120 celebrities whose real names you didn’t know (2024)

Stage names are alive and well in Hollywood. Here are more than 100 of your favorite celebrities whose real names you probably didn't know, like Michael Keaton. His birth name is Michael John Douglas.

Name you know: Sigourney Weaver. Birth name: Susan Alexandra Weaver

Name you know: Oprah Winfrey. Birth name: Orpah Gail Winfrey

Name you know: Lil Nas X. Birth name: Montero Lamar Hill

Name you know: Ben Kingsley. Birth name: Krishna Pandit Bhanji

Name you know: Nicolas Cage. Birth name: Nicolas Kim Coppola

Name you know: Post Malone. Birth name: Austin Richard Post

Name you know: Saweetie. Birth name: Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper

Name you know: Quavo. Birth name: Quavious Keyate Marshall

Name you know: David Tennant. Birth name: David John McDonald

Name you know:21 Savage. Birth name: Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph

Name you know: DaBaby. Birth name: Jonathan Lyndale Kirk

Name you know: Shay Mitchell. Birth name: Shannon Ashley Garcia Mitchell

Name you know: Kodak Black. Birth name: Bill K. Kapri

Name you know: Yungblud. Birth name: Dominic Richard Harrison

Name you know: G-Eazy. Birth name: Gerald Earl Gillum

Name you know: Doja Cat. Birth name: Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini

Name you know: Lil Uzi Vert. Birth name: Symere Bysil Woods

Name you know: Auli'i Cravalho Birth name: Chloe Auliʻi Cravalho

Name you know: Mel B. Birth name: Melanie Janine Brown

Name you know: Pink. Birth name:Alecia Beth Moore.

Name you know: Joaquin Phoenix. Birth name: Joaquin Rafael Bottom

Name you know: Mandy Moore. Birth name: Amanda Leigh Moore

Name you know: Frank Ocean. Birth name: Christopher Edwin Cooksey

Name you know: Megan Thee Stallion. Birth name: Megan Pete

Name you know: Queen Latifah. Birth name: Dana Elaine Owens.

Name you know: Sean Connery. Birth name: Thomas Sean Connery.

Name you know: Tilda Swinton. Birth name: Katherine Matilda Swinton.

Name you know: Meryl Streep. Birth name: Mary Louise.

Harry isn't a stage name but a nickname for Prince Henry Charles Albert David.

Billie Eilish is a shortened version of Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.

Lana Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant.

Name you know: Sting. Birth name:Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

Name you know: Flavor Flav. Birth name: William Jonathan Drayton Jr.

Jack Black was given the name Thomas Jacob Black at birth.

Name you know: Tank. Birth name:Durrell Babbs.

Name you know: Lil Kim. Birth name: Kimberly Denise Jones

Name you know: Trey Songz. Birth name: Tremaine Aldon Neverson

Name you know: Da Baby. Birth name: Jonathan Lyndale Kirk.

Name you know: Nipsey Hussle. Birth name: Ermias Asghedom.

Offstage, Tyga is Micheal Ray Stevenson.

Elton John's birth name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

Name you know: King Princess. Birth name: Mikaela Straus

Name you know: Erykah Badu. Birth name: Erica Abi Wright

Name you know: Missy Elliot. Birth name: Melissa Arnette Elliott

Name you know: Travis Scott. Birth name: Jacques Berman Webster II

Name you know: Pusha T. Birth name: Terrence LeVarr Thornton

Name you know: Logic. Birth name: Sir Robert Bryson Hall II

Name you know: Lil Yachty. Birth name: Miles Parks McCollum

Name you know: Meghan Markle. Birth name: Rachel Meghan Markle

Name you know: Brad Pitt. Birth name: William Bradley Pitt.

Name you know: Nina Dobrev. Birth name: Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva. (As a female, Dobrev, who was born in Bulgaria, had the "a" tacked onto her surname due to Eastern Slavic naming conventions.)

Name you know: Emma Stone. Birth name: Emily Jean Stone.

Name you know: Jamie Foxx. Birth name: Eric Marlon Bishop.

Name you know: Mila Kunis. Birth name: Milena Markovna Kunis. (Markovna is her Russian patronymic, which adds a female suffix to the father's first name, meaning "daughter of Mark.")

Name you know: Beanie Feldstein. Birth name: Elizabeth Greer Feldstein.

Name you know: Kit Harington. Birth name: Christopher Catesby Harington. (His middle name is that of a famous ancestor, Robert Catesby, whom he played in a HBO miniseries last year, 'Gunpowder.')

Name you know: Ludacris. Birth name: Christopher Brian Bridges.

Name you know: Winona Ryder. Birth name: Winona Laura Horowitz.

Name you know: Miley Cyrus. Birth name: Destiny Hope Cyrus.

Name you know: Alicia Keys. Birth name: Alicia Augello Cook.

Name you know: Lucy Hale. Birth name: Karen Lucille Hale.

Name you know: Natalie Portman. Birth name: Neta-Lee Hershlag.

Name you know: Reese Witherspoon. Birth name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon.

Name you know: John Legend. Birth name: John Roger Stephens.

Name you know: T-Pain. Birth name: Faheem Rashad Najm.

Name you know: Ashton Kutcher. Birth name: Christopher Ashton Kutcher.

Name you know: Future. Birth name: Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn.

Name you know: Cardi B. Birth name: Belcalis Almanzar.

Name you know: Nicki Minaj. Birth name: Onika Tanya Maraj.

Name you know: Iggy Azalea Birth name: Amethyst Amelia Kelly

Name you know: Lorde Birth name: Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor

Name you know: Rihanna Birth name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Name you know: Olivia Wilde Birth name: Olivia Jane co*ckburn

Name you know: Demi Moore Birth name: Demi Gene Guynes

Name you know: Katy Perry Birth name: Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson

Name you know: George Michael Birth name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou

Name you know: Cher Birth name: Cherilyn Sarkisian

Name you know: Judy Garland Birth name: Frances Ethel Gumm

Name you know: Marilyn Monroe Birth name: Norma Jeane Mortenson

Name you know: Chevy Chase Birth name: Cornelius Crane Chase

Name you know: FKA Twigs Birth name: Tahliah Debrett Barnett

Name you know: Fred Astaire Birth name: Frederick Austerlitz

Name you know: Elvis Costello Birth name: Declan Patrick MacManus

Name you know: Audrey Hepburn Birth name: Audrey Kathleen Ruston

Name you know: Portia de Rossi Birth name: Amanda Lee Rogers

Name you know: Carmen Electra Birth name: Tara Leigh Patrick

Name you know: Demi Lovato Birth name: Demetria Devonne Lovato

Name you know: Halsey Birth name: Ashley Nicolette Frangipane

Name you know: Gigi Hadid Birth name: Jelena Noura Hadid

Name you know: Meg Ryan Birth name: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra

Name you know: Woody Allen Birth name: Allan Stewart Konigsberg

Name you know: Tina Fey Birth name: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey

Name you know: Cary Grant Birth name: Archibald Alec Leach

Name you know: Larry King Birth name: Lawrence Harvey Zeiger

Name you know: Bruno Mars Birth name: Peter Gene Hernandez

Name you know: Calvin Harris Birth name: Adam Richard Wiles

Name you know: Drake Birth name: Aubrey Drake Graham

Name you know: Blac Chyna Birth name: Angela Renée White

Name you know: Mindy Kaling Birth name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam

Name you know: The Weeknd Birth name: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye

Name you know: Tyga Birth name: Micheal Ray Stevenson

Name you know: Whoopi Goldberg Birth name: Caryn Elaine Johnson

Name you know: Meek Mill Birth name: Robert Rihmeek Williams

Name you know: Hulk Hogan Birth name: Terry Gene Bollea

Name you know: Lady Gaga Birth name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Name you know: Kirk Douglas Birth name: Issur Danielovitch

Name you know: Eminem Birth name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Name you know: Shania Twain Birth name: Eilleen Regina Edwards

Name you know: Kesha Birth name: Kesha Rose Sebert

Name you know: Lil Wayne Birth name: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.

Name you know: Mahershala Ali Birth name: Mahershalalhashbaz Ali Gilmore

Name you know: Joan Crawford Birth name: Lucille Fay LeSueur

Name you know: Stevie Wonder Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Judkins

Name you know: Helen Mirren Birth name: Helen Lydia Mironoff

Name you know: Julianne Moore Birth name: Julie Anne Smith

Know you know: Jay-Z. Birth name: Shawn Corey Carter.

Name you know: Chance the Rapper Birth name: Chancelor Johnathan Bennett

Name you know: Snoop Dogg Birth name: Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.

Name you know: Ringo Starr. Birth name: Richard Starkey.