Birth Name:
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth:
November 11, 1974
Ethnicity:
Italian, Russian and German
The American actor has a half Italian, half German father and his mother is of German and Russian descent. Leonardo’s grandmother, Yelena Smirnova is originally from Russia.
His first big break was on the movie, Romeo and Juliet. He was named Leonardo because he first started kicking inside his mother’s womb when she was viewing a Da Vinci painting in the Museum.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625877,00.html
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
HEy EtHNiC, i tHiNk LE0NARd0 DiCApRi0 iS ALS0 pARt jEWiSH, My tHE0Ry WHy, iS bECAUSE HiS pAtERNAL gRANdM0tHER, 0LgA ANNE jAC0BS iS gERMAN-b0RN, bUt SHE HAS A jEWiSH LASt NAME. S0 tHAtS WHAt MAkES ME tHiNk tHAt. HERE’Sz A LiNk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobs_%28surname%29
Then she’s just German.
k chingon eh, i’m half italian too! &mexican. its thee italian parte tha makes hem so hot lol =)
di caprio it’s a southern name..the surname with “di” are very common in south italy,especially in the region of campania.
Great mix:southern european,german/nordic and russian!
and i know that he can speaks good german,while he lived in Germany when he was a baby…:)(like sandra bullock);)