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Leonardo DiCaprio

Biography of Leonardo DiCaprio Childhood and Schooling Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is his full name. Birthdate: November 11, 1974 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States Family: Irmelin (née Indenbirken), a legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, a writer, publisher, and distributor of underground comic books, are the parents of Leonardo DiCaprio. He has a half-sister named Lisa […]

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Beyoncé

Biography of Beyoncé Childhood and Schooling Beyoncé in full Knowles Giselle Birthdate: September 4, 1981 Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States Family: Fashion designer and hairstylist Tina Knowles and telecom executive Mathew Knowles are the parents of Beyoncé. Solange Knowles, her sister, is a well-known singer and composer as well. Beyoncé’s early passion for dance and […]

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Biography of Lin-Manuel Miranda Childhood and Schooling Full Name: Miranda Lin-Manuel Born on: January 16, 1980 Birthplace: USA’s New York City, New York Family: Luz Towns-Miranda, a schoolteacher, and Luis A. Miranda Jr., a political consultant, are the parents of Miranda. Luz is his only sibling. Growing up in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighbourhood, a place […]

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Julia Roberts

Biography of Julia Roberts Childhood and Schooling Walter Grady Roberts and Betty Lou Bredemus welcomed Julia into the world. Julia’s parents separated when she was a small child; they were both authors and actors. Actors Eric and Lisa Roberts, her two elder siblings, are also actors. Roberts’ love of acting as a child was sparked […]

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Denzel Washington

Biography of Denzel Washington Childhood and Schooling Denzel Hayes Washington Sr., a Pentecostal minister with ordination, and Lorraine Washington, the owner of a beauty business, gave birth to Washington. The separation of his parents when he was fourteen years old had a profound effect on him. After attending Pennington-Grimes Elementary School, Washington subsequently moved to […]

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Meryl Streep

Biography of Meryl Streep Childhood and Schooling Growing up, Streep was the oldest of three children in a middle-class family. Her mother, Mary Wolf Wilkinson, was an artist and art editor, while her father, Harry William Streep Jr., worked as a pharmaceutical executive. Streep showed her gift for acting at an early age by taking […]

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Tom Hanks

Biography of Tom Hanks Childhood and Schooling On July 9, 1956, Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California. His boyhood was shattered by the 1960 divorce of his parents, hospital employee Janet Marylyn and travelling chef Amos Mefford Hanks. Their mother raised their youngest brother, Jim, while their father raised Tom and his siblings […]

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Reid Hoffman

Biography of Reid Hoffman Childhood and Schooling Hoffman was raised in a stimulating intellectual milieu in Berkeley, California. William Hoffman, his father, was a microbiologist, and Deanna Ruth, his mother, was a former educator. Hoffman went to the progressive Vermont high school, Putney School. He continued his education at Stanford University, where in 1990 he […]