Stefani Germanotta is actually the 4th, according to the history books
(NEWSER) - The birth of her name is already becoming a 21st-century legend: In 2004 Stefani Germanotta's ex texted her "Radio Gaga"—just a simple reference to Queen's 1984 hit. Except the phone autocorrected "Radio" to "Lady." She saw it, and Lady Gaga was born. For the fourth time. Slate writer Jody Rosen dusted off the annals of history to paint the colorful portraits of the three who have come before her in the last 2,600 years: a slave-owner in ancient Babylonia, an Irish countrywoman who gained the aristocratic title Madame de Gaga through marriage in 1817, and a fictional ‘20s flapper and socialite. More»
