E! News rounded up several celebrities who are known by names different from the ones on their birth certificates, including Oprah Winfrey and Keke Palmer.
Winfrey said she was born Orpah Gail Winfrey, but people often mispronounced and misspelled it when she was growing up. She said she did not realize until she was about 20 that Orpah was her actual first name, according to E! News.
Palmer also shared that her legal name is Lauren Keyana Palmer. In the same conversation with Winfrey, she joked about having a similar experience with a name people might not expect.
The article also noted other stars who use different names professionally, including Paul McCartney, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Keaton, Jamie Foxx, Post Malone and the Fanning sisters. E! News also said several actors and musicians changed or shortened their names for practical reasons or to create stage names for their careers.
