On Saturday, February 3, 2001 at 12:40:13 AM UTC+5:30, The Starmaker wrote:
> One reason to change your name is because I believe the name
> may have the power to bring you fame.
>
> You can market yourself better with the right name.
> If your name is Ramon Estevez, then you might have a differcult time
> marketing yourself to certain regions in the country like down south.
> Or even in Hollwood. If you don't look like a minority, then why hinder
> your chances by having a minority name. Change it! Change it to sound
> universal. So that it is excepted by all people.
> Nobody needs to know you're a minority, it's none of their business.
> Pass for White. Pass for Jewish. Pass for Irish. Pass for French.
> Pass for everything you can. Camouflage yourself like a chameleon
> does in nature in accordance with your surroundings. Changeing your
> name can hide you identity from others. If *they* don't like the sound
> of your name, *they* won't want to see you.
>
> So come up with a name that nobody can be predjuice to.
> It has to blend in with everyone, like a chameleon, ...to survive.
>
>
> btw, Ramon Estevez is ...Martin Sheen.
>
> "Martin" fits everywhere and "Sheen" just blends in with everyone.
> The name Martin Sheen does two things, it hides ethnicity and it
> is more maketable to the general audience.
>
> If there are two headshots, both have the same actor's image except one
> headshot the name reads Ramon Estevez and the other Martin Sheen.
> Which headshot do you think will have the most success with CD's?
> Which headshot do you think will have the most success with the public?
>
> The following names are listed just so you can see how *others*
> have changed their name to either *hide* their ethnicity
> "or" make themselves more *marketable*.
>
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> The Starmaker
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> Adam Ant..................................... Stuart Leslie Goddard
> Adam West,..................................William Anderson
> Adolf Hitler..................................."Adolf Schickelgruber"
> Bernadette Peters.......................Bernadette Lazzarra
> Billy the Kid..................................William H. Bonney
> Bono.............................................Paul Hewson
> Boy George..................................George Alan O'Dowd
> Bruce Lee,....................................Lee Yuen Kam
> Carrott Top..................................Scott Thompson
> Casey Kasam...............................Kemal Amin Kasem
> Cat Stevens..................................Steven Dmitri Georgiou,
> Yosuf Islam
> Charlie Sheen ..............................Carlos Irwin Estevez
> Charlton Heston ..........................John Charles Carter
> Che Guevara................................Ernesto Guevara Lynch de la
> Serna,
> Cher.............................................Cherilyn Sarkisian
> [Cherilyn Sarkisian
> La Piere]
> Confucius.....................................Kunk Tze
> David Bowie.................................David Robert Hayward Stenton
> Jones
> "Sir" Elton John............................Reginald Dwight
> Eminem........................................Marshall B. Mathers III
> Gary Numan.................................Gary Anthony James Webb
> George Michael............................George Kyriakou Panayi
> George Orwell..............................Eric Arthur Blair
> Gerald Ford (US President)......... Leslie King, Jr.
> Groucho Marx...............................Julias Henry Marx
> Ho Chi Minh ..................................Nguyen That Thanh
> Hulk Hogan ..................................Terry Bollea [Terry Jean
> Bollette ]
> Jack London.................................John Griffith Chaney
> Jack Palance................................Vladimir Palanuik
> Jesse Ventura..............................James Janos
> John Denver...........................Henry John [John Henry]
> Deustchendorff Jr.
> Johnny Rotten..............................John Lydon
> Joseph Stalin............................... Iosif Vissarionovich
> Dzhugashvili
> John Wayne..................................Marion Morrison
> Karen Black..................................Karen Ziegler
> Lucille Ball ...................................Dianne Belmont
> Lucy Lawless............................... Lucille Frances Ryan
> Madonna...................................... Madonna Louise Ciccone
> Marie Curie ..................................Marja Sklodowska
> Mark Twain...................................Samuel Langhorne Clemens
> Martin Sheen.................................Ramon Estevez
> Martha Stewart............................ Martha Koystra
> Max Stirner...................................Casper Schmidt
> Moby.............................................Richard Hall
> Mobuto Sese Seko.......................Joseph Desire Mobuto
> Mr. T............................................. Lawrence Tero
> Morgan Fairchild..........................Patsy McClenny
> Mother Teresa of Calcutta...........Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
> Muhammad Ali..............................Cassius Marcellus Clay
> Nero..............................................Lucius Domitius
> Ahenobarbus
> Nicolas Cage................................ Nicholas Kim Coppola
> Ol' Dirty Bastard........................... Russell Tyrone Jones
> Pol Pot............................................Saloth Sar
> Dee Dee Ramone.......................... Douglas Colvin
> Johnny Ramone............................ John Cummings
> Marky Ramone.............................. Mark Bell
> Tommy Ramone.............................Thomas Erdelti
> "Rip" Taylor.................................. Charles Elmer Jr.
> Robert Stack................................. Robert Langford Modini
> Sinbad ...........................................David Adkins
> Sting...............................................Gordon Matthew
> Sumner
> Suzanne Somers............................Suzanne Mahoney
> Tina Turner...................................Ana Mae Bullock
> Tito................................................Josip Broz
> Voltaire..........................................Francois Marie Arouet
> Yves Saint-Laurent........................Henri Donat Mathieu
> W.C. Fields.................................... William Claude
> Dukenfield.
>
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>
> Alan Alda...................................Alphonse d'Abruzzo
> Alan King .....................................Irwin Kniberg
> Albert Brooks...............................Albert Einstein
> Abby Van Buren...........................Pauline Esther Friedman
> Adrock.........................................Adam Horowitz
> Al Jolson.......................................Asa Yoelson
> Andrew Dice Clay........................Andrew Silverstein, Silverberg
> Ann Landers.................................Esther Friedman
> Anton LaVey.................................Howard Levy, Levey
> Ayn Rand......................................Alissa Rosenbaum
> Barry Manilow..............................Barry Alan Pincus
> Bea Arthur....................................Bernice Frankel
> Beck.............................................Beck Hansen
> Bob Dylan ....................................Robert Allan Zimmerman
> Boris Berezovsky.........................Boris Abramovitch
> Bruno Walter................................Bruno Walter Schlesinger
> Buddy Hackett .............................Leonard Hacker
> "Bugsy" Siegel.............................Benjamin Siegel
> Buzz Aldrin...................................Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
> Calvin Klein..................................Richard Klein
> Cary Grant ..................................Larry Leach
> Charles Bronson .........................Charles Buchinsky
> Charles Grodin........................... Charles Grodinsky
> Courtney Love.............................Michelle Harrison Love
> Curly (Three stooges) ................Jerry Howard
> Cyd Chrisse ...............................Tula Finklea
> Danny Kaye.................................David Kominsky
> David Copperfield.......................David Kotkin
> David Duchovny......................... David William Ducovny
> David Janssen............................David Howard Meyer
> David Winters...........................David Weizer
> Dinah Shore ................................Fanny Rose
> Dr. Ruth Westheimer...................Karola Ruth Siegel
> Dorothy Lamour .........................Dorothy Kaumeyer
> Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ...............Douglas Ullman
> Dyan Cannon ..............................Samile Friesen
> Ed Asner......................................Isaac Edward Asner
> Eddie Albert ................................Eddie Heimberger
> Eddie Cantor...............................Edward Israel Iskowitz
> Eddie Vedder..............................Edward Louis Seversen III
> Edward G. Robinson ...................Emanuel Goldenberg
> Eleanor Parker.............................Ellen Friedlob
> Elliott Gould .................................Elliott Goldstein
> Ernest Borgnine ..........................Effron Borgnine
> Ethel Merman ..............................Ethel Zimmerman
> Eydie Gorme................................Edith Gormezano
> Fred Astaire.................................Frederick Austerlitz
> Gene Barry..................................Eugene Klass
> Gene Simmons............................Chaim Whitz
> Gene Wilder................................Jerome Silberman
> Geraldo Rivera............................Jerry Rivers
> George Burns .............................Nathan Birnbaum
> George Gershwin...................... Jacob Gershvin
> Golda Meir...................................Golda Mabovitz
> Hal Linden................................... Hal Lipshitz
> Harry Houdini..............................Ehrich Weiss
> Henry Kissinger..........................Heinz Alfred Kissinger
> Howard Cosell..........................Howard Cohen
> Iggy Pop.....................................James Newell Osterberg
> Jack Benny .................................Benjamin Kubelsky
> Jack Ruby ...................................Jacob Rubenstein
> Jackie Mason...............................Jacob Moshe Maza
> Jan Murray .................................Murray Janofsky
> Jan Pierce...................................Pincus Perelmuth
> Jane Seymour.............................Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina
> Frankenberg
> Jerry Lewis ................................ Joseph Levitch
> Jean-Claude Van Damme...........Jean-Claude Van Varenberg
> Jerry Seinfeld............................. Jerome Seinfeld,
> Jill St. John ................................. Jill Oppenheim
> Joan Blondell.............................. Rosebud Blustein
> Joan Crawford ........................... Lucille Le Sueur
> Joan Rlvers .................................Joan Molinsky
> Joel Grey ................................... Joel Katz
> Joey Adams ............................... Joseph Abramowitz
> Joey Bishop ............................... Joey Gottlieb
> Joey Ramone...............................Jeffrey Hyman
> John Garfield ............................. Jules Garfinkle
> Joyce Brothers ...........................Joyce Bauer
> Judith Sheindlin ..........................Judge Judy
> Judy Garland ............................. Frances Gumm
> Judy Holliday ............................. Judith Tuvin
> Juice Newton...............................Judy Cohen
> Karl Malden .................................Maiden Sekulovitch
> Kate Capshaw............................ Kathy Sue Nail
> Kathie Lee Gifford.......................Kathie Lee Epstein
> Kenny G......................................Kenneth Gorelick
> Kirk Douglas .............................. Isadore Demsky [Issur
> Danielovitch
> Demsky]
> Larry King...................................Larry Zeiger
> Lauren Bacall ............................ Joan Perske
> Lee. J. Cobb............................... Leo Jacoby
> Leon Trotsky...............................Lev Davidovich Bronstein
> Leona Helmsley....................... Leona Rosenthal
> Lenin...........................................Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
> Lenny Bruce................................Leonard Alfred Schneider
> Leslie Howard ........................... Leslie Stainer
> Lilly Palmer ................................ Maria Peiser
> Lorne Green ...............................Chaim Leibowiz
> Louis B Mayer.............................Ezemiel Mayer
> Man Ray......................................Emmanuel Radnitsky or
> Rabinovitch
> Mama Cass.................................Elizabeth Cohen
> Marilyn Manson ..........................Brian Warner
> Mel Brooks .................................Melvin Kaminsky
> Michael Bolton............................Michael Bolotin
> Mike D.........................................Michael Diamond
> Myer Lansky...............................Maier Suchowljansky
> Michael Landon .........................Mike Orowitz [Eugene Maurice
> Orowitz]
> Mike Wallace..............................Myron Leon Wallace
> Mikhail M. Borodin.....................M.Grusenberg
> Milton Berle ...............................Milton Berlinger
> Pat Benatar............................... Patricia Andrzejewski
> Pee Wee Herman.......................Paul Rubenfield, Paul Reubens
> Paulette Goddard .....................Paulette Levy
> Ralph Lauren.............................Ralph Lipschitz
> Richard Simmons......................Milton Simmons
> Ringo Starr................................Richard Starkey
> Robert Goulet............................Robert Applebaum
> Robert Maxwell..........................Ludvig Hoch
> Roberta Peters..........................Roberta Peterman
> Rodney Dangerfield .................Jacob Cohen
> Rona Barrett .............................Rona Burnstein
> Rosa Luxembourg.....................Rosa Zamoc
> Sally Jesse Raphael..................(S.J.?) Lowenthal
> Samuel Goldwyn.......................Samuel Gelbfisch
> Shel Silverstein........................ Shelby Silverstein
> Shelly Winters ..........................Shirley Schrift
> Shari Lewis...............................Shari Hurwitz
> Shemp Howard........................(Shemp?) Horowitz
> Slash.........................................Saul Hudson
> Steve Lawrence........................Sidney Leibowitz
> Sumner Redstone.....................Murray Rothstein
> Theodore Hall...........................Theodore Alvin Holtzberg
> Tina Louise...............................Tina Blacker
> Tony Curtis ..............................Bernie Schwartz
> Tony Randall ............................Sidney Rosenberg [Leonard
> Rosenberg]
> Truman Capote......................Truman Streckfus Persons
> Victor Borge.............................Borge Rosenbaum
> Vladimir Zhirinovsky................ (?) Eidelstein
> Walter Matthau .........................Walter Matasschanskayasky
> Whoopi Goldberg...................Caren Johnson, Caryn Johnson
> Woody Allen..............................Allen Stewart Konigsberg
> Yevgeny Primakov ...................Pinchas Finkelstein
> Zsa Zsa Gabor .........................Sara Gabor
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