More on Jeanne-Claude and Christo, Those Crazy Cats

We have finally gotten to the bottom of the pressing issue of Christo's birth name. Christo, who considers himself American, was born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in Bulgaria. He shares the same exact birthday, June 13, 1935 with his wife, who was born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in Casablanca. For a complete biographical timeline, click here. The couple is rather particular about their names and explain the whole spiel in the Common Errors section of their website. They have one son named Cyril, who took his father's first name as his last name (ie Cyril Christo); he is a poet and seems to be following in the family tradition by collaborating artistically with his wife. Let us imagine for a moment having Jeanne-Claude as your mother-in-law... Okay. Their next prjoect for the couple preternaturally fond of "wrapping" is titled Over the River and will take place in Colorado, date unknown.

And because inquiring minds want to know, here's a final tidbit for you:

There are 3 things Christo and Jeanne-Claude do not do together:
They never fly in the same aircraft.
Jeanne-Claude does not make drawings, she was not trained for that. Christo puts their ideas on paper, he never had an assistant in his studio.
Christo never had the pleasure of talking to their tax accountant.