n. 25B6; noun PEN NAME, nom de plume, assumed name, false name, alias, professional name, sobriquet, stage name, nom de guerre. See list.
Pseudonyms and Changed Names
pseudonym/changed name real name
Ali, Muhammad Cassius Clay
Arden, Elizabeth Florence Nightingale Graham
Astaire, Fred Frederick Austerlitz
Atatürk Mustafa Kemal
Atlas, Charles Angelo Siciliano
Bacall, Lauren Betty Joan Perske
Bardot, Brigitte Camille Javal
Bell, Acton Anne Brontë
Bell, Currer Charlotte Brontë
Bell, Ellis Emily Brontë
Benny, Jack Benjamin Kubelsy
Berkeley, Busby William Berkeley Enos
Berlin, Irving Israel Baline
Bowie, David David Jones
Boz Charles Dickens
Brandt, Willy Karl Frahm
Brassaï Gyula Halasz
Brooks, Mel Melvin Kaminsky
Bruce, Lenny Leonard Schneider
Burton, Richard Richard Jenkins
Caine, Michael Maurice Micklewhite
Callas, Maria Maria Kalageropoulos
Capote, Truman Truman Persons
Carroll, Lewis Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Cline, Patsy Virginia Hensley
Crawford, Joan Lucille Le Sueur
Dietrich, Marlene Maria Magdalene von Losch
Dinesen, Isak Karen Blixen
Dors, Diana Diana Fluck
Dylan, Bob Robert Zimmerman
El Greco Domenikos Theotocopoulos
Eliot, George Mary Ann Evans
Erté Romain de Tirtoff
Firdausi Abdul al-Qasim Mansur
Fonteyn, Margot Margaret Hookham
Garbo, Greta Greta Gustafsson
Garland, Judy Frances Gumm
George, Boy George O'Dowd
Gorky, Maxim Aleksei Peshkov
Grant, Cary Archibald Leach
Harlow, Jean Harlean Carpenter
Hayworth, Rita Margarita Cansino
Henry, O. William Sydney Porter
Herriot, James James Alfred Wight
Holiday, Billie Eleanora Fagan
Houdini, Harry Erik Weisz
John, Elton Reginald Dwight
Jolson, Al Asa Yoelson
Karloff, Boris William Pratt
Kaye, Danny David Kominski
Laurel, Stan Arthur Jefferson
Le Carré, John David Cornwell
Le Corbusier Charles Jeanneret
Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov
Loren, Sophia Sofia Scicolone
Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone
Malcolm X Malcolm Little
Markova, Alicia Alice Marks
Martin, Dean Dino Crocetti
Mata Hari Margaretha Zelle
Maxwell, Robert Jan Ludvik Hoch
Meir, Golda Goldie Mabovich
Melba, Nellie Helen Mitchell
Mitchell, Joni Roberta Anderson
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
Monroe, Marilyn Norma Jean Mortenson
Morecambe, Eric John Bartholomew
Novello, Ivor David Davies
O'Brien, Flann Brian O'Nolan
Orwell, George Eric Blair
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Phiz Hablot Knight Browne
Pickford, Mary Gladys Smith
Queen, Ellery Frederick Dannay
Ray, Man Emanuel Rudnitsky
Rhys, Jean Gwen Williams
Richard, Cliff Harry Webb
Robinson, Edward G. Emanuel Goldenberg
Rob Roy Robert Macgregor
Rogers, Ginger Virginia McMath
Rooney, Mickey Joseph Yule Jr
Ruth, Babe George Hermann Ruth
Saki Hector Hugh Monro
Sand, George Amandine Dupin
Stalin, Joseph Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Starr, Ringo Richard Starkey
Stendhal Marie Henri Beyle
Sting Gordon Sumner
Teresa, Mother Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Tito Josip Broz
Trotsky, Leon Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Twain, Mark Samuel Langhorn Clemens
Villa, Pancho Doroteo Arango
Voltaire François-Marie Arouet
Waters, Muddy McKinley Morganfield
Wayne, John Marion Morrison
Wise, Ernie Ernest Wiseman
Wonder, Stevie Steveland Morris
Zeffirelli, Franco Gianfranco Corsi