Can you name the celebrity from his/her birthname?

created by Pats4Life

Enter a name (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named names will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This quiz includes only performers who are known by full names so no 50 Cent, Pink, etc
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Born As	Better Known As	Hint
Nicolas Coppola		Actor
Christina Ciminella		Singer
Joseph Lane		Actor
Albert Einstein		Producer
Michael Douglas		Actor
Declan Mcmanus		Singer
Katheryn Hudson		Singer
Kalpen Modi		Actor
Carlos Estévez		Actor
Marion Morrison		Actor
Andrew Warhola		Painter
Maurice Micklewhite		Actor
Reginald Dwight		Singer
Jennifer Anastassakis		Actress
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca		Actor
Robert Zimmerman		Singer
Chan Kong Sang		Actor
Mark Vincent		Actor
Cassius Clay Jr		Boxer
Alicia Cook		Singer
Timothy Dick		Actor
Jacob Cohen		Comedian
Harry Crosby		Singer
Erica Wright		Singer
Jason Greenspan		Actor

Born As	Better Known As	Hint
Eric Bishop		Actor
Nell Hardy		Actress
Eric Banadinovich		Actor
Larry Zieger		Host
Mary Collins		Actress
Courtney Harrison		Singer
Shelton Lee		Director
Joseph Levitch		Actor
Angelina Voight		Actress
Farrokh Bulsara		Singer
Carole Marsciarelli		Actress
Eleanora Fagan		Singer
Joe Yule Jr.		Actor
Patrick Sajdak		Host
Gene Klein Witz		Singer
Frances Gumm		Actress
Barry Pinkus		Singer
Alan Jeffrey		Actor
Caryn Johnson		Actress
Steveland Hardaway Judkins		Singer
Georgios Panayiotou		Singer
Julie Ann Smith		Actress
Audrey Faith Perry		Singer
Audrey Ruston		Actress
Leslie Hope		Comedian

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Celebrity Name Change Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: Pats4Life -
Contributed: January 18th, 2010
Category: Entertainment
Plays: 406

Tags: Celebrity Quizzes, born, known, change, better, Birth Name

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	Pats4Life:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 03:18 GMT	1 point
	This list includes those who changed their names to avoid or gain family recognition, avoid having identical working names, hide ethnicity, for ease of use, relevance to image, etc. Any suggestions you have will be taken into account.

	Moonvest:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 04:26 GMT	1 point
	Nice selection! Just one thing: "Jamie Fox" should be "Foxx." And a couple of random suggestions, if you feel like it: Melvin Kaminsky=Mel Brooks; Allen Konigsberg=Woody Allen; Archibald Leach=Cary Grant; Jonathan Leibowitz=Jon Stewart.

	Moonvest:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 04:35 GMT	2 points
	Also, I would like to thank "30 Rock"/Jack Donaghy for permanently imprinting Elvis Costello's real name on my mind. "...Or should I say Declan McManus, international art thief?"

	Pats4Life:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 05:19 GMT	2 points
	@Moonvest, thanks for the Foxx correction, and for the suggestions. I found those names too but just wanted to keep it at a nice round number: 50. However I will probably end up making a sequel with those and more in it so stay tuned.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 05:53 GMT	0 points
	Andy Warhol didn't work if I typed his first name first; only when I just did his last name. Also, usually I'm in favor of last names only being accepted but on this quiz, I think you should require full names. I got Elton John when I was typing someone else's first name, and there are some where their real last name and pseudo last name are the same which would make it too easy to guess. Great quiz though.

	ulashima:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 12:01 GMT	3 points
	If I had a name like Albert Einstein, I'd never ever change it!

	Pats4Life:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 17:11 GMT	1 point
	@debbie, I'm not quite sure why Andy Warhol didn't work for you. I tried it out and it came up, but if it is a continuing problem, I'll remove it. Also with the Elton John situation I can see your point so last names has been taken off. I did say it was for celebrities with full names anyway.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 21:05 GMT	1 point
	@pats: Andy Warhol's working for me too. Maybe I had a typo that I didn't notice.

	delorean1985:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 22:06 GMT	1 point
	holy crap. some of this stuff really shocked me

	Moonvest:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 22:20 GMT	1 point
	@Pats4Life: Oh, ha, sorry- I know that it's kind of presumptuous to comment with more quiz entries; I had misread and thought you were actively wanting more for this one. Also factoring into it is that I was really excited after googling Cary Grant's name and realizing that a man named Archibald Leach was so suave and charming. :)