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Daily Quick Break: January 21, 2008: Celebrity Names: The Original Names of Famous People & Celebs Who Have Changed Their Name
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Here are the original names of celebs and other famous people. Most changed their name to make a more “user friendly” name for people to remember. Many were foreign names changed to sound more American. Others just wanted a more memorable hook… here is a list of the original, first names of celebrities who have changed their name:
Alan Alda - Alphonso D’Abruzzo
Albert Brooks - Albert Lawrence Einstein
Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier
Alicia Keys - Alicia Augello Cook
André 3000 - André Benjamin
Anne Bancroft - Anna Maria Italiano
Ashok Kumar - Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly
abyface - Kenneth Edmonds
Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pincus
Bela Lugosi - Be’la Ferenc Dezso Blasko
Big Boi - Antwan André Patton
Billie Holiday - Eleanora Fagan
Billy Idol - William Michael Albert Broad
Billy Ocean - Leslie Charles
Bo Diddley - Elias Bates
Bob Dylan - Robert Zimmerman
Bob Hope - Leslie Townes Hope
Bobby Darin - Walden Robert Cassotto
Bonnie Tyler - Gaynor Hopkins
Bono - Paul Hewson
Boris Karloff - William Henry Pratt
Boy George - George Alan O’Dowd
Buddy Holly - Charles Hardin Holley
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