Leonardo DiCaprio

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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

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