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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• Andrew W.K. - Andrew Wilkes-Krier
• Lindsay Wagner - Lindsay Jean Ball
• Christopher Walken - Ronald Walken
• Junior Walker - Autry DeWalt, Jr.
• Dionne Warwick - Marie Dionne Warrick
• Dinah Washington - Ruth Jones
• Don Was - Donald Fagenson
• Gedde Watanabe - Gary Watanabe
• Muddy Waters - McKinley Morganfield
• John Wayne - Marion Robert Morrison, later Marion Michael Morrison
• Sigourney Weaver - Susan Weaver
• Clifton Webb - Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
• Dean Ween - Mickey Melchiondo
• Gene Ween - Aaron Freeman
• Paul Weller - John Weller
• Riley Weston - Kimberlee Kramer
• Raquel Welch - Jo-Raquel Tejada
• Kim Wilde - Kim Smith
• Marty Wilde - Reginald Leonard Smith
• Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
• Hank Williams - Hiram Williams
• Hank Williams, Jr. - Randall Hank Williams
• Flip Wilson - Clerow Wilson
• Shelley Winters - Shirley Schrift
• Nicky Wire - Nicholas Jones
• Ernie Wise - Ernest Wiseman
• Wish Bone - Charles Scruggs
• Jah Wobble - John Wardle
• Howlin' Wolf - Chester Arthur Burnett
• Stevie Wonder - Steveland Hardaway Judkins Morris
• Natalie Wood - Natasha Gurdin
• Tammy Wynette - Virginia Wynette Pugh