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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
David Bowie's real name is David Jones (he changed it to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees).
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Originally Posted by crich70
Makes sense. Michael Keaton's actual birth name is Michael Douglas and he did the same thing to avoid confusion with Kirk Douglas's son.
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I've got a book that lists the real names of individuals. For actors, it's a requirement that you not use a name that is already in use by another actor. Due to this, many actors have to choose an alternate name. As an example: There was already a western actor named Tom Conway, so Tom Conway became Tim Conway.
New trivia item:
Per Wikipedia, Helvetica was originally named Neue Haas Grotesk.