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In the past, when a person moved to another country, it was common for that person to change their name to one that country would find "normal". While less common today, this was once very much [[Truth in Television]]. Still common in fiction that takes place in these time periods.
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* In [[World War One]] the British Royal Family changed its collective surname from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha Saxe-Coburg Gotha] to [[The House of Windsor|Windsor]]. When [[HG Wells]] complained about Britain's "alien and uninspiring court," George V is said to have replied, "[[I Take Offense to That Last One|I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien]]!"
* Issur Danielovitch Demsky changed his name to Kirk Douglas.
* [[Isaac Asimov]] was born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov. The name change [[Spell My Name With an "S"|didn't help much]].
* [[Sam Raimi|Sam Raimi's]] family changed their name from the German "Reingewertz".
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