25 celebrities whose real names will surprise you

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Hollywood is the land of movies, superstars and great wealth. It’s also home to plastic surgeons, fake people and even faker names.

What’s in a name?

That’s a cliché way to start this, but really, what is in a name? A lot of the celebs we know and love have been going by a different name their whole lives, and we never had a clue.

Some of them had to change their names for practical reasons, like joining the Screen Actors Guild, while others did it to sound more appealing to audiences. But a lot of them were actually forced to go by a new moniker by the big Hollywood machine.

Some of these celebrity names probably won’t come as that big of a shock to you, but a lot of them are really surprising. Who knew that Reese Witherspoon was lying to us all these years? Or that beloved old Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Natalie Wood all had fake names?

Hollywood is a strange place, and now we know it’s even weirder than we could have ever imagined. Literally — who are all these strangers?!

Prepare for your mind to be blown!