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Django Reinhardt

Paris, France

Django Reinhardt, originally named Jean Reinhardt, was born on January 10, 1910 in Liberchies, Belgium and died May 16, 1953 in Fontainebleau, France. He was of Roma (Gypsy) parentage. He lived his young life on the outskirts of Paris in a disreputable area called la Zone where the gypsies, in medieval tradition, gathered their caravans.