Sylvester Stallone
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photo credit: Alan Light
Birth Name:
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone
Birth Place:
New York City, New York, USA
Ethnicity:
Italian, French, Jewish-Ukrainian
The Hollywood actor, nicknamed the Italian Stallion, was born to an Italian immigrant father from Gioia del Colle and a mother of Ukrainian, Jewish and French ancestry.
Stallone’s mother once took a trip to the Ukraine to find out about her Ukrainian grandmother, Rosa Rabinovich who emigrated to the US from pre-revolutionary Russia. SomethingJewish.com states that the name Rabinovich is a very Jewish name.
Source:
http://www.artukraine.com/historical/stallone.htm
http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1347_sj_super_7.htm
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March 29th, 2009
His dad is Italian and his mom is Ukrainian, Jewish, and French. References at: wikipedia.org because his mom’s mom is French and his mom’s dad is Ukrainian, and Jewish.
September 12th, 2009
He looks Italian more than anything.
September 12th, 2009
Id agree with you on that one. More specifically southern Italian.
December 21st, 2009
I think what he IS is more important than what you feel he looks.
January 26th, 2010
hi mr stallion , im from uganda at the university studying social sciences . i wanna become a star like you
March 4th, 2010
and gee nicole, what are you?