Buzzfeed compiled a list of some of the most unexpected real names of celebrities. Sometimes they use their middle name as their first. Sometimes they just totally make it all up!
- Whoopi Goldberg: Caryn Elaine Johnson
- Chevy Chase = Cornelius Crane
- Michael J. Fox = Michael A. Fox
- Bruce Willis = Walter Bruce Willis
- Fergie=Stacey Anne Ferguson
- Reese Witherspoon = Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoone
- Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez
- Gigi Hadid = Jelena Hadid
- Katy Perry = Katheryn Hudson
- Natalie Portman - Neta-Lee Hershlag
- Joaquin Phoenix = Joaquin Rafael Bottom
- Kit Harington = Christopher Catesby Harington
- Julianne Moore = Julie Anne Smith
- Meghan Markle = Rachel Meghan Markle
- Prince Harry = Henry Charles Albert David
- Jamie Foxx = Eric Marlon Bishop
- Brad Pitt = William Bradley Pitt
- Lorde = Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor
- Lucy Hale = Karen Lucille Hale
- Lady Gaga = Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
- John Legend = John Roger Stephens
- Ashton Kutcher = Christopher Ashton Kutcher
- Winona Ryder = Winona Laura Horowitz
- Mindy Kaling = Vera Mindy Chokalingam