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This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.

Entries Beginning with E

Pseudonym		Original Name		Description		Submitted by:
E		Mark Oliver Everett		Played solo under the moniker E before forming EELS		Tracy
E		Elimu Anderson		I found an old website of his while trekking on the internet. http://www.elimu.djcentral.com		master agent
E		Elvey Emily Elliot				NameMaster
E		Elimu Anderson		It was changed because he didn't like being made fun of. He likes being called by Elimu A-LEE-MOO.		Elimu Anderson
E Devious		Marco Ennis				Bobo
E Devious		Elle Devon Veeoss				NameMaster
E Double E		Erick Sermon				Bobo
E Rock		Eric Taylor				Bobo
E Swift		Eric Brooks		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
E-40		Earl Stevens				Bobo
E-Dancer		Kevin Saunderson				Bobo
Earl Slick		Frankie Madeloni				Neil
Earl-Jean		Earl-Jean McCrae		She had the hit "I'm Into Something Good" in 1964 as a solo singer. She was also a member of The Cookies, who had four hits (1962-63).		Candy Welty
East Bay Ray		Raymond Pepperell Jr.		Lead guitarist of the Dead Kennedys.		Chiakolv
Eastside Billee		William Speelman		Popular Detroit Area Musician		Fard Glinkswatter
Easy Lee		Theodore Moye		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Easy Mo Bee		Osten Harver, Jr.		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Eazy-E		Eric Wright		from N.W.A		JeNNiE
Ecstasy		John Fletcher		Member of Whodini. Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Ed Bruce		William Edwin Bruce, Jr.				countryboy
Ed Lover		Ed Roberts				inthe80s.com
Ed Lover		James Roberts		According to rapdict.org.		Bobo
Ed O.G.		Edward Anderson		Member of Ed O.G. and the Bulldogs. Info from rapdict.org.		Bobo
Edd Byrnes		Edward Breitenberger		The infamous "Kookie" of "77 Sunset Strip" marketed his character in the song "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)".		oldrock
Eddie Barclay		Edouard Ruault		Legendary French jazz pianist, bandleader, record producer and bon vivant. His self-named label was home to Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Henri Salvador and many other great Parisian cabaret artistes. Also a mentor to Quincy Jones. Adopted this Anglo-American moniker while playing in Parisian hotels.		jonaco
Eddie Cantor		Edward Israel Iskowitz		One of the most popular performers of the first half of the last century.		Bobo
Eddie Cochran		Edward Raymond Cochrane				oldtimer
Eddie Fisher		Edwin Jack Fisher				oldtimer
Eddie Love		Peter Edward Jon Frederick Love, Jr.		Recorded six Rock 'n' Roll sides with Buddy Holly producing at Norm Petty's studio 1958 - 1958. Also did studio work (played on Waylon Jennings first record, "Jole Blon"/"When sin stops." Also has written over 2,500 songs under about ten names.		Ward Evol
Eddie Money		Edward Nelson Mahoney				Mike Hack
Eddie Money		Edward Mahoney		Eddie changed his name cuz he never wanted to be a cop & he (or the record guys) thought the name was too "coppish" for a rock star.		Russ
Eddie Money		Edward Joseph Mahoney				rocky
Eddie Money		Edward Mahoney		He was a former cop from Detroit. Someone from his precinct apparently mentioned he was "money in the bank" on catching convicts.		human
Eddie Murphy		Edward Regan Murphy		Singer/actor/comedian who just wanted to "Party All The Time".		funny
Eddie Rabbitt		Edward Thomas Rabbitt				Countryboy
Eddie Rambeau		Edward Flurie		He had a hit version of "Concrete And Clay" in 1965.		Candy Welty
Eddie Rayner		Anthony Edward Rayner				Bobo
Eddie Vedder		Edward Louis Stephenson III				Chris
Eddie Vedder		Edward Louis Seversen III or Edward Mueller		The guy from Pearl Jam. Seversen the third is his birth name, he was later adopted by his step father whose last name was Mueller, before he changed it to his mother's maiden name Vedder because he "hated that lawyer f***"		Jeff G.
Eddie Veder		Edward Louis Seversen the 2		He is the lead vocalist of Pearl Jam. Ya' know that band ten long years ago.		S.T.G.
Eddy Arnold		Richard Edward Arnold		An old-time country star.		old
Eddy Clearwater		Eddy Harrington				blues
Eddy Grant		Edmond Montague Grant		His big hit was "Electric Avenue".		reggae
The Edge		David Evans		The Edge was his childhood nickname. Bono gave it to him because of his sharp features, and his sharp mind.		CRA-Z-4-U2
The Edge		David Evans		Rumor has it that the name had something to do with his chin.		Jim
The Edge		David Evans		The Edge of U2. No one really knows why he changed his name--except some speculate that his guitar style might have been described as being on "the edge" and thus grew forth a nickname. Some also say that it's because of his sharp chin.		inthe80s.com
The Edge		Dave Evans		Paul Hewson (later Bono) nicknamed Dave "The Edge" because of his high intelligence and his scientific mind. Now even Edge's mother calls him that.		Kite
The Edge		David Hugh Evans		STP motor oil slogan.		Mike Hack
Edie Adams		Elizabeth Edith Enke				united
Edith Piaf		Édith Giovanna Gassion				Bobo
Edsel Dope		Brian Ebejer		Founder and lead singer of Dope.		Travis
Edward Ka-Spel		Edward Francis Sharp		A.k.a. the Prophet Qa-Spel, Qa'Sepel, Che Banana, and D'Archangel. Lead singer and intsrumentalist of The Legendary Pink Dots.		Eric
Edwin Starr		Charles Hatcher		His biggest hit was "War".		ideal
Eice Cherry		Neil Diamond		Originally auditioned as Eice Cherry, but claimed fame by his real name.		hips
Eightball		Premro Smith		Southern Rap pioneer		Bobo
Eivets Rednow		stevie wonder		With his soulful almost feminine voice in the 60's, Stevie Wonder recorded his version of Burt Bacharach's 'Alfie' under this backward pseudonym. It was intended for Sandie Shaw and a hit for Cilla Black in the UK and Cher in the USA		David harrison - jeil
El Duce		Eldon Wayne Hoke		Drummer of The Mentors. Pseudonym taken from the title of an executioner in a book Hoke owned.		rob noxious
El Hefe		Aaron Abeyba		NOFX's guitarest		aj kosto
El Hefe		Aaron Abeyta		NOFX guitarist/trumpeter/backup vocalist. Mike and the others decided he was the most proficient member of the band, so they called him "El Hefe" (Spanish: the chief, actually "el jefe," but I think they did that on purpose)		Nikhil
Elesse		S. Skolnick		Member of Sham and the Professor. Info from rapdict.org.		Bobo
Elliott Easton		Elliott Shapiro		Guitarist with "The Cars".		e.t.
Elmore James		Elmore Brooks				blues
Elton John		Reginald Kenneth Dwight		Elton John and Billy Joel had been touring concerts all this time around Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina.		Mike Hack
Elton John		Redge Dwight		haha!not hard to see why he changed it!can't believe that one ain't on this website!!		Mel
Elton John		Reginald Kenneth Dwight		In the 1960's, Elton John was in a band called Bluesology whose members also included Elton Dean and Long John Baldry. Thinking that the name Reg Dwight wouldn't cut it, he took the first names of Elton Dean and (Long) John Baldry and made Elton John out of it.		crazydon
Elton John		Reginald Kenneth Dwight		Easy to learn if you read the jacket notes in "Captain Fantastic"		Lyle Wiedeman
Elton John		Reginald Kenneth Dwight		Reggie Dwight		Mike Hack
Elvis Costello		Declan Patrick MacManus		Elvis is of course from Elvis Presley and costello is his mothers maiden name. He changed it because he took time off work to record his first album My Aim is True and didn't want them to know what hed been doing.		Colin
Elvis Costello		Declan Patrick McManus		Back in the early 80's before I even started listening to EC, I thought he had the world's coolest name: Elvis Presley plus Lou Costello!		geojones
Elvis Costello		Declan Patrick McManus				Cara Miles
Elvis Presley		Elvis Aron Presley				restingtomcat
Elvis Ramone		Clement "Clem" Burke		Best known as the drummer for the new wave pop rock band Blondie. Elvis Ramone is the name Burke used while he filled in as temporary drummer for punk rock band The Ramones for a couple of concerts in 1987 after their original drummer Richie Ramone suddenly and unexpectedly quit the band.		Edward
Elwood Blues		Dan Aykroyd		"Saturday Night Live" alumnus whose real name is Daniel Edward Agraluscasacra.		blues
Emanuel		Manuel Tó Ramiro Freitas		Emanuel, a very popular music personality of the 90's "Pimb" Music, was born American before changing his nationality to Portuguese..		CarlosPT
Emelia		Emelia Barnwell		You know that 'Big Big World' song back '98		Bobo
Emil Chau		Wakin Chau				Erin
Emilia		Emilia Rydberg		Known for the song "Big Big World".		Swede
Emilio		Emilio Navaira		A Tejano (Tex-Mex) singer. He dropped his surname to increase his crossover appeal.		Da Phoenix
Eminem		Marshall Bruce Mathers, III		Just thought you should know his middle name, too.		IAmWrong
Eminem		Marshall Mathers		In D12 also does some solo.		Mojo Jojo
Eminem		Marshall Bruce Mathers III				PersonUDon'tKnow44
Eminem		Marshall Bruce Mathers III		Eminem's just the baddest white rapper man!		GC Luva
Eminem		Marshall Mathers the 3rd		it's pretty obvious. first of all, it says on his cd,THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP, and second of all, M.M.=M and M=M 'n' M=Eminem		Chris Gallego
Eminem/Slim Shady		Marshall Bruce Mathers III		He uses them as personalities. Marshall is scared of most things, Slim Shady is a crazy ass cracker, and Eminem is the hard core rapper.		Nyla Howell
Emppu		Erno Vuorinen		Erno is the lead guitarist of Nightwish and Brother Firetribe. He thought that Erno is to difficult to pronounce. However he changed his name into Emppu.		Cynthia Cardui
En Esch		Klaus Schandelmaier		Former drummer with KMFDM.		Rocky
Endemic Void		Danny Koffey		Easy-chair jungle outfit Endemic Void have carried out one of the more successful fusions of jazz, dub, and spacey ambient atmospherics in a drum'n'bass context, under the one-man project of Danny Koffey		Bobo
Engelbert Humperdinck		Jerry Dorsey		To quote comedian Eddie Izzard, "I would have liked to have been in the room when they were working THAT one out..."		Eddie Izzard Fan
Engelbert Humperdinck		Arnold Dorsey				oldtimer
Engelbert Humperdinck		Arnold George Dorsey		The original Humperdinck was a German composer who wrote the Hansel & Gretel opera.		Mike Brailsford
Engelbert Humperdink		Gerry Dawsey		He changed his name when his records (released as gerry dawsey) werent selling, i just wish i was in the room when they were coming up with a new name 4 him................		Ted
England Dan		Dan Seals		Brother of Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts.		united
Enigma		Michael & Sandra Cretu				Alexandra
Enigma		Michael Creta				electric
Eno		Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Sall		Full name: Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno.		brit
Enrique Iglesias		Enrique Iglesias Preysler		Dropped his mom's last name..I hope it's not to ride the coat tails of his father...		Silvercatch
Enrique Iglesias Preysler		Enrique Iglesias		The son of Julio Iglesias		Fatima Curiel
Enviable Young Elect		Marcel Graumans		Of Prophets Of Truth. Info from rapdict.org.		Bobo
Enya		Eithne Ni Bhraonian				codeman38
Enya		Eithne Ni Bhraonain		Eithne was really pronounced Enya so she changed the spelling to make it easier for the general public to pronounce. On the Clannad albums when Enya played keyboards and sang backup vocals before leaving the group, her name was printed Eithne Ni Bhraonain. When she released the "Frog Prince" soundtrack in 1984, her name was printed Enya Ni Bhraonain. The Ni Bhraonain was dropped altogether when she came out with her first solo album in 1987.		JJGat
Epic		Bret Mazur		Member of Crazy Town.		raprock
Epic		Brett Mazur		One of the lead singers in Crazytown (CXT)		Jezebel
Eric 'Danno' Geevers		Eric Geevers		The Link Wray 'Shadowman' album now has at least three different pressings with three different spellings of Eric's name. Also, July '07 sees the return of his stage name Eric Danno - once more adopted for playing bass in original NYC garage outfit The Fuzztones.		Pete
Eric B.		Eric Barrier		1/2 of Eric B. & Rakim.		hamed
Eric Carr		Paul Caravello		Former drummer for Kiss (known in makeup as The Fox), from 1980 to 1989		Vic George
Eric Clapton		Eric Patrick Clapton		Numerous sources, including Joel Whitburn's "Top Pop Singles", as well as many music industry websites, state that Eric Clapton's "real" surname is Clapp. This is an error, due to the fact that Clapp is the surname of his grandmother's second husband, Jack Clapp. Eric Clapton got his surname from his mother, Patricia Molly Clapton, the daughter of Reginald Cecil Clapton, Rose's first husband, Eric's maternal grandfather. www.whereseric.com confirms this.		Annabelle
Eric Clapton		Eric Clapp		Eric Clapp looked like someone cut off the end of a recording, so he gave it a better ending; Clapton.		Eric Thomas
Eric Clapton		Eric Patrick Clapp				oldtimer
Eric Danno		Eric Geevers		Dutch bass player known for his work with Link Wray; formerly in the Ace-Tones, now in The Napoleons, The X-Ray Men and The Raving Bonkers. Nickname 'Danno' coined by Peter Stuart of NYC band the Headless Horsemen.		Pete
Eric Greevers		Eric Geevers		A mis-spelled name that's begun to lead a life of its own. Link Wray album sleeves have "Eric Greevers", "Eric 'Danno' Geevers" and "Eric 'Danno' Greevers". Ah well...		pete
Eric Morecambe		John Eric Bartholomew		Half of a famous comedy double act "Morecambe and Wise"		Pete
Eric Singer		Eric Doyle Mensinger		Can you blame him for changing it? I don't.		Sandi
Ernie K-Doe		Ernest Kador, Jr.				Bobby Heffley
Ernie Wise		Ernest Wiseman		Half of a famous comedy double act "Morecambe and Wise". Sang a bit, too.		Pete
Erykah Badu		Erica Wright				soul ii soul
Ese Ceazah		Cesar Carrillo		Hardcore Salvadorian/Mexican rapper		lil snoopy
Ese Ceazah		Cesar Carrillo		This was given to him by peeps in high school who didnt know how to write his name.He is a famous latin hip-hop producer		mr.threat
Ese Ceazah		Cesar Carrillo		He's one of the tightest latino rap producer in the game		Lil Snoopy
Esham		Rashaam Smith				Bobo
Eskispectacular		Ian P. Richmond		Of The UBC. Info from rapdict.org.		Bobo
Est		Robert Walker		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Esteban		Stephen Paul		Guitarist who plays on home shopping channels.		MOR
Esther		Madonna Louise Ciccione		She changed her name because it suited her Kaballah religion.		Yet Another Dutchman
Esther Phillips		Esther Mae Jones		Her hits included "Release Me" (1962) and "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" (1975).		Loree Dare
Esthero		Jenny-Bea Englishman				Pacun
Ethel Merman		Ethel Agnes Zimmermann				old
Etta James		Jamesetta Hawkins				jazzy
Eubie Blake		James Hubert Blake				jazz hot
Eugene Wilde		Ronald Eugene Broomfield		He had the hits "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" and "Don't Say No Tonight" in 1985.		Candy Welty
Euronymous		Øystein Aarseth		From Black Metal band Mayhem. "Euronymous" means "Prince of Death".		lord667
Eve		Eve Jihan Jeffers				Prophet from Queens
Eve		Evette Jihan Jeffers				Boomer
Eve Boswell		Eva Keteli				obscure
Everlast		Eric Schrody				Bobo
The Everly Brothers		Isaac Donald (Don) & Phil Everly				duo
Everton Blender		Everton Dennis Williams				Bobo
Evil Dee		Edward Dewgarde		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Ewan MacColl		Jimmy Miller		Writer of 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Dirty Old Town'. Father of Kirsty MacColl.		pickle
Exene Cervenka		Christine Cervenka		Singer for the group X.		punker
Exos		Arnvidur Snorrason				Bobo
Extra P.		William Paul Mitchell		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
Eydie Gorme		Edith Gorme		Singing partner with Steve Lawrence.		old
Eydie Gorme		Edith Gormezano		According to walshnet.com, her real name.		old
Eye		Bobby Simmons		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
EZ Elpee		L. Porter		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
EZ Mo Be		Osten Harvey		U.S. rap music promoter.		rap city
EZ Mo Bee		Austen Harvey		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo
EZ Rock		Rodney Brice		Info from rapdict.org		Bobo

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