Best and worst celebrity name changes
BETTER Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier)
BETTER Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou)
BETTER Michael Caine (born Maurice Micklewhite)
BETTER Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O
BETTER Snoop Dog (born Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.)
BETTER Lady Gaga (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta)
BETTER Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach)
BETTER Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson)
BETTER Eminem/Slim Shady (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III)
BETTER John Wayne (born Marion Robert Morrison)
BETTER Hulk Hogan (born Terry Gene Bollea)
Terry Gene Bollea has had a bevy of stage names including "The Super Destroyer", "Sterling Golden", "Terry Boulder", "Hulk Machine", "Hollywood Hogan" and "Mr. America." Only one stuck. With good reason: Hulk Hogan is just so delightfully 80s.
BETTER Dr. Dre (born Andre Romelle Young)
WORSE Metta World Peace (born Ronald William "Ron" Artest, Jr.)
WORSE Symbol (born Prince Rogers Nelson)
WORSE Sean John, Puff, Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy , or King Combs (born Sean John Combs)
WORSE Yusuf Islam (from Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou)
WORSE Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.)
WORSE The Rock (born Dwayne Johnson)
WORSE Dwayne Johnson (from The Rock, born Dwayne Johnson)
WORSE Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji)
WORSE Kim Humphries (born Kimberly Noel Kardashian)
WORSE Nicholas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola)
Vanilla Ice (born Robert Matthew Van Winkle)
WORSE 50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson III)
WORSE Ice-T (born Tracy Marrow)
WORSE Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz)
WORSE Sasha Fierce (from Beyonc
Even though Beyonce's alter ego won her ten Grammy nominations in 2010, the name is downright silly. The only person who truly enjoys the moniker is Tyra Banks.