Mario Lemieux

Lemieux in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Date of Birth: October 5, 1965

Ethnicity: French-Canadian

Mario Lemieux is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A centre, he played around seventeen seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the first overall pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, and assumed ownership of the Penguins in 1999. He has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is nicknamed “The Magnificent One,” “Le Magnifique,” and “Super Mario.” He is 6′4″.

Mario was born in Montréal, the son of Pierrette, a stay-at-home mother, and Jean-Guy Lemieux, an engineer. He and his older brothers, Alain and Richard, grew up in a working class family in the Ville-Émard district. Mario is married to Nathalie Asselin, with whom he has four children.