10 Least Celebrity-Sounding Celebrity Real Names

Not all celebrities are as lucky as Julia Roberts or George Clooney to be born with such stardom-ready names. Chances are, the celebrities you’ve been worshipping like gods have real names that show that they, like us, were just mere mortals, at least when they were born.

Some of the celebrity real names listed below sound so plain you could mistake them for a next-door neighbor, while others sound too foreign to have any sort of name recall in the highly-competitive world of show business. This list of the Ten Least Celebrity-sounding Celebrity Real Names is by no means definitive, so feel free to add any other real celebrity name you think should be on the list.

10. Woody Allen
Real Name: Allen Stewart Konigsberg

9. Meg Ryan
Real Name: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra

8. Tom Cruise
Real Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

7. Michael Caine
Real Name: Maurice Joseph Micklewhite

6. Ben Kingsley
Real Name: Krishna Banji

5. George Michael
Real Name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou

4. Jennifer Aniston
Real Name: Jennifer Linn Anastassakis

3. Jenna Elfman
Real Name: Jennifer Mary Butala

2. Kirk Douglas
Real Name: Issur Danielovitch Demsky

The number one spot belongs to Senegalese-American hip-hop and R&B singer Akon, and rightly so. Let’s say his real name, all together now:

Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam

Now we know the story behind the lone stage name.

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