Where can I find a list of given names for actors and musicians?
While there are many web pages that list the given names of celebrities, Famous Name Changes is one of the most comprehensive and well-organized sources. The site tells us that Eleanora Fagan was the lady who sang the blues, and Demetria Gene Guynes, star of the movies Ghost and Indecent Exposure, was married to macho Die Hard actor, Walter Willison. Those are just a few of the hundreds of listings. Some entries even include the reason for the name change — Lucille Fay LeSueur received her stage name of Joan Crawford through a fan contest sponsored by MGM. But some names defy easy explanation, like U2’s
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