In the Name of Fame

Born Paul David Hewson, the U2 artist got his stage name from a childhood friend who used to call him Bona vox, which means "good voice" in Latin. The Irish singer later modified it to his liking.

The popular Mexican actress and singer was born Teresa Premanes Corona. Now why would you want to change that?

Guess where José Martín Cuevas Cobos got his celebrity alias? From his music idols: Pedro Infante and Vicente Fernández.

Ladies and gentleman, we present to you...Altagracia Ugalde Mota! For some reason the Mexican singer didn't like her real name.

The reggaeton diva was born Martha Ivelisse Pesante. Martha! Good thing she adopted the pseudonym at 18 when she kicked off her career in the rap world.

To a Mexican father and a mother of Chinese descent, the singer was born María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, which she changed in 1979.

As a kid, the Mexican musician didn't have a piano, so he would always ask his friend if he could play theirs, so they would call him "el sin teclado" ("the keyboard-less man"). When he started his career, Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña adapted the nickname to a stage name.

María Antonia Abad Fernández shortened her name to María Alejandra for the movie Te quiero para mí. Then a family friend recommended that she be known as something entirely different, so they came up with Sara Montiel.

In her native Cuba, the beautiful actress was called María Teresa Sánchez González, which she changed when she arrived to Mexico in 1940.

In 1977, the Mexican singer decided to go for an alias and lose José Manuel Figueroa, in honor of Saint Sebastián.

In real life, the Mexican singer's name isn't nearly as glamorous as her stage name. She was born Guadalupe Contreras Ramos.

The Mexican actress was formerly known as Teresa de Jesús Buenfil.

The true name of the legendary actress was Margarita Carmen Cansino. In 1937, she decided to cut down her first name and take her mom's last name, Volga Hayworth.

It would have been a task for Demetria Gene Guynes to get famous, which is why the actress opted for a pseudonym.

The deceased actress, model and iconic sex symbol was actually born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but she adopted the stage name in 1946, then changed it legally in 1956.