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Joseph LaurinaitisJoseph Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960) better known by his stage name of Road Warrior Animal, is a American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand and is competing in the tag team division with his partner Heidenreich.
WWE agent and former professional wrestler John Laurinaitis (Johnny Ace) and former wrestler of the tag team The Wrecking Crew Mark Laurinaitis (Terminator / Fury), are brothers of Joseph Laurinaitis. Joseph's son, James Laurinaitis, plays linebacker on the Ohio State football team.
Career
For many years he teamed with Road Warrior Hawk. Together they were a muscular tag team called The Road Warriors. The Road Warriors burst onto the wrestling scene in 1983 wearing mohawks, dog collars, spiked shoulder pads, and face paint. Their interview style was vicious, yet charismatic and a bit humorous.
The Road Warriors wrestled across the globe, capturing the All-Japan International Tag Team titles, as well as every American version of the World Tag Team titles (WWF, NWA and AWA), a feat that no other tag team can claim.
Though the Road Warriors never officially broke up, Animal started making an increasing number of solo appearances in the late 1990s and early 2000s as Hawk struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. He became a high-profile player in the dying days of World Championship Wrestling, where his brother John had a powerful behind-the-scenes role. Hawk died in 2003.
2003
Animal became a born-again Christian in 2003 and makes occasional appearances on Christian based wrestling shows sponsored by Ted DiBiase and Nikita Koloff.
Making a returned to WWE TV on SmackDown!, Animal was challenged by the then WWE Tag Team Champions (MNM) to a Title Match at The Great American Bash. Finding a new tag team partner in Heidenreich, Animal went on to defeated MNM for the titles, dedicating the win to his late tag team partner, Michael Hegstrand (Hawk). They would lose the titles, October 28.
Profile
October 28
- Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Weight: 280 lb (127 kg)
- Birthday: January 26, 1960
- Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Billed From: Chicago, Illinois
- Trainer: Eddie Sharkey
- Ring Debut: November 1982
- Managers: Paul Ellering, Sunny, Ric Flair, Christy Hemme
Finishing and signature moves
- Powerslam
- Powerbomb
- Shoulder block
- Powerslam pin
Tag team moves
- Doomsday Device (with Hawk and then Heidenreich)
Championships and accomplishments
- World Wrestling Entertainment
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- 2-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Road Warrior Hawk)
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- 1-Time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Heidenreich)
- National Wrestling Alliance
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- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Hawk)
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- 4-Time NWA National Tag Team Champion (with Hawk)
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- 3-Time NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champion (with Hawk & Dusty Rhodes twice and Hawk & Genichiro Tenryu once)
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- Won the 1986 NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament with Hawk. They also won the 1989 NWA Iron Team Tournament at StarrCade '89.
- American Wrestling Association
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- 1-Time AWA World Tag Team Champion (with Hawk)
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
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- 1-Time AJPW International Tag Team Champion (with Hawk)
- Other Titles
:
- 2-Time Superstars of Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Hawk)
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- 1-Time IPW Tag Team Champion (with Hawk)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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- PWI ranked him # 64 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He also was ranked # 1 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Road Warrior Hawk.
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- He also won four PWI Tag Team of the Year Awards with Hawk. They won in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1988. They also were involved in the 1987 PWI Feud of the Year. The feud was with the Super Powers vs. the Four Horsemen.
External links
- [http://www.roadwarriorsinc.com/ Official Site]
- [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/roadwarrioranimal/profile/ WWE profile]
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January 26
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years).
Events
- 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- 1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to discover Brazil.
- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.
- 1700 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the coast of the American Northwest, as evidenced by Japanese records.
- 1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
- 1785 - Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted the turkey.
- 1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sail into Sydney Harbour to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day.
- 1802 - The U.S. Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress.
- 1808 - Rum Rebellion, the only successful (but temporary) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
- 1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
- 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
- 1841 - The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China had ceded.
- 1861 - The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- 1863 - American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
- 1870 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- 1885 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum.
- 1887 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.
- 1905 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.
- 1911 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane.
- 1934 - The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
- 1942 - World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
- 1946 - Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.
- 1956 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1961 - John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
- 1962 - Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
- 1965 - Hindi becomes the official language of India.
- 1966 - The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide, South Australia.
- 1970 - Folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel release classic album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
- 1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
- 1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released.
- 1986 - Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots, 46-10.
- 1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
- 1992 - Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.
- 1993 - Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.
- 1994 - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.
- 1996 - Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.
- 1997 - Super Bowl XXXI: The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots, 35-21.
- 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
- 1998 - Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 2000 - Robert F. Vasa ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Baker
- 2000 - XHTML 1.0 becomes a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation.
- 2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
- 2001 - An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
- 2003 - Super Bowl XXXVII: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, earning the Buccaneers their first Vince Lombardi Trophy.
- 2005 - The Glendale train crash occurs, involving three trains; the accident kills 11 and injures 200 in Glendale, California near Los Angeles early in the morning peak hours.
- 2005 - Having been confirmed earlier in the day by a vote of 85-13 in the United States Senate, Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.
- 2005 - A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.
Births
1497 to 1899
- 1497 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
- 1541 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)
- 1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
- 1716 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (d. 1785)
- 1722 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
- 1763 - King Charles XIV of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Napoleonic general (d. 1841)
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
- 1813 - Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic (d. 1876)
- 1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
- 1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general (d. 1964)
- 1891 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (d. 1973)
- 1892 - Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
1900 to 1999
- 1900 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
- 1901 - Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- 1904 - Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004)
- 1904 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1988)
- 1905 - Charles Lane, American actor
- 1905 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)
- 1908 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
- 1913 - James Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990)
- 1915 - William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1918 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
- 1918 - Philip José Farmer, American writer
- 1921 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999)
- 1922 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Anne Jeffreys, American actress
- 1924 - Rauf Denktash, Cypriot politician
- 1924 - Annette Strauss, philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)
- 1925 - Joan Leslie, American actress
- 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor
- 1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
- 1932 - Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1935 - Bob Uecker, baseball player, broadcaster, and actor
- 1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)
- 1941 - Scott Glenn, American actor
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- 1943 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Jean Knight, American singer
- 1944 - Angela Davis, American feminist and activist
- 1945 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
- 1946 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
- 1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1953 - Lucinda Williams, American singer
- 1955 - Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-born musician
- 1958 - Anita Baker, American singer
- 1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedienne, and talk show host
- 1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, coach, and team owner
- 1962 - Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer
- 1963 - José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
- 1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, English musician
- 1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer
- 1976 - James May, British writer
- 1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player
Deaths
1630 to 1899
- 1567 - Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
- 1630 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
- 1636 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1697 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1744 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- 1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
- 1823 - Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French writer (b. 1791)
- 1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1885 - Edward Davy, English inventor, physician, and scientist (b. 1806)
- 1885 - Charles George Gordon, British general (b. 1833)
- 1886 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)
1900 to 2005
- 1942 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
- 1943 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
- 1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano (plane crash) (b. 1898)
- 1947 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia, second in line to the Swedish throne (b. 1906)
- 1952 - Horloogiyn Choybalsan, leader of Mongolia
- 1961 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- 1962 - Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
- 1968 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher, and aviation promoter (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Yvor Winters, American poet and critic (b. 1900)
- 1972 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
- 1992 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
- 1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905)
- 1993 - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 1996 - Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
- 1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898)
- 2000 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
- 2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Russian athlete (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
- 2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 - Fred Haas, American golfer
Holidays and observances
- Australia - Australia Day
- Roman Empire - third day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church
- Timothy and Titus
- Saint Paula
- Polycarp
- Saint Alberic
- Margaret of Hungary
- India - Republic Day - One of only three state holidays in India, celebrated with pomp and a military parade in New Delhi
External links
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/26 BBC: On This Day]
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Stage nameA stage name, or a screen name for movie stars, is a pseudonym used by performers and actors. A clown name is a stage name for clown performer.
People may take a stage name because their real name is considered unattractive, dull, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projects the wrong image; or because they wish to remain anonymous in relation to another sphere of work. In past decades stage names were used because certain actors' real names were considered too "ethnic." In the United Kingdom, the actors' union Equity stipulates that no two members may have the same working name, and therefore actors are often forced to modify their name or take a new one. The Screen Actors Guild has similar rules in the United States.
A consideration in choosing a stage name is ease of use. Actor's Equity Association (AEA) advises performers to select a name that is easy for others to pronounce, spell and remember. A survey of the three U.S. regional heads of AEA reveals that a performer whose name is difficult to pronounce, spell, or remember is less likely to be hired than other performers.
Many performers refer to their stage name as their "professional name."
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Famous stage names include:
0–9
- 2Pac - Tupac Shakur
- 50 Cent - Curtis Jackson
A
- Mellow Man Ace - Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
- Don Adams - Donald James Yarmy
- Adamski - Adam Tinley
- MC ADE - Adrian Hines
- Adeva - Patricia Daniels
- King Adrock - Adam Horovitz
- Afrob - Robert Zemichiel
- Afroman - Joseph Foreman
- Clay Aiken - Clayton Holmes Grissom
- Akon - Aliaune Thiam
- Eddie Albert - Edward Albert Heimberger
- Bernard Albrecht - Bernard Dicken
- Alan Alda - Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
- Robert Alda - Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
- Jason Alexander - Jason Scott Greenspan
- Tim Allen - Tim Allen Dick
- Woody Allen - Allen Stewart Konigsberg
- Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos
- Anastacia - Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
- Broncho Billy Anderson - Max H. Aronson
- André 3000 - André Benjamin
- André the Giant - André René Roussimoff
- Julie Andrews - Julia Elizabeth Wells
- Horace Andy - Horace Hinds (Reggae singer, later with Massive Attack)
- Jennifer Aniston - Jennifer Linn Anastassakis
- Ann-Margret - Ann Margaret Olsson
- Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard
- Apache Indian - Steven Kapur
- Aphex Twin - Richard D. James
- Fiona Apple - Fiona Apple Maggart
- Eve Arden - Eunice Quedens
- Tina Arena - Filippina Lydia Arena
- Bea Arthur - Bernice Frankel
- Julia Arthur - Ida Lewis
- Ashanti - Ashanti Shaquoya Douglas
- Fred Astaire - Frederick Austerlitz
- Mary Astor - Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
- Astro - Terence Wilson
- Jeanne Aubert - Marguerite Perrinot
- Steve Austin - Steven Williams
- Frankie Avalon - Francis Thomas Avallone
- Jane Avril - Jeanne Beaudon
- AZ - Anthony Cruz
- Charles Aznavour - Shahnour Aznavurjan
B
- Bun B - Bernard Freeman
- Eric B - Eric Barrier
- B-Real - Louis Freese
- Baby Spice - Emma Bunton
- Babyface - Kenneth Brian Edmonds
- Lauren Bacall - Betty Joan Perske
- Erykah Badu - Erica Wright
- Cheryl Baker - Rita Crudgington
- Josephine Baker - Josephine Carson
- LaVern Baker - Delores Williams
- Afrika Bambaataa - Kevin Donovan
- Eric Bana - Eric Banadinovich
- Anne Bancroft - Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
- Lloyd Banks - Christopher Lloyd
- Lionel Barrymore - Lionel Herbert Blythe
- Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal
- Baron Longfellow - Andrew Youakim
- Majel Barrett - Majel Lee Hudec
- Count Basie - William Allen Basie
- Toni Basil - Antonia Basilotta
- Ol' Dirty Bastard - Russell Tyrone Jones
- Stiv Bators - Steven John Bator
- Guy Béart - Guy Béhar
- Beck - Beck David Campbell Hansen
- Beenie Man - Anthony Moses Davis
- Tony Bennett - Anthony Dominick Benedetto
- Jack Benny - Benjamin Kubelsky
- Tom Berenger - Thomas Michael Moore
- Benzino - Raymond Scott
- Milton Berle - Mendel Berlinger
- Irving Berlin - Israel Isidore Baline
- Jello Biafra - Eric Boucher
- Big Boi - Antwan André Patton
- The Big Bopper - Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr
- Big Youth - Manley Augustus Buchanan
- Acker Bilk - Bernard Stanley Bilk
- Bizarre - Rufus Johnson
- Cilla Black - Priscilla Maria Veronica White
- Frank Black - Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV
- Karen Black - Karen Blanche Ziegler
- Amanda Blake - Beverly Louise Neill
- Robert Blake - Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi
- Buster Bloodvessel - Douglas Trendle (Lead singer with UK Ska band Bad Manners)
- Kurtis Blow - Curtis Walker
- Bo Bice - Harold Elwin Bice
- Dirk Bogarde - Sir Derek van den Bogaerde
- Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi
- Bizzy Bone - Bryon McCane
- Flesh-N-Bone - Stan Howse
- Krayzie Bone - Anthony Henderson
- Layzie Bone - Steven Howse
- Wish Bone - Charles Scruggs
- Lisa Bonet - Lisa Boney
- Bono - Paul David Hewson
- Pat Boone - Charles Eugene Boone
- Shirley Booth - Thelma Marjorie Ford
- Victor Borge - Borge Rosenbaum
- Ernest Borgnine - Ermes Effron Borgnino
- Lyrics Born - Tom Shimura
- Bounty Killer - Rodney Price
- Bow Wow - Shad Gregory Moss
- David Bowie - David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
- Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd
- Brandy - Brandy Rayonda Norwood
- Da Brat - Shawntae Harris
- Nicholas Brendon - Nicholas Brendon Schultz
- Teresa Brewer - Teresa Breuer
- May Britt - Maybritt Wilkens
- J. Edward Bromberg - Joseph Bromberger
- Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinski
- Albert Brooks - Albert Lawrence Einstein
- Donnie Brooks - John Dee Abohosh
- Mel Brooks - Melvin Kaminsky
- Foxy Brown - Inga Marchaud
- Aristide Bruant - Louis Armand Bruant
- Lenny Bruce - Leonard Alfred Schneider
- Yul Brynner - Taidje Khan
- Young Buck - David Darnell Brown
- Chris de Burgh - Christopher John Davison
- Burning Spear - Winston Rodney
- George Burns - Nathanial Birnbaum
- Ellen Burstyn - Edna Mae Gilhooley
- Prince Buster - Cecil Bustamente Campbell (Jamaican Ska singer)
- Red Buttons - Aaron Chwatt
C
- Vitamin C - Colleen Fitzpatrick
- Nicolas Cage - Nicholas Kim Coppola
- Michael Caine - Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
- Maria Callas - Maria Kalogeropoulos
- Canibus - Germaine Williams
- Cam'ron - Cameron Giles
- Camoflauge - Jason Johnson
- Dyan Cannon - Samile Diane Friesen
- Freddy Cannon - Frederick Anthony Picariello
- Cantinflas - Mario Moreno
- Eddie Cantor - Edward Israel Iskowitz
- Cappadonna - Darryl Hill
- Capucine - Germaine Lefebvre
- Caribou - Dan Snaith (formerly Manitoba)
- Vikki Carr - Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona
- Tia Carrere - Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo
- Diahann Carroll - Carol Diahann Johnson
- Mrs. Leslie Carter - Caroline Louise Dudley Carter Payne
- Hopalong Cassidy - William Lawrence Boyd
- Emma Caulfield - Emma Chukker
- Cedric the Entertainer - Cedric Kyles
- Jackie Chan - Chan Kong-sang (Cheng Long was a Chinese screen name)
- Gene Chandler - Eugene Dixon
- Jeff Chandler - Ira Grossel
- Stockard Channing - Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
- Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson
- Charo - Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza
- Chevy Chase - Cornelius Crane Chase
- Daveigh Chase - Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier
- Chubby Checker - Ernest Evans
- Joan Chen - Chong Chen
- Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
- Chespirito - Roberto Gómez Bolaños
- Chilli - Rozonda Ocielian Thomas
- Chingy - Howard Bailey, Jr.
- Annabel Chong - Grace Quek
- Agatha Christie - Agatha Marie Clarissa Miller
- Katalyn Cica - Timea Vagvoelgyi
- Eric Clapton - Eric Patrick Clapp
- Buddy Clark - Samuel Goldberg
- Andrew Dice Clay - Andrew Clay Silverstein
- David Clayton-Thomas - David Henry Thomsett
- Jimmy Cliff - James Chambers
- Patsy Cline - Virginia Patterson Hensley
- Lee J. Cobb - Amos Jacob
- Alma Cogan - Alma Angela Cohen
- Nat King Cole - Nathaniel Adams Coles
- Bootsy Collins - William Collins
- Common - Lonnie Rashied Lynn
- Robert Conrad - Konrad Robert Falkowski
- Sam Cooke - Samuel Cook
- Coolio - Artis Leon Ivey, Jr.
- Tré Cool - Frank Edwin Wright III
- Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier (Vincent legally changed his name to Alice Cooper after quiting the original band 'Alice Cooper' so he could use the name)
- Gary Cooper - Frank James Cooper
- David Copperfield - David Seth Kotkin
- Jill Corey - Norma Jean Speranza
- Corpsegrinder - George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher
- Dave "Baby" Cortez - David Cortez Clowney
- Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus
- Lou Costello - Louis Francis Cristillo
- Carl Crack - Carl Bohm
- Joan Crawford - Lucille Fay LeSueur
- Michael Crawford - Michael Dumble-Smith
- Randy Crawford - Veronica Crawford
- Kid Creole - August Darnell
- Peter Criss - Peter Criscoula
- Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby
- Christopher Cross - Christopher Geppert
- Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother, IV
- King Curtis - Curtis Ousley
- Tony Curtis - Bernard Schwartz
D
- Chuck D - Carlton Ridenhour
- Mike D - Michael Diamond
- D-Flame - Daniel Kretschmar
- D'Angelo - Michael Eugene Archer
- Alan Dale - Aldo Sigismondi
- Béatrice Dalle - Béatrice Cabarrou
- Mr. Dalvin - Dalvin DeGrate
- Damia - Marie-Louise Damien
- Jerry Dammers - Gerald Dankin
- Vic Damone - Vito Farinola
- Dana - Rosemary Brown
- Rodney Dangerfield - Jacob Cohen
- Tony Danza - Anthony Iadanza
- Glenn Danzig- Glenn Allen Anzalone
- Bobby Darin - Walden Robert Cassotto
- Mona Darkfeather - Josephine Mona Workman
- Dimebag Darrell - Darrell Lance Abbott
- James Darren - James William Ercolani
- Bette Davis - Ruth Elizabeth Davis
- Nancy Davis - Anne Frances Robbins (Mrs Nancy Reagan)
- Ossie Davis - Raiford Chatman Davis
- Bobby Day - Robert J. Byrd
- Doris Day - Doris von Kappelhoff
- Inspectah Deck - Jason Hunter
- Kiki Dee - Pauline Matthews
- Kool Moe Dee - Mohandas Dewese
- Desmond Dekker - Desmond Dacres
- Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Teron Delvon Jones
- Danièle Delorme - Danièle Girard
- Samy Deluxe - Samuel Sorge
- Rebecca DeMornay - Rebecca George
- Catherine Deneuve - Catherine Dorléac
- John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
- Margot Depard - Timea Vagvoelgyi
- Bo Derek - Mary Cathleen Collins
- Portia de Rossi - Amanda Lee Rogers
- Johnny Desmond - Giovanni Alfredo De Simone
- Des'ree - Des'ree Weeks
- Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli
- Howard Devoto - Howard Trafford
- Dharmendra - Dharam Singh Deol
- B.B. Dickerson - Morris Dickerson
- Angie Dickinson - Angeline Brown
- Bo Diddley - Ellas Bates, later Ellas McDaniel
- P. Diddy - Sean John Combs
- Dido - Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
- Bobby Digital - Robert Dixon
- Phyllis Diller - Phyllis Driver
- Daz Dillinger - Delmar Arnaud
- Dion - Dion DiMucci
- Divine - Harris Glenn Milstead
- Ruben DJ - Ruben Urrutia
- DMC - Darryl McDaniels
- DMX - Earl Simmons
- The D.O.C. - Tracy Curry
- Phife Dog - Malik Taylor
- Nate Dogg - Nathaniel Dawayne Hale
- Snoop Dogg - Cordazer Calvin Broadus
- Thomas Dolby - Thomas Morgan Robertson
- Arielle Dombasle - Arielle Sonnery de Fromental
- Fats Domino - Antoine Domino
- Diana Dors - Diana Mary Fluck
- Donna Douglas - Dorothy Smith
- Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky
- Dr. Dre - Andre Romel Young
- Minnie Driver - Amelia Driver
- Bill Drummond - William Butterworth
- Margaret Dumont - Daisy Juliette Baker
- Sly Dunbar - Lowell Fillmore Dunbar
- Elaine Dundy - Elaine Brimberg
- Jermaine Dupri or JD - Jermaine Dupri Maudlin
- Bob Dylan (after Dylan Thomas) - Robert Allen Zimmerman
E
- E - Mark Oliver Everett
- Sheena Easton - Sheena Shirley Orr
- Eazy-E - Eric Wright
- Barbara Eden - Barbara Huffman
- Edge - Adam Copeland
- The Edge - David Howell Evans
- Eek-A-Mouse - Ripton Joseph Hilton
- Carmen Electra - Tara Leigh Patrick
- "Mama" Cass Elliott - Ellen Naomi Cohen
- Ethan Embry - Ethan Philan Randall
- Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III
- Enya - Eithne ní Bhraonáin
- Wreckless Eric - Eric Goulden
- Esham - Rashaam Smith
- David Essex - David Albert Cook
- Little Eva - Eva Narcissus Boyd
- Linda Evans - Linda Evanstad
- Eve - Eve Jihan Jeffers
- Everlast - Erik Schrody
- Kenny Everett - Maurice Cole
F
- Morgan Fairchild - Patsy Ann McClenny
- Adam Faith - Terence Nelhams
- Jamie Farr - Jameel Joseph Farah
- Perry Farrell - Perry Bernstein
- Alice Faye - Alice Jeane Leppert
- Fatboy Slim - Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook
- Fatman Scoop - Isaac Freeman III
- Freddie Fender - Baldemar G. Huerta
- Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) - Stacy Ferguson
- Olinka Ferova - Timea Vagvoelgyi
- Tina Fey - Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
- Jacques Feyder - Jacques Frederix
- Sally Field - Sally Mahoney
- Romaine Fielding - William Grant Blandin
- Gracie Fields - Grace Stansfield
- W. C. Fields - William Claude Dukenfield
- Peter Finch - William Mitchell
- Larry Fine - Louis Fienberg
- Grandmaster Flash - Joseph Saddler
- Flavor Flav - William Drayton
- Flea - Michael Balzary
- Flesh-n-Bone - Stanley Howse
- Frankie Ford - Francis Guzzo
- John Ford - Sean Aloysius O'Fearna
- Mary Ford - Colleen Summers
- George Formby - George Hoy Booth
- J.D. Fortune - Jason Dean Bennison
- Jodie Foster - Alicia Christian Foster
- Jamie Foxx - Eric Bishop
- Redd Foxx - John Elroy Sanford
- Connie Francis - Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
- Fab Five Freddy - Fred Braithwaite
- Fréhel - Marguerite Boulc'h
- Ace Frehley - Paul Frehley
- Doug E. Fresh - Douglas E. Davis
- Pierre Fresnay - Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach
- Lefty Frizzell - William Orville Frizzell
- Blind Boy Fuller - Fulton Allen
G
- Dog G -- Tseng Kuan-jung
- Kenny G - Kenneth Gorelick
- Shock G - Gregory Jacobs
- Warren G - Warren Griffin
- Jean Gabin - Jean-Alexis Moncorge
- The Game - Jayceon Taylor
- Greta Garbo - Greta Gustafsson
- Judy Garland - Frances Ethel Gumm
- James Garner - James Scott Baumgarner
- Leif Garrett - Leif Per Narvik
- Gene Gauntier - Genevieve Liggett
- Marvin Gaye - Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
- Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gail Webb Gatzimos
- Ronnie Gaylord - Ronald L. Fredianelli
- Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Fowles
- Mitzi Gaynor - Franceska Mitzi Gerber
- D. Michael Geister - David Michael Geister
- Sir Horace Gentleman - Horace Panter
- Bobbie Gentry - Roberta Streeter
- Geordie - Kevin Walker (Guitarist with UK punk band Killing Joke)
- Boy George - George Alan O'Dowd
- Georgious - Georges Guibourg
- George Gershwin - Jacob Gershowitz
- Ira Gershwin - Israel Gershowitz
- Stan Getz - Stanley Gayetsky
- Kathie Lee Gifford - Kathie Epstein
- Billy Gilbert - William Gilbert Barron
- Dizzy Gillespie - John Birks Gillespie
- Ginger Spice - Geri Halliwell
- Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Elaine Johnson
- Samuel Goldwyn - Samuel Gelbfisch
- La Goulue - Louise Weber
- Lesley Gore - Lesley Goldstein
- Eydie Gorme - Edith Gormezano
- Jetta Goudal - Julie Henriette Goudeket
- Elliott Gould - Elliot Goldstein
- Betty Grable - Elizabeth Ruth Grable
- Bill Graham - Wolfgang Wolodja Grajonka
- Stewart Granger - James Stewart
- Cary Grant - Archibald Alexander Leach
- Gogi Grant - Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg
- Macy Gray - Natalie Renee McIntyre
- Al Green - Al Greene
- Gribouille - Marie-France Gaîté
- Professor Griff - Richard Griffin
- Robert Guillaume - Robert Peter Williams
- Buddy Guy - George Guy
- GZA - Gary Grice
H
- Daryl Hall - Daryl Franklin Hohl
- Halston - Roy Halston Frowick
- MC Hammer - Stanley Kirk Burrell
- Jean Harlow - Harlean Carpentier
- Slim Harpo - James Moore
- Wood Harris - Sherwin David Harris
- Rex Harrison - Reginald Carey Harrison
- Mary Hart - Mary Johanna Harum
- Nina Hartley - Marie Louise Hartman
- Goldie Hawn - Goldie Jean Studlendegehawn
- Susan Hayward - Edythe Marriner
- Rita Hayworth - Margarita Carmen Cansino
- Max Hardcore - Paul Little
- Richard Hell - Richard Myers
- Audrey Hepburn - Audrey Kathleen Ruston
- Charlton Heston - John Charles Carter
- Hildegarde - Hildegarde Loretta Sell
- hitomi - Hitomi Furuya
- Hulk Hogan - Terry Gene Bollea
- William Holden - William Beedle
- Billie Holiday - Eleanora Fagan Gough
- John Holmes - John Curtis Estes
- Jack Holt - Charles John Holt II
- Jennifer Holt - Elizabeth Marshall Holt
- Tim Holt - Charles John Holt III
- Bob Hope - Leslie Townes Hope
- Harry Houdini - Ehrich Weiss
- Cissy Houston - Emily Drinkard
- Curly Howard - Jerome Lester Horwitz
- Moe Howard - Moses Horwitz
- Shemp Howard - Samuel Horwitz
- Rock Hudson - Roy Scherer, Jr.
- Betty Hutton - Elizabeth June Thornburg
- Marion Hutton - Marion Thornburg
- Englebert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey
- Triple H - Paul Michael Levesque
I
- Janis Ian - Janis Eddy Fink
- Ice Cube - O'Shea Jackson
- Ice T - Tracy Marrow
- Billy Idol - William Michael Albert Broad
- Mr. II - Joseph Mbilinyi
- May Irwin - Ada May Campbell
J
- Jackie Jackson - Sigmund Esco Jackson
- Randy Jackson - Steven Randall Jackson
- Rebbie Jackson - Maureen Reilette Jackson
- Tito Jackson - Toriano Adaryl Jackson
- Brian James - Brian Robertson
- Etta James - Jamesetta Hawkins
- Joni James - Joan (or Giovanna) Carmella Babbo
- Rick James - James Ambrose Johnson
- Skip James - Nehemiah James
- Sonny James - James Loden
- Jenna Jameson - Jennifer Marie Massoli
- James St. James - James Clark
- Janine - Janine Lindemulder
- Steve Jansen - Stephen Batt
- David Jason - Sir David White
- Jam Master Jay - Jason Mizell
- Jay-Z - Shawn Corey Carter
- Jazzy Jeff - Jeffrey Townes
- Blind Lemon Jefferson - Clarence Jefferson
- Ron Jeremy - Ronald Jeremy Hyatt
- Jewel - Jewel Kilcher
- Jim Bob - James Robert Morrison
- Elton John - Reginald Kenneth Dwight
- Don Johnson - Don Wayne
- Holly Johnson - William Johnson
- JoJo (singer) - Joanna Noelle Levisque
- JoJo - Joel Hailey
- Al Jolson - Asa Yoelson
- Lil Jon - Jonathan Smith
- Grace Jones - Grace Mendoza
- James Earl Jones - Todd Jones
- Tom Jones - Thomas Jones Woodward
- Lonnie Jordan - Leroy Jordan
- Jordan - Katie Price (formerly Katie Infield)
- Mrs Jordan - Dorothea Bland (mistress of King William IV of the United Kingdom)
- José José - José Sosa
- Wynonna Judd - Christina Claire Ciminella
- Miranda July - Miranda Grossinger
- Juvenile - Terius Gray
K
- K-Ci - Cedric Hailey
- Ya Kid K - Barbara Kamosi Maoso Duogi
- Madeline Kahn - Madeline Gail Wolfson
- Kitty Kallen - Genevieve Agostinello
- Big Daddy Kane - Antonio Harding
- Boris Karloff - William Henry Pratt
- Mick Karn - Anthony Michaelides
- Richard Karn - Richard Karn Wilson
- Danny Kaye - David Daniel Kaminski
- Staci Keanan - Anastasia Sagorsky
- Diane Keaton - Diane Hall
- Michael Keaton - Michael John Douglas
- Kool Keith - Keith Matthew Thornton
- Kelis - Kelis Rogers
- Alicia Keys - Alicia Augello Cook
- Chaka Khan - Carole Yvette Marie Stevens
- Masta Killa - Elgin Turner
- Ghostface Killah - Dennis Coles
- Andy Kim - Andrew Youakim
- Lil Kim - Kimberly Denise Jones
- Sandra Kim - Sandra Caldarone
- Albert King - Albert Nelson
- Anita King - Anna Keppen
- B.B. King - Riley B. King
- Ben E. King - Benjamin Earl Nelson
- Carole King - Carole Klein
- Freddie King - Frederick Christian
- Larry King - Larry Zieger
- Ben Kingsley - Krishna Banji
- Ted Knight - Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
- Dr. Know - Gary Wayne Miller
- Buddy Knox - Wayne Knox
- Johnny Knoxville - Phillip John Clapp
- Kool - Robert Bell
- Véra Korène - Rébecca Véra Korestzky
- Marta Kristen - Birgit Annalisa Rusanen
- KRS One - Lawrence Krisna Parker
- Ashok Kumar - Kumudlal Kanjilal Ganguly
- Dilip Kumar - Yusuf Khan
- Kishore Kumar - Abhas Ganguly
- Meena Kumari - Mahjabeen Bano
- Kurupt - Ricardo Brown
L
- Big L - Lamont Coleman
- Patti LaBelle - Patricia Louise Holt
- Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Stoppelmoor
- Lagbaja - Bisade Ologunde
- Dame Cleo Laine - Clementina Dinah Campbell
- Veronica Lake - Constance Ockleman
- Dorothy Lamour - Mary Leta Dorothy Kaumeyer
- Michael Landon - Eugene Michael Orowitz
- Nathan Lane - Joseph Lane
- Mario Lanza - Alfredo Cocozza
- Queen Latifah - Dana Elaine Owens
- Stan Laurel - Arthur Stanley Jefferson
- Ralph Lauren - Ralph Lipschitz
- Piper Laurie - Rosetta Jacobs
- Lucy Lawless - Lucille Frances Ryan
- Steve Lawrence - Sidney Leibowitz
- Arthur Lee - Arthur Taylor Porter
- Brenda Lee - Brenda Mae Tarpley
- Bruce Lee - Lee Jun-fan
- Geddy Lee - Gary Lee Weinrib OC
- Gypsy Rose Lee - Rose Louise Hovick
- Peggy Lee - Norma Delores Egstrom
- Spike Lee - Shelton Jackson Lee
- Left Eye - Lisa Nicole Lopes
- Janet Leigh - Jeanette Helen Morrison
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (after Jason Robards) - Jennifer Lee Morrow
- Vivien Leigh - Vivien Mary Hartley
- Marcelle Lender - Anne-Marie Marcelle Bastien
- Sugar Ray Leonard - Ray Charles Leonard
- Téa Leoni - Elizabeth Téa Pantleoni
- Huey Lewis - Hugh Anthony Cregg III
- Jerry Lewis - Joseph Levitch
- Jet Li - Li Lian Jie
- Liberace - Wladziu Lee Valentino Liberace
- Mr. Lif - Jeffrey Haynes
- Alex Lifeson - Alexander Zivojinovich OC
- Max Linder - Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle
- Bunny Livingston/Bunny Wailer - Neville O'Riley
- LL Cool J - James Todd Smith
- Meat Loaf - Marvin Lee Aday
- Tone-Loc - Anthony Smith
- Josef Locke - Joseph McLaughlin
- Carole Lombard - Jane Alice Peters
- Traci Lords - Nora Louise Kuzma
- Sophia Loren - Sofia Scicolone
- Peter Lorre - László Löwenstein
- Lou - Louise Mary Watts
- Joe Louis - Joe Louis Barrow
- Courtney Love - Courtney Michelle Harrison
- Darlene Love - Darlene Wright
- Linda Lovelace - Linda Susan Boreman
- Lene Lovich - Lili-Marlene Premilovich
- Myrna Loy - Myrna Adele Williams
- Ludacris - Christopher Bridges
- Bela Lugosi - Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó
- Lulu - Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
- Lydia Lunch - Lydia Koch
- Dame Vera Lynn - Vera Welsh
- MC Lyte - Lana Moorer
- Lloyd Banks (of G-Unit) - Christopher Lloyd
M
- Edo Maajka - Edin Osmić
- Bernie Mac - Bernard Jeffrey McCollough
- Willard Mack - Charles McLaughlin
- Shirley MacLaine - Shirley Beaty
- Madonna - Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
- Magoo - Melvin Barcliff
- Taj Mahal - Henry St. Clair Fredericks
- Lee Majors - Harvey Lee Yeary II
- Karl Malden - Mladen Sekulovich
- Method Man - Clifford Smith
- Camryn Manheim - Debra Frances Manheim
- Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pinkus
- Manitoba - Dan Snaith (formerly, now uses the stage name Caribou)
- Jayne Mansfield - Vera Jane Palmer
- Marilyn Manson - Brian Hugh Warner
- Roots Manuva - Rodney Hylton Smith
- Rocky Marciano - Rocco Francis Marchegiano
- Marilyn - Peter Robinson
- Biz Markie - Marcel Hall
- Marley Marl - Marlon Williams
- Rita Marley - Alpharita Constantia Marley
- Ziggy Marley - David Marley
- Johnny Marr - John Maher
- Martika - Martha Marrero
- Dean Martin - Dino Paul Crocetti
- Ricky Martin - Enrique Jose Martin Morales IV
- Tony Martin - Alvin Morris
- Hank Marvin - Brian Rankin
- Chico Marx - Leonard Marx
- Groucho Marx - Julius Henry Marx
- Gummo Marx - Milton Marx
- Harpo Marx - Adolph Arthur Marx
- Zeppo Marx - Herbert Marx
- Ma$e - Mason Betha
- Walter Matthau - Walter John Matthow - there is a common urban legend that his original name was Matuschanskyayasky. This was a joke told by Matthau himself.
- MCA - Adam Yauch
- Brini Maxwell - Ben Sander
- Elle MacPherson - Eleanor Gow
- Kent McCord - Kent Franklin McWhirter
- Andie McDowell - Rosalie Anderson-MacDowell
- Siobhán McKenna - Siobhán Giollamhuire Nic Cionnaith
- Melle Mel - Melvin Glover
- Carlos Mencia - Ned Mencia
- Freddie Mercury - Faroukh Bulsara
- Ethel Merman - Ethel Zimmerman
- George Michael - Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
- Pras Michel - Prakazrel Michel
- Cindy Miel - Timea Vagvoelgyi
- Luis Miguel - Luis Miguel Gallegos Basteri
- Millie - Millicent Small
- Mary Miles Minter - Juliet Reilly
- Mina - Anna Maria Mazzini
- Carmen Miranda - Maria de Carmo Miranda de Cunha
- Mistinguett - Jeanne Bourgeois
- Joni Mitchell - Roberta Joan Anderson
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - Anthony Ray
- Moby - Richard Melville Hall
- Duke Modernaction - Sean Cassidy
- Matt Monro - Terence Parsons
- Marilyn Monroe - Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker
- Yves Montand - Ivo Livi
- Demi Moore - Demetria Gene Guynes
- Garry Moore - Thomas Garrison Morfit
- Eric Morecambe - Eric John Bartholomew
- Rita Moreno - Rosita Dolores Alverio
- Jane Morgan - Florence Catherine Currier
- Van Morrison - George Ivan Morrison
- Jelly Roll Morton - Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe
- Zero Mostel - Samuel Mostel
- Eek A Mouse - Ripton Joseph Hilton
- DJ Muggs - Lawrence Muggerud
- Mystikal - Micheal Tyler
- Bam Margera - Brandon Cole Margera
N
- Tech N9ne - Aaron D. Yates
- Nas - Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
- Nancy Reagan - Anne Frances Robbins Davis Reagan
- Napoleon Dynamite - Declan MacManus (aka Elvis Costello)
- Alla Nazimova - Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon
- Me'shell Ndegeocello - Michelle Johnson
- Nelly - Cornell Haynes, Jr.
- Randy Newman - Gary Randolph Newman
- Julie Newmar - Julia Charlene Newmeyer
- Juice Newton - Judy Cohen
- Dale Nixon - Greg Ginn
- Marni Nixon - Marni McEathron
- Noko - Norman Fisher-Jones
- Noodles - Kevin Wasserman
- Chuck Norris - Carlos Ray
- The Notorious B.I.G. - Christopher Wallace
- Kim Novak - Marilyn Pauline Novak
- Gary Numan - Gary Anthony James Webb
- Laura Nyro - Laura Nigro
O
- Billy Ocean - Leslie Sebastian Charles
- Warner Oland - Johan Verner Ölund
- Marie Osmond - Olive Marie Osmond
- Gilbert O'Sullivan - Raymond Edward O'Sullivan
- Johnny Otis - John Veliotes
- Natalino Otto - Natale Codognotto
- Ozzy Osbourne - Jonathan Michael Osborne
- OJO - Ove Jan Olsen - http://www.freewebs.com/ojoelektronic
P
- Master P - Percy Miller Sr.
- Augustus Pa
United States:For alternative meanings, see the disambiguation page for US, USA, United States, or American.
The United States of America is a federal democratic republic situated primarily in central North America. It comprises 50 states and one federal district, and has several territories. It is also referred to, with varying formality, as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the States, or simply and most commonly, America.
The official founding date of the United States is July 4, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress—representing thirteen British colonies—adopted the Declaration of Independence. However, the structure of the government was profoundly changed in 1788, when the states replaced the Articles of Confederation with the United States Constitution. The date on which each of the fifty states adopted the Constitution is typically regarded as the date that state "entered the Union" (became part of the United States). Since the mid-20th century, following World War II, the United States has emerged as a dominant global influence in economic, political, military, scientific, technological, and cultural affairs.
Geography and climate
The United States shares land borders with Canada (to the north) and Mexico (to the south), and territorial water boundaries with Canada, Russia, the Bahamas, and numerous smaller nations. It is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, in the west; the Arctic Ocean, in the northernmost areas; and the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, in the eastern and southeastern areas.
Forty-eight of the states are in the single region between Canada and Mexico; this group is referred to, with varying precision and formality, as the continental or contiguous United States, sometimes abbreviated CONUS, and as the Lower 48. Alaska, which is not included in the term contiguous United States, is at the northwestern end of North America, separated from the Lower 48 by Canada. The archipelago of Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean. The capital city, Washington, District of Columbia is a federal district located on land donated by the state of Maryland. (Virginia also donated land, but it was returned in 1847.) The United States also has overseas territories with varying levels of independence and organization.
When inland water is included in the total area, only Russia and Canada are larger than the United States; if inland water is excluded, China ranks third and the U.S. ranks fourth. The United States' total area is 3,718,711 square miles (9,631,418 km²), of which land makes up 3,537,438 square miles (9,161,923 km²) and water makes up 181,273 square miles (469,495 km²).
The United States' landscape is one of the most varied among those of the world's nations: among its many features are temperate forestland and rolling hills, on the east coast; mangrove, in Florida; the Great Plains, in the center of the country; the Mississippi–Missouri river system; the Great Lakes, four of the five of which are shared with Canada; the Rocky Mountains, west of the Great Plains; deserts and temperate coastal zones, west of the Rocky Mountains; and temperate rain forests, in the Pacific northwest. Alaska's tundra, and the volcanic, tropical islands of Hawaii add to the geographic diversity.
Hawaii
The climate varies along with the landscape, from tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida to tundra in Alaska and atop some of the highest mountains. Most of the North and East experience a temperate continental climate, with warm summers and cold winters. Most of the South experiences a subtropical humid climate with mild winters and long, hot, humid summers. Rainfall decreases markedly from the humid forests of the Eastern Great Plains to the semi-arid shortgrass prairies on the high plains abutting the Rocky Mountains. Arid deserts, including the Mojave, extend through the lowlands and valleys of the southwest, from westernmost Texas to California and northward throughout much of Nevada. Some parts of California have a Mediterranean climate. Rainforests line the windward mountains of the Pacific Northwest from Oregon to Alaska.
History
American history started with the migration of people from Asia across the Bering land bridge approximately 12,000 years ago following large animals that they hunted into the Americas. These Native Americans left evidence of their presence in petroglyphs, burial mounds, and other artifacts. It is estimated that 2-9 million people lived in the territory now occupied by the U.S. before European contact, and the subsequent introduction of foreign diseases such as small pox that greatly diminished the native populations. Some advanced societies were the Anasazi of the southwest, who inhabited Chaco Canyon, and the Woodland Indians, who built Cahokia, located near present-day St Louis, a city with a population of 40,000 at its peak in AD 1200.
Vikings first visited North America around 1000, but did not settle permanently. Following the discovery voyages of Christopher Columbus around 1492, other Europeans began to explore and settle there.
During the 1500s and 1600s, the Spanish settled parts of the present-day Southwest and Florida, founding St. Augustine, Florida in 1565 and Santa Fe (in what is now New Mexico) in 1607. The first successful English settlement was at Jamestown, Virginia, also in 1607. Within the next two decades, several Dutch settlements, including New Amsterdam (the predecessor to New York City), were established in what are now the states of New York and New Jersey. In 1637, Sweden established a colony at Fort Christina (in what is now Delaware), but lost the settlement to the Dutch in 1655.
This was followed by extensive British settlement of the east coast. The British colonists remained relatively undisturbed by their home country until after the French and Indian War, when France ceded Canada and the Great Lakes region to Britain. Britain then imposed taxes on the 13 colonies, widely regarded by the colonists as unfair because they were denied representation in the British Parliament. Tensions between Britain and the colonists increased, and the thirteen colonies eventually rebelled against British rule.
British Parliament, George Washington (1789-1797).]]
In 1776, the 13 colonies split from Great Britain and formed the United States, the world's first constitutional and democratic federal republic, after their Declaration of Independence of that year, and the Revolutionary War (1775 to 1783). The original political structure was a confederation in 1777, ratified in 1781 as the Articles of Confederation. After long debate, this was supplanted by the Constitution in 1789, forming a more centralized federal government. Prior to all these was the Albany Congress in 1754, in which a union was first seriously pr | | |
