Did you know?: What the biggest stars have inked on their birth certificates

Celebrities’ real names: What the biggest stars have inked on their birth certificates

The biggest names in Hollywood sometimes don’t go by the names they were given at birth. Hollywood’s finest actors and singers often trade in their names for catchier and better sounding ones. Whether it is for better publicity, more money or because they claim their fame to a cooler name. Huffington Post released a list of some A-list celebrities who have changed their birth names. From Tom Cruise and Snoop Lion to Cher and Ben Kingsley, find out what these celebrities’ real names are:

Sir Elton John: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Demi Moore: Demetria Gene Guynes

Bruno Mars: Peter Gene Bayot Hernandez

Cher: Cheryl Sarkisian

Nicki Minaj: Onika Tanya Maraj

Charlie Sheen: Carlos Irwin Estevez

Snoop Lion: Calvin Cordozar Broadus

Fergie: Stacy Ann Ferguson

Tom Cruise: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Ben Kingsley: Krishna Pandit Bhanji

Published in The Express Tribune, March 30^th, 2013.                

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