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unusual facts about birth name



Dream, Interrupted

Dream, Interrupted was released exclusively in the United Kingdom (under Danny's birth name, Daniel Swain) on August 14, 2006 (see 2006 in music) prior to seeing a stateside release the following year.

Mayumi Itsuwa

Owing to her introspective compositions, Itsuwa was often nicknamed "Japanese Carole King", along with other Japanese singer-songwriters like Yumi Matsutoya (who had worked under her birth name "Yumi Arai" during the mid-1970s) and Minako Yoshida.

Percy Wyn-Harris

In 1953, he formally changed his name to Percy Wyn-Harris, from his birth name of Percy Wynne Harris.


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Abune Paulos

Patriarch Abune Paulos was born in Adwa in Tigray Province; his birth name was Gebre Medhin Wolde Yohannes.

Adley

Big Daddy Carlos (born 1968), American restaurant and night-club owner, birth-name Carlos Adley

Alphonso D'Abruzzo

Alan Alda, American actor, whose birth name was Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; son of the Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo (above)

Robert Alda, American actor, whose birth name was Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo

Bambi Lee Savage

Bambi Lee Savage (birth name: Shannon Strong) is a singer, songwriter and musician who also has worked as an audio engineer, most notably assisting on U2’s Achtung Baby.

Beauty Is As Beauty Does

In one scene, Mary Ann mentions "Cassius Clay", which was the birth name of boxer Muhammad Ali, before he converted to Islam.

Beverly Howard

Beverly Crusher, birth name of fictional character Beverly Howard in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation

Carmen Ionescu

Carmen Ionesco (birth name Ionescu; born 1951), Canadian discus thrower and shot putter of Romanian descent

Charles Stratton

General Tom Thumb (birth name: Charles Sherwood Stratton), circus performer for P. T. Barnum

China Railways DF11

locomotive named " Zhou Enlai No. "(license number to Zhou year of birth name), belonging to Shanghai Railway Administration Shanghai Locomotive Depot.

Elizabeth Russell

Betsy Russell (born 1963), American actress whose birth name is Elizabet Russell

Glenn Thomas

Doe B (1991-2013), American rapper, birth name Glenn Thomas

Harriet Hardy

Harriet Hardy, birth name of Harriet Taylor Mill (1807–1858), English philosopher and women's rights advocate

Ida Rhodes

Ida Rhodes (birth name Hadassah Itzkowitz) was born in a Jewish village between Nemyriv and Tulchyn in the Ukraine.

It's Christmas in Canada

While talking in the dining area, with Kyle and Ike outside listening in, Harry and Elise reveal they are Ike's biological parents (and address him as "Peter", which was his birth name), who gave Ike up during the Cola Wars in Canada.

Jane Peters

:For the actress whose birth-name was Jane Peters see Carole Lombard

Janet Johnson

Janet Julian (born 1959), American actress also credited under her birth name Janet Louise Johnson

Ji-seok

Kim Ji-seok, birth name Kim Bo-seok (born 1981), South Korean actor

Junichi Okada

Kanbei, whose birth name was Yoshitaka Kuroda, was a man of ambition who served as the chief strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Sengoku period.

Layla Kayleigh

Her birth name is Zara, but she urged her parents to call her by her middle name Layla after the Derek and the Dominos song.

Lorielle London

Lorielle London (born 24 December 1983 in Birkenfeld, Germany; birth name Lorenzo Woodard) is a German transgender entertainer.

Margaret Tobin

Birth name of Margaret Brown, also known as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, American socialite, philanthropist, activist; survivor of RMS Titanic

Mark Hildreth

Van Hammer, birth name Mark Hildreth, American former wrestler

Mirok Li

Li took the place of his birth name, Eui-kyeong for his literary activity to the Korean name "Mi-rok" of the Bodhisattva Maitreya.

Miroslava

Mirka Federer, birth name Miroslava Vavrinec, wife and manager of Roger Federer

Nathan Birnbaum

:Nathan Birnbaum is also the birth name of comedian George Burns.

Ngombe

William II of Bimbia : Ngombe is the birth name of this 19th-century, Cameroonian king

Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story

Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story is a book written by Paul Harvey, Jr. (billed under his birth name, "Paul Aurandt") that chronicles around 80 stories that Paul Harvey told on his regular radio show of the same name.

Rhye

Robin Hannibal (birth name Robin Braun) was a member of the Danish duo Quadron alongside Coco Maja Hastrup Karshøj on Plug Research, the same label as Milosh.

Samuel Anderson

Sam Sneed (born 1968), American record producer and rapper, birth name Sam Anderson

Samuel Wilder

Billy Wilder (1906–2002), filmmaker whose birth name was Samuel Wilder

Sarit Thanarat

His father, Major Luang Ruangdetanan (birth name Thongdi Thanarat), was a career army officer best known for his translations into Thai of Cambodian literature.

Seung-ho

Tony An, birth name An Seung-ho (born 1978), South Korean singer, member of boy band H.O.T.

Shen Yanfei

Her birth name, Shen Yanfei, follows Chinese convention so Shen is the family name and Yanfei the given name.

Sudhir Phadke

His birth name was Ram Phadke, but he later changed his name to 'Sudhir' when he composed a song for HMV.

Sun Wu

Sun Wu, the birth name of Sun Tzu, a Chinese military strategist of the sixth century BCE and the author of The Art of War

Tae-wook

Bae Soo-bin, birth name Yoon Tae-wook (born 1976), South Korean actor

Taïro

1991: Le Jeune Werther as Ismaël (credited as Ismaël Jolé-Ménébhi, his birth name)

The Bastard Fairies

Yellow Thunder Woman is a Native American ("Yellow Thunder Woman" being the English translation of her birth name, Wakinyan Zi Win), while her band mate Davey is a British expatriate from Great Cheverell, near Devizes, Wiltshire, formerly in The Davey Brothers with his brother Jesse.

Thomas Griffiths

T. Ras Makonnen, Guyanese-born activist, whose birth name was Thomas Griffiths

Thuli Madonsela

Thuli Madonsela, less commonly referred to by her birth name, Thulisile Madonsela, is a human rights lawyer, equality expert, and Public Protector of South Africa.

WHOW

John Hartford, then known by his birth name of John Harford, worked at WHOW for from 1961 to 1963 before moving to Nashville to pursue a career in country music.

William Masters

:Also the birth name of musician Gordon Stretton.

Woo-jin

Yeon Woo-jin, birth name Kim Bong-hee (born 1984), South Korean actor

Yin Li

Yunli, birth name Yinli (胤禮), prince of the Qing Dynasty and a son of the Kangxi Emperor

Young-joo

Sarah Chang, birth name Young-Joo Chang (born 1980), Korean American female violinist