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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 4224 Music Performer Pseudonyms entries on the site.
Pseudonym | Original Name | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| Robin S. | Robin Stone | Lori Blonde | ||||
| Tich | Rachel Furner | Weast Weasel | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Ace Wilder | Alice Kristina Ingrid Gernandt | Swedish female singer-songwriter. | Gus | |||
| Fashawn | Santiago Leyva | James | ||||
| Barry Fratelli | Barry Wallace | soph | ||||
| Mince Fratelli | Gordon McRory | soph | ||||
| Jon Fratelli | John Paul Lawler | soph | ||||
| Father John Misty | Joshua Tillman | soph | ||||
| Hozier | Andrew Hozier-Byrne | soph | ||||
| Shakey Graves | Alejandro Rose-Garcia | soph | ||||
| Lemar | Lemar Obika | Lori Blonde | ||||
| Johnnie Dee | Johnnie Diguilio | Johnnie shortened his last name because people had such great difficulty trying to pronounce it. | Celeste | |||
| Butterfly Boucher | Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher | Lori Blonde | ||||
| Dana International | Sharon Cohen | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Ingrid | Ingrid Burley | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Whigfeld | Sannie Charlotte Carlson | She was born Sannie Charlotte Carlson in 1970 in Denmark. Later she went to Italy where she began her music career. Her adopted name Whigfield is a tribute to her piano teacher. | Janice Ferrell | |||
| Zwei | Ayumu and Megumi Ueno | Lefty Lucy | ||||
| Mink | Lee Mink | Chris Chendo | ||||
| Rag 'n' Bone Man | Rory Charles Graham | "Human" | Opie M. |
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