Stage Names/Real Names
Yesterday a 7 YO asked me if Katy Perry's real name was Katy Perry. (It is not, as it turns out.) I explained the concept of stage names to her. Which led me to think about stage names. (And Stage Coaches.)
Some I know, some I looked up. In some cases I wrote it as what they were known as i.e. Margie instead of Margaret.
Anyone on here have a name changed for non marraige reasons? Just curious.
Tina Turner- Ann Bullock
Elton John- Reggie Dwight
John Denver- Henry Deutchendorf
Bob Dylan- Robert Zimmerman
Axl Rose- William Bailey
Slash- Saul Hudson
John Wayne- Marion Morrison (That one is funny.)
Madonna- Madonna Louise Ciccone (That one surprises people)
Alan Alda- Alphonso D'Abruzzo (Think he is Italian?)
Marilyn Monroe- Norma Jean Mortenson (Somehow "Mortenson" just doesn't have the same ring)
Cary Grant- Archie Leach (Yikes)
Meg Ryan- Margie Hyra
Woody Allen- Allan Konigsberg
Jane Seymour- Joyce Frankenberg (Hard to see her as that)
Olivia Wilde- Olivia Cockburn (Now why would she change THAT?)
Whoopi Goldberg- Caryn Johnson
Faith Hill- Audrey Perry
Harry Houdini- Ehrich Weiss (Even made his name disappear.)
Freddie Mercury-Farrokh Bulsara
Bono (U2)- Paul Hewson
David Bowie- Davey Jones (Already taken)
Martin Sheen- Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez (Took Wife's last name.)
Etc etc etc...
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