List of stage names
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This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname, followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed. In many cases, performers have legally changed their name to their stage name.[1]
People are not listed here if they fall into one or more of the following categories:
- Those who changed their surname due primarily to marriage:
- Living: Maud Adams, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angelica Agurbash, Karen Akers, Jane Alexander, Lexi Allen, Alicia Alonso, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Boots Anson-Roa, Eleanor Antin, Julia Arnall, P.P. Arnold, Jules Asner, Pernilla August, Jaya Bachchan, Shirley Ballas, Joy Bang, Tisha Terrasini Banker, Glynis Barber, Daniel Barnz,[2] Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, Barbara Becker, Victoria Beckham, Joy Behar, Pat Benatar, Jodi Benson, Gülse Birsel, Carla Bley, Scotty Bloch, Asha Bhosle, Helen Blatch, Rosa Bouglione, Angela Bowie, Bonnie Bramlett, Frankie Bridge, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aline Brosh McKenna, Gail Brown, Pat Crawford Brown, Maryedith Burrell, Ellen Burstyn, L. Scott Caldwell, Kate Capshaw, Nancy Carell, Lynn Carlin, Jean Carn, Kathleen Chalfant, Marge Champion, Stockard Channing, Pamela Chopra, Cheryl Cole, Liza Colón-Zayas, Didi Conn, Nukaaka (Nukâka) Coster-Waldau, Kathryn Crosby, Patrika Darbo, Joan Darling, Betty Davis, CeDell Davis, Kassie DePaiva, Élisabeth Depardieu, Bo Derek, Pamela Des Barres, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Tabitha D'umo, Noureen DeWulf, Joyce DiDonato, Caren Marsh Doll, Helen Donath, Carol Douglas, Anne Dudley, Emily Dunn, Marj Dusay, Sheena Easton, Jenna Elfman, Linda Ellerbee, Anita Ellis, Violetta Elvin, Lotta Engberg, Shannon Farnon, Barbara Feldon, Bette Ford, Lidija Franklin, Carolyn Garcia, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Lynda Day George, Marla Gibbs, Kathie Lee Gifford, Astrud Gilberto, Sally Gilpin, Joanna Gleason, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Donna Hanover, Tess Harper, Estelle Harris, Susan Harris, Lindsay Hartley, Rohini Hattangadi, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Lotta Hedlund, Dana Hee, Martha Henry, Bec Hewitt, Anna Kathryn Holbrook, Nancy Holloway, Cissy Houston, Jan Howard, Alaina Huffman, Mary Beth Hurt, Jessica Hynes, Alexandra Isles, Bianca Jagger, Karen Jarrett, Tamara Johnson-George, Sue Johnston, Rebecca Judd, Mitzi Kapture, Jean Kasem, Nan Kelley, Jayne Kennedy, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Joanna Kerns, Sandra Kerns, Anita Kerr, Barbara Knox, Cheryl Ladd, Amel Larrieux, Lucy Lawless, Shamcey Supsup-Lee, Lar Park Lincoln, Rosaleen Linehan, Ernie Lively, Janice Long, Loretta Lynn, Ruth Madoc, Suhasini Maniratnam, Rita Marley, Bridget Marquardt, Susanne Marsee, Elaine May, Gwen McCrae, Aline Brosh McKenna, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kay Mellor, Sheila Mercier, Monique Mercure, Carol Merrill, Vera Miles, Marisa Miller, Demi Moore, Diana Moran, Maria Muldaur, Mrs. John Murphy, Leigh Nash, Nancy O'Dell, Esther Ofarim, Genevieve Padalecki, Kimberly Page, Galina Panov (Panova), Lara Parker, Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, Melanie Paxson, Michelle Phillips, Joyce Hiller Piven, Erin Hershey Presley, Priscilla Presley, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Noomi Rapace and Ola Rapace (created a surname, jointly), Phylicia Rashād, Johanna Ray, Perri "Pebbles" Reid, Jeannie C. Riley, Judith Roberts, Tanya Roberts, Mimi Rogers, Brenda Russell, Susan Ruttan, Jeri Ryan, Carole Bayer Sager, Charo Santos-Concio, Susan Sarandon, Dana Scallon, Rebecca Schull, Melody Thomas Scott, Peggy Scott-Adams, Julie Seitter, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Talia Shire, Joan Micklin Silver, Mary Jo Slater, Grace Slick, Connie Smith, Hillary B. Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Eleanor Sokoloff, P. J. Soles, Tatiana Sorokko, Ronnie Spector, Joan Staley, Brinke Stevens, Stella Stevens, Angie Stone, Anna Strasberg, Mira Stupica, Sulekha Talwalkar, Jennifer Taylor, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Betty Thomas, Linda Thompson, Linda Thorson, Julie Driscoll Tippetts, Jim True-Frost, Anita Tsoy, Tina Turner, Eleni Tzoka, Kim Johnston Ulrich, Nina van Pallandt, Maureen Van Zandt, Colleen Villard, Surbhi Javeri Vyas, Paula Wagner, Rita Walter, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Jack White, Thea White, Lynn Whitfield, Niecy Williams, Spice Williams-Crosby, Linda Womack, Kim Woodburn, and Sheri Moon Zombie.
- Dead: Carol Ann Abrams, Jane Ace, Alberta Adams, Jill Adams, Frances Adaskin, Esin Afşar, Rosa Albach-Retty, Theoni V. Aldredge, Esther Allan, Sheila Matthews Allen, Adrienne Ames, Irena Anders, Liz Anderson, Signe Toly Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Alice Arlen, Florence Arliss, Silvana Armenulić, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Beatrice Arthur, Dorothy Ashby, Sylvia Ashley, Lys Assia, Aniela Aszpergerowa, Mildred Bailey, Mary Barclay, Elaine Barrie, Inezita Barroso, B. Constance Barry, Patricia Barry, Cheryl Barrymore, Katherine Harris Barrymore, Belle Barth, Frances Bay, Lucy Beaumont, Gertrude Berg, Frances Bergen, Shirl Bernheim, Ilene Berns, Barbara Billingsley, Faye Blackstone, Madge Blake, Beverly Schmidt Blossom, Virginia True Boardman, Helen Boatwright, Karolina Bock, Lucienne Bogaert, Lucille Bogan, Pat Bond, Lynn Borden, Anne Borg, Katie Boyle, Clara T. Bracy, Barbara Brecht-Schall, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Ruth Brown, Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter, Argentina Brunetti, Claudia Bryar, Marie Burke, Adelaide Calvert, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Marie Carandini, Olive Carey, Mary Carr, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Maybelle Carter, Claiborne Cary, Maria Caserini, June Carter Cash, Irene Castle, Darlene Cates, Christine Cavanaugh, Olivia Cenizal, Lee Chamberlin, Henrietta Baker Chanfrau (aka Mrs F. S. Chanfrau), Cyd Charisse, Chris Chase, Yelena Chernykh, Patsy Cline, Véra Clouzot, Maria Cole, Patience Collier, Roberta Collins, Alice Coltrane, Jane Connell, Nadine Conner, Lady Diana Cooper, Paulette Coquatrix, Ellen Corby, Muriel Costa-Greenspon, Mae Costello, Ida Cox, Fanny Cradock, Elizabeth Crotty, Candy Csencsits, Adelaide Hawley Cumming, Phyllis Curtin, Myrtle Damerel, Ruby Dandridge, Alice Davenport, Fanny Vining Davenport, Ramona Davies, Josie DeCarlo, Ruby Dee, Marie de Forest, Julie Alix de la Fay, Desha Delteil, Dolores del Río, Nora Denney, Phyllis Diller, Jeane Dixon, Mary Dodson, Liv Dommersnes, Eileen Donaghy, Edna Doré, Bianca Doria, Kay Dotrice, Diana Douglas, Phyllis Douglas, Louisa Lane Drew, Alice Drummond, Ruth Duccini, Geeta Dutt, Alma Evans-Freke, Dame Pat Evison, Mimi Fariña, Etty Lau Farrell, Kathe Feist, Edwige Feuillère, Margaret Field, Minnie Maddern Fiske (or simply "Mrs. Fiske"), Lisa Fonssagrives, Lilian Fontaine, Dolores Fuller, Gwen Fuqua, Amelita Galli-Curci, Hope Garber, Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska, Anna Gordy Gaye, Leyla Gencer, Jeannette Clift George, Estelle Getty, Ann Gilbert, Lucile Gleason, Renee Godfrey, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Maude Turner Gordon, Vera Gordon, Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, Beatrice Gray, Dorothy Green, Joyce Grenfell, Laurence Grivot, Alice Guy-Blaché, Louise Closser Hale, Alaina Reed Hall, Grayson Hall, Juanita Hall, Kim Hamilton, Anne Haney, Dona Hardy, Estelle Harman, Cassandra Harris, Carole Hart, Signe Hasso, Wanda Hawley, Adeline Hayden Coffin, Dixie Haygood, Edith Head, Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere, Louise Héritte-Viardot, Alice Herz-Sommer, Algia Mae Hinton, Hanne Hiob, Gertrude Hoffmann, Fay Holderness, Astrid Holm, Dolores Hope, Hedda Hopper, Bess Houdini, Jean Speegle Howard, Faith Hubley, Josephine Hull, Grethe Ingmann, Julia Crawford Ivers, Joyce Jacobs, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Florence Foster Jenkins, Besedka Johnson, Beverley Peck Johnson, Kathryn Joosten, Jenny Jugo, Lakshmi Kanakala, Helen Kane, Fay Kanin, Sylvia Kauders, Gina Kaus, Myra Keaton, Jenny Twitchell Kempton, Dame Madge Kendal, Marketa Kimbrell, Mabel King, Millie Kirkham, May Kitson, Evelyn Knight, Marie Knight, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Sossen Krohg, Yvonne Levy Kushner, Claire Labine, Jessie Royce Landis, Gracie Lantz, Carmencita Lara, Elodie Lauten, Zarah Leander, Evelyn Lear, Vivien Leigh, Rosetta LeNoire, Gloria Leonard, Mimi Lerner, Stella LeSaint, Aleen Leslie, Anna Letenská, Rosina Lhévinne, Lois Lilienstein, Jane Little, Peggy Lloyd, Kathleen Lockhart, Judith Lowry, Alice Ludes, Nola Luxford, Sheila MacRae, Maria Malibran, Toni Mannix, Marietta Marich, Tina Marquand, Pamela Mason, Marilyn Lovell Matz, Linda McCartney, Nobu McCarthy, Ruth McDevitt, Marian McPartland, Margaret McWade, Adah Isaacs Menken, Patricia Merbreier, Zinka Milanov, Betty Miles, Mrs. Elva Miller, Helena Modjeska, Lydia Mordkovitch, Anna Karen Morrow, Yvonne Mounsey, Kathryn Murray, Kira Muratova, Bedia Muvahhit, Harriet Nelson, Shirley Collie Nelson, Frances Nero, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Nadine Nicolaeva-Legat, Agnes Nixon, Lupe Ontiveros, Joan Orenstein, Rita Orlandi-Malaspina, Mecha Ortiz, Ethel Owen, Bonnie Owens, Helenka Pantaleoni, Giuditta Pasta, Tayva Patch, Dina Pathak, Dorothy Patrick, Katina Paxinou, Barbara Payton, Margaret Pellegrini, Fern Persons, Orna Porat, Dory Previn, Ma Rainey, Saba Raleigh, Esther Ralston, Dottie Rambo, Anne Ramsey, Lois Ramsey, Bijoya Ray, Dana Reeve, Estelle Reiner, Elsa Respighi, Malvina Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds, Irene Riano, Irene Rich, Billie Mae Richards, Cleo Ridgely, Sylvia Robinson, Nélida Roca, Blossom Rock, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Shirley Russell, Irene Ryan, Joel Ryce-Menuhin, Florence St. John, Harley Saito, Tura Satana, Neila Sathyalingam, Therese Schnabel, Teddy Scholten, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Dawn Sears, Zelda Sears, Toshi Seeger, Zohra Sehgal, Joan Shawlee, Madeleine Sherwood, Teri Shields, Nell Shipman, Elaine Shore, Mitzi Shore, Sarah Siddons, Rose Siggins, Hilda Simms, Susan Raab Simonson, Lilia Skala, Alison Skipworth, Anna Nicole Smith, Mamie Smith, Rosalie Sorrels, Zypora Spaisman, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kathy Staff, Anna Sten, Paula Strasberg, Donna Summer, Mai Tai Sing, Smita Talwalkar, Laurette Taylor, Beryl Te Wiata, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Olive Thomas, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Mrs Beerbohm Tree (aka Lady Tree), Barbara Trentham, Sophie Tucker, Helen Twelvetrees, Annette Vadim, Alice Van-Springsteen, Marlene VerPlanck, Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, Pauline Viardot, Florence Vidor, Salka Viertel, Nedra Volz, Sláva Vorlová, Ethel Wales, Sippie Wallace, Pat Welsh, Helen Westley, Jean Willes, Cookie Williams, Dell Williams, Mary Lou Williams, Peggy Willis-Aarnio, Ellen Winther, Sheree Winton, Chan Woods, Jane Wyman, Yafa Yarkoni, Clara Kimball Young, Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu, Izabella Zielińska, and Norma Zimmer.
- People from Spanish and/or Portuguese-speaking countries and the Philippines if their professional name contains either of their two family names. For more information, see Spanish naming customs, Hispanic American naming customs, Filipino names, and Portuguese names.
- Note, however, that other cultures have their own naming customs and systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hungarian, Indian, and others), some rather intricate, and minor changes or alterations, including reversing Eastern-style formats, do not in and of themselves qualify as stage names, and should not normally be included. For example, Björk, whose stage name appears to be an original creation, is part of her full Icelandic name, Björk Guðmundsdóttir. Her second name is a patronymic instead of a family name, following Icelandic naming conventions. "Björk" is not a stage name but how any Icelander would refer to her, casually or formally.
- People known by generational nicknames: for example, Trey Anastasio (whose full name is Ernest Joseph Anastasio III), Noah Beery Jr., Noah Beery Sr., Lon Chaney Jr. and Pops Staples
- People who may be popularly, though not professionally, known by a nickname, such as Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
- Those who changed their surname due to adoption or legal name change prior to entering the entertainment industry:
- Living: Dame Julie Andrews,[3] Sean Astin,[4][5] Jimmy Barnes,[6] Christie Brinkley,[7] Clemency Burton-Hill,[8] Neneh Cherry,[9] Robb Flynn,[10] Missy and Tracey Gold,[11] Julie Goodyear,[12] Dave Gahan,[13] Barra Grant,[14] Jane Lapotaire,[15] Blake and Eric Lively,[16] Elle Macpherson,[17] Jesse L. Martin,[18] Steve March-Tormé,[19] Martine McCutcheon,[20] Frances McDormand,[21] Rita Moreno,[22] Piers Morgan,[23] Simon Pegg,[24][25][26][27] Joanna Pettet,[28]Nicole Richie,[29] Juliet Rylance,[30] Ken Shamrock,[31] Scott Stapp,[32] Kristoffer Tabori,[33] Leigh Taylor-Young,[34] Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,[35] Louis Tomlinson,[36] Steven Van Zandt,[37] Suzanne Vega,[38] and Vanna White.[39]
- Dead: Ina Balin,[40] Bibi Besch,[41] Peter Brown,[42] Solomon Burke,[43]William Collier Jr.,[44][45] Larry Coryell,[46] Nancy Davis,[47] Katherine DeMille,[48] George Englund,[49][50] Joan Fontaine,[51] John Gavin,[52] Wynonie Harris,[53] Sterling Hayden,[54] Eileen Heckart,[55] Charlton Heston,[56] Madeline Kahn,[57] Dorothy Lamour,[58] Arthur Taylor Lee,[59] Art Linkletter,[60] Lori March,[61]June Mathis,[62] Terry Melcher,[63] Florence and Mary Nash,[64] Baby Marie Osborne,[65] Gram Parsons,[66] Tracy Reed,[67] Doris Roberts,[68] Ginger Rogers,[69] Joe Santos,[70] Sylvia Sidney,[71] Willie "the Lion" Smith,[72][73] Alan Thicke,[74] and Grace Lee Whitney.[75]
- Those known by a stage name consisting of a single word, not including those commonly referred to by their surname: See List of one-word stage names
- People who adopted a matriname: See List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames
- Those whose stage forename is a middle name, e.g. Paul McCartney and Marie Osmond: these are their real middle names, not stage names.
- People referred or known publicly and/or professionally by an amended forename (substantial changes, indirect nicknames, etc.) — e.g. Dimi Mint Abba, Julie Adams, Cannonball Adderley, Zeca Afonso, Jeff Alexander, Red Allen, Christopher Allport, Chinggoy Alonzo, Ramsay Ames, Tori Amos, Judith Anderson, Keith Andes, Fatty Arbuckle, Gem Archer, Graham Armitage, Jerome Arnold, Kokomo Arnold, Antonin Artaud, Barry Atwater, Coco Austin, Patricia Avery, Tex Avery, Faith Bacon, Buff Bagwell, Benny Bailey, Ginger Baker, Ox Baker, Johnny Ball, Ryan Bang, Tim Barlow, Binnie Barnes, Lynda Baron, Syd Barrett, Count Basie, James Bate, Jaime Lyn Bauer, Terry Becker, Wilson Benge, Chico Benymon, Barney Bigard, Bam Bam Bigelow, Acker Bilk, Kelly Bishop, Sharkey Bonano, Sean Bonniwell, Lucienne Boyer, Leah Bracknell, Alice Brady, Beau Bridges, John Bromfield, Bruno Brookes, Bubba Brooks, Stephen Brooks, Tina Brooks, K Brosas, Chelsea Brown, Timothy Brown, Joshua Bryant, Slim Bryant, Brad Bufanda, Buddy Buie, Sonny Burke, T-Bone Burnett, Jethro Burns, Geezer Butler, Pat Buttram, Don Byas, Max Bygraves, Zig Byfield, Zoe Caldwell, Haystacks Calhoun, Earl Cameron, Juri Camisasca, Candy Candido, Tantoo Cardinal, David Carradine, John Carradine, Shorty Castro, Exene Cervenka, Chick Chandler, Lon Chaney Sr., Doc Cheatham, Joan Chen, Sonny Clark, Warren Clarke, Buck Clayton, Cheyne Coates, Steve Cochran, Cozy Cole, Jaybird Coleman, Buddy Collette, Patricia Collinge, G. Pat Collins, Betty Compson, Betty Compton, Heinie Conklin, Chuck Connors, Gary Conway, Tim Conway, Carole Cook, Gary Cooper, Matthew Corbett, Jacqueline Courtney, Mars Cowling, Lol Creme, Donald Crisp, John Cromwell, Bing Crosby, Scatman Crothers, James D'Arcy, Linda Darnell, Bodjie Dasig, Cow Cow Davenport, Deddie Davies, Richard Davies, Jim Davis, Lisa Davis, Angelika de la Cruz, Crahan Denton, Ajay Devgan, Manna Dey, Paw Diaz, B. B. Dickerson, Mark Dinning, Kenny Dino, Claire Dodd, Peter Donat, Roni Duani, Patty Duke, Sly Dunbar, Stephen (Steve) Dunne, Junior Durkin, Sunil Dutt, Coke Escovedo, Lu Edmonds, Honeyboy Edwards, Skye Edwards, Anthony Eisley, Joff Ellen, Duke Ellington, Peg Entwistle, Dixie Evans, Madge Evans, Jason Evers, Dez Fafara, Mimsy Farmer, Aniko Farrell, Tovah Feldshuh, Beanie Feldstein, Pops Fernandez, Gabriele Ferzetti, Virginia Field, Fyvush Finkel, Herbie Flowers, Dick Foran, Faith Ford, Carl Forgione, Anthony Forwood, Douglas Fowley, Panama Francis, Alan Freed, Mickey Freeman, Paul Frees, Ace Frehley, France Gall, Red Garland, Snuff Garrett, Anthony George, Dana Ghia, Coky Giedroyc, Hoot Gibson, Terry Gilkyson, Dana Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie, Redmond Gleeson, Mark Goddard, Harold Goldblatt, Beauty Gonzalez, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Tweety González, Michael Gordon, Stubby Gordon, Lloyd Gough, Charles Gray, Timothy Gray, José Greci, Buddy Greco, Dabbs Greer, Carlotta Grisi, Gigi Gryce, Yvette Guilbert, Clu Gulager, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Mick Guzauski, Sara Haden, Chief Halftown, Pooch Hall, Ram Hall, Rick Hall, Tubby Hall, Chico Hamilton, Kipp Hamilton, G Hannelius, Oliver Hardy, Damon Harris, Jet Harris, Sib Hashian, Wings Hauser, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Allison Hayes, Topper Headon, Niykee Heaton, Tippi Hedren, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Levon Helm, Skitch Henderson, Joe Herndon, Benny Hill, Bill Hinnant, Skip Hinnant, Junie Hoang, Boscoe Holder, Peanuts Holland, John Hollis, Jennifer Holt, Tim Holt, Skip Homeier, Nellee Hooper, Bob Hope, Roy Horn, Robert Horton, Jennifer Howard, Season Hubley, Peanuts Hucko, Gareth Hughes, Sean Hughes, Gareth Hunt, Carlo Imperato, Antonio Inoki, Agot Isidro, Chubby Jackson, Inigo Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Hattie Jacques, Skip James, Jack Jenney, Lyfe Jennings, Leee John, Money Johnson, Susan Johnson, Henry Jolles, Deacon Jones, Griffith Jones, Rhubarb Jones, Rusty Jones, Spike Jones, Lonnie Jordan, Richard Jordan, Tiny Kahn, Nick Kamen, Frankie Kao, Boney Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Casey Kasem, Buster Keaton, Howard Keel, Maynard James Keenan, Garrison Keillor, Brian Keith, Judy Kelly, R. Kelly, Sam Kelly, Wael Kfoury, Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna, B.B. King, Jonathan King, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Johnny Kitagawa, Evel Knievel, Fuzzy Knight, Andre Kostelanetz, Kane Kosugi, Harley Jane Kozak, Papa Jack Laine, Lash LaRue, Prince Lasha, James Last, Yank Lawson, Kuh Ledesma, Bunny "Striker" Lee, China Lee, Jacknife Lee, Spike Lee, Lucky Lehrer, Tutte Lemkow, Kasi Lemmons, Bobo Lewis, Philip Locke, Preston Lockwood, Robert Loggia, Beba Lončar, Pixie Lott, Fabrice Luchini, Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, China Machado, Mac MacLeod, Brandon Maggart, Raine Maida, Arthur Malet, Boots Mallory, Jose Manalo, Miles Mander, Camryn Manheim, Pigmeat Markham, Ziggy Marley, the Marx Brothers, Kedar Massenburg, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Mayer, Mac McAnally, Richard McCabe, Smilin' Ed McConnell, Dylan McDermott, Country Joe McDonald, Pake McEntire, Allan McKeown, Leo McKern, Stephen McNally, Matthew McNulty, Butterfly McQueen, Molly Meldrum, Carlos Mencia, Michèle Mercier, Bubber Miley, Jason Miller, Jody Miller, Moi-Yo Miller, Gyp Mills, Vincente Minnelli, Charlotte Mitchell, Julie Mitchum, Gunner Moir, Miff Mole, Robert Montgomery, Clayton Moore, Dennie Moore, Pee Wee Moore, Tim Moore, Dolores Moran, Buddy Moreno, Chino Moreno, John Moreno, Jaye P. Morgan, Barry Morse, Bubbi Morthens, Zero Mostel, Aga Muhlach, Moon Mullican, Jimmy Murakami, Turk Murphy, Sunny Murray, Max Mutchnick, Grim Natwick, Vhong Navarro, Taylor Negron, Mickey Newbury, Alec Newman, Juice Newton, Nichelle Nichols, Jack Nitzsche, Lobo Nocho, Noël-Noël, Keena Nomkeena, Rolla Norman, Kim Novak, Chubby Oates, Margaret O'Brien, Spec O'Donnell, Dead Ohlin, Michael O'Keefe, Chauncey Olcott, Sy Oliver, Ole Olsen, Moira Orfei, Kid Ory, Ozzy Osbourne, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Hot Lips Page (aka Lips Page), Alexander Pantages, Sunshine Parker, Michael Parks, Spede Pasanen, Michael Pate, Banjo Paterson, Pat Paterson, Hank Patterson, "Sunshine" Sonny Payne, Jesse Pearson, Tyler Perry, Siân Phillips, Robert Pine, Steve Plytas, Fernando Poe Jr., Lily Pons, Olaf Pooley, Henny Porten, George Pravda, Toni Price, Curly Putman, Buck Ram, Dack Rambo, Sue Randall, Lillian Randolph, Elliott Reid, Django Reinhardt, Debbie Reynolds, Jody Reynolds, Peter Mark Richman, Ron Rifkin, Snaffu Rigor, Elisabeth Risdon, Tex Ritter, Emmanuelle Riva, Renee Roberts, Robbie Robertson, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Kasey Rogers, Fay Roope, Draco Rosa, Pee Wee Russell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gian Sammarco, Tiny Sandford, Isabel Sanford, Samantha Sang, Aggro Santos, Tom Santschi, Arjun Sarja, Leo Sayer, Boz Scaggs, Lalo Schifrin, Curly Seckler, Rolfe Sedan, Noot Seear, Peter Sellers, Rimi Sen, Doc Severinsen, Sarah Shahi, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, Jackie Shroff, M. Night Shyamalan, Bunny Sigler, Richard Simmons, Zoot Sims, Campbell Singer, Zutty Singleton, Mews Small, Elliott Smith, Piano Smith, Stuff Smith, Cobie Smulders, Henriette Sontag, Oyo Boy Sotto, Maelcum Soul, Muggsy Spanier, Dorothy Squires, Robert Stack, Johnny Stark, Mark Stevens, B. W. Stevenson, Redd Stewart, Sigismund Stojowski, Mink Stole, Sydney Sturgess, Jazz Summers, Slim Summerville, Mack Swain, Birdy Sweeney, Olga Syahputra, Junpei Takiguchi, Baby Tate, Shaw Taylor, Jack Teagarden, Larri Thomas, Lydia Thompson, Big Mama Thornton, Richard Thorpe, Tedi Thurman, John Tillinger, Rip Torn, Rawy Torres, Norman Treigle, Pastor Troy, Butch Trucks, Barbara Turner, Lana Turner, Scott Turner (songwriter), Midge Ure, Iko Uwais, Mad Dog Vachon, Victor Varconi, Yoyoy Villame, Laurent Voulzy, Luigi Waites, Christopher Walken, Clint Walker, T-Bone Walker, Dylan Walsh, Raoul Walsh, Ray Walston, Lalla Ward, Butch Warren, Gedde Watanabe, Gary Watson, Mills Watson, Fee Waybill, Doodles Weaver, Pat Weaver, Sigourney Weaver, Chick Webb, Tuesday Weld, Paul Weller, Alice White, Eg White, Slappy White, Billy Wilder, Grant Williams, Loudmouth Williams, Dooley Wilson, Richard Wilson, Trey Wingo, Chubby Wise, Mac Wiseman, Finn Wittrock, Woolly Wolstenholme, Bomb Woodard, Woody Woodbury, Ilene Woods, Hank Worden, Vivian Wu, Joe Yamanaka, Yang Jinhua, Bimby Aquino Yap, Bud Yorkin, Ace Young, Alan Young, Jeremy Young, Loretta Young, Peggy Zina and Voula Zouboulaki.
- People with more than one family name, provided at least one is represented in the professional name: for example, Felix Aylmer, Angela Baddeley, Hermione Baddeley, Jeff Banks, Jeremy Beadle, India de Beaufort, Pati Behrs, Jacqueline Bisset, Hugh Bonneville, Johannes Brost, Joseph Calleia, John Carson (actor), Jeanne de Casalis, Jonathan Cecil, Daveigh Chase, Colin Clive, Fay Compton, Viola Compton, Jimmy Crawford (British singer), James Cruze, Alexx Ekubo, Peter Finch, Bruce Forsyth, Fil Fraser, Christopher Guest, Alec Guinness, Binnie Hale, Sonnie Hale, Paul Henreid, Trevor Howard, Željko Ivanek, Jimmy Jewel, Stratford Johns, Cavan Kendall, Kay Kendall, Deborah Kerr, Boris Kodjoe, David Langton, Emily Lloyd, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Sharvell-Martin, Henry McGee, Bob Merrill, Jewel Mische, Anna Mjöll, Priscilla Morgan, Alan Napier, Sue Nicholls, Florencio Parravicini, Frankie Poullain, Dennis Price, Anna Russell, Mark Rylance, Thomas Sangster, Tonio Selwart, Roland Shaw, Tony Sheridan, Geraldine Somerville, Richard Todd, André de Toth, Edward Tudor-Pole, Bill Travers, Linden Travers, Bailey Tzuke, Betsy von Furstenberg, Martin Wallström, H. B. Warner, Boris Williams, Katherine Woodville, and Robert Wyatt.
- People who change their names for religious reasons (see List of converts to Islam)
- People who change their name(s) due to change in sexual gender, identity, or due to dysphoria or other recognized gender-related issue, or for drag performers, such as Courtney Act, Alexis Arquette, April Ashley, Evita Bezuidenhout, Chaz Bono, Pandora Boxx, Lady Bunny, Wendy Carlos, Peaches Christ, Roberta Close, Caroline Cossey, Jayne County, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Sahara Davenport, Tomata du Plenty, Lili Elbe, Dame Edna Everage, Tannie Evita, Flawless Sabrina, Gila Goldstein, Laura Jane Grace, Harisu, Lauren Harries, Heklina, Alina María Hernández, Mimi Imfurst, Dana International, Jazzmun, Caitlyn Jenner, Holly Johnson, Danny LaRue, La Veneno, Miss Shangay Lily, Manila Luzon, Marilyn, Brini Maxwell, Morgan McMichaels, Jinkx Monsoon, Silvetty Montilla, Our Lady J, Rosa von Praunheim, Raven, Lily Savage, Verka Serduchka, Shangela, The Lady Chablis, Billy Tipton, Nong Toom, Florencia Trinidad (also known as Florencia de la V or Flor de la V), Del Lagrace Volcano, Larry Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Jessica Wild, and Holly Woodlawn.
- People who adopt a pseudo-nobiliary particle, prefix, suffix, hyphenation or other diacritic/symbol, including Willie Cauley-Stein, Robert James-Collier, John D'Aquino, Paquito D'Rivera, Anton du Beke, John Du Cann, Tom Goodman-Hill, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Martin-Harvey, Crash McLarson, Alice O'Fredericks, Sean O'Haire, Dawn O'Porter, Terry O'Quinn, Annette O'Toole, Denise van Outen, Ruth St. Denis, Rik Van Nutter, Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Josef von Sternberg, Erich von Stroheim, and Lars von Trier, as well as, according to some sources, Max von Sydow.
- In some cases this is reversed; i.e. a surname is simplified by the removal of a genuine particle (or particles), hyphenation or other diacritic/symbol, such as in the cases of Dirk Bogarde, Tabby Callaghan, Lyn Christie, Scott Forbes, Gregory Gaye, Martyn Green, Jean Hagen, Jock Mahoney, Frank Tashlin, and Peter Ustinov.
- People who changed the spelling of a surname to either ensure proper pronunciation, resulting in a name which is basically the same phonetically as the original surname, or, in some cases, possibly required due to name conflicts in re Actors Equity or other acting unions: Hardie Albright, Lauren Ambrose, Don Ameche, Eddi Arent, Jay J. Armes, James Arness, Renée Asherson, Claudine Auger, Bessie Barriscale, Alain Bashung, Lina Basquette, Pierre Batcheff, Dave Batista, Warren Beatty, Bonnie Beecher, Lou Bega, Harry Belafonte, Antonín Bennewitz, Michael Bentine, Polly Bergen, Barbara Berjer, Sarah Bernhardt, Mel Blanc, Claire Bloom, James Blunt, Larry Blyden, Beulah Bondi, Jon Bon Jovi, John Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Teresa Brewer, Pierre Brice, Coral Browne, Aristide Bruant, Yul Brynner, Dorsey Burnette, Mike Burstyn, Pat Buttram, Kuda Bux, John Byner, Sammy Cahn, Emma Calvé, Bill Chase, Tsilla Chelton, Tom Clay, Lee J. Cobb, Betty Cody, Toni Collette, Russ Columbo, Sam Cooke, Michael Curtiz, Cass Daley, Henry Daniell, Smoky Dawson, Desmond Dekker, Tulio Demicheli, Jason Derulo, Tamara De Treaux, Pete Duel, Jane Dulo, Mary Duncan, Irene Dunne, Robbie Dupree, Jeanne Eagels, Richard Eastham, Bob Eberly, Billy Eckstine, George Edwardes, Britt Ekland, Richard Erdman, Roza Eskenazi, Kim E-Z, Nanette Fabray, Edwige Fenech, Sherilyn Fenn, Aaron Fink, David Flair, Reid Flair, Ric Flair, Nina Foch, June Foray, Victor Francen, Jane Frazee, Stan Freberg, Aleta Freel, Serge Gainsbourg, Mo Gallini, Marvin Gaye, Janet Gaynor, Nicolai Gedda, Jason Gedrick, Will Geer, Robert Gerringer, Rodleen Getsic, Don Grady, Alexander Granach, Al Green, Lorne Greene, Margaret Gwenver, Daryl Hall, May Hallatt, Phil Hartman, Charles Hawtrey, Richard Haydn, Helen Haye, Jerome Hines, Frankie Howerd, Walter Huston, Jack Hylton, Rhys Ifans, Emil Jannings, Adele Jergens, Tor Johnson, Al Jolson, Milla Jovovich, Vic Juris, Bertha Kalich, Sharon Kane, Larry Kert, Richard Kline, Patric Knowles, Alexis Korner, Jerzy Kossela, Nancy Kovack, Kidd Kraddick, Jane Krakowski, Belinda Lang, Laura La Plante, Violet La Plante, Rita La Roy, Eva La Rue, Jon Laurimore, Dee C. Lee, Jon Lormer, Eddy Louiss, Celia Lovsky, William Lucas, Laurette Luez, Paul Lukas, Ned Luke, Harriet MacGibbon, Dolores Mantez, Johnny Marr, Derek Martinus, Léonide Massine, Tim Matheson, Walter Matthau, Sharon Maughan, Holt McCallany, Geraldine McEwan, Siobhán McKenna, Ross McManus, Louis B. Mayer, Sue Mengers, Tim Mensy, Daniela Mercury, Mezz Mezzrow, Pras Michel, Marjie Millar, Borrah Minevitch, Cameron Mitchell, Helena Modjeska, Tony Monopoly, Greg Mullavey, Shoista Mullojonova, Patrice Munsel, Aïché Nana, Oscar Natzka, Peter Nero, Julie Newmar, Keena Nomkeena, Ric Ocasek, Lani O'Grady, Warner Oland, April Olrich, Ed O'Ross, Seena Owen, Patricia Paay, Ron Palillo, Joy Page, Albert Paulsen, Doris Pawn, Joe Penner, Iván Petrovich, Suzie Plakson, Gene Pollar, Nyree Dawn Porter, Olga Preobrajenska, André Previn, Jonathan Pryce, John Qualen, Mae Questel, Lynne Randell, Aldo Ray, Ray Rayner, Ginette Reno, Rita Reys, Harry Richman, May Robson, Richard Romanus, Don Rondo, Alma Rubens, Rick Rude, Frances Ruffelle, Sig Ruman, John Russell, Sahlene, Aaron Schroeder, Johnny Sea, Victor Seastrom, Curly Seckler, Élie Semoun, Mack Sennett, Marion Shilling, Lee Shubert, Horace Silver, George Skibine, Andrew Stevens, Kaye Stevens, Amy Stock, Mink Stole, Lee Strasberg, Gloria Stuart, Wes Studi, Patrick Stump, Frank Tashlin, Leonard Teale, Milka Ternina, Maggie Teyte, Bernie Tormé, Alessandra Torresani, Lenore Ulric, Rudy Vallee, Pierre Vaneck, Edward Van Sloan, Victor Varconi, Jimmy Wakely, Eddy Wally, Koko B. Ware, John Witherspoon, Butch Warren, Ted Weems, Snowy White, Slim Whitman, Mykelti Williamson, Anneke Wills, Walter Winchell, Herbert Wise, Donald Wolfit, Víctor Yturbe, Joe Yule, and Blanche Yurka.
- People who changed only a middle or second name, or who switched their first and middle names, such as Garry Gary Beers, Norman Bel Geddes, Halle Berry, Johnny Yong Bosch, John David Carson, David Clayton-Thomas, Michael J. Fox, Simon Gipps-Kent, Paul Michael Glaser, Anthony Michael Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Sean Leonard, Meade Lux Lewis, Anna Maxwell Martin, Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough, Denny Scott Miller, Julia Pace Mitchell, Junior Murvin, Rik Van Nutter, Paul Ryan Rudd, Michael Sharvell-Martin, J. Scott Smart, and Phil Spector.
- Other/Unknown Reason(s): Vondie Curtis-Hall,[76] Betty Huntley-Wright,[77] Scout Taylor-Compton, Vernee Watson-Johnson.
The following are listed here for the following reasons:
- Tupac Shakur is listed here, but under the stage name 2Pac. He was born either Lesane Parish Crooks or Parish Lesane Crooks, depending on the source, but his name was changed in early childhood to Tupac Amaru Shakur.
- Elton John is listed here because he used the name professionally before he legally adopted it in 1972.
0–9 and other stage names which do not begin with English alphabetic characters
- 2Pac – Tupac Amaru Shakur (born as either Parish Lesane Crooks or Lesane Parish Crooks)
- 50 Cent – Curtis James Jackson III
- 6025 – Carlos Cadona
- 75 Cents – Ladislav Demeterffy
- 2 Chainz – Tauheed Epps
- μ-Ziq – Michael Paradinas
A
Aa–Ar
- Dominique A – Dominique Ané
- Angela Aames – Lois Marie Tlustos
- Willie Aames – Albert William Upton
- Caroline Aaron – Caroline Sidney Abady
- Lee Aaron – Karen Lynn Greening
- Russ Abbot – Russell Roberts
- Abdullah the Butcher (a.k.a. "The Madman from The Sudan") – Lawrence Robert Shreve
- Abi Ann – Abigail Dawn Ann Hoffman
- Victoria Abril – Victoria Mérida Rojas
- Abz Love (akas: Abs Breen; Abz) – Richard Abidin Breen
- Goodman Ace – Goodman Aiskowitz
- Johnny Ace (singer) – John Marshall Alexander, Jr.
- Johnny Ace (wrestler) – John Hodger Laurinaitis
- Mellow Man Ace – Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
- Derek Acorah – Derek Johnson
- Hazel Adair – Hazel Joyce Willett
- Jean Adair – Violet McNaughton
- Casey Adams – Max Showalter
- Catlin Adams – Nira Barab
- Derroll Adams – Derroll Lewis Thompson
- Don Adams – Donald James Yarmy
- Kathryn Adams – Kathryn Elizabeth Hohn
- Nick Adams – Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock
- Jane "Poni" Adams – Betty Jane Bierce
- Nancy Addison – Nancy Addison Altman
- Gaye Adegbalola – Gaye Todd
- Fred Adison – Albert Lapeyrère
- Renée Adorée – Jeanne de la Fonte
- Iris Adrian – Iris Adrian Hostetter
- Max Adrian – Guy Thornton Bor
- Jerry Adriani – Jair Alves de Sousa
- Ad-Rock (a.k.a. King Ad-Rock) – Adam Keefe Horovitz
- Carina Afable – Carina Agoncillo
- Tetchie Agbayani – Visitacion Parado
- Agent M – Emily Whitehurst
- Marvin Agustin – Marvin Jay Marquez Cuyugan
- eden ahbez – George Alexander Aberle
- Anja Aguilar – Angelie G. Urquico
- Akshay Kumar – Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
- AiM – Ai Maeda
- Anouk Aimée – Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus
- Martin Eric Ain – Martin Stricker
- Jak Airport – Jack Stafford
- Alexandre Aja – Alexandre Jouan-Arcady
- Skandor Akbar – Jimmy Saied Wehba
- Gina Alajar – Regina Alatiit
- Frank Alamo – Jean-François Grandin
- Alan Alan – Alan Rabinowitz
- Nadine Alari – Bernadette Nicole Frédérique Bovarie
- Dame Emma Albani – Marie-Louise-Emma-Cécile Lajeunesse
- Eddie Albert – Edward Albert Heimberger
- Edward Albert – Edward Laurence Heimberger
- Morris Albert – Maurício Alberto Kaisermann
- Charly Alberti – Carlos Alberto Ficicchia Gigliotti
- Willeke Alberti – Willy Albertina Verbrugge
- Bernard Albrecht – Bernard Sumner (Albrecht has used several aliases over the years, including Bernard Dicken)
- Chris Alcaide – John Berger
- Alan Alda – Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
- Frances Alda – Fanny Jane Davis
- Robert Alda – Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
- Rutanya Alda – Rutanya Skrastiņa (or Rutanya Skrastiņs, varying sources)
- Jason Aldean – Jason Aldine Williams
- Norman Alden – Norman Adelberg
- Flex Alexander – Mark Alexander Knox
- Sir George Alexander – George Alexander Gibb Samson
- Jason Alexander – Jay Scott Greenspan
- Jean Alexander – Jean Mavis Hodgkinson
- Max Alexander – Michael Drelich
- Peter Alexander – Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer
- Pico Alexander – Alexander Lukasz Jogalla
- Ross Alexander – Alexander Ross Smith
- Sarah Alexander – Sarah Smith
- Alexia (Italian singer) – Alessia Aquilani
- Alexis & Fido – Raúl Alexis Ortíz & Joel Martínez
- Johnny Alf – Alfredo Jos da Silva
- Alfalfa – Carl Dean Switzer
- Cas Alfonso (a.k.a. Cassanova Alfonso) – Alfoncius Dapot Parulian Nainggolan
- Rashied Ali – Robert Patterson
- Alice (a.k.a. Alice Visconti) – Carla Bissi
- Mary Alice – Mary Alice Smith
- Warda Al-Jazairia – Warda Fatouki
- John Alkin – John Kenneth Foinquinnos
- Chad Allan (musician) – Allan Peter Stanley Kowbel
- Jed Allan – Jed Allan Brown
- Byron Allen – Byron Allen Folks
- Chad Allen – Chad Allen Lazzari
- Corey Allen – Alan Cohen
- Dave Allen – David Tynan O'Mahoney
- Dayton Allen – Dayton Allen Bolke
- Elizabeth Allen – Elizabeth Ellen Gillease
- Fred Allen – John Florence Sullivan
- Hoodie Allen – Steven Adam Markowitz
- Judith Allen (a.k.a. Mari Colman) – Marie Elliott
- Marty Allen – Morton David Alpern
- Rae Allen – Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo
- Robert Allen (a.k.a. Bob Allen) – Irvine E. Theodore Baehr
- Rosalie Allen – Julie Marlene Bedra
- Sian Barbara Allen – Barbara Susan Pokrass
- Tim Allen – Timothy Alan Dick
- Woody Allen – Allan Stewart Konigsberg
- Peggy Allenby – Eleanor Byrne Fox
- Claud Allister – William Claud Michael Palmer
- June Allyson – Eleanor Geisman
- Bobby Alto – Robert Altomare
- Dora Altmann – Dora Alrich
- Don Alvarado – José Paige
- Max Alvarado – Gavino Maximo Teodosio
- Kirk Alyn – John Feggo Jr.
- Rambo Amadeus – Antonije Pušić
- Lucine Amara – Lucine Armaganian
- The Amazing Jonathon – John Edward Szeles
- Dean Ambrose – Jonathan Good
- August Ames – Mercedes Grabowski
- Ed Ames – Edmund Dantes Urick
- Leon Ames – Harry Leon Wycoff
- Nancy Ames – Nancy Hamilton Alfaro
- Rachel Ames (a.k.a. Judith Ames) – Rachel Foulger
- Trudi Ames – Trudi Ziskind
- Kamal Amrohi (a.k.a. Kamal Amrohvi) – Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi
- Alice Amter – Alice Edwards
- Ana-Alicia – Ana Alicia Ortiz
- Ana Belén – María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta
- Luana Anders – Luana Margo Anderson
- Merry Anders – Mary Helen Anderson
- Thomas Anders – Bernd Weidung
- Lale Andersen (akas: Liselotte Wilke, Nicola Wilke) – Elisabeth Carlotta Helena Berta Bunnenberg
- Arn Anderson – Martin Anthony Lunde
- Broncho Billy Anderson – Max Aronson
- Daphne Anderson – Daphne Scrutton
- Gerry Anderson – Gerald Alexander Abrahams
- Juliet Anderson – Judith Carr
- Ole Anderson – Alan Robert Rogowski
- Fern Andra – Vernal Edna Andrews
- Annette Andre – Annette Christine Andreallo
- Gwili Andre – Gurli Andresen
- Lona Andre – Launa Anderson
- André 3000 – André Benjamin
- André the Giant – André René Roussimoff
- Stanley Andrews – Stanley Andrzejewski
- Tod Andrews (akas: Michael Ames, Tod Williams) – Theodore Edwin Anderson
- Tony Andruzzi (akas: Tony Andruzzi, Masklyn ye Mage, Daemon Ecks) – Antonio C. Andruzzi (name legally changed to Thomas S. Palmer)
- Bob Andy – Keith Anderson
- Horace Andy – Horace Hinds
- Katja Andy – Käthe Aschaffenburg
- Angel & Khriz – Angel Rivera Guzmán and Christian Colón
- Angela Maria – Abelim Maria da Cunha
- Criss Angel – Criss Sarantakos
- Pier Angeli – Anna Maria Pierangeli
- Steve Angello – Steven Angello Josefsson Fragogiannis
- Angry Grandpa – Charles Marvin Green Jr.
- Brandy Aniston (a.k.a. Tatum Pierce) – Heather Levinger
- John Aniston – Giannis Anastasakis
- Morris Ankrum – Morris Nussbaum
- Julia Ann – Julia Ann Tavella
- Anna-Lisa – Anna Lisa Ruud
- Glory Annen – Glory Anne Clibbery
- Adam Ant – Stuart Leslie Goddard
- Chris Anthony (voice actress) – Christine D'Antonio
- Gerald Anthony – Gerald Anthony Bucchiarelli
- Joseph Anthony – Joseph Deuster
- Little Anthony – Jerome Anthony Gourdine
- Lysette Anthony – Lysette Chodzko
- Marc Anthony – Marco Antonio Muñiz
- Michael Anthony – Michael Anthony Sobolewski
- Ray Anthony – Raymond Antonioni
- Steve Anthony – Steve Gomes
- Laura Antonelli – Laura Antonaz
- Anya Marina – Anya Marina Kroth
- Apache (rapper) – Anthony Peaks
- Apache Indian – Steven Kapur
- Rafaela Aparicio – Rafaela Díaz Valiente
- Aphex Twin – Richard David James
- apl.de.ap (The Black Eyed Peas) – Allan Pineda Lindo
- Apollonia – Patricia Kotero
- Navodaya Appachan – Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose
- Apparat (musician) – Sascha Ring
- Fiona Apple – Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart
- Stella Arbenina – Stella Zoe Whishaw
Ar–Az
- John Archer – Ralph Bowman
- Don Arden – Harry Levy
- Eve Arden – Eunice Mary Quedens
- Jann Arden – Jann Arden Anne Richards
- Michael Arden – Michael Jerrod Moore
- Neal Arden – Arthur Neal Aiston
- Toni Arden – Antoinette Ardizzone
- Donna Ares – Azra Kolaković
- Imperio Argentina – Magdalena Nile del Río
- Victor Argo – Victor Jimenez
- Zohar Argov – Zohar Orkabi
- Pearl Argyle – Pearl Wellman
- Nina Arianda – Nina Arianda Matijcio
- Harold Arlen – Chaim Arlook or Hyman Arluck (varying sources)
- Richard Arlen – Sylvanus Richard Mattimore
- Arleta (musician) – Ariadne Nicoleta Tsapra
- George Arliss – George Augustus Andrews
- Kay Armen – Armenuhi Manoogian
- Sig Arno – Siegfried Aron
- Danny Arnold – Arnold Rothmann
- Edward Arnold – Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
- Jean Arthur – Gladys Georgianna Greene
- Julia Arthur – Ida Lewis
- Robert Arthur (actor) – Robert Arthaud
- Linda Arvidson (a.k.a. Linda Griffith) – Linda Arvidson Johnson
- Annaleigh Ashford – Annaleigh Amanda Swanson
- Edward Ashley – Edward Montague Hussey Cooper
- Elizabeth Ashley – Elizabeth Ann Cole
- David Ashton – David Scott
- Lena Ashwell – Lena Margaret Pocock
- K. Asif – Asif Karim
- Adele Astaire – Adele Marie Austerlitz
- Fred Astaire – Frederick Austerlitz
- Betty Astell – Betty Julia Hymans
- Skylar Astin – Skylar Astin Lipstein
- Mary Astor – Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
- Astro – Terence Wilson
- Rich Asuncion – Richell Pacaldo Angalot
- Cholly Atkins – Charles Sylvan Atkinson
- Christopher Atkins – Christopher Atkins Bomann
- Jeanne Aubert – Marguerite Perrinot (also known as Jane Aubert, briefly)
- Isabelle Aubret – Thérèse Coquerelle
- James Aubrey – James Aubrey Tregidgo
- Cécile Aubry – Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard
- Eleanor Audley – Eleanor Zellman
- Stéphane Audran – Colette Suzanne Dacheville
- Pascale Audret – Pascale Aiguionne Louise Jacqueline Marie Auffray
- Mischa Auer – Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky (or Ounskowsky)
- Chris August – Christopher August Megert
- Jean-Pierre Aumont – Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons
- Nora Aunor – Nora Cabaltera Villamayor
- Aunt Jemima – Therese Gardella
- Gene Austin – Lemeul Eugene Lucas
- Jake T. Austin – Jake Austin Szymanski
- Karen Austin – Karen Brammer
- Lovie Austin – Cora Calhoun
- Pamela Austin – Pamela Joan Akert
- Stone Cold Steve Austin – Steven James Anderson, later Steven James Williams (legally changed to Steve Austin)
- Amy Austria – Esmeralda Dizon Tuazon
- Avalanche City – Dave Baxter
- Frankie Avalon – Francis Thomas Avallone
- Char Avell – Sayfuz Ali
- Natalia Avelon – Natalia Siwek
- Average Homeboy – Denny Hazen
- Val Avery – Sebouh Der Abrahamian
- Jane Avril – Jeanne Beaudon
- Mike Awesome – Michael Lee Alfonso
- Charlotte Ayanna – Charlotte Lopez
- John Ayldon – John Arnold
- Agnes Ayres – Agnes Eyre Henkel
- Trey Azagthoth – George Emmanuel III
- Iggy Azalea – Amethyst Amelia Kelly
- Anthony Azizi – Kamal Rowshan
- Charles Aznavour – Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian
B
Ba–Bi
- Derek B – Derek Bolland
- Eric B – Eric Barrier
- Jazzie B – Beresford Romeo
- Jon B. – Jonathan David Buck
- Katy B – Kathleen Anne Brien
- Max B – Charly Wingate
- Mel B – Melanie Janine Brown
- B-Real – Louis Freese
- Lída Baarová – Ludmila Babková
- Bob Babbitt – Robert Kreinar
- Alice Babs – Hildur Alice Nilson
- Babyface – Kenneth Brian Edmonds
- Baby LeRoy – Ronald Le Roy Overacker
- Baby Peggy – Peggy-Jean Montgomery (later known as Diana Serra Cary)
- Lauren Bacall – Betty Joan Perske
- Michael Bacall – Michael Stephen Buccellato
- Barbara Bach – Barbara Goldbach
- Catherine Bach – Catherine Bachman
- Sebastian Bach – Sebastian Philip Bierk
- Irving Bacon – Irving Von Peters
- Bad News Allen (a.k.a. Bad News Brown) – Allen James Coage
- Badly Drawn Boy – Damon Gough
- Erykah Badu – Erica Wright
- Barbara Bain – Millicent Fogel
- Cheryl Baker – Rita Maria Crudgington
- Fay Baker – Fay Schwager
- George Baker – Johannes Bouwens
- Josephine Baker – Freda Josephine McDonald
- Kitana Baker – Christi Michell Josenhans
- LaVern Baker – Delores Williams
- George Balanchine – Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze
- Josiane Balasko – Josiane Balašković
- Marty Balin – Martyn Buchwald
- Bobby Ball – Robert Harper
- Kaye Ballard – Catherine Gloria Balotta
- Carl Ballantine – Meyer Kessler
- Finn Bálor – Fergal Devitt
- Charli Baltimore – Tiffany Lane
- Afrika Bambaataa – Kevin Donovan
- Jamie Bamber – Jamie Griffith
- Eric Bana – Eric Banadinovich
- Anne Bancroft – Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
- Honey Bane – Donna Tracy Boylan
- Billy Bang – William Vincent Walker
- Advent Bangun – Advani Rangua
- Briana Banks – Briana Bany
- Darrell Banks – Darrell Eubanks
- Elizabeth Banks – Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell
- Lloyd Banks – Christopher Charles Lloyd
- Peter Banks – Peter William Brockbanks
- Vilma Bánky – Vilma Koncsics
- David Banner – Levell Crump
- Jill Banner – Mary Molumby
- Buju Banton – Mark Anthony Myrie
- Theda Bara – Theodosia Burr Goodman
- Barbara – Monique Andrée Serf
- Joan Barclay – Mary Elizabeth Greear
- Roy Barcroft – Howard Harold Ravenscroft
- Ben Bard – Benjamin Greenberg
- John Bardon – John Michael Jones
- Lynn Bari – Margaret Schuyler Fisher
- Griff Barnett – Manley Griffith
- Candy Barr – Juanita Slusher
- Julia Barr – Julia Rose Buchheit
- Kathy Barr – Marilyn Sultana Aboulafia
- Leonard Barr – Leonard Barra
- John Barrard – Jacob Koppel Isaacson
- Barrelhouse Chuck – Charles Goering
- Lawrence Barrett – Lawrence Brannigan
- Majel Barrett – Majel Leigh Hudec
- Rona Barrett – Rona Burstein
- Wade Barrett – Stuart Alexander Bennett
- Alicia Barrié – Sara Ramona Alicia Masriera del Campillo
- Amanda Barrie – Shirley Anne Broadbent
- Barbara Barrie – Barbara Ann Berman
- Chris Barrie – Christopher Jonathan Brown
- Mona Barrie – Mona Barlee Smith
- Wendy Barrie – Marguerite Wendy Jenkins
- Alain Barrière – Alain Bellec
- Blue Barron – Harry Freidman
- Chris Barron – Christopher Gross
- Red Barry – Donald Barry de Acosta
- Gene Barry – Eugene Klass
- Jeff Barry – Joel Adelberg
- Joan Barry (American actress) – Mary Louise Gribble
- Joan Barry (British actress) – Ina Florence Marshman Bell
- Joe Barry – Joe Barrios
- John Barry – John Barry Prendergast
- Len Barry – Leonard Borisoff
- Merna and Claire Barry – Minnie and Clara Bagelman
- Ethel Barrymore – Ethel Mae Blythe
- John Barrymore – John Sidney Blythe
- Lionel Barrymore – Lionel Herbert Blythe
- Maurice Barrymore – Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe
- Michael Barrymore – Michael Ciaran Parker
- Lionel Bart – Lionel Begleiter
- Eddie Barth – Edward Bartholetti
- Freddie Bartholomew – Frederick Llewellyn March
- Dewey Barto – Stewart Steven Swoyer
- Eva Bartok – Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics
- Gregg Barton – Harold Wilson Barker
- Billy Barty – William John Bertanzetti
- Süphan Barzani – Franco Battiato
- Baby Bash – Ronald Raymond Bryant
- Sheik Abdul Bashir (akas: Daivari, Shawn Daivari) – Dara Daivari
- Toni Basil – Antonia Basilotta
- Basshunter – Jonas Erik Altberg
- Bat for Lashes – Natasha Khan
- Florence Bates – Florence Rabe
- Jane Bathori – Jeanne-Marie Berthier
- Stiv Bators – Steven John Bator
- Beryl Baxter – Beryl Ivory
- Jane Baxter – Feodora Kathleen Alice Forde
- H.P. Baxxter – Hans Peter Geerdes
- Nora Bayes – Leonora Goldberg
- Bayianteras – Dimitris Gogos
- Aisling Bea – Aisling Cliodhnadh O'Sullivan
- John Beal – James Alexander Bliedung
- Orson Bean – Dallas Frederick Burrows
- Paul Bearer – William Alvin Moody
- Guy Béart – Guy Béhar
- Allyce Beasley – Alice Tannenberg
- Beau Jocque – Andrus Espre
- Bebi Dol – Dragana Šarić
- Michael Beck – John Michael Beck Taylor
- Becky G – Rebbeca Marie Gomez
- Bonnie Bedelia – Bonnie Bedelia Culkin
- Barbara Bedford (actress) – Violet May Rose
- Kenny Bee – Chung Chun-to
- Molly Bee – Mollie Gene Beachboard
- Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake – Edward Harrison Leslie
- Beenie Man – Anthony Moses Davis
- Jacqueline Beer (a.k.a. Jacqueline Baer) – Jacqueline Vangramberg
- Belita – Maria Belita Gladys Olive Lyne Jepson-Turner
- Benny Bell – Benjamin Samberg
- Carey Bell – Carey Bell Harrington
- Freddie Bell – Ferdinando Dominick Bello
- Rex Bell – George Francis Beldam
- Roz Bell – Kevin Rosaire Bellemare
- William Bell – William Yarborough
- Camilla Belle – Camilla Belle Routh
- Madge Bellamy – Margaret Derden Philpott
- Louie Bellson (a.k.a. Louis Bellson) – Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni
- Tony Bellus – Anthony Bellusci
- Bessie Bellwood – Catherine Mahoney
- Pamela Bellwood – Pamela Anne King
- Ricky Belmonte – Jesse Cruz
- Amelia Bence – María Amelia Botwinik
- Dirk Benedict – Dirk Niewoehner
- Owen Benjamin – Owen Smith
- Chloe Bennet – Chloe Wang
- Bruce Bennett – Harold Herman Brix
- Frank Bennett – David Wray
- Tony Bennett – Anthony Dominick Benedetto
- Bob Benny – Emilius Wagemans
- Jack Benny – Benjamin Kubelsky
- Jo Jo Benson – Joseph Hewell
- Barbi Benton – Barbara Lynn Klein
- Dave Benton – Efrén Eugene Benita
- Paul Ben-Victor – Paul Friedman
- Tom Berenger – Thomas Michael Moore
- Jack Kid Berg (a.k.a. Jackie Kid Berg) – Judah Bergman
- Edgar Bergen – Edgar John Berggren
- Michel Berger – Michel Jean Hamburger
- Ouida Bergère – Eunie Branch
- Elisabeth Bergner – Elisabeth Ettel
- Ballard Berkeley – Ballard Blascheck
- Busby Berkeley – William Berkeley Enos
- Daisy Berkowitz – Scott Putesky
- Arthur Berkut – Arthur Mikheev
- Milton Berle – Milton Berlinger
- Irving Berlin – Israel Isidore Baline
- Mina Bern – Mina Bernholtz
- Paul Bern – Paul Levy
- Carlos Bernard – Carlos Bernard Papierski
- Judd Bernard – Sherman Bernard Goldberg
- Ben Bernie – Bernard Anzelevitz
- Dru Berrymore – Nicole Hilbig
- Eddie Bert – Edward Joseph Bertolatus
- Francesca Bertini – Elena Seracini Vitiello
- Edna Best – Edna Hove
- James Best – Jewel Franklin Guy
- Beth (singer) – Elisabeth Rodergas Cols
- Laura Betti – Laura Trombetti
- Billy Bevan – William Bevan Harris
- Babs Beverley – Babette Chinery
- Joy Beverley – Joycelyn Chinery
- Teddie Beverley – Hazel Chinery
- Turhan Bey – Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Sahultavy
- Bez – Mark Berry
- Bhad Bhabie – Danielle Brigoli
- Jello Biafra – Eric Boucher
- Viva Bianca – Viva Skubiszewski
- Regina Bianchi – Regina D'Antigny
- Big Bank Hank – Henry Lee Jackson
- Big Black – Christopher Boykin
- Big Boi – Antwan André Patton
- The Big Bopper – Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.
- Big Boss Man – Raymond Walter Traylor Jr.
- Big Daddy – Shirley Crabtree Jr.
- Big E (wrestler) – Ettore Ewen
- Big Joe (reggae) – Joseph Spalding
- Big John Studd – John William Minton
- Big Daddy Kane – Antonio Mortimer Hardy
- Big Kenny – William Kenneth Alphin
- Big L – Lamont Coleman
- Big Mello – Curtis Donnell Davis
- Big Moe – Kenneth Moore
- Big Noyd – TaJuan Akeem Perry
- Big Pun – Christopher Lee Rios
- Big Show – Paul Donald Wight II
- Big Van Vader – Leon Allen White
- Big Youth – Manley Augustus Buchanan
- Bigg Jus (a.k.a. Bigg Justoleum, Lune TNS) – Justin Ingleton
- Mr. Biggs – Ellis William (not to be confused with the Ronald Isley alter ego)
- Billy & Lillie – Billy Ford & Lillie Bryant
- Paul Birch – Paul Lowery Smith
- Peter Birrel – Peter A. Berrill
- Beeb Birtles – Gerard Bertelkamp
- Chuck Biscuits – Charles Montgomery
Bi–Br
- Joey Bishop – Joseph Abraham Gottlieb
- Julie Bishop (a.k.a. Diane Duval) – Jacqueline Wells
- Josie Bissett – Jolyn Christine Heutmaker
- Biz Markie – Marcel Theo Hall
- Bizzy Bone – Bryon McCane
- Aloe Blacc – Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III
- Black (singer) – Colin Vearncombe
- Black Buddafly – Aminata and Safietou Schmahl (sisters)
- Black Francis (a.k.a. Frank Black) – Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson, IV
- Black Herman – Benjamin Rucker
- Black Rob – Robert Ross
- Black Thought – Tariq Luqmaan Trotter
- Cilla Black – Priscilla Maria Veronica White
- Jet Black – Brian Duffy
- Karen Black – Karen Blanche Ziegler
- Michael Ian Black – Michael Schwartz
- Tony Blackplait – Tõnu Trubetsky
- Harry Blackstone Sr. (a.k.a. Harry Bouton Blackstone) – Henry Boughton
- Richard Blackwell (a.k.a. Mr. Blackwell) – Richard Sylvan Selzer
- Richard Blade – Richard Sheppard (formerly known as Dick Sheppard)
- Helena Blagne – Jelena Blagojevič[citation needed]
- David Blaine – David Blaine White
- Vivian Blaine – Vivian Stapleton
- Betsy Blair – Elizabeth Winifred Boger
- Janet Blair – Martha Jane Lafferty
- Joyce Blair – Joyce Ogus
- Lionel Blair – Henry Lionel Ogus
- Patricia Blair (akas: Patricia Blake, Pat Blake) – Patsy Lou Blake
- Amanda Blake – Beverly Louise Neill
- Pamela Blake – Adele Pearce
- Robert Blake – Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi
- Whitney Blake – Nancy Ann Whitney
- Nida Blanca – Dorothy Acueza Jones
- Benny Blanco – Benjamin Levin
- Clara Blandick – Clara Dickey
- Marcie Blane – Marcia Blank
- Sally Blane – Elizabeth Jane Young
- Blasphemer – Rune Eriksen
- Brenda Blethyn – Brenda Anne Bottle
- Luka Bloom – Kevin Barry Moore
- Kurtis Blow – Curtis Walker
- Blowfly – Clarence Henry Reid
- Blue Barron – Harry Freidman
- Blue Demon – Alejandro Muñoz Moreno
- Ashley Blue – Oriana Rene Small
- Barry Blue – Barry Ian Green
- Ben Blue – Benjamin Bernstein
- Monte Blue – Gerard Montgomery Bluefeather
- Vanessa Blue – Tanya Faulkner
- Betty Blythe – Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter
- Eddie Bo – Edwin Joseph Bocage
- Bobby G (a.k.a. Bobby Gee) – Robert Alan Gubby
- DJ Bobo – Peter René Baumann (or Peter René Cipiriano Baumann)
- Willie Bobo – William Correa
- Joe Bocan – Johanne Beauchamp
- Van Bod – Vladimir Bodegrajac
- Marc Bolan – Mark Feld
- Ray Bolger – Raymond Wallace Bulcao[78][79]
- Florinda Bolkan – Florinda Soares Bulcão
- Tiffany Bolling – Tiffany Royce Kral
- Sheila Bond – Sheila Phyllis Berman
- Shirley Bonne – Shirley Mae Tanner
- Vivian Bonnell – Enid Mosier
- Frank Bonner – Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.
- Marjorie Bonner (Ziegfeld Follies) – Marjorie Daw Collins
- Bonnie Lou – Mary Joan Kath
- Betty Boo – Alison Moira Clarkson
- Ethel Booba – Ethyl Gabison
- Booker T (wrestler) – Robert Booker Tio Huffman
- Taka Boom – Yvonne Stevens
- Mark Boone Junior – Mark Heidrich
- Edwina Booth – Josephine Constance Woodruff
- Shirley Booth – Marjory Ford (later known as Thelma Ford and Thelma Booth Ford before adopting the name Shirley Booth)
- Ekrem Bora – Ekrem Şerif Uçak
- Victor Borge – Borge Rosenbaum
- Ernest Borgnine – Ermes Effron Borgnino
- Lyrics Born – Tom Shimura
- Sean Boru – Desmond Patrick Bruen
- Lydia Bosch - Lydia Boquera de Buen
- Eve Boswell – Eva Keleti
- Barbara Bouchet – Barbara Gutscher
- Bounty Killer – Rodney Price
- Bow Wow – Shad Gregory Moss
- Jim Bowen – Peter Williams
- Julie Bowen – Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer
- John Bowers – John Bowersox
- David Bowie – David Robert Jones
- Bowzer – Jon Bauman
- Boxcar Willie – Lecil Travis Martin
- Betty Boyd – Elizabeth Boyd Smith
- Margot Boyd – Beryl Billings
- Erica Boyer – Amanda Jensen
- Jesse Bradford – Jesse Bradford Watrouse
- Scott Brady – Gerard Kenneth Tierney
- Eric Braeden – Hans Jörg Gudegast
- Henry Brandon – Heinrich von Kleinbach
- Jolene Brand – Jolene Marie Bufkin
- Michael Brandon – Michael Feldman
- Marianne Brandt – Marie Bischof
- Keefe Brasselle – John J. Brasselli
- Da Brat – Shawntae Harris
- Creed Bratton – William Charles Schneider, later William Charles Ertmoed [clarification needed]
- Linda Brava – Linda Magdalena Lampenius
- Danny Bravo – Daniel Zaldivar
- Nino Bravo – Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis
- Alan Braxe – Alain Quême
- Brazo de Oro (wrestler) – Jesús Alvarado Nieves
- Marie Brema – Mary Agnes Fehrmann
- Lepa Brena – Fahreta Jahić
- Nicholas Brendon – Nicholas Brendon Schultz
- Tom Breneman – Thomas Breneman Smith
- Lisa Brenner – Lisa Dawn Goldstein
- Evelyn Brent – Mary Elizabeth Riggs
- George Brent – George Brendan Nolan
- Edmond Breon – Edmund MacLaverty (or Edmond MacLaverty)
- Jeremy Brett – Peter Jeremy William Huggins
- Lucienne Bréval – Bertha Agnès Lisette Schilling
- Brian Damage – Brian Keats
- Fanny Brice – Fania Borach
- Lew Brice – Louis Borach
- Alison Brie – Alison Brie Schermerhorn
- Bette Bright – Anne Martin
- Andrea Brillantes – Anndrew Blythe Daguio Gorostiza
- Pete Briquette – Patrick Cusack
- Elton Britt – James Elton Baker
- May Britt – Maybritt Wilkens
- Barbara Britton – Barbara Brantingham
- Pamela Britton (a.k.a. Gloria Owen) – Armilda Jane Owen
- Gladys Brockwell – Gladys Lindeman
- Steve Brodie – John Stevenson (some sources indicate John Stevens)
- James Brolin – Craig Kenneth Bruderlin
- Gustav Brom – Gustav Frkal
- J. Edward Bromberg – Joseph Bromberger
- June Bronhill – June Mary Gough
- Charles Bronson – Charles Dennis Buchinsky
- Kelly Brook – Kelly Ann Parsons
- Hillary Brooke – Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson
- Walter Brooke – Gustav William Tweer Jr.
- Albert Brooks – Albert Lawrence Einstein
- Conrad Brooks – Conrad Biedrzycki
- Donnie Brooks (akas: Johnny Jordan, John Faircloth, Dick Bush, Johnny Faire) – John Dee Abohosh
- Elkie Brooks – Elaine Bookbinder
- Geraldine Brooks – Geraldine Stroock
- Hadda Brooks – Hattie L. Hapgood
- Leslie Brooks (briefly known as Lorraine Gettman) – Virginia Gettman
- Lonnie Brooks – Lee Baker Jr.
- Martin E. Brooks – Martin Baum
- Mel Brooks – Melvin Kaminsky
Br–Bz
- Robbie Brookside – Robert Edward Brooks
- Brother Theodore – Theodore Gottlieb
- D'Lo Brown (a.k.a. D-Lo Brown) – Accie Julius Connor
- Faith Brown – Eunice Irene Carroll
- Foxy Brown – Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand
- Georgia Brown (Brazilian singer) – Rossana Monti
- Georgia Brown (English singer) – Lillian Claire Laizer Getel Klot
- Michael Brown (rock musician) – Michael David Lookofsky
- Roy "Chubby" Brown – Royston Vasey
- Vanessa Brown – Smylla Brynd
- Carol Bruce – Shirley Levy
- Lenny Bruce – Leonard Alfred Schneider
- Virginia Bruce – Helen Virginia Briggs
- Patrick Bruel – Patrick Benguigui
- Nicette Bruno – Nicette Xavier
- Daniel Bryan – Bryan Danielson
- Dora Bryan – Dora Mary Broadbent
- Sabrina Bryan – Reba Sabrina Hinojos
- Barbara Bryne – Barbara Isabel Birkinshaw
- Buckwheat Zydeco – Stanley Dural, Jr.
- Budgie (musician) – Peter Edward Clarke
- Papa Bue – Arne Bue Jensen
- Bun B – Bernard Freeman
- Clem Burke – Clement Anthony Bozewski
- Burning Spear – Winston Rodney
- George Burns – Nathan Birnbaum
- Corey Burton – Corey Gregg Weinberg
- Iris Burton – Iris Burstein
- Richard Burton – Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.
- Dolly Buster – Katerina Nora Bochnícková
- Buster Bloodvessel – Douglas Trendle
- Busty Heart – Susan Sykes
- Brett Butler – Brett Anderson
- Jerry Butler – Paul David Siederman
- Butterbeans and Susie – Jodie and Susie (née Hawthorne) Edwards
- Red Buttons – Aaron Chwatt
- Seymore Butts – Adam Glasser
- Jean Byron – Imogene Burkhart
- Jeffrey Byron – Timothy Paul Stafford
- Kathleen Byron – Kathleen Elizabeth Fell
- Marion Byron – Miriam Bilenkin
C
Ca–Ch
- C-Murder – Corey Miller
- Louis C.K. – Louis Szekely
- Mel C – Melanie Jayne Chisholm
- Pimp C – Chad Butler
- Bruce Cabot – Étienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac
- Susan Cabot – Harriet Shapiro
- Michael Cacoyannis – Michalis (or Mihalis) Kakogiannis
- Cactus Jack – Michael Francis Foley
- Rita Cadillac – Nicole Yasterbelsky
- Nicolas Cage – Nicholas Kim Coppola
- Alan Caillou – Alan Samuel Lyle-Smythe
- Howard Caine – Howard Cohen
- Sir Michael Caine – Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
- Louis Calhern – Carl Henry Vogt
- Rory Calhoun – Francis Timothy McCown (later adopted his stepfather's surname, Durgin)
- Randy California – Randy Craig Wolfe
- Marian Call – Emily Pew
- K Callan – Katherine Borman
- Michael Callan – Martin Harris Calinieff
- Charlie Callas – Charles Callias
- Maria Callas – Sophie Cecilia Kalos (per birth certificate); Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulou (christened)
- Catherine Calvert – Catherine Cassidy
- Phyllis Calvert – Phyllis Hannah Bickle
- Steve Calvert – William Seeger
- Calypso Rose (a.k.a. Crusoe Kid) – Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis (or McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis)
- Cam'ron (formerly Killa Cam) – Cameron Ezike Giles
- Basil Cameron – Basil George Cameron Hindenberg
- Dove Cameron – Chloe Celeste Hosterman
- Ray Cameron – Thomas Cameron McIntyre
- Rod Cameron – Nathan Roderick Cox
- Camilla (singer) (a.k.a. Camilla Marie) – Camilla Marie Beeput
- Chan Canasta – Chananel Mifelew
- Dinah Cancer – Mary Ann Sims
- Dyan Cannon – Samile Diane Friesen
- Freddy Cannon – Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr.
- Cantinflas – Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes
- Eddie Cantor – Edward Israel Iskowitz
- Blu Cantrell – Tiffany Cobb
- Jil Caplan – Valentine Guilen
- Ahna Capri – Anna Marie Nanasi
- June Caprice – Helen Elizabeth Lawson
- Captain Sensible – Ray Burns
- Captain Disillusion – Alan Melikdjanian
- Captain Beefheart – Don Glen Vliet (later known as Don Van Vliet)
- Capucine – Germaine Hélène Irène Lefebvre
- Irene Cara – Irene Escalera
- Ora Carew – Ora Whytock
- Joyce Carey – Joyce Lawrence
- Mary Carey – Mary Ellen Cook
- Caribou – Daniel Victor Snaith (previously used the stage name Manitoba)
- Frankie Carle – Francis Nunzio Carlone
- Kitty Carlisle – Catherine Conn
- Mary Carlisle – Gwendolyn Witter
- Bun E. Carlos – Brad Carlson
- Don Carlos – Euvin Spencer
- Timothy Carlton – Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch
- Carman (singer) – Carmelo Domenic Licciardello
- Jewel Carmen – Florence Lavina Quick
- Cueball Carmichael – Chris Jackson
- Robert Carmine – Robert Coppola Schwartzman
- Judy Carne – Joyce Audrey Botterill
- Alan Carney – David Boughal
- Cindy Carol – Annette Carol Sydes
- Martine Carol – Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer
- Sue Carol – Evelyn Lederer
- Carola – Carola Christina Standertskjöld
- Bob Carolgees – Robert Johnson
- Melinda Caroll – Linda Carol Smith
- Édouard Carpentier – Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz
- Allan Carr – Allan Solomon
- Cathy Carr – Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano
- Charmian Carr – Charmian Anne Farnon
- Darlene Carr – Darleen Farnon
- Eric Carr – Paul Charles Caravello
- Jane Carr (actress; 1909–1957) – Dorothy Henrietta Brunstrom
- Vikki Carr – Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona
- Raffaella Carrà – Raffaella Roberta Pelloni
- Asia Carrera – Jessica Andrea Steinhauser
- Tia Carrere – Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo
- Eva Carrington – Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler
- Regina Carrol – Regina Carol Gelfan
- Diahann Carroll – Carol Diahann Johnson
- Janet Carroll – Janet Carol Thiese
- Jean Carroll – Celine Zeigman
- Joan Carroll – Joan Felt
- John Carroll (actor) – Julian Lafaye
- Nancy Carroll – Ann Veronica Lahiff
- Elisabeth Carron – Elisabetta Caradonna
- Carrot Top – Scott Thompson
- Jasper Carrott – Robert Norman Davis
- Jeannie Carson – Jean Shufflebottom
- Jenny Lou Carson – Virginia Lucille Overstake
- Alex Carter (Canadian actor) – Alex Apostolopoulos
- Betty Carter (akas: Lorraine Carter, Betty Bebop) – Lillie Mae Jones
- Nell Carter – Nell Ruth Hardy
- Nina Carter – Penny Mallett
- Heron Carvic – Geoffrey Rupert William Harris
- Ivan Caryll – Félix Marie Henri Tilkin
- Gerald Casale (a.k.a. Jerry Casale) – Gerald Vincent Pizzute
- Moria Casán – Ana María Casanova
- Dave Cash (DJ) – David Charles Wish
- Cécile Cassel – Cécile Crochon
- Jean-Pierre Cassel – Jean-Pierre Crochon
- Vincent Cassel – Vincent Crochon
- Wally Cassell – Oswaldo Castellano
- Hopalong Cassidy – William Lawrence Boyd
- Patricia Castell – Ovidia Amanda Paramidani Padín
- Peggie Castle – Peggy Blair
- Vernon Castle – William Vernon Blyth
- William Castle – William Schloss
- Shorty Castro – Israel Castro Vélez
- C. C. Catch – Caroline Catherine Müller
- Georgina Cates – Clare Woodgate
- Cat Power – Chan Marshall
- Andy Cato – Andrew Derek Cocup
- Caroline Catz – Caroline Caplan
- Emma Caulfield – Emma Chukker
- Maxwell Caulfield – Maxwell Newby
- Elise Cavanna (akas: Elise Seeds, Elise Armitage, and Elise Welton) – Alyse Seeds
- André Cayatte – Marcel Truc
- Cedric the Entertainer – Cedric Antonio Kyles
- Huw Ceredig – Huw Ceredig Jones
- Antonio Cesaro – Claudio Castagnoli
- Marilyn Chambers – Marilyn Ann Briggs
- Chamillionaire – Hakeem Seriki
- Alain Chamfort – Alain Le Govic
- Jackie Chan – Chan Kong-sang (Cheng Long was a Chinese screen name)
- Rose Chan – Chan Wai Chang
- Chance the Rapper – Chancelor Bennett
- Gene Chandler – Eugene Dixon
- Jeff Chandler – Ira Grossel
- Lane Chandler – Robert Chandler Oakes
- Keshia Chanté – Keshia Chanté Harper
- Saul Chaplin – Saul Kaplan
- Judith Chapman – Judith Shepard
- Charle – Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar Charle
- Charlene (singer) – Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo
- Annette Charles – Annette Cardona
- Bobby Charles – Robert Charles Guidry
- Ray Charles – Ray Charles Robinson
- Ray Charles (musician, born 1918) – Charles Raymond Offenberg
- Charli XCX – Charlotte Emma Aitchison
- Nikki Charm – Shannon Louise Eaves
- Bailey Chase – Bailey Chase Luetgert
- Charley Chase – Charles Joseph Parrott
- Cheryl Chase – Cheryl Hudock
- Daniel St. George Chatto – Daniel Chatto St George Sproule
- Tom Chatto – Thomas Chatto St John Sproule
- Cheb Hasni – Hasni Chekroun
- Cheb Khaled – Khaled Hadj Brahim
- Cheb Mami – Mohamed Khelifati
- Chubby Checker – Ernest Evans
- Richard Cheese – Mark Jonathan Davis
- Micheline Cheirel – Micheline Truyen
- Olga Chekhova – Olga Knipper
- Che'Nelle – Cheryline Ernestine Lim
- Sammi Cheng – Cheng Sau-man
- Cherry Vanilla – Kathleen Dorritie
- Arthur Chesney – Arthur Kellaway
- Philip Chevron – Philip Ryan
- Chico Science – Francisco de Assis França
- Chief Keef – Keith Cozart
- Chief John Big Tree – Isaac Johnny John
- Chief Thundercloud – Victor Daniels
- The Child of Lov (also known as Cole Williams) – Martijn William (also known as Cole Williams)
- Childish Gambino – Donald McKinley Glover Jr.
- Stephen Chow – Chiau Sing-chi
- Desmond Child – John Charles Barrett
Ch–Co
- Chingo Bling – Pedro Herrera III
- Chiquito de la Calzada – Gregorio Esteban Sánchez Fernández
- Annabel Chong – Grace Quek
- Riki Choshu – Mitsuo Yoshida
- Marilyn Chris – Marilyn Miller
- mc chris – Christopher Brendan Ward IV
- Chrisette Michele – Chrisette Michele Payne
- Johnny Christ – Jonathan Lewis Seward
- Linda Christian – Blanca Rosa Welter
- Lou Christie – Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco
- Virginia Christine – Virginia Christine Kraft
- Dennis Christopher – Dennis Carrelli
- Ann Christy – Gladys Cronin
- June Christy (a.k.a. Sharon Leslie) – Shirley Luster
- Chrisye – Christian Rahadi (later known as Chrismansyah Rahadi)
- Paul and Barry Chuckle – Paul Harman Elliott and Barry David Elliott
- Babz Chula – Barbara Ellen Zuckerman
- Gillian Chung – Chung Dik-saan (later changed to Chung Ka-lai)
- Thomas Haden Church – Thomas Richard McMillen
- Jany Clair – Jany Guillaume
- René Clair – René-Lucien Chomette
- Clairette (French-Canadian entertainer) – Claire Françoise Oddera (sometimes mistakenly spelled as "Oderra")
- Bernice Claire – Bernice Jahnigen (surname later mistranscribed as Janighen)
- Ina Claire – Ina Fagan
- Diane Clare – Diane Dirsztay
- Mary Clare – Mary Clare Absalom
- Buddy Clark – Samuel Goldberg
- Dane Clark – Bernard Zanville
- Susan Clark – Nora Golding
- Bobbie Clarke – Robert William Woodman
- Gary Clarke – Clarke Frederick L'Amoreaux
- Vince Clarke – Vincent John Martin
- Robert Clary – Robert Max Widerman
- Classified (rapper) – Luke Boyd
- Jean Claudio – Claude Daniel Robert Martin
- Andrew Dice Clay – Andrew Clay Silverstein
- Judy Clay – Judith Grace Guions
- Philippe Clay – Philippe Mathevet
- David Clayton-Thomas – David Henry Thomsett
- Julien Clerc – Paul-Alain Leclerc
- Jimmy Cliff – James Chambers
- Scott Clifton – Scott Clifton Snyder
- Art Clokey – Arthur Farrington
- June Clyde – Ina Parton
- CM Punk – Phillip Jack Brooks
- Phyllis Coates – Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell
- Coco Marie (a.k.a. Coco-T) – Nicole Natalie Austin
- CocoRosie – Bianca "Coco" Casady and Sierra "Rosie" Casady
- Cocoa Tea – Calvin George Scott
- Lew Cody – Louis Joseph Côté
- Alma Cogan – Alma Angela Cohen
- Ian Cognito – Paul Barbieri
- Claudette Colbert – Émilie Chauchoin
- Anita Colby – Anita Counihan
- Chanel Cole – Chanel Cole Whalley
- Clay Cole – Albert Rucker Jr.
- Nat King Cole – Nathaniel Adams Coles
- Cy Coleman – Seymour Kaufman
- Collette – Collette Roberts
- Constance Collier – Laura Constance Hardie
- John Collin – John Colin Smith
- Careena Collins – Sandee Johnson
- Jo Collins – Janet Canoy
- John D. Collins – John Christopher Dixon
- June Collyer – Dorothea Heermance
- Johnny Colt – Charles Brandt
- Jessi Colter – Mirriam Johnson
- Ellar Coltrane – Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon
- Robbie Coltrane – Anthony Robert McMillan
- Franché Coma – Frank Licata
- Aaron Cometbus – Aaron Elliot
- Henry Compton – Charles Mackenzie
- Lige Conley – Elijah Crommie
- Chris Connor – Mary Jean Loutsenhizer
- Robert Conrad – Conrad Robert Falk
- William Conrad – John William Cann, Jr.
- Eddie Constantine – Edward Constantinowsky
- Michael Constantine – Constantine Ioannides
- Richard Conte – Nicholas Peter Conte
- Albert Conti – Albert De Conti Cadassamare
- Karla Conway – Karla Jo Musacchia
- Russ Conway – Trevor Herbert Stanford
- Russ Conway (actor) – Clarence Russell Zink
- Tom Conway – Thomas Charles Sanders
- Keith Coogan – Keith Eric Mitchell
- Mason Cook – Mason Cook Elston
- Tré Cool – Frank Edwin Wright III
- Cool Sticky – Uziah Thompson
- Alice Cooper – Vincent Damon Furnier (legally changed his name to Alice Cooper after quitting the original band 'Alice Cooper' so he could use the name)
- Pat Cooper – Pasquale Caputo
- Joan Copeland – Joan Maxine Miller
- David Copperfield – David Seth Kotkin
- Glenn Corbett – Glenn Edwin Rothenburg
- Baron Corbin – Thomas Pestock
- Alex Cord – Alexander Viespi
- Mara Corday – Marilyn Joan Watts
- Henry Corden – Henry Cohen
- Jeff Corey – Arthur Zwerling
- Jill Corey – Norma Jean Speranza
- Don Cornell – Louis Valaro
- Lydia Cornell – Lydia Korniloff
- Isabela Corona – Refugio Pérez Frías
- Brent Corrigan (a.k.a. Fox Ryder) – Sean Paul Lockhart
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan – Raymond Benard or Raymond Benitz
- Tony Corsari – André Mathilde Édouard Parengh
Co–Cz
- Corsica Joe – François Miquet
- Bud Cort – Walter Edward Cox
- Baby Cortez – David Cortez Clowney
- Ricardo Cortez – Jacob Krantz
- Howard Cosell – Howard William Cohen
- Frankie Cosmos – Greta Simone Kline
- Diosa Costello – Juana de Dios Castrello
- Elvis Costello – Declan Patrick MacManus
- Lou Costello – Louis Francis Cristillo
- Antony Cotton – Antony Dunn
- Josie Cotton – Kathleen Josey
- John Cougar – John Mellencamp[80]
- Desireé Cousteau – Deborah Clearbranch
- Cowboy Troy – Troy Coleman
- Jane Cowl – Grace Bailey
- Peter Coyote – Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon
- Carl Crack – Carl Bohm
- James Craig – James Henry Meador
- Michael Craig – Michael Francis Gregson
- Thomas Craig (actor) – Craig Thompson
- Harry Crane – Harry Kravitsky
- Norma Crane – Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman
- Phyllis Crane – Phyllis Francis
- Darby Crash – Jan Paul Beahm
- Joan Crawford (a.k.a. Billie Cassin) – Lucille Fay LeSueur
- Michael Crawford – Michael Patrick Smith (some sources incorrectly cite Michael Patrick Dumbbell Smith or Michael Patrick Dumbbell-Smith)
- Crazy Toones – Lamar Dupré Calhoun
- Justin Credible – Peter Joseph Polaco
- Consequences Creed – Austin Watson
- Quentin Crisp – Denis Charles Pratt
- Criss Angel – Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos
- Peter Criss – George Peter John Criscoula
- Linda Cristal – Marta Victoria Moya Burges
- Cristina (singer) – Cristina Monet-Palaci
- Crooked I (a.k.a. KXNG Crooked) – Dominick Wickliffe
- Richard Cromwell – LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh
- B.J. Crosby – Joanne Crayton
- Christopher Cross – Christopher Geppert
- Big Boy Crudup (akas: Elmer Jones, Percy Lee Crudup) – Arthur William Crudup
- Beckii Cruel – Rebecca Anne Flint
- Tom Cruise – Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
- Taio Cruz (a.k.a. Jacob Taio Cruz) – Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere
- Smiley Culture – David Victor Emmanuel
- Irving Cummings – Irving Camisky
- Susan Cummings – Suzanne Gerda Tafel
- Grace Cunard – Harriet Mildred Jeffries
- Michael Currie – Herman Christian Schwenk, Jr.
- Betty Curse – Megan Burns
- Alan Curtis – Harry Ueberroth
- Chris Curtis – Christopher Crummey
- Clem Curtis – Curtis Clements
- King Curtis – Curtis Ousley
- Tony Curtis – Bernard Schwartz
- Cut Killer – Anouar Hajoui
D
Da–De
- D. Train – James Williams
- Chuck D – Carlton Ridenhour
- Master D – Deeder Saidullah Zaman
- Mike D – Michael Diamond
- Da L.E.S – Leslie Jonathan Mampe Jr.
- D.H. Peligro – Darren Henley
- Willie D – Willie James Dennis
- Morton DaCosta – Morton Tecosky
- Daddy Yankee – Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez
- Daffney – Shannon Claire Spruill
- Dagmar (American television personality) – Virginia Ruth Egnor
- Lil Dagover – Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert
- Kat Dahlia (a.k.a. Kat Hue) – Katriana Sandra Huguet
- Jehanne d'Alcy – Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës
- Alan Dale (singer) – Aldo Sigismondi
- Grover Dale – Grover Robert Aitken
- Jim Dale – James Smith
- Dalida – Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti
- Marcel Dalio – Israel Moshe Blauschild
- Bobby Dall – Robert Harry Kuykendall
- John Dall – John Dall Thompson
- Béatrice Dalle – Béatrice Cabarrou
- Brody Dalle – Bree Leslie Pucilowski
- Toti Dal Monte – Antonietta Meneghel
- Abby Dalton – Marlene Wasden
- Lacy J. Dalton – Jill Lynne Byrem
- Mr. Dalvin – Dalvin DeGrate
- Jacques D'Amboise (aka Jacques d'Amboise) – Joseph Jacques Ahearn
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt – Adrienne DuNontier
- Michael Damian – Michael Damian Weir
- Luca Damiano – Franco Lo Cascio
- Lili Damita – Liliane Marie Madeleine Carré
- Jerry Dammers – Gerald Dankin
- Mark Damon – Alan Harris
- Vic Damone – Vito Farinola
- Bill Dana – William Szathmary
- Viola Dana – Virginia Flugrath
- Karl Dane – Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb
- Patricia Dane – Thelma Pearl Pippins
- Warrel Dane – Warrel G. Baker
- Dottie Danger – Belinda Jo Carlisle
- Sharlee D'Angelo – Charles Petter Andreason
- Rodney Dangerfield – Jacob Cohen
- Danger Mouse – Brian Burton
- Paul E. Dangerously – Paul Heyman
- Elsa Daniel – Elsa Nilda Gómez Scapatti
- Jennifer Daniel – Jennifer Williams
- Suzanne Danielle – Suzanne Morris
- Lisa Daniely – Mary Elizabeth Bodington
- Sybil Danning – Sybille Johanna Danninger
- Linda Dano – Linda Rae Wildermuth
- Cesare Danova – Cesare Deitinger
- Roberto Danova – Giacinto Bettoni
- Nicholas Dante – Conrado Morales
- Helmut Dantine – Helmut Guttman
- Henry Danton – Henry David Boileau Down
- Ray Danton (a.k.a. Raymond Danton) – Raymond Kaplan
- Tony Danza – Antonio Salvatore Iadanza
- Glenn Danzig – Glenn Allen Anzalone
- Olu Dara – Charles Jones III
- Terence Trent D'Arby – Terence Trent Howard
- Kim Darby – Deborah Zerby
- Mireille Darc – Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz
- Denise Darcel – Denise Billecard
- Hariclea Darclée – Hariclea Haricli
- Alexander D'Arcy (akas: Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy and Alex d'Arcy) – Alexander Sarruf
- Roy D'Arcy – Roy Giusti
- Sheila Darcy – Rebecca Benedict Heffener
- Phyllis Dare – Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones
- Zena Dare – Florence Hariette Zena Dones
- Anita Darian – Anita Margaret Esgandarian
- Frank Darien – Frank Guderian
- Bobby Darin – Walden Robert Cassotto
- Angel Dark – Viktoria Knezova
- Christopher Dark – Alfred Francis DeLeo
- Danny Dark – Daniel Melville Croskery
- Mona Darkfeather – Josephine Marie Workman
- Jean Darling – Dorothy Jean LeVake
- Grace Darmond – Grace Glionna
- Mike Darow (a.k.a. Mike Darrow) – Darow Myhowich
- Lisa Darr – Lisa Darr Grabemann
- Dimebag Darrell – Darrell Lance Abbott
- James Darren – James William Ercolani
- Racquel Darrian (akas: Raquel Darian, Raquel Corben) – Kelly Jackson
- Sonia Darrin – Sonia Paskowitz
- Frankie Darro – Frank Johnson Jr.
- Henry Darrow – Enrique Tomas Delgado
- Paul Darrow – Paul Valentine Birkby
- Tony Darrow – Anthony Borgese
- Diana Darvey – Diana Magdalene Roloff
- Bella Darvi – Bayla Wegier
- Jane Darwell – Patti Woodard
- Krishna Das (singer) – Jeffrey Kagel
- Howard Da Silva – Howard Silverblatt
- Deva Dassy – Marie-Anne Lambert
- Keith David – Keith David Williams
- Randy David – Randy David Goldstein
- Thayer David – David Thayer Hersey
- Jaye Davidson – Alfred Amey
- Jeremy Davidson (actor) – Jeremy Michael Greenberg
- Marion Davies – Marion Cecelia Douras
- Reine Davies – Irene Douras
- Rosemary Davies – Rose Douras
- Billie Davis – Carol Hedges
- Gail Davis – Betty Jeanne Grayson
- Skeeter Davis – Mary Frances Penick
- Peter Davison – Peter Moffett
- Bobby Davro – Robert Nankeville
- Marjorie Daw (a.k.a. Margery Daw) – Margaret House
- Liz Dawn (a.k.a. Elizabeth Dawn) – Sylvia Ann Butterfield
- Marpessa Dawn – Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor
- Richard Dawson – Colin Emm
- Shane Dawson – Shane Yaw
- Micheline Dax – Micheline Josette Renée Etevenon
- Alice Day – Jacquiline Alice Newlin
- Bobby Day – Robert James Byrd
- Darren Day – Darren Graham
- Dennis Day – Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty
- Doris Day – Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
- Frances Day – Frances Victoria Schenk
- Inaya Day – Inaya Davis
- Laraine Day – LaRaine Johnson
- Marceline Day – Marceline Newlin
- Zella Day – Zella Day Kerr
- Taylor Dayne (a.k.a. Les Lee) – Leslie Wunderman
- Sandro de América – Roberto Julio Sánchez
- Marie Déa – Odette Alice Marie Deupès
- Isabel Dean – Isabel Hodgkinson
- Loren Dean – Loren Dean Jovicic
- Man Mountain Dean – Frank Simmons Leavitt
- Margia Dean – Marguerite Louise Skliris
- Quentin Dean – Quintin Corinne Margolin (some sources indicate Corinne Ida Margolin)
- Shirley Deane – Shirley Deane Blattenberger
- Mickey Deans – Michael DeVinko
- Nigel De Brulier (a.k.a. Nigel de Brulier) – Francis George Packer
- Arturo de Córdova – Arturo García Rodríguez
- Inspectah Deck – Jason Hunter
- Gerry Dee – Gerard Francis Donoghue
- Kiki Dee – Pauline Matthews
- Kool Moe Dee – Mohandas Dewese
- Lenny Dee – Leonard DeStoppelaire
- Mikkey Dee – Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou
- Sandra Dee – Alexandra Zuck
- Simon Dee – Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd
- Deep Roy (akas: Roy Deep, Gordeep Roy) – Mohinder Purba
- Olive Deering – Olive Corn
- Carter DeHaven – Francis O'Callaghan
- John Dehner – John Forkum
- Del tha Funkee Homosapien (a.k.a. Sir DZL) – Teren Delvon Jones
- Jan Delay – Jan Phillip Eißfeldt
- Gerry de Leon – Gerardo Ilagan
- Bernard Delfont – Boris (or Boruch) Winogradsky
- Delicate Steve – Steve Marion
- Claudia Dell – Claudia Dell Smith
- Dorothy Dell – Dorothy Dell Goff
- Gabriel Dell – Gabriel Marcel Dell Vecchio
- Danièle Delorme – Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard
- Samy Deluxe – Samuel Sorge
- Lea De Mae – Andrea Absolonová
- Dr. Demento – Barry Hansen
- Carla Del Poggio – Maria Luisa Attanasio
- Lana Del Rey – Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
- Alberto Del Rio (a.k.a. Dos Caras, Jr.) – José Alberto Rodríguez
- Vanessa del Rio – Ana Maria Sanchez
- Eadie Del Rubio – Edith Bolling Boyd
- Elena Del Rubio – Elena Rolfe Boyd
- Milly Del Rubio – Mildred Stuart Boyd
- Mila del Sol – Clarita Villarba Rivera
- Julián de Meriche – Vladimir Lipkies Chazan
- Michael De Mesa – Michael Edward Gil Eigenmann
- Ellen Demming – Betty Ellen Weber
- Ilma de Murska (a.k.a. Ilma De Murska) – Ema Pukšec
- Chaka Demus – John Taylor
- Susan Denberg – Dietlinde Zechner
- Nikita Denise – Denisa Balážová
- Richard Denning – Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr.
- Kat Dennings – Katherine Litwack
- Les Dennis – Leslie Dennis Heseltine
- Willie Dennis – William DeBerardinis
- Reginald Denny – Reginald Leigh Dugmore
- John Denver – Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
- Rossy de Palma – Rosa Elena García Echave
- Lynsey de Paul – Lynsey Monckton Rubin
- Amir Derakh – Amir Davidson
- John Derek – Derek Delevan Harris
- Maya Deren – Eleanora Derenkowskaia
- Rick Derringer – Richard Zehringer
- Alessandra De Rossi – Alessandra Tiotangco Schiavone
- Assunta De Rossi – Maria Assunta Tiotangco Schiavone
- Portia de Rossi – Amanda Lee Rogers
- Jackie DeShannon – Sharon Lee Myers
- Kay Deslys – Kathleen Herbert
- Johnny Desmond – Giovanni Alfredo DeSimone
- William Desmond – William Mannion
- Emmy Destinn – Emílie Pavlína Věnceslava Kittlová
De–Du
- Sarah Jezebel Deva – Sarah Jane Ferridge
- Dame Ninette de Valois – Edris Stannus
- Valentin de Vargas – Albert Charles Schubert
- Anjali Devi – Anjani Kumar (birthname; later known as Anjani Kumari)
- Willy DeVille (a.k.a. Willie DeVille) – William Paul Borsey Jr.
- C.C. DeVille – Bruce Anthony Johannesson
- Lizzy DeVine – Jimmy Johnson
- Mat Devine – Nathaniel Hawkwinde III
- Don Devlin – Donald R. Siegel
- Dorothy Devore – Alma Inez Williams
- Howard Devoto – Howard Andrew Trafford
- Jo de Winter – Juanita Daussat
- Billy De Wolfe – William Andrew Jones
- Anthony Dexter (a.k.a. Walter Craig) – Walter Reinhold Alfred Fleischmann
- Brad Dexter – Veljko Soso (or Veljko Šošo)
- Jerry Dexter – Jerry Morris Chrisma
- Agyness Deyn – Laura Michelle Hollins
- Buck Dharma – Donald Roeser
- Khigh Dheigh – Kenneth Dickerson
- Amy Diamond – Amy Linnéa Deasismont
- Paul Diamond – Thomas Boric
- Coby Dick – Jacoby Shaddix
- Bernard Dicken – Bernard Sumner (has used other names, including Bernard Albrecht)
- Angie Dickinson – Angeline Brown
- Gloria Dickson – Thais Alalia Dickerson
- Roy Ward Dickson – Richard Louis del Valle
- Bo Diddley – Otha Ellas Bates (or Ellas Otha Bates); later adopted and renamed Ellas B. McDaniel
- P. Diddy – Sean John Combs
- Vin Diesel – Mark Vincent
- Anton Diffring – Alfred Pollack
- Dik Mik – Michael Davies
- Bobby Digital – Robert Dixon
- Daz Dillinger – Delmar Arnaud
- James J. Dillon – James Morrison
- Dimitri (clown) (aka Jakob Dimitri) – Dimitri Jakob Müller
- Julio Dinero – Brian Wohl
- Ronnie James Dio – Ronald James Padavona
- Mike Dirnt – Michael Ryan Pritchard
- Emilio Disi – Emilio Roberto Parada
- Divine – Harris Glenn Milstead
- Richard Dix – Ernst Carlton Brimmer
- Floyd Dixon – Jay Riggins Jr.
- Jean Dixon – Jean Jacques
- DJ Drama – Tyree Cinque Simmons
- DJ Kayslay (akas: The Drama King, Dezzy Dez, Slap Your Favorite DJ) – Keith Grayson
- DJ Lance Rock – Lance Robertson
- DJ Marky – Marco Antonio Silva
- DJ Muggs – Lawrence Muggerud
- DJ Mustard – Dijon Isaiah McFarlane
- DJ Rashad – Rashad Harden
- DJ Snake – William Sami Etienne Grigahcine
- Shae D'Lyn – Shae D'lyn Sherertz
- DMC – Darryl McDaniels
- The D.O.C. – Tracy Curry
- Doc Gynéco – Bruno Beausir
- Doctor Dré (MTV/radio personality) – André Brown
- Lew Dockstader – George Alfred Clapp
- John Doe (from the band X) – John Nommensen Duchac
- Deso Dogg – Denis Mamadou Gerhard Cuspert (a.k.a. Abou Maleeq)
- Tymon Dogg – Stephen John Murray
- Doink the Clown – Matthew Wade Osborne
- Thomas Dolby – Thomas Morgan Robertson
- Sir Anton Dolin – Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay
- Dora Doll – Dorothea Hermina Feinberg
- Dollar Brand (now known as Abdullah Ibrahim) – Adolph Johannes Brand
- Dolly Sisters – Roszika Deutsch and Janszieka Deutsch
- Don Cholito – Giuseppe Michael Agrelot
- Don Francisco – Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld
- Don Omar – William Omar Landrón
- Troy Donahue – Merle Johnson Jr.
- Richard Donner – Richard Donald Schwartzberg
- Martin Donovan – Martin Paul Smith
- Stacey Donovan (akas: Ashley Britton, Ashly Britton, Camilla, Staci Donovan, Stacy Donovan, Tracey Donovan, Traci Donovan, Tracy Donovan, Kelly Howe) – Kellie Howell
- Trevor Donovan – Trevor Donovan Neubauer
- Edsel Dope – Brian Charles Ebejer
- Karin Dor – Kätherose Derr
- Daisy D'ora – Daisy Freiin von Freyberg zu Eisenberg
- Lucy Doraine – Ilona Kovács
- Irma Dorantes – Irma Aguirre Martínez
- Johnny Dorelli – Giorgio Guidi
- Jorge Dória – Jorge Pires Ferreira
- Dorian (rapper) – Alton Dorian Clark
- Philip Dorn (sometimes billed as Frits van Dongen) – Hein van der Niet
- Marie Doro – Marie Katherine Steward
- Diana Dors (akas: Diana D'ors, Diana D'Ors) – Diana Mary Fluck
- Fifi D'Orsay – Marie-Rose Angelina Yvonne Lussier
- David Dortort – David Katz
- Dos Caras – José Luis Rodríguez Arellano
- Anita Doth – Anita Daniëlle Dels
- Doug E. Doug – Douglas Bourne
- Jon Dough – Chester Anuszak
- Don Douglas – Douglas Kinleyside
- Donna Douglas – Doris Ione Smith
- Gordon Douglas – Gordon Douglas Brickner
- Hal Douglas – Harold Cohen
- Illeana Douglas – Illeana Hesselberg
- Jerry Douglas (actor) – Gerald Rubenstein
- Kirk Douglas – Issur Danielovitch Demsky
- Mike Douglas – Michael Delaney Dowd Jr.
- Paul Douglas – Paul Douglas Fleischer
- Robert Douglas – Robert Douglas Finlayson
- Shane Douglas – Troy Allan Martin
- Sharon Douglas – Rhoda-Nelle (or Rhodanelle) Rader
- Steve Douglas (saxophonist) – Steven Douglas Kreisman
- Billie Dove – Bertha Bohny
- Doveman – Thomas Bartlett
- Nancy Dover – Judith Barrett
- Peggy Dow – Peggy Josephine Varnadow
- Taime Downe – Gus Molvik
- Dr. Dre (N.W.A rapper) – André Romel Young
- Dr. John – Malcolm John Rebennack
- Dr. Tangalanga – Julio Victorio De Rissio
- Drs. P (akas: Geo Staad, Coos Neetebeem, drandus P.) – Heinz Hermann Polzer
- Billy Drago – William Eugene Burrows
- Alfred Drake – Alfred Capurro
- Charles Drake – Charles Ruppert
- Dona Drake – Eunice Westmoreland
- Frances Drake – Frances Dean
- Tom Drake – Alfred Sinclair Alderdice
- Mac Dre – Andre Louis Hicks
- Tommy Dreamer – Thomas James Laughlin
- Louise Dresser – Louise Josephine Kerlin
- Marie Dressler – Leila Marie Koerber
- Ellen Drew – Esther Loretta Ray
- Robert Drivas – Robert Choromokos
- Frank D'Rone – Frank Caldarone
- Joanne Dru – Joan Letitia LaCock
- Lima Duarte – Ariclenes Venâncio Martins
- Marie Dubois – Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé
- Paulette Dubost – Paulette Marie Emma Deplanque
- Buh Buh/Bubba Ray Dudley – Mark LoMonaco
- Dave Dudley – David Darwin Pedruska
- D-Von Dudley – Devon E. Hughes
- Spike Dudley – Matthew Jonathan Hyson
- Mickey Duff – Monek Prager
- Julia Duffy – Julia Margaret Hinds
Du–Dz
- Doris Duke (soul singer) (a.k.a. Doris Willingham) – Doris Curry
- Vernon Duke – Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dukelsky
- Chuck Dukowski – Gary McDaniel
- Margaret Dumont – Daisy Juliette Baker
- Steffi Duna – Stephanie Berindey
- Kenne Duncan – Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan
- Elaine Dundy – Elaine Rita Brimberg
- Stephen Dunham – Stephen Dunham Bowers
- Jermaine Dupri – Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
- Don Durant – Donald Allison Durae
- Rocío Dúrcal – María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz
- Judith Durham – Judith Mavis Cock
- Guru Dutt – Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
- Sonjay Dutt – Retesh Bhalla (not to be confused with the Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who uses his real name)
- María Duval (Mexican actress) – María Dussange Ortiz
- Dorothy Dwan (a.k.a. Molly Mills) – Dorothy Ilgenfritz
- Dwarakish – Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath
- Bob Dylan – Robert Allen Zimmerman (legally changed to Robert Dylan)
- Dynamite Kid – Thomas Billington
E
- E-40 – Earl Stevens
- E Thi (a.k.a. "ET") – Swe Swe Win
- Andrew E. – Andrew Espiritu
- Sheila E. – Sheila Escovedo
- Ronnie Earl – Ronald Horvath
- Jack Earle – Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich
- Josephine Earle – Josephine MacEwan (sometimes listed as McEwan)
- East Bay Ray – Raymond John Pepperell
- Robert Easton (actor) – Robert Easton Burke
- Ebony Reigns – Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng
- Johnny Eck – John Eckhart, Jr.
- Jenny Eclair – Jenny Clare Hargreaves
- Barbara Eden – Barbara Jean Morehead (later known as Barbara Huffman)
- Bobbi Eden – Priscilla Hendrikse
- Chana Eden – Chana Mesyngier
- The Edge – David Howell Evans
- John Edward – John Edward McGee Jr.
- Blake Edwards – William Blake Crump
- Bobby Edwards – Robert Moncrief
- Jimmy Edwards – James Keith O'Neill
- Snitz Edwards – Edward Neumann
- Steve Edwards (talk show host) – Steven Edward Schwartz
- Vince Edwards – Vincent Edward Zoine
- Eek-A-Mouse – Ripton Joseph Hilton
- Erica Ehm – Erica Miechowsky
- Tripp Eisen (akas: Tripp Rex Eisen, Rex Eisen) – Tod Rex Salvador
- Ann Elder – Anna Velders
- Florence Eldridge – Florence McKechnie
- Carmen Electra – Tara Leigh Patrick
- El Flaco – Jaime Agudelo Vidal
- Martín Elías – Martín Elías Díaz Acosta
- Gillian Elisa – Gillian Elizabeth Thomas
- Christine Elise – Christine Elise McCarthy
- Kimberly Elise – Kimberly Elise Trammel
- Sarah Elizabeth – Sarah Elizabeth Bowers
- Shannon Elizabeth – Shannon Elizabeth Fadal
- Biff Elliot (also known briefly as boxer Biff Harris) – Leon Shalek
- Cass Elliot – Ellen Naomi Cohen
- Graham Elliot – Graham Elliot Bowles
- Isac Elliot – Isac Elliot Lundén
- Gertrude Elliott – May Gertrude McDermott
- Maxine Elliott – Jessie Dermott
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott – Elliot Charles Adnopoz
- Ross Elliott – Elliott Blum
- Wild Bill Elliott – Gordon Nance
- David Ellis – Derrick Francis Kerkham
- Mary Ellis – May Belle Elsas
- Patricia Ellis – Patricia O'Brien (later known by her stepfather's surname, as Patricia Leftwich)
- Shirley Ellis – Shirley Marie Elliston
- James Ellison (actor) – James Ellison Smith
- Ziggy Elman – Harry Aaron Finkelman
- El Santo – Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta
- Isobel Elsom – Isobel Jeannette Reed
- Julian Eltinge – William Julian Dalton
- Maurice Elvey – William Seward Folkard
- El Vez – Robert Lopez
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark – Cassandra Peterson
- Emma's Imagination – Emma Gillespie
- Jack Emrek – Robert J. Hanusek
- Enrika Dolls – Alina Plugaru
- Eric the Midget – Eric Shaun Lynch
- Leif Erickson – William Wycliffe Anderson
- John Ericson (a.k.a. John Erickson) – Joachim Alexander Ottokar Meibes
- Leon Errol – Leonce Errol Sims
- Jill Esmond – Jill Esmond Moore
- David Essex – David Albert Cook
- Howard Estabrook – Howard Bolles
- Charles Esten (a.k.a. Chip Esten) – Charles Esten Puskar III
- Pauline Ester – Sabrina Ocon
- Will Estes – William Estes Nipper
- Armando Alejandro Estrada (akas: "Osama" and "Osama Rodriguez Alejandro") – Hazem Ali
- Linda Estrella – Consuello Rigotti
- Little Eva – Eva Narcissus Boyd
- Heart Evangelista – Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco
- Dale Evans – Lucille Wood Smith (changed to Frances Octavia Smith shortly thereafter)
- Joan Evans – Joan Eunson
- Linda Evans – Linda Evanstad
- Muriel Evans – Muriel Adele Evanson
- Robert Evans (producer) – Robert Shapera
- Sophie Evans – Zsófia Szabó
- Judith Evelyn – Evelyn Morris
- Chad Everett – Raymon Lee Cramton
- Kenny Everett – Maurice James Christopher Cole
- Mark Everett – Manuel Benitez
- Steve Evets – Steven Murphy
- Tom Ewell – Samuel Yewell Tompkins
F
Fa–Fr
- Christiane F. – Christiane Vera Felscherinow
- Lara Fabian – Lara Crokaert
- Inez Fabbri – Agnes Schmidt
- Fabolous – John David Jackson
- Bent Fabric – Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
- Douglas Fairbanks – Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman
- Morgan Fairchild – Patsy Ann McClenny
- Virginia Brown Faire – Virginia Labuna
- Marion Fairfax – Marion Neiswanger
- Adam Faith – Terence Nelhams-Wright
- Paloma Faith – Paloma Faith Blomfield
- Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk – Ian Fowles
- Lee Falk – Leon Harrison Gross
- Rossella Falk – Rosa Antonia Falzacappa
- Matt Fallon – Matthew Frankel
- Georgie Fame – Clive Powell
- Cosey Fanni Tutti – Christine Newby
- Semyon Farada – Semyon L'vovich Ferdman
- Don Fardon – Donald Maughn
- James Farentino – James Ferrantino
- Annie Fargé (a.k.a. Annie Fargue) – Henriette Goldfarb
- Donna Fargo – Yvonne Vaughan
- Jackie Fargo – Henry Faggart
- Farina – Allen Clayton Hoskins
- Jamie Farr – Jameel Joseph Farah
- Gia Farrell – Jeannie Marie Bocchicchio
- Henry Farrell – Charles Farrell Myers
- Nicholas Farrell – Nicholas Frost
- Perry Farrell – Perry Bernstein
- Sharon Farrell – Sharon Forsmoe
- Suzanne Farrell – Roberta Sue Ficker
- Terry Farrell – Theresa Lee Farrell Grussendorf
- Timothy Farrell – Timothy Sperl
- Fat Joe – Joseph Cartagena
- Fat Pat – Patrick Lamark Hawkins
- Hussein Fatal – Bruce Washington Jr.
- Fatboy Slim – Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook
- Fatman Scoop – Isaac Freeman III
- William Faversham – William Jones
- Dorothy Fay – Dorothy Fay Southworth
- Frank Fay (American actor) – Francis Anthony Donner
- Alice Faye – Alice Jeane Leppert
- Frances Faye – Frances Cohen
- Joey Faye – Joseph Antony Palladino
- Frank Faylen – Frank Ruf
- Fearless Nadia – Mary Ann Evans
- Freddie Fender – Baldemar Garza Huerta
- Fania Fénelon – Fanja Goldstein
- Shane Fenton (a.k.a. Alvin Stardust) – Bernard William Jewry
- Tony Fenton – Anthony James Fagan
- Fergie – Stacy Ann Ferguson
- Fernandel – Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
- Lolo Ferrari – Eve Valois
- Jean Ferrat – Jean Tenenbaum
- Audrey Ferris – Audrey Kellar
- Stepin Fetchit – Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry
- Fetty Wap – Willie Maxwell
- Cy Feuer – Seymour Arnold Feuerman
- Jacques Feyder – Jacques Frédérix
- Lupe Fiasco – Wasalu Muhammad Jaco
- Lew Fields – Moses Schoenfeld
- Fenella Fielding – Fenella Feldman
- Janet Fielding – Janet Claire Mahoney
- Romaine Fielding – William Grant Blandin
- Dame Gracie Fields – Grace Stansfield
- Irving Fields – Yitzhak Schwartz
- Stanley Fields (actor) – Walter L. Agnew
- Totie Fields – Sophie Feldman
- W. C. Fields – William Claude Dukenfield
- Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé Knowles
- Dani Filth – Daniel Lloyd Davey
- A Fine Frenzy – Alison Loren Sudol
- Larry Fine – Louis Feinberg
- Johnny Fingers – Johnny Moylett
- George Finn – Giorgi Agiashvili
- Larry Finnegan – John Lawrence Finneran
- Fiona (singer) – Fiona Eileen Flanagan
- Melanie Fiona – Melanie Hall
- Ricky Fitness – Richard Falomir
- Barry Fitzgerald – William Joseph Shields
- Scott Fitzgerald (singer) – William McPhail
- Walter Fitzgerald – Walter Fitzgerald Bond
- Five for Fighting – Vladimir John Ondrasik III
- FKA twigs – Tahliah Debrett Barnett
- Fannie Flagg – Patricia Neal
- Golde Flami – Golda Flon
- Joe Flanigan – Joseph Harold Dunnigan III
- Grandmaster Flash – Joseph Saddler
- Flavor Flav – William Drayton
- Flea – Michael Peter Balzary
- Art Fleming – Arthur Fleming Fazzin
- Joy Fleming – Erna Raad
- Rhonda Fleming – Marilyn Louis
- Flesh-n-Bone – Stanley Howse
- Flo & Eddie – Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan
- Flo Rida – Tramar Dillard
- Klaus Flouride – Geoffrey Lyall
- Gilly Flower – Gertrude Adele Jacobs
- Barbara Flynn – Barbara Jay MacMurray
- Dukey Flyswatter – Michael David Sonye
- Olga Fonda – Olga Tchakova
- Mona Fong – Li Menglan
- Eddie Fontaine – Edward Reardon
- Wayne Fontana – Glyn Geoffrey Ellis
- Bryan Forbes – John Theobald Clarke
- Mary Forbes – Ethel Louise Young
- Gail Force – Heidi Lynn Beeson
- Colt Ford – Jason Farris Brown
- Francis Ford (actor) – Francis Feeney
- Frankie Ford – Francis Guzzo
- John Ford – John Martin Feeney (later known for a time as Sean Aloysius O'Fearna)
- Mary Ford – Colleen Summers
- Paul Ford – Paul Ford Weaver
- Wallace Ford – Samuel Jones Grundy
- Willa Ford – Amanda Lee Williford
- Frank Forest – Frank Hayek
- George Formby – George Hoy Booth
- George Formby Sr. – James Lawler Booth
- Allan Forrest – Allan Forrest Fisher
- Helen Forrest – Helen Fogel
- Sally Forrest – Katherine Feeney
- Steve Forrest – William Forrest Andrews
- John Forsythe – Jacob Lincoln Freund
- May Fortescue – Emily May Finney
- John Fortune – John Wood
- Dianne Foster – Olga Helen Laruska
- Norman Foster – John Hoeffer
- Phil Foster – Fivel Feldman
- Pops Foster – George Murphy Foster
- Pete Fountain – Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr.
- James Fox – William Fox
- Oz Fox – Richard Alfonso Martínez
- Samantha Fox – Stasia Therese Angela Micula
- Sidney Fox – Sidney Leiffer
- Jamie Foxx – Eric Bishop
- Redd Foxx – John Elroy Sanford
- Sergio Franchi – Sergio Franci Galli
- Arlene Francis – Arline Francis Kazanjian
- Black Francis – Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV
Fr–Fz
- Connie Francis – Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
- Kay Francis – Katharine Edwina Gibbs
- Joanna Frank – Joanna Bochco
- Joe Frank – Joseph Langermann
- Joe Franklin – Joseph Fortgang
- Dennis Franz – Dennis Franz Schlachta
- Eduard Franz – Eduard Franz Schmidt
- Elizabeth Franz – Betty Jean Frankovich
- Elisabeth Fraser – Elisabeth Fraser Jonker
- Liz Fraser – Elizabeth Joan Winch
- Phyllis Fraser (a.k.a. Phyllis Cerf Wagner) – Helen Brown Nichols
- Jon Fratelli – John Paul Lawler
- Pauline Frederick – Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later spelled "Libby")
- Scott Fredericks – Frederick Wehrly
- Fab Five Freddy – Fred Braithwaite
- Arthur Freed – Arthur Grossman
- French Montana – Karim Kharbouch
- Doug E. Fresh – Douglas E. Davis
- Pierre Fresnay – Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach
- Bobby Friction – Paramdeep Singh Sehdev
- Trixie Friganza – Delia O'Callaghan
- Willy Fritsch – Wilhelm Anton Frohs
- Sadie Frost – Sadie Liza Vaughan
- Keiko Fuji – Junko Abe (later known as Junko Utada, her married name)
- Makoto Fujita – Makoto Harada
- Blind Boy Fuller – Fulton Allen
- Robert Fuller (also known as Buddy Lee and, later, as Robert Simpson, Jr. before he adopted his acting name) – Leonard Leroy Lee
- Fu Manchu – David Tobias Bamberg
- Yvonne Furneaux (a.k.a. Tessa Scatcherd) – Elisabeth Yvonne Scatcherd
- George Furth – George Schweinfurth
- Billy Fury – Ronald Wycherley
- Ed Fury – Rupert Edmund Holovchik
G
- Andrew G – Andrew Jonas Günsberg
- Bobby G (also known as Bobby Gee) – Robert Alan Gubby
- Daddy G – Grant Marshall
- Dog G – Tseng Kuan-jung
- Gina G – Gina Gardiner
- Kenny G – Kenneth Bruce Gorelick
- Shock G – Gregory Jacobs
- Warren G – Warren Griffin
- Gab – Gene Gabriel Drilon
- Jean Gabin – Jean-Alexis Moncorgé
- Chad Gable – Charles Betts
- Gunter Gabriel – Günter Caspelherr
- John Gabriel (actor) – Jack Monkarsh
- Juan Gabriel (akas: Adán Luna, Juanga, El Divo de Juárez) – Alberto Aguilera Valadez
- Josseline Gaël – Jeannine Augustine Jeanne Blanleuil
- Lady Gaga – Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
- John Gale – Jun Gallardo
- The Game – Jayceon Taylor
- Vice Ganda – Jose Marie Borja Viceral
- BB (BeBe) Gandanghari – Rustom Cariño-Padilla
- Robert Gant – Robert Gonzalez
- Greta Garbo – Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
- Jean Garcia – Rosario Maitim
- John Garfield – Jacob Julius Garfinkle
- Beverly Garland – Beverly Lucy Fessenden
- Judy Garland – Frances Ethel Gumm
- James Garner – James Scott Bumgarner
- Brad Garrett – Bradley Gerstenfeld
- Leif Garrett – Leif Per Narvik
- Spencer Garrett – Spencer Garrett Heckenkamp
- David Garrick (singer) – Philip Darryl Core (some sources list his birth name as Darrell Philip Corré)
- Martin Garrix – Martijn Garritsen
- Willie Garson – William Garson Paszamant
- John Gary – John Gary Strader
- Linda Gary – Linda Dewoskin (or Linda Gary Dewoskin, varying sources)
- Lorraine Gary – Lorraine Gottfried
- Synyster Gates – Brian Elwin Haner Jr.
- Mark Gaumont – Mark Ryan
- Gene Gauntier – Genevieve Liggett
- Cassandra Gava – Cassandra Gaviola
- William Gaxton – Arturo Antonio Gaxiola
- Git Gay (a.k.a. Birgit Carp) – Birgit Agda Holmberg
- Maria Gay – María de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés
- Lisa Gaye – Leslie Gaye Griffin
- Crystal Gayle – Brenda Gail Webb
- Jackie Gayle – Jack Potovsky
- Ronnie Gaylord – Ronald Fredianelli
- George Gaynes – George Jongejans
- Gloria Gaynor – Gloria Fowles
- Mitzi Gaynor – Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber
- Gidget Gein – Bradley Stewart
- Gene Gene the Dancing Machine – Eugene Patton
- Dame Adeline Genée – Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen
- The Big Geno – Randall Poffo
- Sir Horace Gentleman – Horace Panter
- Bobbie Gentry – Roberta Lee Streeter
- Geordie – Kevin Walker
- Boy George – George Alan O'Dowd
- Cassietta George – Cassietta Baker
- Gladys George – Gladys Clare Evans
- Gorgeous George – George Raymond Wagner
- John George (actor) – Tufei Filthela
- Wally George – George Walter Pearch
- Georgious – Georges Guibourg
- Carl Gerard (a.k.a. Carl Gerrard) – Carl Gerhard Petersen
- Danyel Gérard – Gérard Daniel Kherlakian
- Gerardo (rapper) – Gerardo Mejía
- Zinovy Gerdt – Zalman Efraimovich Khrapinovich
- Ashlyn Gere – Kimberly Ashlyn McKamy
- Gene Gerrard – Eugene O'Sullivan
- Lisa Gerritsen – Lisa Orszag
- George Gershwin – Jacob Gershowitz
- Ira Gershwin – Israel Gershowitz
- Valeska Gert – Gertrud Valesca Samosch
- Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly – Samuel Lloyd Duckworth
- Stan Getz – Stanley Gayetzky (or Gayetsky, varying sources)
- Tamara Geva – Tamara Zheverzheieva (or Gevergeyeva)
- Ghostface Killah – Dennis Coles
- Gian Marco – Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver
- Georgia Gibbs – Frieda Lipschitz
- Terry Gibbs – Julius Gubenko
- Henry Gibson – James Bateman
- Julie Gibson – Gladys Camille Soray
- Virginia Gibson – Virginia Gorski
- Billy Gilbert – William Gilbert Barron
- Irene Gilbert – Irene Liebert or Liebeschutz
- John Gilbert – John Cecil Pringle
- Paul Gilbert (actor) – Ed MacMahon
- Sara Gilbert – Sara Rebecca Abeles
- Rex Gildo (a.k.a. Alexander Gildo) – Ludwig Franz Hirtreiter
- Jack Gilford – Jacob Aaron Gellman
- Aidan Gillen – Aidan Murphy
- Anita Gillette – Anita Luebben
- Jean Gillie – Jean Mabel Coomber
- Ann Gillis – Alma Mabel Conner
- Jamie Gillis – Jamey Ira Gurman
- Gail Gilmore (akas: Gale Gerber, Gail Gibson) – Gail Gerber
- Virginia Gilmore – Sherman Virginia Poole
- Amos Gitai – Amos Weinraub
- Christine Glanville – Nancy Christine Fletcher
- Peter Glenville – Peter Patrick Brabazon Browne
- Gary Glitter – Paul Francis Gadd
- Gloc-9 – Aristotle Pollisco
- Marie Glory (a.k.a. Arlette Genny) – Raymonde Louise Marcelle Toully
- Alma Gluck – Reba Feinsohn
- Blanche Glynne – Blanche Hope Aitken
- Jón Gnarr – Jón Gunnar Kristinsson
- Eyal Golan – Eyal Biton
- Ernest Gold – Ernst Sigmund Goldner
- Whoopi Goldberg – Caryn Elaine Johnson
- Samuel Goldwyn – Schmuel (or Szmuel) Gelbfisz (later known briefly as Samuel Goldfish)
- C. Henry Gordon – Henry Racke
- Don Gordon – Donald Walter Guadagno
- Ruth Gordon – Ruth Gordon Jones
- Charles Gordone – Charles Edward Fleming
- Lesley Gore – Lesley Sue Goldstein
- Nick Gore (a.k.a. Kalma) – Niko Hurme
- Mel Gorham – Marilyn Schnaer
- Gorilla Monsoon – Robert James Marella
- Eydie Gormé – Edith Garmezano (per census records) or Edith Gormezano (most biographies)
- Rita Gorr – Marguerite Geirnaert
- Irv Gotti – Irving Lorenzo
- Jetta Goudal – Juliette Henriette Goudeket
- Paulo Goulart – Paulo Afonso Miessa
- Elliott Gould – Elliot Goldstein
- Harold Gould – Harold Goldstein
- Chantal Goya – Chantal de Guerre
- Armando Goyena – Jose Revilla
- Leslie Grace – Leslie Grace Martínez
- Maggie Grace – Margaret Grace Denig
- Bill Graham – Wulf Wolodia Grajonca
- Superstar Billy Graham – Eldridge Wayne Coleman
- Eve Graham – Evelyn May Beatson
- T. Max Graham – Neil Graham Moran
- Gloria Grahame – Gloria Grahame Hallward
- Margot Grahame – Margaret Clark
- Lou Gramm – Louis Grammatico
- Gran Apache – Mario Balbuena González
- Grand Puba – Maxwell Dixon
- Stewart Granger – James Lablache Stewart
- Cary Grant – Archibald Alexander Leach
- Faye Grant – Faye Elizabeth Yoe
- Gogi Grant – Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg
- Kathryn Grant – Olive Kathryn Grandstaff
- Kirby Grant – Kirby Grant Hoon Jr.
- Lee Grant – Lyova Haskell Rosenthal
- Rachel Grant – Rachel Louise Grant DeLongueuil
- Richard E. Grant – Richard Grant Esterhuysen
- Shauna Grant – Colleen Marie Applegate
- Shelby Grant – Brenda Thompson
- Don Grashey – Dominic Michael Guarasci
- Steve Gravers – Solomon Gottlieb
- Michale Graves – Michael Emanuel
- Peter Graves – Peter Duesler Aurness
- Ralph Graves – Ralph Horsburgh
- Beatrice Gray – Bertrice Alice Kimbrough
- Coleen Gray – Doris Bernice Jensen
- Dobie Gray (akas: Leonard Ainsworth, Larry Curtis, Larry Dennis) – Lawrence Darrow Brown
- Dolores Gray – Dolores Stein
- Dorian Gray (Italian actress) – Maria Luisa Mangini
- Dulcie Gray – Dulcie Winifred Catherine Bailey
- Gilda Gray – Marianna Michalska
- Jason Gray (musician) – Jason Jeffrey Gay
- Jerry Gray (arranger) – Generoso Graziano
- Macy Gray – Natalie Renee McIntyre
- Sally Gray – Constance Vera Stevens
- Ugly Dave Gray – Graham David Taylor
- Vivean Gray – Jean Vivra Gray
- Great Khali – Dalip Singh Rana
- Great Muta – Keiji Mutoh
- Green Gartside – Paul Julian Strohmeyer
- Perlita Greco – Alfonsina Grecco Constantini
- Cee Lo Green (a.k.a. Cee-Lo) – Thomas DeCarlo Callaway
- Dan Green (voice actor) – James Hadley Snyder
- Mitzi Green – Elizabeth Keno
- Shecky Greene – Fred Sheldon Greenfield
- Judy Greer – Judith Therese Evans
- Greg K. – Gregory David Kriesel
- Julie Gregg – Beverly Scalzo
- Anne Grey – Aileen Stephen Ewing
- Gloria Grey – Marie Draga
- Joel Grey – Joel David Katz
- Lita Grey – Lillita Louise MacMurray
- Nan Grey – Eschal Loleet Grey Miller
- Olga Grey – Anna Zacsek
- Professor Griff – Richard Griffin
- Ethel Griffies – Ethel Woods
- Bessie Griffin – Arlette Broil
- Corinne Griffith – Corinne Mae Griffin
- Kenneth Griffith – Kenneth Reginald Griffiths
- Toula Grivas – Panayiota Grivastopoulos
- Johnny Grunge – Michael Durham
- Robert Guillaume – Robert Peter Williams
- Bonnie Guitar – Bonnie Buckingham
- Bart Gunn (akas: Mike Barton, Bodacious Bart) – Michael Polchlopek
- Guitar Guy – Brian Haner
- Aliza Gur – Alizia Gross
- Billy Guy – Frank Phillips Jr.
- Edmund Gwenn – Edmund Kellaway
- Anne Gwynne – Marguerite Gwynne Trice
- Greta Gynt – Margrethe Woxholt
H
- Alexis HK – Alexis Djoshkounian
- Buddy Hackett – Leonard Hacker
- Reed Hadley – Reed Herring
- Sid Haig – Sidney Eddy Mosesian
- Connie Haines – Yvonne Marie Antoinette JaMais
- Alan Hale Jr. – Alan Hale Mackahan
- Alan Hale Sr. – Rufus Edward Mackahan
- Creighton Hale – Patrick Fitzgerald
- Elvi Hale – Patricia Elvi Hake
- Jonathan Hale – Jonathan Hatley
- Monte Hale – Buren Ely
- Jon Hall – Charles Felix Locher (or Charles Hall Locher, varying sources)
- Monty Hall – Monte Halparin
- Ruth Hall – Ruth Gloria Blasco Ibáñez
- Neil Hallett – John W. Hallett Neil
- Johnny Hallyday – Jean-Philippe Smet
- Brett Halsey (a.k.a. Montgomery Ford) – Charles Oliver Hand
- Julie Halston – Julie Abatelli
- Gerald Hamer – Geoffrey Earl Watton
- Bobby Hamilton – Robert Caristo
- Russ Hamilton – Ronald Hulme
- MC Hammer – Stanley Kirk Burrell
- Will Hammer – William Hinds
- Kay Hammond – Dorothy Katherine Standing
- Bruce Hampton – Gustav Valentine Berglund III
- Han Ye-seul (a.k.a. Leslie Kim) – Kim Ye-Seul-Yi
- Cochin Haneefa (akas: Kochin Haneefa, Cochin Hanif, V.M.C. Hanifa, Cochin Haniffa, and Hanifa Kochin) – Salim Ahmed Ghoush
- Roger Hanin – Roger Lévy
- Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf – Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.
- Colin Hanks – Colin Lewes Dillingham (surname was later changed legally)
- Laurence Hanray – Lawrence Henry Jacobs
- Setsuko Hara – Masae Aida
- Max Hardcore – Paul Little
- Theodore Hardeen – Weisz Ferenc Dezső (sometimes written as Ferencz Dezso Weisz)
- Ty Hardin – Orison Whipple Hungerford Jr.
- Ann Harding – Dorothy Walton Gatley
- Sarah Harding – Sarah Nicole Hardman
- Hardwell – Robbert van de Corput
- Sir John Hare – John Fairs
- Steve Harley – Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice
- Renny Harlin – Lauri Mauritz Harjola
- Larry Harmon – Lawrence Weiss
- Charlie Harper (singer) – David Charles Perez
- Luke Harper (a.k.a. Brodie Lee) – Jon Huber
- Slim Harpo – James Isaac Moore
- Calvin Harris – Adam Richard Wiles
- Jonathan Harris – Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin
- Marcia Harris – Lena Hill
- Marion Harris – Mary Ellen Harrison
- Robert H. Harris – Robert H. Hurwitz
- Ralf Harolde – Ralph Harold Wigger
- Bobby Hart – Robert Luke Harshman
- Mary Hart – Mary Johanna Harum
- Mickey Hart – Michael Steven Hartman
- Susan Hart – Susan Neidhart
- Dee Hartford – Donna Higgins
- Eden Hartford – Edna Marie Higgins
- Nina Hartley – Marie Louise Hartman
- Sumi Haru (a.k.a. Sumi Sevilla Haru) – Mildred Sevilla
- John Harvey – John Harvey Johnson Jr.
- Laurence Harvey – Laruschka Mischa Skikne
- Muhammad Hassan (a.k.a. Mark Magnus) – Mark Copani
- James Haven – James Haven Voight
- June Haver – Beverly Jane Stovenour
- June Havoc – Ellen Hovick
- Davey Havok – David Passaro; later known as David Marchand
- Jeremy Hawk – Cedric Lange
- Nick Hawk – Nicholas Haas
- John Hawkes – John Marvin Perkins
- Michael Hawkins (sometimes known as Michael Gainsborough) – Thomas Knight Slater
- Tony Hawks – Antony Gordon Hawksworth
- Peggy Hayama – Shigeko Mori
- Melissa Hayden – Mildred Herman
- Julie Haydon – Donella Donaldson
- Helen Hayes – Helen Hayes Brown
- Margaret Hayes (akas: Dana Dale, Dana Edwards) – Florette Regina Ottenheimer
- Peter Lind Hayes – Joseph Conrad Lind
- Johnny Haymer – Haymer Lionel Flieg
- Roberta Haynes – Roberta Arline Schack
- Giant Haystacks – Martin Ruane
- Susan Hayward – Edythe Marrenner
- Thomas Hayward (tenor) – Thomas Albert Tibbett
- Hy Hazell – Hyacinth Hazel Higgins
- Johnny Hazzard – Frank Valenti
- Ted Healy – Earnest Lea Nash (some sources cite Ernest Lee Nash)
- Ann Hearn – Ann Neel Simons
- Rick Hearst – Richard Charles Herbst
- The Reverend Horton Heat – Jim Heath
- Erin Heatherton – Erin Heather Bubley
- Heffron Drive – Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt
- Helen (actress) – Helen Jairag Richardson
- Brian Helicopter – Gareth Holder
- Richard Hell – Richard Lester Meyers
- Brigitte Helm – Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm
- Buck Henry – Henry Zuckerman
- Gloria Henry – Gloria McEniry
- Pat Henry (comedian) – Patrick Henry Scarnato
- Thomas Henty – Thomas John Cooper
- Audrey Hepburn – Audrey Kathleen Ruston
- Holmes Herbert – Horace Edward Jenner
- John Herbert – John Herbert Buckup
- Corinne Hermès – Corinne Miller
- Leonard Hermes – Cirio Santiago
- Chris Hero – Christopher Spradlin
- Roy Herrick – Roy Herring
- Herrmann the Great (a.k.a. The Great Herrmann) – Alexander Herrmann
- Barbara Hershey – Barbara Lynn Herzstein
- Hanna Hertelendy (a.k.a. Hanna Landy) – Ilona Zimka
- Irene Hervey – Beulah Irene Herwick
- Sherrie Hewson – Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson
- Anne Heywood – Violet Joan Pretty
- hide – Hideto Matsumoto
- Hijo del Santo – Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez
- Hildegarde – Hildegarde Loretta Sell
- Craig Hill – Craig Hill Fowler
- Harry Hill – Matthew Keith Hall
- Jonah Hill – Jonah Hill Feldstein
- Steven Hill – Solomon Krakovsky
- Thelma Hill – Thelma Floy Hillerman
- Ronnie Hilton – Adrian Hill
- Hip Hop Pantsula (akas: HHP, Jabba) – Jabulani Tsambo
- Fred Ho – Fred Wei-han Houn
- Rose Hobart – Rose Kefer
- Dennis Hoey – Samuel David Hyams
- Brooke Hogan – Brooke Ellen Bollea
- Hulk Hogan – Terry Gene Bollea
- Nick Hogan – Nicholas Allen Bollea
- Fay Holden (a.k.a. Gaby Fay) – Dorothy Fay Hammerton
- Joyce Holden – Jo Ann Heckert
- Stanley Holden – Stanley Herbert Waller
- William Holden – William Franklin Beedle, Jr.
- Billie Holiday – Eleanora Fagan
- Hope Holiday – Hope Jane Zee
- Tony Holiday – Rolf Peter Knigge
- Deidre Holland – Martine Helene Smit
- Diane Holland – June Diane Neeltje
- Xaviera Hollander – Vera de Vries
- Judy Holliday – Judith Tuvim
- Frigyes Hollósi – Frigyes Weininger
- Hanya Holm – Johanna Eckert
- Sir Ian Holm – Ian Holm Cuthbert
- Libby Holman – Elizabeth Lloyd Holzman
- John Holmes – John Curtis Estes
- Rupert Holmes – David Goldstein
- Stuart Holmes (a.k.a. Stewart Holmes) – Joseph Liebchen
- Georgia Holt – Jackie Jean Crouch
- Sandrine Holt – Sandrine Ho
- Homer and Jethro – Henry D. Haynes and Kenneth C. Burns
- Nancy Honeytree – Nancy Henigbaum
- The Honky Tonk Man – Roy Wayne Farris
- Peter Hook – Peter Woodhead
- Linda Hopkins – Melinda Helen Mathews
- Haché Horchatta – Patrick Aaron Hodgkins
- Hornswoggle – Dylan Postl
- Robert Hossein – Robert Hosseinoff
- Harry Houdini – Erik Ivan Weisz
- Rufus Hound – Robert James Blair Simpson
- House Man – Theryl DeClouet
- Tim Howar – Timothy Michael Hawryluk
- Curly Howard – Jerome Lester Horwitz
- Jean Howard – Ernestine Mahoney
- John Howard – John Richard Cox, Jr.
- Leslie Howard – Leslie Howard Stainer
- Moe Howard – Moses Horwitz
- Rance Howard – Harold Rance Beckenholdt
- Shemp Howard – Samuel Horwitz
- Susan Howard – Jeri Lynn Mooney
- James Wong Howe – Wong Tung Jim
- Howlin' Wolf – Chester Arthur Burnett
- John Hoyt – John McArthur Hoysradt
- Harold Huber – Harold Joseph Huberman
- Rock Hudson – Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. (later known as Roy Fitzgerald, his stepfather's surname)
- Jack Hues – Jeremy Allan Ryder
- Kathleen Hughes – Elizabeth Margaret von Gerkan
- Hümeyra – Hümeyra Akbay
- Engelbert Humperdinck – Arnold George Dorsey
- Oliver Humperdink – John Sutton
- Sammo Hung – Hung Kam-po
- Jeffrey Hunter – Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr.
- Kim Hunter – Janet Cole
- Tab Hunter – Arthur Andrew Kelm
- Al Hurricane – Alberto Nelson Sanchez
- Zakir Hussain (musician) – Zakir Hussain Qureshi
- Will Hutchins – Marshall Lowell Hutchason
- Betty Hutton – Elizabeth June Thornburg
- Ina Ray Hutton – Odessa Cowan
- Marion Hutton – Marion Thornburg
- Craig Huxley – Craig Hundley
- Paul Hyde – Paul Reginald Nelson
- Diana Hyland – Diana (or Diane) Gentner
I
- I Blame Coco – Eliot Paulina Sumner
- David Ian – David Ian Lane
- Janis Ian – Janis Eddy Fink
- Ice Cube – O'Shea Jackson
- Ice Dale – Arve Isdal
- Ice-T – Tracy Marrow
- ICS Vortex – Simen Hestnæs
- Ida Maria – Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen
- Billy Idol – William Michael Albert Broad
- Pola Illéry – Paula Iliescu
- Margaret Illington – Maude Light
- Chanel Iman – Chanel Iman Robinson
- Marty Ingels – Martin Ingerman
- Jørgen Ingmann – Jørgen Ingmann Pedersen
- Rex Ingram – Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock
- Tomoko Ino – Rena Murakami
- Jena Irene – Jena Irene Asciutto
- Tippa Irie – Anthony Henry
- Iron Eyes Cody (akas: Tony de Corti, Tony Cody, the Crying Indian) – Espera Oscar de Corti
- The Iron Sheik – Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri
- George S. Irving – Irving Shelasky
- Jules Irving – Julius Israel
- Sir Henry Irving – John Henry Brodribb
- May Irwin – Georgina May Campbell
- Oscar Isaac – Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada
- Margarita Isabel – Margarita Isabel Morales y González
- Dick Israel – Ricardo Vizcarra Michaca
- Maria Ivogün – Ilse Kempner
- Ivy Queen – Martha Ivelisse Pesante
J
- LL Cool J – James Todd Smith
- David J – David Haskins
- Jessie J – Jessica Ellen Cornish
- J. Cole – Jermaine Lamarr Cole
- Tony Jaa – Panom Yeerum
- The Jacka – Dominic Newton
- Ezekiel Jackson (a.k.a. Big Ryck) – Rycklon Stephens
- Felix Jackson – Felix Joachimson
- Lou Jacobi – Louis Harold Jacobovitch
- Billy Jacoby (a.k.a. Billy Jayne) – William Jayne
- Luke Jacobz – Luke Jacob Ashwood
- Claude Jade – Claude Marcelle Jorré
- Bobby Jaggers (a.k.a. Bobby Mayne) – Robert F. Jeaudoin
- Jah Wobble – John Joseph Wardle
- Noor Jahan (akas: Baby Noor Jahan; NoorJahan; Noor Jehan) – Allah Wasai
- Anthony James – James Anthony
- Art James – Arthur Simeonovich Efimchick
- Boney James – James Oppenheim
- Brian James – Brian Robertson
- Dennis James – Demie James Sposa
- Duncan James – Duncan Matthew James Inglis
- Elmore James (akas: Cleanhead; Joe Willie James) – Elmore Brooks
- Etta James – Jamesetta Hawkins
- Gordon James – Sydney Lynn
- Joni James – Joan Carmella Babbo
- Josh James (singer) – Josh James Dubovie (or James Dubovie)
- Kevin James – Kevin George Knipfing
- Lily James – Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson
- Markus James – Markus James Klepaski
- Rick James – James Ambrose Johnson
- Robert James – Robert James McAllister
- Sid James – Solomon Joel Cohen
- Sonny James – James Loden
- Theo James – Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis
- Jenna Jameson – Jennifer Marie Massoli
- Thomas Jane – Thomas Elliott III
- Conrad Janis – Conrad Janowitz
- Dorothy Janis – Dorothy Penelope Jones
- Elsie Janis – Elsie Bierbower (some sources indicate Elsie Beerbower)
- Marie Jansen – Harriet Mary Johnson
- Steve Jansen – Stephen Batt
- David Janssen – David Harold Meyer
- Anna Jantar – Anna Maria Szmeterling
- Japanese Tommy – Thomas Dilward
- Paul Jarrico – Israel Shapiro
- Frank Jarvis – John Francis Train
- Sir David Jason – David John White
- Rick Jason – Richard Jacobson
- Sybil Jason (a.k.a. Sybil Stewart) – Sybil Jacobson
- Jam Master Jay – Jason Mizell
- Jay Sean – Kamaljit Singh Jhooti
- Shuba Jay (a.k.a. Shuba Jaya) – Shubashini Jeyaratnam
- Courtney Jaye – Courtney Jaye Goldberg
- Jennifer Jayne – Jennifer Jones
- Michael Jayston – Michael James
- Jay-Z – Shawn Corey Carter
- Jazze Pha – Phalon Anton Alexander
- Jazzy B – Jaswinder Singh Bains
- Jazzy Jeff – Jeffrey Townes
- JB Smoove – Jerry Brooks
- Gloria Jean – Gloria Jean Schoonover
- Jim Jefferies (a.k.a. Jim Jeffries) – Geoffrey James Nugent
- Fran Jeffries – Frances Ann Makris
- Richard Jeni – Richard John Colangelo
- Allen Jenkins – Alfred McGonegal
- Claudia Jennings – Mary Eileen Chesterton
- Ron Jeremy – Ronald Jeremy Hyatt
- Chris Jericho – Christopher Keith Irvine
- Michael Jerome – Michael Jerome Moore
- Paul Jerricho – Paul Graham Coulthard
- Paul Jesson - Paul George Jackson
- Joan Jett – Joan Marie Larkin
- Ann Jillian – Ann Jura Nauseda
- Joyce Jillson – Joyce Twichell
- Jim Bob – James Robert Morrison
- Jimmy The Robot – James Briggs
- Phil Joel – Philip Joel Urry
- Alain Johannes – Alain Johannes Moschulski
- John 5 – John Lowery
- Sir Elton John – Reginald Kenneth Dwight (name legally changed to Elton Hercules John on September 2, 1972[81])
- Rosamund John – Nora Rosamund Jones
- Milton Johns – John Robert Milton
- Wilko Johnson – John Peter Wilkinson
- Freedy Johnston – Fred Fatzer
- Angelina Jolie – Angelina Jolie Voight (name legally changed)
- Pete Jolly – Peter Ceragioli, Jr.
- Jon B. – Jonathan David Buck
- Lil Jon – Jonathan Smith
- Buck Jones – Charles Frederick Gebhart
- Chloe Jones – Melinda Dee Taylor
- Delme Bryn-Jones – Delme Jones
- Grace Jones – Grace Mendoza
- Jennifer Jones – Phylis Lee Isley
- Jenny Jones – Janina Stranski
- John Paul Jones (musician) – John Richard Baldwin
- Kacey Jones – Gail Zeiler
- L. Q. Jones – Justice Ellis McQueen Jr.
- Paul Jones (singer) – Paul Pond
- Samantha Jones – Jean Owen
- Sir Tom Jones – Thomas John Woodward
- Spike Jonze – Adam Spiegel
- Jordan – Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield
- Angelina Jordan – Angelina Jordan Astar
- Clifford Jordan – George William Jorgensen Jr.
- Jason Jordan – Nathan Everhart
- Ronny Jordan – Ronald Laurence Albert Simpson
- José José – José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz
- Paulo José – Paulo José Gómez de Sousa
- Angela Josephine – Angela Louis
- Darwin Joston (sometimes credited as Darwin Jostin) – Francis Darwin Solomon
- Jacqueline Joubert – Jacqueline Annette Édith Pierre
- Journalist – Rafiek George
- Jowell & Randy – Joel A. Muñoz Martínez & Randy Acevedo Ortiz
- Leatrice Joy – Leatrice Johanna Zeidler
- Vance Joy – James Gabriel Keogh
- Brenda Joyce – Betty Graftina Leabo
- Elaine Joyce – Elaine Joyce Pinchot
- Ella Joyce – Cherron Hoye
- Yootha Joyce – Yootha Joyce Needham
- Naomi Judd – Diana Ellen Judd
- Janet Julian – Janet Louise Johnson
- Juliette (Canadian singer) – Juliette Augustina Cavazzi
- Julio Angel – Julio Manuel Acevedo Lanuza
- Julissa – Julissa de Llano Macedo
- Miranda July – Miranda Jennifer Grossinger
- Shia Jung – Toshia Ichioka
- Júnior (Filipino singer) – Antonio Barretto Morales
- Junkyard Dog – Sylvester Ritter
- Jussi 69 – Jussi Heikki Tapio Vuori
- Just-Ice – Joseph Williams, Jr.
- Samantha Juste – Sandra Slater
- John Justin – John Justinian de Ledesma
- Juvenile – Terius Gray
K
- Tracey K – Tracey Kelliher
- Ernie K-Doe – Ernest Kador, Jr.
- Yaki Kadafi – Yafeu Akiyele Fula
- Takeshi Kaga – Katsuta Shigekatsu
- Carole Kai – Carole Shimizu
- Musa Kaleem – Orlando Wright
- Mindy Kaling – Vera Mindy Chokalingam
- Kitty Kallen – Katherine Kalinsky
- Hemmo Kallio – Herman Puttonen
- Ini Kamoze – Cecil Campbell
- Sean Kanan – Sean Perelman
- Big Daddy Kane – Antonio Harding
- Fred Kaps – Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers
- James Karen – James Karnufsky
- Tzeni Karezi (a.k.a. Jenny Karezi) – Evgenia Karpouzi
- Maya Karin – Maya Karin Roelcke
- Rita Karin – Rita Karpinowicz
- Anna Karina – Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer
- Olga Karlatos – Olga Vlassopulos
- John Karlen – John Adam Karlewicz
- Miriam Karlin – Miriam Samuels
- Boris Karloff – William Henry Pratt
- Mick Karn – Andonis Michaelides
- Richard Karn – Richard Karn Wilson
- Fred Karno – Frederick John Westcott
- Mariana Karr – María Elena Coppola González
- Vasilis Karras – Vasilis Kesoglidis
- Vybz Kartel – Adidja Azim Palmer
- Shizuko Kasagi – Shizuko Kamei
- Anna Kashfi – Johanna O'Callaghan
- Philippe Katerine – Philippe Blanchard
- Katherine Kath – Rose Marie Nelly Faess
- Shintaro Katsu – Toshio Okumura
- Beatrice Kay (akas: Honey Kuper, Honey Day) – Hannah Beatrice Kuper
- Charles Kay – Charles Piff
- Connie Kay – Conrad Henry Kirnon
- Crystal Kay (a.k.a. Kuri(-chan), CK) – Crystal Kay Williams
- John Kay – Joachim Fritz Krauledat
- Lesli Kay (akas: Lesli Kay Coulouris; Lesli Kay Sterling) – Lesli Kay Pushkin
- Celia Kaye – Celia Kay Burkholder
- Danny Kaye (a.k.a. Danny Kolbin) – David Daniel Kaminsky
- Sammy Kaye – Samuel Zarnocay
- Stubby Kaye – Bernard Kotzin
- Thorsten Kaye – Thorsten Ernst Kieselbach
- Elia Kazan – Elias Kazanjoglou
- Lainie Kazan – Lainie Levine
- Staci Keanan – Anastasia Sagorsky
- Michael Keaton – Michael John Douglas
- Keb' Mo' – Kevin Roosevelt Moore
- Tom Keene (actor) – George Duryea
- Andrew Keir – Andrew Buggy
- Donald Keith – Francis Feeney
- Ian Keith – Keith Ross
- Dame Penelope Keith – Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield
- Richard Keith (actor) – Keith Thibodeaux
- Robert Keith – Rolland Keith Richey
- Toby Keith – Toby Keith Covel
- Keri Kelli – Kenneth Fear Jr.
- Roy Kellino – Philip Roy Gislingham
- W. P. Kellino – William Philip Gislingham
- Angel Kelly – Pamela Moore
- Grace Kelly (musician) – Grace Chung
- Jonathan Kelly – Jonathan Ledingham
- Kelly Kelly – Barbara Jean Blank
- "Shotgun" Tom Kelly (a.k.a. Bobby "Shotgun" McAllister) – Thomas Joseph Irwin
- Jackie Kelso – John Joseph Kelson Jr.
- Ed Kemmer – Edward William Kemmerer
- William Hunter Kendal (or W. H. Kendal) – William Hunter Grimston
- Marie Kendall – Mary Ann Florence Holyome
- Tony Kendall – Luciano Stella
- Kendrick Lamar – Kendrick Duckworth
- Emma Kennedy – Elizabeth Emma Williams
- Kevin Kennedy – Kevin Patrick Williams
- Merna Kennedy – Maude Kahler
- Mr. Kennedy (a.k.a. "Mr. Anderson") – Kenneth Anderson
- Tom Kennedy – James Edward Narz
- Allegra Kent – Iris Margo Cohen
- Jean Kent (a.k.a. Jean Carr) – Joan Mildred Summerfield
- Paul Kent (actor) – Paul Inglese
- Paula Kent – Paula Jane Baer
- Annette Kerr – Catherine Annette Kerr Peacock
- Margaret Kerry – Peggy Lynch
- Norman Kerry – Arnold Kaiser
- cEvin Key – Kevin William Crompton
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh – Crystal Walker
- Alicia Keys – Alicia Augello Cook
- Wiz Khalifa – Cameron Jibril Thomaz
- Chaka Khan – Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
- Cynthia Khan – Yang Li-Tsing
- Junaid Khan – Junaid Khan Niazi
- Kid Chocolate – Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo
- Kid Creole – August Darnell
- Kid Ink – Brian Todd Collins
- Kid Rock – Robert Ritchie
- Johnny Kidd (singer) – Frederick Albert Heath
- Michael Kidd – Milton Greenwald
- Udo Kier – Udo Kierspe
- Killa Kela – Lee Potter
- Killer Mike – Michael Render
- Natalia Kills (akas: Natalia Cappuccini, Natalia Noemi Cappuccini-Sinclair, Verbal, Verbalicious, Verse) – Natalia Noemi Keery-Fisher
- Andy Kim – Andrew Youakim
- Lil' Kim – Kimberly Denise Jones
- Sandra Kim – Sandra Caldarone
- Ras Kimono – Ekeleke Elumelu
- King Kester Emeneya – Jean Emeneya Mubiala Kwamambu
- Alan King – Irwin Alan Kniberg
- Albert King – Albert Nelson
- Andrea King – Georgette André Barry
- Anita King – Anna Keppen
- Ash King – Ashutosh Ganguly
- Ben E. King – Benjamin Earl Nelson
- Carole King – Carol Joan Klein
- Earl King – Earl Silas Johnson IV
- Kip King – Jerome Kattan
- Larry King – Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
- Morgana King – Maria Grazia Morgana Messina
- Pee Wee King – Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski
- Sonny King (singer) – Luigi Antonio Schiavone
- Zalman King – Zalman King Lefkowitz
- King Africa – Alan Duffy
- King Diamond – Kim Bendix Petersen
- King Kolax – William Little
- King Kong Bundy – Christopher Alan Pallies
- King Pleasure – Clarence Beeks
- Sir Ben Kingsley – Krishna Pandit Banji
- Kofi Kingston – Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah
- Natalie Kingston – Natalia Ringstrom
- Sean Kingston – Kisean Jamal Anderson
- Kathleen Kinmont – Katheen Kinmont Smith
- Klaus Kinski – Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski
- Nastassja Kinski – Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński
- Bruce Kirby – Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu
- Bruno Kirby – Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, Jr.
- Phyllis Kirk – Phyllis Kirkegaard
- Katie Kissoon – Kathleen Farthing
- Eartha Kitt – Eartha Mae Keith
- Alisha Klass – Alicia Lynn Pieri
- Harry Klynn – Vasilis Triantafillidis
- Beverley Knight – Beverley Anne Smith
- June Knight – Margaret Rose Valliquietto
- Patricia Knight – Marjorie Heintzen
- Robert Knight (musician) – Robert Peebles
- Ted Knight – Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka
- Dr. Know – Gary Wayne Miller
- Barbara Knox – Barbara Brothwood
- Elyse Knox – Elsie Lillian Kornbrath
- Nick Knox – Nicholas George Stephanoff
- Johnny Knoxville – Phillip John Clapp
- Frankie Knuckles – Francis Nicholls
- Bobby Knutt – Robert Andrew Wass
- Ruth Kobart – Ruth Maxine Kahn
- Oja Kodar – Olga Palinkaš
- Caroline Kole – Caroline Kudelko
- Ajith Kollam – Ajith Haridas
- Krzysztof Komeda – Krzysztof Trzciński
- Liliana Komorowska – Liliana Głąbczyńska
- Andrei Konchalovsky (a.k.a. Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky) – Andron Sergeyevich Mikhalkov
- Kon Artis – Denaun Porter
- Kool – Robert Bell
- Kool Keith – Keith Matthew Thornton
- Kool Moe Dee – Mohandas Dewese
- Al Kooper – Alan Peter Kuperschmidt
- Sir Alexander Korda – Sándor László Kellner
- Véra Korène – Rébecca Véra Korestzky
- Baltasar Kormákur – Baltasar Kormákur Samper
- Fritz Kortner – Fritz Nathan Kohn
- Sylva Koscina – Sylva Koskinon
- Billy J. Kramer – William Ashton
- Krayzie Bone – Anthony Henderson
- Marta Kristen – Birgit Annalisa Rusanen
- Liv Kristine – Liv Kristine Espenæs
- Chad Kroeger – Chad Robert Turton
- KRS-One – Lawrence Krisna Parker
- Diane Kruger – Diane Heidkrüger
- Ashok Kumar – Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly
- Dilip Kumar – Muhammad Yusuf Khan
- Kishore Kumar – Abhas Kumar Ganguly
- Shalini Kumar (a.k.a. Shalini Ajith) – Shalini Babu
- Susumu Kurobe (a.k.a. Susume Kurobe) – Takashi Yoshimoto
- Stanley Kwan – Jinpang Guan
L
La–Lit
- Julian L'Estrange – Julian Boyle
- La Desideria – Ana González Olea
- La Esterella – Esther Lambrechts
- La Goulue – Louise Weber
- La Jana – Henriette Margareta Niederauer (later legitimised as Henriette Margareta Hiebel)
- La Sylphe – Edythe Lambelle
- Patti LaBelle – Patricia Louise Holte
- Art Laboe – Arthur Egnoian
- Simon Lack – Alexander MacAlpine
- Steve Lacy – Steven Norman Lackritz
- Diane Ladd – Rose Diane Ladner
- Lady Gaga – Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
- Lady Saw – Marion Hall
- Lady Sovereign – Louise Amanda Harman
- Bert Lahr – Irving Lahrheim
- Leon Lai (a.k.a. Leon Lai-ming) – Lai Chit
- Chasey Lain – Tiffany Anne Jones
- Dame Cleo Laine – Clementine Dinah Bullock (later Clementina Dinah Campbell)
- Frankie Laine – Francesco Paolo LoVecchio
- Jenny Laird – Phyllis Edith Mary Blythe
- Arthur Lake – Arthur Silverlake
- Florence Lake – Florence Silverlake
- Veronica Lake – Constance Frances Marie Ockleman (later known as Connie Keane, her stepfather's surname)
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha – Maheshwari Amma
- Kendrick Lamar – Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
- Barbara La Marr – Reatha Dale Watson
- Hedy Lamarr – Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
- Mark Lambert (American actor) – Mark Robert Luebke
- Peter Land – Peter Oliver White
- David Lander – David Landau
- Audrey Landers – Audrey Hamburg
- Judy Landers – Judith Hamburg
- Carole Landis – Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
- Michael Landon – Eugene Michael Orowitz (or Eugene Maurice Orowitz, varying sources)
- Abbe Lane – Abigail Francine Lassman
- Allan Lane (a.k.a. Rocky Lane) – Harry Leonard Albershardt
- Charles Lane – Charles Gerstle Levison
- Jani Lane – John Kennedy Oswald (later changed to John Patrick Oswald)
- Jocelyn Lane – Jocelyn Bolton
- Leota Lane – Leotabel Mullican
- Lola Lane – Dorothy Mullican
- Lupino Lane – Henry William George Lupino
- Nathan Lane – Joseph Lane
- Priscilla Lane – Priscilla Mullican
- Rosemary Lane – Rosemary Mullican
- Sunny Lane – Holly Hodges
- Eddie Lang – Salvatore Massaro
- Howard Lang – Donald Yarranton
- Jonny Lang – Jon Gordon Langseth Jr.
- June Lang – Winifred June Vlasek
- Sue Ane Langdon – Sue Lookhoff
- Susan Lanier (a.k.a. Susan Lanier-Bramlett) – Susan Jean Engledow
- Joi Lansing – Joyce Rae Brown
- Robert Lansing – Robert Howell Brown
- Sherry Lansing – Sherry Lee Heimann
- Snooky Lanson – Roy Landman
- Alexandra Lara – Alexandra Maria Plătăreanu
- Catherine Lara – Catherine Bodet
- Odete Lara – Odete Righi Bertoluzzi
- Laraaji – Edward Larry Gordon
- Alexis Laree – Michaela Laree James
- Eddie Large – Edward Hugh McGinnis
- Chris Larkin – Christopher Stephens
- Rita La Roy – Ina La Roi Stuart
- Keith Larsen – Keith Eric Burt
- Wolf Larson – Wolfgang von Wyszecki
- Larry the Cable Guy – Daniel Lawrence Whitney
- Jack La Rue – Gaspere Biondolillo
- Denise LaSalle (akas: Denise Craig, Denise Jones) – Ora Denise Allen
- Zoe Laskari – Zoe Kouroukli (some sources cite Zoe Kourouklis)
- Barbara Lass – Barbara Kwiatkowska
- Yusef Abdul Lateef – William Emanuel Huddleston
- Queen Latifah – Dana Elaine Owens
- Stan Laurel – Arthur Stanley Jefferson
- Dyanna Lauren (akas: Diana Lauren, Dyanna Lawson, Dyanna Whyte, Diana White, Dyanna Gray) – Diane Hurley
- Paul Laurence – Paul Lawrence Jones III
- Rose Laurens (a.k.a. Rose Merryl) – Rose Podwojny
- Piper Laurie – Rosetta Jacobs
- Ève Lavallière – Eugénie Marie Pascaline Fenoglio
- Lea Laven (a.k.a. Lea Forssell) – Lea Luukinen
- Daliah Lavi – Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch)
- John-Paul Lavoisier – John Paul Seponski
- Peter Lawford – Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen
- Blackie Lawless – Steven Edward Duren
- Lawrence – Lawrence Hayward
- Carol Lawrence – Carol Maria Laraia
- Eddie Lawrence – Lawrence Eisler
- Gertrude Lawrence – Gertrude Alice Dagmar Klasen
- Jay Lawrence (actor) – Jay Storch
- Joey Lawrence – Joseph Lawrence Mignona, Jr.
- Steve Lawrence – Sidney Liebowitz
- Vicki Lawrence – Vicki Ann Axelrad
- Priscilla Lawson – Priscilla Shortridge
- Dorothy Layton – Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch
- George Layton – George Lowy
- Layzie Bone – Steven Howse
- Barbara Lea – Barbara LeCoq
- Nicholas Lea – Nicholas Christopher Herbert
- Lead Belly (a.k.a. Leadbelly) – Huddie William Ledbetter
- Rachelle Leah – Rachelle Leah San Filippo
- Leo Leandros (aka Mario Panas) – Leandros Papathanasiou
- Vicky Leandros – Vassiliki Papathanasiou
- Ginette Leclerc – Geneviève Lucie Menut
- Inda Ledesma – Margarita Rodríguez
- Valentin le désossé – Jacques Renaudin
- AJ Lee – April Jeanette Mendez
- Amos Lee – Ryan Anthony Massaro
- Anna Lee – Joan Boniface Winnifrith
- Brenda Lee – Brenda Mae Tarpley
- Bruce Lee – Lee Jun-fan
- Dixie Lee – Wilma Winifred Wyatt
- Dorothy Lee (actress) – Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap
- Frances Lee – Merna (or Myrna) Tibbetts
- Geddy Lee – Gary Lee Weinrib
- Georgia Lee – Dulcie Rama Pitt
- Gwen Lee – Gwendolyn Lepinski
- Gypsy Rose Lee – Rose Louise Hovick
- Hyapatia Lee – Victoria Lynch (or Vicki Lynch)
- Lila Lee – Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel
- Madeline Lee (akas: Madeline Lee Gilford, Madeline Gilford) – Madeline Lederman
- Mary Lee – Mary Lee Wooters
- Michele Lee – Michele Lee Dusick
- Peggy Lee – Norma Delores Egstrom
- Pinky Lee – Pincus Leff
- Rita Lee – Rita Lee Jones (also known as Rita Lee Jones Carvalho)
- Ruta Lee – Ruta Mary Kilmonis
- St. Clair Lee – Bernard Henderson
- Stan Lee – Stanley Martin Lieber
- Tommy Lee – Thomas Lee Bass
- Andrea Leeds – Antoinette Lees
- Lila Leeds – Lila Lee Wilkinson
- John Leeson – John Francis Christopher Ducker
- Left Eye – Lisa Nicole Lopes
- John Legend – John Stephens
- Mirtha Legrand – Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez
- Silvia Legrand – María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez
- Val Lehman – Valerie Kathleen Willis
- Chyler Leigh – Chyler Leigh Potts
- Dorian Leigh – Dorian Leigh Parker
- Janet Leigh – Jeanette Helen Morrison
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – Jennifer Leigh Morrow
- Megan Leigh – Michelle Maira Schei
- Mitch Leigh – Irwin Michnick
- Suzanna Leigh – Sandra Eileen Anne Smith
- Jan Leighton – Milton Lichtman
- Lillian Leitzel – Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan
- Marcelle Lender – Anne-Marie Marcelle Bastien
- Dan Leno – George Wild Galvin
- Rula Lenska – Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska
- Lotte Lenya – Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer
- Jack E. Leonard – Leonard Lebitsky
- Queenie Leonard – Pearl Walker
- Sheldon Leonard – Leonard Sheldon Bershad
- Téa Leoni – Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni
- Amy Leslie – Lillian West
- Joan Leslie – Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel
- John Leslie (director) (akas: John Leslie Dupre, Frederick Watson, and Lenny Lovely) – John Leslie Nuzzo
- Ketty Lester – Revoyda Frierson
- Mark Lester – Mark Letzer
- Jay Lethal – Jamar Shipman
- Gigi Leung – Leung Bik-zi (later changed to Leung Wing-kei)
- John Levene – John Anthony Woods
- Johnny Lever – John Prakash Rao Janumala
- Samantha Lewes – Susan Jane Dillingham
- Al Lewis – Albert Meister
- Ed "Strangler" Lewis – Robert Herman Julius Friedrich
- Gary Lewis (actor) – Gary Stevenson
- Gary Lewis (musician) – Gary Harold Lee Levitch
- Huey Lewis – Hugh Anthony Cregg III
- Jerry Lewis – Jerome Levitch (not "Joseph Levitch" as some sources have indicated)
- Joe E. Lewis – Joseph Klewan
- Mel Lewis – Melvin Sokoloff
- Robert Q. Lewis – Robert Goldberg
- Shari Lewis – Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz
- Smiley Lewis – Overton Amos Lemons
- Ted Lewis – Theodore Leopold Friedman
- Val Lewton – Vladimir Ivan Leventon (also known briefly as Carlos Keith)
- Jet Li – Li Lian Jie/Li Lianjie
- Lykke Li – Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson
- Mr. Lif – Jeffrey Haynes
- Alex Lifeson – Aleksandar Živojinović
- Judith Light – Judith Ellen Licht
- Winnie Lightner – Winifred Reeves
- Lil' Chris – Christopher James Hardman
- Lil' Kim – Kimberly Jones
- Lil Mama – Niatia Jessica Kirkland
- Lil Peep – Gustav Åhr
- Lil' Romeo (a.k.a. Romeo) – Percy Romeo Miller, Jr.
- Lil' Wayne – Dwanye Carter
- Lil Wyte – Patrick Lanshaw
- Lil Xan - Diego Leanos
- Lil Yachty – Miles Parks McCollum
- Lill-Babs – Barbro Margareta Svensson
- Bjarne Liller – Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen
- Rickey Lime (a.k.a. Rickey Goodling) – Anna Goodling
- Abbey Lincoln – Anna Marie Wooldridge
- Andrew Lincoln – Andrew James Clutterbuck
- Elmo Lincoln – Otto Elmo Linkenhelt
- Henry Lincoln – Henry Soskin
- Pamela Lincoln – Pamela Gill
- Anita Linda – Alice Lake
- Hal Linden – Harold Lipschitz
- Max Linder – Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle
- Howard Lindsay – Herman Nelke
- Margaret Lindsay – Margaret Kies
- Robert Lindsay – Robert Lindsay Stevenson
- Lisa Lisa – Lisa Velez
- Lisa M. – Marlisa Marrero Vázquez
- Virna Lisi – Virna Lisa Pieralisi
- Lita – Amy Dumas
- Ann Little – Mary Brooks
- Jack Little (a.k.a. Little Jack Little) – John Leonard
- Lord Littlebrook – Eric Tovey
- Eddie Little Sky – Edsel Wallace Little
- Little Tony (singer) – Antonio Ciacci
Liv–Lz
- Little Walter – Marion Walter Jacobs
- Félia Litvinne – Françoise-Jeanne Schütz
- Larry Livermore – Lawrence Hayes
- Bunny Livingston (a.k.a. Bunny Wailer) – Neville O'Riley Livingston
- Jay Livingston – Jacob Harold Levinson
- Mary Livingstone – Sadie Marcowitz
- Olivia Anna Livki – Olivia Anna Schnitzler
- Emma Livry – Jeanne Emma Emarot or Emma Marie Emarot (disputed)
- LL Cool J – James Todd Smith
- Kathleen Lloyd – Kathleen Gackle
- Marie Lloyd (a.k.a. Bella Delmere) – Matilda Alice Victoria Wood
- Norman Lloyd – Norman Perlmutter
- Lobo – Roland Kent Lavoie
- Josef Locke – Joseph McLaughlin
- Sondra Locke – Sandra Louise Smith
- Gary Lockwood – John Gary Yurosek
- John Loder – William John Muir Lowe
- Ella Logan – Georgina Allan
- Jimmy Logan – James Allan Short
- Johnny Logan – Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard
- Herbert Lom – Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru
- Enzo de Muro Lomanto – Vincenzo De Muro
- Carole Lombard – Jane Alice Peters
- Louise Lombard – Louise Maria Perkins
- Shawty Lo – Carlos Walker
- Alice Lon – Alice Lon Wyche
- George London (bass-baritone) – George Burnstein
- Julie London – Gayle Peck
- John Lone – Ng Kwok-leung
- Baron Longfellow (formerly known as Andy Kim) – Andrew Youakim
- Jack Lord – John Joseph Patrick Ryan
- Justine Lord – Justine Schooling
- Marjorie Lord – Marjorie Wollenberg
- Mr. Lordi – Tomi Petteri Putaansuu
- Traci Lords – Nora Louise Kuzma
- Loreen (singer) – Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui
- Sophia Loren – Sofia Villani Scicolone
- Eugene Loring – LeRoy Kerpestein
- Gloria Loring – Gloria Goff
- Teala Loring (a.k.a. Judith Gibson) – Marcia Eloise Griffin
- Marion Lorne – Marion Lorne MacDougall
- Guido Lorraine (akas: Gwidon Borucki, Guy Borucki) – Gwidon Alfred Gottlieb
- Louise Lorraine – Louise Escovar
- Chuck Lorre – Charles Michael Levine
- Peter Lorre – László Löwenstein
- Joan Lorring – Mary Madeline Ellis
- Lucille Lortel – Lucille Wadler
- Loscil – Scott Morgan
- Helmut Lotti – Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers
- Bonnie Lou – Mary Joan Kath
- Jean Louis – Jean Louis Berthault
- Justin Louis (akas: Louis Ferreira, Justin Lewis) – Luís Ferreira
- Anita Louise – Anita Louise Fremault
- Merle Louise – Merle Louise Letowt
- Tina Louise – Tina Blacker
- Louisiana Red – Iverson Minter
- Michel Louvain – Michel Poulin
- Charlie Louvin – Charles Elzer Loudermilk
- Ira Louvin – Ira Lonnie Loudermilk
- Love and Sas – Lovena Fox and Saskia Garel
- Angelina Love (a.k.a. Angel Williams) – Lauren Williams
- Bessie Love – Juanita Horton
- Courtney Love – Courtney Michelle Harrison (name later legally changed to Courtney Michelle Love)
- Darlene Love – Darlene Wright
- Faizon Love – Langston Faizon Santisima
- Mary Love – Mary Ann Allen
- Monie Love – Simone Gooden
- Lovefoxxx – Luísa Hanae Matsushita
- Linda Lovelace – Linda Susan Boreman
- Patty Loveless – Patricia Lee Ramey
- Ed Lover – James Roberts
- Lene Lovich – Lili-Marlene Premilovich
- Robert Lowery (actor) – Robert Lowery Hanks
- Myrna Loy – Myrna Adele Williams
- Antonella Lualdi – Antonietta de Pascale
- Emmanuel Lubezki – Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern
- Arthur Lucan – Arthur Towle
- Nick Lucas – Dominic Nicholas Anthony Lucanese
- Lucecita – Luz Esther Benítez
- Lucero (entertainer) – Lucero Hogaza León
- Sid Lucero – Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann
- Lucha Villa – Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano
- Luciana (entertainer) – Luciana Caporaso
- Luciano – Jepther McClymont
- Ludacris – Christopher Bridges
- Allen Ludden – Allen Packard Ellsworth
- Lex Luger – Lawrence Wendell Pfohl
- Lex Luger (record producer) – Lexus Arnel Lewis
- Bela Lugosi (a.k.a. Arisztid Olt) – Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó
- Aca Lukas – Aleksandar Vuksanović
- Keye Luke – Luk Sek Lam
- Lulu Belle and Scotty – Myrtle Eleanor Cooper and Scott Greene Wiseman
- Lydia Lunch – Lydia Koch
- Alberto Lupo – Alberto Zoboli
- Virginia Luque – Violeta Mabel Domínguez
- Lura (singer) – Maria de Lurdes Assunção Pina
- Ingrid Luterkort – Carola Ingrid Margareta Eklundh
- Lux Interior – Erick Lee Purkhiser
- Lillian Lux – Lillian Sylvia Lukashefsky
- Annabella Lwin – Myant Myant Aye
- Abe Lyman – Abraham Simon
- Dawn Lyn – Dawn Lyn Narvik
- Jacquie Lyn – Jaquelyn Dufton
- Carol Lynley – Carole Ann Jones
- Amber Lynn – Laura Allen
- Cassandra Lynn – Cassandra Lynn Jensen
- Cynthia Lynn – Zinta Valda Zimilis
- Diana Lynn – Dolores Marie Loehr
- Ginger Lynn – Ginger Lynn Allen
- Jeffrey Lynn – Ragnar Lind
- Judy Lynn – Judy Lynn Voiten
- Porsche Lynn – Lauren Pokorny
- Sharon Lynn – D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay
- Dame Vera Lynn – Vera Margaret Welch
- Carole Lynne – Helen Violet Carolyn Heyman
- Dame Gillian Lynne – Gillian Barbara Pyrke
- Gloria Lynne (a.k.a. Gloria Alleyne) – Gloria Wilson
- Natasha Lyonne – Natasha Braunstein
- Lya Lys – Natalia Lyecht
- Natasha Lytess (a.k.a. Tala Forman) – Natalia Postmann
M
Ma–Me
- Edo Maajka – Edin Osmić
- Moms Mabley – Loretta Mary Aiken
- Bernie Mac – Bernard Jeffrey McCollough
- Ewan MacColl – James Henry Miller
- Harry Macdonough – John Scantlebury Macdonald
- Moyna Macgill – Charlotte Lillian McIldowie
- Tormod MacGill-Eain – Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean
- Byron MacGregor – Gary Mack
- Cecil Mack – Richard Cecil McPherson
- Helen Mack – Helen McDougall
- Lee Mack – Lee Gordon McKillop
- Lonnie Mack – Lonnie McIntosh
- Ted Mack – William Edward Maguiness
- Willard Mack – Charles McLaughlin
- Gisèle MacKenzie – Gisèle Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFlèche
- Mary MacLaren – Mary MacDonald
- Gavin MacLeod – Allan George See
- Micheál Mac Liammhóir – Alfred Willmore
- Bill Macy – Wolf Marvin Garber
- Madchild (aka Mad Child) – Shane Bunting
- Mad Cobra – Ewart Everton Brown
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan – Nellie Crawford
- Cleo Madison – Lulu Bailey
- Guy Madison – Robert Ozell Moseley
- Holly Madison – Holly Sue Cullen
- Noel Madison – Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch
- Sarah Danielle Madison (akas: Sarah Danielle, Sarah Danielle Goldberg) – Sarah Goldberg
- Philip Madoc – Philip Arvon Jones
- Madonna Wayne Gacy – Stephen Gregory Bier Jr.
- Johnny Maestro – John Mastrangelo
- Stella Maeve – Stella Maeve Johnston
- Maggot – Andrew Major
- Magic Sam – Samuel Gene Maghett
- Magic Slim – Morris Holt
- Brutus Magnus (akas: Magnus, Oblivion) – Nicholas Harry Aldis
- Mark Magnus – Mark Copani
- Franca Maï – Françoise Baud
- Marjorie Main – Mary Tomlinson
- Lee Majors – Harvey Lee Yeary, Jr.
- Dionysis Makris – Dionysis Syntrivanis
- Karl Malden – Mladen Sekulovich
- Boris Malenko – Lawrence Boris Simon
- Dean Malenko – Dean Simon
- Joe Malenko – Joseph Simon
- Eva Maler – Eva Maria Litzenberg
- Hema Malini – Hema Malini R. Chakravarty (a.k.a. Aisha Bi R. Chakravarty)
- Max Malini – Max Katz Breit
- Julia Mallam – Julia Oglesby
- Anna Malle – Anna Hotop
- Mathilde Mallinger – Mathilde Lichtenegger
- Victoria Mallory (a.k.a. Vicki Morales) – Victoria Morales
- Yngwie Malmsteen – Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck
- Dorothy Malone – Mary Dorothy Maloney
- Nancy Malone – Anne Josefa Maloney
- Roy Maloy – Roy Timothy McPherson
- Eily Malyon – Eily Sophie Lees-Craston
- Mancow – Matthew Erich Muller
- Mando – Adamantia Stamatopoulou
- Aasif Mandvi – Aasif Hakim Mandviwala
- Gina Manès – Blanche Moulin
- Mani (musician) – Gary Manny Mounfield
- Manitas de Plata – Ricardo Baliardo
- Handsome Dick Manitoba – Richard Blum
- Manitoba – Daniel Victor Snaith (now uses the stage name Caribou)
- Mankind – Michael Francis Foley
- Abby Mann – Abraham Goodman
- Anthony Mann – Emil Anton Bundmann
- Barry Mann – Barry Iberman
- Herbie Mann – Herbert Jay Solomon
- Manfred Mann – Manfred Sepse Lubowitz
- Mary Mannering – Florence Friend
- Dick Manning – Samuel Medoff
- Irene Manning (briefly known as Hope Manning) – Inez Harvuot
- Mano Solo – Emmanuel Cabut
- Jayne Mansfield – Vera Jane Palmer
- Sally Mansfield – Marie Mahder
- Marilyn Manson – Brian Hugh Warner
- Paul Mantee – Paul Marianetti
- Kurtis Mantronik – Kurtis el-Khaleel
- Víctor Manuelle – Víctor Manuel Ruiz
- Roots Manuva – Rodney Hylton Smith
- Adele Mara – Adelaide Delgado
- André Maranne – André Gaston Maillol
- Patricia Marand – Patricia Marandino
- Sophie Marceau – Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu
- Kee Marcello – Kjell Hilding Lövbom
- Elspeth March – Jean Elspeth Mackenzie
- Fredric March – Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel
- Hal March – Harold Mendelson
- Jane March – Jane March Horwood
- Peggy March – Margaret Annemarie Battavio
- Bobby Marchan – Oscar James Gibson
- Rocky Marciano – Rocco Francis Marchegiano
- James Marcus – Brian T. James
- Jerry Maren – Gerard Marenghi
- Margarita Isabel – Margarita Isabel Morales y González
- María Isabel – María Isabel López Rodríguez
- Maria Rita – Maria Rita Camargo Mariano
- Angelica Maria – Angelica Hartman
- Julienne Marie – Julianne Marie Hendricks
- Lisa Marie (actress) – Lisa Marie Smith
- Marie-Mai – Marie-Mai Bouchard
- Marie N (a.k.a. Marie N.) – Marija Naumova
- Gloria Marín – Gloria Méndez Ramos
- Giovanna Marini – Giovanna Salviucci
- Mona Maris – Mona Maria Emita Capdeville (or Maria Rose Amita Capdevielle)
- Marisela – Marisela Esqueda
- Léo Marjane – Thérèse Maria Léonie Gendebien
- Al Markim – Alfred D. Moskowitz
- Markiplier – Mark Edward Fischbach
- Dame Alicia Markova – Lilian Alice Marks
- Alfred Marks – Ruchel Kutchinsky
- Marley Marl – Marlon Williams
- Hugh Marlowe – Hugh Herbert Hipple
- Julia Marlowe – Sarah Frances Frost
- June Marlowe – Gisela Valaria Goetten
- Kathryn Marlowe – Kathryn Isabelle Rea
- Marion Marlowe – Marion Townsend
- Scott Marlowe (a.k.a. Scott Gregory Marlowe) – Ronald Richard DeLeo
- Anna Marly – Anna Yurievna Betulinskaya
- Hanna Maron – Hanna Meierzak
- Albert Marre – Albert Eliot Moshinsky
- Baldo Marro – Teodoro Galan Baldomaro
- Bruno Mars – Peter Gene Hernandez
- Mick Mars – Robert Alan Deal
- Carol Marsh – Norma Lilian Simpson
- Garry Marsh – Leslie Marsh Geraghty
- Joan Marsh (briefly known as Dorothy D. Rosher) – Nancy Ann Rosher
- Marian Marsh (a.k.a. Marilyn Morgan) – Violet Ethelred Krauth
- Brenda Marshall – Ardis Ankerson
- Marion Marshall – Marian Lepriel Tanner
- Peter Marshall – Ralph Pierre LaCock
- Tully Marshall – William Phillips
- Arlene Martel – Arline Greta Sax
- Lena Martell – Helen Thomson
- Dean Martin – Dino Paul Crocetti
- Derek Martin – Derek William Rapp
- Judy Martin – Eva Alaine Overstake
- Kiel Martin – Kiel Urban Mueller
- Lori Martin – Dawn Catherine Menzer
- Marion Martin – Marion Suplee
- Quinn Martin – Irwin Martin Cohn
- Ross Martin – Martin Rosenblatt
- Tony Martin – Alvin Morris
- Tony Martin (Black Sabbath vocalist) – Anthony Philip Harford
- Elsa Martinelli – Elisa Tia
- Mia Martini – Domenica Berté
- Al Martino – Alfred Cini
- John Martyn – Iain David McGeachy
- Laurel Martyn – Laurel Gill
- Hank Marvin (akas: Hank Brian Marvin, Hank B. Marvin) – Brian Robson Rankin
- Mary Mary – Erica Atkin Campbell and Trecina Atkin Campbell
- Pepper Mashay – Jean McClain
- Masked Musician – Leonard Montano
- Clarence Mason – Herman Stevens Jr.
- Jackie Mason – Yacov Moshe Maza
- Osa Massen – Aase Madsen Iversen
- Edith Massey – Edith Dornfield
- Ilona Massey – Ilona Hajmássy
- Masta Killa – Elgin Turner
- Mastana – Murtaza Hassan
- Chris Masters – Christopher Mordetsky
- Jessy Matador – Jessy Kimbangi
- Maysa Matarazzo – Maysa Figueira Monjardim
- Carole Mathews – Jean Deifel
- June Mathis – June Beulah Hughes
- Ian Matthews – Iain Matthew McDonald
- Lisa Matthews – Lisa Reich
- Monica Maughan – Monica Cresswell Wood
- Max Maven – Philip Goldstein
- Joey Maxim – Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli
- Maxim Reality – Keith Palmer
- Joe May – Joseph Otto Mandel
- Luna Maya – Luna Maya Sugeng
- Marilyn Maye – Marilyn McLaughlin
- Mathilda May – Karin Haïm
- Mitzi Mayfair – Juanita Emylyn Pique
- Gypie Mayo – John Phillip Cawthra
- Virginia Mayo – Virginia Clara Jones
- Mike Mazurki – Mikhaił (or Mikhail) Mazurkiewicz
- Paul Mazursky – Irwin Mazursky
- Lapiro de Mbanga – Lambo Sandjo Pierre Roger
- MC Bat Commander – Christian Jacobs
- MC Honky – Mark Oliver Everett
- MC Lyte – Lana Michelle Moorer
- MC Ren – Lorenzo Jerald Patterson
- MC Tee – Touré Embden
- George McAnthony – Georg Spitaler
- Billy McColl (actor) – William Collins
- Kent McCord – Kent Franklin McWhirter
- Sylvester McCoy – Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith
- Drew McDonald – Charles Shaw
- Marie McDonald ("The Body Beautiful"; "The Body") – Cora Marie Frye
- Jack McDuff (a.k.a. "Brother" Jack McDuff) – Eugene McDuffy
- McG – Joseph McGinty Nichol
- Darren McGavin – William Lyle Richardson
- Mike McGear – Peter Michael McCartney
- Kitty McGeever – Catherine Jane Mitchell
- Beulah McGillicutty – Trisa Hayes
- Michael McGillicutty – Joseph Curtis Hennig
- Charles McGraw – Charles Butters
- Nigel McGuinness (a.k.a. Desmond Wolfe) – Steven Haworth
- Goldy McJohn – John Raymond Goadsby
- Fay McKay – Fayetta Gelinas
- Scott McKenzie – Philip Wallach Blondheim
- Kate McKinnon – Kathryn McKinnon Berthold
- David McLean – Eugene Joseph Huth
- John McLiam – John Williams
- Mick McManus – William George Matthews
- Christine McVie – Christine Perfect
- Audrey Meadows – Audrey Cotter
- Jayne Meadows – Jane Meadows Cotter
- Joyce Meadows – Joyce Burger
- Meat Loaf – Marvin Lee Aday (later Michael Lee Aday)
- Médine (rapper) – Medine Zaouiche
- Raya Meddine – Rana Alamuddin
Me–Mo
- Kay Medford – Margaret Kathleen Regan
- Meek Mill – Robert Williams
- Ralph Meeker – Ralph Rathgeber
- Meera Jasmine – Jasmine Mary Joseph
- Meja – Anna Pernilla Torndahl
- Larry Bud Melman – Calvert Grant DeForest
- Eddie Mekka – Rudolph Edward Mekjian
- Dame Nellie Melba – Helen Porter Mitchell
- Melky Sedeck – Blandinna Melky Jean & Farel Sedeck Guerschom Jean
- Melle Mel – Melvin Glover
- George Melachrino – George Miltiades
- Jack Melford – John Kenneth George Melford Smith
- Marisa Mell – Marlies Theres Moitzi
- Raquel Meller – Francisca Romana Marqués López
- Mellow Man Ace – Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
- Luiz Melodia – Luiz Carlos dos Santos
- Silvy Melody – Silvy De Bie
- Sid Melton – Sidney Meltzer
- Memphis Bleek – Malik Cox
- Memphis Slim – John Len Chatman
- Marie Menken – Marie Menkevicius
- Doro Merande – Dora Matthews
- Vivien Merchant – Ada Thompson
- Melina Mercouri – Maria Amalia Mercouris
- Freddie Mercury – Farrokh Bulsara
- Lee Meredith – Judith Lee Sauls
- Bess Meredyth – Helen Elizabeth MacGlashen
- Tita Merello – Laura Ana Merelli
- Yolanda Mérida – Yolanda Noemí Alpuche Morales
- Jan Merlin – Jan Wasylewski
- Ethel Merman – Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
- Lynn Merrick – Marilyn Llewelling
- Dina Merrill – Nedenia Marjorie Hutton
- Helen Merrill – Jelena Ana Milcetic
- Robert Merrill – Moishe Miller
- William Mervyn – William Mervyn Pickwoad
- Eddie Mesa – Eduardo Eigenmann
- Method Man – Clifford Smith
- Harry Meyen – Harald Haubenstock
- Ángela Meyer – Angela Maurano
- Vsevolod Meyerhold – Karl Kasimir Theodor Meiergold
- Hack Meyers – Donald Haviland
- George Michael – Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
- Ralph Michael – Ralph Champion Shotter
- Ras Michael – Michael George Henry
- Bret Michaels – Bret Michael Sychak
- Frankie Michaels – Francis Michael Chernesky
- Marilyn Michaels – Marilyn Sternberg
- Shawn Michaels – Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
- Tammy Lynn Michaels – Tammy Lynn Doring
- Lea Michele – Lea Michele Sarfati
- Michael Michele – Michael Michele Williams
- Candice Michelle – Candice Michelle Beckman
- Donna Michelle – Donna Michelle Ronne
- Janee Michelle (a.k.a. Gee Tucker) – Geneva Leona Mercadel
- M.I.A. (rapper) – Mathangi Arulpragasam
- MickDeth – Mick Richard Morris
- Guy Middleton – Guy Middleton Powell
- Johnny Midnight – John William Xeres-Burgos Joseph Jr.
- Luis Miguel – Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri
- Mika – Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.
- George Mikell – Jurgis Mikelaitis
- Ted V. Mikels – Theodore Vincent Mikacevich
- Mikey Dread – Michael George Campbell
- miKKa – Mihajlo Obrenov
- Mil Máscaras – Aaron Rodríguez Arellano
- Garry Miles – James Cason
- Robert Miles (a.k.a. Roberto Milani) – Roberto Concina
- Lewis Milestone – Lev Milstein
- Tomas Milian – Tomás Quintín Rodríguez
- Victor Millan – Joseph Brown
- Ray Milland – Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones
- Mary Millar – Irene Mary Wetton
- Ann Miller – Johnnie Lucille Collier
- Eve Miller – Eve Turner
- Kristine Miller – Jacqueline Olivia Eskesen
- Mac Miller – Malcolm McCormick
- Marilyn Miller – Mary Ellen Reynolds
- Martin Miller – Rudolph Muller
- Mick Miller (comedian) – Michael Lawton
- Millie – Millicent Dolly May Small
- Lucius Venable Millinder (a.k.a. Lucky Millinder) – Lucius Venables
- Bird Millman – Jennadean Engleman
- Donna Mills – Donna Jean Miller
- Florence Mills – Florence Winfrey
- Milos Milos – Miloš Milošević
- Mina – Anna Maria Mazzini
- Ara Mina – Hazel Klenk Reyes
- Nicki Minaj – Onika Tanya Maraj
- Ming Dow – Lin Chao-chang
- Ming Na (akas: Ming Na Wen, Ming Wen) – Ming-Na Wen
- Minimaks – Milovan Ilić
- Minnesota Fats – Rudolf Walter Wanderon Jr. (later "Wanderone")
- Mike Minor (actor) – Michael Fedderson
- Mary Miles Minter – Juliet Reilly
- Alexis Minotis – Alexis Minotakis
- Miou-Miou – Sylvette Herry
- Isa Miranda – Ines Isabella Sampietro
- Soledad Miranda (akas: Susann Korda, Susan Korday) – Soledad Rendón Bueno
- Miss Cleo – Youree Dell Harris
- Miss Elizabeth – Elizabeth Ann Hulette
- Miss Kittin – Caroline Hervé
- Mississippi Slim – Carvel Lee Ausborn
- Rey Misterio (or Rey Mysterio, Jr.) – Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
- Mister You – Younes Latifi
- Mistinguett – Jeanne Bourgeois
- Father John Misty (a.k.a. J. Tillman) – Joshua Michael Tillman
- Duke Mitchell – Dominic Salvatore Miceli
- Frank Mitchell (presenter) – Francis McClory
- Gordon Mitchell – Charles Allen Pendleton
- Guy Mitchell – Albert George Cernik
- Joni Mitchell – Roberta Joan Anderson
- Norman Mitchell – Norman Mitchell Driver
- Warren Mitchell – Warren Misell
- Yvonne Mitchell – Yvonne Frances Joseph
- Akihiro Miwa – Shingo Maruyama (later known as Akihiro Maruyama)
- Art Mix – George Washington Kesterson
- Sir Mix-A-Lot – Anthony Ray
- Mimi Miyagi – Melody Damayo
- AC Mizal – Mizal Zaini
- The Miz – Michael Mizanin
- Mizchif – Hechichamunorwa Mount Zion Kwenda
- Agnez Mo – Agnes Monica Muljoto
- Mighty Mo (kickboxer) – Siala-Mou Siliga
- Mo B. Dick (akas: The Shaman Mahatmah, Ruhi Anubis Yazid, Ruh) – Raymond E. Poole
- Mo-Do – Fabio Frittelli
- Moby – Richard Melville Hall
- Mac Mohan – Mohan Makhijani
- Moka Only – Daniel Denton
- Mona Lisa – Gloria Lerma Yatco
- Janelle Monáe – Janelle Monáe Robinson
- Mike Mondo – Michael Steven Brendli
- Money Mark – Mark Ramos-Nishita
- Pierre Mondy – Pierre Cuq
- Eddie Money – Edward Joseph Mahoney
- Owen Money (a.k.a. Gerry Braden) – Lynn Mittell
- Matt Monro – Terence Edward Parsons
- Jordan Monroe – Emily Ranheim
- Princess Bambi Monroe – Taylor Ashley Horn
- Tami Monroe – Jessica Wells
- Monsieur Pierre – Pierre Jean Phillipe Zurcher-Margolle
- Country Dick Montana – Daniel Monte McLain
- Lenny Montana – Leonardo Passofaro
- Montie Montana – Owen Harlen Mickel
- Patsy Montana – Ruby Rose Blevins
- Yves Montand – Ivo Livi
- Toni Montano – Velibor Miljković
- Chris Montez – Ezekiel Christopher Montanez
- Maria Montez – María Antonia García Vidal de Santo Silas (some sources cite María África Gracia Vidal or María África Antonia Gracia Vidal de Santo Silas)
- Ricardo Montez – Levy Isaac Attias
- Montgomery Gentry – Gerald Edward Montgomery and Troy Gentry
- George Montgomery – George Montgomery Letz
- Carlotta Monti – Carlotta Montijo
- Sara Montiel (akas: Sarita Montiel; Saritísima) – María Antonia Abad Fernández
- Mike Monty (akas: Mike Monti, Michael Monty, Mike Monte) – Michael O'Donahue
- Ivan L. Moody (a.k.a. Ghost) – Ivan Lewis Greening
- Ron Moody – Ronald Moodnick
- Debra Mooney – Debra Vick
- Lova Moor – Marie-Claude Jourdain
- Colleen Moore – Kathleen Morrison
- Garry Moore – Thomas Garrison Morfit
- Julianne Moore – Julie Anne Smith
- Melba Moore – Beatrice Melba Hill
- Michael D. Moore (child actor and film director) (a.k.a. Mickey Moore) – Michael Sheffield
- Stephen Campbell Moore – Stephen Moore Thorpe
- Terry Moore (akas: Judy Ford, Jan Ford, and January Ford) – Helen Luella Koford
Mo–Mz
- Natalie Moorhead – Nathalia Messner
- Vina Morales – Sharon Garcia Magdayao
- Eric Morecambe – John Eric Bartholomew
- André Morell – Cecil André Mesritz
- Monica Morell – Monica Wirz-Römer
- Rosa Morena – Manuela Otilia Pulgarín González
- Antonio Moreno – Antonio Garrido Monteagudo
- Rosita Moreno – Gabriela Victoria Viñolas
- Camila Morgado – Camila Ribeiro da Silva
- Chesty Morgan – Ilana Wilczkowsky
- Dennis Morgan (aka Richard Stanley) – Earl Stanley Morner
- Frank Morgan – Francis Phillip Wuppermann
- Gary Morgan – Gary Panansky
- Harry Morgan – Harry Bratsberg (often spelled Bratsburg)
- Helen Morgan – Helen Riggins
- Henry Morgan (humorist) – Henry Lerner Van Ost, Jr.
- Jane Morgan – Florence Catherine Currier
- Lina Morgan – María de los Ángeles López Segovia
- Michèle Morgan – Simone Renée Roussel
- Ralph Morgan – Raphael Kuhner Wuppermann
- Shaun Morgan – Shaun Morgan Welgemoed
- Morganna the Kissing Bandit – Morganna Roberts
- Claudia Mori – Claudia Moroni
- Toshia Mori (akas: Shia Jung, Toshia Ichioka, Toshi Mori, and Tashia Mori) – Toshiye Ichioka
- Pat Morita – Morita Noriyuki
- Gaby Morlay – Blanche Pauline Fumoleau
- Karen Morley – Mildred Linton
- Oliver Morosco – Oliver Mitchell
- Aubrey Morris – Aubrey Jack Steinberg
- Lewis Morrison – Morris W. Morris
- Patricia Morrison – Patricia Anne Rainone
- Shelley Morrison – Rachel Mitrani
- Buddy Morrow – Muni Zudekoff
- Doretta Morrow – Doretta Marano
- Susan Morrow – Jacqueline Ann Teresa Bernadette Immoor
- Gary Morton – Morton Goldapper
- Hugh Morton – Hugh Morton Eden
- James C. Morton (akas: James C. Lankton, James Carmody Lankton) – Thomas Richard Potts
- Jelly Roll Morton – Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (also possibly spelled Lemott, LaMotte or LaMenthe)
- Maurice Moscovitch (a.k.a. Maurice Moscovich) – Morris Maaskov
- Mos Def – Dante Terrell Smith
- Hans Moser – Johann Julier
- Mickie Most – Michael Peter Hayes
- Iwa Moto – Aileen Quimado Iwamoto
- Movita – Maria Luisa Castaneda
- Alan Mowbray – Alfred Ernest Allen
- Patrick Mower – Patrick Archibald Shaw
- Stephen Moyer – Stephen John Emery
- Mr. II – Joseph Mbilinyi
- Mr. Flash – Gilles Bousquet
- Mr. Fuji – Harry Fujiwara
- Ms. Dynamite (a.k.a. Lady Dynamite) – Niomi Arleen Daley
- Ms. Melodie – Ramona Scott
- Muddy Waters – McKinley Morganfield
- Jean Muir – Jean Muir Fullarton
- Blackjack Mulligan (akas: Big Bob Windham, Big Machine) – Robert Deroy Windham
- muMs da Schemer – Craig Grant
- Mumzy Stranger – Muhammad Mumith Ahmed
- Paul Muni – Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund
- Alex Munro – Alexander Neilson Horsburgh
- Janet Munro – Janet Neilson Horsburgh
- Ona Munson – Ona Wolcott
- Alma Muriel – Alma Muriel del Sordo
- F. W. Murnau (aka Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau) – Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe
- Arthur Murray – Arthur Teichman
- Brian Murray – Brian Bell
- Jan Murray – Murray Janofsky
- Ken Murray – Kenneth Abner Doncourt
- Lyn Murray – Lionel Breeze
- Mae Murray – Marie Adrienne Koenig
- Murray the K – Murray Kaufman
- Junior Murvin – Murvin Junior Smith
- Musidora – Jeanne Roques
- Musiq Soulchild (or Musiq) – Taalib Johnson
- Ivar Must – Igor Tsõganov
- Lothar Müthel – Lothar Max Lütcke
- Ornella Muti – Francesca Romana Rivelli
- Alannah Myles – Alannah Byles
- Meg Myles – Billie Jean Jones
- Myra (singer) – Mayra Caról Ambriz Quintana
- Marie Myriam – Myriam Lopes
- Odette Myrtil – Odette Laure Clotilde Quignarde
N
- Paul Nabor – Alfonso Palacio
- Kendo Nagasaki – Peter William Thornley
- Anne Nagel – Anne Dolan
- Nagma – Nandita Arvind Morarji
- Jimmy Nail – James Michael Aloysius Bradford
- Laurence Naismith – Lawrence Johnson
- Bif Naked – Beth Torbert
- Nakia – Nakia Reynoso
- Reggie Nalder – Alfred Reginald Natzler
- Nita Naldi – Mary Dooley
- Marguerite Namara – Marguerite Evelyn Cecilia Banks
- Diana Napier – Alice Mary Ellis
- Nargis (a.k.a. Nargis Dutt) – Fatima Rashid
- Nas – Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
- Paul Naschy – Jacinto Molina Álvarez
- Nash the Slash – Jeff Plewman
- Niecy Nash – Carol Denise Ensley
- Adile Naşit – Adile Naşit Özcan
- Marie-José Nat – Marie-José Benhalassa
- Natalya – Natalie Katherine Neidhart
- Nate Dogg – Nathaniel Dwayne Hale
- Nattefrost – Roger Rasmussen
- Alla Nazimova – Marem-Ides Leventon (also, Adelaida Yakovlevna Leventon)
- Amedeo Nazzari – Salvatore Amedeo Buffa
- N'dambi (a.k.a. N'Dambi) – Chonita Nicole Gillespie, also Chonita Gilbert
- Me'shell Ndegeocello – Michelle Johnson, later Meshell Suihailia Bashir Shakur
- Dame Anna Neagle – Florence Marjorie Robertson
- Necro (rapper) – Ron Raphael Braunstein
- Nelson Ned – Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto
- Connie Needham (aka Connie Newton) – Connie Marie Bowen
- Pola Negri – Apolonia Chalupec (variations of surname exist)
- Vince Neil – Vincent Neil Wharton
- Roy William Neill – Roland de Gostrie
- Adelaide Neilson – Elizabeth Ann Brown
- Perlita Neilson – Margaret Phillipa Sowden
- Nelly – Cornell Haynes, Jr.
- Nelly (Egyptian entertainer) – Nelly Artin Kalfayan
- Barry Nelson – Robert Haakon Nielsen
- Gene Nelson – Leander Eugene Berg
- Nena – Gabriele Susanne Kerner
- Nadia Nerina – Nadine Judd
- Carlo Nero – Carlo Gabriel Sparanero
- Franco Nero – Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero
- Derren Nesbitt – Derren Michael Horwitz
- Never Shout Never! – Christofer Drew Ingle
- Nervous Norvus – James Drake
- Newton (British singer) – William Myers
- Nerdkween – Monica Arrington
- Mary Newland – Lilian Mary Oldland
- Ne-Yo – Shaffer Chimere Smith
- David Ngoombujarra – David Bernard Starr
- Fred Niblo – Frederick Liedtke
- Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh – Mary Elizabeth Walker
- Hellé Nice – Mariette Hélène Delangle
- Nichkhun – Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul
- Paul Nicholas (a.k.a. Paul Dean) – Paul Oscar Beuselinck
- Barbara Nichols – Barbara Marie Nickerauer
- Dandy Nichols – Daisy Sander
- Mike Nichols – Michael Igor Peschkowsky
- Maggie Nicols (a.k.a. Maggie Nichols) – Margaret Nicholson
- Nicki Minaj – Onika Tanya Maraj
- Nicky Jam – Nick Rivera Caminero
- Nico – Christa Päffgen
- Nico (Romanian singer) – Nicoleta Matei
- Nicole (German singer) – Nicole Hohloch
- Crista Nicole – Crista Nicole Wagner
- Susi Nicoletti – Susanne Emilie Luise Adele Habersack
- Rosemary Nicols – Rosemary Claxton
- Lisa Niemi – Lisa Anne Haapaniemi
- Steve Nieve – Steven Nason
- Robert Nighthawk (a.k.a. Robert Lee McCoy) – Robert Lee McCollum
- Willie Nile – Robert Noonan
- Nina Sky – Nicole and Natalie Albino
- Nino (Greek singer) – Stefanos Sakellarios Xypolitas
- Marika Ninou – Evangelia Atamian
- Dale Nixon – Greg Ginn
- Marian Nixon – Marian Nissinen
- Marni Nixon – Margaret Nixon McEathron
- Mojo Nixon – Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr.
- Noa (singer) – Achinoam Nini
- Danbert Nobacon – Nigel Hunter
- Chelsea Noble – Nancy Mueller
- Nick Noble (singer) – Nicholas Valkan
- Young Noble – Rufus Cooper III
- Magali Noël – Magali Noëlle Guiffray (some sources cite Guiffrai)
- Noemi – Veronica Scopelliti
- Paulette Noizeux – Marie-Paule Coeuré
- Noko – Norman Fisher-Jones
- Eda Nolan – Eda Kristy Cabilan
- Kathleen Nolan – Jocelyn Schrum
- Mary Nolan – Mary Imogene Robertson
- Klaus Nomi – Klaus Sperber
- Nonchalant – Tanya Pointer
- Noodles – Kevin Wasserman
- Tommy Noonan – Thomas Patrick Noone
- Christine Norden – Mary Lydia Thornton
- Lillian Nordica – Lillian Allen Norton
- Norma Jean – Norma Jean Beasler
- Jimmy Norman – James Norman Scott
- Peter North (actor) – Alden Joseph Brown
- Sheree North – Dawn Shirley Crang (later known as Dawn Bethel, her stepfather's surname)
- Barry Norton – Alfredo Carlos Birabén
- Graham Norton – Graham Walker
- Red Norvo – Kenneth Norville
- Eille Norwood – Anthony Edward Brett
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Christopher Wallace
- Aldo Nova – Aldo Caporuscio
- Heather Nova – Heather Allison Frith
- Ramón Novarro – José Ramón Gil Samaniego
- Novello Novelli – Novellantonio Novelli
- Jay Novello – Michael Romano
- Nujabes – Seba Jun (or Jun Seba, varying sources)
- Gary Numan – Gary Anthony James Webb
- Numskull – Garrick Husbands
- France Nuyen – France Nguyen Van-Nga
- Carrie Nye – Caroline Nye McGeoy
- Louis Nye – Louis Neistat
- Laura Nyro – Laura Nigro
O
- Barry O (akas: The Zodiac, Barrymore Barlow, Barry "O" Bazza, The Highroller) – Randal Barry Orton
- Jimmy O – Jean Jimmy Alexandre
- Karen O – Karen Lee Orzolek
- Jack Oakie – Lewis Delaney Offield
- Dagmar Oakland – Edna Andersen
- Vivien Oakland – Vivian Ruth Andersen
- Annie Oakley – Phoebe Ann Moses
- O-Bee – Omer Michael Jamal Bhatti
- Merle Oberon – Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
- Hugh O'Brian – Hugh Charles Krampe
- Jim O'Brien (radio) – James Oldham
- Richard O'Brien – Richard Timothy Smith
- Sylvia O'Brien (actress) – Sylvia Freda Carroll
- Richard O'Callaghan – Richard Brooke
- Diether Ocampo – Diether Pascual
- Billy Ocean – Leslie Sebastian Charles
- Frank Ocean – Christopher Breaux, later legally changed to Christopher Francis Ocean
- Una O'Connor – Agnes Teresa McGlade
- Anita O'Day – Anita Belle Colton
- Dawn O'Day – Dawn Evelyeen Paris (O'Day, a child actor, would be known as an adult actor under the name Anne Shirley)
- Molly O'Day (actress) – Suzanne Dobson Noonan
- Molly O'Day (singer) – Lois LaVerne Williamson
- ODB (wrestler) – Jessica Nora Kresa
- Kenny O'Dell – Kenneth Gist Jr.
- Tony O'Dell – Anthony Dell'Aquila
- Cathy O'Donnell – Ann Steely
- Abi Ofarim – Avraham Reichstadt
- Nivek Ogre – Kevin Graham Ogilvie
- George O'Hara (actor) – George Bolger
- Maureen O'Hara – Maureen Fitzsimons
- Quinn O'Hara – Alice Jones
- Dennis O'Keefe – Edward Vance Flanagan
- Tim O'Kelly – Timothy Patrick Wright
- Okito – Tobias Leendert Bamberg
- Ol' Dirty Bastard – Russell Tyrone Jones
- Isabel Oli – Maria Olivia Daytia
- Edna May Oliver – Edna May Nutter
- Vic Oliver – Victor Oliver von Samek
- Nelly Omar – Nilda Elvira Vattuone
- Colette O'Neil – Colette McCrossan
- Kate O'Mara – Frances Meredith Carroll
- Nance O'Neil (a.k.a. Nancy O'Neil) — Gertrude Lamson
- Paddie O'Neil – Adalena Lillian Nail
- Sally O'Neil – Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan
- Maire O'Neill – Mary Allgood
- Tara Lynne O'Neill – Lynne James
- Anny Ondra – Anna Sophie Ondráková
- Ookay – Abe Laguna
- Max Ophüls – Maximillian Oppenheimer
- Opie – Gregg Hughes best known for The Opie and Anthony Show
- Orianthi – Orianthi Panagaris
- Eugene Ormandy – Jenő Blau
- Benjamin Orr – Benjamin Orzechowski
- Osang (a.k.a. Rosanna Roces) – Jennifer Adriano-Molina
- Super Dave Osborne – Robert Kel Einstein
- Vivienne Osborne (a.k.a. Vivian Osborne) – Vera Vivienne Spragg
- Henry Oscar – Henry Wale
- Lee Oskar – Oskar Levetin Hansen
- Yoshiko Ōtaka – Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Shirley Yamaguchi, Li Xianglan (Li Hsiang-lan, rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran)
- Johnny Otis – John Alexander Veliotes
- Shuggie Otis – Johnny Alexander Veliotes
- Natalino Otto – Natale Codognotto
- Outback Jack (wrestler) – Peter Stilsbury
- Outsider – Shin Ok-cheol
- Beverley Owen – Beverley Ogg
- Bill Owen – William John Owen Rowbotham
- Buck Owens – Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr.
- Buddy Alan – Alvis Alan Owens
- Elizabeth Owens (a.k.a. Kathe Feist) – Irma Schneider
- Gary Owens – Gary Altman
- Frank Oz – Richard Frank Oznowicz
- Kobi Oz – Yaakov Uzan
P
- P-Star – Priscilla Star Diaz
- Master P – Percy Miller Sr.
- Augustus Pablo – Horace Swaby
- Petey Pablo – Moses Barrett
- Bela Padilla – Krista Valle Sullivan
- Anita Page – Anita Evelyn Pomares
- Diamond Dallas Page – Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr.
- Gale Page – Sally Perkins Rutter
- Geneviève Page – Geneviève Bronjean
- Patti Page – Clara Ann Fowler
- Samuel Page – Samuel L. Elliott
- Teddy Page (akas: Ted Johnson, Irvin Johnson) – Teddy Chiu
- Debra Paget – Debralee Griffin
- Elaine Paige – Elaine Jill Bickerstaff
- Janis Paige – Donna Mae Tjaden
- Robert Paige – John Arthur Page
- George Pal – György Pál Marczincsák
- Jack Palance – Volodymyr Palahniuk (also known as Jack Brazzo when he was a boxer)
- Palito – Reynaldo Alfredo Hipolito
- Gloria Pall – Gloria Pallatz
- Jackie Pallo – Jack Ernest Gutteridge
- Andrea Palma – Guadalupe Bracho Pérez-Gavilán
- Joe Palma – Joseph Provenzano
- Betsy Palmer – Patricia Betsy Hrunek
- Gregg Palmer – Palmer Edvind Lee
- Jeff Palmer – David Zuloaga
- Lilli Palmer – Lillie Marie Peiser
- Maria Palmer – Maria Pichler
- Patsy Palmer – Julie Anne Harris
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – Kiriko Takemura
- Hermes Pan – Hermes Panagiotopoulos
- Pandora Boxx – Michael Steck
- Mikill Pane – Justin Smith Uzomba
- Irene Papas – Irene Lelekou
- Henry Paris – Radley Metzger
- Jerry Paris – William Gerald Grossman (later known as William Gerald Paris)
- Mica Paris – Michelle Wallen
- Victoria Paris – Sheila Young
- Annie Parisse – Anne Marie Cancelmi
- Al Parker – Andrew Robert Okun
- Cecil Parker – Cecil Schwabe
- Errol Parker – Raphaël Schecroun
- Jean Parker – Lois Mae Green
- Kay Parker – Kay Rebecca Taylor
- Mary Parker – Mary Frances Roberson
- Royal Parker – Royal Pollokoff
- "Colonel" Tom Parker – Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk
- Dian Parkinson – Dianna Lynn Batts
- Allison Parks – Gloria Waldron
- Bert Parks – Bertram Jacobson
- Parkyakarkus (a.k.a. Harry Parke) – Harold Einstein
- Dita Parlo – Grethe Gerda Kornstädt (or Gerda Olga Justine Kornstädt)
- Gigi Parrish – Katherine Gertrude McElroy
- Julie Parrish – Ruby Joyce Wilbar
- Leslie Parrish – Marjorie Maria Hellen
- Buck Parvin (a.k.a. Art Acord) – Arthemus Ward Acord
- Elli Parvo – Elvira Gobbo
- Sylvia Pasquel – Sylvia Banquells Pinal
- George Pastell – either Nino or George Pastellides
- Patachou – Henriette Ragon
- Butch Patrick – Patrick Alan Caples
- Dennis Patrick – Dennis Patrick Harrison
- Tera Patrick – Linda Ann Hopkins
- Pat Patterson (wrestler) – Pierre Clemont
- Jimmy and Brian Patton – James N. Patton Elliott and Brian Patton Elliott
- Aaron Paul – Aaron Paul Sturtevant
- Adrian Paul – Adrian Paul Hewett
- Andrew Paul – Paul Andrew Herman
- Billy Paul – Paul Williams
- Frankie Paul – Paul Blake
- Les Paul – Lester William Polfuss
- Sean Paul – Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques
- Vinnie Paul – Vincent Paul Abbott
- Pauline (singer) – Pauline Vasseur
- Paulo Jr. – Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr.
- Rose Pauly (singer) (a.k.a. Pauly-Dresden) – born Rose Pollak
- Marisa Pavan – Maria Luisa Pierangeli
- Pavel 183 – Pavel Pukhov
- Terele Pávez – Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella
- Johnny Paycheck – Donald Eugene Lytle
- Allen Payne – Allen Roberts
- Maxx Payne – Darryl Peterson
- Charlie Peacock – Charles William Ashworth
- Tawny Peaks – Michele Ann Laird
- Jack Pearl – Jack Perlman
- Minnie Pearl – Sarah Ophelia Colley
- Harold Peary – José Pereira de Faria
- Peđa D'Boy – Predrag Jovanović
- Gnonnas Pedro – Gnonnan Sossou Pierre Kouassivi
- John Peel – John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
- Marti Pellow – Mark McLachlan
- Queen Pen – Lynise Walters
- Mike Pender – Michael John Prendergast
- Dan Penn – Wallace Daniel Pennington
- Dawn Penn – Dawn Pickering
- Kal Penn – Kalpen Suresh Modi
- Cynthia Pepper – Cynthia Anne Culpepper
- Jack Pepper – Edward Jackson Culpepper
- Derelys Perdue – Geraldine Perdue
- Melanie Peres – Melanie Mariam Thanee Frasch
- Peret – Pedro Pubill Calaf
- Mr. Perfect – Curtis Michael Hennig
- Pinetop Perkins – Joseph William Perkins
- Lynne Perrie – Jean Dudley
- Joan Perry – Elizabeth Rosiland Miller
- Joe Perry – Anthony Joseph Pereira
- Lee "Scratch" Perry – Rainford Hugh Perry
- Arnold Peters – Peter Reginald Gadd
- Bernadette Peters – Bernadette Lazzara
- Luan Peters (a.k.a. Karol Keyes) – Carol Hirsch
- Roberta Peters – Roberta Peterman
- Susan Peters – Suzanne Carnahan
- Gilles Peterson – Gilles Jerome Moehrle
- Lenka Peterson – Betty Ann Isacson
- Le Pétomane – Joseph Pujol
- Olga Petrova – Muriel Harding
- Raymond Pettibon – Raymond Ginn
- Slim Jim Phantom – James McDonnell
- Lee Phelps – Napoleon Bonaparte Kukuck
- Phife Dog – Malik Taylor
- Gina Philips – Gina Consolo
- Barney Phillips – Bernard Philip Ofner
- Conrad Phillips – Conrad Philip Havord
- Esther Phillips – Esther Mae Jones
- Lou Diamond Phillips – Louis Upchurch
- Sally Phipps – Nellie Bernice Bogdon
- Beth Phoenix – Elizabeth Kocanski
- Pat Phoenix – Patricia Frederica Mansfield (later known as Patricia Pilkington)
- Phranc – Susan Gottlieb
- Édith Piaf – Édith Gassion
- Piano Red – William Perryman
- Slim Pickens – Louis Bert Lindley Jr.
- Jack Pickford – John Charles Smith
- Lottie Pickford – Charlotte Smith
- Mary Pickford – Gladys Louise Smith
- Molly Picon – Małka Opiekun
- Piggy D. (a.k.a. Piggy D) – Matthew Montgomery
- Pijuan – José Juan Piñero González
- Pile (singer) – Eriko Hori
- Janet Pilgrim (model) – Charlaine Edith Karalus
- Jacques Pills – René Jacques Ducos
- Pimp C – Chad Butler
- Bonnie Pink – Kaori Asada
- Pink – Alecia Beth Moore
- Roddy Piper – Roderick George Toombs
- Camila Pitanga – Camila Manhães Sampaio
- Pitbull – Armando Christian Pérez
- Ingrid Pitt – Ingoushka Petrov
- Plan B (musician) – Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew
- Eddie Platt – Edward Platakis
- Marc Platt (dancer) – Marcel Emile Gaston LePlat
- Plavka – Plavka Lonich
- Alice Playten – Alice Plotkin
- Julian Plenti – Paul Julian Banks
- Yannis (or Giannis) Ploutarchos – Yannis Kakossaios
- Pogo (electronic musician) – Christopher Nicholas Bertke
- Buster Poindexter – David Roger Johansen
- Pokwang – Marietta Subong
- Poldowski (a.k.a. Irène Wieniawska) – Régine Wieniawski
- Polaire – Émilie Marie Bouchaud
- Daphne Pollard – Daphne Trott
- Michael J. Pollard – Michael John Pollack, Jr.
- Snub Pollard – Harold Fraser
- Poly Styrene – Marianne Joan Elliott-Said
- Doc Pomus – Jerome Solon Felder
- Poncie Ponce – Ponciano Hernandez
- Norma Pons – Norma Delia Orizi
- Rosa Ponselle – Rosa Ponzillo
- Roger Pontare (a.k.a. Fred Roger Pontare) – Roger Johansson
- Cassandra Ponti – Lejanie Palma Anigan
- Pooh (comedian) – Reynold Garcia
- Jim Ed Poole – Tom Keith
- Iggy Pop – James Newell Osterberg Jr.
- Lucia Popp – Lucia Poppová
- Nils Poppe – Nils Einar Jönsson
- Poppy – Moriah Rose Pereira
- Porky (Our Gang) – Eugene Gordon Lee
- Positive K – Darryl Gibson
- Mike Post – Leland Michael Postil
- Nell Potts – Elinor Teresa Newman
- Jane Powell – Suzanne Lorraine Burce
- Duffy Power – Raymond Leslie Howard
- Bridget Powers – Cheryl Marie Murphy
- Joey Powers – Joseph S. Ruggiero
- Kid Congo Powers – Brian Tristan
- Stefanie Powers (a.k.a. Taffy Paul) – Stefanie Zofya Paul
- Pran – Pran Krishan Sikand
- Pras – Prakazrel Samuel Michel
- Patty Pravo (a.k.a. Guy Magenta) – Nicoletta Strambelli
- Evelyn Preer – Evelyn Jarvis
- Ann Prentiss – Ann Elizabeth Ragusa
- Paula Prentiss – Paula Ragusa
- Norm Prescott – Norman Zachary Pransky
- Micheline Presle – Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne
- Hovis Presley – Richard Henry McFarlane
- Reg Presley – Reginald Maurice Ball
- Johnny Preston – John Preston Courville
- Robert Preston – Robert Preston Meservey
- Marie Prevost – Marie Bickford Dunn
- Chilton Price – Chilton Searcy
- Dickie Pride – Richard Charles Kneller
- Maxi Priest – Max Elliot
- Barry Prima – Humbertus Knoch
- Prince Adam – Adam Deibert
- Roshan Prince – Rajiv Kaplish
- Prince Be (a.k.a. Prince Be the Nocturnal) – Attrell Cordes
- Prince Buster – Cecil Bustamente Campbell
- Prince Jazzbo – Linval Roy Carter
- Prince Paul – Paul Houston
- Princess Erika – Erika Dobong'na
- Princess Superstar – Concetta Kirschner
- Aileen Pringle – Aileen Bisbee
- Percy Pringle – William Alvin Moody
- Yvonne Printemps – Yvonne Wignolle
- Freddie Prinze – Frederick Karl Pruetzel
- P. J. Proby – James Marcus Smith
- Prodigy (rapper) – Hayden Johnson
- Promoe – Nils Mårten Ed
- Proof – DeShaun Holt
- Michael Prophet – Michael George Haynes
- Robert Prosky – Robert Joseph Porzuczek
- Jeanne Pruett – Norma Jean Bowman
- Nicholas Pryor – Nicholas David Probst
- PSY – Park Jae-sang
- Puma Swede – Johanna Jussinniemi
- CM Punk – Phillip Jack Brooks
Q
- Maggie Q – Margaret Denise Quigley
- Q-Tip – Jonathan Davis (now Kamaal Fareed)
- Jakie Quartz – Jacqueline Cuchet
- Suzi Quatro – Susan Kay Quatrocchio
- Queen Ida – Ida Lee Lewis
- Queen Latifah – Dana Elaine Owens
- Questlove – Ahmir Khalib Thompson (a.k.a. ?uestlove)
- Louis Quinn – Louis Frackt
R
Ra–Rn
- Rachel Z – Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo
- Roddy Radiation – Rodney Byers
- Radical Face – Ben Cooper
- Johnny Răducanu – Răducanu Creţu
- Charlotte Rae – Charlotte Rae Lubotsky
- Chips Rafferty – John William Pilbean Goffage
- George Raft – George Ranft
- A. R. Rahman (a.k.a. Allah-Rakha Rahman) – A. S. Dileep Kumar
- Raimu – Jules Auguste Muraire
- Jessica Raine – Jessica Helen Lloyd
- Cristina Raines – Cristina Herazo
- Ralph Rainger – Ralph Reichenthal
- Jody Rainwater (a.k.a. Little Jody Rainwater) – Charles Edward Johnson
- Marvin Rainwater – Marvin Percy
- Rosa Raisa – Raitza Burchstein
- Rajasulochana – Pilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu Rajeevalochana
- Shiva Rajkumar – Putta Swamy
- Rakim (akas: The God MC, Kid Wizard, Rakim Allah) – William Michael Griffin Jr.
- Hanna Ralph – Johanna Antonia Adelheid Günther
- Jessie Ralph – Jessie Ralph Chambers
- Eddie Rambeau – Edward Cletus Fluri
- Dame Marie Rambert (also known as Myriam Ramberg) – Cyvia Rambam
- Natacha Rambova – Winifred Shaughnessy (her name was legally changed to Winifred Hudnut after she was adopted by her stepfather)
- Twiggy Ramirez – Jeordie Osbourne White
- Ramón de Algeciras – Ramón Sánchez Gomes
- Dee Dee Ramone – Douglas Glenn Colvin
- Joey Ramone – Jeffrey Ross Hyman
- Johnny Ramone – John William Cummings
- Marky Ramone – Marc Bell
- Tommy Ramone – Erdélyi Tamás (later Thomas Erdelyi)
- C. J. Ramone – Christopher Joseph Ward
- Richie Ramone – Richard Reinhardt
- Matt Ramsey – Alden Brown
- Sally Rand (a.k.a. Billie Beck) – Helen Harriet Beck
- Frankie Randall (singer) – Frank Joseph Lisbona
- Tony Randall – Leonard Rosenberg
- James Randi – Randall James Hamilton Zwinge
- Jane Randolph – Jane Roemer
- John Randolph – Emanuel Hirsch Cohen
- Joyce Randolph – Joyce Sirola
- Rajinikanth – Shivaji Rao Gaekwad
- Devika Rani – Devika Rani Chaudhuri (or Devika Rani Choudhary)
- Ranking Roger – Roger Charlery
- Shabba Ranks – Rawlston Gordon
- Barney Rapp – Barney Rappaport
- Dizzee Rascal – Dylan Mills
- Rasta – Lester Speight
- Thalmus Rasulala – Jack Crowder
- Luis Raúl – Luis Raúl Martínez Rodríguez
- Polo Ravales – Paul Patrick Rodil Gruenberg
- Genya Ravan (a.k.a. Goldie) – Genyusha Zelkovicz
- Raven-Symoné (a.k.a. Raven) – Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman
- Elsa Raven – Elsa Rabinowitz
- Mojo Rawley – Dean Muhtadi
- James Ray – James Raymond
- Nicholas Ray – Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr.
- Philip Ray – Roy Edgar Cochrane
- Gene Rayburn – Eugen Peter Jeljenic (later known legally as Eugene Rubessa)
- Jazz Raycole – Jazzmine Raycole Dillingham
- Martha Raye – Margy Reed
- Ray-J – William Raymond Norwood Jr.
- Raylene – Stacey Briana Bernstein
- Gene Raymond – Raymond Guion
- Amber Rayne – Meghan Wren
- Madison Rayne – Ashley Nichole Simmons
- Andy Razaf – Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo
- Razor Ramon (American wrestler) – Scott Oliver Hall
- Razor Ramon (Canadian wrestler) (a.k.a. "Fake Razor Ramon") – Richard Bognar
- Razor Ramon (Japanese comedian and wrestler) – Masaki Sumitani
- Maxim Reality – Keeti Palmer
- Jay Reatard – Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.
- Leon Redbone – Dickran Gobalian
- Redfoo – Stefan Gordy
- Redman – Reginald Noble
- Alan Reed – Herbert Theodore Bergman
- Donna Reed – Donna Belle Mullenger
- Heida Reed – Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir
- Jerry Reed – Jerry Reed Hubbard
- Paul Reed – Sidney Kahn
- Robert Reed – John Robert Rietz Jr.
- Della Reese – Delloreese Patricia Early
- George Reeves – George Keefer Brewer
- Vic Reeves – James Roderick Moir
- William Regal (a.k.a. Steven Regal) – Darren Kenneth Matthews
- Joan Regan – Joan Bethel (or Siobhan Bethel)
- Elis Regina – Elis Regina Carvalho Costa
- Roman Reigns – Leati Joseph Anoa'i
- Max Reinhardt – Maximilian Goldmann
- MC Ren – Lorenzo Patterson
- Duncan Renaldo – Renault Renaldo Duncan
- Colette Renard – Colette Lucie Raget
- Mariana Renata – Mariana Renata Dantec
- Line Renaud – Jacqueline Ente
- Diane Renay – Renee Diane Kushner
- Wendy Rene (also known as Mary Cross) – Mary Frierson
- Priscilla Renea – Priscilla Renea Hamilton
- Ciara Renée – Ciara Renée Harper
- Jean Reno – Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez
- Mike Reno – Joseph Michael Rynoski
- Residente Calle 13 (a.k.a. Residente) – René Pérez Joglar
- Martin Rev – Martin Reverby
- Paul Revere (musician) – Paul Revere Dick
- The Reverend Tholomew Plague (a.k.a. The Rev) – James Owen Sullivan
- Dorothy Revier – Doris Velagra
- Simon Rex – Simon Rex Cutright
- Alvino Rey – Alvin McBurney
- Antonia Rey – Antonia Francesch Rangel
- Carmela Rey – Carmen Sánchez Levi
- Fernando Rey – Fernando Casado D'Arambillet
- Florián Rey – Antonio Martínez del Castillo
- Reynaldo Rey – Harry Reynolds
- Craig Reynolds – Harold Hugh Enfield
- Randi Rhodes (akas: Randi St. John, Randi Joyce Robertson) – Randi Joyce Bueten
- Cody Rhodes – Cody Runnels
- Donnelly Rhodes – Donnelly Rhodes Henry
- Dustin Rhodes – Dustin Patrick Runnels
- Dusty Rhodes – Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.
- Erik Rhodes – Ernest Sharpe
- Marjorie Rhodes – Millicent Wise
- Nick Rhodes – Nicholas James Bates
- Randi Rhodes – Randi Beuten
- Busta Rhymes – Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.
- Matthew Rhys – Matthew Rhys Evans
- Rhythim is Rhythim (a.k.a. Mayday) – Derrick May
- Buddy Rich – Bernard Rich
- Rich Homie Quan – Dequantes Lamar
- Don Rich – Donald Eugene Ulrich
- Tony Rich – Anthony Jeffries
- Sir Cliff Richard – Harry Rodger Webb
- Little Richard – Richard Wayne Penniman
- Wendy Richard – Wendy Emerton
- Shane Richie – Shane Patrick Roche
- Kane Richmond – Frederick William Bowditch
- Lucille Ricksen – Ingeborg Myrtle Elisabeth Ericksen
- John Ridgely – John Huntington Rea
- Robert Ridgely – Robert Ritterbusch
- Suzanne Ridgeway – Ione Ahrens
- Zoogz Rift – Robert Pawlikowski
- Edward Rigby – Edward Coke
- Rosa Rio – Elizabeth Raub
- Richard Rishi – Richard Sharaf Babu
- Rita (Israeli singer) – Rita Yahan Farouz
- Jonas Rivanno – Jonas Rivanno Wattimena
- Violeta Rivas – Ana María Francisca Adinolfi
- Mon Rivera – Monserrate Rivera Alers (father) and Efraín Rivera Castillo (son)
- Joan Rivers – Joan Alexandra Molinsky
- Johnny Rivers – John Ramistella
- Larry Rivers – Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg
- Road Dogg – Brian Girard James
- Road Warrior Animal – Joseph Aaron Laurinaitis
- Road Warrior Hawk – Michael James Hegstrand
- Jerome Robbins – Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz
- Peter Robbins – Louis Nanasi
- Marty Robbins – Martin David Robinson
- Chris Roberts (singer) – Christian Klusáček
- Jake Roberts – Aurelian Smith, Jr.
- Kane Roberts – Robert William Athis
- Roy Roberts – Roy Barnes Jones
- Tawny Roberts – Adrienne Almond
- Robbie Robertson – Jaime Royal Klegerman
- Alys Robi – Alice Robitaille
- Edward G. Robinson – Emanuel Goldenberg
- Sugar Ray Robinson – Walker Smith, Jr.
- Stuart Robson – Henry Robson Stuart
- Patricia Roc – Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold
- Alex Rocco – Alexander Federico Petricone
- Rosanna Roces – Jennifer Adriano-Molina
Ro–Rz
- Susan Roces – Jesusa Purificación Sonora
- Aesop Rock – Ian Bavitz
- Crissy Rock – Christine Murray
- Chubb Rock – Richard Simpson
- Derek Lee Rock – Derek Lee Smith
- Pete Rock – Peter Phillips
- Peter Rock (musician) – Peter Mociulski von Remenyk
- Rocco Rock – Theodore James Petty
- The Rock – Dwayne Douglas Johnson[82]
- Woody Rock – James Green
- Lee Rocker – Leon Drucker
- Rikki Rockett – Richard Allan Ream
- Clara Rockmore – Clara Reisenberg
- Rockwell (musician) – Kennedy Gordy
- James Roday – James David Rodriguez
- Gaby Rodgers – Gabrielle Rosenberg
- Red Rodney – Robert Roland Chudnick
- Lolita Rodriguez – Dolores Marquez Clark
- Rodrigo (musician) – Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno
- Johnny Rodz – Johnny Rodriguez
- Beth Rogan – Jenifer Puckle
- Jean Rogers – Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren
- Jimmy Rogers – Jay Arthur Lane
- Julie Rogers (singer) – Julie Rolls
- Roy Rogers – Leonard Slye
- Suzanne Rogers – Suzanne Cecelia Crumpler
- Maria Rohm – Helga Grohmann
- Éric Rohmer – Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer (or Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer, varying sources)
- Gilbert Roland – Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso
- Henry Rollins – Henry Garfield
- Jack Rollins (producer) – Jacob Rabinowitz
- Seth Rollins – Colby Lopez
- Yvonne Romain – Yvonne Warren
- Alita Román – Alita Blanca Barchigia
- Letícia Román – Letícia Novarese
- Lulu Roman – Bertha Louise Hable
- Max Romeo – Maxwell Livingston Smith
- Gloria Romero – Gloria Galla
- Nicky Romero – Nick Rotteveel
- Mickey Rooney – Joseph Yule Jr.
- Buddy Roosevelt – Kenneth Stanhope Sanderson
- George Roper – George Francis Furnival
- Skid Roper – Richard Banke
- Noël Roquevert – Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent
- Françoise Rosay – Françoise Bandy de Nalèche
- Axl Rose – William Bruce Bailey
- Majesty Rose – Majesty Rochelle York
- Rose Marie – Rose Marie Mazzetta
- Billy Rose – William Samuel Rosenberg
- Shiva Rose – Shiva Rose Gharibafshar
- Bodil Rosing – Bodil Hammerich
- Annie Ross – Annabelle Allan Short
- Gaylen Ross – Gail Sue Rosenblum
- Jeff Ross – Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz
- Joe E. Ross – Joseph Roszawikz
- Rick Ross – William Leonard Roberts, II
- Shirley Ross – Bernice Maude Gaunt
- Robert Rossen – Robert Rosen
- Steve Rossi – Joseph Charles Michael Tafarella
- Ariel Rot – Ariel Rotenberg Gutkin
- Cecilia Roth – Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin
- Joanna Roth – Joanna Angelis
- Lillian Roth – Lillian Rutstein
- Ian Rotten – John Benson Williams
- Johnny Rotten – John Joseph Lydon
- Rottyful Sky (formerly known as Haneul) – Kim Hanul
- Roxee B – Anne Roxanne Jordan Barcelo
- Candida Royalle – Candice Vadala
- Royce da 5'9" – Ryan Daniel Montgomery
- Rozalla – Rozalla Miller
- Steele Rudd – Arthur Hoey Davis
- Evelyn Rudie – Evelyn Rudie Bernauer
- Sara Rue – Sara Schlackman
- Titta Ruffo – Ruffo Titta Cafiero
- Bunny Rugs – William Alexander Anthony Clarke
- Ja Rule – Jeffrey Atkins
- Rev. Run (a.k.a. DJ Run) – Joseph Simmons
- Rusev (wrestler) – Miroslav Barnyashev
- Jennifer Rush – Heidi Stern
- Joseph Ruskin – Joseph Richard Schlafman
- Albert Russell – Albert Lerche
- Andy Russell (singer) – Andrés Rábago
- Hal Russell – Harold Luttenbacher
- Leon Russell – Claude Russell Bridges
- Lillian Russell – Helen Louise Leonard
- Mark Russell – Mark Ruslander
- Nipsey Russell – Julius Russell
- Theresa Russell – Theresa Paup
- William Russell (American actor) – William Lerche
- William Russell (British actor) – Russell William Enoch
- Russian Red – Lourdes Hernández
- Kelly Rutherford – Kelly Rutherford Deane
- RyanDan – Ryan and Dan Kowarsky (identical twin brothers; Canadian musical duo)
- Amy Ryan – Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski
- Eileen Ryan – Eileen Annucci
- Kate Ryan – Katrien Verbeeck
- Matt Ryan (actor) – Matthew Darren Evans
- Paul Ryan (actor) – Bernard Paul Feldman
- Sheila Ryan – Katherine Elizabeth McLaughlin
- Tim Ryan (country musician) – Tim Ryan Rouillier
- Ryback – Ryan Reeves
- Bobby Rydell – Robert Louis Ridarelli
- Alfred Ryder – Alfred Jacob Corn
- Mitch Ryder – William Levise
- Winona Ryder – Winona Laura Horowitz
- Zack Ryder – Matthew Joseph Cardona Jr.
- Michael Rye (a.k.a. Rye Billsbury) – John Michael Riorden Billsbury
- Rye Rye – Ryeisha Berrain
- Marcy Rylan – Marcy Faith Behrens
S
Sa–Sh
- Raphael Saadiq – Charlie Ray Wiggins
- Kenji Sahara (a.k.a. Sahara Kenji) – Masayoshi Kato
- Saint Raymond (musician) – Callum Burrows
- Martine St. Clair – Martine Nault
- Julie St. Claire – Juliette Marie Capone
- Pam St. Clement – Pamela Ann Clements
- Lili St. Cyr – Willis Marie Van Schaack
- James St. James – James Clark
- Rebecca St. James – Rebecca Smallbone
- Susan Saint James – Susan Jane Miller
- Austin St. John – Jason Geiger
- Betta St. John – Betty Jean Striegler
- Bridget St John – Bridget Anne Hobbs
- Jeff St John – Jeffrey Leo Newton
- Jill St. John – Jill Arlyn Oppenheim
- Mark St. John – Mark Leslie Norton
- Pete St. John – Peter Mooney
- Nick St. Nicholas – Klaus Karl Kassbaum
- Mathew St. Patrick – Patrick Mathews
- Lara Saint Paul – Silvana Savorelli
- Crispian St. Peters – Robin Peter Smith
- Pat Sajak – Patrick Leonard Sajdak
- S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall – Gerõ Jenõ (later changed name to Szoke Szakáll)
- Chika Sakamoto – Chika Ishihara
- Soupy Sales – Milton Supman
- Ola Salo – Ola Svensson
- Dimitrios Salonikios – Dimitrios Semsis
- Olga Samaroff – Lucy Mary Agnes Hickenlooper
- Aldo Sambrell – Alfredo Sanchez Brell
- Samoa Joe – Nuufolau Joel Seanoa
- Emma Samms – Emma Samuelson
- Savanna Samson – Natalie Oliveros
- Lauren Samuels – Lauren Bonner
- Paul Sand – Paul Sanchez (some sources cite Pablo Sanchez)
- The Sandman – Jim Fullington
- Flo Sandon's – Mammola Sandon
- Damien Sandow – Aaron Steven Haddad
- Kenneth Sandford – Kenneth Parkin
- Yūsuke Santamaria – Yūsuke Nakayama
- Juelz Santana – LaRon Louis James
- Tito Santana – Merced Solis
- Santigold (formerly Santogold) – Santi White
- Alejandro Sanz - Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro
- Father Guido Sarducci – Don Novello
- Dick Sargent – Richard Stanford Cox
- Joseph Sargent – Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente
- Georges Sari (akas: Georges Sarri, Zorz Sari) – Georgia Sarivaxevani
- Laila Sari – Nur Laila Sari Jahrotuljannah
- I. V. Sasi – Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran
- Savitha Sastry – Savitha Subramaniam
- Saukrates (a.k.a. Big Sox) – Amani Wailoo
- Lori Saunders – Linda Marie Hines
- Savage – Roberto Zanetti
- Ann Savage – Bernice Maxine Lyon
- Dutch Savage – Frank Stewart
- John Savage (actor) – John Smeallie Youngs
- Michael Savage – Michael Alan Weiner
- Randy Savage – Randall Mario Poffo
- Saveen – Albert Edward Langford
- Jan Savitt – Jacob Savetnick
- Connie Sawyer – Rosie Cohen
- Saxa (musician) – Lionel Augustus Martin
- James Saxon – William James Smyth
- John Saxon – Carmine Orrico
- Jo Ann Sayers – Miriam Lucille Lilygren
- Rat Scabies – Chris Miller
- Delia Scala – Odette Bedogni
- Gia Scala – Giovanna Scoglio
- Scarface – Brad Jordan
- Scatman John – John Paul Larkin
- Nicole Scherzinger – Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente
- Margarete Schön – Margarete Schippang
- Scientist – Overton Brown
- Tony Scoggo – Anthony Scoggins
- Bonnie Scott – Bonnie Ann Paul
- Gordon Scott – Gordon Merrill Werschkul
- Jack Scott – Jack Scafone
- Josey Scott – Joseph Scott Sappington
- Kathryn Leigh Scott – Marlene Kringstad
- Linda Scott – Linda Joy Sampson
- Lizabeth Scott – Emma Matzo
- L'Wren Scott – Laura Bambrough (aka Luann Bambrough)
- Randolph Scott – George Randolph Crane
- Ronnie Scott – Ronald Schatt
- Simon Scott – Daniel Scott Simon
- Angus Scrimm – Lawrence Rory Guy (also known as Lawrence Guy and Rory Guy, varying sources)
- Seal – Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel (also Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, varying sources)
- George Seaton – George Stenius
- Joan Sebastian – José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa
- Blossom Seeley – Minnie Guyer
- Sybil Seely (a.k.a. Sibye Trevilla) – Sybil Travilla
- Hélène Ségara – Hélène Aurore Alice Rizzo
- Seka – Dorothiea Ivonniea Hundley
- Connie Sellecca – Concetta Sellecchia
- Riya Sen – Riya Dev Varma
- Sen Dog – Sennen Reyes
- Johnny Sequoyah – Johnny Sequoyah Friedenberg
- MC Serch – Michael Berrin
- Ivan Sergei – Ivan Sergei Gaudio
- Yahoo Serious – Gregory Pead (changed name by deed poll to Yahoo Serious)
- Raymond Serra – Aurelio Lacagnina
- Camilo Sesto – Camilo Blanes Cortés
- Pilar Seurat – Rita Hernandez
- Johnny Seven – John Anthony Fetto Jr. (or John Anthony Fetto II)
- Toni Seven – June Elizabeth Millarde
- Steven Severin (a.k.a. Steve Havoc) – Steven John Bailey
- Ninón Sevilla – Emelia Pérez Castellanos
- David Seville – Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian (also known as Ross Bagdasarian Sr.)
- Anne Seymour – Anne Seymour Eckert
- Carolyn Seymour – Carolyn von Beckdendorf
- Jane Seymour – Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg
- Sgt. Slaughter – Robert Remus
- Shabba Doo – Adolfo Gordon Quiñones
- DJ Shadow – Josh Davis
- M.Shadows – Matthew Charles Sanders
- Shakin' Stevens – Michael Barrett
- Shakira – Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
- Mopreme Shakur – Maurice Williams
- MC Shan – Shawn Moltke
- Alex Shane – Alexander Daniel Spilling
- Paul Shane – George Frederick Speight
- L. Shankar (a.k.a. Shenkar) – Lakshminarayanan Shankar
- Ravi Shankar – Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury
- Bob Shannon (radio personality) – Don Bombard
- Del Shannon – Charles Weedon Westover
- Peggy Shannon – Winona Sammon
- Emma Shapplin – Crystêle Madeleine Joliton
- Omar Sharif – Michel Demitri Shalhoub
- Eric Shark (Deaf School) – Thomas Sam Davis
- Shark Boy – Dean Mathew Roll
- Dee Dee Sharp – Dione LaRue
- Todd Sharpville – Roland Augusto Jestyn Estantislao Philipps
- Artie Shaw – Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
- Rick Shaw (radio personality/DJ) – James Harold Hummell III
- Sandie Shaw – Sandra Ann Goodrich
- Susan Shaw – Patsy Sloots
- Victoria Shaw (actress) – Jeanette Ann Lavina Mary Elizabeth Elphick
- Wini Shaw (a.k.a. Winifred Shaw) – Winifred Lei Momi
- Dick Shawn – Richard Schulefand
- Dorothy Shay – Dorothy Sims
- Robert Shayne – Robert Shaen Dawe
- Konstantin Shayne – Konstantin Veniaminovich Olkenitski
- Tamara Shayne – Tamara Veniaminovna Olkenitskaya
- Sheamus (a.k.a. Sheamus O'Shaunessy) – Stephen Farrelly
- Al Shean – Albert Schönberg
- Michael Sheard – Donald Marriot Perkins or Michael Perkins
- Moira Shearer – Moira Shearer King
- Charlie Sheen – Carlos Irwin Estevez
- Martin Sheen – Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez
- Johnny Sheffield – John Matthew Sheffield Cassan
- Reginald Sheffield – Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan
- Dean Shek (akas: Shek Tien, Shek Tin) – Liu Wei Cheng
- Margaret Shelby – Margaret Reilly
- Paul Shelley – Paul Matthews
- Pete Shelley – Peter Campbell McNeish
- Anne Shelton – Patricia Sibley
- Shemp – Samuel Howard
- Jon Shepodd – Hugh Goodwin
- T.G. Sheppard (aka Brian Stacy) – William Neal Browder
- Mark Shera – Mark Shapiro
- Mallika Sherawat – Reema Lamba
Sh–So
- Dinah Sheridan – Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg
- Lee Sheriden – Roger Pritchard
- Allan Sherman – Allan Copelon
- Gale Sherwood – Jacqueline Nash
- Lydia Sherwood – Lily Shavelson
- Anne Shirley – Dawn Evelyeen Paris
- Natasha Shneider – Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman
- Michelle Shocked – Karen Michelle Johnston
- Troy Shondell – Gary Wayne Schelton
- Roberta Shore – Roberta Jymme Schourop
- Shy Carlos – Schirin Grace Sigrist
- Alexander Siddig (a.k.a. Siddig El Fadil) – Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi
- Frank Sidebottom – Christopher Mark Sievey
- The Silence – Mark Maclaine
- Beverly Sills – Belle Miriam Silverman
- Paul Sills – Paul Silverberg
- Jay Silverheels – Harold Smith
- Phil Silvers – Philip Silversmith
- Maria Sílvia – Maria Sílvia Correa Moreira Menezes Aguiar
- David Simeon – David John Townsend
- Al Simmons – Aloisius Szymanski
- Gene Simmons – Chaim Klein Witz; later Gene Klein
- Dominique Simone – Deidre Morrow
- Nina Simone – Eunice Kathleen Waymon
- Renée Simonot – Jeanne Renée Deneuve
- Simple Kid – Ciarán McFeely
- Mickey Simpson – Charles Henry Simpson
- Sinbad – David Adkins
- Bob Sinclar – Christophe LeFriant
- Diane Sinclair – Miriam Rosen
- Madge Sinclair – Madge Dorita Walters
- The Singing Nun – Jeanne-Paule-Marie Deckers
- Penny Singleton – Marianna Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty
- Siouxsie Sioux – Susan Janet Ballion
- Sir Christus – Jukka Kristian Mikkonen
- Sister Carol (akas: Black Cinderella, Mother Culture) – Carol Theresa East
- Troye Sivan – Troye Sivan Mellet
- Nikki Sixx – Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrana
- Luke Ski – Luke Sienkowski
- Skin – Deborah Dyer
- Frank Skinner – Christopher Graham Collins
- Nick Skitz – Nicholas Agamalis
- Skratch Bastid – Paul Murphy
- Sky Blu – Skyler Gordy
- Jennifer Sky – Jennifer Danielle Wacha
- Velvet Sky – Jamie Szantyr
- Ione Skye – Ione Skye Leitch
- Acey Slade – Emil John Schmidt IV
- Chris Slade – Christopher Rees
- Slash – Saul Hudson
- Mia Slavenska – Mia Čorak
- Sleek the Elite – Paul Nakad
- Sleep n' Eat – William Best
- Kimbo Slice – Kevin Ferguson
- Earl Slick – Frank Madeloni
- Slim Dusty – David Gordon Kirkpatrick
- P. F. Sloan (a.k.a. Flip Sloan) – Philip Gary Schlein
- Lindsay Sloane – Lindsay Sloane Leikin
- Karl Slover – Karl Kosiczky
- Slug – Sean Daley
- Slushii – Julian Scanlan
- Edward Small – Edward Schmalheiser
- Pat Smear – Georg Albert Ruthenberg
- Yakov Smirnoff – Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
- Buffalo Bob Smith – Robert Emil Schmidt
- Cal Smith – Calvin Grant Shofner
- John Smith – Robert Errol Van Orden
- Keely Smith – Dorothy Jaqueline Keely
- Liz Smith – Betty Gleadle
- Lois Smith – Lois Arlene Humbert
- Margo Smith – Betty Lou Miller
- Whispering Jack Smith – Jacob Schmidt
- Michael Kelly Smith – Michael Shermick
- Sam Sneed – Sam Anderson
- Gene Snitsky – Eugene Alan Snisky
- Snoop Dogg – Calvin Broadus
- Snow – Darrin O'Brien
- Al Snow – Allen Ray Sarven
- Mark Snow – Martin Fulterman
- Phoebe Snow – Phoebe Ann Laub
- Leigh Snowden – Martha Lee Estes
- Jimmy Snuka – James William Reiher
- Al Sobrante – John Kiffmeyer
- MC Solaar – Claude M'Barali
- Gordon Solie – Jonard Frank Labiak
- Alba Solís – Ángela Herminia Lamberti
- Sir Georg Solti – György Stern
- Brett Somers – Audrey Dawn Johnston
- Suzanne Somers – Suzanne Marie Mahoney
- Elke Sommer – Elke Schletz
- Charlotte Sometimes – Jessica Charlotte Poland
- Grethe Sønck – Grethe Ingeborg Nielsen Hald
- Sonia Noemi – Sonia Noemí González
- Cahide Sonku – Cahide Serap
- Jack Soo – Goro Suzuki
- Louise Sorel – Louise Jacqueline Cohen
- Ted Sorel – Theodore Eliopoulos
- Topi Sorsakoski – Pekka Erkki Juhani Tammilehto
So–Sz
- Geneviève Sorya – Geneviève Marie Thérèse Durand
- Ann Sothern – Harriette Arlene Lake
- Alain Souchon – Alain Kienast
- Jimmy Soul – James McCleese
- Soulja Boy Tell 'Em – DeAndre Ramone Way
- Soulman Alex G – Alex Gibson
- Joe South – Joseph Souter
- Eve Southern – Elva McDowell
- Jeri Southern – Genevieve Lillian Hering
- Southside (record producer) – Joshua Howard Luellen
- Southside Johnny – John Lyon
- Sowelu – Harada Aki
- Kevin Spacey – Kevin Spacey Fowler
- Ned Sparks – Edward Arthur Sparkman
- P. J. Sparxx (akas: K.C. Kerrington, P.J. Kerrington, and Porsche Red) – Laura Brown
- Bubba Sparxxx – Warren Anderson Mathis
- Special K – Kevin Keaton
- Zsa Zsa Speck – Perry Pandrea
- Speech – Todd Thomas
- Georgina Spelvin – Shelley Graham
- Bud Spencer – Carlo Pedersoli
- John Spencer – John Speshock, Jr.
- Baby Spice – Emma Lee Bunton
- Ginger Spice – Geraldine Estelle Halliwell
- Posh Spice – Victoria Caroline Beckham
- Scary Spice – Melanie Janine Brown
- Sporty Spice – Melanie Jayne Chisholm
- Dave Spikey – David Gordon Bramwell
- Spindarella – Deidre Roper
- Anthony Spinelli (akas: Sam Weston, Wes Brown, Arvid Bellar, Leonard Burke, Jack Armstrong, Sybil Kidd, Wendy Lions, Btrambare) – Samuel Weinstein
- Joe Spinell – Joseph J. Spagnuolo
- Dusty Springfield – Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien
- Rick Springfield – Richard Lewis Springthorpe
- Raymond Spum – John Kricfalusi
- Squarepusher – Tom Jenkinson
- Sridevi – Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan
- James Stacy – Maurice William Elias
- John M. Stahl – Jacob Morris Strelitsky
- John Standing – John Ronald Leon
- Bern Nadette Stanis – Bernadette Stanislaus
- Florence Stanley – Florence Schwartz
- Kim Stanley – Patricia Reid
- Louise Stanley – Louise Keyes
- Michael Stanley – Michael Stanley Gee
- Paul Stanley – Stanley Eisen
- Barbara Stanwyck – Ruby Catherine Stevens
- Hovi Star – Hovav Sekulets
- Ryan Star – Ryan Star Kulchinsky
- Alvin Stardust (a.k.a. Shane Fenton) – Bernard William Jewry
- Michael Stark (now known as Michael Williams-Stark) – Michael Williams
- Belle Starr – Myra Maybelle Shirley
- Blaze Starr – Fannie Belle Fleming
- Brenda K. Starr – Brenda Kaplan
- Edwin Starr – Charles Hatcher
- Fredro Starr – Fred Scruggs
- Jane Starr – Garnett Lucille Ryman
- Kay Starr – Katherine Starks
- Martin Starr – Martin James Pflieger Schienle
- Randy Starr – Warren Nadel
- Ringo Starr – Richard Starkey
- Sally Starr – Alleen Mae Beller
- Lovebug Starski – Kevin Smith
- Wayne Static – Wayne Richard Wells
- Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat – Richard Henry Blood
- J.A. Steel – Jacquelyn Ruffner
- Bob Steele (actor) – Robert Adrian Bradbury
- Peter Steele – Peter Thomas Ratajczyk
- Tommy Steele – Thomas William Hicks
- Indira Stefanianna – Indira Stefanianna Christopherson
- Rick Steiner – Robert Rechsteiner
- Scott Steiner – Scott Rechsteiner
- Stephanie (South Korean singer) (a.k.a. Stephanie Kim) – Kim Bo-kyung
- Henry Stephenson – Henry Garroway
- Ford Sterling – George Ford Stich Jr.
- Jan Sterling – Jane Sterling Adriance
- Robert Sterling – William Sterling Hart
- Mike Stern – Michael Sedgwick
- April Stevens – Carol LoTempio
- Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) – Steven Demetre Georgiou
- Connie Stevens – Concetta Rosalie Ingolia
- Craig Stevens – Gail Shikles Jr.
- Dodie Stevens – Geraldine Pasquale
- Inger Stevens – Inger Stensland
- K. T. Stevens – Gloria Wood
- Onslow Stevens – Onslow Ford Stevenson
- Ray Stevens – Harold Ray Ragsdale
- Risë Stevens – Risë Steenberg
- Shadoe Stevens – Terry Ingstad
- Shakin' Stevens – Michael Barratt
- Steve Stevens – Steven Bruce Schneider
- Tabitha Stevens – Kelly Garrett
- Elaine Stewart – Elsy Steinberg
- Jennifer Stewart – Jennifer Noble
- Jon Stewart – Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz
- Martha Stewart (actress) – Martha Haworth
- Paula Stewart – Dorothy Paula Zürndorfer
- Vinnie Stigma – Vincent Cappucchio
- Sting (musician) – Gordon Matthew Sumner
- Sting (wrestler) – Steven James Borden
- John Stockwell (actor) – John Stockwell Samuels, IV
- Christopher Stone (actor) – Thomas Edward Bourassa
- Cliffie Stone – Clifford Snyder
- Freddie Stone – Frederick Stewart
- Harold J. Stone – Harold Hochstein
- Jeffrey Stone – John Forrest Fontaine
- John Stone – John Hailstone
- Joss Stone – Joscelyn Eve Stocker
- Lew Stone – Louis Steinberg
- Philip Stone – Philip Stones
- Rose Stone – Rosemary Stewart
- Sly Stone – Sylvester Stewart
- Vet Stone – Vaetta Stewart
- Gale Storm – Josephine Owaissa Cottle
- Hannah Storm – Hannah Storen
- Lance Storm – Lance Timothy Evers
- Rory Storm – Alan Caldwell
- Tempest Storm – Annie Blanche Banks
- Peter Stormare – Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm
- Suzanne Storrs – Suzanne Storrs Poulton
St–Sz
- Izzy Stradlin – Jeffrey Dean Isbell
- Elsa Stralia – Elsie Mary Fischer
- Steve Strange – Steven Harrington
- Teresa Stratas – Anastasia Stratakis
- Trish Stratus – Patricia Anne Stratigias
- The Streets – Michael Geoffrey Skinner
- Melissa Stribling – Melissa Stribling Smith
- Stringbean (aka String Bean) – David Akeman
- Freddie Stroma – Frederic Wilhelm C.J. Sjostrom
- Stromae – Paul Van Haver
- Mark Strong – Marco Giuseppe Salussolia
- Samantha Strong – Samona Susan Shields
- Joe Strummer – John Graham Mellor
- Barbara Stuart – Barbara Ann McNeese
- Conny Stuart – Cornelia van Meijgaard
- Iris Stuart – Frances McCann
- Jeanne Stuart – Ivy Sweet
- Mary Stuart – Mary Stuart Houchins
- Maxine Stuart – Maxine Shlivek
- Mel Stuart – Stuart Solomon
- Randy Stuart – Elizabeth Shaubell
- Levi Stubbs – Levi Stubbles
- Marie Studholme – Caroline Maria Lupton
- Preston Sturges – Edmund Preston Biden
- A.J. Styles – Alan Jones
- Styles P – David Styles
- Shyla Stylez – Amanda Friedland
- Vi Subversa – Frances Sokolov
- Nikki Sudden – Adrian Nicholas Godfrey
- Sugar – Stephanie Beard
- Big Jim Sullivan – James George Tomkins
- Grant Sullivan (actor) – Jerry Schulz
- Yma Sumac – Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo
- Kabir Suman – Suman Chattopadhyay
- Sumire (model) – Arisa Ishikawa
- Marc Summers – Marc Berkowitz
- Paige Summers – Nancy Coursey
- Sun Ra – Herman Poole Blount (changed name legally to: Le Sony'r Ra)
- Daniel Sunjata – Daniel Sunjata Condon
- Sunnyland Slim – Albert Luandrew
- Tommie Sunshine – Thomas Lorello
- Super Cat – William Maragh
- Super Crazy – Francisco Pantoja Islas
- S. J. Surya – S Justin Selvaraj
- Dick Sutherland – Archibald Thomas Johnson
- James Sutton – James Cook
- Dolores Sutton – Dolores Lila Silverstein
- Jack Swagger – Jacob Hager
- Swamp Dogg – Jerry Williams, Jr.
- Bettye Swann – Betty Jean Champion
- Larry Sweeney – Alexander Whybrow
- Allen Swift – Ira Stadlen
- DeVante Swing – Donald Earle DeGrate, Jr.
- Swizz Beats – Kasseem Daoud Dean (or Kasseem David Dean)
- Tom Swoon (a.k.a. Pixel Cheese) – Dorian Tomasiak
- Syd tha Kyd – Sydney Loren Bennett
- Sylvain Sylvain – Sylvain Mizrahi
- Rikki Sylvan – Nicholas Condron
- David Sylvian – David Alan Batt
- Sylvia Syms (U.S. singer) – Sylvia Blagman
- Synyster Gates – Brian Elwin Haner Jr.
- Syrinx – Simion Stanciu
T
- Mr. T – Lawrence Tureaud (later known as Lawrence Tero)
- T La Rock – Clarence Ronnie Keaton
- Ta-Tanisha – Shirley Cummings
- Vic Tablian – Varoujan Aintablian
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Rudy McDaniel
- Seo Taiji – Jeong Hyeon-cheol
- Taj Mahal – Henry St. Clair Fredericks
- Lyle Talbot – Lisle Henderson
- Nita Talbot – Anita Sokol
- Myfanwy Talog – Myfanwy Talog Williams
- Tampa Red – Hudson Woodbridge (known since childhood as Hudson Whittaker)
- Sharon Tandy – Sharon Finkelstein
- Betty Tanner – Betty Toczylowski
- Bill Tarmey – William Piddington
- Tatanka – Christopher Chavis
- Catherine Tate – Catherine Ford
- Richard Tauber (akas: Ernst Seiffert, Carl Tauber, C. Richard Tauber) – Richard Denemy
- Alex Taylor – Adriana Molinari
- Chip Taylor – James Wesley Voight
- Eva Taylor – Irene Joy Gibbons
- Georgia Taylor – Claire Jackson
- Joan Taylor – Rose Marie Emma
- Kent Taylor – Louis William Weiss
- Koko Taylor (a.k.a. KoKo Taylor) – Cora Walton
- Renée Taylor – Renee Wexler
- Rip Taylor – Charles Elmer, Jr.
- Robert Taylor – Spangler Arlington Brugh
- Vince Taylor – Brian Maurice Holden
- William Desmond Taylor – William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
- Scout Taylor-Compton – Desariee Starr Compton
- Lyle Tayo (a.k.a. Lyle Barton) – Lyle Minnie Shipman
- Tech N9ne – Aaron Dontez Yates
- Ted Ray (comedian) – Charlie Olden
- MC Tee – Touré Embden
- Teena Marie (aka Lady T) – Mary Christine Brockert
- Tegan and Sara – Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin
- Lou Tellegen – Isidore Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen
- Dame Marie Tempest – Mary Susan Etherington
- Joey Tempest – Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson
- Vienna Teng – Cynthia Yih Shih
- David Tennant – David McDonald
- Teoman (singer) – Fazlı Teoman Yakupoğlu
- Robert Tepper – Antoine Robert Teppardo
- Tila Tequila – Tila Nguyen
- Sir Bryn Terfel – Bryn Terfel Jones
- Todd Terje – Terje Olsen
- Tammi Terrell – Thomasina Winifred Montgomery
- Krissada Terrence (akas: Noi S. Clapp, Noi Pru) – Krissada Sukosol Clapp
- Jack Terricloth – Peter Ventantonio
- Norma Terris – Norma Allison
- Ellaline Terriss – Mary Ellaline Lewin
- Tom Terriss – Thomas Herbert F. Lewin
- William Terriss – William Charles James Lewin
- Alice Terry – Alice Frances Taaffe
- Phillip Terry – Frederick Henry Kormann
- Sonny Terry – Saunders Terrell
- Terry-Thomas – Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens
- Walter Tetley – Walter Campbell Tetzlaff
- Joe Tex (a.k.a. Yusuf Hazziez) – Joseph Arrington Jr.
- Bilat Pyan Than (akas: Dora Than E, Ma Than E, Ma Than E Fend) – Than E
- Lorna Thayer – Lorna Patricia Casey
- The Child of Lov (aka Cole Williams) – Martijn William Zimri Teerlinck
- Allan Théo – Alain Rouget
- Thirstin Howl III – Victor DeJesus
- Danny Thomas – Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob
- Henry Thomas – Henry Thomas Jackson Jr.
- Ian Thomas (Belgian musician) – Ian Thomas Hoelen
- Jay Thomas – John Thomas Terrell
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas – Jonathan Weiss
- Paul Thomas (director) – Philip Charles Toubus
- Robin Thomas – Robin Thomas Grossman
- Sunset Thomas – Diane Fowler
- Duane Thompson – Duane Maloney
- Jameson Thomas – Thomas Roland Jameson
- Kay Thompson – Catherine Louise Fink
- Sue Thompson – Eva Sue McKee
- Frank Thornton – Frank Thornton Ball
- Juan Carlos Thorry – José Antonio Torrontegui
- Johnny Thunders – John Anthony Genzale Jr.
- Greta Thyssen – Grethe Karen Thygesen
- Tina Ti (a.k.a. Tina Leung) – Leung Kwok-hing
- Tiësto – Tijs Michiel Verwest
- Pamela Tiffin – Pamela Tiffin Wonso
- Kevin Tighe – John Kevin Fishburn (some sources cite Jon Kevin Fishburn)
- Vesta Tilley – Matilda Alice Powles
- Tim & Bob (a.k.a. Funktwons) – Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson
- Timbaland – Timothy Mosley
- Timbuktu (artist) – Jason Michael Robinson Diakité
- Tin-Tan – Germán Genaro Cipriano Gómez Valdés de Castillo
- Betty Ting – Tang Mei Li
- Tiny (Xscape) – Tameka Cottle
- Tiny Tim – Herbert Khaury[83]
- Tito "El Bambino" – Efraín Fines Nevares
- Hallie Todd – Hallie Eckstein
- Josh Todd – Joshua Todd Gruber
- Mike Todd – Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen
- Nick Todd – Nicholas Boone
- Eva Todor – Éva Fodor
- George Tokoro – Takayuki Haga
- Michael Tolan – Seymour Tuchow
- Lorna Tolentino – Victoria Lorna Aluquin-Fernandez
- Tone Lōc – Anthony Terrell Smith
- Tongolele – Yolanda Ivonne Montes Farrington
- Too Short – Todd Anthony Shaw
- Rita Tori – Marguerite Thoresen
- Peter Tork – Peter Halston Thorkelson
- Fray Tormenta – Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez
- Toro y Moi – Chazwick Bradley Bundick
- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson – Leopoldo Torres Nilsson
- David Torrence – David Tayson
- Alessandra Torresani – Alessandra Olivia Toreson
- Peter Tosh – Winston Hubert McIntosh
- Stuart Tosh – Stuart MacIntosh
- Totó la Momposina – Sonia Bazanta Vides
- Tamara Toumanova – Tamara Vladimirovna Khassidovitch
- Maurice Tourneur – Maurice Thomas
- Mageina Tovah – Mageina Tovah Begtrup
- Sheila Tracy – Sheila Lugg
- Steve Tracy – Steven Crumrine
- Trae tha Truth – Frazier Othel Thompson
- Chris Tranchell – Christopher Peter John Small
- Henry Travers – Travers John Heagerty
- Dave Lee Travis – David Patrick Griffin
- Randy Travis – Randy Traywick
- Robert Trebor – Robert Schenkman
- Dorothy Tree – Dorothy Estelle Triebitz
- Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree – Herbert Draper Beerbohm
- Jackie Trent – Yvonne Burgess
- Claire Trevor – Claire Wemlinger
- Trey Songz – Tremaine Aldon Neverson
- Tricky – Adrian Thaws
- Triple H – Paul Michael Levesque
- Trombone Shorty – Troy Andrews
- Doris Troy – Doris Higginson
- Andrea True (akas: Inger Kissin, Singe Low, Sandra Lips, Andrea Travis, Catherine Warren) – Andrea Marie Truden
- Trugoy the Dove – David Jude Jolicoeur
- Arnaud Tsamere – Arnaud Tsedri
- Nicholas Tse – Tse Ting-fung
- Tsui Hark – Tsui Man-kong
- King Tubby – Osborne Ruddock
- Richard Tucker – Rivn Ticker (later known as Rubin Ticker)
- Tommy Tucker – Robert Higginbotham
- Antony Tudor – William Cook
- Tunisiano – Bachir Baccour
- Janine Turner – Janine Loraine Gauntt
- Sammy Turner – Samuel Black
- Yolande Turner – Yolande Eileen Turnbull
- Shania Twain – Eilleen Regina Edwards (later Eilleen Regina Twain)
- Twiggy Ramirez – Jeordie Osbourne White
- Twin Shadow – George Lewis Jr.
- Twinkle (singer) – Lynn Annette Ripley
- Conway Twitty – Harold Lloyd Jenkins
- Tyler, the Creator – Tyler Gregory Okonma
- Bonnie Tyler – Gaynor Hopkins
- Ginny Tyler – Merrie Virginia Erlandson
- Judy Tyler – Judith Mae Hess
- Steven Tyler – Stephen Victor Tallarico
- T. Texas Tyler – David Luke Myrick
- Tom Tyler – Vincent Markowski
- Hunter Tylo (a.k.a. Deborah Morehart) – Deborah Jo Hunter
- George Tyne – Martin Yarus
- Rob Tyner – Robert Derminer
- Judie Tzuke – Judie Myers
U
- Skeet Ulrich – Bryan Ray Trout
- The Ultimate Warrior – Brian James Hellwig, later legally changed to simply Warrior
- Ultra Violet – Isabelle Collin Dufresne
- Uncle Don (a.k.a. Uncle Don Carney) – Howard Rice
- Uncle Floyd – Floyd Vivino
- Uncle Kracker – Matthew Shafer
- Dan Under – Dan Smith
- The Undertaker – Mark William Calaway
- The Unknown Comic – Murray Langston
- Minerva Urecal – Minerva Holzer
- Jimmy Urine – James Euringer
- Oderus Urungus – David Murray Brockie
V
- Michael V. – Beethoven del Valle Bunagan
- Big Van Vader (a.k.a. "Vader") – Leon Allen White
- Roger Vadim – Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov
- Dan Vadis – Constantine Daniel Vafiadis
- Vera Vague – Barbara Jo Allen
- Holly Valance – Holly Rachel Vukadinovic (some sources indicate Vukadinović)
- Sigrid Valdis – Patricia Annette Olson
- Eric Vale – Christopher Eric Johnson
- Jerry Vale – Genaro Louis Vitaliano
- Ritchie Valens – Richard Steven Valenzuela
- Brooke Valentine – Kanesha Nichole Brooks
- Dickie Valentine (a.k.a. Richard Bryce) – Richard Maxwell
- Gary Valentine – Gary Joseph Knipfing
- Gary Valentine (musician) – Gary Lachman
- Greg Valentine (a.k.a. "The Hammer") – Jonathan Anthony Wisniski
- Stacy Valentine – Stacy Baker
- Val Valentino – Leonard Montano
- Laurita Valenzuela – Rocío Espinosa López-Cepero
- Dana Valery (a.k.a. Dana Valery Catalano) – Fausta Dana Galli
- Valda Valkyrien – Adele Eleonore Freed
- Jean Vallée – Paul Goeders
- Alida Valli – Alida Maria Laura von Altenburger
- Frankie Valli – Francesco Stephen Castelluccio
- Valli Valli – Valli Knust
- Virginia Valli – Virginia McSweeney
- Bobby Van – Robert Jack Stein
- Dame Irene Vanbrugh – Irene Barnes
- Violet Vanbrugh – Violet Augusta Mary Barnes
- Tommy Vance – Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston
- Vivian Vance – Vivian Roberta Jones
- Edmond Van Daële – Edmond Jean Adolphe Minckwitz
- Rob Van Dam – Robert Alex (or Alexander) Szatkowski
- Jean-Claude Van Damme – Jean-Claude Camille François van Vaerenbergh
- Musetta Vander – Musetta van der Merwe
- Trish Van Devere – Patricia Louise Dressel
- Warren Vanders – Warren John Vanderschuit
- Despina Vandi – Despina Malea
- Mamie Van Doren – Joan Lucille Olander
- John van Dreelen – Jacques van Drielen Gimberg
- Paul Van Dyk – Matthias Paul
- Les Vandyke (akas: Johnny Worth, John Worth) – John Worsley
- Daniel Vangarde – Daniel Bangalter
- Jimmy Van Heusen – Edward Chester Babcock
- Dave Vanian – David Lett (or Letts)
- Vanilla Ice – Robert Van Winkle
- Vanity – Denise Katrina Matthews
- David VanLanding (a.k.a. David Van Landing) – William David VanLandingham
- Tzeni Vanou – Eugenia Vrachnou
- Big Van Vader – Leon White
- Philip Van Zandt – Philip Pinheiro
- Norma Varden – Norma Varden Shackleton
- Rosy Varte – Nevarte Manouelian
- Frankie Vaughan – Frank Abelson
- Peter Vaughan – Peter Ohm
- Jean Vautrin – Jean Herman
- Bobby Vee – Robert Thomas Velline
- Alan Vega – Boruch Alan Bermowitz
- Julie Vega – Julie Pearl Apostol Postigo
- Paz Vega – Paz Campos Trigo
- Johnny Vegas – Michael Joseph Pennington
- Vinny Vella – Vincent Franco Vellacerra
- Amy Veness (a.k.a. Amy Van Ness) – Amy Clarice Beart
- Nick Venet – Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis
- Zacky Vengeance – Zachary James Baker
- Val Venis – Sean Allen Morley
- Lee Venora – Elena Sinaguglia
- Jesse Ventura – James George Janos
- Richard Venture – Richard Charles Venturella
- Benay Venuta – Benvenuta Rose Crooke
- Billy Vera – William Patrick McCord
- Violette Verdy – Nelly Armande Guillerm
- Ben Vereen – Benjamin Augustus Middleton
- Tom Verlaine – Thomas Miller
- Kaaren Verne – Ingeborg Greta Katerina Marie-Rose Klinckerfuss
- Dai Vernon – David Frederick Wingfield Verner
- Howard Vernon – Mario Lippert
- Howard Vernon (Australian actor), also a.k.a. Norman Letville – John Lett
- Irene Vernon – Irene Vergauwen
- Jackie Vernon – Ralph Verrone
- John Vernon – Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz
- Véronique – Véronique Béliveau
- Odile Versois – Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff (some sources cite forename as Tatiana)
- Edy Vessel (akas: Edi Vessel, Edy Vesel) – Edoarda Vesselovsky
- Sid Vicious (musician) – John Simon Ritchie
- Sid Vicious (wrestler) – Sidney Ray Eudy
- Martha Vickers – Martha MacVicar
- Yvette Vickers – Iola Yvette Vedder
- Violetta Villas – Czesława Maria Cieślak
- Aspen Vincent – Aspen Miller
- Frank Vincent – Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr.
- Gene Vincent – Vincent Eugene Craddock
- June Vincent – Dorothy June Smith
- Leslie Vincent – Leslie Fullard-Leo
- Tony Vincent – Anthony Peter Strascina
- Vinnie Vincent – Vincent John Cusano
- Lee Ving – Lee James Capellaro
- Helen Vinson – Helen Rulfs
- Bobby Vinton – Stanley Robert Vintula, Jr.
- Helle Virkner – Helle Genie Lotinga
- Yolandi Visser (a.k.a. Yo-Landi Vi$$er) – Anri Du Toit
- Vitamin C – Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick
- John Vivyan – John R. Vukayan
- Vidkid Timo – Timothy Paul Ritchie
- Marina Vlady – Marina Catherine de Poliakoff-Baydaroff
- Julio Voltio – Julio Irving Ramos Filomeno
- Kat Von D – Katherine von Drachenberg
- Chris Von Erich – Chris Barton Adkisson
- David Von Erich – David Alan Adkisson
- Fritz Von Erich – Jack Barton Adkisson
- Kerry Von Erich – Kerry Gene Adkisson
- Kevin Von Erich – Kevin Ross Adkisson
- Lacey Von Erich – Lacey Dawn Adkisson
- Lance Von Erich – William Kevin Vaughan
- Mike Von Erich – Michael Brett Adkisson
- Waldo Von Erich – Walter Paul Sieber
- Dita Von Teese – Heather Sweet
- Patricia Vonne – Patricia Rodriguez
W
- will.i.am – William Adam James Jr.
- WC (rapper) – William L. Calhoun Jr.
- Andrew W.K. – Andrew Fetterly Wilkes Krier
- Michael Wager – Emanuel Weisgal
- Tomisaburo Wakayama – Masaru Okumura
- Gregory Walcott – Bernard Mattox
- Wally Wales (a.k.a. Hal Taliaferro) – Floyd Taliaferro Alderson
- Betty Walker – Edith Seeman
- Gary Walker (musician) – Gary Leeds
- Jerry Jeff Walker – Ronald Clyde Crosby
- Johnny Walker – Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi
- Junior Walker – Autry DeWalt Jr.
- Nancy Walker – Anna Myrtle Swoyer
- Scott Walker (singer) – Noel Scott Engel
- Beryl Wallace – Beatrice Heischuber
- Dee Wallace (a.k.a. Dee Wallace Stone) – Deanna Bowers
- Jean Wallace – Jean Walasek
- Harold Brent Wallis (aka Hal B. Wallis) – Aaron Blum Wolowicz
- Bruno Walter – Bruno Schlesinger
- Wando (singer) – Wanderley Alves dos Reis
- Walter Wanger – Walter Feuchtwanger
- Burt Ward – Bert John Gervis Jr.
- Fannie Ward – Fannie Buchanan
- Mary Ward (actress) – Mary Ward Breheny
- Harlan Warde – Harlan Ward Lufkin
- Jack Warden – John Warden Lebzelter Jr.
- Irene Ware – Irene Catherine Ahlberg
- Wavy Gravy – Hugh Nanton Romney
- Andy Warhol – Andrew Warhola
- Derek Waring – Derek Barton-Chapple
- Wario – Gerard Daniel Junesville, later Gerard Dashiell Junesville
- Jack Warner (English actor) – Horace John Waters
- Fran Warren – Frances Wolfe
- Harry Warren – Salvatore Antonio Guaragna
- Rusty Warren – Ilene Goldman
- David Warshofsky – David A. Warner
- Dee Dee Warwick – Delia Mae Warrick
- Dionne Warwick – Marie Dionne Warrick
- Giulia Warwick – Julia Ehrenberg
- Robert Warwick – Robert Taylor Bien
- Don Was – Donald Fagenson
- Washboard Sam – Robert Brown
- Dinah Washington – Ruth Lee Jones
- Muddy Waters – McKinley Morganfield
- Wavy Gravy – Hugh Nanton Romney
- Wax (singer) – Cho Hye-ri
- Kristina Wayborn – Britt-Inger Johansson
- Alvis Wayne – Alvis Wayne Samford
- David Wayne – Wayne James McMeekan
- John Wayne – Marion Robert Morrison (later known as Marion Mitchell Morrison)
- Johnny Wayne – Louis Weingarten
- Lil Wayne – Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.
- Clifton Webb – Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
- Wednesday 13 – Joseph Poole
- Dean Ween – Mickey Melchiondo
- Gene Ween – Aaron Freeman
- Raquel Welch – Jo Raquel Tejada
- Joan Weldon – Joan Louise Welton
- Brandi Wells – Marguerite J. Pinder
- Cory Wells – Emil Lewandowski
- Doris Wells – Doris María Buonafina
- Kitty Wells – Ellen Muriel Deason
- Robert Wells – Robert Levinson
- Oskar Werner – Oskar Josef Bschließmayer
- Paul Wesley – Pawel Tomasz Wasilewski
- Adam West – William West Anderson
- Dottie West – Dorothy Marie Marsh
- Maura West – Maura Jo Snyder
- Shane West – Shannon Bruce Snaith
- WestBam – Maximillian Lenz
- Helen Westcott – Myrthas Helen Hickman (adopted surname of actor Gordon Westcott, her purported father)
- Ellen Weston – Ellen Weinstein
- Jack Weston – Jack Weinstein
- Paul Weston – Paul Wetstein
- Riley Weston – Kimberlee Kramer
- Peetie Wheatstraw – William Bunch
- Maggie Wheeler (briefly known as Maggie Jakobson) – Margaret Emily Jakobson
- Jesse White – Jesse Marc Weidenfeld
- Jules White – Jules Weiss
- Joan Whitney – Zoe Parenteau
- Peter Whitney – Peter King Engle
- Mary Wickes – Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser
- Mary Wigman – Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann
- Detroit Gary Wiggins – Gary Allen Wiggins
- Cornel Wilde – Kornél Lajos Weisz
- Kim Wilde – Kim Smith
- Marty Wilde – Reginald Leonard Smith
- Olivia Wilde – Olivia Jane Cockburn
- Ricky Wilde - Richard James Reginald Steven Smith
- Gene Wilder – Jerome Silberman
- Wilfried (singer) – Wilfried Scheutz
- Warren William – Warren William Krech
- Adam Williams – Adam Berg
- Anson Williams – Anson William Heimlich
- Bill Williams (actor) – Herman August Wilhelm Katt
- Cara Williams – Bernice Kamiat
- Doc Williams (singer) – Andrew John Smik, Jr.
- Guy Williams – Armando Joseph Catalano
- Jerry Williams (singer) – Sven Erik Fernström
- Joe Williams (jazz singer) – Joseph Goreed
- Roger Williams – Louis Weertz
- Kate Williamson – Robina Jane Sparks
- Sonny Boy Williamson – John Lee Curtis Williamson (later known as Sonny Boy Williamson I)
- Sonny Boy Williamson – Aleck Ford (later known as Aleck/Alex/Rice Miller and Sonny Boy Williamson II)
- Mark Wills – Daryl Mark Williams
- Eva Wilma – Eva Wilma Rilfles
- Meri Wilson – Meri Wilson Edgmon
- Rebel Wilson – Melanie Elizabeth Bownds
- Trey Wilson – Donald Yearnsley Wilson, III
- Paul Winchell – Pinkus Wilchinski (some sources indicate Paul Wilchinsky)
- Barron Winchester – Duane Lee Jones
- Beatrice Winde – Beatrice Lucille Williams
- Barbara Windsor – Barbara Ann Deeks
- Claire Windsor – Clara Viola Cronk
- Frank Windsor – Frank W. Higgins
- Marie Windsor – Emily Marie Bertelson
- Paula Winslowe – Winifred Reyleche
- Ariel Winter – Ariel Winter Workman
- Judy Winter – Beate Richard
- David Winters (choreographer) – David Weizer
- Marian Winters – Marian Weinstein
- Shelley Winters – Shirley Schrift
- Estelle Winwood – Estelle Ruth Goodwin
- Nicky Wire – Nicholas Jones
- Ernie Wise – Ernest Wiseman
- Wish Bone – Charles Scruggs
- Wisin & Yandel – Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malave
- John Witty – Rupert John Blanchflower Featherstone-Witty
- Jah Wobble – John Joseph Wardle
- Karl Wolf – Carl Abou Samah
- Peter Wolf – Peter Blankfield
- Wolfman Jack – Robert Smith
- Stevie Wonder – Steveland Hardaway Judkins (originally); later known as Steveland Hardaway Morris
- Anna May Wong – Wong Liu Tsong
- Casanova Wong – Kim Yong-ho
- Faye Wong (also known as Shirley Wong) – Xia Lin
- Vincent Wong – Vivian Warren Chen
- John Woo – Wu Yu-seng (Ng Yu-Sum in Cantonese)
- Brenton Wood – Alfred Smith
- Judith Wood – Helen Johnson
- Lana Wood – Svetlana Gurdin
- Natalie Wood – Natalie Zakharenko
- Donald Woods – Ralph Lewis Zink
- Eli Woods (akas: Bretton Woods; Jack Casey) – John Casey
- Ali-Ollie Woodson – Ollie Creggett
- Jimmy Wopo – Travon Da Shawn Frank Smart
- Hawksley Workman – Ryan Corrigan
- Harry Worth – Harry Bourlon Illingsworth
- Helen Worth – Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth
- Irene Worth – Harriet Elizabeth Abrams
- John Wray – John Griffith Malloy
- Tera Wray – Tera Elizabeth Lents
- Wreckless Eric – Eric Goulden
- Dale Wright – Harlan Dale Riff
- Martha Wright (actress) – Martha Lucile Wiederrecht
- Butterfly Wu – Hu Die (also known as Hu Ruihua)
- Wu Ma – Feng Hongyuan
- Gretchen Wyler – Gretchen Patricia Wienecke
- Bill Wyman (a.k.a. Lee Wyman) – William George Perks Jr.
- Margaret Wycherly – Margaret DeWolfe
- Patrick Wymark – Patrick Carl Cheeseman
- Sir Charles Wyndham – Charles Culverwell
- Victoria Wyndham – Victoria Camargo
- Peter Wyngarde – Cyril Louis Goldbert (disputed)
- Tammy Wynette – Virginia Wynette Pugh
- Ed Wynn – Isaiah Edwin Leopold
- May Wynn – Donna Lee Hickey
- Nan Wynn – Marsha Vatz
- Philippé Wynne – Phillip Walker
- Diana Wynyard – Dorothy Isobel Cox
X
- Terminator X – Norman Lee Rogers
- X-Pac – Sean Michael Waltman
- Xia – Kim Junsu
- Xuxa – Maria da Graça Meneghel
- XXXTentacion – Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy
- Xzibit – Alvin Nathaniel Joiner
Y
- Sami Yaffa – Sami Lauri Takamäki
- Ya Kid K – Barbara Kamosi Maoso Duogi
- Yalın – Hüseyin Yalın
- Tojo Yamamoto – Harold Watanabe
- Romina Yan – Romina Yankelevich
- Mama Yancey – Estella Harris
- Yazz – Yasmin Evans
- DJ Yella – Antoine Carraby
- Yellowman – Winston Foster
- Yo-Yo – Yolanda Whitaker
- Yokozuna – Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i
- Tokitenkū Yoshiaki – Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar
- Christian York – Jason Spence
- Michael York – Michael Hugh Johnson
- Susannah York – Susannah Yolande Fletcher
- Edith Yorke – Edith Murgatroyd
- Yabby You – Vivian Jackson
- Burt Young – Gerald Tommaso DeLouise
- Gig Young – Byron Elsworth Barr
- Jesse Colin Young – Perry Miller
- Skip Young – Ronald Plumstead
- Stephen Young – Stephen Levy
- Young Buck (of G-Unit) – David Darnell Brown
- Young Jeezy – Jay Jenkins
- Young Kenny – Justin Moorhouse
- Yukmouth – Jarold Ellis, Jr.
- Yukon Eric – Eric Holmback
- Yung Joc – YaMar Jon Robinson
- Yuri (Mexican singer) – Yuridia Valenzuela Canseco
Z
- Zeny Zabala – Emerenciana Ortiz Santos
- Zacky Vengeance – Zachary James Baker
- Pia Zadora – Pia Alfreda Schipani
- Zekuuba Zekkariyas – Cecil Dale Womack
- Hy Zaret – Hyman Harry Zaritsky
- Zazie – Isabelle Marie Anne de Truchis de Varennes
- Larry Zbyszko – Lawrence Whistler
- Stanislaus Zbyszko – Jan Stanisław Cyganiewicz
- Wladek Zbyszko – Władysław Cyganiewicz
- Robert Z'Dar – Robert J. Zdarsky
- Virginia Zeani – Virginia Zehan
- Ona Zee – Ona Zimmerman
- Freekey Zekey – Ezekiel Giles
- Zelo – Choi Junhong
- Monica Zetterlund – Monica Nilsson
- Z'EV – Stefan Joel Weisser
- Dolph Ziggler – Nicholas Theodore Nemeth
- Gyula Zilahy – Gyula Balogh
- Zim Zum – Timothy Michael Linton
- Sandra Zober – Sonia Zoberblatt
- Rob Zombie (a.k.a. Robert Wolfgang Zombie) – Robert Bartleh Cummings
- Zomboy – Joshua Mellody
- Tay Zonday – Adam Nyerere Bahner
- Billy Zoom – Tyson Kindell
- Vera Zorina – Eva Brigitta Hartwig
- Raúl Zorrilla – Emilio Vieyra
- Diana Zubiri – Rosemarie Joy Garcia
- Zucchero (a.k.a. Zucchero Fornaciari) – Adelmo Fornaciari
- Arianne Zucker – Arianne Bethene Zuckerman
- Zulu – Gilbert Francis Lani Damian Kauhi
- Bob Zurke – Boguslaw Albert Zukowski
- Zuzzurro – Cipriano Andrea Brambilla
- Walter Zwol (a.k.a. Zwol) – Walter Zwolinski
- Buckwheat Zydeco – Stanley Dural Jr.
See also
- List of nicknames of blues musicians
- List of nicknames of jazz musicians
- List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames
- List of one-word stage names
References
- ^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786443734.
- ^ Daniel Barnz was born Daniel Bernstein in a suburb of Philadelphia, and later changed his surname to an amalgamation of Bernstein and Schwartz, the surname of his partner of almost two decades, Ben Schwartz.
- ^ Julie Andrews was born Julia Elizabeth Wells, but took the name Andrews when she moved in with her stepfather as a child.
- ^ Sean Patrick Astin was born Sean Patrick Duke, the son of actress Patty Duke (1946–2016). At the time, it was reported that entertainer Desi Arnaz Jr. was his biological father. On August 5, 1972, Patty Duke married actor John Astin, after having been in a relationship with him for two years. John Astin subsequently adopted Sean.
- ^ Armstrong, Lois (October 17, 1977). "For Taming Precocious Patty Duke, John Astin Is a Miracle Worker", People. Vol. 8, No. 16.
- ^ Jimmy Barnes was born James Dixon Swan in Glasgow, Scotland. His family relocated to South Australia in 1961, when he was four years old. Barnes' parents later divorced. His mother remarried, to a clerk surnamed Barnes and encouraged her children to adopt their stepfather's surname.
- ^ Christie Brinkley was born Christie Lee Hudson but following her parents' divorce she was legally adopted by her stepfather, whose surname (Brinkley), she took.
- ^ Clemency Margaret Greatrex Burton was born in London in 1981 to Humphrey Burton, the BBC's first head of music and arts, and Gillian Hawser, an agent. The couple never married. Hawser had been married to Robert Hill since 1970. The actress later added her stepfather's surname, hence the double-barrelled surname.
- ^ Neneh Cherry was born Neneh Mariann Karlsson (Karlsson was her mother's maiden name); she was later adopted by her stepfather Don Cherry, and subsequently took his surname.
- ^ Robert Conrad "Robb" Flynn was born as Lawrence Matthew Cardine in Oakland, California. He was adopted after being abandoned by his birth parents. He has since stated that he does not wish to find his birth parents, with the Machine Head song "Left Unfinished" describing his feelings about them.
"Interview: Robb Flynn of Machine Head". goldenplec.com. May 23, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013. - ^ Missy and Tracey Gold were born Melissa Fisher and Tracey Claire Fisher, respectively; the surname Gold is a shortened form of the surname they acquired upon adoption by their stepfather, Harry Goldstein.
- ^ Julie Goodyear was born Julie Kemp; she adopted her stepfather's surname.
- ^ Dave Gahan, British musician, was born David Callcott to parents Len and Sylvia Callcott; Dave was only six months old when his father left the family. Sylvia and Len divorced two years later and his mother moved Dave and sister Sue (born 1960) to Basildon, Essex, after she married her second husband, Jack Gahan.[citation needed]
- ^ American actress, director and screenwriter, born Barbara Carol Wayne; her mother Bess Myerson, married, secondly, to Arnold Grant, who legally adopted Barbara in 1962.
- ^ Born Jane Elizabeth Marie Burgess, she later adopted her stepfather (Yves Lapotaire)'s surname (see [1])
- ^ Born Blake Ellender Brown and Eric Lawrence Brown, respectively; later adopted their stepfather (Ernie Lively)'s surname (see [2])
- ^ Elle Macpherson was born Eleanor Nancy Gow, but was assigned her stepfather's surname (see "Elle Macpherson looks good with Intimates")
- ^ "Movies: Biography for Jesse L. Martin". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
Jesse L. Martin was born Jesse Lamont Watkins to Jesse Reed Watkins and Virginia Price; the two divorced when Jesse was a child. His mother eventually remarried and Martin adopted his stepfather's surname.
- ^ American singer-songwriter, is the son of singer Mel Tormé and actress Candy Toxton. They later divorced and Toxton married actor/comedian Hal March, who became Steve's stepfather.
- ^ At the age of 10, Martine took her stepfather's surname when her mother met and married window cleaner John McCutcheon.
- ^ Frances McDormand was born Cindy Ann Smith but was adopted at one and a half years of age by Noreen (née Nickelson) and Vernon McDormand, and renamed Frances Louise McDormand.
- ^ Rita Moreno was born Rosa Dolores Alverío, but later adopted the surname of her first stepfather, Edward Moreno.
- ^ Piers Morgan was born Piers Stefan O'Meara; after being adopted by his stepfather, his name became Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan, which he shortened to Piers Morgan, professionally.
- ^ Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham to Gillian Rosemary (née Smith), a former civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician and keyboard salesman. His parents divorced when he was seven and he took the surname of his stepfather (Pegg), after his mother re-married.
- ^ Barratt, Nick (June 2, 2007). "Family detective". Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ "10 Questions for Simon Pegg". Time. October 2, 2008.
- ^ Cadwallader, Carole (February 4, 2007). "A fair cop". The Guardian. London, UK. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ Joanna Pettet was born Joanna Jane Salmon in Westminster, London to Harold Nigel Edgerton Salmon, a British Royal Air Force pilot killed in the Second World War, and Cecily J. Tremaine, were married in Chelsea, London in 1940. After the war, her mother remarried and settled in Montréal, where young Joanna was adopted by her stepfather and assumed his surname.
- ^ Nicole Richie was born Nicole Escovedo. Her biological parents, Peter and Karen Escovedo, agreed to let Richie stay with singer-songwriter Lionel Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey because they could not afford to care for her financially. Nicole was legally adopted by Lionel and Brenda at the age of nine.
- ^ Juliet Rylance was born as Juliet van Kampen in Hammersmith, London to Chris van Kampen, an architect, and his wife, Claire, a composer. Her younger sister, Nataasha (now deceased), became a filmmaker. Her parents divorced when she was seven, and her mother subsequently married actor Mark Rylance, whose surname she adopted.
- ^ Ken[neth Wayne] Shamrock was born as Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick. He bounced around between several group homes before being placed in Bob Shamrock's Boys' Home at age 14, in Susanville, California, where he turned his life around. Bob Shamrock legally adopted Ken as his son, and Ken changed his last name from Kilpatrick to Shamrock.
- ^ Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter-musician, was born in Orlando, Florida as Anthony Scott Flippen. He was raised by his mother, Lynda, and his stepfather, Steven Stapp, a dentist, whose surname he later adopted.
- ^ Christopher Donald Siegel was born in Malibu, California, the son of American film director Don Siegel and Swedish-American actress Viveca Lindfors. His parents divorced and Lindfors married Hungarian writer and director George Tabori. Christopher adopted his stepfather's surname and changed the English spelling of his forename.
- ^ Leigh Young was born on January 25, 1945, in Washington, D.C. She added the surname Taylor, which was the surname of her stepfather, a successful Detroit executive.
- ^ Kiri Te Kanawa was born as Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron in Gisborne, New Zealand, but adopted as an infant by Thomas Te Kanawa, a Māori, and his wife, Nell.
- ^ Louis William Tomlinson (One Direction) was born Louis Troy Austin to Johannah (née Poulston) and Troy Austin. His parents split up when he was young and he took the surname of his stepfather, Mark Tomlinson.
- ^ Steven Van Zandt was born Steven Lento in Winthrop, Massachusetts; his mother, Mary Lento, remarried when he was young, and Steven took the last name of his stepfather, William Van Zandt.
- ^ Suzanne Vega was born in 1959 in Santa Monica, California to Pat (née Schumacher), a computer systems analyst of German-Swedish heritage, and Richard Peck, of Scottish-English-Irish origin. They divorced soon after her birth and Suzanne's stepfather, Edgardo Vega Yunqué, whose surname she adopted, was a writer and teacher from Puerto Rico.
- ^ White was born Vanna Marie Rosich in Conway, South Carolina, the daughter of Joan Marie and Miguel Angel Rosich. Her father was of Puerto Rican and Croatian descent. He abandoned the family and White took the name of her stepfather, Herbert Stackley White Jr., a South Carolina real estate agent in what is now North Myrtle Beach.
- ^ Ina Balin was born Ina Rosenberg in Brooklyn, New York to Sam Rosenberg, a dancer, singer and comedian who worked the Borscht Belt. He later quit show business to join his family's furrier business. Her mother was a Hungarian-born professional dancer who escaped a troubled family life by marrying at age 15. Sam Rosenberg was Balin's mother's third husband at age 21. They divorced when Ina and her brother, Richard Balin, were still quite young and the children were placed in boarding schools until their mother married a fourth time to shoe magnate Harold Balin who adopted Ina and Richard.
- ^ Bibi Besch (and her elder sister) adopted their stepfather (Joseph Besch)'s surname after they were adopted.
- ^ Peter Brown was born as Pierre Lind de Lappe in New York City. His mother, Mina Reaume, was a stage and radio actress. He had an older brother, Phillip, and two younger half brothers, Paul and Michael. Peter took the name Brown from his stepfather, Albert Brown.
- ^ Solomon Burke was born James Solomon McDonald, the child of Josephine Moore and an absentee father. His mother was a nurse, schoolteacher, concert performer and pastor. When Burke was nine, his mother married Vincent Burke, and had her son's name changed to Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke.
- ^ "William Collier Jr". virtual-history.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ William Collier Jr. was born as Charles F. Gall Jr. in New York City. After his parents' divorce, his mother, actress Paula Marr, remarried to actor William Collier, who adopted Charles and gave the boy his new name.
- ^ Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He was raised by his mother, Cora, who encouraged him to learn piano when he was 4 years old, and his stepfather, Gene Coryell, a chemical engineer.
- ^ Nancy Davis, later Mrs. Nancy Reagan, was born Anne Frances Robbins; she was adopted by her stepfather, Dr. Loyal Davis, whose surname she took.
- ^ Katherine DeMille was born Katherine Paula Lester in Canada and orphaned at an early age; she was adopted by Cecil B. DeMille and his wife, Constance.
- ^ George Englund, the son of Harold Austin Ripley and actress Mabel Albertson, was born as George Howe Ripley in Washington, D.C. After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried, to Ken Englund, whose surname young George adopted.
- ^ George Englund, the son of Harold Austin Ripley and actress Mabel Albertson, was born as George Howe Ripley in Washington, D.C. After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried, to Ken Englund, whose surname young George adopted.
- ^ Joan Fontaine was born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, but as her elder sister Olivia de Havilland had taken the family surname (de Havilland), Joan (after essaying such unsatisfying stage names as Joan Burfield and Joan St. John), decided to use her stepfather (Frank Fontaine)'s surname, notwithstanding both sisters' mutual dislike of their mother's husband.
- ^ Born Juan Vincent Apablasa, Gavin was of Mexican, Chilean and Spanish descent, and was fluent in Spanish. His father, Juan Vincent Apablasa, was of Chilean origin, and his paternal ancestors, including Cayetano Apablasa, were early landowners in California when it was still under Spanish rule. Gavin's mother, Delia Diana Pablos, hailed from the historically influential Pablos family of the Mexican state of Sonora. Roughly two years after Gavin's birth, his mother obtained a divorce from Apablasa. Her next marriage was to Herald Ray Golenor who adopted John and changed his name to John Anthony Golenor.
- ^ Harris's mother, Mallie Hood Anderson, was fifteen and unmarried at the time of his birth. His paternity is uncertain. His wife, Olive E. Goodlow, and daughter Patricia Vest said that his father was a Native American named Blue Jay. Wynonie had no father figure in his family until 1920, when his mother married Luther Harris, fifteen years her senior.
- ^ Sterling Hayden was born Sterling Relyea Walter in Upper Montclair, New Jersey to George and Frances Walter; after his father's death, he was adopted at age 9 by his stepfather, James Hayden, and renamed Sterling Walter Hayden.
- ^ Yankee, Luke (2006). Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up with Eileen Heckart. BackStage Books. ISBN 0-8230-7888-4. OCLC 2006921113.
Eileen Heckart was born from an out of wedlock relationship and briefly known as Anna Eileen Herbert; "Herbert" was quickly changed to Heckart, the surname of her maternal grandmother's wealthy second husband, who adopted the child. - ^ "Biography of Charlton Heston". biography.com. March 18, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
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- ^ Dorothy Lamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Carmen Louise (née LaPorte) and John Watson Slaton. Her parents' marriage lasted only a few years. Her mother remarried, to Clarence Lambour, whose surname Dorothy later adopted and modified as her stage name.
- ^ American musician, was born Arthur Taylor in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Chester, a jazz cornet player, and Agnes Taylor, a school teacher. He and his mother moved to Los Angeles when he was five years old. In 1953 his mother married Clinton Lee, who adopted Arthur, who legally changed his name to Arthur Taylor Lee.
- ^ Art Linkletter was born Gordon Arthur Kelly, but his name was changed to Arthur Gordon Linkletter when he was adopted in infancy.
- ^ Lori March was born Lori von Eltz; she was adopted by her stepfather.
- ^ June Mathis was born June Beulah Hughes in Leadville, Colorado, the only child of Virginia Ruth and Dr. Philip Hughes. Her parents divorced when she was seven and her mother remarried, this time to William D. Mathis, a widower with three children whose name she would eventually adopt as a stage name.
- ^ Melcher was born with his birth father's surname ("Jorden"), but was adopted by his stepfather (Marty Melcher), who married Terry's mother (Doris Day); Terry took Marty's surname.
- ^ Mary and Florence Nash were born to James H. Ryan, a lawyer, and his wife, Ellen Frances (née McNamara); the sisters adopted the surname of their stepfather, Philip F. Nash, a vaudeville booking executive, who married their mother after the death of their father.
- ^ Baby Jane Osborne was born Helen Alice Myres, but adopted by a couple surnamed Osborn under unclear circumstances, see Baby Jane Osborne obituary, New York Times, November 17, 2010.
- ^ Born Ingram Cecil Connor III to Ingram Cecil ("Coon Dog") and Avis (née Snively) Connor, Gram Parsons' father committed suicide two days before Christmas in 1958, when Gram was 12 years old. Avis subsequently married Robert Parsons, whose surname was adopted by Gram and his sister, Little Avis.
- ^ Tracy Reed was born Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier, the daughter of the director Anthony Pelissier and actress Penelope Dudley-Ward; she took the surname of her stepfather, Sir Carol Reed, following her mother's remarriage in 1948.
- ^ Doris Roberts was born Doris May Green but her biological father abandoned the family and her mother later remarried, to Chester Roberts, whose surname the future actress adopted.
- ^ Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath. Her parents divorced and her name was changed to "Rogers", her stepfather's name, after her mother's remarriage.
- ^ Joe Santos was born Joseph John Minieri Jr. on June 9, 1931, the same day his father died. His mother Rose (née Sarno), sold olive oil and eventually became a nightclub owner and singer in New York City and Havana. She later married Puerto Rican-born Daniel Santos, and Joe took his name.
Obituary for Joe Santos, nytimes.com, March 19, 2016; accessed June 4, 2017. - ^ Sylvia Sidney was born Sophia Kosow, but took the surname of her stepfather, Dr. Sigmund Sidney, a dentist, after he adopted her.
- ^ William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff was born in Goshen, New York. His mother and grandmother chose the names to reflect the different parts of his heritage: Joseph after Saint Joseph (Bible), Bonaparte (French), Bertholoff (biological father's last name), Smith (added when he was three, his stepfather's name), and William and Henry were added for "spiritual balance".
- ^ Smith, Willie the Lion (1964). Music on My Mind: The Memoirs of an American Pianist, Foreword by Duke Ellington. New York City: Doubleday & Company Inc. p. 5.
- ^ Alan Thicke was born Alan Willis Jeffery in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. His stepfather was Dr. Brian Thicke, whose surname Alan legally adopted.
- ^ Grace Lee Whitney was born Mary Ann Chase, but her name was changed when she was adopted as a small child.
- ^ Born to Curtis and Angeline Hall, he adopted his father's forename to create a portmanteau professional name.
- ^ Daughter of Huntley Wright, she adopted her father's forename as part of her portmanteau stage name.
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- ^ Stage name Johnny Cougar given to him by his manager in 1975; changed to John Cougar in 1979. Mellencamp has not used this name since 1982 and has not used the name John Cougar Mellencamp since 1989.
- ^ "Deed poll certificate for Elton John". Content.answers.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
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- ^ Tiny Tim (né Herbert Khaury) had no official middle name, though some web sites report it to be "Butros", his father's first name, while during his televised wedding his middle name was given as "Buckingham". His headstone reads "Khaury/Herbert B/Tiny Tim/1932-1996". "Tiny Tim photos at". Findagrave.com. 2004-04-21. Retrieved 2012-05-14.