Know Their Real Names

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Bob Dylan -- Robert Zimmerman

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Engelbert Humperdinck -- Arnold Gerry Dorsey

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Casey Kasem(DJ, "Shaggy's" voice on Scooby-Doo)... Kemal Amin Kasem

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Boxers oftn changed their names for various reasons-to fight both pro and amateur, to sound more fierce, etc. For example, lightweight champ Benny Leonard's birth name was Benjamin Liener, but he didn't want his mom to know he was fighting professionally. Others are:

Rocky Marciano...Rocco Francis Marchegiano
Jersey Joe Walcott...Arnold Raymond Cream(Can't blame him for changing that!)
Eddie Mustafa Muhammed...Eddie Gregory
Sugar Ray Robinson... Walker Smith Jr
Willie Pep...Guglielmo Papaleo

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Roy Rogers..........Leonard Slye

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W. C. Fields...........W.C. Dunkenfield

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Van Morrison:.............George Ivan

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Shelly Winters.....Shirley Schrift

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Yves Montand........Ivo Livi

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James Stewart..........Stewart Granger

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Lauren Bacall..........Betty Perski

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Jerry Lewis.....Joseph Levitch

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Peter Lorre................Laszlo Lowenstein

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Twiggy.....Leslie Hornby

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Dean Martin.....Dino Crocetti