Celebrities who have changed their names to become more popular

[Hawkee]

In Hollywood there are tons of celebrities that try to change their image to become popular and one way they do it is change their names. After I became Hawkee I decided to look up some celebrities that did the same thing and I was surprised myself. Like Hulk Hogan changed his name and became Hollywood Hogan and Destiny Hope Cyrus became Miley Cyrus and then Prince changed his name to a symbol
What other celebrities have changed their names too?

[TMC]

I don't exactly know if this is what you're going for but Ramon Estevez adapting Martin Sheen as his stage name as a means of obtaining more desirable acting work in the face of the then omnipresent prejudice against Hispanics.

[Babalu]

So you're a celebrity that changed your name to Hawkee to be more popular here?

Did it work?

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by Babalu

So you're a celebrity that changed your name to Hawkee to be more popular here?

Did it work?

[Janice Johnson]

Originally Posted by Hawkee

In Hollywood there are tons of celebrities that try to change their image to become popular and one way they do it is change their names. After I became Hawkee I decided to look up some celebrities that did the same thing and I was surprised myself. Like Hulk Hogan changed his name and became Hollywood Hogan and Destiny Hope Cyrus became Miley Cyrus and then Prince changed his name to a symbol
What other celebrities have changed their names too?

I forgot that Miley Cyrus birth name is Destiny Hope Cyrus. But she didn't change her name from Destiny Hope to Miley because she wanted to become more popular. She did it because her Family and Friends called her Miley most of the time(I read somewhere as a baby she smiled a lot so they called her Smiley, but as she got older, they just removed the s and called her Miley, which makes sense. )

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Mos Def goes by Yasiin Bey now.

[TVLegend]

Tina Turner’s real name was either Anna Mae Bullock or Martha Nell Bullock.

[GoldenTV]

John Mellencamp changed his name twice in his music career. He went from John Cougar in 1976 to John Cougar Mellencamp in '83. And then to John Mellencamp in '91.