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Celebrities name changes that surprised you

Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:23 am
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:23 am
I just learned that “Common” (The rapper) has a really strange and “exotic sounding” real name. No wonder he changed it... but it’s anything but “common”

Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn



What other celebrity names can you think of that are surprising?

ib4 Snoop Dogg is “Calvin Brodeus”
This post was edited on 2/18/20 at 10:24 am
Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:25 am to
wtf
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:25 am to
La-a
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:25 am to
Yankundercover's real name is Oweo.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:26 am to
Nicolas Cage's real name is Nicolas Kim Coppola. Francis Ford Coppola is his uncle.

Martin Sheen's real name is Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:26 am to
Can you imagine trying to sell this guy as Marion Morrison?

Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36419 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:26 am to
You take that back... you take that back right now...
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:27 am to
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No wonder he changed it... but it’s anything but “common”



Gee wilikers, good one, Dad!!!
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:27 am to
Take your Yankee rap crap back North where you and it belong
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36419 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:28 am to
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Martin Sheen's real name is Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez.


He doesn’t look like a “Ramón”

Forgive the ignorance, but is he one of them “Caucasian Mexicans”? Gotta be.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:29 am to
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf And Metta World Peace
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:29 am to
Dakota Skye's real name is Lauren Kaye Scott
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36419 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:30 am to
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Take your Yankee rap crap back North where you and it belong
I just started “Hell On Wheels” on Netflix and was looking into some possible inaccuracies with the Union Pacifc and rabbit-holed into the rest of the cast... (incl. Common). I don’t listen to fricking rap and couldn’t name one of his songs, buttface.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
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Member since Oct 2004
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:31 am to
quote:

He doesn’t look like a “Ramón”


His son's name is Emilio, and the other is Carlos (aka Charlie).
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
42320 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:32 am to
I always thought Martin & Charlie Sheen's name changes were interesting considering Emilio didn't change his.

Martin Sheen - Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez

Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estévez

Interesting story on why Emilio didn't change his. When his father Martin got his break on broadway, he invited his father. When his father showed up and saw "Martin Sheen" on the marquee, he was really disappointed. Martin expressed serious regret about it to Emilio when he was about to break out into Hollywood, hence Emilio went with his birth name. The main reason Martin changed his name was his agent and other casting directors told him his name didn't sound white enough. Well the words used were he needed a more anglo sounding name.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
63308 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:33 am to
Kirk Douglas = Issur Danielovitch.

Rita Hayworth = Margarita Carmen Cansino

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This post was edited on 2/18/20 at 10:35 am
Posted by spaceranger
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:37 am to








This post was edited on 2/18/20 at 10:39 am
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:38 am to
quote:

Martin Sheen's real name is Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez
Now Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez being brothers makes more sense. I always just assumed they were step or half brothers.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:39 am to
quote:

quote:
quote:

Martin Sheen's real name is Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez.



He doesn’t look like a “Ramón”

Forgive the ignorance, but is he one of them “Caucasian Mexicans”? Gotta be.


If I remember correctly, Martin Sheen's father was an immigrant from Spain.
Posted by Uptowner
The OP
Member since Oct 2019
2030 posts
Posted on 2/18/20 at 10:40 am to
Elton John started as Reginald Dwight.
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