Birth Name: Tiago Splitter Beims
Place of Birth: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Date of Birth: January 1, 1985
Ethnicity: Brazilian (Ashkenazi Jewish, German, possibly other)
Tiago Splitter is a Brazilian professional basketball player.
Tiago was born in Joinville, Santa Catarina, the son of Elisabeth (Beims) and Cassio Roberto Splitter. He was raised in Blumenau, Santa Catarina.
Tiago’s father has Jewish origins and his mother has German ancestry. Tiago was raised Roman Catholic, and speaks fluent Portuguese, English, Spanish, and German.
Tiago’s great-great-grandfather, Johann Splitter, left Germany in 1870, and settled in Brazil with his wife, Anna Saul.
Tiago’s maternal grandmother is Elvira Splitter.
Tiago’s parents are pictured here.