Stage name a reunited Pixies. Many performers refer to their stage name as their "professional name". In some cases, performers subsequently adopt their stage name as their legal name. For instance, the former Robert Allen Zimmerman's legal name has been Robert Dylan (Bob Dylan) since he changed it in New York City Supreme Court in August 1962. Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight but changed his name by deed poll, making Elton Hercules John his real name. When he was knighted, he became Sir Elton Hercules John rather than Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Elvis Costello (born Declan MacManus), who had adopted
Reginald Vella Tomlin his period of his directorship, Reginald became a mentor for several students, who went on to become well known writers and journalists in the Maltese Islands. Reginald died in 1968. Reginald Vella Tomlin was first cousin (through his aunt Esther Tomlin married to Wettinger) to yet another notable and renowned scholar and historian, Professor Godfrey Wettinger, who discovered 'Il-Kantilena', the oldest known literary text in the Maltese language. Reginald is survived by his sons, Graham, Barry and Trevor Vella Tomlin and their respective children. Amongst the several important publications and papers that Reginald Vella Tomlin produced are:- Reginald Vella Tomlin