Most Famous Celebrities Who Changed Their Names

Jaime Foxx

With a show named after him, The Jamie Foxx Show, it’s hard to believe that it’s just a stage name the actor goes by. Eric Marlon Bishop is the comedians’ original name. The more gender-neutral name change to Jamie Foxx happened in his early days of stand-up comedy. He says the name change was due to female comedians always being called up first to perform. Jaime was a more gender-neutral name for him to go by. Foxx was a tribute to Redd Foxx, a black comedian.