After her birthday on Monday, Lady Gaga is a quarter of a century old. No doubt she’ll celebrate in a Gaga-ian fashion, but for now her fans (aka “Little Monsters”) are most interested in knowing her real name.
Over the past 24 hours, Web searches for “lady gaga real name” and “what is lady gaga’s real name” have both spiked into the stratosphere. For the record, her given name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
Gaga earned her nickname in an unusual way: According to producer Rob Fusari, “(Lady Gaga) was actually a glitch; I typed ‘Radio Ga Ga’ in a text and it did an autocorrect so somehow ‘Radio’ got changed to ‘Lady.’ She texted me back, ‘That’s it.’ After that day, she was Lady Gaga.”
Of course, Lady Gaga isn’t the only celeb to use a stage name. Hollywood is full of folks who, for various reasons, adopt a different moniker. Here’s a breakdown of the most searched “real names” on Yahoo! over the past week. Surprisingly, Gaga isn’t No. 1.
1. Martin Sheen real name (Ramon Estevez)
2. Lady Gaga real name (Stefani Germanotta)
3. Triple H real name (Paul Michael Levesque)
4. Meat Loaf real name (Marvin Lee Aday)
5. Nate Dogg real name (Nathaniel Hale)
6. Charlie Sheen real name (Carlos Estevez)
7. Pink real name (Alecia Moore)
8. Nicki Minaj real name (Onika Tanya Maraj)
9. Judy Garland real name (Frances Ethel Gumm)
10. Flo Rida real name (Tramar Dillard)
11. Miley Cyrus birth name (Destiny Hope Cyrus)
12. Katy Perry real name (Katheryn Hudson)
13. Eminem real name (Marshall Mathers)
14. Snoop Dogg real name (Calvin Broadus)
15. John Wayne real name (Marion Morrison)
16. Fergie real name (Stacy Ann Ferguson)
17. Gene Simmons real name (Chaim Witz)
18. Wiz Khalifa real name (Cameron Thomaz)
19. Mark Twain real name (Samuel Clemens)
20. Dr. Seuss real name (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
Here are a few more, just in case you didn’t know:
- Ben Affleck – Benjamin Geza Affleck
- Alan Alda – Alphonso D’Abruzzo
- Woody Allen – Allen Konigsberg
- Julie Andrews – Julia Wells
- Jennifer Aniston – Jennifer Anastassakis
- Beatrice Arthur – Bernice Frankel
- Fred Astaire – Frederick Austerlitz
- Lauren Bacall – Betty Joan Perske
- Kevin Bacon – Kevin Norwood Bacon
- Christian Bale – Christian Charles Philip Bale
- Kaye Ballard – Catherine Balotta
- Anne Bancroft – Anna-Maria Louisa Italiano
- Antonio Banderas – José Antonio Dominguez Bandera
- John Barrymore – John Blythe
- Kathy Bates – Kathleen Doyle Bates
- Tony Bennett – Anthony Dominick Benedetto
- Jack Benny – Benjamin Kubelsky
- Tom Berenger – Thomas Michael Moore
- Halle Berry -Halle Maria Berry
- Milton Berle – Milton Berlinger
- Jack Black – Thomas Black, Jr.
- Cate Blanchett – Catherine Elise Blanchett
- Orlando Bloom – Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
- Marlon Brando – Marlon Junior Brandeau
- Jeff Bridges – Jeffrey Leon Bridges
- Charles Bronson – Charles Buchinski Mel Brooks – Mel Kaminsky
- Yul Brynner – Yul Taidje Kahn, Jr.
- Sandra Bullock – Sandra Annette Bullock
- George Burns – Nathan Birnbaum
- Ellen Burstyn – Edna Gilhooley
- Richard Burton – Richard Walter Jenkins
- James Caan – James Langston Edmund Caan
- Nicolas Cage – Nicolas Kim Coppola
- Michael Caine – Maurice Micklewhite
- Jim Carrey – James Eugene Carrey
- Cher – Cherilyn Sarkisian
- George Clooney – George Timothy Clooney
- Lee J. Cobb – Leo Jacoby
- Lou Costello – Louis Francis Cristillo
- Kevin Costner – Kevin Michael Costner
- Daniel Craig – Daniel Wroughton Craig
- Joan Crawford – Lucille Le Sueur
- Michael Crawford – Michael Dumble-Smith
- Bing Crosby – Harry Lillis Crosby
- Tom Cruise – Thomas Mapother IV
- Matt Damon – Matthew Paige Damon
- Rodney Dangerfield – Jacob Cohen
- Geena Davis – Virginia Elizabeth Davis
- Doris Day – Doris von Kappelhoff
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
- Jimmy Dean – Seth Ward
- Sandra Dee – Alexandra Zuck
- John Denver – Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.
- Johnny Depp – John Christopher Depp II
- Danny DeVito – Daniel Michaeli
- Cameron Diaz – Cameron Michelle Diaz
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
- Matt Dillon – Matthew Raymond Dillon
- Kirk Douglas – Issur Danielovitch
- Mike Douglas – Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.
- Hilary Duff – Hilary Erhard Duff
- Kirsten Dunst – Kirsten Caroline Dunst
- Clint Eastwood – Clinton Eastwood, Jr.
- Barbara Eden – Barbara Huffman
- Douglas Fairbanks – Douglas Ullman
- Dakota Fanning – Hannah Dakota Fanning
- Colin Farrell – Colin James Farrel
- Will Ferrell – John William Ferrell
- Sally Field – Sally Mahoney
- W.C. Fields – William Claude Dukenfield
- Isla Fisher – Isla Lang Fisher
- Rhonda Fleming – Marilyn Louis
- Glenn Ford – Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford
- John Ford – Sean O’Fearna
- John Forsythe – John Freund
- Jodie Foster – Alicia Christian Foster
- Jamie Foxx – Eric Marlon Bishop
- Greta Garbo – Greta Gustafsson
- Judy Garland – Frances Gumm
- James Garner – James Scott Bumgarner
- Paul Giamatti – Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
- Mel Gibson – Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
- Whoopie Goldberg – Caryn Johnson
- Bobcat Goldthwait – Robert Francis ‘Bobcat’ Goldthwait
- John Goodman – John Stephen Goodman
- Eydie Gorme – Edith Gormezano
- Cary Grant – Archibald Leach
- Hugh Grant – Hugh John Mungo Grant
- Peter Graves – Peter Aurness
- Rocky Graziano – Rocco Barbella
- Joel Grey – Joe Katz
- Buddy Hackett – Leonard Hacker
- Gene Hackman – Eugene Allen Hackman
- Tom Hanks – Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
- Woody Harrelson – Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
- Naomie Harris – Naomie Melanie Harris
- Rex Harrison – Reginald Carey
- Josh Hartnett – Joshua Daniel Hartnett
- Ethan Hawke – Ethan Green Hawke
- Helen Hayes – Helen Brown
- Rita Hayworth – Margarita Cansino
- Katherine Heigl – Katherine Marie Heigl
- Charlton Heston – John Charles Carter
- Steven Hill – Solomon Krakovsky
- Paris Hilton – Paris Whitney Hilton
- Hulk Hogan – Terry Jene Bollea
- William Holden – William Franklin Beedle, Jr.
- Billy Holiday – Eleanora Fagan
- Judy Holliday – Judith Tuvim
- Bob Hope – Leslie Townes Hope
- Leslie Howard – Leslie Stainer
- Harry Houdini – Ehrich Weiss
- Rock Hudson – Roy Scherer Jr.
- Katy Perry – Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
- Helen Hunt – Helen Elizabeth Hunt
- Tab Hunter – Arthur Andrew Gelien
- Burl Ives – Burle Icle Ivanhoe
- David Janssen – David Meyer
- Scarlett Johansson – Scarlett I. Johansson
- Don Johnson – Donald Wayne
- Al Jolson – Asa Yoelson
- Boris Karloff – William Henry Pratt
- Diane Keaton – Diane Hall
- Nicole Kidman – Nicole Mary Kidman
- Larry King – Larry Zeigler
- Keira Knightley – Keira Christina Knightley
- Ben Kingsley – Krishna Banji
- Cheryl Ladd – Cheryl Stoppelmoor
- Frankie Laine – Frankie LoVecchio
- Veronica Lake – Constance Ockleman
- Dorothy Lamour – Mary Kaumeyer
- Mario Lanza – Alfredo Cocozza
- Michael Landon – Eugene Orowitz
- Larry the Cable Guy – Daniel Lawrence Whitney
- Stan Laurel – Arthur Jefferson
- Jude Law – David Jude Heyworth Law
- Heath Ledger – Heathcliff Andrew Ledger
- Janet Leigh – Jeanette Morrison
- Jerry Lewis – Joseph Levitch
- Hal Linden – Harold Lipshitz
- Little Richard – Richard Penniman
- Sophia Loren – Sophia Scicoloni
- Shirley MacLaine – Shirley Beatty
- Elle MacPherson – Eleanor Gow
- Tobey Maguire – Tobias Vincent Maguire
- Lee Majors – Harvey Lee Yeary II
- Karl Malden – Mladen Sekulovich
- Jayne Mansfield – Vera Jane Palmer
- Rocky Marciano – Rocco Francis Marchegiano?
- Dean Martin – Dino Crocetti
- Chico Marx – Leonard Marx
- Groucho Marx – Julius Marx
- Gummo Marx – Milton Marx
- Harpo Marx – Adolph Marx
- Zeppo Marx – Herbert Marx
- Walter Matthau – Walter Matuschanskayasky
- Ewan McGregor – Ewan Gordon McGregor
- Audrey Meadows – Audrey Cotter
- Jayne Meadows – Jayne Cotter
- Marilyn Monroe – Norma Jean Baker
- Demi Moore – Demetria Gene Guynes
- Harry Morgan – Harry Bratsburg
- Bill Murray – William James Murray
- Sam Neill – Nigel John Dermot Neill
- Chuck Norris – Carlos Ray
- Kim Novak – Marilyn Pauline Novak
- Hugh O’Brian – Hugh Krampke
- Maureen O’Hara – Maureen Fitzsimons
- Gary Oldman – Leonard Gary Oldman
- Al Pacino – Alfredo James Pacino
- Patti Page – Clara Ann Fowler
- Jack Palance – Walter Palanuik
- Gwyneth Paltrow – Gwyneth Kate Paltrow
- Bert Parks – Bert Jacobson
- Guy Pearce – Guy Edward Pearce
- Minnie Pearl – Sarah Ophella Colley Cannon
- Gregory Peck – Eldred Gregory Peck
- Bernadette Peters – Bernadette Lazzaro
- Lou Diamond Phillips – Lou Upchurch
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
- Edith Piaf – Edith Gassion
- Slim Pickens – Louis Lindley
- Mary Pickford – Gladys Smith
- Brad Pitt – William Bradley Pitt
- Natalie Portman – Natalie Hershlag
- Stephanie Powers – Stefania Federkiewicz
- Anthony Quinn – Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn
- Tony Randall – Leonard Rosenberg
- Keanu Reeves – Keanu Charles Reeves
- Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) – Paul Reubenfeld
- Burt Reynolds – Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr.
- Debbie Reynolds – Mary Frances Reynolds
- Joan Rivers – Joan Sandra Molinsky
- Harold Robbins – Frances Kane
- Tim Robbins – Timothy Francis Robbins
- Julia Roberts – Julia Fiona Roberts
- Edward G. Robinson – Emmanuel Goldenberg
- Ginger Rogers – Virginia McMath
- Roy Rogers – Leonard Slye
- Mickey Rooney – Joe Yule Jr.
- Meg Ryan – Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
- Winona Ryder – Winona Horowitz
- Telly Savalas – Aristotelis Harris Savalas
- Peter Sellers – Richard Henry Sellers
- Jane Seymour – Joyce Frankenberg
- Omar Sharif – Michael Shalhoub
- Charlie Sheen – Carlos Irwin Estevez
- Jessica Simpson – Jessica Ann Simpson
- Christian Slater – Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins
- Kevin Spacey – Kevin John Fowler
- Britney Spears – Britney Jean Spears
- Sylvester Stallone – Sylvester Gardenzio
- Jean Stapleton – Jeanne Murray
- Barbara Stanwyck – Ruby Stevens
- Connie Stevens – Concetta Ingolia
- James Stewart – James Maitland Stewart
- Sharon Stone – Sharon Vonne Stone
- Gale Storm – Josephine Cottle
- Meryl Streep – Mary Louise Streep
- Hilary Swank – Hilary Ann Swank
- Robert Taylor – Spangler Arlington Brugh
- Billy Bob Thornton – William Robert Thornton
- Uma Thurman – Uma Karuna Thurman
- Tina Turner – Annie Mae Bullock
- Twiggy – Leslie Hornby
- Peter Ustinov – Peter Alexander von Ustinow
- Rudolph Valentino – Rudolpho D’Antonguolla
- Jean-Claude Van Damme – Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
- Vin Diesel – Mark Sinclair Vincent
- Angelina Jolie – Angelina Jolie Voight
- Christopher Walken – Ronald Walken
- Andy Warhol – Andrew Warhola
- Denzel Washington – Denzel Jermaine Washington, Jr.
- Naomi Watts – Naomi Ellen Watts
- Emma Watson – Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
- David Wayne – Wayne McMeekan
- John Wayne – Marion Michael Morrison
- Sigourney Weaver – Susan Alexandra Weaver
- Johnny Weissmuller – Peter JÃ nos Weissmuller
- Raquel Welch – Raquel Tejada
- Tuesday Weld – Susan Kerr Wells
- Nathaniel West – Nathaniel Wallenstein Weinstein
- Gene Wilder – Jerome Silberman
- Bruce Willis – Walter Willison
- Kate Winslet – Katherine Elizabeth Winslet
- Shelley Winters – Shirley Schrift
- Reese Witherspoon – Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
- Elijah Wood – Elijah Jordan Wood
- Natalie Wood – Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
- Gig Young – Byron Barr
- Renée Zellweger – Renée Kathleen Zellweger
- Catherine Zeta-Jones – Catherine Jones
- Marilyn Monroe – Norma Jeane Mortenson
- Jack Lemmon – John Uhler Lemmon III
- Tony Curtis – Bernard Schwartz
- Alicia Keys – Alicia Augello Cook
- Ashanti – Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
- Bernie Mac – Bernard Jeffrey McCullough
- Ciara – Ciara Princess Harris
- Dr. Dre – Andre Romelle Young
- Bruce Lee – Lee Jun Fan
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