What is Shakira's last name?

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Why: Tonight on "Ugly Betty," she checked in a hotel under the pseudonym Miss Lumpkin (or something).

Answer: Ripoll! Her full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll and she was born Feb. 2, 1977 (Groundhog Day!!!!!!) in Barranquilla, Colombia. There's a statue of her there:

I kind of love her. Watch "Whenever, Wherever" here."

Source: Wikipedia

The More You Know: Full names of other celebrities who go by one name (mononymous!):

• Aaliyah - Aaliyah Dana Haughton
• Ashanti - Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
• Beck - Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell)
• Blondie - Deborah Harry
  
• Bono - Paul David Hewson
• Bjork - Björk Guðmundsdóttir
• Brandy - Brandy Rayana Norwood
• Charo - María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Moquiere de les Esperades Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Najosa Rasten
• Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian
• Chingy - Howard Bailey, Jr.
• Chyna - Joan Marie Laurer
• Enya - Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin
• Fergie - Stacy Ann Ferguson
• Iman - Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid
• Jewel - Jewel Kilcher
• Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone
• Moby - Richard Melville Hall
• Nico - Christa Päffgen
• Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson
• Penn - Penn Jillette
• Pink - Alecia Beth Moore
• Raffi - Raffi Cavoukian
• Rihanna - Robyn Rihanna Fenty
• Roy - Roy Horn
• Seal - Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel
• Selena - Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
• Shaggy - Orville Richard Burrell
• Siegfried - Siegfried Fischbacher
• Sinbad - David Adkins
• Slash - Saul Hudson
• Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
• Teller - Raymond Joseph Teller (He possesses one of the few United States passports issued in a single name.)
• Usher - Usher Raymond IV
• Yanni - Yiannis Hrysomallis