For some reason, I've taken to collecting stage names and real names of certain celebrities. I'm not really excited about Fiona Apple being Fiona Apple Maggart; after all, who can blame her for that one? I just like the names which exude faux toughness or street cred..."Sting". "The Edge". Can you imagine a punk rocker named John Beverley? I can't. The mismatch between the stage name and the birth name is what makes these combinations interesting. Here are some that I have collected because I find them amusing. Please feel free to send me your contributions. |
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| Pseudonym | Real Name |
| 50 Cent | Curtis Jackson*** |
| Axl Rose | William Bruce Bailey |
| Bono | Paul David Hewson |
| Sting | Gordon Sumner |
| The Edge | David Howell Evans |
| Carmen Electra | Tara Leigh Patrick |
| Ice-T | Tracy Marrow |
| Queen Latifah | Dana Elaine Owens * |
| Lucy Lawless | Lucille Frances Ryan |
| Pink | Alecia Moore |
| Shaggy | Orville Richard Burrell |
| Slash | Saul Hudson |
| Anna Nicole Smith | Vickie Lynn Hogan |
| Vanilla Ice | Robert van Winkle |
| Sid Vicious | John Simon Beverley |
| Tammy Wynette | Virginia Pugh |
| Marilyn Manson | Brian Hugh Warner |
| Shania Twain | Eileen Regina Edwards (Eileen Regina Twain) ** |
| John Wayne | Marion Morrison |
| Alice Cooper | Vince Furness |
| Englebert Humperdinck | Arnold George Dorsey |
* She has just released "The Dana Owens Album", so I give her credit for that. She's pretty cool, actually. **Tip 'o' the hat to the ever-cool Tracey Roth for this one. A lot of women that I like seem to hate Shania Twain. ***Thanks to Diana Meiser. |
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