STAGE NAME = ACTUAL NAME ---------- ----------- Adams, Maude = Maude Kiskadden Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem = Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Alain-Fournier = Henri-Alban Fournier Aleichem, Sholem = Sholem Yakov Rabinowitz Ali, Muhammad = Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Allen, Woody = Allen Stewart Konigsberg Allyson, June = Ella Geisman Andrews, Julie = Julia Elizabeth Wells Ann-Margret = Ann Margret Olsson Apollinaire, Guillame = Guillaume Apollinaire de Kostrowitsky Arnaz, Desi = Desidero Albert Arnaz de Acha III Astaire, Fred = Frederick Austerlitz Bacall, Lauren = Betty Joan Perske Bachman, Richard (nom de plume) = Stephen King Bakst, Leon Nikolaevich = Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg Balanchine, George = Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze Banky, Vilma = Vilma Lonchit Bara, Theda = Theodosia Goodman Baraka, Amiri = Everett LeRoi Jones Bardot, Brigitte = Camille Javal Basho = Matsuo Basho/Matsuo Munefusa Beiderbecke, Bix = Leon Bismarck Ben-Gurion, David = David Gruen Benatar, Pat = Patricia Andrzejewski Bennett, Tony = Antonio Dominic Benedetto Benny, Jack = Benjamin Kubelsky Berkeley, Busby = William Berkeley Enos Berlin, Irving = Israel Baline Bernhardt, Sarah = Henriette-Rosine Bernard Big Bopper = Jiles Perry Richardson Billy the Kid = William H. Bonney Blondin, Charles = Jean Francois Gravelet Bly, Nellie = Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman Bogarde, Dirk = Derek Niven van den Bogaerde Borge, Victor = Borge Rosenbaum Botticelli, Sandro = Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Bowie, David = David Robert Jones Boy George = George Alan O'Dowd Brandt, Willy = Herbert Ernest Karl Frahm Bronson, Charles = Charles Bunchinsky Brooks, Albert = Albert Einstein Brooks, Mel = Melvin Kaminsky Buffalo Bill = William F. Cody Burgess, Anthony = John Anthony Burgess Wilson Burns, George = Nathan Birnbaum Burton, Richard = Richard Walter Jenkins Caesar = Gaius Julius Caesar Cage, Nicolas = Nicholas Coppola Caine, Michael = Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Calamity Jane = Martha Jane Canary (Burke) Callas, Maria = Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos Canaletto, Antonio = Giovanni Antonio Canal Capote, Truman = Truman Streckfus Persons Carr, Vikki = Florencia Bisenta de Carillas Martinez Cardona Carroll, Lewis = Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Castagno, Andrea del = Andrea di Bartolo de Bargilla Charles, Ray = Ray Charles Robinson Checker, Chubby = Ernest Evans Cher = Cherilyn Sarkisian Christo = Christo Javacheff Clair, Rene = Rene-Lucien Chomette Cliburn, Van = Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr. Cline, Patsy = Virginia Patterson Hensley Conrad, Joseph = Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski Cooper, Alice = Vincent Furnier Copperfield, David = David Kotkin Corregio = Antonio Allegri Costello, Elvis = Declan Patrick MacManus Crawford, Joan = Lucille Fay Le Sueur Crawford, Michael = Michael Dumble-Smith Crosby, Bing = Harry Lillis Crosby Cruise, Tom = Thomas Mapother IV Curtis, Tony = Bernard Schwartz Damone, Vic = Vito Rocco Farinola Dangerfield, Rodney = Jacob Cohen Danza, Tony = Anthony Iadanza Darin, Bobby = Walden Robert Cassotto Davis, Bette = Ruth Elizabeth Davis Day, Doris = Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff de Valois, Ninette = Edris Stannus Dean, James = James Byron Denver, John = John Henry Deutschendorf De Vito, Danny = Daniel Michaeli Diddley, Bo = Ellas Bates McDaniel Dinesen, Isak = Karen Blixen Dolin, Anton = Patrick Healey-Kay Domenichino = Domenico Zampieri Dors, Diana = Diana Fluck Douglas, Kirk = Issur Danielovitch, later Isidore Demsky Douglas, Melvyn = Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg Duras, Marguerite (nom de plume) = Marguerite Donnadieu Dylan, Bob = Robert Allen Zimmerman Edwards, Blake = William Blake McEdwards Eliot, George (nom de plume) = Mary Ann Evans Eluard, Paul = Eugène Grindel Emin Pasha, Mehmed = Eduard Schnitzer Erté = Romain de Tirtoff Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr. = Douglas Elton Ulman Field, Sally = Sally Mahoney Fields, W. C. = William Claude Dukenfield Flynn, Errol = Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn Fontaine, Joan = Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Fonteyn, Margot = Margaret Hookham Ford, Gerald R. = Leslie Lynch King, Jr. Ford, John = Sean Aloysius O'Feeney Foster, Jodi = Alicia Christian Foster France, Anatole = Jacques Anatole François Thibault Gabin, Jean = Jean-Alexis Moncorgé Gabo, Naum = Naum Neemia Pevsner Garbo, Greta = Greta Lovisa Gustafsson Gardenia, Vincent = Vincent Scognamiglio Garfield, John = Julius Garfinkle Garland, Judy = Frances Gumm Garner, James = James Scott Baumgarner Gayle, Crystal = Brenda Gayle Webb Gaynor, Mitzi = Francesca Mitzi Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber Ghirlandaio, Domenico = Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi Gish, Lillian = Lillian de Guiche Giulio Romano = Giulio Pippi de Giannuzzi Goddard, Paulette = Marion Goddard Levy Goldberg, Whoopi = Caryn Johnson Goldwyn, Samuel = Shmuel Gelbfisz (Samuel Goldfish) Gorky, Maksim = Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov Gorky, Arshile = Vosdanig Manoug Adoian Granger, Stewart = James Lablache Stewart Grant, Cary = Archibald Alexander Leach Grayson, Kathryn = Zelma Kathryn Hedrick Gris, Juan = Jose Vittoriano Gonzalez Hall, Radclyffe = Marguerite Radclyffe Hall Harlow, Jean = Harlean Carpenter Harrison, Rex = Reginald Carey Harrison Harvey, Laurence = Laurushka Misha Skikne Hayworth, Rita = Margarita Carmen Cansino Henry, O. = William Henry Porter Herod Agrippa I = Marcus Julius Agrippa Herzog, Werner = Werner Stipetic Heston, Charlton = John Charles Carter Ho Chi Minh = Nguyen Tat Thanh Holden, William = William Franklin Beedle, Jr. Holiday, Billie = Eleanora Fagan Holliday, Judy = Judith Tuvim Hope, Bob = Leslie Townes Hope Houdini, Harry = Erich Weiss Larry, Moe, Curly (earlier Shemp): The Three Stooges = Louis Feinberg, Moses Horwitz, Jerome Horwitz (earlier Samuel Horwitz) Howlin' Wolf = Chester Arthur Burnett Hudson, Rock = Roy Scherer Humperdinck, Engelbert = Arnold George Dorsey Irving, Henry = John Henry Brodribb Irving Jillian, Ann = Ann Jura Nauseda John, Elton = Reginald Kenneth Dwight Jolson, Al = Asa Yoelson Jones, Jennifer = Phylis Isley Jones, Tom = Thomas Jones Woodward Karloff, Boris = William Henry Platt Kaye, Danny = David Daniel Kominski Kazan, Elia = Elia Kazanjoglous Keaton, Diane = Diane Hall Keaton, Michael = Michael Douglas Kenyatta, Jomo = Kamau wa Ngengi Kingsley, Ben = Krishna Banji Kinski, Nastassja = Nastassja Naksyznyski Lamour, Dorothy = Mary Kaumeyer Landon, Michael = Eugene Orowitz Langtry, Lillie = Emilie Charlotte le Breton Lanza, Mario = Alfred Arnold Coccozza Laurel and Hardy = Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy Lauren, Ralph = Ralph Lipschitz Leadbelly = Huddie William Ledbetter Le Carré, John = David John Moore Cornwell Le Corbusier = Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Lee, Bruce = Lee Yuen Kam Lee, Peggy = Norma Deloris Engstrom Leigh, Janet = Jeanette Helen Morrison Leigh, Vivien = Vivian Mary Hartley Lely, Peter = Pieter van der Faes Lemmon, Jack = John Uhler Lemmon III Lenin, Vladimir Ilich = Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov Lenya, Lotte = Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer Lewis, Jerry = Joseph Levitch Little Richard = Richard Wayne Penniman Lombard, Carole = Jane Alice Peters Loren, Sophia = Sofia Scicolone Lorre, Peter = Lazlo Lowenstein Louis, Joe = Joseph Louis Barrow Lu Xun = Chon Shu-jeu Lugosi, Bela = Bela Ferenc Denzso Blasko Lully, Jean Baptiste = Giovanni Battista Lulli Lulu = Marie McDonald McLaughlin Mabuse, Jan = Jan Gossaert Mackenzie, Compton = Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie MacLaine, Shirley = Shirley MacLean Beaty Mack, Connie = Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy MacPherson, Elle = Eleanor Gow Madonna = Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Malcolm X = Malcolm Little Malden, Karl = Mladen Sukulevich Manilow, Barry = Barry Alan Pinkus Mansfield, Katherine = Kathleen Beauchamp Mansfield, Jayne = Vera Jayne Palmer Marcus Aurelius Antoninus = Marcus Annius Verus Marguerite of Navarre = Marguerite D'Angouleme Marshall, Penny = Penny Marscharelli Martin, Dean = Dino Paul Crocetti Markova, Alicia = Lilian Alicia Marks Massine, Léonide = Leonid Fiodorovich Miassin Mata Hari = Margaretha Geertruida Zelle Matthau, Walter = Walter Matuschanskavasky Maurois, André = Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog Mayer, Louis B(urt) = Eliezer Mayer McBain, Ed = Evan Hunter Meat Loaf = Marvin Lee Adair Melba, Nellie = Helen Porter Mitchell Meyerbeer, Giacomo = Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer Mfume, Kweisi = Frizzell Gray Michael, George = Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou Miranda, Carmen = Maria de Carmo Miranda da Cunha Mishima Yukio = Kimitake Hiraoka Mitchell, Joni = Roberta Joan Anderson Molière = Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich = Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Skriabin Monroe, Marilyn = Norma Jean Mortenson Montand, Yves = Ivo Livi Montez, Lola = Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert Moore, Demi = Demetria Guynes Moravia, Alberto = Alberto Pincherle Morton, Jelly Roll = Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Mr. T = Lawrence Tureaud Muddy Waters = McKinley Morganfield Muni, Paul = Muni Weisenfreund Murnau, F. W. = Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe Muybridge, Eadweard = Edward James Muggeridge Nero = Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus Neruda, Pablo = Neftali Ricardo Reyes y Basoatto Nerval, Gérard de = Gérard Labrunie Ne Win = Maung Shu Maung Nichols, Mike = Michael Igor Peschkowsky Nilsson, Harry = Harry Edward Nelson III Nolde, Emil = Emil Hansen Novalis = Friedrich Leopold von Hardenberg Novello, Ivor = David Ivor Davies O'Casey, Sean = John Casey Ophüls, Max = Max Oppenheimer Ormandy, Eugene = Jenö Ormandy Blau Orwell, George = Eric Arthur Blair Paracelsus = Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Palance, Jack = Walter Jack Palahniuk Paul, Les = Lester William Polfus Pelé = Edson Arantes do Nascimento Piaf, Edith = Edith Giovanna Gassion Pickford, Mary = Gladys Mary Smith Pol Pot = Saloth Sar Pressburger, Emeric = Imre Jozef Pressburger Prince = Prince Rogers Nelson Ramakrishna = Gadadhar Chatterji Rambert, Marie = Miriam Rambach Rand, Ayn = Alice Rosenbaum Ray, Man = Emmanuel Rabinovich Rudnitsky Ray, Nicholas = Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Reuter, (Paul) Julius de, Baron Reuter = Israel Beer Josaphat Rice, Elmer = Elmer Reizenstein Richard, Cliff = Harry Roger Webb Rivers, Joan = Joan Sandra Molinsky Robinson, Edward G. = Emmanuel Goldenberg Robinson, Sugar Ray = Walker Smith Rogers, Ginger = Virginia Katherine McMath Rogers, Roy = Leonard Slye Rohmer, Eric = Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer Rooney, Mickey = Joe Yule, Jr. Rothko, Mark = Marcus Rothkovich Sand, George (nom de plume) = Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin Sargon II = Sarru-Kinu Schneider, Romy = Rosemarie Albach-Retty Sennett, Mack = Michael Sinnott Seymour, Jane = Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg Sharif, Omar = Michael Chalhoub Shaw, Artie = Arthur Arshawsky Sheen, Charlie = Carlos Irwin Estevez Sheen, Martin = Ramon Estevez Sills, Beverly = Belle Miriam Silverman Stalin, Joseph = Josif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Stanley, Henry Morton = John Rowlands Stanwyck, Barbara = Ruby Stevens Starr, Belle = Myra Belle Shirley Starr, Ringo = Richard Starkey Stendahl = Marie-Henri Beyle Sting = Gordon Sumner Stroheim, Erich von = Erich Oswald Stroheim Swanson, Gloria = Gloria Josephine Mae Svensson Tati, Jacques = Jacques Tatischeff Terry-Thomas = Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens Thomas, Danny = Muzyad Yakhoop, later Amos Jacobs Tiny Tim = Herbert Buckingham Khaury Tito = Josip Broz Tokyo Rose = Iva Ikiko Toguri D'Aquino Toto = Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Ducas Commeno di Bisanzio Turé, Kwame = Carmichael, Stokely Trotsky, Leon = Lev Davidovich Bronstein Truth, Sojourner = Isabella Baumfree Turner, Lana = Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner Turner, Tina = Annie Mae Bullock Twain, Mark (nom de plume) = Samuel Langhorne Clemens Twiggy = Lesley Hornby Uccello, Paolo = Paolo di Dono Valentino, Rudolph = Rodolfo Alfonzo Raffaele Pierre Philbert Gugliemi Van Damme, Jean-Claude = Jean-Claude Van Varenbeerg Voltaire = François-Marie Arouet Walcott, Jersey Joe = Arnold Raymond Cream Wall, Max = Maxwell George Lorimer Ward, Artemus = Charles Farrar Browne Warhol, Andy = Andrew Warhola Wayne, John = Marion Michael Morrison Webb, Clifton = Webb Parmallee Hollenbeck Welch, Raquel = Raquel Tejada Werner, Oskar = Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer Wertmuller, Lina = Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg West, Nathanael = Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein West, Rebecca = Cicily Isabel Fairfield Andrews Wilder, Gene = Jerry Silberman Williams, Tennessee = Thomas Lanier Williams Winters, Shelley = Shirley Schrift Wonder, Stevie = Steveland Judkins Morris Wood, Natalie = Natasha Gurdin Wyman, Jane = Sarah Jane Fulks Wyndham, John = John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris Yourcenar, Marguerite = Marguerite de Crayencour