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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.

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Entries Beginning with G

Pseudonym	Original Name	Description	Submitted by:
G-Whiz	Glen Parrish	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
G. Love	Garrett Dutton	Founder of G. Love and Special Sauce.	alt rock
G.G. Allin	Jesus Christ Allin	We, his parents did name their psycho son after Our Saviour, proving the apple didn't (or did) fall far off the tree.	Rock Maninoff
G.G. Allin	Kevin Allin	Infamous punk rocker who ODed in 1993.	filth pig
Gab	Gabriel	Greetings! Filipino male pianist/ singer (Gabriel) and one female vocalist (Imee) are seeking full time work in Bangkok, Thailand. They have had years of experience in loads of music styles in four to five stars hotels in Asia. Plays and sings variety of music from jazz, R&B, pop, blues, fusion, country, folk, and many more. Can sing English, Thai, Japanese, Spanish, French and Filipino songs. Their repertoire has over 2000 songs. Imee's outgoing personality is an added plus as she gets to know all your customers and plays their favorite songs each time they come in. Gabriel's warm keyboard styling is perfect for different venues. Free for audition with complete resume, demo tapes and photos available upon request. Great looking talents. Excellent performers! Please contact: gabriel_escoton@yahoo.com.au We are looking forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, Gabriel and Imee	Gabriel Escoton
Gabrielle	Louise Gabrielle Bobb		singer
Gackt Camui	Okabe Satoru		hori
Gala	Gala Rizzatto	She was born Gala Rizatto and goes by only her first name as a singer.	Zodma Kitten
Galaxy	George Llado	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Galaxy	George Llado	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Galaxy	George Llado	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Galaxy	George Llado	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Gale Storm	Josephine Owaissa Cottle		band
Gale Storm	Josephine Cottle	Actress/singer of 40s and 50s fame who scored six top ten hits during the rock era, her biggest being "I Hear You Knocking". Starred in own 50s TV sitcoms "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show".	Evan L. Heller
The Game	Jayceon Taylor	His Grandmother gave him this name 'cuz he was ready/'game" for anything.	Nikki from 212
Garfunkel and Oates	Riki Lindhorne and Kate Micucci	Kate Micucci is also a voice actress for several cartoons in the 2010s such as on Disney XD.	Brionna Secret
Garnet Mimms	Garrett Mimms	He had nine hits, 1963-66. His biggest was the #4 hit "Cry Baby".	Candy Welty
Garry Miles	James E. Cason	Told everyone to "Look For A Star".	rocker
Garth Brooks	Troyal Garth Brooks		hayseed
Garth Brooks	Troyal Garth Brooks	His real full name is Troyal Garth Brooks but he goes by his middle name Garth.	Celeste
Garth Brooks	Troyal Garth Brooks	Named after his father.	Sarah Jo
Garth Hudson	Eric Hudson	Organist for The Band.	lala
Gary Allan	Gary Herzberg		Countryboy
Gary Glitter	Paul Gadd		Bobo
Gary Lewis	Gary Levitch	Son of comedian Jerry Lewis, whose real name is Joseph Levitch	Peg
Gary Lewis	Gary Levital	Lead singer of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, which had a hit with "This Diamond Ring".	olds
Gary Mule Deer	Gary Muledeer	A country-rockabilly singer who tells jokes...or is he a deadpan, family-friendly comedian who plays guitar? The name's real- part-Sioux, from South Dakota- and he's been an opening act for everyone from Johnny Mathis to Johnny Cash. Probably playing right now at a showroom or celebrity golf tournament near you.	jonaco
Gary Numan	Gary Anthony James Webb		inthe80s.com
Gary O'	Gary O'Connor	He had a hit cover of "Pay You Back With Interest" in 1981.	Candy Welty
Gary U.S. Bonds	Gary Anderson		oldrock
Gatemouth Brown	Clarence Brown		blues
Geddy Lee	Gary Lee Weinrib	Lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist for Rush.	Ray Jewhurst
Geddy Lee	Gary Lee Weinrib	Bassist/vocalist for Canadian rock group Rush, Geddy Lee's real name is Gary. His mother pronounced "Gary" with such a heavy Yiddish accent that it came out sounding like "Geddy." The name stuck.	Wildcatt
Geddy Lee	Gary Lee Weinrib	Singer/bassist/keyboardist for the Canadian rock band Rush. His alias comes from his grandmother saying his name with a heavy Yiddish accent.	Oswald Niplock
Geezer	Terry Butler	Bassist for Black Sabbath.	oldsound
Geezer Butler	Terence Butler		alisha
Gem Archer	Colin Murray Archer	oasis guitarist	Blain
Gene & Debbe	Gene Thomas/Debbe Neville	Their hit was "Playboy".	duo
Gene Autry	Orvin Gene Autry	One of the famous "singing cowboys".	Cowboy
Gene Chandler	Eugene Dixon		Bobo
Gene Kelly	Eugene Curran Kelly		irish
Gene McDaniels	Eugene Booker McDaniels		oldie
Gene Simmons	Chaim Witz		Jess
Gene Simmons	Chaim Witz		KEITH
Gene Simmons	Gene Klien		Corey
Gene Simmons	Chaim Witz	Yeah, I'd change it too or it'd sound like you belong in a real traveling freakshow (with that tongue!).	Connie
Gene Simmons	Chain Witz		Brandy Rose
Gene Simmons	Chiam Klien		Pasquale Fontana
Gene Simmons	Kiam Vitz	His name was changed to Klein when his mother remarried from vitz. Not sure if the spelling is correct though. The name Gene is as far you can get from his true Hebrew name. His first name was changed at a time I'm not sure of.	staceyleemunday@yahoo.com
Gene Vincent	Eugene Craddock Vincent	1950's Rockabilly star whose white Stratacaster stunned the world along with Eddie Cochran and his Gretch.	sherlock van boom
Gene Watson	Gary Gene Watson		Countryboy
Gene Ween	Aaron Freeman	The duo wanted to share the same surname "Ween", they also came up with new first names to go along with it.	JRSheen
General Johnson	General Norman Johnson	Prolific soul singer/songwriter. Had hits with the Showmen ("It Will Stand") and the Chairmen of the Board ("Give Me Just A Little More Time"). Also co-wrote these pop-soul classics: "Patches" (Clarence Carter), "Band Of Gold", "Want Ads". Still a much-loved R&B legend in the Carolinas and his native Hampton Roads- and, yes, "General" is his given name!	jonaco
General Johnson	Marc Jonson		Bobo
Genesis P-Orridge	Neil Megson		Bobo
Genius	Gary Grice		Bobo
Genya Ravan	Goldie Zelkowitz	She had the hit "Back In My Arms Again" as a solo singer in 1978, and the hit "Morning Much Better" with her band Ten Wheel Drive in 1970.	Candy Welty
Geordie	K. Walker	Guitarist for Killing Joke.	newsound
Georg Solti	Gyorgy Stern		conductor
George Baker	Johannes Bouwens	From the hit "Little green bag".	Jesse
George Burns	Nathan Birnbaum	Had a hit in his 80s with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again".	Countryboy
George Gershwin	Jacob Gershowitz	Also known as George Gershvin or Jacob Gershovitz.	classic
George Michael	Georgious Panayatiou		inthe80s.com
George O'Hara-Smith Singers	George Harrison	"Introduced" on Harrison's ALL THINGS MUST PASS solo album, the background singers heard on "My Sweet Lord" are actually Harrison...overdubbed time and again by producer Phil Spector.	Ray Lemire
George Young	George Opilasky		Bobo
Georgia Gibbs	Fredda Gibbons	50s country singer who had a number one hit with "Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)", and a number two with "Tweedle Dee". Sang on numerous radio shows.	Evan L. Heller
Georgie Fame	Clive Powell	He had four hits, 1965-68, including the #7 hit "The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde" in 1968.	Candy Welty
Gerard Way	Gerard Arthur Way	Lead singer in My Chemical Romance.	Linda
Gerard Way	Geraldine Wayamine	This is so true... Gerard is the lead singer in My Chemical Romance, but never told anyone his true name. I can see why.	princess_of_evil
Gerard Way	Gerard Arthur Way	It's not 'Geraldine'. What kind of nonsense is that?	littleriot
Gerardo	Gerardo Mejia, III	Latin rapper best known for "Rico Suave".	ole
Geri Halliwell	Geraldine Estelle Halliwell		NuGGaH
Gerry	Gerry Marsden	Frontman of Gerry and The Pacemakers.	brit
Gerry	Gerry Madsen		Tbrgen
Gertrude Lawrence	Gertrud Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence Klasen	British singer,dancer,actress and comedienne.	brit
Ghostface Killah	Dennis Coles		Bobo
Gian Pyres	Gian Piras	Guitarist for Cradle Of Filth from 1993 to 2000.	Phil Yacoe
Gibby Haynes	Gibson Haynes	Leader of Butthole Surfers.	newsound
Gidget Gein	Brad Stewart	Gidget Gein was the first (official) bass player from Marilyn Manson. Now he is in a band called The Dali Gaggers. Gidget Gein is also active as an artist in Gollywood.	Sigck doll Sil
Gilbert & Sullivan	William S. Gilbert/Arthur Sullivan	These two collaborated on several operatic musicals.	songwriters
Gilbert O'Sullivan	Raymond Sullivan	Irish singer of hits like "Alone Again (Naturally)" and "Claire".	oldie
Gillette	Sandra Gillette	"Short D*** Man", which was re-titled "Short, Sort Man" for radio.	One-Hit
The Gimpmaster	Paul Taylor	nothin except this site sucks.	paul taylor
Ginger Baker	Peter Baker	Ex-drummer for Cream.	oldrock
Ginger Fish	Kenneth Robert Wilson	This was what Wikipedia said was his middle name.	Rocky
Ginger Fish	Kenneth Frank Wilson	mansons gorgeous drummer	kimberley lowery
Ginger Fish	Kenny/Franklin Wilson	Marilyn Manson's drummer. First name is after Ginger Rogers, actress, last name is after cannabail killer Albert Fish.	InvaderHankie
Ginger Fish	Kenny Wilson	Drummer for Marilyn Manson, Ginger was derived from the actress/singer Ginger Rogers, and Fish came from child killer/eater Albert Fish.	Tam
Ginger Rogers	Virginia Katherine McMath		sing
Ginger Spice/Sexy Spice	Geraldine Halliwell	Former Spice Girl, now a solo artist under "Geri Halliwell".	united
Gino & Gina	Gino Aristedes/Irene Giosasi		duo
Ginuwine	Elgin Lumpkin		Moniqueka
Ginuwine	Elgin Lumpkin	Probably a good business decision to use a stage name.	Martin
Gisele MacKenzie	Gisele LaFleche	From the old "Your Hit Parade" music series.	oldsongs
Glen Burtnik	Glenn Burtnick	Yeah, yeah...he only dropped two lettters XD But he was originally born Glenn Burtnik....just thought it interesting that out of all things to change it to, he only dropped two letters. ;D	Jonathan C
Glen Danzig	Glen Anzalone		Vanya
Glenn Danzig	Glenn Allen Anzalone	I'm not sure why he changed it, but he did.	rhiannon s
Glenn Miller	Alton Glenn Miller		band
Glenn Underground	Glenn Crocker		Bobo
Gloria Estefan	Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo		chico
Gloria Gaynor	Gloria Fowles	A disco "survivor".	disco
Gloria Jane	Gloria Jane Mattox-Farrar	Country Singer/Songwriter/ASCAP Member	Littlebit
Gloria Loring	Gloria Jean Goff	Singer that was on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives".	oldie
Go Mack	Arthur Goodman		Bobo
Godly & Creme	Kevin Godly & Lol Creme	Successful songwriting team who tried the other side of the mic with "Cry".	duo
Gogi Grant	Audrey Brown	Her hit was "Wayward".	singer
Goldie	Clifford Price		Bobo
Gordon Webb	Paul McCartney	In 1966 McCartney wrote a song called 'Woman' for Peter and Gordon to see if it was his songs or his name that made hits. It was a good song but not outstanding and it proved a point by barely hitting the UK Top 40	David Harrison-Jeil
Gordon Webb	Paul McCartney	It was a pseudonym by Paul McCartney in early 1966 when he wrote a song in the Beatles heyday, for Peter and Gordon called 'Woman' and he used the name Gordon Webb to see if his name automatically made a massive hit record.	david harrison jeil
GoRemy	Rem Munasifi		Rachel
Gotye	Wouter de Backer	His stage name is derived from "Gauthier", which is the French equivalent of "Wouter". The English equivalent is "Walter".	Brian Kelly
Govi	Santoo Govi	This California-based guitarist was actually born in Germany. His inspiration and style are similar to that of another German immigrant, Deuter, who co-produced and performed on Govi's debut album Sky High.	Bobo
Grace Jones	Grace Mendoza		soul ii soul
Grace Slick	Grace Wing	Slick was Grace's married name from her first marriage to guitarist Darby Slick; they were in the band Great Society together before she joined Jefferson Airplane.	Paul Payton
Grace Slick	Grace Barnett Wing	Slick was her married name, from when she married Jerry Slick.	pickle*
Grace Slick	Grace Barnett Wing		Bobo
Grace Slick	Grace Wing	Wonder why she changed it? "Wing" is a pretty cool name. Also, her daughter with Paul Kantner, and 80s VJ for MTV, was originally named "God "Kantner, before she Grace changed it to China.	J .Cesar
Gracie Fields	Grace Stansfield		older
Graham Lewis	Edvard Graham Lewis	Bassist for Wire	j sandow
Gram Parsons	Cecil Ingram Connor	Pioneer of the country/rock genre.	Big Al
Grand Puba	Maxwell Dixon		Bobo
Grandmaster Caz	Curtis Fisher	Of Cold Crush Brothers. Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Grandmaster D.ST	Derek Howells	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Grandmaster Dee	Drew Carter	1/3 of Houdini	Bobo
Grandmaster Flash	Joseph Saddler		rap
Grandmaster Melle Mel	Melvin Glover	Also Melle Mel and the Furious 5 and Grandmaster Melle Mel and Duke Bootee	Bobo
Grandmaster Spin	Chris Forte	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Grandpa Jones	Louis Marshall Jones	He acquired the nickname at 22, and as far as I know, never became a grandpa in real life.	Countryhick
Grandwizard	Theodore Livingston	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Gravespell	Gannondorf	A Black/Death Metal band from Escondido/San Diego, Ca.	Moxie
Great P�so	Mitchell Grant	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Green Gartside	Paul Julian Strohmeyer	According to www.dosswerks.com	Phil
Green Gartside	? Strohmeyer	Lead singer of Scritti Politti. He chose "Green" at 16 one day traveling on a train, opened his eyes and noted that out the window everything was green...it stuck. Refuses to mention his original 1st name.	NewBoi
Greg K	Greg Kriesel	Bassist in The Offspring	DarkJon64
Greg K.	Greg Kriesel	The Offspring's Bassist!	Acidpickle 3 AFI and The Offspring
Greg Nice	Gregory Mays	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Gregg Allman	Gregory Lenoir Allman		rocker
Grimes	Claire Elise Boucher	Canadian singer of synth pop currently dating Elon Musk.	Opie M.
Gripp	Perry Rayson	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Gripsta	Brandy Nicole	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Grooverider	Roger Bingham	Also performed under the names Codename John, in the early part of his career, and Intawarriors in the latter	Bobo
Groucho Marx	Julius Henry Marx	As far as I know, the only Marx Brother who sang.	Vaudeville
Guapo	George Michael Meyer	3rd and current drummer/bassist for San Francisco's free-form improv band, Dog Beaver.	Kenny Briggs
Guigsy	Paul McGuigan	A member of Oasis.	backup
Gunter Lee Carr	Cecil Gant		blues
Gurra G	Gustav Lund	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Guru	Keith Elam	Info from rapdict.org	Bobo
Guru Keith E	Keith Elam	1/2 of Gang Starr.	rap
Gus G.	Kostas Karamitroudis	Gus is the guitarist/founder of Greek power metal band Firewind.	Chandra
Gus Jinkins	Gus Jenkins	He had the hit "Tricky" in 1956.	Candy Welty
A Guy Called Gerald	Gerald Simpson		Naomi
Guy Lombardo	Gaetano Alberto Lombardo	Famous New Years' Eve bandleader.	band
Guy Mitchell	Albert Cernick		brit
Guy Mitchell	Albert Cernick		brit
Guy Mitchell	Al Cernik	Pop/country vocalist who scored number one hits during the late 50s with "Singing The Blues" and "Heartaches By The Number".	Evan L. Heller
Guy Mitchell	Albert Cernick		brit

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