List of pseudonyms

This article gives a list of pseudonyms, in various categories.

Stage names

Main article (with full list): Stage name

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• Adrock (Adam Horowitz)
• Alan Dale (Aldo Sigismondi)
• Albert Brooks (Albert Lawrence Einstein)
• Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier)
• Alla Nazimova (Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon)
• Alpha Blondy (Seydou Koné)
• André 3000 (André Benjamin)
• Anne Bancroft (Anna Maria Italiano)
• Ashok Kumar (Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly)
• Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds)
• Barbara (Monique Serf)
• Bela Lugosi (Be'la Ferenc Dezso Blasko)
• Betty Hutton (Elizabeth June Thornburg)
• Big Boi (Antwan André Patton)
• The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.)
• Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan)
• Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad)
• Billy Ocean (Leslie Charles)
• Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto)
• Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)
• Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)
• Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins)
• Bono (Paul Hewson)
• Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)
• Buddy Clark (Samuel Goldberg)
• Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
• Burning Spear (Winston Rodney)
• Burt Holiday (Bonaldo Bonaldi)
• Cantinflas (Mario Moreno)
• Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre)
• Carole Lombard (Jane Alice Peters)
• Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)
• Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, later Yusuf Islam)
• Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Dorléac)
• Charlie Sheen (Carlos Irwin Estevez)
• Charlton Heston (John Charles Carter)
• Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
• Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolanos)
• Cilla Black (Priscilla White)
• Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins)
• Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III)
• Coolio (Artis Ivey, Jr.)
• Damia (Marie-Louise Damien)
• D'Angelo (Michael Archer, Sr.)
• Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski)
• David Bowie (David Robert Jones)
• David Copperfield (David Seth Kotkin)
• David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian)
• Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti)
• Del Shannon (Charles Weedon Westover)
• Dharmendra (Dharam Singh Deol)
• Diane Keaton (Diane Hall
• Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan)
• Dirk Bogarde (Derek van den Bogaerde)
• Donna Summer (LaDonna Andrea Gaines)
• Doris Day (Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff)
• Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)
• The Edge (David Evans)
• Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
• Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus)
• Eminem (Marshall Mathers III)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold Dorsey)
• Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholemew)
• Ernest Borgnine (Ermes Effron Borgnino)
• Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman)
• Fatboy Slim (Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook)
• Frankie Valli (Francis Castelluccio)
• Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
• Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel)
• Freddie Mercury (Faroukh Bulsara)
• Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle)
• Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit)
• Gary Glitter (Paul Francis Gadd)
• Gene Simmons (Chaim Witz)
• Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
• Georgious (Georges Guibourg)
• Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath)
• Gogi Grant (Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg)
• Greta Garbo (Greta Lovisa Gustafsson)
• Gribouille (Marie-France Gaîté)
• Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx)
• Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones)
• Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss)
• Hedy Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)
• Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett)
• Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson)
• Ice T (Tracy Morrow)
• Jamie Foxx (Eric Bishop)
• Janet Leigh (Jeanette Helen Morrison)
• Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jayne Palmer)
• Jem (Jemma Grifftis)
• Jean Harlow (Harlean Carpentier)
• Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg)
• Jennifer Jones (Phyllis Lee Isley)
• Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)
• Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza)
• Joan Crawford (Lucille Fay LeSueur)
• Joan Fontaine (Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland)
• John Ford (Sean Aloysius O'Fearna)
• John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)
• John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison)
• Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo De Simone)
• Johnny Rotten (John Joseph Lydon)
• Joni James (Joan (or Giovanna) Carmella Babbo)
• Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson)
• José José (José Sosa)
• Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)
• Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
• Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch Demsky)
• Kishore Kumar (Abhas Ganguly)
• Kitty Kallen (Genevieve Agostinello)
• Lauren Bacall (Betty Joan Perske)
• Les Paul (Lester Polfuss)
• Lionel Barrymore (Lionel Herbert Blythe)
• Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
• LL Cool J (James Todd Smith)
• Lulu (singer) (Marie Lawrie)
• Mariah Carey (Maria Nuñez)
• Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner)
• Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker)
• Marion Hutton (Marion Thornburg)
• Marni Nixon (Marni McEathron)
• Martin Sheen (Ramon Estevez)
• Mary Astor (Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)
• Mary Ford (Colleen Summers)
• Mary Pickford (Gladys Smith)
• MCA (Adam Yauch)
• Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
• Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano)
• Meg Ryan (Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra)
• Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky)
• Michael Keaton (Michael John Douglas)
• Michael Caine (Maurice Micklewhite)
• Mike D (Mike Diamond)
• Mike Dirnt (Michael Pritchard)
• Moby (Richard Melville Hall)
• Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)
• Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag)
• Natalie Wood (Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko)
• Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler)
• Paul Muni (Meshilem Meier Weisenfreud)
• Paul Stanley (Stanley Harvey Eisen)
• Pink (Alicia Moore)
• Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson)
• Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd)
• Queen Latifah (Dana Owens)
• Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)
• Rikki (Nakano Ritsuki)
• Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
• Ritchie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela)
• The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson)
• Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer Jr.)
• Roger Vadim (Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov)
• Ronnie Gaylord (Ronald L. Fredianelli)
• Sandie Shaw (Sandra Goodrich)
• Seal (Sealhenry Samuel)
• Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginzburg)
• Shania Twain (Eileen Regina Edwards, later Eileen Regina Twain)
• Simone Signoret (Simone Kaminker)
• Slash (Saul Hudson)
• Slim Harpo (James Moore)
• Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
• Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone)
• Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris)
• Stewart Granger (James Stewart)
• Sting (Gordon Sumner)
• Sugar (Stephanie Beard)
• Susan Hayward (Edythe Marrenner)
• Susan Sarandon (Susan Abigail Tomalin)
• T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibeaux Walker)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace)
• Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock - only her first name is made up, since she got her last name marrying Ike Turner)
• Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV)
• Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz)
• Tony Martin (Alvin Morris)
• Totò (Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Griffo Focas Comneno)
• Vangelis (Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou)
• Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle)
• Vic Reeves (Jim Moir)
• Vivien Leigh (Vivian Mary Hartley)
• William Holden (William Franklin Beedle Jr.)
• Willy DeVille (William Borsay)
• Winona Ryder (Winona Laura Horowitz)