List of celebrities who have changed their name

List of famous people who have changed their name

To avoid being confused with a member of The Monkees, singer Davie Jones renamed himself David Bowie. For similar reasons Actor James Lablanche Stewart called himself Stewart Granger. Some celebrities change their names to suit their image.

Celebrity Name	Real Name
Albert Brooks	Albert Einstein
Alice Cooper	Vincent Damon Furnier
Andrew Dice Clay	Andrew Silverstein
Beverly Garland	Beverly Lucy Fessenden
Billie Holiday	Eleanora Fagan
Bob Dylan	Robert Allen Zimmerman
Bob Hope	Leslie Townes Hope
Bobbie Gentry	Roberta Streeter
Bono (U2)	Paul Hewson
Boy George	George Alan O'Dowd
Buddy Hackett	Leonard Hacker
Buddy Holly	Charles Hardin Holley
Candy Clark	Candace June Clark
Carol Connors	Annette Kleinbard
Cary Grant	Archibald Alexander Leach
Charles Bronson	Charles Bunchinsky
Cher	Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPière
Chevy Chase	Cornelius Crane Chase
Chick Corea	Armando Anthony Corea
Chick Hearn	Francis Hearn
Chubby Checker	Ernest Evans
Chuck Connors	Kevin Joseph Connors
Claudette Colbert	Lily Chauchoin
Connie Francis	Concetta Maria Franconero
Connie Haines	Yvonne Marie Jasme
Crystal Gayle	Brenda Webb
Dabbs Greer	R. William Greer
David Bowie	David Robert Jones
David Carradine	John Arthur Carradine
David Copperfield	David Kotkin
Demi Moore	Demetria Guynes
Diahann Carroll	Carol Diahann Johnson
Don Budge	John Donald Budge
Dr. Joyce Brothers	Joyce Diane Bauer
Dyan Cannon	Samile Diane Friesen
Earl Holliman	Henry Earl Holliman
Eileen Heckart	Anna Eileen Heckart
Elliott Gould	Elliott Goldstein
Engelbert Humperdinck	Arnold Gerry Dorsey
Eric Clapton	Eric Clapp
Freddie Mercury	Faroukh Bulsara
Gary Cooper	Frank James Cooper
Gary Hart	Gary Warren Hartpence
George Burns	Nathan Brinbaum
George Eliot	Mary Ann Evans
Gerald R. Ford	Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
Glenn Ford	Gwyilyn Ford
Jesus Gonzales	Ernie Gonzales
Marvelous Marvin Hagler	Marvin Hagler
Harry Houdini	Ehrich Weiss
Hopalong Cassidy	William Lawrence Boyd
Hulk Hogan	Terry Jean Bollette
Huntz Hall	Henry Hall
Jack Carter	Jack Chakrin
Jackie Cooper	John Cooper, Jr.
James Garner	James Scott Baumgarner
Jean Harlow	Harlean Carpentier
Jeff Conaway	Jeffery Charles William Michael
JoAnn Castle	Jo Ann Zering
Jodie Foster	Alicia Christian Foster
John Ford	Sean O'Fearna
John Forsythe	John Lincoln Freund
John Garfield	Julius Garfinkle
Judy Garland	Frances Gumm
Kate Capshaw	Kathy Sue Nail
Lee J. Cobb	Lee Jacob
Lewis Carroll	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Liden Chiles	Truman Linden Chiles
Lita Grey Chaplin	Lillita Louise McMurray
Mel Brooks	Melvin Kaminsky
Michael Caine	Maurice J. Micklewhite
Mike Connors	Krekor "Kirk" Ohanian
Monty Hall	Monte Halparin
Morgan Brittany	Suzanne Cupito
Nat King Cole	Nathaniel Adams Coles
Nicholas Cage	Nicholas Coppola
Pat Harrington	Daniel Patrick Harrington
Patsy Cline	Virginia Patterson Hensley
Pee Wee Herman	Paul Rubenfeld
Perry Como	Pierino Roland Como
Peter Graves	Peter Aurness
Ray Charles	Ray Charles Robinson
Red Buttons	Aaron Chwatt
Redd Foxx	John Elroy Sanford
Rhonda Fleming	Marilyn Louis
Richard Burton	Richard Jenkins
Rita Hayworth	Margarita Cansino
Robert Clary	Robert Widerman
Robert Conrad	Conrad Robert Falk
Robert Ginty	Walter Robert Ginty
Robert Guillaume	Robert Peter Williams
Robert Horton	Meade Howard Horton, Jr.
Rock Hudson	Roy Scherer
Rocky Graziano	Rocco Barbella
Rory Calhoun	Francis Timony Durgin
Shecky Greene	Sheldon Greenfield
Sid Caesar	Isaac Sidney Caesar
Stewart Granger	James Lablanche Stewart
Susan Hayward	Edithe Marrener
Tom Cruise	Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Tony Curtis	Bernard Schwartz
Truman Capote	Truman Streckfus Persons
Vic Reeves	James Moir
W.C. Fields	William Claude Dukenfield
Whoopi Goldberg	Caryn Johnson
William Holden	William Franklin Beedle, Jr
Winona Ryder	Winona Laura Horowitz
Xaviera Hollander	Xaviera Devries