Baby Name Pseudonyms

Your name helps determine your fortune. Perhaps no one knows that better than the famous people listed below.

Name changing is a common practice among those in the entertainment industry, where a great-sounding name equals a great public image and star appeal.


That's just what these famous actors, actresses, musicians and athletes did. See how many of their real names you can guess correctly.

Pseudonyms Muhammed Ali Woody Allen Julie Andrews Fred Astaire Lauren Bacall Lucille Ball Tony Bennett Jack Benny Irving Berlin Yogi Berra Bono David Bowie Ellen Burstyn Boy George Charles Bronson Bugs Bunny George Burns Michael Caine Ray Charles Chevy Chase Cher Alice Cooper Bing Crosby Rodney Dangerfield Doris Day John Denver Bob Dylan The Edge W.C. Fields Alice Cooper Greta Garbo Judy Garland Cary Grant Gary Hart Halston Bob Hope Englebert Humperdinck Kareen Abdul-Jabbar Elton John Ann Landers Michael Landon Jerry Lewis Liberace Sophia Loren Madonna Dean Martin Paul McCartney Meatloaf Marilyn Monroe Bernadette Peters Prince Ginger Rogers Mickey Rooney Sting Sissy Spacek Ringo Starr Abigail Van Buren John Wayne Raquel Welch Gene Wilder Shelley Winters Stevie Wonder

Real Name Cassius Clay Allen Stewart Konigsberg Julia Vernon Frederick Austerlitz Betty Joan Perske Diane Belmont Anthony Dominick Benedetto Benjamin Kubelsky Israel Baline Lawrence Peter Berra Paul Hewson David Jones Edna Rae Gillooly George Alan O'Dowd Charles Buchinsky Happy Rabbit Nathan Birnbaum Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Ray Charles Robinson Cornelius Crane Chase Cherilyn La Pierre Vincent Damon Furnier Harry Lillis Crosby John Cohen Doris Kappelhoff Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. Robert Allen Zimmerman David Evans William Claude Dukenfield Vincent David Furnier Greta Luisa Gustafson Frances Gumm Archibald Leach Gary Hartpence Roy Halston Frowick Leslie Townes Hope Arnold Dorsey Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. Reginald Kenneth Dwight Esther Eppie Pauline Friedman Lederer Eugene Maurice Orowitz Joseph Levitch Wladziu Valentino Liberace Sophia Scicoloni Madonna Veronica Louise Ciccone Dino Crocetti James Paul McCartney Marvin Lee Aday Norma Jean Baker Bernadette Lazarra Prince Rogers Nelson Virginia Katherine McMath Joe Yule, Jr. Gordon Sumner Mary Elizabeth Spacek Richard Starkey Pauline Esther Popo Friedman Phillips Marion Michael Morrison Raquel Tejada Jerome Silberman Shirley Schrift Steveland Morris Hardaway