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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.

Entries Beginning with T

Pseudonym		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
T-Bone		Terry Gray		Formerly of Da Lench Mob.		rap
T-Bone Burnett		Joseph Henry Burnett				Bobo
T-Bone Walker		Aaron Walker				blues
T-Boz		Tionne Watkins		she is the T in TLC		Charmae
T-Boz		Tionne Watkins		1/3 of TLC		Bobo
T-Quest		Tim McClard		Well known club-head dj in DC		dclister
T. Graham Brown		Anthony Graham Brown		The "T" stood for "Tony".		Countryhick
T.I a.k.a T.I.P		Clifford Harris				Nikki from 212
T.I.		Clifford Harris		Shouldn't his stage name be C.H. or something?		Rachel
Tab Hunter		Arthur Andrew Gelien				movie
Taboo		Jaime Gomez		from the Black Eyed Peas		tg
Taco		Taco Ockerse		The "Puttin' On The Ritz" guy, born in Indonesia.		electric
Taffy Danoff		Kathleen Nivert		Member of Starland Vocal Band and wife of lead singer Bill Danoff.		MOR
Taj		Tamara Johnson		1/3 of SWV (Sisters With Voices)		Bobo
Taj		Tamara Johnson		1/3 of SWV - Sisters With Voices		Insane
Taj Jackson		Tariano Adaryll Jackson		Eldest member of the 3T-brothers		Jori
Taj Mahal		Henry Saint Clair Fredericks				jazz
Taka Boom		Yvonne Stevens		Sister of Chaka Khan, she had dance hits on her own and with producer Joey Negro		Allyson Detrino
Tamia		Tamia Washington		Canadian born singer.		soul ii soul
Tamiko Jones		Barbara Tamiko Ferguson		She had the hit "Touch Me Baby (Reaching Out For Your Love)" in 1975.		Candy Welty
Tammi Terrell		Thomasina Montgomery				soul
Tammy Faye Bakker		Tamara Faye LaValley				Christian
Tammy Wynette		Wynette Pugh				crazydon
Tammy Wynette		Virginia Wynette Pugh		According to famousfolk.com, her real name.		Countryboy
Tampa Red		Hudson Whittaker				Bobo
Tantrum		Tommy James		Played with the Almighty and then dropped off of the face of the Earth in 1992.		T-Dawg
Tarquin		Jonathan Pipe		Here's the story of how Jonathan got his name Tarquin: Back when he was 11, he was on holiday with my mum, his mum had a dream where he was on a quiz show, but in that dream, his name was Tarquin not Jonathan. He still has that emory up to this day, so when he became a popstar, he decided to call himself Tarquin. That's how he got his name.		sonikal
Taryll Jackson		Taryll Adren Jackson		Middle member of the 3T-brothers		Jori
Tatyana Ali		Tatiana Reyes		Like little Ashley from Fresh Prince		Tatiana Reyes
Taylor Dane		Leslie Wonderman				Amy
Taylor Dayne		Leslie Wundermann				inthe80s.com
Taylor Dayne		Leslie Wonderman		It's no lie! Her name was originally Taylor Dayne! Leslie Wonderman was only the name given to her by her demanding father. The name Taylor Dayne was given to her by her mother when she was born. The name Leslie Wonderman didn't come until after Taylor's mother and Father were married, six months after Taylor was born. Then on March 7, 1980, when she turned 18 years old, Leslie shocked the world when she legally changed her name to Taylor Dayne! In the statement she made to the court officials she said, "I will now go back to using the name my mother gave me when I was born, instead of this Leslie Wonderman name that was given to me by my demanding father. This name change will be done as a means for me to gain the popularity that I once dreamed of, the popularity that I so deserve, and to free myself from all undesirable relationships." Then, in a recent interview with The Jamaican Star Entertainment Magazine, Taylor was given the inevitable statement and question, "But I thought your name was Leslie Wonderman. Isn't your name Leslie Wonderman?" To which Taylor replied, "No no, it's not somebody's imagination, and it isn't just an idea in anybody's head. I truly am Taylor Dayne! Yep, Taylor Dayne! That's really my name now, I changed it a long time ago!"		Annabelle Morison
Taylor Hanson		Jordan Taylor Hanson		One of the boys from Hanson.		pop
Taylor Hawkins		Oliver Taylor Hawkins		Drummer from Foo Fighters		foof
Techno Toli		apostle mamakas		Swam with the drummer from Iron Butterfly at the Hotel El Greco in Nassau, Bahamas during the summer of 1995 ( where Techno Toli and Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, his former classmate were born )and bought Wyclef Jean a beer at Systems night club in NYC back in 1997.		Toli
Teddi King		Theodora King		Her hit was "Mr. Wonderful".		jazz
Teddy Riley		Edward Theodore Riley		Vocalist with Guy.		soul ii
Teena Marie		Mary Christine Brocker		Sang "Lovergirl" and other pop/funk hits.		white soul
Tennessee Ernie Ford		Ernest Jennings Ford				Countryboy
Terence Hill		Mario Girotti		don`t know, why he changed it, maybe he thougt, he wouldn`t be successfull with an italian name		Lilli
Teresa Brewer		Theresa Breuer		50s vocalist who had pre-rock era number one hits with "Music! Music! Music!" and "Till I Waltz With You Again".		Evan L. Heller
Terminator X		Norman Rodgers				Bobo
Terry Chimes		Terry Chimes		It sure sounds like a made up name, but this is his real name.		Tim Horrigan
Terry Gilkyson		Hamilton Henry Gylkyson		One of the 50's original "easy riders".		oldrock
Tex Beneke		Gordon Beneke				orchestra
Tex Ritter		Maurice Woodward Ritter		Famous singing cowboy and father of actor John Ritter.		Cowboy
Thalia		Ariadna Thalia Sodi Miranda		Mexican singer.		...
Thalia		Thalia D. DaCosta		MTV vee-jay.		vee-jay
theglamgod		J. Ronald Day		Eventually became known as Ron Mael, prime songwriter and producer from ageless wise-cracking art pop duo Sparks.		dario western
Theon McInsane		Torsti Makinen		The lead singer of Lovex, a popular Finnish rock band.		Selo
Thomas Dolby		Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson				inthe80s.com
Thomas Dolby		Thomas Morgan Robertson				al
Thomas Dolby		Thomas Morgan Robertson		Thomas' friends gave him nickname "Dolby," after the laboratory that developed the Dolby noise reduction system		Linn Pletcher
Thomas Wayne		Thomas Wayne Perkins		Recorded "Tragedy", then became one.		rockabilly
Thug Life		Sam				Trouble
Thumper Jones		George Jones		George recorded two rare sides as rocker Thumper Jones for Starday records before becoming a country music legend.		www.GeorgeJones.Us
Tia		Tia Bocker		She had the dance hit "Boy Toy" in 1987.		Candy Welty
Tich		Rachel Furner				Weast Weasel
Tico Torres		Hector Torres		Drummer for Bon Jovi!		Branny
Tico Torres 'the Hit man'		Hector Samuel Juan Torres		Drummer from the greatest band on earth BON JOVI		Branny
Tiffany		Tiffany Renee Darwisch				Sandi
Tiger		Norman Jackson				Bobo
Tiger Footsteps		Volker Neunz				Califax
Tiger Joanie Scott		Joan Koplan				Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Tim Dog		Timothy Blair				rapper
Tim McGraw		Lester Timothy Smith		Tim was unaware that his biological father was former Major League pitcher Frank "Tug" McGraw until he was 12, before that Tim thought that Horace Smith was his father until coming across a birth certificate that said Tug was the natural father, after meeting Tug, Tim legally changed his surname to McGraw		Catch
Tim McGraw		Timmy Samuel Smith		Where did the Lester come from?		Sadie
Tim McGraw		Tim Smith		Changed his last name after learning his birth father was the late baseball player Tug McGraw.		Martha Irvin
Tim McGraw		Timothy Lester Smith				catch
Timbaland		Tim Mosley				Bobo
Timi Yuro		Rosemarie Timothy Aurro Yuro		She had eleven hits, 1961-65. Her biggest was the #4 hit "Hurt".		Candy Welty
Timmy T.		Timmy Torres		80s one-hit wonder for "One More Time".		oldsongs
Timmy T.		Timmy Torres		One-hit wonder for "One More Try", which was early 90's (1991, to be precise).		t.v.
Tin Titty		Caroline Jester		Drummer/vocalist of Green Jelly.		Mickey D.
Tina Arena		Filippina Lydia Arena				aussie
Tina Turner		Annie Mae Bullock				inthe80s.com
Tina Turner		Anna Mae Bullock				Mike Hack
Tina Weymouth		Martina Weymouth		Formerly of Talking Heads.		hay
Tiny Tim		Herbert Khaury				Bobo
Tish Hinojosa		Leticia Hinojosa				Country
Tito Jackson		Toriano Adaryll Jackson				soul
Tito Puente		Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr.				ole
TJ Jackson		Tito Joe Jackson		Youngest member of the 3T-brothers		Jori
TM Revolution		Takanori Nishikawa				Beryun
TNT		Terrance Jones		1/3 of the Detroit Based rap group NATAS. Contrary to popular belief NATAS is not satan spelled backwards. NATAS stands for a Nation Ahead of Time And Space.		andre1127
Toby Keith		Toby Keith Coval		Country singer/songwriter		Trevor
Toby Mac		Toby McKeehan		A member of dc talk		Steve
Tom & Jerrio		Robert Tharp/Jerry Murray		They had the hit "Boo-Ga-Loo" in 1965.		Loree Dare
Tom & Jerry		Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel		They used this before they became Simon & Garfunkel, probably because they might be confused for a Jewish band.		duo
Tom Angelripper		Thomas Such		Vocalist, bassist, founder and main composer for the German thrash metal band, Sodom, and Onkel Tom Angelripper, a band that plays metal renditions of drinking songs.		Kyle
Tom DeLonge		Thomas Matthew Delonge Jr.		Vocals/Guitarists for Blink 182		bLiNk
Tom Delonge		Thomas Matthew Delonge				Sam
Tom G. Warrior		Tom Gabriel Fischer		Lead singer/guitarist for thrash/death/black metal band, Celtic Frost.		Kyle
Tom Jones		Thomas Jones Woodward				crazydon
Tom Springfield		Dion O'Brien		Brother of Dusty Springfield, member of The Springfields. Also wrote and produced for The Seekers.		Bobo
Tom T. Hall		Thomas Hall				oldcountry
Tom Zé		Antônio José Santana Martins				Bobo
Tomita		Isao Tomita				electronic
Tommy James		Thomas Jackson		Pop singer who, with the Shondells, had big 60s hits with "Hanky Panky", "Mony Mony", "Crimson and Clover" and "Crystal Blue Persuasion". Had solo hit with "Draggin' The Line" in 1971.		Evan L. Heller
Tommy Johnson		Thomas Johnson				Tony Condero
Tommy Lee		Thomas Lee Bass				Ifer
Tommy Lee		Tommy Bass		Drummer for Motley Crue.		heavymetal
Tommy Ramone		Thomas Erdelyi		It's listed that Marky Ramone's name was Thomas Erdelyi, but Thomas Erdelyi is TOMMY Ramone. The clue's in the first name. :) He changed his name back after leaving the band to become their producer.		Joe Whiteley
Tommy Ramone		Thomas Erdelyi				Bobo
Tommy Roe		Thomas David		The singer who did "Sheila" and "Dizzy".		sing
Tommy Roe		Thomas Jackson		The singer who did "Dizzy".		sing
Tommy Smothers		Thomas Bolyn Smothers III				brother
Tommy Steele		Thomas Hicks				brit
Tommy Tucker		Robert Higginbotham		Recorded "High Heel Sneakers" in 1963.		old
Tommy Tucker		Robert Higginbotham				Bobo
Tommy Tucker		Robert Higginbotham		Recorded "High-Heel Sneakers" in the 60s.		oldsongs
Tommy Tutone		Thomas Heath		The guy that enraged anyone who had the phone number 867-5309.		MovieTech
Tomy Wilkerson		Tomy Lee Wilkerson, III		Guitarist/vox for the Namonia Crew.		Ben Dover
TONE-E		Tony Snyder		Bassist for grunge/goth/deathmetal band VOID.		S.T.G.
Tone-Loc		Anthony Smith		His stage name is derived from his Spanish nickname Antonio Loco (Anthony Crazy).		rapper
Toni Arden		Antoinette Aroizzone		She had six hits in the 1950s.		Candy Welty
Toni Basil		Antonia Basilotta				inthe80s.com
Tonio K		Steve Krikorian				Bobo
Tony Banks		Anthony George Banks		Keyboardist for Genesis		Gus
Tony Bennett		Anthony Benedetto				Micky
Tony Bennett		Anthony Benedetto				Cara Miles
Tony Kakko		Toni Kristian Kakko		Tony is the singer for Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica.		Chandra
Tony Kaye		Anthony John Selridge		Member of the band Yes.		rocknroll
Tony Lommi		Anthony Frank Iommi		Guitarist for Black Sabbath.		blaque
Tony Martin		Alvin Morris				older
Tony Orlando		Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis		Renowned night club singer who, with Dawn, had six top ten hits during the early and mid 70s, including number ones "Knock Three Times", "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" and "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)".		Evan L. Heller
Tony Randall		Leonard Rosenberg		He is classified as a singer in walshnet.com. (Remember his "Tonight Show" guest host appearances?)		t.v.
Tony Vincent		Anthony Vincent Strascina				Evenness
Too $hort		Todd Shaw		Despite what his entry says Too $hort is NOT from LA, he's from Oakland in the Bay Area, and being that he was a first in many ways he's a real point of pride for us, so please fix that error.		Elijah
Too $hort		Todd Shaw		LA rap artist		Bobo
Toody		Kathleen Cole, born Kathleen Conner		Toody is the bassplayer/singer of Portland-based band Dead Moon. Married to singer/guitarist Fred Cole for -say- 40 years, she's without any doubt the coolest rocking grandma in the world!		Eric
Toots Thielmanns		Jean Baptiste Thielemans		Belgian harmonica player.		jazzy
Topi Sorsakoski		Pekka Tammilehto				Tango
Topol		Chaim Topol		The man known for "Fiddler On The Roof".		musical
Topper Headon		Nicky Headon		Original drummer for The Clash.		punker
Tori Amos		Myra Ellen Amos		A friend of a friend of Tori's thought she looked like a Tori than a Myra Ellen.		BreakingBenAlways
Tori Amos		Myra Ellen Amos				Bobo
Torky Baby		Peter Halston Thorkelson		Peter Tork's REAL name		Torkie Baby
Torri Brett		Toni Louise Hiles		Was in famous californian band in 1995		Victoria fielding
Tory Crimes		Terry Chimes		Drummer for The Clash.		punker
Tory Crimes		Terry Chimes		See The Clash's UK debut		Angry Muskrat
Toshiya		Toshimasa Hara		Bassist from Japanese rock band Dir En Grey.		Lee
Total K-Oss		Anthony Stewart				Bobo
Towa Tei		Doug Wa-Chung		a member of Deee-Lite		Naomi
Toy Jackson		La Toya Jackson		According to an article by Michael Paoletta on MSNBC on 10th August, 2004 La Toya changed her name to "Toy".		Aussiegirl
Toyah		Toyah Ann Willcox				soul
TQ		Terrance Quaites				Lauren Hendricks
Tracey Dey		Nora Ferrari		She had three hits: "Teenage Cleopatra" in 1963, and "Here Comes The Boy" and "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" in 1964.		Candy Welty
Tramaine Hawkins		Tramaine Davis		Wife of Walter Hawkins and sister-in-law of Edwin Hawkins.		gospel
Travis & Bob		Travis Pritchett/Bobby Weaver		Their hit was "Tell Him No".		oldrock
Travis & Bob		Thomas Wayne Perkins		Recorded "Tragedy", then became one.		oldrock
Travis Barker		Travis Landon Barker		Love him		Sam
Travis Barker		Travis Landon Barker		Drummer for Blink 182, Boxcar Racer and The Transplants		bLiNk
Tre Cool		Frank Edwin Wright III		Green Day's drummer.		Morten Bendix
Tre Cool		Frank Edwin Wright, III				natalie
Tre Cool		Frank Edwin Wright III		When he was 12 his neighbor, Lawrence Livermore, recruited him to join The Lookouts as the drummer and gave him the name of Tre Cool (which mean 'very cool' in French).		Lizzy
Tre Cool		Frank Edwin Wright III		He's Green Day's drummer (he's really cool). This nickname was actually given to him by a friend before he joined the band.		blinknut
Tre Cool		Frank Edwin Wright the third		The name 'Tre Cool' was originally a joke made by former Green Day drummer, Al Sobrante, which basically meant 'Very Cool'. (Sorry, I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to Green Day)		alreadydead
Treach		Anthony Criss				inthe80s.com
Trent Reznor		Michael Trent Reznor		That's right... the almighty Trent Reznor wasn't always (and still is not) actually named Trent at all!!! Trent's birth name is indeed Michael Trent Reznor, his parents (Michael Reznor and Nancy Clark) always reffered to him by his middle name to distinguish him from his father, Trent just kinda stuck with him all these years. But we wouldn't have it any other way.		Renholder
Trent Reznor		Michael Trent Reznor				hardrock
Trevor Dark Baby		Trevor Friedrich		Drummer of Eighteen Visions		Beryun
Trey Anastasio		Ernesto Giuseppe Anastasio III		Lead singer for Phish		Morton
Trey Songz		Tremaine Aldon Neverson				Yvette Bristle
Trick Daddy		Maurice Young		Songs include "I'm a Thug" and "Take It To Da House"		o-king
Tricky		Adrian Thaws				Bobo
Tricky Sam		Joe Nanton		Trombonist for The Duke Ellington Band.		jazz
Tripp Eisen		Tod Rex Salvador		He was in Static-X most recently, and his name was given to him when he joined Dope.		Sick Grave
Trisha Yearwood		Patricia Lynn Yearwood				Country
Trouble		Anthony Lawrence Valli		Guitar player for the rock band "Crazy Town".		krista miller
Troy Shondell		Gary Shelton		This rockabilly singer from Fort Wayne had a giant hit with an Elvis-style ballad, "This Time", in '61. Although the name was inspired by Troy Donahue, the "Shondell" part wound up in two later Midwest acts: Tommy James' band and the Chicago act that evolved into the Ides of March.		jonaco
Trugoy the Dove		David Jolicoeur				inthe80s.com
Tré Cool		Frank Edwin Wright III		When Frank was of the age of 12, Lookout! Records owner Lawrence Livermore recruited Tre to join The Lookouts, and that's when Livermore gave him the name of Tré Cool (which means Very Cool in French). However, to this day, the name-changing of Frank Edwin Wright to Tré Cool is NOT legalized, contrary to popular belief. Green Day's drummer's name is still legally Frank Edwin Wright III.		NeSseR
Tung Twista/ Twista		Carl Mitchell		The tightest Chi-Town (Chicago) Hip/Hop artist also claimed fastest rapper since 1992		www.twista.net
Tupac Shakur		Lesane Parish Crooks		He started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground.		JoC
Tupac Shuker		Lesane Crooks				rap city
Tupilaq		Krister Linder				Bobo
The Turtles		Flo & Eddie		They are known by both names, even though they usually perform as The Turtles.		Oldsongs
Twiggy		Lesley Hornby		60's British waif who sang, acted and modeled.		brit
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie Francis White		I thought you morons should learn to spell it right, and you call yourself fans -snort-		Jessica
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie Francis White		Twiggy - a famous model from the 60's, Ramirez- a serial killer (The Night Stalker). Bassist for shock-rocker Marilyn Manson.		cat_inthehat
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie White		Guitarist/bassist of Marilyn Manson		Linzi
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie Frances White		ok i know its already on there but i had to give the story:his name comes from Twiggy,a famous model from the 60's and Richrd Ramirez, a serial killer also known as the Nightstalker.Twiggy did play bass for Marilyn Manson but he left and now plays bass for a band called A Perfect Circle. Twiggy was replaced by Tim Skold.		evil mcdeathmonster
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie Frances White				RedDiva
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie Frances White		Another Beauty/beast names from the manson clan. Twiggy (well that's obvious), and ramirez comes from the serial killer 'Richard Ramirez' who is said to have enjoyed breaking into houses and calmly killing his victims. he was also a satanist.		lala
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie White		A member of Marilyn Manson's band.		weird
Twiggy Ramirez		Jerodine White		Former bassist for Marilyn Manson, Recently joined A Perfect Circle.		Zophia
Twiggy Ramirez		Jeordie Frances White		Yeah, it's already there, but just thought I'd add the middle name...		rbirsrock
Twiggy Stardom		Brittany Lahm		She's 1/5th of the girl group Huckapoo.		Nicole
Twinkle		Lynne Ripley				brit
Twista		Carl Mitchel		known as toung twista aka the fastest rapper		laila
Twista		Keneth Jones				Anthony Atkins
Twista		Cavalier Mitchell				Peanutbutta
Tyrese		Tyrese Gibson				soul

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