Ralph Lauren
Have you ever looked at the various leading fashion designers’ names and wondered if they were too fancy to be real? Well, in Ralph Lauren’s case, this is so, as his original name was “Ralph Lifshitz”. The many models and celebrities that have donned the American designer’s garbs might not have been that interested in something with “Lifshitz” on the label. Not that you could tell the billionaire designer that, as he is rich enough to buy the rights to your name.
Ralph Lauren
Ben Affleck
From writing films with his working partner and good friend Matt Damon with classic films like Good Will Hunting, to starring in one of the worst films ever made, called Gigli, Ben Affleck has had a colorful and fascinating career. But the hunky and now mature actor had a far mouthier name once, “Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt”. Casey Affleck, Ben’s younger brother and fellow actor, dropped his birth name too, “Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt”. The brothers hacked the chunkier parts out of their original names.
Ben Affleck
