield - (David Kotkin)
Eric Clapton - (Eric Clapp)
Freddie Mercury - (Farrokh Bulsara)
Mel Gibson - (Columcille Gibson)

[quiet walker]

They're playing some Peggy Lee on the radio right now. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in North Dakota to Norwegian and Swedish parents.

[lilypad]

Some other older singers:

Lesley Sue Goldstein (Leslie Gore)
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (Connie Francis)
Brenda Mae Tarpley (Brenda Lee)
Clara Ann Fowler (Patti Page)

[DontH8Me]

Frances Ethel Gumm (Judy Garland)

Chaim Witz (Gene Simmons)

David Daniel Kaminsky (Danny Kaye)

Leslie Howard Steiner (Leslie Howard)

Erik Weisz (Harry Houdini)

[Granny Sue]

Tom Cruise-Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

[Granny Sue]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.
Edie Adams -- Elizabeth Edith Enke
Joey Adams -- Joseph Abramowitz
Nick Adams -- Nicholas Adamshock
Eddie Albert -- Edward Albert Heimberger
Alan Alda -- Alphonso d?Abruzzo
Muhammad Ali -- Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
Woody Allen -- Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Greg Allman -- Gregory Lenoir
June Allyson -- Ella Geisman
Don Ameche -- Dominic Felix Amici
Julie Andrews -- Julia Elizabeth Wells
Eve Arden -- Eunice Quedens
R.G. Armstrong -- Robert Golden Armstrong
Bea Arthur -- Bernice Frankel
Fred Astaire -- Frederick Austerlitz
Chet Atkins -- Chester B. Atkins
Vivian Austin -- Vivian Coe
Frankie Avalon -- Francis Thomas Avalonne
Candice Azzara -- Matilda Azzara
Babyface -- Kenneth Brian Edmonds
Henny Backus -- Henriette Kaye
Lauren Bacall -- Betty Joan Perske
Kaye Ballard -- Catherine Gloria Balotta
Anne Bancroft -- Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
Binnie Barnes -- Gertrude Barnes
Rona Barrett -- Rona Burstein
Gene Barry -- Eugene Klass
John Barrymore -- John Blythe
Billy Barty -- William John Bertanzetta
Jamie Lyn Bauer -- Norma Marvhne Bauer
Orson Bean -- Dallas Frederick Burrows
Marilyn Beck -- Marilyn Mohr
Louie Bellson -- Luigi Balassone
Pat Benatar -- Patricia Andrzejewski
Johnny Bench -- Johnny Lee
Tony Bennett -- Antonio Dominic Benedetto
Jack Benny -- Benjamin Kubeisky
Shelley Berman -- Sheldon Berman
Milton Berle -- Milton Berlinger
Irving Berlin -- Israel Baline
Billie Bird -- Bird B. Stowell
Joey Bishop -- Joseph Abraham Gottlieb
Amanda Blake -- Beverly Louise Neill
Robert Blake -- Michael Gubitosi
Sonny Bono -- Salvatore Phillip Bono
Shirley Booth -- Thelma Booth Ford
Big Bopper -- Jiles Perry Richardson
Ernest Borgnine -- Ermes Effron Borgnino
Tom Bosley -- Thomas Edward Bosley
David Bowie -- David Robert Hayward-Jones
Bart Braverman -- Bartley Louis Braverman
Peter Breck -- Joseph Peter Breck
Morgan Brittany -- Suzanne Cupito
Charles Bronson -- Charles Bunchinsky
Albert Brooks -- Albert Einstein
Mel Brooks -- Melvin Kaminsky
Dr. Joyce Brothers -- Joyce Diane Bauer
Don Budge -- John Donald Budge
George Burns -- Nathan Brinbaum
Richard Burton -- Richard Jenkins
Red Buttons -- Aaron Chwatt
Sid Caesar -- Sidney Caesar
Nicholas Cage -- Nicholas Coppola
Michael Caine -- Maurice J. Micklewhite
Rory Calhoun -- Francis Timony Durgin
Dyan Cannon -- Samile Diane Friesen
Truman Capote -- Truman Streckfus Persons
Kate Capshaw -- Kathy Sue Nail
David Carradine -- John Arthur Carradine
Diahann Carroll -- Carol Diahann Johnson
Lewis Carroll -- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Jack Carter -- Jack Chakrin
Billy Casper -- William Earl Casper
Hopalong Cassidy -- William Lawrence Boyd
JoAnn Castle -- Jo Ann Zering
Lita Grey Chaplin -- Lillita Louise McMurray
Ray Charles -- Ray Charles Robinson
Chevy Chase -- Cornelius Crane Chase
Chubby Checker -- Ernest Evans
Cher -- Cherilyn Sarkisian
Liden Chiles -- Truman Linden Chiles
Eric Clapton -- Eric Clapp
Candy Clark -- Candace June Clark
Robert Clary -- Robert Widerman
Andrew Dice Clay -- Andrew Silverstein
Patsy Cline -- Virginia Patterson Hensley
Lee J. Cobb -- Lee Jacob
Claudette Colbert -- Lily Chauchoin
Nat King Cole -- Nathaniel Adams Coles
Perry Como -- Pierino Roland Como
Jeff Conaway -- Jeffery Charles William Michael
Carol Connors -- Annette Kleinbard
Chuck Connors -- Kevin Joseph Connors
Mike Connors -- Krekor "Kirk" Ohanian
Robert Conrad -- Conrad Robert Falk
Alice Cooper -- Vincent Damon Furnier
Gary Cooper -- Frank James Cooper
Jackie Cooper -- John Cooper, Jr.
David Copperfield -- David Kotkin
Chick Corea -- Armando Anthony Corea
Elvis Costello -- Decian Patrick McManus
Lou Costello -- Louis Francis Cristillo
Buster Crabbe -- Clarence Linden Crabbe
Joan Crawford -- Lucille LeSueur
Bing Crosby -- Harry Lillis Crosby
Christopher Cross -- Christopher Geppert
Scatman Crothers -- Benjamin Sherman Crothers


I cheated..here's where I found them...http://www.celebrityalmanac.com/realnames.html