Birth name vs ring names

Michael Francis Foley is his legal birth name; Mick Foley is the shortened form he uses as an author and public figure (Biography.com; LOC). Famous wrestling personas—Mankind, Cactus Jack, and Dude Love—are characters, not alternate legal names.

Wrestling and books

Foley became a mainstream star in WWF/WWE in the late 1990s, including the Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker (1998) and world title runs as Mankind. As a writer he published the memoir Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (1999), a New York Times bestseller, followed by more memoirs, novels, and children's books (Biography.com; Encyclopedia.com). Batch-08 files him under writers for that literary career alongside wrestling fame.

He is a WWE Hall of Famer and continues public speaking and occasional appearances. This page sticks to public facts.

Have a Nice Day by Mick Foley Foley Is Good / other Foley memoirs Mick Foley novels / kids books

Why the "real name" question matters

Search interest in a celebrity's "real name" usually means a shortened everyday form, a middle name used as a handle, or a true stage/legal change. This page states which case applies and cites sources rather than gossip.