21 Awkward Real Names of Celebrity That You'd Probably Change Too
Carly Tennes
Published
06/03/2024
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What's in a name? While the answer, in theory, should be absolutely nothing, the reality is a whole lot different — just ask your favorite stars, Olivia Cockburn and Elgin Lumpkin — or as you probably know them, Olivia Wilde and Ginuwine.
From Joaquin Phoenix's OG last name to Ralph Lauren before his WASP-y rebrand, here are 21 celebrity "real names" you'd probably change too.
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1. Akon — a.k.a. Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam
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2. Ralph Lauren — a.k.a. Ralph Lifshitz
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3. Gene Simmons — a.k.a. Chaim Witz
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4. Michael Caine — a.k.a. Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
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5. Stevie Wonder — a.k.a. Stevland Hardaway Morris
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6. Elton John — a.k.a. Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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7. Lucy Hale — a.k.a. Karen Lucy Hale
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8. Hulk Hogan — a.k.a. Terry Gene Bollea
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9. Shawn Michaels – a.k.a. Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
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10. Judy Garland — a.k.a. Frances Ethel Gumm
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11. Snoop Dogg — Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
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12. Joaquin Phoenix — a.k.a. Joaquin Rafael Bottom
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13. Gerald Ford — a.k.a. Leslie Lynch King Jr.
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14. Ice Cube — a.k.a. O'Shea Jackson Sr.
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15. Mickey Rooney — a.k.a. Joseph Yule, Jr.
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16. Greta Garbo — a.k.a Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
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17. Ginuwine — a.k.a. Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
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18. Cary Grant — a.k.a. Archibald Leach
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19. Takeoff — a.k.a. Kirsnick Khari Ball
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20. Olivia Wilde — a.k.a. Olivia Jane Cockburn
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21. Demi Moore — a.k.a Demi Gene Guynes
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