| Q: By what name did … (, who was born in …) (and died in … ) find fame
(as a …) ? |
| Stuart Goddard | 1954 | |
Singer |
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Adam Ant |
| Rita Maria Crudgington | 1954 | |
Singer (etc.) |
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Cheryl Baker |
| Natasha Khan | 1979 | |
Singer |
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Bat for Lashes |
| Israel Isadore Baline | 1888 | 1989 |
Songwriter |
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Irving Berlin |
| Mark Feld | 1947 | 1977 |
Singer |
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Marc Bolan |
| David Robert Jones | 1947 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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David Bowie |
| Elaine Bookbinder | 1945 | |
Singer |
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Elkie Brooks |
| Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalageropoulos | 1923 |
1977 | Singer |
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Maria Callas |
| Lillie May Jones | 1929 | 1998 |
Singer |
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Betty Carter |
| William Henry Crump | 1865 | 1942 |
Music Hall artiste |
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Harry Champion |
| Ernest Evans | 1941 | |
Singer |
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Chubby Checker |
| Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere | 1948 | |
Singer and actress |
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Cher |
| Sally Olwen | 1932 | |
Singer and actress |
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Petula Clark |
| Virginia Patterson Hensley | 1932 | 1963 |
Singer |
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Patsy Cline |
| Vincent Furnier | 1948 | |
Singer |
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Alice Cooper |
| Declan Patrick MacManus | 1954 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Elvis Costello |
| David van Courtland | 1941 | |
Singer and guitarist |
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David Crosby |
| Christopher Geppert | 1951 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Christopher Cross |
| Sharon (formerly Yaron) Cohen | 1972 | |
Singer |
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Dana International |
| Brian Joseph Burton | 1977 |
| Music producer |
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Danger Mouse |
| Walden Robert Cassotto | 1936 | 1973 |
Singer |
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Bobby Darin |
| Christopher John Davison | 1948 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Chris de Burgh |
| David Harman | 1943 | 2009 |
Singer |
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Dave Dee |
| Elizabeth Woolridge Grant | 1985 | |
Singer |
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Lana Del Rey |
| Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. | 1943 |
1997 | Singer/songwriter |
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John Denver |
| Andre Romelle Young | 1965 |
| Rapper |
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Dr. Dre |
| Robert Zimmerman | 1941 |
| Singer/songwriter |
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Bob Dylan |
| Niomi (sic) McLean-Daley |
1981 | | Rapper |
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Ms. Dynamite |
| Marshall Bruce Mathers III | 1972 | |
White rapper |
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Eminem |
| David Cook | 1947 | |
Singer (and actor) |
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David Essex |
| Elliot John Gleave | 1982 |
| Singer and rapper |
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Example |
| Terence Nellhams–Wright | 1940 | 2003 |
Singer and actor |
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Adam Faith |
| Clive Powell | 1943 | |
Singer and pianist |
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Georgie Fame |
| William Hoy Booth | 1904 | 1961 |
Singer and actor |
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George Formby |
| Ronald Wycherley | 1940 | 1983 |
Singer |
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Billy Fury |
| Paul Julian Strohmeyer |
1955 | | Singer (etc.) |
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Green Gartside |
| Paul Francis Gadd | 1944 | |
Singer |
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Gary Glitter |
| Thomas DeCarlo Callaway | 1974 | |
Singer |
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CeeLo Green |
| Adam Richard Wiles | 1984 | |
DJ, record producer |
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Calvin Harris |
Eleanora Fagan
(married name Eleanor Gough McKay) | 1915 | 1959 | Singer |
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Billie Holiday |
| Arnold George (Gerry) Dorsey | 1936 | |
Singer |
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Engelbert Humperdinck |
| William Michael Albert Broad | 1955 | |
Singer |
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Billy Idol |
| James Newell Osterberg | 1947 | |
Singer |
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Iggy Pop |
| Jamesetta Hawkins | 1938 | 2012 |
Singer |
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Etta James |
| Jason Cheetham | 1969 | |
Singer |
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Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) |
| Reginald Kenneth Dwight | 1947 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Elton John |
| Asa Yoelson | 1886 | 1950 |
Singer, actor (etc.) |
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Al Jolson |
| Thomas John Woodward | 1886 | 1940 |
Singer |
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Tom Jones |
| Frederick Albert Heath | 1935 | 1966 |
Singer |
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Johnny Kidd |
| Robert James Ritchie | 1971 | |
Singer, etc. |
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Kid Rock |
| Carole Klein | 1942 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Carole King |
| William Ashton | 1943 | |
Singer |
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Billy J. Kramer |
| Clementine Dinah Bullock (or Campbell) | 1927 |
| Singer |
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Cleo Laine |
| Francesco Paolo LoVecchio | 1913 | 2007 |
Singer |
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Frankie Laine |
| Alfredo Arnold Cocozza | 1921 | 1959 |
Singer |
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Mario Lanza |
| Huddie William Ledbetter | 1888 | 1949 |
Singer |
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Lead Belly |
| Diane Catherine Sealy | 1961 | |
Singer |
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Dee C Lee |
| Norma Egstrom | 1920 | 2002 |
Singer |
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Peggy Lee |
| Matilda Alice Victoria Wood | 1870 | 1922 |
Singer (etc.) |
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Marie Lloyd |
| Marvin (Michael) Lee Aday | 1947 | 2022 |
Singer (and actor) |
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Meat Loaf |
| James Henry Miller | 1915 | 1989 |
Singer and songwriter |
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Ewan MacColl |
| Barry Alan Pinkus | 1943 | |
Singer |
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Barry Manilow |
| Brian Hugh Warner | 1969 | |
Rock star |
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Marilyn Manson |
| Peter Gene Hernandez | 1985 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Bruno Mars |
| Dino Crocetti | 1917 | 1995 |
Singer (and actor) |
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Dean Martin |
| Enrique Morales | 1971 |
| Singer |
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Ricky Martin |
| Helen Porter Mitchell | 1861 | 1931 |
Singer |
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Nellie Melba |
| Farrokh Bulsara | 1946 | 1991 |
Singer |
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Freddie Mercury |
| Georgios Panayiotou | 1963 | |
Singer |
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George Michael |
| Al Cernick | 1927 | 1999 |
Singer |
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Guy Mitchell |
| Roberta Joan Anderson | 1941 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Joni Mitchell |
| Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe | 1890 | 1941 |
Pianist and composer |
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Jelly Roll Morton |
| Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. | 1974 | |
Singer and rapper |
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Nelly |
| Nigel Hunter | 1962 | |
Singer |
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Danbert Nobacon |
| David Ivor Davies | 1893 | 1951 |
Composer and actor |
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Ivor Novello |
| Leslie Sebastian Charles | 1950 | |
Singer |
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Billy Ocean |
| Elaine Bickerstaff | 1948 | |
Singer |
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Elaine Paige |
| Edith Giovanna Gassion | 1915 | 1963 |
Singer |
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Edith Piaf |
| Alecia Beth Moore | 1979 | |
Singer |
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P!nk (Pink) |
| Armando Perez | 1981 | |
Rapper |
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Pitbull |
| Cecil Bustamente Campbell | 1938 | 2016 |
Ska/rocksteady singer |
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Prince Buster |
| James Marcus Smith | 1938 | |
Singer |
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P. J. Proby |
| Rory Charles Graham | 1985 | |
Singer–songwriter |
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Rag'n'Bone Man |
| Harry Rodger Webb | 1940 | |
Singer |
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Cliff Richard |
| Robyn Fenty (middle name is her stage name) | 1988 | |
Singer |
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Rihanna |
| John Lydon | 1956 | |
Singer |
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Johnny Rotten |
| Charles Westover | 1934 | 1990 |
Singer |
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Del Shannon |
| Sandra Goodrich | 1947 | |
Singer |
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Sandie Shaw |
| Chaim Witz | 1949 | |
Rock star (KISS) |
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Gene Simmons |
| Eunice Kathleen Waymon | 1933 | 2003 |
Singer |
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Nina Simone |
| Mary O'Brien | 1939 | 1999 |
Singer |
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Dusty Springfield |
| Bernard William Jewry | 1942 | |
Singer |
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Alvin Stardust |
| Charles Hatcher | 1942 | 2003 |
Singer |
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Edwin Starr |
| Thomas Hicks | 1936 | |
Singer (and actor) |
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Tommy Steele |
| Steven Georgiou | 1948 | |
Singer and songwriter |
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Cat Stevens |
| Harold Ray Ragsdale | 1939 | |
Singer and songwriter |
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Ray Stevens |
| Michael Barratt | 1948 | |
Singer |
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Shakin' Stevens |
| John Graham Mellor | 1952 | 2002 |
Singer and musician |
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Joe Strummer |
| Ernst Seiffert | 1891 | 1948 |
Singer |
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Richard Tauber |
| Winston Hubert McIntosh | 1944 | 1987 |
Singer |
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Peter Tosh |
| Anna Mae Bullock | 1938 | |
Singer |
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Tina Turner |
| Eilleen (sic) Regina Edwards | 1965 |
| Singer |
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Shania Twain |
| Harold Lloyd Jenkins | 1933 | 1993 |
Singer |
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Conway Twitty |
| Gaynor Hopkins | 1951 | |
Singer (Welsh) |
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Bonnie Tyler |
| Ricardo Valenzuela | 1941 | 1959 |
Singer |
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Ritchie Valens |
| Frank Castellucio | 1934 | |
Singer |
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Frankie Valli |
| Vincent Eugene Craddock | 1935 | 1971 |
Singer |
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Gene Vincent |
| McKinley Morganfield | 1913 | 1983 | Singer and musician |
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Muddy Waters |
| Reginald Leonard Smith | 1939 | | Singer |
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Marty Wilde |
| Chester Burnett | 1910 | 1976 |
Singer and musician |
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Howlin' Wolf |
| Steveland Judkins (later Morris) | 1950 | |
Singer/songwriter |
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Stevie Wonder |
| Virginia W. Pugh | 1942 | 1998 |
Singer/songwriter |
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Tammy Wynette |
