Showbiz Aliases (Work In Progress)

Submitted by allegheny on Thu, 03/24/2005 - 03:34
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  1. Bud Abbott, born William Alexander Abbott
  2. Muhammed Ali, born Cashius Clay
  3. Fred Allen, born John Florence Sullivan
  4. Tim Allen, born Timothy Alan Dick
  5. Woodie Allen, born Allen Konigsberg
  6. Andre the Giant, born Andre Rene Roussimoff
  7. Andre [Three-Thousand] 3000, born Andre Benjamin
  8. James Arness, born James Aurness
  9. Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joam Perske
  10. Eric Bana, born Eric Banadinovich
  11. Anne Bancroft, born Anna Italiano (I Swear)
  12. Josephine Baker, born Frida Josephine McDonald
  13. John Barrymore, born John Sydney Blyth
  14. Ethel Barrymore, born Ethal Mae Blyth
  15. Lionel Barrymore, born Lionel Herbert Blyth
  16. Count Basie, born William Allen Basie
  17. Jack Benny, born Benjamin Kubelsky
  18. Joey Bishop, born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb
  19. Robert Blake, born Michael Vijencia Gubitosi
  20. Bono, born Paul David Hewson
  21. Brandy, full name Brandy Norwood
  22. Hillary Brooke, born Beatrice Peterson
  23. Albert Brooks, born Albert Einstein
  24. Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminksy
  25. George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum
  26. Richard Burton, born Richard Walter Jenkins
  27. Red Buttons, born Aaron Chwatt
  28. Nicolas Cage, born Nicholas Coppola
  29. Michael Caine, born Maurice Micklewaite
  30. Eddie Cantor, born Edward Israel Iskowitz
  31. David Carradine, born John Arthur Carradine
  32. John Carradine, born Richmond Reed Carradine
  33. Cedric the Entertainer, born Cedric Kyles
  34. Ray Charles, born Ray Charles Robinson
  35. Jackie Chan, born Kong-sang Chan
  36. Lon Chaney Jr., born Creighton Tull Chaney
  37. Stockard Channing, born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
  38. Chevy Chase, born Cornelius Crane Chase
  39. Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre
  40. Margaret Cho, born Moran Cho
  41. Andrew Dice Clay, born Andrew Clay Silverstein
  42. Gary Cooper, born Frank James Cooper
  43. Lou Costello, born Louis Francis Cristillo
  44. Bing Crosby, Born Harry Lillis Crosby
  45. Penelope Cruz, born Penelope Cruz Sanchez
  46. Tom Cruise, born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
  47. Tony Curtis, born Bernard Schwartz
  48. Ossie Davis, born Raiford Chatman Davis
  49. Rodney Dangerfield, born Jacob Cohen
  50. Bobby Darin, born Walden Robert Cassotto
  51. Ruby Dee, born Ruby Ann Wallace
  52. Marlene Deitrich, born Maria Magdelena Dietrich
  53. Neil Diamond, born Noah Kaminsky
  54. Kirk Douglas, born Issur Danielovitch Demsky
  55. Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman
  56. Duke Ellington, born Edward Kennedy Ellington
  57. Eminem, born Marshall Mathers
  58. Eve, full name Eve Jihan Jeffers
  59. Douglas Fairbanks, born Douglas Elton Ulman
  60. [Fifty]50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson
  61. W.C. Fields, born William Clarke Dukenfield
  62. Larry Fine, born Louis Feinberg
  63. Joan Fontaine, born Joan DeHavilland
  64. John Ford, born John Martin Feeney.
  65. Jody Foster, born Alicia Christian Foster
  66. Jamie Foxx, born Eric Morlon Bishop
  67. Redd Foxx, born John Elroy Sanford
  68. Judy Garland, born Frances Ethel Gumm
  69. James Garner, Born James Scott Baumgardner
  70. Andy Garcia, born Andres Arturo Garcia Menendez
  71. Boy George, born George Alan O'Dowd
  72. Whoopi Goldberg, born Caryn Elaine Johnson
  73. Elliot Gould, born Elliot Goldstein
  74. Stewart Granger, born James Lablanche Stewart
  75. Cary Grant, born Archibald Leach
  76. Peter Graves, born Peter Aurness
  77. Joel Grey, born Joel Katz
  78. M.C. Hammer, born Stanley Kirk Burrell
  79. Beck Hanson, born Beck David Campbell
  80. Jean Harlow, born Harlean Carpenter
  81. Laurence Harvey, born Laruschka Mischa Skikne
  82. Salma Hayek, born Salma Hayek-Jimenez
  83. Hulk Hogan, born Terence Gene Belloa
  84. Billie Holiday, born Elanora Gough Harris
  85. Buddy Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley
  86. Bob Hope, Born Leslie Townes Hope
  87. John Houseman, born Jaques Hausmann
  88. Curly Howard, born Jerome Lester Horwitz
  89. Moe Howard, born Moses Horwitz
  90. Shemp Howard, born Samuel Horwitz
  91. Rock Hudson, born Roy Harold Scherer
  92. Ice-T, born Tracy Marrow
  93. Ice Cube, born O'Shea Jackson
  94. Billy Idol, born William Michael Albert Broad
  95. Jay-Z, Born Shawn Corey Carter
  96. Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
  97. Angelina Jolie, born Angelina Jole Voight
  98. Ashley Judd, born Ashley Tyler Ciminella
  99. Boris Karloff, born William Henry Pratt.
  100. Buster Keaton, born Joseph Frank Keaton VI
  101. Diane Keaton, born Diane (or Annie) Hall
  102. Michael Keaton, born Michael John Douglas
  103. Madeline Khan, born Madelin Wolfson
  104. Alan King, born Irwin Alan Kniberg
  105. B.B. King, born Riley B. King
  106. Larry King, born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
  107. Ben Kingsley, born Krishna Bhanji
  108. Larry the Cable Guy, born Daniel Whitney
  109. Queen Latifah, born Dana Elaine Owens
  110. Peter Lawford, born Peter S. E. Aylen
  111. Steve Lawrence, born Sidney Leibowitz
  112. Leadbelly, born Huddie William Ledbetter
  113. Spike Lee, born Shelton Jackson Lee
  114. Janet Leigh, born Jeanette Helen Morrison
  115. Vivian Leigh, born Vivian Mary Hartley
  116. Jerry Lewis, born Joseph Levitch
  117. Jet Li, born Li Lian Jie
  118. Liberace, born Wladziu Valentino Liberace
  119. Mary Livingstone, born Sadye Marks
  120. Peter Lorre, born Laszlo Lowenstein
  121. Ludacris, born Christopher Bridges
  122. Bela Lugosi, born Bela Ferenc Blasko
  123. Bernie Mac, Bernard McCullough
  124. Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLean Beaty
  125. Madonna, born Madonna Ciccone
  126. Cheech Marin, born Richard Marin
  127. Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti
  128. Groucho Marx, born Julius Marx.
  129. Chico Marx, born Leanord Marx
  130. Harpo Marx, born Adolf Marx
  131. Zeppo Marx, born Herbert Marx
  132. Gummo Marx, born Milton Marx
  133. Master P, born Percy Miller
  134. Jackie Mason, born Jacob Moshe Maza
  135. Louis B. Mayer, born Ezemiel Mayer
  136. Lorne Michaels, born Lorne Lipowitz
  137. Vera Miles, born Vera June Ralston
  138. Monica, full name Monica Arnold
  139. Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortenson
  140. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, born Ferdinand Joseph Lematt
  141. Mos Def, born Dante Smith
  142. Zero Mostel, born Samuel Joel Mostel
  143. The Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace
  144. Ozzy Osbourne, born John Michael Osbourne
  145. Jason Patric, born Jason Patric Miller
  146. Luke Perry, born Coy Luther Perry III
  147. Monica Potter, born Monica Brakow
  148. Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson
  149. Puff Daddy/P-Diddy, born Sean Combs
  150. Debbie Reynolds, born Mary Frances Reynolds
  151. The Rock, born Dwayne Johnson
  152. Tim Roth, born Timothy Simon Smith
  153. Johnny Rotten, born John Lydon
  154. Winona Ryder, born Winona Laura Horowitz
  155. Jane Seymour, born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg
  156. Charlie Sheen, born Carlos Irwin Estevez
  157. Martin Sheen, born Ramon Estevez
  158. Sinbad, born David Adkins
  159. Sisqo, born Mark Durrell Andrews
  160. Red Skelton, born Richard Skelton
  161. Slash, born Saul Hudson
  162. Snoop-Dog, born Calvin Cordozar Broadus
  163. Sissy Spacek, born Mary Elizabeth SPacek
  164. Kevin Spacey, born Kevin Spacey Fowler
  165. Jon Stewart, born Jonathan Stewart Leibowitz
  166. Sting, born Gordon Matthew Sumner
  167. Julie Strain, Julie Strain Eastman
  168. George Takei, born Hosato Takei
  169. Topol, born Chaim Topol
  170. Tina Turner, born Anna Mae Bullock
  171. Vanilla Ice, born Robert Van Winkle
  172. Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie
  173. Muddy Waters, born McKinley Morganfield
  174. John Wayne, born Marion Michael Morrison
  175. Adam West, born William West Anderson
  176. May West, born Mary Jane West
  177. Billy Wilder, born Samuel Wilder
  178. Gene Wilder, born Jerome Silberman
  179. Jack White, born John Anthony Gillis
  180. John Woo, born Yusen Wu
  181. William Wyler, born Wilhelm Weiller
  182. Stevie Wonder, born Steveland Judkins Hardaway
  183. Gig Young, born Byron Barr
  184. Rob Zombie, born Robert Cummings
Oedipus03/26/2005

How about, Jean Harlow, born Harlean Harlow Carpenter & Hillary Brooke, born Beatrice Peterson?

Penny03/26/2005

Harlean Harlow? What cruel parents she had. A few more: Winona Ryder was originally Winona Laura Horowitz, Tom Cruise was Thomas Cruise Mapother, and Martin Sheen (needlessly, I think) changed his name from Ramon Estevez.

allegheny03/28/2005

I think I got Martin Sheen but I will add the other ones as well.
I always though Cruise was just Thomas M Cruise III

Oedipus02/09/2006

According to imdb.com, it is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.

allegheny02/10/2006

Thanks for the info. I will change it. or Add it.

grandpa_chum02/10/2006

wow, I did not know A LOT of these... and many of them don't make any sense... i do find it incredibly funny that David Carridine was originally named after his father's alias and then went by an alias.

oh yeah, rodney dangerfield is Jacob Cohen... Tim Allen is ironically Timothy Alan Dick... Luke Perry is Coy Luther Perry III

pianoshootis02/10/2006

few of my favorites

Albert Brooks, born Albert Einstein
Diane Keaton, born Diane (or Annie) Hall
Gig Young, born Byron Barr and named after his character in "Gay Sisters"

Oedipus02/13/2006

Michael Keaton was born Michael John Douglas.
Stewart Granger was born James Lablanche Stewart.
Vera Miles was born Vera June Ralston.
Janet Leigh was born Jeanette Helen Morrison.
Hulk Hogan was born Terrence Gene Bollea, not Terence Hogan.

Oedipus03/01/2006

Johnny Cash was born J. R. Cash but when he joined the Airforce, they would not accept "J.R." as a given name when he enlisted, so he became John R. Cash. When he signed with Sun Records in 1955 he had his name changed again, to Johnny Cash.