Stage name

A stage name, or a screen name for movie stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. A clown name is a stage name for clown performer.

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• Edo Maajka - Edin Osmić
• Bernie Mac - Bernard Jeffrey McCollough
• Willard Mack - Charles McLaughlin
• Shirley MacLaine - Shirley Beaty
• Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
• Magoo - Melvin Barcliff
• Taj Mahal - Henry St. Clair Fredericks
• Lee Majors - Harvey Lee Yeary II
• Karl Malden - Malden Sekulovich
• Method Man - Clifford Smith
• Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pinkus
• Manitoba - Dan Snaith (formerly, now uses the stage name Caribou)
• Jayne Mansfield - Vera Jane Palmer
• Marilyn Manson - Brian Hugh Warner
• Roots Manuva - Rodney Hylton Smith
• Rocky Marciano - Rocco Francis Marchegiano
• Marilyn - Peter Robinson
• Biz Markie - Marcel Hall
• Marley Marl - Marlon Williams
• Rita Marley - Alpharita Constantia Marley
• Ziggy Marley - David Marley
• Johnny Marr - John Maher
• Martika - Martha Marrero
• Dean Martin - Dino Paul Crocetti
• Ricky Martin - Enrique Jose Martin Morales IV
• Tony Martin - Alvin Morris
• Hank Marvin - Brian Rankin
• Chico Marx - Leonard Marx
• Groucho Marx - Julius Henry Marx
• Gummo Marx - Milton Marx
• Harpo Marx - Adolph Arthur Marx
• Zeppo Marx - Herbert Marx
• Ma$e - Mason Betha
• Walter Matthau - Walter John Matthow - there is a common urban legend that his original name was Matuschanskyayasky. This was a joke told by Matthau himself.
• MCA - Adam Yauch
• Brini Maxwell - Ben Sander
• Elle MacPherson - Eleanor Gow
• Kent McCord - Kent Franklin McWhirter
• Siobhán McKenna - Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith
• Melle Mel - Melvin Glover
• Melanie - Melanie Safka Schekeryk
• Carlos Mencia - Ned Mencia
• Freddie Mercury - Faroukh Bulsara
• Ethel Merman - Ethel Zimmerman
• George Michael - Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
• Pras Michel - Prakazrel Michel
• Cindy Miel - Timea Vagvoelgyi
• Luis Miguel - Luis Miguel Gallegos Basteri
• Millie - Millicent Small
• Mary Miles Minter - Juliet Reilly
• Mina - Anna Maria Mazzini
• Carmen Miranda - Maria de Carmo Miranda de Cunha
• Mistinguett - Jeanne Bourgeois
• Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson
• Sir Mix-A-Lot - Anthony Ray
• Moby - Richard Melville Hall
• Duke Modernaction - Sean Cassidy
• Matt Monro - Terrence Parson
• Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker
• Yves Montand - Ivo Livi
• Demi Moore - Demetria Gene Guynes
• Garry Moore - Thomas Garrison Morfit
• Eric Morecambe - Eric John Bartholomew
• Rita Moreno - Rosita Dolores Alverio
• Jane Morgan - Florence Catherine Currier
• Van Morrison - George Ivan Morrison
• Morrissey - Steven Patrick Morrissey
• Jelly Roll Morton - Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe
• Zero Mostel - Samuel Mostel
• Eek A Mouse - Ripton Joseph Hilton
• DJ Muggs - Lawrence Muggerud
• Mystikal - Micheal Tyler