Birth Name: Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez
Date of Birth: December 8, 1886
Place of Birth: Guanajuato, Mexico
Date of Death: November 24, 1957
Place of Death: Mexico City, Mexico
Ethnicity: Mexican
Diego Rivera was a Mexican artist. He was the son of Diego de la Rivera y Acosta and Maria del Pilar Barrientos. Diego was married to artist Angelina Beloff, model and novelist Guadalupe Marín, and artist Frida Kahlo.
Diego was said to be descended from conversos (Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism during the Spanish Inquisition). It is not clear if this Jewish ancestry has been documented/verified. However, a large amount of people of Spanish origin do have Jewish ancestors. Diego has also been said to have African, Italian, Russian, and Portuguese ancestry. It is not clear if these lineages have been verified/documented.
Diego’s paternal grandparents were Anastasio de la Rivera Sforza (the son of Marques ri de Navarro and Lavera ri de Navarro) and Dona Ines de Acosta y Peredo.
Diego’s maternal grandparents were Juan Barrientos Hernández and Nemesia Rodríguez de Valdepuesta.
Source: Genealogy of Diego Rivera – http://www.geni.com