Latino Celebrities' Real Names
33 Celebrities Whose Real Names You Never Knew
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Did you go through that phase in life where you grew tired of your name and toyed with the idea of changing your moniker or dropping part of it to make it, well, unique? You can now rest assured that you weren't alone, and had you gone through with the change, you'd be following in the footsteps of some of today's top artists.
Regardless of the reasons behind the name changes — some dropped their last names, some go by their middle name or nickname only, some dropped an accent or two, and others just made up a brand-new persona — these swaps are surprising to sift through. Keep reading to find 33 stars whose real names might shock you.
— Additional reporting by Alessandra Foresto.
1 Juanes = Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez
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2 Rita Moreno = Rosa Dolores Alverío
Image Source: Getty / Gabriel Olsen
3 Demi Lovato = Demetria Devonne Lovato
Image Source: Getty / Timothy Hiatt
4 Prince Royce = Geoffrey Royce Rojas
Image Source: Getty / John Parra
5 Alessandra Ambrosio = Alessandra Corine Maria Ambrósio
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6 Thalia = Ariadna Thalía Sodi-Miranda Mottola
Image Source: Getty / Noel Vasquez
7 Alejandro Sanz = Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro
Image Source: Getty / Pablo Cuadra
8 Raquel Welch = Jo Raquel Tejada
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9 Oscar Isaac = Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada
Image Source: Getty / Michael Loccisano
10 Pitbull = Armando Christian Pérez
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11 Camilla Belle = Camilla Belle Routh
Image Source: Getty / John Sciulli
12 Antonio Banderas = José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
Image Source: Getty / Gustavo Caballero
13 Chayanne = Elmer Figueroa Arce
Image Source: Getty / Carlos Alvarez
14 Michelle Rodriguez = Mayte Michelle Rodríguez
Image Source: Getty / Jason Merritt
15 Hulk = Givanildo Vieira de Sousa
Image Source: Getty / Jim Rogash
16 Bella Thorne = Annabella Avery Thorne
Image Source: Getty / Matt Winkelmeyer
17 Bruno Mars = Peter Gene Hernandez
Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur
18 Soledad O'Brien = María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien
Image Source: Getty / Dave Kotinsky
19 Daddy Yankee = Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez
Image Source: Getty / Rodrigo Varela
20 Ricky Martin = Enrique Martín Morales
Image Source: Getty / Alexander Tamargo
21 Charlie Sheen = Carlos Irwin Estévez
Image Source: Getty / Neil Mockford
22 Shakira = Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Image Source: Getty / JOSE TORRES
23 Marc Anthony = Marco Antonio Muñiz
Image Source: Getty / Rodrigo Varela
24 Joaquin Phoenix = Joaquín Rafael Bottom
Image Source: Getty / Jon Kopaloff
25 Gloria Estefan = Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García
Image Source: Getty / Ethan Miller
26 Diego Boneta = Diego Andrés González Boneta
Image Source: Getty / Gabriel Olsen
27 Tito El Bambino = Efraín David Fines Nevares
Image Source: Getty / John Parra
28 Neymar = Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
Image Source: Getty / Johnny Nunez
29 Don Francisco = Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld
Image Source: Getty / Alexander Tamargo
30 Jenni Rivera = Dolores Janney Rivera
Image Source: Getty / John Parra
31 Fergie = Stacy Ann Ferguson
Image Source: Getty / Noam Galai
32 Victoria Ruffo = Maria Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo
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33 Cristiano Ronaldo = Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
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