Real names quiz

What are these various people's real (or original, or birth, or whatever) names?

  1. Woody Allen (American filmmaker; 1935–)
    Don't know
    Gregory Richard Allen
    Allen Richard Kahn
    Allen Stewart Konigsberg
    Frank Allen Zerminski

  2. Caligula (Roman emperor; 12–41)
    Don't know
    Gnaius Cæsar Britannicus
    Marcus Porcius Cato Augustus
    Caius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus
    Imperator Julius Divus Augustus

  3. Truman Capote (American writer; 1924–1984)
    Don't know
    Gregory Frank Capote
    Strekfus Persons
    Truman Teller
    Robert Verdi

  4. Lewis Carroll (British writer and mathematician; 1832–1898)
    Don't know
    Lewis Arthur Carroll
    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
    George Noel Gordon
    Arthur Thomas Wildrow

  5. Marlene Dietrich (German / American actress and singer; 1901–1992)
    Don't know
    Maria Magdalena Dietrich von Losch
    Marlene Fischer
    Esther Kahn
    Eva Wassermann

  6. W. C. Fields (American actor / comic; 1879–1946)
    Don't know
    James Leslie Adams
    James Fenimore Cooper
    William Claude Dunkenfield
    James Jerry Hatter

  7. Judy Garland (American actress and singer; 1922–1969)
    Don't know
    Dorothy Gale
    Judy Garland
    Frances Ethel Gumm
    Dorothy Parlin

  8. Maksim Gorki (Russian / Soviet writer; 1868–1936)
    Don't know
    Boris Ivanovich Bakunin
    Maksim Petrovich Gorki
    Aleksandr Sergeievich Nazhdov
    Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov

  9. Gutenberg (German printer, inventor of mobile type; 1400–1468)
    Don't know
    Johannes Abraham
    Johannes Gensfleisch
    Johannes Lautbach
    Johannes Luther von Mainz

  10. Adolf Hitler (German dictator; 1889–1945)
    Don't know
    Adolf Bachmann
    Adolf Münster
    Adolf Schickelgruber
    Adolf Johann von Schleserbach

  11. Yukio Mishima (Japanese writer; 1925–1970)
    Don't know
    Kimitake Hiraoka
    Andô Hiroshige
    Yasunari Kawabata
    Minamoto Yokohama

  12. Marilyn Monroe (American actress; 1926–1962)
    Don't know
    Eva Mary Gale
    Mary Jean Monroe
    Norma Jean Mortenson (later Baker)
    Eva Lise Roberts (later Smith)

  13. George Orwell (British writer; 1903–1950)
    Don't know
    Eric Arthur Blair
    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
    George Noel Gordon
    George Charles Orwell

  14. Rembrandt (Flemish painter; 1606–1669)
    Don't know
    Peter Jan Duijsdael
    Jan Rembrandt
    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
    Peter Salmeer

  15. Verdi (Italian composer; 1813–1901)
    Don't know
    Ricardo Bandini
    Paulo Robusti
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Richard Wagner

  16. Voltaire (French writer / philosopher; 1694–1778)
    Don't know
    François Marie Arouet
    Robert du Béry
    Charles de Secondat
    Jean Voltaire


David Madore
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