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James28 03-05-2015, 07:08 PM A famous person can have a first name that was actually his middle name at the time of his birth. Can anyone list some examples?
I can list one example: Ashton Kutcher. His birth name is actually "Christopher Ashton Kutcher".
Bonniegirl 03-05-2015, 07:24 PM Brad Pitt is William Bradley Pitt
Zoneboy 03-05-2015, 07:26 PM 2 country singers immediately come to mind:
Gene Watson - Gary Gene
Hank Williams Jr. - Randall Hank
Ohio8 03-05-2015, 09:52 PM Van Morrison: George Ivan Morrison
Renee Olstead: Rebecca Renee Olstead
Demond Wilson: Grady Demond Wilson
Regulus 03-05-2015, 11:50 PM Crista Brooke Shields.
Ohio8 03-06-2015, 08:27 PM Reese Witherspoon: Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon.
Mace Dolex 03-06-2015, 11:50 PM On the comic book front the Incredible Hulk's alter ego is actually Robert Bruce Banner.
KurtfromPitts 03-18-2015, 10:55 AM A number of sources list the late Farrah Fawcett as Mary Farrah [Leni] Fawcett.
Ohio8 03-25-2015, 06:17 PM Dan Quayle: James Danforth Quayle.
Bonniegirl 03-25-2015, 07:43 PM Brice Beckham ( Wesley from Mr. Belvedere) is James Brice Beckham
James28 03-28-2015, 03:01 PM Bruce Willis: Walter Bruce Willis
James28 12-23-2015, 04:29 PM Former (1975-1983) and current (2011-present) Governor of California Jerry Brown: Edmund Gerald Brown
bmasters9 12-26-2015, 09:47 AM Bob Newhart is really George Robert Newhart.
Will Forte name is actually Orville Willis Forte IV
bmasters9 12-28-2015, 11:10 AM Shepard Smith of FOX News Channel is really David Shepard Smith, Jr.
Family Ties Forever! 12-28-2015, 11:29 AM Hannah Dakota Fanning
Mary Elle Fanning
bmasters9 01-10-2016, 08:07 PM Ross Perot is really Henry Ross Perot.
Foggy 01-10-2016, 09:21 PM Sir Thomas Sean Connery
John William Ferrel
James Paul McCartney
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
James28 12-22-2017, 08:27 PM Blair Brown, star of The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, is actually Bonnie Blair Brown.
Bonniegirl 12-22-2017, 11:44 PM Erik Estrada's birth name is Henry Enrique Estrada
James28 04-24-2018, 04:40 PM Will Forte name is actually Orville Willis Forte IV
On top of that, Will Forte's Twitter handle is "@OrvilleIV".
More examples:
Laura Mackenzie Phillips
Wardell Stephen Curry II
Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr.
Babalu 04-24-2018, 08:49 PM It's well known that baseball slugger Hank Aaron is Henry Louis Aaron.
Hank is a nickname for Henry. It's not his middle name.
James28 12-17-2018, 11:54 AM Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge: John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
howierules86 12-17-2018, 12:53 PM Alex Trebek: George Alexander Trebek
Penny Lane 12-17-2018, 03:01 PM Mackenzie Phillips- Laura Mackenzie Phillips
Jude Law - David Jude Law
James28 07-28-2019, 12:58 AM Robert Redford - Charles Robert Redford, Jr.
Tubehead 07-31-2019, 08:17 PM my first name is heath ,but my middle name is daniel!!
James28 12-01-2020, 12:41 AM Crista Brooke Shields.
Actually, the full name for that actress is Brooke Crista Shields, so she doesn't count.
What does count however, are two U.S. Presidents:
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
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