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Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> O
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 O
Pseudonym | Original Name | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| O'Bryan | O'Bryan Burnett II | He had the hit "The Gigolo" in 1982. | Candy Welty | |||
| O-Jay | Olaf Jeglitza | German born member of Real McCoy. | klaus | |||
| O.C. Smith | Ocie Lee Smith | oldsongs | ||||
| O.V. Wright | Overton Vertis Wright | He had three hits: "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" in 1965, "Eight Men, Four Women" in 1967, and "Ace Of Spade" in 1970. | Candy Welty | |||
| Oath | Aran Hasty | He is a member of Shadows Over Silence. | sam | |||
| OC | Oscar Edriguez | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo | |||
| Oderus Urungus | David Brockie | Singer for the heavy metal band GWAR. | heavymetal | |||
| Odetta | Odetta Holmes | folk | ||||
| OE | Omar Epps | The actor/rapper has a new album coming out entitled, The Soundtrack. | Mike Prescott | |||
| ofgh | Lena Maggarita | Lena is a very odd name and lena hates it | Lena | |||
| Oil | Becki Kay | its gay | olive | |||
| Ol' Dirty Bastard | Russell Jones | Bobo | ||||
| Olive | Oliver Coudeyras | Guitarist of the rock band QUEENIE | Olivier Coudeyras | |||
| Oliver | William Oliver Swofford | The "Good Morning Starshine" singer who died of cancer in February, 2000. | acid | |||
| Oliver | William Oliver Swofford | Late singer best known for the 1969 hits "Good Morning, Starshine" and "Jean". | Evan Heller | |||
| Olivia | Olivia Longe | Me | ||||
| Olivia-Newton Bundy | Brian Tutnick | Combination of Olivia-Newton John and Ted Bundy. He was Marilyn Manson's first bassist. | Ewalt | |||
| Ollie & Jerry | Ollie Brown/Jerry Knight | Had a "breakin'" hit with "Breakin'....There's No Stopping Us". | duo | |||
| Omarion | Omari Ishmael Grandberry | Omari means African. Omarion means "African forever". | lauren | |||
| Omarion | Omari Ishmal Grandberry | Former B2K member! He has 2 other brothers. | Miz_Bootylicious | |||
| Omarion | Omari Ishmale Grandberry | Sadaya | ||||
| Omarion | Omari Ishmael Grandberry | "Omari" mean "african king" and "eon" means 'forever". He is the brother of Batman from Imx. | Omarion | |||
| Omarion | Omari Grandberry | ta | ||||
| Omokabiesi | Niyi Juba Omokabiesi | the name omokabiesi means price in my language am a nigerian christian jaz musician based in lagos i love to be natural that is why i choose to be natural about my local jaz presentation. | omokabiesi | |||
| On/Off | Naoya Sakamoto and Kazuya Sakamoto | Anne | ||||
| One Eye Q | Ayo Dele Ajaji | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo | |||
| Ophelie Winter | Ophelia Wilomena Winora | French pop star, famous for hit song 'Sache' | NuGGaH | |||
| Optic Nerve | Keith Tucker | One of his various solo projects. | Bobo | |||
| Orion | Jimmy Ellis | Bobo | ||||
| Otis | Jay Otis Washington | jazz | ||||
| Otis Day | DeWayne Jessie | From the fictional band from "National Lampoon's Animal House", Otis Day and the Knights. (Lloyd Williams did the singing.) | movie | |||
| Otis Leavill | Otis Leavill Cobb | This soul singer had the hits "I Love You" in 1969 and "Love Uprising" in 1970. On the record of the latter song, his name is shown as Otis Leaville. | Candy Welty | |||
| Over and Over | Josh Light | Were was he born | Josh Taylor | |||
| Overend Watts | Peter Watts | Singer and bassist for Mott The Hoople. | old | |||
| Overlord X | Benjamin Balogun | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo | |||
| Owen If | Owen Rossiter | Bobo | ||||
| Owl City | Adam Young | Anonymous | ||||
| Oz Fox | Richard Alphonso Martinez | Guitarist for Christian rock band Stryper. | Christian | |||
| Ozzie Nelson | Oswald Nelson | Band | ||||
| Ozzy Osboune | John Osbourne | Katie | ||||
| Ozzy Osbourne | John Micheal Osbourne | Anonamyios | ||||
| Ozzy Osbourne | John Osbourne | inthe80s.com | ||||
| Ozzy Osbourne | John Osbourne | I don't know about the whole school thing, but I found out in a magazine that he went to jail for a while and while he was there I guess somebody musta had tattooing equipment cuz he had OZZY tattooed on his knuckles. | Nunna Yr. Biznis | |||
| Ozzy Osbourne | John Micheal Osbourne | He was nicknamed "Ozzy" in school | Andrew | |||
| Ozzy Osbourne | John Micheal Osbourne | Nicknamed Ozzy OR ozz brain in school. never made it out of high school | good qeustion | |||
| O}+> | Prince Rodgers Nelson | jl hatlen linnell |
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