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This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 3969 Music Performer Pseudonyms entries on the site.

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Original Name
 
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Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III  PersonUDon'tKnow44
Bono Paul David Hewson Bono attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, a multi denominational school in Clontarf. During his childhood and adolescence, Bono and his friends were part of a surrealist street gang called "Lypton Village". This group of friends began performing in public places, such as buses, to provoke people. Bono met one of his closest friends Guggi in Lypton Village. The gang had a ritual of nickname-giving. Bono had several names: first, he was "Steinvic von Huyseman", then just "Huyseman", then "Houseman", then "Bon Murray", "Bono Vox of O'Connell Street", and finally just "Bono". "Bono Vox" is an alteration of Bonavox, a Latin phrase which translates to "good voice." It is said he was nicknamed "Bono Vox" by his friend Gavin Friday, after a hearing aid shop they regularly passed in Dublin's Talbot Street because he sang so loudly he seemed to be singing for the deaf. Initially, Bono disliked the name. However, when he learned it loosely translated to "good voice", he accepted it. Hewson has been known as "Bono" since the late seventies. Although he uses Bono as his stage name, close family and friends also refer to him as Bono, including his wife and fellow band members  Meehan
Slash Saul Hudson He was given the nickname "Slash" by family friend Seymour Cassel, according to whom Saul "was always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another. Meehan
Sting Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner Having played in jazz/rock bands like "Last Exit" and other various groups, including a dixieland jazz group, where he got the name "Sting" from a yellow/black striped shirt. Meehan
DJ Eclipse Joe Pecora  DJ Eclipse
DJ Eclipse Joseph Pecora  Joseh Pecora
Vlad Drac Mike Patton Patton selected this pseudonym for his credit as "the vocalist" on Mr. Bungle's first album (as did all of the band members) Agrimorfee
Vin Diesel Mark Vincent Has a twin brother named Paul Vincent. Changed his name. He thought it was to plain, and had been using his real name prior while looking for work and BREAK DANCING .So he took Vin from his last name and came up with Diesel at the gym while changing his look and size. Kaemarie
Stanley Chris Stann The former (and allegedly homeless) singer of Life, Sex, and Death. hardrock
Belouis Some Neville Keighley British 80s artist who had a few minor hits with "Some People", "Round and Round", and "Imagination".  British Bullcrap
Wonder Who The Four Seasons The Four Seasons recorded Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right" under the pseudonym "The Wonder Who". Don't ask me why... DeeDee
Scott Stapp Anthony Scott Flippin This was his birth name. He changed his last name to Stapp after his mother got remaried. He switched his first and middle names because his initials would have been A.S.S. Jessica
Nick Jonas Nicholas Jerry Jonas  Jessica
Joe Jonas Joseph Adam Jonas  Jessica
Kevin Jonas Paul Kevin Jonas II  Jessica
Hannah Montana Destiny Hope "Miley" Cyrus  Jessica
Zane Puff Bryan Adams This is the pseudonym he used when he was 16 and was the lead singer of the band Sweeney Todd. At the time, he had just dropped out of school. He chose this name because it was a name that he found on the Internet that he thought was funny. And yes, this is the same Bryan Adams who had solo hits with songs like "Heaven" and "Everything I Do, I Do It For You." Rpollck
Mikey Michael Way Bassist for My Chemical Romance. Gee
Zane Puff Bryan Adams This is the pseudonym he used when he was 16 and was the lead singer of the band Sweeney Todd. At the time, he had just dropped out of school. He chose this name because it was a name that he found on the Internet that he thought was funny. And yes, this is the same Bryan Adams who had solo hits with songs like "Heaven" and "Everything I Do, I Do It For You." Rpollck
Duke of Pannekoeken Kasson Crooker Member of Freezepop emomarathon

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