Top Ten Celebrities Whose Names Mean Something in Another Language
The Top Ten
1 Johnny Depp ("Depp" = "Idiot" in German)
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
His role in a movie is often rather big. His character is often on the "loopy side" and his character being in a darker state of mind, etc.
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
His role in a movie is often rather big. His character is often on the "loopy side" and his character being in a darker state of mind, etc.
2 Adam Sandler ("Sandler" = "Hobo" in Austrian German)
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.
3 Andy Biersack ("Biersack" = "Beer sack" in German)
Andrew Dennis "Andy" Biersack, formerly known as Andy Six, is an American singer and pianist. He is the founder and lead vocalist for the American rock band Black Veil Brides, and is its only remaining original member.
Andrew Dennis "Andy" Biersack, formerly known as Andy Six, is an American singer and pianist. He is the founder and lead vocalist for the American rock band Black Veil Brides, and is its only remaining original member.
4 Angelina Jolie ("Jolie" = "Beautiful" in French)
Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She has also been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress.
Jolie's starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider established her as a leading Hollywood actress. She continued her successful action-star career with Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Wanted, and Salt, and received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart and Changeling, which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her biggest commercial success came with the fantasy picture Maleficent. In the 2010s, Jolie expanded her career into directing, screenwriting, and producing, with the wartime dramas In the Land of Blood and Honey, Unbroken, and First They Killed My Father.
Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She has also been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress.
Jolie's starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider established her as a leading Hollywood actress. She continued her successful action-star career with Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Wanted, and Salt, and received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart and Changeling, which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Her biggest commercial success came with the fantasy picture Maleficent. In the 2010s, Jolie expanded her career into directing, screenwriting, and producing, with the wartime dramas In the Land of Blood and Honey, Unbroken, and First They Killed My Father.
5 Fred Durst ("Durst" = "Thirst" in German)
William Frederick "Fred" Durst is an American musician and film director. Durst is best known as the vocalist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released six studio albums.
William Frederick "Fred" Durst is an American musician and film director. Durst is best known as the vocalist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released six studio albums.
6 Kirsten Dunst ("Dunst" = "Haze" in German)
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Woody Allen's short film Oedipus Wrecks for the anthology film New York Stories.
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Woody Allen's short film Oedipus Wrecks for the anthology film New York Stories.
7 Steven Spielberg ("Spielberg" = "Game Mountain" in German)
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.
8 Bushido ("Bushido" = "Way of the Warrior" in Japanese)
Anis Mohammed Yousef Ferchichi, better known by his stage name Bushido, is a German rapper and music producer of Tunisian descent born on September 28, 1978 in Bonn, though usually being associated with Berlin where he lives.
Bushido is the commercially most successful German hip hop artist of all time and became an icon in the country's pop culture. Ever since his career began, each of his records managed to become a massive hit. Bushido was one of the first artists who brought gangster rap and hardcore rap to Germany, his 2003 debut solo album “Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline” as well as the Fler collaboration “Carlo Cokxxx Nutten” seen as two of the most influential German albums of the 21st Century. The first is furthermore often regarded as one of the greatest and most definitive German hip hop albums of all time. It is also credited to him and Sido that German hip hop became one of the most popular mainstream genres in his home country. ...read more.
Anis Mohammed Yousef Ferchichi, better known by his stage name Bushido, is a German rapper and music producer of Tunisian descent born on September 28, 1978 in Bonn, though usually being associated with Berlin where he lives.Bushido is the commercially most successful German hip hop artist of all time and became an icon in the country's pop culture. Ever since his career began, each of his records managed to become a massive hit. Bushido was one of the first artists who brought gangster rap and hardcore rap to Germany, his 2003 debut solo album “Vom Bordstein bis zur Skyline” as well as the Fler collaboration “Carlo Cokxxx Nutten” seen as two of the most influential German albums of the 21st Century. The first is furthermore often regarded as one of the greatest and most definitive German hip hop albums of all time. It is also credited to him and Sido that German hip hop became one of the most popular mainstream genres in his home country. ...read more.
9 Russell Brand ("Brand" = "Fire", as in "to put a fire out", in German)
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, radio host, writer, and activist. After beginning his career as a comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter, Brand first achieved renown in 2004 as the host of Big Brother's Big Mouth, a Big Brother spin-off.
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, radio host, writer, and activist. After beginning his career as a comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter, Brand first achieved renown in 2004 as the host of Big Brother's Big Mouth, a Big Brother spin-off.
10 Sharon Den Adel ("Adel" = "Nobility" in German)
Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer and the vocalist of symphonic rock band Within Temptation.
Together with her partner, Robert Westerholt, den Adel is one of the founding members of Within Temptation. She has defined their work as epic and cinematic. Her vocals play a major role in the band's sound, despite having never received formal vocal training. Den Adel sings in the mezzo-soprano range but her vocal quality is light and lyric despite her range.
Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer and the vocalist of symphonic rock band Within Temptation.
Together with her partner, Robert Westerholt, den Adel is one of the founding members of Within Temptation. She has defined their work as epic and cinematic. Her vocals play a major role in the band's sound, despite having never received formal vocal training. Den Adel sings in the mezzo-soprano range but her vocal quality is light and lyric despite her range. The Contenders
11 Lady GaGa ("Gaga" = "Stupid" in Filipino)
12 Richie Kotzen ("Kotzen" = "vomiting" in German)
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