By Jane Nambi

Thomas Mapother IV commonly known as Tom Cruise, Madonna Louise Ciccone known as Madonna and José Antonio Dominguez Bandera who is known as Antonio Banderas.

We love our Hollywood stars but have you ever wondered what their real names are?

Here is a list of some of the most known Hollywood stars with their real names. By real names, we mean their birth names. Here is a the list.

1. Muhammad Ali  -  Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
2. Fred Astaire  -  Frederick Austerlitz
3. Antonio Banderas – José Antonio Dominguez Bandera
4. Anne Bancroft  -  Anne Italiano
5. Mel Brooks  -  Melvin Kaminsky
6. Nicholas Cage – Nicholas Coppola
7. David Copperfield   -  David Kotkin
8. Tom Cruise  -  Thomas Mapother IV
9. Puff Daddy – Sean John Combs
10. Bob Dylan  -  Robert Zimmerman
11. Barbara Eden  -  Barbara Huffman
12. John Forsythe  -  John Freund
13. Jodie Foster  -  Alicia Christian Foster
14. Elton John  -  Reginald Dwight
15. Larry King  -  Larry Zeigler
16. Madonna  -  Madonna Louise Ciccone
17. Joni Mitchell  -  Roberta Joan Anderson
18. Marilyn Monroe  -  Norma Jean Baker
19. Demi Moore  -  Demetria Guynes
20. Chuck Norris  -  Carlos Ray
21. Hugh O’Brian  -  Hugh Krampke
22. Maureen O’Hara  -  Maureen Fitzsimmons
23. Stephanie Powers  -  Stefania Federkiewicz
24. Joan Rivers  -  Joan Sandra Molinsky
25. Charlie Sheen  -  Carlos Irwin Estevez
26. Donna Summer  -  La Donna Gaines
27. Sting  -  Gordon Sumner
28. Robert Taylor  -  Spangler Arlington Brugh
29. Rudolph Valentino  -  Rudolpho D’Antonguolla
30. Stevie Wonder  -  Steveland Morris Hardaway