Numerous celebrities have very unremarkable real names. A surprising number of them wanted to sound a little cooler, so they have sought and opted catchy pseudonym for the sake of show business. Check out these
celebrities who changed their birth-given names.
Steven Tyler, born Steven Victor Tallarico, is best known as the lead singer of rock ban Aerosmith. The singer was mostly involved with drug rehabilitation, sobriety for 12 years, a relapse with prescription painkillers in the late 2000s. The name Tyler became a household name after his remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Steven Tyler/Steven
Elizabeth Grant, better known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, has been described as a “self-styled gangsta Nancy Sinatra.”
Lana Del Rey/Elizabeth
Carlos Irwin is better known by his stage name
Charlie Sheen. Deciding to become an actor, he took the stage name, which his father had adopted in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen.
Charlie Sheen/Carlos
Elton John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, met Taupin in 1967, they recorded what become the first Elton John/Bernie Taupin song. After six months, Dwight took the stage name Elton John in homage to Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
Elton John/Reginald
Declan Patrick MacManus officially changed his change to Elvis Costello by merging stage name "DP Costello" with that of rock'n'roll's original icon "Elvis Presley".
Elvis Costello/Declan
Miley Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992. Her parents named her Destiny Hope as they believed that she would harvest great achievements in her life.
Miley Cyrus/Destiny Hope
Hannah Dakota Fanning, better known as
Dakota Fanning, made breakthrough thanks to her performance in I Am Sam in 2001. She is the youngest nominee for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Dakota Fanning/Hannah
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson is better known by her stage name of
Katy Perry. She took her mother’s maiden name: Perry and thought that one famous person named Kate Hudson was enough.
Katy Perry/Katheryn
Celebrities' Full and Real Names
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