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Lots of famous people are known by names that aren't the names they were originally given. Pen names & stage names abound amongst celebrities, you'll probably recognise most, if not all of the famous names, but do you know their real names?

Julie Andrews (Actor)

	Julia Elizabeth Wells
	Catherine Jane Andrew
	Claire Durston
	Patricia Mary Wesley

Boris Karloff (Actor)

	Boris Boleskoff
	William Henry Pratt
	Everett Richardson
	Rupert Edgar Rolff

Fred Astaire (Actor, dancer, singer)

	Francis Stairwell
	Frederick Stanz
	Frank Astor
	Frederick Austerlitz

Ben Kingsley (Actor)

	Krishna Bhanji
	Benjamin Knight
	Kenneth Rajanni
	Ben Kettledorf

Jack Benny (Comedian)

	John Graboski
	Kurt Seigel
	Benjamin Kubelsky
	Jack Benjamin

Woody Allen (Actor, screenwriter, director)

	Lester Allen
	Alan Goldman
	Benedict Woods
	Allen Stewart Konigsberg

River Phoenix (Actor)

	River Jude Bottom
	Richard Leonard River
	River Pheonix Bottom
	Roger S. Samules

Brigitte Bardot (Actor)

	Camilla Jaune
	Camille Javal
	Brigitte Goddard
	Jennete Bureau

John Barrymore (Actor)

	Jack Smith
	John William Booth
	John Sidney Blythe
	Sidney John Smith

Rudolph Valentino (Actor)

	Antonio Tortelli
	Angelino Russelini
	Rudolpho Guglielmi
	Roberto Guilini

Eric Clapton (Musician)

	Stuart Kapleton
	Eric Clapp
	Leslie Townshend
	Reginald Clenton

Lewis Carroll (Author)

	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
	Hedwick Lee Fitzroy
	Charles James Jameson
	Barry Hallorhan

Muddy Waters (Musician)

	Jerry Waters
	John Riverside
	Ruddy Battleford
	McKinley Morganfield

Sir Michael Caine (Actor)

	Michael McCaney
	Edgar Summerside
	Patrick John Caine
	Maurice J. Micklewhite

Dame Agatha Christie (Author)

	Mary Jane Anderson
	Clarissa Lousie Edgars
	Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
	Christine LeBow

Mickey Rooney (Actor)

	Joe Yule Jnr.
	Michael X. Brown
	Jack McCarthy
	Samuel Jones

Natalie Wood (Actor)

	Nicole Rudenska
	Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin
	Greta Stadenkeya
	Natasha Treshenka

Anne Rice (Author)

	Agatha Lee Hampton
	Francis Rose Napolitano
	Howard Allen O'Brien
	Howland Alice Rivers

Greta Garbo (Actor)

	Gertha Molleman
	Greta Lovisa Gustaffson
	Great Alicia Levy
	Louisa Alice Garbo

Robbie Coltrane (Actor)

	Anthony Robert McMillan
	Robert A. Coltrane
	Robin McCarthy
	Richard E. Carlisle