Birth Name: Dean Trust DeLeo
Place of Birth: Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Date of Birth: August 23, 1961
Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English, possibly other (mother)
Dean DeLeo is an American musician. He is the guitarist of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Dean is the son of Virginia Marie (Jones) and Emile John DeLeo. His brother is fellow band member Robert DeLeo.
Dean’s paternal grandparents were Giuseppe Di Leo (the son of Pietro Di Leo and Maria Rosa Lisanti) and Rosina Lepore (the daughter of Paolo Lepore and Maria Zitarosa). Dean’s grandparents Giuseppe and Rosina were Italian immigrants from Buccino, Italy.
Source: Mention of Dean’s parents’ names – http://albumlinernotes.com/Shangri-LA_DEE_DA.html
Genealogy of Dean’s father, Emile John DeLeo – https://familysearch.org/
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