Health & Fitness
Engelbert Humperdinck Is Not His Real Name
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014 was released last month.
As the new year begins, book stores are full of almanacs and other time capsules reflecting on the year that was.
Throughout the last few weeks, we’ve been taking a look at some of features in the World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014, which was released in print in November and in e-publication in December.
Let’s take a look at the real names of famous celebrities. I bet you didn’t know some of these people had different names!
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- Adele = Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
- Alan Alda = Alphonso D’Abruzzo
- Bono = Paul Hewson
- David Bowie = David Robert Jones
- Miley Cyrus = Destiny Hope Cyrus
- Judy Garland = Frances Gumm
- Whoopi Goldberg = Caryn Johnson
- Rita Hayworth = Margarita Cansino
- Harry Houdini = Erik Weisz
- Engelbert Humperdinck = Arnold Dorsey
- Elton John = Reginald Dwight
- Huey Lewis = Hugh Cregg
- Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez
- Joan Rivers = Joan Sandra Molinsky
- David Tennant = David McDonald
- Tina Turner = Annie Mae Bullock
This post also appeared on my site: DanielleMastersonBooks.com.
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