What was Freddie Mercury's real name?

Answer 1

Farrokh Bulsara

Answer 2

Freddie Mercury?

Answer 3

Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the African island of Zanzibar which at the time was a British colony, now part of Tanzania, to Indian Parsi parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara. As Parsis, his parents practiced the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism

Answer 4

Farrokh Bulsara

Answer 5

Farrokh Bulsara

Answer 6

Farrokh Bulsara

Answer 7

Farrohk Bulsara

Answer 8

Farrokh Bulsara, born in Zanzibar changed his surname to Mercury when he started singing with Queen

Answer 9

Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on the African island of Zanzibar (which at the time was a British colony, now part of Tanzania), to Indian Parsi parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara.[1] As Parsis, his parents practiced the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. The family had emigrated to Zanzibar from India in order for Bomi to continue his job as a middle-ranking cashier at the British Colonial Office. Mercury had one younger sister, Kashmira.

Mercury was educated at St. Peter's boarding school in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai) in India, where he gave his first onstage performances in a five-member school band called The Hectics. Mercury completed his education in India at St. Mary's High School in Mazagon, Mumbai and was 17 when he and his family fled to England as a result of a 1964 revolution in Zanzibar. In England, he pursued a Diploma in Art and Graphic Design at Ealing Art College, following in the footsteps of Pete Townshend. He later used these skills in order to design the famous Queen crest. Mercury remained a British citizen for the rest of his life.

According to a 17 November 1996 Sunday Times article, Freddie Mercury was born "Farok Bulsara".[2] However, while in boarding school, friends began calling him "Freddie", a name that he and his family eventually adopted. When Queen was first formed, he was initially using the name Freddie Bulsara. However, according to bandmate Brian May in the "Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story" video,[3] his decision to change his name to Mercury occurred while he was writing a song called "My Fairy King". May also suggested that Mercury may have changed his name in part to distance himself from his ethnic background. Interestingly, profiles of Mercury before his death (e.g. a September 1980 interview in Circus)[4] erroneously claim his real name to have been "Frederick Bulsara".

Answer 10

Farrokh Bulsara, he was born in Zanzibar. I think he was one of the most amazing, beautiful and tragic characters that ever lived.

The thing that moves me the most about his (Queen's) music is the melancholic tones to even the earliest of melodies, and the foresight of the lyrics - even the earliest songs seem to suggest that he would live fast and die (too) young.