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Daniel Bird 
United Kingdom
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German to English
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Genuinely bilingual, and my way of introducing a sportsman into the thread, by the back door as it were, since he is very active in politics in Pakistan as well as being one of the finest cricketers of all time
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| | | | Andy THEODOROU
France
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Greek to English
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I can confirm that Jodie Foster speaks fluent French. I saw, or rather heard, her in the film ‘Long Dimanche des Fiancailles’ and I thought ‘She’s a spitting image of Jodie Foster’. Then I saw the credits at the end !
Andreas
| | | | Annerose Matsushita-Bader
Japan
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English to French
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| | Renee Zellweger | Nov 21, 2005 |
Swiss German father, Norvegian mother, brought up in US.
| | | | Lluc Potrony Juli�
Spain
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English to Catalan
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| | Julio Cortázar | Nov 22, 2005 |
At least Spanish and French. A famous writer from Argentina that lived in Paris for a long time in his life. He was a translator and some times he referes to his job. He lived in many places in his life. I'm not sure if he speak Italian...
| | | | Sophie Dzhygir
Germany
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English to French
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| | A few more, if not too late... | Nov 23, 2005 |
Raised bilingual:
*Daniel Cohn-Bendit (DE/FR) - French politician, born in France from German parents, grew up between France and Germany and is involved in European politics for both countries.
*Marina Vlady (RU/FR) - French actress, Russian parents but raised in France.
NB: one of her husbands, Robert Hossein, is also a Russian raised in France, so possibly bilingual, though I'm not sure about this.
Possibly raised bilingual:
*Sacha Guitry: French writer, actor and director, born in Russia.
Possibly raising children bilingual:
*Victoria Abril: Spanish actress married to a French producer, herself fully bilingual by now, I guess they are raising their children bilingual.
*Sophie Marceau: had a child with a Polish director and then one (or two?) with an American producer --> possibly raising them bilingual?
Well these are just a few hints 
There are many countries where it is very usual to speak 2 or more languages (I'm thinking about former USSR, but this is also true for India -you know it!-, Swiss, most African countries, Canada, Belgium and so on), so there you would find looooooots of bilingually raised prominents, but I don't know if that's really what you're looking for, asresearch?
  | | | | Sophie Dzhygir
Germany
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English to French
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| | Forgot some... | Nov 24, 2005 |
* Amélie Nothomb, french-speaking Belgian writer, grew up in Japan and claims to be bilingual (she surely was, but I think now she is just fluent in Japanese, not really what I'd call bilingual)
Possibly raised bilingual:
* Charlotte Gainsbourg: French actress, daughter of French singer Serge Gainsbourg and English singer Jane Birkin. I very guess that Jane's elder daughter, photographer Kate Barry (daughter of Jane and composer John Barry) was also raised bilingual because she grew up mainly in France.
I want to say thank you a lot for this topic, asresearch, I found it very interesting, although hard to answer... Indeed, it's quite easy to remember about prominents who are married or living with a foreigner, this is the kind of info everybody knows about, but then if you you want to know in which language they raise their children, this is usually a much harder matter, because it's not the kind of things journalists ask about, or write in a biography...
| | | | briones
Spain
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French to Spanish
| | Leonardo Di Caprio | Dec 26, 2005 |
Di Caprio is bilingual, English - German (mother's family is German).
| | | | miss interpret
United Kingdom
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English
| | Many sports players are bi or multilingual | Apr 16, 2006 |
A lot of tennis players or bi or multilingual, for instance Maria Sharapova's father spoke to her in English while she was first living in America, but she is of course Russian. Martina Hingis is another example, she speaks 5 languages already and some of those from her native country of the Czech Republic, whereas she was raised in the German part of Switzerland. I hope you find that helpful
| | | | miss interpret
United Kingdom
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English
| | Some more celebrities | Apr 16, 2006 |
Angelina Jolie , Actress - mother is French, father American. She speaks French.
Helena Christiansen, Model - Peruvian mother, Danish Father. She speaks about 6 languages.
Rebecca Loos, 'celebrity' - Mother British, Father Dutch, Grandmother French. Raised in Spain. Speaks Dutch, French, English and Spanish.
| | | | alexandra123
Germany
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English to Spanish
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| | Chalize Theron | May 20, 2006 |
As far as I know, she grew up speaking both afrikaans and english.
asresearch wrote:
Hi,
I am doing a research on famous people who were raised as bilinguals or who raise their children as bilinguals. I am looking for celebrities from all over the world and all language combinations.
To qualify as a celebrity, the person needs to be either one of these:
1.Famous actor, musician or photo model
2.Head of state or important political figure
3.Literary or scientific achievers (Nobel Prize, or other award)
4.Business leaders
5.Royalty
Thanks all for your help.
Bst wishes!
Raj
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| | | | mtm4
Ireland
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English
| | Sacha Baron Cohen Ben Stiller Adam Sandler | Feb 8, 2007 |
All fluent in Hebrew
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