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Moe's full birth name is Moses Harry Horwitz. Curly is Jerome Lester Horwitz. Shemp was originally Samuel Horwitz (middle name unknown) - the name "Shemp" came about because that was what it sounded like when his mother said "Sam" in her heavy accent. Larry is Louis Fienberg (again, middle name unknown). I don't know Joe Besser's middle name. Joe DeRita, or Curly-Joe, was born Joseph Wardell, but took DeRita for his stage name - it was his mother's maiden name. When he joined the Stooges in their later years, he was then called Curly-Joe, due to the physical resemblance between him and Curly, and to avoid confusion with Joe Besser.

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15y ago

Shemp, Moe and Curly all had the family name of Howard. Larry's family name was Fine.

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12y ago

Moe, Curly and Shemp went by "Howard" as opposed to their birth name of Horowitz and Larry went by Fine, not his birth name of Feinstein

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3y ago

Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine are last names of original Three Stooges.

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