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re: Why do famous people change their names?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:42 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:42 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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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.
Agreed. It's in the same boat with wrestling legend Richard Fliehr / Ric Flair, who did the same thing.
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Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:45 am to Napoleon
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Damn Portia De Rossi just wanted to be Italian so bad.
Now she's Mrs. Ellen Degeneres.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:47 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I'd marry Ellen, she's funny
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:30 am to Tiger1242
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:52 pm to Johnny3tears
Anyone seen Due Date?
Ethan Tremblay was his stage name and Ethan Chase was his real name
Ethan Tremblay was his stage name and Ethan Chase was his real name
Posted on 5/15/13 at 12:57 pm to Johnny3tears
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Troyal Garth Brooks
Thug POS
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:01 pm to Johnny3tears
I've wondered about what people that are close to them call them. I would imagine if you have a stage name for 20 years or so it pretty much just becomes your name.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:03 pm to John McClane
Jenna Elfman married Bodhi Elfman and took his last name.
This one, Tiger, and a few others are not legit on the list.
This one, Tiger, and a few others are not legit on the list.
This post was edited on 5/15/13 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:06 pm to CaptainsWafer
quote:Several on the list are " not legit" in the manner that they just go by their middle name or the name their childhood nickname. Earl probably intentionally gave Tiger a stage name.
Jenna Elfman married Bodhi Elfman and took his last name. This one, Tiger, and a few others are legit on the list.
This post was edited on 5/15/13 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:09 pm to Johnny3tears
Some of those Re just nicknames or middle names they probably always used
The thing i wonder is how long it takes to get used to when you change your name drastically like the Jamie Foxx one
I mean, if someone calls you Jamie and your names chris or whatever it was, for a couple of years i imagine you wont respond to it a lot
The thing i wonder is how long it takes to get used to when you change your name drastically like the Jamie Foxx one
I mean, if someone calls you Jamie and your names chris or whatever it was, for a couple of years i imagine you wont respond to it a lot
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:11 pm to beaverfever
Yea that's what I meant, just left the "not" part out when typing. I edited.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:16 pm to wildtigercat93
quote:yeah these are the really interesting ones and there aren't a ton of them. He lived half his life with one name and half of it with a different name. Does he go by Eric to his close friends and family. Or does he just completely cut the name off and get angry when people that know him call him that. The funny thing is Eric Bishop is a pretty solid Hollywood name anyways.
The thing i wonder is how long it takes to get used to when you change your name drastically like the Jamie Foxx one
I mean, if someone calls you Jamie and your names chris or whatever it was, for a couple of years i imagine you wont respond to it a lot
This post was edited on 5/15/13 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:21 pm to beaverfever
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The funny thing is Eric Bishop is a pretty solid Hollywood name anyways.
Probably too close to this in the 90s
Posted on 5/15/13 at 1:42 pm to beaverfever
Michael Keaton changed his name because there was another Michael Douglas out there.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:30 pm to Johnny3tears
John Wayne sounds more badass than "Marion Mitchell Morrison"
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:44 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
So Kirk Douglas could have been a Russian Spy all this time???
lol
lol
Posted on 5/15/13 at 3:46 pm to Johnny3tears
Making yourself sound "more marketable" is one thing, but the majority who do is for a totally boring reason - If there's already somebody with the same name registered with SAG - They have to register as something different.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:56 pm to wildtigercat93
Yeah I figured some people on the list was bogus but that was the first list that I came too. It was just a side note. There are probably way more famous people that change their name. I personally think it is crazy.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:32 am to yurintroubl
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If there's already somebody with the same name registered with SAG - They have to register as something different.
But why? Just seems like a silly rule to me. There are tons of common names. And then you get into Juniors and the III.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:44 am to Bmath
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I wonder why Emilio Esteves didn't go with a Sheen name?
He would rather have the same name recognition as his uncle Joe... The greatest B Movie actor of our time. His roles in such modern classics as Soul Taker, Werewolf, Toad Warrior, and The Roller Blade Seven have probably been quite to inspiration to Emilio.
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