EVER wondered about how some of your favourite icons got their famous names?
After all, Marilyn Monroe is a name befitting a blonde bombshell in a white halter dress — but Norma Jeane Mortenson? Not quite as glamorous.
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Most of the time, Hollywood’s most recognisable stars are born with pretty ordinary names.
It can make you wonder how many famous surnames might appear quietly in your own family tree.
Take Elton John, for example; he entered the world as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, and Bob Dylan first answered to Robert Allen Zimmerman.
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Long before fame and reinvention, the legends we know and love today carried family surnames tied to real people, real places, and real histories.
Some of those names may already be sitting somewhere in the branches of your ancestry, so why not find out with MyHeritage?
By building your family tree, the platform traces how names travel down generations.
With billions of historical records, smart matches, and record matches, the platform can uncover shared surnames, hometowns, or migration routes that reveal surprising overlaps — maybe even the celebrities you admire.
These original surnames — preserved in census logs, immigration manifests, birth certificates, and parish records — are part of the MyHeritage archive, waiting to be discovered.
By tracing your own surname’s journey on MyHeritage, you might uncover a shared lineage or a surname that once belonged to someone who went on to find fame.
Start building your tree today with MyHeritage — your celebrity connection might be waiting in the roots.
