This name change would become one of the most well-known on this category.
Stanley Martin Lieber (1922-1941)
He was born to Jewish Romanian immigrants in New York City.
Stan Lee (1941-2018)
Stan Lee: (English) a play on his first name Stanley
He would write this name in his 1941 comic book release after the previous one did poorly using his first real name. It would eventually become his legal name.
Lee would eventually become the executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment. Among his co-creations include Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and other Marvel superheroes.
Sources
- Sanderson, Peter (2008). “1940s”. In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 19.
- Stan Lee at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Stan Lee at IMDb
- “Stan Lee.” Wikipedia.
- Thomas, Roy (November 13, 2018). “How Stanley Lieber Wrote His First Comics Story and Became ‘Stan Lee'”. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.