Rick Perry? Birth Certificate says James Richard Perry

Real Names of Politicians

We know them as Rick and Mitt, but their parents named them James and Willard. Click through and see which other American politicians tweaked their names -- or changed them altogether.

Politician's public name: Rick Perry

Politician's birth name: James Richard Perry

After Donald Trump spent time with Rick Perry and then said, "I had dinner last night with Jim Perry, I was impressed with him," people thought The Donald might have had some memory loss. Turns out, the 2012 hopeful was given the name James Richard by his parents (he shared the initials JRP with his father, Joseph Ray Perry). By high school, however, Perry was already going by Ricky.

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