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| Archibald Leach | |
| Marion Morrison | |
| Forrokh Bulsara | |
| Paul Hewson | |
| Harry Webb | |
| Norma Jean Mortenson | |
| Steven Denetre Georgiou | |
| Thomas Mapother IV | |
| Maurice Micklewhite | |
| The Quarrymen | |
| Arnold Dorsey | |
| David Jones | |
| Edson Arantes do Nascimento | |
| Michael Hecht | |
| Jan Ludvik Hyman Binyamin Hoch | |
| Reginald Dwight | |
| John Michael Osbourne | |
| Anthony Benedetto | |
| | Started life as: | Became |
| Georgios Panayioto | |
| Gordon Sumner | |
| John Ravenscroft | |
| Carlos Estevez | |
| David White | |
| Jude Bottom | |
| Richard Bingham | |
| Arthur Jefferson | |
| Opal Fruits | |
| Nicolas Coppola | |
| Stevland Judkins | |
| Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta | |
| Marshall Bruce Mathers | |
| George O'Dowd | |
| Frederick Austerlitz | |
| New Amsterdam | |
| Backrub | |
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