10 Famous Historical Figures Who Changed Their Name

2. Che Guevara

The most-famous figure of the Cuban Revolution, and who has appeared on countless posters and T-Shirts since - Che Guevara was actually Argentine, while his family hailed from Ireland, and that is why his original name was "Ernesto Guevara Lynch". Born in June 1928, he was named after his father - and it was not until the mid-1950s that he was given the title "El Che" or "Che" ahead of his surname of Guevara. Having moved to Guatemala City in order to become a revolutionary, he linked up with Fidel Castro in 1953 and acquired his famous nickname of "Che". Strangely, this derived from his repetitive use of the Argentine interjectory term "che" - which is similar to the term "bro, "eh" or "innit". It was from this unusual speaking habit that one of the most-famous revolutionaries in history acquired his famous name of "Che Guevara".