[post_page_title]Katy Perry – Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson[/post_page_title]
We’ve already well established that music stars in particular like to shorten their names, so it’s no surprise Katy Perry was hiding a more verbose name behind her stage moniker. Katy Perry also came from a fairly prominent religious family, so it may also have been an attempt to shield her parents from any “blame” for her less-than-Christian music videos
[post_page_title]Charlie Sheen – Carlos Irwin Estevez[/post_page_title]
Sheen’s name change is a legacy thing, dating back to his father changing his name from Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez to Martin Sheen at the behest of his agent to help him earn parts. Charlie’s grandfather was Spanish, leading to the highly Latin-flavored family name. To help make himself distinct from his brother and father, actor Emilio Estevez went by his birth name.
