Yes Sir, his real name is Reginald Dwight
Born 25 March, 1947, as 
Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the ... Dwight teamed up 
with lyricist Bernie Taupin and changed his name to Elton John ..... [after it was 
revealed he had spent 293,000 on flowers in less than two years] Yes, I like 
flowers.