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The Funniest Real Names of Celebrities

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List of real names of celebrities, including actors, singers, wrestlers, and even politicians. Many actors and actresses use stage names for privacy or to get ahead in a tough industry. Musicians also use pseudonyms or to create alter ego personas that separate their real selves from who they become when they perform. This list cites the funny real names of people who you may know to be tough or exotic. In the beginning, they were just normal people.
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    Ralph Lauren

    “ Ralph Lifs**tz „
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    Stevie Wonder

    “ Steveland Judkins „
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    Albert Brooks

    “ Albert Einstein „
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    Gene Simmons

    “ Chaim Witz „
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    Michael Caine

    “ Maurice Micklewhite „
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    John Wayne

    “ Marion Michael Morrison „
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    Shaggy

    “ Orville Richard Burrell „
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    Snoop Dogg

    “ Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr „
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    Kirk Douglas

    “ Issur Danielovitch Demsky „
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    Shawn Michaels

    “ Michael Higgenbottom „
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    Elton John

    “ Reginald Kenneth Dwight „
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    Ice Cube

    “ O'Shea Jackson „
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    Cary Grant

    “ Archibald Alexander Leach „
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    Coolio

    “ Artis Leon Ivey Jr. „
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    Soupy Sales

    “ Milton Supman „
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    Engelbert Humperdinck

    “ Arnold Gerry Dorsey „
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    Muddy Waters

    “ McKinley Morganfield „
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    Peter Lorre

    “ Laszio Lowenstein „
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    Hulk Hogan

    “ Terry Gene Bollette „
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    Gene Wilder

    “ Jerome Silberman „
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    John Denver

    “ Henry John Deutschendorf „
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    Elvis Costello

    “ Decian Patrick McManus „
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    Elle Macpherson

    “ Elenor Gow „
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    Rita Hayworth

    “ Margarita Cansino „
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    Gerald Ford

    “ Leslie Lynch King, Jr. „
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    Jane Seymour

    “ Joyce Frankenberg „
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    Meat Loaf

    “ Marvin Lee Adair „
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    Harry Houdini

    “ Ehrich Weiss „
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    Judy Garland

    “ Frances Gumm „
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    Sting

    “ Gordon Matthew Sumner „
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    Mickey Rooney

    “ Joe Yule, Jr. „
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    Mr. T

    “ Lawrence Tero „
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    Cheryl Ladd

    “ Cheryl Stoppelmoor „
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    Barry Manilow

    “ Barry Alan Pincus „
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    Marilyn Monroe

    “ Norma Jean Mortensen „
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    MC Hammer

    “ Stanley Kirk Burrell „
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    Rock Hudson

    “ Roy Scherer „
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    Kim Cattrall

    “ Clare Woodgate „
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    Fatboy Slim

    “ Quentin Norman Cook „
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    Billie Holiday

    “ Eleanora F*gan „
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    Ice T

    “ Tracy Morrow „
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    Charo

    “ María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza de Rasten „
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    Charlie Sheen

    “ Carlos Irwin Estevez „
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    Donna Summer

    “ La Donna Andrea Gaines „
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    Veronica Lake

    “ Constance Ockleman „
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    Earl Sweatshirt

    “ Thebe Kgositsile „
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    Busta Rhymes

    “ Trevor Smith „
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    Sugar Ray Robinson

    “ Walker Smith, Jr. „
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    Axl Rose

    “ William Bailey „
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    Slash

    “ Saul Hudson „

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    1. Monster Energy Stink
      The Funniest Real Names of Celebrities at 2/01/2013 1:30 PM
      What's great about Real Celebrity Names is that it's here.
    2. rabidchild
      The Funniest Real Names of Celebrities at 5/18/2012 11:44 PM
      #30: His name is Robert Paulson.
    3. Joe Kerr
      The Funniest Real Names of Celebrities at 5/16/2012 12:02 PM
      Hulk Hogan's is wrong. It's Terry Gene Bollea not Terry Jean Bollette.
      Also, Shawn Michaels' full name is Michael Shawn Higgenbottom. So not wrong but his full name shows how he got his ring name.
    4. dehavilland
      The Funniest Real Names of Celebrities at 5/16/2012 2:51 AM
      Got to say that whist there are a few odd ones there, 90% of them are just... plain old un-funny names.
    5. The Executioner
      The Funniest Real Names of Celebrities at 5/11/2012 11:07 AM
      Great List.Incredibles some names XD.

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