Born this way: Celebrities' real names
Cardi B
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Stage name: Cardi B
Birth name: Belcalis Almanzar
Vin Diesel
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Stage name: Vin Diesel
Birth name: Mark Sinclair
Nicolas Cage
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Stage name: Nicolas Cage
Birth name: Nicolas Kim Coppola
Elizabeth Banks
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Stage name: Elizabeth Banks
Birth name: Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell
Blake Lively
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Stage name: Blake Lively
Birth name: Blake Ellender Brown
Lana Del Rey
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Stage name: Lana Del Rey
Birth name: Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
Charlie Sheen
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Stage name: Charlie Sheen
Birth name: Carlos Irwin Estevez
Chevy Chase
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Stage name: Chevy Chase
Birth name: Cornelius Crane Chase
Louis C.K.
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Stage name: Louis C.K.
Birth name: Louis Szekely
Natalie Portman
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Stage name: Natalie Portman
Birth name: Natalie Hershlag
Demi Moore
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Stage name: Demi Moore
Birth name: Demetria Gene Guynes
Zedd
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Stage name: Zedd
Birth name: Anton Zaslavski
Bruno Mars
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Stage name: Bruno Mars
Birth name: Peter Gene Hernandez
Kevin Jonas
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Stage name: Kevin Jonas
Birth name: Paul Kevin Jonas II
Gene Simmons
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Stage name: Gene Simmons
Birth name: Chaim Witz
Gigi Hadid
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Stage name: Gigi Hadid
Birth name: Jelena Noura Hadid
2 Chainz
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Stage name: 2 Chainz
Birth name: Tauheed Epps
Daddy Yankee
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Stage name: Daddy Yankee
Birth name: Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez
Ashton Kutcher
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Stage name: Ashton Kutcher
Birth name: Christopher Ashton Kutcher
Lil Wayne
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Stage name: Lil Wayne
Birth name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.
Nelly
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Stage name: Nelly
Birth name: Cornell Iral Haynes
Ralph Lauren
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Stage name: Ralph Lauren
Birth name: Ralph Lipschitz
Tina Turner
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Stage name: Tina Turner
Birth name: Anna Mae Bullock
Mel Gibson
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Stage name: Mel Gibson
Birth name: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Eminem
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Stage name: Eminem
Birth name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Marilyn Monroe
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Stage name: Marilyn Monroe
Birth name: Norma Jeane Mortenson
T-Boz
Credit: Arnold Turner
Stage name: T-Boz
Birth name: Tionne Watkins
Carmen Electra
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Stage name: Carmen Electra
Birth name: Tara Patrick
Notorious B.I.G.
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Stage name: Notorious B.I.G.
Birth name: Christopher Wallace
Kid Rock
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Stage name: Kid Rock
Birth name: Robert James Ritchie
Cee Lo Green
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Stage name: Cee Lo Green
Birth name: Thomas DeCarlo Callaway
Katy Perry
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Stage name: Katy Perry
Birth name: Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson
Pink
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Stage name: Pink
Birth name: Alecia Beth Moore
Drake
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Stage name: Drake
Birth name: Aubrey Drake Graham
Chuck Norris
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Stage name: Chuck Norris
Birth name: Carlos Ray Norris
Criss Angel
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Stage name: Criss Angel
Birth name: Christopher Sarantakos
Jon Bon Jovi
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Stage name: Jon Bon Jovi
Birth name: John Francis Bongiovi Jr.
Fergie
Credit: AP
Stage name: Fergie
Birth name: Stacy Ferguson
Rihanna
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Stage Name: Rihanna
Birth Name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Queen Latifah
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Stage name: Queen Latifah
Birth name: Dana Elaine Owens
Nicki Minaj
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Stage name: Nicki Minaj
Birth name: Onika Tanya Maraj
Ice Cube
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Stage name: Ice Cube
Birth name: O'Shea Jackson
Hulk Hogan
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Stage name: Hulk Hogan
Birth name: Terry Gene Bollea
Christopher Walken
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Stage name: Christopher Walken
Birth name: Ronald Walken
Cher
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Stage name: Cher
Birth name: Cherilyn Sarkisian
Chaka Khan
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Stage name: Chaka Khan
Birth name: Yvette Marie Stevens
Carrot Top
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Stage name: Carrot Top
Birth name: Scott Thompson
Alicia Keys
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Stage name: Alicia Keys
Birth name: Alicia Augello Cook
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Stage name: Bill Cosby
Birth name: William Henry Cosby Jr.
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Stage name: Wynonna Judd
Birth name: Christina Ciminella
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Stage name: Woody Allen
Birth name: Allen Stewart Konigsberg
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Stage name: Whoopi Goldberg
Birth name: Caryn Elaine Johnson
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Stage name: The Rock
Birth name: Dwayne Douglas Johnson
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Stage name: Ozzy Osbourne
Birth name: John Michael Osbourne
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Stage name: Mr. T
Birth name: Laurence Tureaud
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Stage name: Miley Cyrus
Birth name: Destiny Hope Cyrus
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Stage name: Marilyn Manson
Birth name: Brian Hugh Warner
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Stage name: Jennifer Aniston
Birth name: Jennifer Linn Anastassakis
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Stage name: Jay-Z
Birth name: Shawn Corey Carter
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Stage name: Jackie Chan
Birth name: Chan Kong-Sang
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Stage name: Elton John
Birth name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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Stage name: Diddy
Birth name: Sean John Combs
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Stage name: 50 Cent
Birth name: Curtis James Jackson III
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Stage name: Jamie Foxx
Birth name: Eric Morlon Bishop
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