Pen Names of Writers
Musicians:
A-D E-Q R-Z
Actors, Actresses, Directors: A-F,
G-N, O-Z
| Pen Name | Birth Name |
|---|---|
| Agatha Christie | Agatha Marie Clarissa Miller |
| A.A. Milne | Alan Alexander Milne |
| Abigail Van Buren | Pauline Ester Friedman |
| Albert Brooks | Albert Lawrence Einstein |
| Aleister Crowley | Edward Alexander Crowley |
| Alexandre Dumas | Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie |
| Allen Ginsburg | Irwin Allen Ginsberg |
| Amiri Baraka | Everett LeRoi Jones |
| Anais Nin | Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell |
| Ann Landers | Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer |
| Anne Rice | Anne Rampling |
| Anton Szandor La Vey | Howard Stanton Levey |
| Auguste Compte | Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte |
| Augusten Burroughs | Christopher Robison |
| Ayn Rand | Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum |
| Banjo Patterson | Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson |
| Beatrix Potter | Helen Beatrix Potter |
| Bell Hooks | Gloria Jean Watkins |
| Bertold Brecht | Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht |
| C.P. Snow | Charles Percy Snow |
| C.S. Forester | Cecil Louis Troughton Smith |
| Carson McCullers | Lula Carson Smith McCullers |
| Charles Bukowski | Henry charles Bukowski |
| Cormac McCarthy | Charles McCarthy |
| Danielle Steel | Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel |
| Dante | Durante Alighieri |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti |
| Dashiell Hammett | Samuel Dashiell Hammett |
| Dorothy L. Sayres | Dorothy Leigh Sayres |
| Dorothy Lamour | Mary Leta Dorothy Kaumeyer |
| Dr. Joyce Brothers | Joyce Diane Bauer |
| Dr. Ruth Westheimer | Karola Ruth Siegel |
| Dr. Seuss | Theodore Geisel |
| e e cummings | Edward Estlin Cummings |
| E.B. White | Elwyn Brooks White |
| E.L. Doctorow | Edgar Laurence Doctorow |
| E.M. Forester | Edward Morgan Forster |
| Elie Wiesel | Eliezer Wipyler |
| Ellery Queen | David Nathan & Emanuel Lepofsky |
| Evelyn Waugh | Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh |
| Ezra Pound | Ezra Weston Loomis Pound |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald |
| Fiona MacLeod | William Sharp |
| Flann O'Brien | Brian O'Nolan |
| Flannery O'Connor | Mary Flannery O'Connor |
| Friedrich Schiller | Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller |
| Gene Roddenberry | Wesley Eugene Roddenberry |
| George Eliot | Mary Anne Evans |
| George Orwell | Eric Arthur Blair |
| Gore Vidal | Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr. |
| H.D. | Hilda Doolittle |
| H.G. Wells | Herbert George Wells |
| H.L. Mencken | Henry Louis Mencken |
| H.P. Lovecraft | Howard Phillips Lovecraft |
| Harper Lee | Nelle Harper Lee |
| Harriet Tubman | Araminta Ross Tubman |
| Hart Crane | Harold Hart Crane |
| Honoré de Balzac | Honoré Balssa |
| Iris Murdoch | Jean Iris Murdoch |
| Isak Dinesen | Karen Blixen |
| J.D. Salinger | Jerome David Salinger |
| J.M. Barrie | James Matthew Barrie |
| J.R.R. Tolkien | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
| Jack Kerouac | Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac |
| Jamaica Kincaid | Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson |
| James Clavell | Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle |
| James Joyce | James Augustine Aloysius Joyce |
| Jean Auel | Jean Marie Untinen |
| Jerzy Kosinski | Jerzy Lewinkopf |
| JK Rowling | Joanne Rowling |
| John Berryman | John Allyn Smith |
| John Irving | John Wallace Blunt, Jr. |
| John LeCarré | David John Moore Cornwell |
| Joseph Conrad | Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski |
| Jude Deveraux | Jude Gilliam |
| Ken Kesey | Kenneth Elton Kesey |
| Khalil Gibran | Gibran Khalil Gibran |
| Knut Hamsun | Knud Pedersen |
| Langston Hughes | James Mercer Langston Hughes |
| Lemony Snicket | Daniel Handler |
| Leo Tolstoy | Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy |
| LeRoi Jones | Everett LeRoi Jones |
| Lester Bangs | Leslie Conway Bangs |
| Lewis Carroll | Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| Lord Byron | George Gordon Noel Byron |
| Louis L'Amour | Louis Dearborn La Moore |
| Louise Erdrich | Karen Louise Erdrich |
| Madeleine L'Engle | Madeleine L'Engle Camp |
| Marcel Proust | Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust |
| Mario Vargas Llosa | Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa |
| Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
| Marquis de Sade | Donatien Alphonse-François de Sade |
| Maxim Gorky | Alexei Maximovich Peshkov |
| Maya Angelou | Marguerite Johnson |
| Michael Collins | Dennis Lynds |
| Miguel de Cervantes | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
| Mina Loy | Mina Gertrude Lowy |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Nathaniel Hathorne |
| Ngaio Marsh | Edith Ngaio Marsh |
| Nigel Kneale | Thomas Nigel Kneale |
| Nikki Giovanni | Yolande Cornelia Giovanni |
| Noam Chomsky | Avram Noam Chomsky |
| Nora Roberts | Eleanor Marie Robertson |
| O. Henry | William Sydney Porter |
| Ogden Nash | Frederic Ogden Nash |
| Pablo Neruda | Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto |
| Paule Marshall | Valenza Pauline Burke |
| Piers Anthony | Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob |
| Robert A. Heinlein | Robert Anson Heinlein |
| Rona Barrett | Rona Burstein |
| Ross MacDonald | Kenneth Millar |
| Rudyard Kipling | Richard Kipling |
| Saki | Hector Hugh Munro |
| Salman Rushdie | Ahmed Salman Rushdie |
| Saul Bellow | Solomon Bellows |
| Sinclair Lewis | Harry Sinclair Lewis |
| Sojourner Truth | Isabella Baumfree |
| Sonia Sanchez | Wilsonia Benita Driver |
| Stan Lee | Stanley Martin Lieber |
| T.S. Eliot | Thomas Stearns Eliot |
| Tennessee Williams | Thomas Lanier Williams |
| Thomas Mann | Paul Thomas Mann |
| Tom Clancy | Thomas Leo Clancy |
| Tom Wolfe | Thomas Kennerley |
| Toni Cade Bambara | Miltona Mirkin Cade |
| Toni Morrison | Chloe Anthony Wofford |
| Truman Capote | Truman Streckfus Persons |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | Ursula Kroeber Le Guin |
| V.C. Andrews | Cleo Virginia Andrews |
| Virginia Woolf | Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf |
| Voltaire | François-Marie Arouet |
| W. Somerset Maugham | William Somerset Maugham |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois |
| W.H. Auden | Wystan Hugh Auden |
| Willa Cather | Wilella Sibert Cather |
| William S. Burroughs | William Seward Burroughs II |
| Zane Grey | Pearl Zane Gray |