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Yes. Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born, Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. or, Lew Alcindor for short. Alcindor changed his name legally to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971, during his conversion from Catholicism to Islam.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., on April 16, 1947, in New York City, the only child of Ferdinand and Cora Alcindor.
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor.... Lew Alcindor was what he went by at UCLA