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Can You Guess the Popular Names of These Famous People?
We know that many, many people change their names for various reason. Cheif among them are celebrites. Also included in this group are gangsters. We compiled a list of well know people and list their original names followed by their more famous names.
Can you match the birth names with the famous names.
Their parents knew them by:
- Robert Allen Zimmerman
- Doris von Kappellhoff
- David Adkins
- Eunice Kathleen Waymon
- Frances Rose Shore
- Judy Kay Cohen
- Joan Alexandra Molinksy
- Lester Nelson Gillis
- John Lydon
- Joseph Levitch
- Archibald Alexander Leach
- Nguyen That Thanh
- Richard Starkey
- Shirley Schrift
- Harry Longabaugh
- Ladonna Andrea Gaines
- Melvin Kaminsky
- Allen Stewart Konigsberg
- Aaron Chwatt
- Cherilyn Lapierre Sarkisian
You know them by:
- Bob Dylan, folksinger
- Doris Day, American actress
- Sinbad, American comedian
- Nina Simone, American jazz singer
- Dinah Shore, American singer
- Juice Newton, American singer
- Joan Rivers, American comedienne
- Baby Face Nelson, member of Dillinger gang
- Johnny Rotten, British punk singer
- Jerry Lewis, American comedian
- Cary Grant, English actor
- Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president
- Ringo Starr, Beatle
- Shelley Winters, American actress
- The Sundance Kid, American outlaw
- Donna Summer, American disco singer
- Mel Brooks, American director, comedian
- Woody Allen, American director, comedian
- Red Buttons, American actor
- Cher, American singer, actress