What unusual characteristic do these people have in common?

What unusual characteristic do these people have in common?
Warren Beatty, Mel Blanc, Jon Bon Jovi, Sam Cooke, William Faulkner, Zane Grey, Nathaniel Hawthorne, David Hume, Satchel Paige

There are others, which I can dribble out as clues if necessary.

Answer: They all changed the spelling of their last name, but not the pronunciation.

Other people who qualify: Jonathan Pryce, Marvin Gaye, Napoleon Bonaparte, Buddy Holly, Ben Jonson, Eddie Rickenbacker, Gary Dourdan, Damon Runyon, Walter Matthau, Erich Maria Remarque, Rocky Marciano, Reg Smythe, Leslie Browne, Russ Columbo, and Louis B. Mayer