Mike Tyson

Tyson in 2009, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Michael Gerard Tyson

Place of Birth: Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 30, 1966

Ethnicity: African-American, likely African-Jamaican

Mike Tyson is an American professional boxer and actor.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His mother, Lorna Mae (Smith), was African-American, from the South. The man listed as his father on his birth certificate is Purcell Tyson, who was Jamaican. Mike was raised by Jimmy Kirkpatrick, who was African-American, from Grier Town, North Carolina, and who may have been his biological father.

Mike is married to Lakiha “Kiki” Spicer. He has had seven children, including two with his former wife Monica Turner, and two with Lakiha. Monica’s brother is Republican politician Michael Steele, of Maryland.