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Birth Name: Makovina Wanangarua I Whanga Nui-Atara Vunipola
Place of Birth: Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 14 January 1991
Ethnicity: Tongan
Mako Vunipola is a professional rugby union player. He plays for Saracens in the English Premiership, the England national team and the British and Irish Lions. He won the award for England Player of the Year in 2018.
Mako was born in New Zealand, to Tongan parents, The Rev. Iesinga “Singa” Vunipola, a Methodist Minister and Chaplain to the UK Tongan Community, and the former Tonga rugby national team’s captain Fe’ao Vunipola (Fe’ao Moe Lotu Vunipola). His uncles, Elisi Vunipola and Manu Vunipola, also played for Tonga, and both work for Ministry of Sport of Tonga.
Mako’s paternal grandfather is named Sione Vunipola (the son of Viliami Vunipola).
Source: Family History of Mako Vunipola- https://www.dailymail.co.uk