Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

The talented, heartthrob Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974, in Hollywood, California. Leonardo’s parents George and Irmelin DiCaprio named him after the Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. While Irmelin was looking at a painting by da Vinci in a museum in Italy, she felt the unborn baby kick. That, and the fact that the middle name of Leonardo’s grandfather was Leon, clinched his parent’s decision on the name. For the first year of Leonardo’s precious life, everything seemed perfect. George and Irmelin thought they were ready for the responsibility of raising a child, although they were young at the time of his birth. The challenge of raising Leonardo proved to be too much for them and they separated when Leonardo was only one.
Leonardo lived primarily with his mother, but his father was always around to spend time with h...