Sugar (Stephanie Beard)
The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace)
Timea Margot (Tmea Vgvlgyi)
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock)
Tiny Tim (Herbert Buckingham Khaury)
Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto)
Tot (Antonio de Curtis Gagliardi Griffo Focas Comneno)
Trent Reznor (Michael Trent Reznor)
Tr Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III)
Vangelis (Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou)
Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle)
Vic Reeves (Jim Moir)
Willy DeVille [William Borsay)
Ziggy Marley (David Nesta Marley)
2Pac (Tupac Shakur - born Lesane Crooks)
50 Cent (Curtis Jackson)
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Real names of musicians from Muddy Waters to Sting
Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)
Musidora (Jeanne Roques)
Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag)
Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr.)
Nico (Christa Pffgen)
Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon)
Ozzy Osbourne (John Osbourne)
Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler)
Paul McCartney (James Paul McCartney)
Paul Muni (Meshilem Meier Weisenfreud)
Paul Stanley (Stanley Harvey Eisen)
Pink (Alecia Moore)
Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson)
Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd)
Queen Latifah (Dana Owens)
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)
Richard Clapton (Terry Gonk)
Rikki (Nakano Ritsuki)
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
Ritchie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela)
Ronnie James Dio (Ronald Padavona)
Sandie Shaw (Sandra Goodrich)
Seal (Sealhenry Samuel)
Shakira (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll)
Shania Twain (Eileen Regina Edwards, later Eileen Regina Twain)
Shirley Strachan (Graeme Strachan)
Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritche; Later John Beverly)
Simone Signoret (Simone Kaminker)
Slash (Saul Hudson)
Slim Harpo (James Moore)
Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Spike Jonze (Adam Spiegel)
Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris)
Sting (Gordon Sumner)
Musidora (Jeanne Roques)
Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag)
Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr.)
Nico (Christa Pffgen)
Nina Simone (Eunice Kathleen Waymon)
Ozzy Osbourne (John Osbourne)
Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler)
Paul McCartney (James Paul McCartney)
Paul Muni (Meshilem Meier Weisenfreud)
Paul Stanley (Stanley Harvey Eisen)
Pink (Alecia Moore)
Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson)
Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd)
Queen Latifah (Dana Owens)
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)
Richard Clapton (Terry Gonk)
Rikki (Nakano Ritsuki)
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
Ritchie Valens (Ricardo Valenzuela)
Ronnie James Dio (Ronald Padavona)
Sandie Shaw (Sandra Goodrich)
Seal (Sealhenry Samuel)
Shakira (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll)
Shania Twain (Eileen Regina Edwards, later Eileen Regina Twain)
Shirley Strachan (Graeme Strachan)
Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritche; Later John Beverly)
Simone Signoret (Simone Kaminker)
Slash (Saul Hudson)
Slim Harpo (James Moore)
Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Spike Jonze (Adam Spiegel)
Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris)
Sting (Gordon Sumner)
Real names of musicians from Jal to Moby
Jal (Rahel Krebs)
Jem (Jemma Grifftis)
Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)
Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza)
J.J. Cale (Johnny Cale)
John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)
Johnny Rotten (John Joseph Lydon)
Jon Stewart (Jonathon Leibowitz)
Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson)
Jos Jos (Jos Sosa)
Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)
Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
Kitty Kallen (Genevieve Agostinello)
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Germanotta)
Les Paul (Lester Polfuss)
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith)
Louis Armstrong (Daniel Louis Armstrong)
Lulu (singer) (Marie Lawrie)
Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone)
Mariah Carey (Maria Nuez)
Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner))
MCA (Adam Yauch)
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
Mike D (Mike Diamond)
Mike Dirnt (Michael Pritchard)
Moby (Richard Melville Hall)
Jem (Jemma Grifftis)
Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)
Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza)
J.J. Cale (Johnny Cale)
John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)
Johnny Rotten (John Joseph Lydon)
Jon Stewart (Jonathon Leibowitz)
Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson)
Jos Jos (Jos Sosa)
Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)
Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
Kitty Kallen (Genevieve Agostinello)
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Germanotta)
Les Paul (Lester Polfuss)
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith)
Louis Armstrong (Daniel Louis Armstrong)
Lulu (singer) (Marie Lawrie)
Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone)
Mariah Carey (Maria Nuez)
Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner))
MCA (Adam Yauch)
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
Mike D (Mike Diamond)
Mike Dirnt (Michael Pritchard)
Moby (Richard Melville Hall)
Real names of msuicians from Fatboy Slim to Iggy Pop
Fatboy Slim (Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook)
Flea (Michael Balzary)
Frankie Valli (Francis Castelluccio)
Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
Freddie Mercury (Faroukh Bulsara)
Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit)
Gary Glitter (Paul Francis Gadd)
Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib)
Gene Simmons (Chaim Witz)
Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman)
Georgious (Georges Guibourg)
Gribouille (Marie-France Gat)
Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx)
Guitar Slim (Guitar Slim|Eddie Jones)
Heino (Heinz Georg Kramm)
Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett)
Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson)
Ice T (Tracy Morrow)
Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.)
Flea (Michael Balzary)
Frankie Valli (Francis Castelluccio)
Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
Freddie Mercury (Faroukh Bulsara)
Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit)
Gary Glitter (Paul Francis Gadd)
Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib)
Gene Simmons (Chaim Witz)
Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
Gene Ween (Aaron Freeman)
Georgious (Georges Guibourg)
Gribouille (Marie-France Gat)
Groucho Marx (Julius Henry Marx)
Guitar Slim (Guitar Slim|Eddie Jones)
Heino (Heinz Georg Kramm)
Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett)
Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson)
Ice T (Tracy Morrow)
Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.)
Real names of musicians from Eric Morecambe to The Edge
The Edge (David Evans)
Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus)
Eminem (Marshall Mathers III)
Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold Dorsey)
Eric Clapton (Eric Clapp)
Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholemew)
Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus)
Eminem (Marshall Mathers III)
Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold Dorsey)
Eric Clapton (Eric Clapp)
Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholemew)
Friday, December 11, 2009
Real names of musicians from Damia to Dusty Springfield
Damia (Marie-Louise Damien)
D'Angelo (Michael Archer, Sr.)
Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski)
David Bowie (David Robert Jones)
David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian)
Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti)
Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo)
Dharmendra (Dharam Singh Deol)
Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan)
Donna Summer (LaDonna Andrea Gaines)
Duane Allman (Howard Duange Allman)
Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)
D'Angelo (Michael Archer, Sr.)
Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski)
David Bowie (David Robert Jones)
David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian)
Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti)
Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo)
Dharmendra (Dharam Singh Deol)
Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan)
Donna Summer (LaDonna Andrea Gaines)
Duane Allman (Howard Duange Allman)
Dusty Springfield (Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien)
Real names of musicians from Cantinflas to Cozy Powell
Cantinflas (Mario Moreno)
Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre)
Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, later Yusuf Islam)
Cathy Carr (Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano)
Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
Chespirito (Roberto Gmez Bolanos)
Cilla Black (Priscilla White)
Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins)
Tr Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III)
Coolio (Artis Ivey, Jr.)
Cozy Powell (Colin Flooks)
Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre)
Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, later Yusuf Islam)
Cathy Carr (Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano)
Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
Chespirito (Roberto Gmez Bolanos)
Cilla Black (Priscilla White)
Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins)
Tr Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III)
Coolio (Artis Ivey, Jr.)
Cozy Powell (Colin Flooks)
Real names of musicians from Babyface to Burning Spear
Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds)
Barbara (Monique Serf)
Beck (Bek David Campbell)
Bela Lugosi (Be'la Ferenc Dezso Blasko)
Big Boi (Antwan Andr Patton )
The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.)
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough)
Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad)
Billy Ocean (Leslie Charles)
Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto)
Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)
Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins)
Bono (Paul Hewson)
Buddy Clark (Samuel Goldberg)
Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
Burning Spear (Winston Rodney)
Barbara (Monique Serf)
Beck (Bek David Campbell)
Bela Lugosi (Be'la Ferenc Dezso Blasko)
Big Boi (Antwan Andr Patton )
The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.)
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough)
Billy Idol (William Michael Albert Broad)
Billy Ocean (Leslie Charles)
Bobby Darin (Walden Robert Cassotto)
Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)
Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins)
Bono (Paul Hewson)
Buddy Clark (Samuel Goldberg)
Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
Burning Spear (Winston Rodney)
Real names on musicians from Alice Cooper to Aphex Twin
Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier)
Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook)
Alla Nazimova (Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon)
Alpha Blondy (Seydou Kon)
Andr 3000 (Andr Benjamin)
Aphex Twin (Richard David James)
Alicia Keys (Alicia Augello Cook)
Alla Nazimova (Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon)
Alpha Blondy (Seydou Kon)
Andr 3000 (Andr Benjamin)
Aphex Twin (Richard David James)
The full list of Nobel Peace Prize winners
2009 - Barack Hussein Obama II
2008 - Martti Ahtisaari
2007 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore
2006 - Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank
2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei
2004 - Wangari Maathai
2003 - Shirin Ebadi
2002 - Jimmy Carter
2001 - United Nations, Kofi Annan
2000 - Kim Dae-jung
1999 - M?decins Sans Fronti?res
1998 - John Hume, David Trimble
1997 - International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams
1996 - Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Jos? Ramos-Horta
1995 - Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
1994 - Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin
1993 - Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk
1992 - Rigoberta Mench? Tum
1991 - Aung San Suu Kyi
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev
1989 - The 14th Dalai Lama
1988 - United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
1987 - Oscar Arias S?nchez
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1985 - International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
1984 - Desmond Tutu
1983 - Lech Walesa
1982 - Alva Myrdal, Alfonso Garc?a Robles
1981 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1980 - Adolfo P?rez Esquivel
1979 - Mother Teresa
1978 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin
1977 - Amnesty International
1976 - Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan
1975 - Andrei Sakharov
1974 - Se?n MacBride, Eisaku Sato
1973 - Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho
1971 - Willy Brandt
1970 - Norman Borlaug
1969 - International Labour Organization
1968 - Ren? Cassin
1965 - United Nations Children's Fund
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr.
1963 - International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies
1962 - Linus Pauling
1961 - Dag Hammarskj?ld
1960 - Albert Lutuli
1959 - Philip Noel-Baker
1958 - Georges Pire
1957 - Lester Bowles Pearson
1954 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1953 - George C. Marshall
1952 - Albert Schweitzer
1951 - L?on Jouhaux
1950 - Ralph Bunche
1949 - Lord Boyd Orr
1947 - Friends Service Council, American Friends Service Committee
1946 - Emily Greene Balch, John R. Mott
1945 - Cordell Hull
1944 - International Committee of the Red Cross
1938 - Nansen International Office for Refugees
1937 - Robert Cecil
1936 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas
1935 - Carl von Ossietzky
1934 - Arthur Henderson
1933 - Sir Norman Angell
1931 - Jane Addams, Nicholas Murray Butler
1930 - Nathan S?derblom
1929 - Frank B. Kellogg
1927 - Ferdinand Buisson, Ludwig Quidde
1926 - Aristide Briand, Gustav Stresemann
1925 - Sir Austen Chamberlain, Charles G. Dawes
1922 - Fridtjof Nansen
1921 - Hjalmar Branting, Christian Lange
1920 - L?on Bourgeois
1919 - Woodrow Wilson
1917 - International Committee of the Red Cross
1913 - Henri La Fontaine
1912 - Elihu Root
1911 - Tobias Asser, Alfred Fried
1910 - Permanent International Peace Bureau
1909 - Auguste Beernaert, Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant
1908 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Fredrik Bajer
1907 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Louis Renault
1906 - Theodore Roosevelt
1905 - Bertha von Suttner
1904 - Institute of International Law
1903 - Randal Cremer
1902 - ?lie Ducommun, Albert Gobat
1901 - Henry Dunant, Fr?d?ric Passy
2008 - Martti Ahtisaari
2007 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore
2006 - Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank
2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei
2004 - Wangari Maathai
2003 - Shirin Ebadi
2002 - Jimmy Carter
2001 - United Nations, Kofi Annan
2000 - Kim Dae-jung
1999 - M?decins Sans Fronti?res
1998 - John Hume, David Trimble
1997 - International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams
1996 - Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Jos? Ramos-Horta
1995 - Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
1994 - Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin
1993 - Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk
1992 - Rigoberta Mench? Tum
1991 - Aung San Suu Kyi
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev
1989 - The 14th Dalai Lama
1988 - United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
1987 - Oscar Arias S?nchez
1986 - Elie Wiesel
1985 - International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
1984 - Desmond Tutu
1983 - Lech Walesa
1982 - Alva Myrdal, Alfonso Garc?a Robles
1981 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1980 - Adolfo P?rez Esquivel
1979 - Mother Teresa
1978 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin
1977 - Amnesty International
1976 - Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan
1975 - Andrei Sakharov
1974 - Se?n MacBride, Eisaku Sato
1973 - Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho
1971 - Willy Brandt
1970 - Norman Borlaug
1969 - International Labour Organization
1968 - Ren? Cassin
1965 - United Nations Children's Fund
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr.
1963 - International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies
1962 - Linus Pauling
1961 - Dag Hammarskj?ld
1960 - Albert Lutuli
1959 - Philip Noel-Baker
1958 - Georges Pire
1957 - Lester Bowles Pearson
1954 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1953 - George C. Marshall
1952 - Albert Schweitzer
1951 - L?on Jouhaux
1950 - Ralph Bunche
1949 - Lord Boyd Orr
1947 - Friends Service Council, American Friends Service Committee
1946 - Emily Greene Balch, John R. Mott
1945 - Cordell Hull
1944 - International Committee of the Red Cross
1938 - Nansen International Office for Refugees
1937 - Robert Cecil
1936 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas
1935 - Carl von Ossietzky
1934 - Arthur Henderson
1933 - Sir Norman Angell
1931 - Jane Addams, Nicholas Murray Butler
1930 - Nathan S?derblom
1929 - Frank B. Kellogg
1927 - Ferdinand Buisson, Ludwig Quidde
1926 - Aristide Briand, Gustav Stresemann
1925 - Sir Austen Chamberlain, Charles G. Dawes
1922 - Fridtjof Nansen
1921 - Hjalmar Branting, Christian Lange
1920 - L?on Bourgeois
1919 - Woodrow Wilson
1917 - International Committee of the Red Cross
1913 - Henri La Fontaine
1912 - Elihu Root
1911 - Tobias Asser, Alfred Fried
1910 - Permanent International Peace Bureau
1909 - Auguste Beernaert, Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant
1908 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Fredrik Bajer
1907 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Louis Renault
1906 - Theodore Roosevelt
1905 - Bertha von Suttner
1904 - Institute of International Law
1903 - Randal Cremer
1902 - ?lie Ducommun, Albert Gobat
1901 - Henry Dunant, Fr?d?ric Passy
The cow is one of our worst enemies
Cows are one of the main contributors to the hole in the ozone layer.
The hippo is the third biggest animal on land
The elephant is the biggest and the second biggest is the rhino.
Bees doesn?t have ears but
Bees do not have ears, but they have an excellent sense of smell with chemoreceptors in their antennae.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tiger Woods: Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
More facts
Family:
Spouse: Elin Nordegren
Children: Sam Alexis (born 2007), Charlie Axel (bon 2009)
Family:
Spouse: Elin Nordegren
Children: Sam Alexis (born 2007), Charlie Axel (bon 2009)
The population in Norway is almost 5 miljon people
The currency is Norwegian krone (NOK). Norway is not a member of the European Community.
The first Nobel Peace Prize 1901
The winners of the first Nobel Peace Prize were two guys from France:
Henri Dunant, founder of the red cross and Fr?d?ric Passy.
Henri Dunant, founder of the red cross and Fr?d?ric Passy.
Nobel price winners 2009 Chemistry
And the winner is:
Chemistry, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz
Chemistry, Ada E. Yonath
Chemistry, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz
Chemistry, Ada E. Yonath
The flu peaked for the first and last time this time?
It seems like the first flu peek has been passed. Hope it is the last peak.
More info:
http://www.google.org/flutrends/intl/en_us/us/
More info:
http://www.google.org/flutrends/intl/en_us/us/
Protection from the flu
Protect yourself from the flu by:
1. Get vaccinated against flu.
2. Wash hands often, cover your cough.
3. Take antiviral drugs if your doctor recommends them.
1. Get vaccinated against flu.
2. Wash hands often, cover your cough.
3. Take antiviral drugs if your doctor recommends them.
Christmas facts
Although traditionally a Christian holiday, Christmas is widely celebrated by many non-Christians
Did you know
Currently Tiger Woods is the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008
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