Even though we weren’t all blessed with a birth name as fabulous as Cindy Crawford or as chic as Joan Smalls, you can rest easy—they weren’t either.
The rich and famous weren’t either; either part of a name was changed or dropped, completely changed and a new one adopted and created
Bet you didn’t know these celeb names aren’t their real names:
Agyness Deyn: Laura Hollins
Anja Rubik: Anna Rubik
Audrey Hepburn: Audrey Kathleen Ruston
Chanel Iman: Chanel Iman Robinson
Christie Brinkley: Christie Lee Hudson
Coco Chanel: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel
Coco Rocha: Mikhaila Rocha
Cindy Crawford: Cynthia Ann Crawford
Elle Macpherson: Eleanor Nancy Gow
Gigi Hadid: Jelena Noura Hadid
Iman: Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid
Irina Shayk: Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamov
Jimmy Choo: Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat
Joan Smalls: Joan Smalls Rodriguez
L’Wren Scott: Laura Bambrough
Madonna: Madonna Louise Ciccone
Marilyn Monroe: Norma Jean Mortenson
Michael Kors: Karl Andersen, Jr.
Natasha Poly: Natalya Sergeyevna Polevshchikova
Oscar De La Renta: Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lifshitz
Rihanna: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Suki Waterhouse: Alice Suki Waterhouse
Twiggy: Lesley Hornby
Yves Saint-Laurent: Yves Henri Donat Matthieu-Saint-Laurent