FAMOUS BILINGUALS AND MULTILINGUALS

 

Can you guess which language or languages other than English these folks are able to speak?


Click on the question mark (?) to find out.


Actors, Actresses & Movie People in General

Sandra Bullock, actress, speaks...?
Johnny Depp, actor, speaks...?
Leonardo Di Caprio, actor, speaks...?
Julianna Margulies, actress, speaks...?
Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, speaks...?
Wolfgang Peterson, director, speaks...?
Arnold Schwarznegger, speaks...?


Athletes& Sports Figures

Kobe Bryant, basketball player, LA Lakers,speaks...?
Jaromir Jagr, hockey player, speaks...?
Dirk Nowitsky, basketball player, Dallas Maveriks,speaks...?
Marco Sturm, hockey player, speaks...?


Politicians& Beltway Insiders

George W. Bush, President of the U.S.A.,speaks...?
Bill Clinton, former President of the U.S.A.,speaks...?
Ben Franklin, an American Founding Father,spoke...?
Thomas Jefferson, third President of theU.S.A., spoke...?
Colin Powell, Secretary of State of the U.S.A.,speaks...?
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, speaks...?
Condoleeza Rice, National Security Advisor,speaks...?


Writers& Authors

Anne Rice, novelist, speaks...?
Mark Twain, American writer, spoke...?


Misc. People That You May or May Not Know

Former Pope John Paul II, spoke...?
The current Pope Benedict 16 speaks ten languages (among them German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and ecclesiastical Latin).
Heidi Klum, model, speaks...?
Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, speaks...?
Claudia Schiffer, super model, speaks...?
Siegfried & Roy, magicians, speak...?



 

Adapted from http://www.pitt.edu/~dpbrowne/bilingual/page2.html

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