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Why do famous people change their names?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:00 am
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:00 am
Is it their agent or something? I would get confused. Does anyone still call them by their birth name? Do they think it will make them more money? I dont think I would do it, I like my name. 
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Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:04 am to Johnny3tears
Because noone is going to see a movie starring Hebrewberg Moneygrabber
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:10 am to Johnny3tears
A lot of those names are nightmares. It's pretty easy to see why.
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Patricia Andrzejewski
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Natalie Hershlag
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Georgios Panaylotou
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Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:13 am to Johnny3tears
River bottom ??? Really 
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:24 am to Johnny3tears
Is Jenna Elfman the only one who opted to sound Jewish? 
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:28 am to John McClane
quote:Umm... Whoopi Goldberg?
Is Jenna Elfman the only one who opted to sound Jewish?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 7:33 am to genro
Some of them change it because when they join SAG, there is already someone in the union with their name.
Albert Brooks changed it probably because he got tired of going by Albert Einstein.
Albert Brooks changed it probably because he got tired of going by Albert Einstein.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 7:38 am to Johnny3tears
It makes them more marketable. What sounds better: Tom Cruise or Thomas Mapother?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:07 am to Johnny3tears
Alot of those are just nicknames they've probably grown up with. Then the rest of them are Americanized versions of ethnic names. That's been going on for a long time. Ellis Island used to change immigrants names when they arrived to New York so they could be easier to pronounce by Americans.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:10 am to carhartt
yeah that article sucks. some of them are just their middle names which is pretty normal. some are obviously nicknames. others, i honestly have no clue who they are. just terribly done and im pissed about it
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:35 am to rockchlkjayhku11
Carlos Norris
Posted on 5/15/13 at 9:02 am to Johnny3tears
They left off Andrew Clay Silverstein.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:10 am to Johnny3tears
I wonder why Emilio Esteves didn't go with a Sheen name?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:21 am to OMLandshark
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It makes them more marketable
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:25 am to Johnny3tears
Does this really count?
John Bongiovi
John Bongiovi
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:36 am to Tiger1242
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Does this really count?
John Bongiovi
I thought the same thing. He technically did not change his name, but made the spelling more marketable.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:36 am to genro
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Natalie Hershlag
sounds less jewish that Portman.
I know John Stewart is John Leibelitz.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:38 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Amanda Lee Rogers
Damn Portia De Rossi just wanted to be Italian so bad.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:39 am to genro
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Patricia Andrzejewski
Her first husband's name was Benatar and it just stuck.
Pat could wear some Spandex. 
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:41 am to Johnny3tears
The usual reasons are "Too many people with that name", "Shortened version / nickname", "Too ethnic", and "Looks bad on a marquee", though there are a few cases which are for other reasons.
For instance, there are a number of actors who picked a different stage name because their birth name was already used by someone else in the Screen Actor's Guild.
There's also Nic Cage, who ditched the Coppola name in an attempt to keep away charges of nepotism.
For instance, there are a number of actors who picked a different stage name because their birth name was already used by someone else in the Screen Actor's Guild.
There's also Nic Cage, who ditched the Coppola name in an attempt to keep away charges of nepotism.
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