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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.

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Entries Beginning with P

Pseudonym	Original Name	Description	Submitted by:
P Diddy or Puff Daddy	Sean John Combs	He also used his first and middle name for his clothing.	Funk Doctor
p!nk	Alicia Moore	she got this nickname from a friend, who used to tease her cuz she was more like the 'boy' in their group of friends, she was not very girly, so her friend, as a joke, nicknamed her Pink, as a contrast, cuz that color is totally related with girly things	aloe
P!nk	Alicia Moore	got the name p!nk from her nickname p!nk. she got it because she used to get embarrsed alot and turned bright pink when she did.	Ifer
P!nk	Alicia Moore	Alicia went into her label one day with her friends and they dressed like they were in Reservoir Dogs. Alica dressed up like Mr. Pink. She was going to call her self that but the execs preferred pink	SupaFlo
P-Nut	Aaron Wills	Bassist of 311, given this name because when he played bass and nodded his head, it looked like a peanut, hence the name.	Alicia
p. diddy	sean combs		touchdown toni
P. Diddy	Shawn Puffy Combs	This new name makes it sound like your not upsessed with hair.	Josh
P. Diddy/Puff Daddy/Puffy	Sean Combs		soul
P. Exeter Blue I	Elijah Blue Allman	Frontman/lead guitarist for the band Deadsy	Melanie
P. Exeter Blue I	Elijah Blue Allman	Deadsy's frontman and mastermind :), Cher's son.	Corruption Master
P.D.Q. Bach	Peter Schickele	Classical satirist.	funny
Pablo Diablo	Paul Garner	Legendary singer/songwriter of the rock and roll band, The Noids.	Ed Wilder
Padraig Duggan	Padraig i Dagein	Member of the Celtic band Clannad, which also includes his brother Noel.	irish
Palm Skin Productions	Simon Richmond		Bobo
Pampba	Prabhuram	It is an Indian name	Prabhu
Papa M	David Pajo	Former Slint and Tortoise guitarist	Bobo
Paperclip People	Carl Craig	Also as a group project, but mainly a solo act.	Bobo
Paradox	Bradley Cornish	FROM THE GROUP TRIPLE THREAT	PETER BUNCH
Paradox	Bradley Cornish		DERRICK SMITH
Paris The Black Fu	Mack Goudy Jr.		Bobo
Pasemaster Mase	Vincent Mason		Bobo
Pat Andrzejewski	Pat Benatar	This is a correction to the pseudonym currently on Pat's page, which is spelled incorrectly.	Joe Cross
Pat Benatar	Pat Andrejewski		inthe80s.com
Pat Boone	Eugene Charles Boone	Peter Noone and Pat Boone	Mike Hack
Pat Boone	Charles Eugene Patrick Boon		Bobo
Pat Duggan	Padraig Odugain	Member of Celtic band Clannad	Bobo
Patrick Stump	Patrick Stumph	He dropped the 'H' in order to make sure people pronounced it right.	Sam
Patrick Stump	Patrick Stumph	Patrick is the lead singer of Fall Out Boy. He dropped the name so there wouldn't be any pronuciation errors. "Patrick Stump" is on every single one of Fall Out Boy's albums.	Amanda
Patrick Stump	Patrick Stumph	He's the lead singer of Fall Out Boy. He just dropped the, "h," one day.	Mandy
Patsy Cline	Virginia Patterson Hensley		Cara Miles
Patsy Montana	Rubye Blevins	The first female country singer to sell one million records.	Martha Hankins
Patti LaBelle	Patricia Holt	Pop/R&B singer who had 1975 #1 hit "Lady Marmalade" with trio LaBelle, and perhaps best known for the 1986 smash hit "On My Own" duet with the Doobie Brothers' Michael McDonald.	Evan Heller
Patti Labelle	Patricia Louise Holte	I am trying to find her personally. My Name is Pamela c. reed.	pamela reed
Patti LaBelle	Patricia Louise Holte	Her last name was actually Holte with an "e", known to her close friends as Pat.	john hayes
Patti Page	Clara Ann Fowler	Pop/country vocalist best known for pre-rock 50s hits "Tennessee Waltz", "I Went To Your Wedding" and "Doggie In The Window".	Evan L. Heller
Patty Duke	Anna Marie Patricia Duke		old
Patty Loveless	Patty Ramey	NOT Patricia. Patty is her given name	J
Patty Loveless	Patricia Ramey	The last name is Ramey, not Ramsey	norman k
Patty Loveless	Patricia Lee Ramsey		Countryboy
Paul	Paul Thomas	Bass player for Good Charlotte!!!	me!!
Paul	Ray Hilderbrand	Of the duo Paul & Paula.	oldtimes
Paul	Paul Thomas		Melissa
Paul Brandt	Paul Rennee Belobersycky		Deb
Paul Di'Anno	Paul Andrews	He adopted this pseudonym when hired by Iron Maiden as a singer and kept it till now (2020).	PeartNeal
Paul Jones	Paul Pond	Manfred Mann lead singer before going solo.	Janet Trent
Paul Mcartney	Billy Shears	According to the daft 'Paul is dead' conspiracy theories, Paul Mcartney met his death in car crash circa 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike named Billy Shears. The name 'Billy Shears' is mentioned in the song Sgt Pepper	Jimatha o' Boogie
Paul McCartney	James Paul McCartney		Tom
Paul McCartney	James Paul McCartney	Paul is his middle name.	Mona
Paul McCartney	James Paul McCartney		Crazy Chester
Paul Nicholas	Paul Beuselinck	Singer who found "Heaven on the Seventh Floor".	brit
Paul Ramon	Paul Mcartney	Produced Bonzo Dog Band's 'Urban Spaceman' under this name. This Pseudonym is also where the Ramones get their name.	Jimatha o' Boogie
Paul Revere	Paul Revere	It sounds like a stage name, but that is the real name of the ex-leader of The Raiders.	oldtimes
Paul Revere	Paul Revere Dick	From classicbands.com The early roots of Paul Revere and the Raiders began to take shape in 1959 with the forming of a band called "The Downbeats". The group was lead by organist, Paul Revere Dick (who since has legally changed his name to just Paul Revere)	Yusef Anni
Paul Revere	Paul Revere	This is just a correction to the other info here. Paul is still leading the band after 45 years. He's the last madman of rock & roll. I played a show with Paul & the Raiders a few years ago. Great band. Check out their website.	vince@johnnydollarband.com
Paul Sneef	Paul Leary Walthall	Guitarist for Butthole Surfers.	alt
Paul Stanley	Stanley Harvey Eisen		Kiss Girl
Paul Stanley	Stanley Eisen		MacIver
Paul Stanley	Stanley Eisen		Corey
Paul Stookey	Noel Paul Stookey	The Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary.	folk
Paul Wall	Paul Slayton	White Texas rapper affiliated with Swishahouse, Chamillionaire's ex-partner in the Color Changing Click, collaboed on the Nelly hit "Grillz, and now has a solo Top 40 hit, "Girl."	txan
Paul Weller	John William Weller	Singer-guitarist with The Jam and Style Council.	newsound
Paula	Jill Jackson	Of the duo Paul & Paula.	oldtimes
PayDay	Bubba Slump		Mike D
The Payolas	Rock & Hyde	Current albums generally call them The Payolas. But they are known by both names.	Jessica Bielzebub
PC	Patrick Carpenter		Bobo
Peabo Bryson	Robert Beabo Bryson	Sang duets with several female singers, including Celine Dion.	soul II
Peaches	Merrill Nisker	canadian schoolteacher who became Berlin's FemRap Art Rogue	Vanessa
Peaches	Francine Barker(Hurd)	Of the duo Peaches and Herb.	soul
Pearl Bailey	Pearly Mae Bailey	Also known as "Dickie".	jazz
Pebbles	Perri McKissack	Family gave her the nickname as she resembled Pebbles Flintstone as a child. From Billboard Book of Top 40 hits 7th ed.	Big Mark
Pee MD	Parrish Smith		Bobo
Peetie Wheatstraw	William Bunch		blues
Peggy Lee	Norma Deloris Egstrom		old
Peligro	David Spero Peligro		Cesar Romero
Penny McLean	Gertrude Wirschinger	Penny McLean was the second of the 3 female singers for German disco group Silver Convention. Later went solo, and even covered Dschinghis Khan's song "Tut Ench Amun" as "Child of Egypt" (NOTE: Tut Ench Amun is supposedly German for Tutankhamen).	Dylan Baranski
Pepa	Sandy Denton	Of Salt 'N Pepa	LDM
Peppy Castro	Emil Thielheim	Lead singer/guitarist for Blues Magoos noted for "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet".	rock
Perry Como	Pierino Como		jazz
Perry Farrell	Perry Bernstein	it may sound like peripheral...............it might be because, his brothers name is Farrell	rob
Perry Farrell	Perry Bernstein	The Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyros frontman changed his name to Perry Farrell because it sounds like "peripheral."	Ben
Perry Farrell	Perry Bernstein		Sandi
Peshay	Paul Pesce		Bobo
Pete	Peter Wentz	He was an all-state soccer player before the band Fall Out Boy. He also wrote "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and is a huge part of Clandestine Industries.	claire
Pete Best	Randolph Peter Best		Larcen Tyler
Pete Nice	Pete Nash	MEMBER OF 3RD BASS	ANDY IN PCB
Pete Shelley	Peter McNeish	Founding member of the Buzzcocks. Shelley was, apparently, the name the McNeishes had picked out for if they were to have a daughter.	Plasket
Pete Wentz	Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III	I'm guessing he shortened it to Pete Wentz because his real name is long. Also it doesn't sound like a bass player in a rock band's name. It sounds more like a piano player's name.	Sam
Peter & Gordon	Peter Asher/Gordon Waller		duo
Peter Alexander	Peter Neumayer		Anni
Peter Alexander	Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer	Born: 30.Jun.1926 (Wien, OE) - 50/60/70 DE/OE Schlager-Star (a few more Movies)	Joe-Nase
Peter Alexander	Peter Steele	Steele went by Peter Alexander with Cats Can Fly, as the band was beginning to become known to mainstream audiences.	Harderman61
Peter Allen	Peter Allen Woolnough	Late pianist, songwriter and ex-husband of Liza Minelli.	old
Peter Banks	Peter Brockbanks	Member of the band Yes.	rocknroll
Peter Criss	Peter Criscoula		KEITH
Peter Criss	Peter Crisscoula		Corey
Peter Green	Peter Allen Greenbaum	Original member of Fleetwood Mac.	united
Peter Nero	Bernie Nierow		band
Peter Schilling	Pierre Schilling	This WAS A name used by this singer from 1979-1981 and put out 3 singles in Germany (His Homeland) under this name. Peter Schilling put out the song Major Tom in 1983. Pierre could also be his real first name.	Alana
Peter Schilling	Pierre Michael Schilling		gahaha
Peter Stuart	Peter Kohmon	Peter was in The Headless Horsemen (with Elan Portnoy, ex-Fuzztons), contributed to an album by Pianosaurus, toured with Bianca 'Bob' Miller...	pete
Peter Tchaikovsky	Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky	Famous composer best known for "Swan Lake".	Russian
Peter Tork	Peter Halsten Thorkelson	I don't know where the other people got their information but it is WRONG! Peter Tork was the bassist of the group, NOT the drummer. Halsten is Peter's middle name, not his last. They also spelled his last name WRONG... They forgot the H.	Daye
Peter Tork	Peter Halsten	Drummer for The Monkees.	oldrock
Peter Tork	Peter Torkelson	According to FamousFolk.com, this is The Monkees' drummers real name.	oldsongs
Peter Tosh	Winston Hubert McIntosh		rasta
Peter Wolf	Peter Blankfield	Ex-lead singer for The J. Geils Band.	oldrock
Petula Clark	Sally Clark		Edward
Phantom Klaatu	Joseph Gonzales	"phantom" was taken from a nickname he used to have, "Klaatu" is taken from the sci-fi movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still"	sidelaw
Phife	Malik Taylor	Of the rap trio A Tribe Called Quest.	rapster
Phil Harmonic	Paul Garner	World famous singer/songwriter of the rock and roll band, The Noids.	Ed Wilder
Phil Harris	Wonga Philip Harris		oldtimer
Phil Lesh	Philip Chapman	Former bassist for "The Grateful Dead".	groove
Phil Phillips	John Baptiste	The famed "Sea of Love" singer.	soul
Phil Spector	Harvey Phillip Spector	Famed record producer and ex-husband of Ronnie Spector.	under
Phillippe Wynne	Philip Walker	philipe walker became phillippe wynne after he joined the spinners and after he died they used his surname philipe wright	hawk
Phoebe Snow	Phoebe Laub	Singer and poetry woman.	MOR
Phoenix	Dave Farrell	Phoenix is the bassist of Linkin Park.	ghf
Phoenix	David Farrell	Bass player from Linkin Park.....apparently (wot i have heard) he hates his name, so he changed it to Phoenix......but he is still called Dave Farrell, but we call him Phoenix cause he likes it!	Gabz_LP
Phoenix	Dave Farrell	He's the bassist from Linkin Park	Mac
Photek	Richard Parkes	Though Goldie became the first superstar of jungle, the recordings of Rupert Parkes � as Code of Practice, Aquarius, Studio Pressure, the Truper and Sentinel, but most famously as Photek � made him an easy pick for the style's most artistic and intelligent producer.	Bobo
Phranc	Susan Gottlieb	Famed lesbian folk singer.	folk
Pia Zadora	Pia Schipani		bad
Piano Red	William Lee Perryman		blues
Pierre Bouvier	Pierre Charles Boouvier	Simple Plan usually just sticks to their first names	its noon already
Pig	Matt Montgomerey	He's the lead singer/guitarist for Piggy D. and was a guitarist for Wednesday 13.	SicK Grave
Pigmeat Markham	Dewey Markham	"Laugh-In" regular known for "Here Comes the Judge".	soul
Pigpen	Ron McKernan	The late keyboardist for "The Grateful Dead". He was the first of three "Dead" keyboardists to perish.	groove
Pink	Alecia Moore	If you were watching MTV's diary of Pink, you would have realised that Pink's name came not from hair colour or blushing tendencies, but from the Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs, who she felt was cool and independant like her; she dropped the mister cos she thought it would create confusion.	Helena
Pink	Alecia Moore		name
Pink	Alecia Moore		Karen
Pink	Alecia Moore	All the posted explanations have been wrong..I have seen Behind The Music on Pink, and they said that the pseudonym came from Mr. Pink, a character in the movie "Reservoir Dogs," to whose personality Pink could relate.	x0
Pink	Alecia Moore	People have submitted the name, but not the explanation, so here I go: "Pink" did NOT come from the colour of her hair (that was later on), but it was a nickname given to her for her face when she got embarrassed, and she went all--you guessed it--pink.	Trainiac
pink	alecia moore	she peed herself when she was small, and blushed, a boy pointed and shouted pink! and it stuck	k8i
Pinkard & Bowden	Sandy Pinkard/Richard Bowden	Country music parodists.	funny
Pistol Allen	H. Richard Allen	Late Motown session drummer, one of the legendary Motown 'Funk Brothers'	MovieTech
Pixie Lott	Victoria Louise Lott		Lefty Lucy
Pj and Duncan	Anthony and Declan		Lil Girl
PJ Harvey	Polly Jean Harvey		newsong
PK Meyer	Per Kristoffer Meyer	Cruising for Burgers' guitar player	Ruth 66
Placido Domingo	Jose Placido Domingo Embil		opera
Planetary Assault Systems	Luke Slater		Bobo
Plastikman	Richie Hawtin	The most famous pseduonym of Richie Hawtin (Canadian techno producer). I don't know where he got the name from, but he used to tag Detroit with the Plastikman logo as a means to direct people to his parties in the early 90s.	Bill
Play	Christopher Martin	1/2 of Kid 'N' Play.	Rapper
Pleasure P	Marcus Ramone Cooper		Yvette Bristle
Plumb	Tiffany Arbuckle (Lee)	Another singer using a rock group name, this time it's an American Christian singer.	Kristi Knockers
Poe	Annie Danielewski		opinion
Poe	Annie Danielewski	Annie changed her name because of her fascination with Edgar Allen Poe poetry and stories.	Jason Huitt
Poe	Annie Danielewski	She got the nickname because she went out as Edgar Allen Poe for a halloween party and the name stuck.	alana
Poe	Annie Decatur Danielewski		fritz
Poison Ivy	Kirsty Marlana Wallace	Guitarist for The Cramps.	punk
Pole	Stefan Bedke		Bobo
Polly Bergen	Nellie Paulina Burgin		oldstyle
Poly Styene	Marion Elliot		punk
Polygon Window	Aphex Twin		Budwin
Pooh-Man	Lawrence Thomas	Unfortunate name, unfortunate guy.	Bobo
Pop Stoneman	Ernest V. Stoneman		oldcountry
Poppy Family	Terry and Susan Jacks	This Canadian folkie duo asked "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" in the early '70s. After the follow-ups floundered, the couple split. Terry, of course, later graced (?) us with the Jacques Brel weeper, "Seasons In The Sun".	jonaco
Popsicle Pete	Pierre Bouvier	This is just one of Pierre's cool nicknames for this hot Simple Plan man.	simple plan
Posdnous	Kelvin Mercer		inthe80s.com
Posdnuos	Kelvin Mercer		Bobo
Posh Spice	Victoria Adams	Married to British soccer (football) star David Beckham.	brit
Post Malone	Austin Richard Post		Edward
Pras	Prakazrel Michel	One of the former Fugees with a solo career.	oppenheim
Pratt & McClain	Truett Pratt/Jerry McClain	Duo who have seen their "Happy Days".	duo
Pretty Purdie	Bernard Purdie	He had the hit "Funky Donkey" in 1967.	Candy Welty
Prevail	Kiley Hendricks	Prevail of Swollen Members. He's the black guy with the long dreads. The hip-hop group from Vancouver.	Swollen Fan
Priest	Rahul Bellani	He disguised himself as a priest and turned out to be one of Asiaz biggest mafiaz.He is now managin one of Asias great underworld organisation.	Saint BaskinsZ
Prince	Prince Rogers Nelson		inthe80s.com
Prince	Roger Nelson	I don't care what the mutha fo' call himself as long as its' FUNKY!!!	jojo
Prince	Rogers Nelson	Returned to the name "Prince" in 2000 cause that was when his record deal with Warner Bros. was up, from 1993 - 2000 he went by o+>	Ryan Harder
Prince	Prince Rogers Nelson	his name used to be "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" described by a funky symbol.. everyone knew what it looked liked.. it needs to be in the windows character map! but everyone just called him Prince anyway so now he is just "Prince"	Jaz
Prince	Prince Rogers Nelson	The above name "Rogers Nelson" is not true. Prince's birth name is Prince Rogers Nelson. His father was a jazz performer whose stage name was Prince Roger, ans do Prince was named after that, but his father later added an "s" to make "Rogers" in order to ease the confusion.	Swordfishbabe87
Prince Be	Attrell Cordes		Bobo
Prince Buster	Cecil Bustamente Campbell		Bobo
Prince Far I	Michael James Williams	Although he recorded for less than a decade, Prince Far-I left a legacy that includes, at least, two groundbreaking albums. He is, in fact, one of roots reggaes greatest ever DJ's.	Bobo
Prince Markie D.	Mark Morales	1/3 of The Fat Boys.	phat
Prince Markie Dee	Mark Morales		Bobo
Prince Paul	Paul E. Huston		inthe80s.com
Professor Griff	Richard Griffin		rappa
Professor X The Overseer	Lumamba Carson		Bobo
Prolifik	Clarence Banks	This is nelly's character in snipes the movie nelly's real name is cornell haynes junior	Nellyzfianzay
Proof	Earl Alferdson	this is a dude from d-12	smurf
Proof	Deshaun Holton	D12 Member	Rax
Python Lee Jackson	Rod Stewart	Recorded 'In a Broken Dream' under this alias.	paul

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