10 Celebrities Who Left Their Birth Names in the Past and Adopted Others for Fame

In the artistic world, many celebrities change their names and adopt others for various reasons, such as brightening their careers, attracting public attention, gaining media attention, numerology or even because they have been bullied.

Thinking about it, the awesome.club invites you to meet 10 celebrities who have very different names on their birth certificates!

Baby Consuelo is one of the best-known singers in Brazil who has conquered the media spotlight not only in the music world. Her children’s names are very unusual and attract attention: Zabelê, Pedro Baby, Nana Shara, Kriptus Gomes and Krishna Baby. In addition to them, she has daughter Sarah Sheeva, who also followed in her mother’s footsteps in her music career. But, unlike her siblings, she changed her given name — Riroca to Sarah Sheeva.

One of the great stars of Brazilian television drama is Tony Ramos. In addition to drawing attention to his talent in numerous soap operas, films and series, he also attracts the public’s attention by his real baptismal name: Antônio de Carvalho Miranda.

Quite different from the baptismal name, another international star who also changed the name with which he was registered is the singer Bruno Mars. Well known for hit songs such as When I Was Your Man and 24K Magic, the musician is in the documents as Peter Gene Hernandez.

Apparently, singers like to change their names. It is also the case of Zezé Di Camargo, one of the best known musicians of the sertanejo style, whose songs, such as Pra Não Pensar em Você, were a huge worldwide success. His birth name is Mirosmar José de Camargo.

In the Camargo family, not only did Zezé adopt another name, but his brother as well. In order to have a stage name and form one of the most beloved country duos in Brazil, Welson David de Camargo adopted Luciano Camargo, or just Luciano.

Still in the sertanejo genre, another artist who also adopted a different name was Gusttavo Lima. One of the best-known singers of the new generation of this musical style “carries” the name of Nivaldo Batista Lima in the documents.

When you think of the big international stars, the singer Elton John is one of the celebrities that draws the most crowds wherever he goes. Incidentally, he also changed his name to an artistic one. On the birth certificate he is listed as Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

One of the most talked about singers in Brazil in the 20th century was Cazuza. With his songs full of messages like Exagerado, O Tempo Não Para and Faz Parte do Meu Show, the star was registered as Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto.

One of the great ladies of Brazilian television, who has been enchanting audiences on screen since the 1960s, has another name on her birth certificate. The star of great successes, such as Senhora do Destino and Duas Caras, adopted a stage name and went from Sônia Maria Vieira to Susana Vieira.

One more sertanejo singer on the list of those who “abandoned” their baptismal name for another artist. This time, the musician and performer of beautiful songs like Pensa em Mim and Talismã passed from Emivaldo Eterno Costa to Leonardo.

Which of these “original” famous names caught your attention the most? And which of the adopted artists, in the name of fame, do you prefer? Share your opinion in the comments section!