[My Post]

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...

[John_W]

Here's some more in music;

Alice Cooper = Vincent Furnier

Elvis Costello = Declan MacManus

Daryl Hall = Daryl Hohl

Barry Manilow = Barry Pinkus

Meatloaf = Marvin Aday

Eddie Money = Edward Mahoney

Donna Summer = LaDonna Gaines

Conway Twitty = Harold Jenkins

Frankie Valli = Frank Castelluccio

Eddie Vedder = Edward Seversen

Geddy Lee = Gary Lee Weinrib Oc

George Michael = Georgios Panayiotou

Jon Bon Jovi = John Francis Bongiovi

Lesley Gore = Lesley Goldstein

Madonna = Madonna Ciccone

Neil Diamond = Noah Kaminsky

Nikki Sixx = Frank Ferranno

Paul Stanley = Stanley Eisen

Pink = Alecia Moore

Prince = Prince Rogers Nelson

Ronnie James Dio = Ronald James Padavona

Shania Twain = Eileen Regina Edwards

Sting = Gordon Sumner

The Edge = David Evans

Vanilla Ice = Robert Van Winkle

[Jayhawk]

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr)

[NotGolfer]

.....and....what is Katy Perry's??

[ColdNoMore]

ColdNoMore = Jack Nicholson

[My Post]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

.....and....what is Katy Perry's??

Kate Hudson. Already taken.

[Schaumburger]

Lady Gaga = Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Tony Bennett = Anthony Dominick Benedetto
Dean Martin = Dino Paul Crocetti
Nat King Cole = Nathaniel Adams Coles
Pink = Alecia Beth Moore
Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez

[bandsdavis]

No one has mentioned perhaps one of the most famous: Ringo Starr = Richard Starkey. By the way he is Sir Richard Starkey, MBE.