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Rob_T_Firefly t1_ja7kt8z wrote

Those are their stage names which stuck, they had standard names given them by their parents.

Groucho was born Julius, Chico was born Leonard, Zeppo was Herbert, and Harpo was born Adolph (which he later decided to change to Arthur.) Not seen in this photo is fifth Marx Brother Gummo, born Milton, who had left the act before they made the jump from Vaudeville to film.

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