why did he change his name, and what did he change it from..?
(born Warren Wilhelm, Jr.; May 8, 1961
“In a written statement, de Blasio spokesman Dan Levitan said, “Bill de Blasio took his mother’s family name because his father was largely absent from his life, a fact he has been open about throughout his time in public service. To suggest that there is anything wrong with changing one’s name for deeply personal reasons is absurd.” He declined to further comment”
(info from Wikipedia which in term cobbles info from various sources.”
The reason seems to be a divorce with a rejection of having anything to do with his father including keeping his father’s last name. De Blasio seems to be the family name of his mother’s.
His real name is Warren Wilhelm, no doubt he changed it because it sounds a little too, shall we say Third Reich-ish. Hey a sleazebag politician gotta do what a sleazebag politician gotta do to shore up the Jewish vote.
He was Warren Wilhelm, Jr.