Before They Were Famous....
August 3rd 2007 03:30
How much do you know about your celebrities? Many celebrities changed their names before they became famous. After all, would we have thought that Cary Grant was such a suave leading man if he'd stuck to his original name of Archibald Leach??? Probably not.
See if you can match the Celebrities to their real name below (Scroll down to the bottom for answers.........but don't cheat!):
Real Name
1. Robert Zimmerman
2. Carlos Estevez
3. Demetria Guynes
4. Georgios Panayiotou
5. Brian Warner
6. Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra
7. Alecia Moore
8. Godon Sumner
9. Winona Horowitz
10. Caryn Johnson
11. Dana Owens
12. Eric Bishop
13. Vincent Furnier
14. William Bailey
15. Paul Hewson
Celebrity Name
A. George Michael
B. Alice Cooper
C. Meg Ryan
D. Pink
E. Queen Latifah
F. Axl Rose
G. Bob Dylan
H. Charlie Sheen
I. Sting
J. Demi Moore
K. Whooopi Goldberg
L. Jamie Foxx
M. Bono
N. Marilyn Manson
O. Winona Ryder
Demi Moore photo credit
Alice Cooper photo credit
Answers
1. G
2. H
3. J
4. A
5. N
6. C
7. D
8. I
9. O
10. K
11. E
12. L
13. B
14. F
15. M
So, how did you go? Anyone come as a big surprise to you?
What was my name before school was out for the summer?
See if you can match the Celebrities to their real name below (Scroll down to the bottom for answers.........but don't cheat!):
Real Name
1. Robert Zimmerman
2. Carlos Estevez
3. Demetria Guynes
4. Georgios Panayiotou
5. Brian Warner
6. Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra
7. Alecia Moore
8. Godon Sumner
9. Winona Horowitz
10. Caryn Johnson
11. Dana Owens
12. Eric Bishop
13. Vincent Furnier
14. William Bailey
15. Paul Hewson
Do you know who I really am?
Celebrity Name
A. George Michael
B. Alice Cooper
C. Meg Ryan
D. Pink
E. Queen Latifah
F. Axl Rose
G. Bob Dylan
H. Charlie Sheen
I. Sting
J. Demi Moore
K. Whooopi Goldberg
L. Jamie Foxx
M. Bono
N. Marilyn Manson
O. Winona Ryder
Demi Moore photo credit
Alice Cooper photo credit
Answers
1. G
2. H
3. J
4. A
5. N
6. C
7. D
8. I
9. O
10. K
11. E
12. L
13. B
14. F
15. M
So, how did you go? Anyone come as a big surprise to you?
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Comment by Bryn
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Comment by DuskDevi
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I did know 8;
Axl, George, Marilyn, Winona, Meg, Charlie, Sting and Demi.
I know that Demi's 'moore' is from her first marriage.
Bono just does not look like a Paul Hewson!!
Dana Owens?? Vincent??
...and I honestly thought her name was Whoopi...
...and where would Reginald Dwight be today if he wasn't Elton?
Or Farrokh Bulsara? Would he still be the Killer Queen?
(know a lot about him because Freddie was Indian)
Fun post Kylie. Hope you're well....have a great weekend.
Dusk
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Dusk - oh you're good. I was surprised about Whoopi too. I always thought that was her first name!
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Comment by Bryn
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Comment by DuskDevi
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...and isn't Tom Cruise' real name L.Ron Hubbard?
(hee hee)
I also know Sigourney's real name is Susan Weaver.
Cindy Crawford is Cynthia (but her family called her Cindy)
...and Oprah's name was a typo.
It was supposed to be Celebrity Sycophant.
Okay, okay. It was supposed to be Orpah, which is a Biblical name.
I'm obsessed with names!! Truly. Long story why. It's an Indian thing. To do with cadence and numerology.
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Bryn - Kirk Douglas' is Issur Danielovitch Demsky. Now that's a name!!!
Dusk - Celebrity Sycophant.................... ....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love it!
I didn't know Sigourney Weaver's real name.
Comment by JohnDoe
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Tony Curtis was Bernard Schwartz
Comment by Chic Critique
At least Emilio stuck with the Estevez, not like his Dad and brother.
Dusk is RIGHT into it!!! I knew Freddie Mercury was Indian but I didn't know he had such a wickedly cool name!
Cheers!
CC
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Chic - Yeah I knew his name was kind of odd, but I didn't know it was Farrokh Bulsara. That's a cool name!
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Comment by Miswanderlust
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Here are a few I know;
Billy Idol - William Michael Albert Broad
Coolio - Artis Ivey, Jr.
Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus
Engelbert Humperdinck - Arnold Dorsey (why the hell would he change it to THAT????)
Johnny Rotten - John Joseph Lydon
Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday
Moby - Richard Melville Hall
Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson. (According to reliable internet sources, he later changed it a record 743 times, including “the artist formally known as the artist formally known as Prince”. Some sources indicate he is in the process of changing it to “Bob”.)
Mis
Great post
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
Mis - I can't believe that Engelbert Humperdink wasn't born with that name. Whhy would anyone change their name to that??????
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