The Futility Closet notes,
- David Bowie—David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones
- Eric Clapton—Eric Patrick Clapp
- Alice Cooper—Vincent Damon Furnier
- Dido—Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong
- Bob Dylan—Robert Alan Zimmerman
- Jewel—Jewel Kilcher
- Mama Cass—Ellen Naomi Cohen
- Marilyn Manson—Brian Warner
- Meat Loaf—Marvin Lee Aday
- George Michael—Yorgos Panayiotou
- Nelly—Carnell Haynes, Jr.
- Lou Reed—Louis Firbank
- Busta Rhymes—Trevor Tahiem Smith
- Cliff Richard—Harry Webb
- Sade—Helen Folasade Adu
- Seal—Henry Olusegun Olumide Samuel
- Gene Simmons—Chaim Witz
- Cat Stevens—Steve Georgiou
- Sly Stone—Sylvester Stewart
- Ice T—Tracy Marrow
- Randy Travis—Randy Bruce Traywick
- Shania Twain—Eileen Regina Edwards
- Frankie Valli—Frank Castelluccio
- Eddie Vedder—Edward Louis Severson