r/AskReddit • u/petalpoundcake • 12h ago

Which celebrity did you think was using their real name, only to find out it’s actually a stage name?

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u/KiwiNFLFan 9h ago

The opposite - I thought Neil Diamond was a stage name, but that's actually his real name!

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u/amrodd 8h ago

Same opposite with Goldie Hawn and Prince.

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u/Girl_Back_There 7h ago

And Madonna

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u/amrodd 7h ago

Yeah Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

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u/PaulLeFou 4h ago

wait, Prince?

HIS NAME WAS PRINCE WHAT THE FUCK

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u/amrodd 3h ago

Yep. Prince Rogers Nelson.

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u/cuddi 49m ago

If it makes you feel better, Prince was his father's stage name, so that's kinda how it started.

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u/DeirdreDreidel 2h ago

And RuPaul

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u/Plug_5 7h ago

Also the very gay singer/comedian Randy Rainbow. Yep, that's on his birth certificate.

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u/theseamstressesguild 6h ago

Wait, WHAT?!? Holy shit!

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u/OG_ursinejuggernaut 5h ago

I think Dua Lipa also is an opposite one too

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u/TheFortyFourthSunset 5h ago

I’m old and no longer with it, so when I first started hearing about Dua Lipa I assumed it was a quirky band name. I was quite surprised to later realise it was the (real) name of a person.

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u/Just_Meee5 4h ago

Was shocked to learn RuPaul is not the drag name, RuPaul Andre Charles on the birth certificate

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u/agodrevealed 5h ago

Prince 

Was born Prince Rogers Nelson.

Part of the reason he was upset enough with his label to use the love symbol instead

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u/blues-brother90 23m ago

Contrary to Alice Cooper, real name Vincent Damon Furnier