Celebrity Real Names

It's True! Many well known celebrities are actually hiding deep dark secrets that they do not want the public to know. Their real name! So, many of us might think the names we are saddled with are not that weird, or unusual. But kind of boring. There are celebrities among us who are living the life with names that they were not born with and would not like revealed to their admiring public. Why? Because many of these celebrities real birth names are less than glamorous and often do not portray the image they want to present to their fans and the public in general. For example, did you know that hard rocker Alice Coopers real name is Vincent Furnier. Glamorous star Judy Garland's birth name is Frances Gumm. Offbeat comedienne Whoopie Goldberg's real name is Caryn Johnson. Hard - core rapper Ice T's Real name is Tracy Morrow. Tough guy Chuck Norris real name is Carlos Ray. Check out the following list of Popular Celebrity Real Names.

Celebrity Real Names

Muhammad Ali - Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
Julie Andrews - Julia Elizabeth Wells
Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz
Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avalonne
Pat Benatar - Patricia Andrejewski
Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi
Bono - Paul Hewson
David Bowie - David Robert Jones
Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd
Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinski
Nicholas Cage - Nicholas Coppola
Jackie Chan - Chan Kwong - Sung
Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz
DMX- Earl Simmons
Bo Derek -Mary Cathleen Collins
Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli
Bo Diddley -Otha Elias Bates McDaniel
Vin Diesel - Mark Vincent
Fats Domino - Antoine Domino
Kirk Douglas -Issur Danielovitch
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman
Judy Garland - Frances Gumm
James Garner - James Bumgarner
Kathie Lee Gifford - Kathie Epstein
Whoopie Goldberg - Caryn Johnson
Cary Grant- Archibald Leach
Hammer - Stanley Kirk Burrell
Hulk Hogan - Terry Gene Bollea
Harry Houdini - Ehrich Weiss
Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson
Ice-T - Tracy Morrow
Billy Idol - William Broad
Wynonna Judd - Christina Ciminella
Chaka Khan - Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
Carole King - Carole Klein
Larry King - Larry Zeigler
Queen Latifah - Dana Owens
Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone
Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday
Freddie Mercury - Frederick Farookh Bulsara
Demi Moore - Demetria Guynes
Rita Moreno - Rosita Alverio
Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson
Winona Ryder - Winona Horowitz
Omar Sharif -Michael Shalhoub
Charlie Sheen -Carlos Irwin Estevez
Martin Sheen - Ramon Estevez
Sinbad - David Atkins
Mr. T - Lawrence Tero
Robert Taylor - Spangler Arlington Brugh
Danny Thomas - Muzyad Yakhoob
Tiny Tim - Herbert Khaury
Rip Torn - Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
Tina Turner - Annie Mae Bullock
John Wayne - Marion Morrison
Sigourney Weaver - Susan Alexandra Weaver
Raquel Welch - Raquel Tejada

Source

The World Almanac And Book of Facts, 2005, World Almanac Books

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