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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
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Veroni, I had the same thought as you. He has such an Italian name, yet not such a typical Italian look. But actually he could pass as a Northern Italian.
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oops i mispelled German
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no wonder!! i knew he was italian because of his last name but i knew he had to have some other mix i mean he is just to white to be italian now i know why!! he is mostly Greman a quarter Russian & a quarter italian
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wow!! i always think what he only Italian and German, i dont know about his Russian grandmom!
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Love his, and great mix! :)
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That’s awsome! He’s super!
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HES HOT
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nice find, thanks for that.
ethnic
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His maternal grandmother is Russian. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625877,00.html
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That’s so cool i love Leonardo DiCaprio
very interesting.
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