Celebrities Real Names

The other day I stumbled upon an article about Django Unchained actor, Jamie Foxx.  In said article, it went on to explain that Jamie Foxx is not his real name.  When he first started in entertainment, he was a stand-up comedian and because his favorite comedian was Red Foxx, he used his last name.  And because Jamie can be considered both a male or female name and because women were usually picked to go first at comedy clubs, he went with Jamie so that he would be bumped up on the performance lists.  So, what is his real name?  That answer is below along with a list of my favorite birth names of random celebrities.  Also, when I was compiling this list, I found it funny how many of the stars of yesteryear had changed their names to something completely unrelated to their real names.  Let's do this:

• Cary Grant - Archibald Alexander Leach
• Charlton Heston - John Carter (this one made me laugh)
• Harry Houdini - Erich Weiss
• Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky
• John Wayne - Marion Robert Morrison
• Mel Brooks - Melvin Kaminsky
• Albert Brooks - Albert Einstein
• Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
• Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite
• Ben Kingsley - Krishna Pandit Bhanji
• Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick Alaysius MacManus
• Woody Allen - Allan Konigsberg
• Nicolas Cage - Nicolas Coppola (yup, his uncle is the guy who directed The Godfather)
• Charlie Sheen - Carlos Estevez
• Jamie Foxx - Eric Marlon Bishop
• Skeet Ulrich - Bryan Ray Trout (remember him? Me neither)
• Helen Mirren - Ilyena Lydia Vasilienvna Mironoff
• Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra (five names?!?)
• Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Elaine Johnson
• Natalie Portman - Natalie Hershlag (she was actually born in Jereseleum)
• Olivia Wilde - Olivia Cockburn
• Winona Ryder - Winona Horowitz
• Carmen Electra - Tara Leigh Patrick (did you know she is dating Simon Cowell?)

"Plus I love making a list that allows me to show a picture of the super sexy Olivia Wilde, I mean, Olivia Cockburn."