What was Freddie Mercury's real name?
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on Thursday September 5th 1946 on the small spice island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were both Parsee (Persian). His father, Bomi, was a civil servant, working as a High Court cashier for the British Government. In 1954, at the age of eight, Freddie was shipped to St Peter's English boarding school in Panchgani, about fifty miles outside Bombay. It was there his friends began to call him Freddie, a name the family also adopted.
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pdeloriol
a Parsee is an adherent of Zoroastrian religion, not a persian. Their origins are Persian, but way back in the 8th century, settling in India.
Bob Fowler
Loved Freddie/Farrokh and Queen , I was lucky to see them live once.
Denise Currie
The Greatest Showman Ever, Total genius and legend
Johnny Rock
Wrong Farouk.
Darlene Yarbrough
WOW!!! GOOD guess.lol.
Yunus Ghaznavi
A PROPER NOUN CAN BE SPELT IN MANY A WAYS,SO FAROUK IS RIGHT, CORRECT THE QUESTION.
scottlarock
I won't say he was the best because of the Beatles, but he was right up there...
Margaret O'Neill
Such a talented entertainer.. I saw him in concert at the Apollo in Glasgow in the 70s! It still is the best concert I've ever been to, nothing has beaten it since!
Frank Sherwood
Sorry but since this is just a transliteration from the Arabic (Farsi) script Farouk and Farrokh are the same name
Wes Baran
Listening to Radio Ga Ga as I answered this one. :)
apertiller
My all time favorite singer/song writer. Freddie was one of a kind!
George Oliver Prince
Lots of questions that have been used before, but can still be instructive if taken from a different angle
Special Patrol Group
blkstang, I have seen questions that I have submitted repeated later. It happens just accept it and stop moaning ....
Bill Coe
blkstang, Just because you had this question previously does not mean that this writer had ever seen it. Great minds think alike. Sometimes reviewers catch duplicates, but not all the time.
Ranjit Cheriyan
Yep that is the school I went to in the sixteens / great school