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Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> Latest Entries
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.
Latest Entries
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 4234 Music Performer Pseudonyms entries on the site.
Pseudonym | Original Name | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| XXXTentacion | Jahseh Onfroy | Lola | ||||
| Sophie | Sophie Xeon | Lola | ||||
| Cleve Francis | Cleveland Francis | Sundog | ||||
| The Chemical Brothers | Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons | They are not actually brothers | All-Starr | |||
| Zakk Wylde | Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt | Correct spelling of his surname | PeartNeal | |||
| Cozy Powell | Colin Trevor Flooks | The stage name "Cozy" was borrowed from the jazz drummer Cozy Cole. | PeartNeal | |||
| Paul Di'Anno | Paul Andrews | He adopted this pseudonym when hired by Iron Maiden as a singer and kept it till now (2020). | PeartNeal | |||
| Grimes | Claire Elise Boucher | Canadian singer of synth pop currently dating Elon Musk. | Opie M. | |||
| Cee-Lo Green | Thomas DeCarlo Callaway | Joe | ||||
| Roddy Ricch | Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr. | Yvette Bristle | ||||
| Nipsey Hussle | Ermias Joseph Asghedom | Another rapper tragically murdered (in April, 2019). Often spelled like Nipsey Hu$$le. | Reggie Pillbox | |||
| Jake Zyrus | Charice | Jake, whose birth name was Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco and previously went by the stage name Charice Pempengco and later just Charice, adopted the name "Jake Zyrus" when he transitioned to a male in 2017. | Maryellen Larkin | |||
| St. Vincent | Anne Erin Clark | She also goes by Annie Clark. | Sheila Oh | |||
| Scatman John | John Larkin | mads. | ||||
| Garfunkel and Oates | Riki Lindhorne and Kate Micucci | Kate Micucci is also a voice actress for several cartoons in the 2010s such as on Disney XD. | Brionna Secret | |||
| Dannii Minogue | Danielle Jane Minogue | mads. | ||||
| Skrillex | Sonny Moore | Julie | ||||
| Dan Hartman | Daniel Earl Hartman | mads | ||||
| Robin S. | Robin Stone | Lori Blonde | ||||
| Tich | Rachel Furner | Weast Weasel |
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