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THE SURPRISING REAL NAMES OF


Cary Grant began life with the unglamorous name of Archibald Leach

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Michael Caine legally changed his name from Maurice Micklewhite

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Norma Jean Mortensen became a superstar as Marilyn Monroe

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Unsurprisingly, Vin Diesel is a made up name. Real one couldn't be more boring - Mark Sinclair

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Also unsurprisingly, Awkwafina is actually Nora Lum

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Albert Einstein changed his name to Albert Brooks for obvious reasons

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So did Michael Douglas who goes by Michael Keaton professionally

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Miley Cyrus is actually Destiny Hope but goes by the nickname she got as a kid

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Tom Cruise shortened Thomas Cruise Mapother IV into the name that made him famous

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Joaquin, River and the entire Phoenix family's original last name was Bottom

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