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George Burns (January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996), was born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City to immigrant parents.

He changed his name because many "stage people" change their names to:

  • loose a difficult name to pronounce,
  • hide their ethnicity
  • make the name more memorable.
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