Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger was born on 30 July 1947 in the village of Thal in south-east Austria. Born to Aurelia and Gustav Schwarzenegger, the star's father was a local police chief and Arnold and his older brother, Meinhard, were raised in a strict, military household.

He later discovered his father had been a member of the Nazi party, according to Forbes. Arnold has spoken about how difficult his childhood was with a father who would make him and his brother “earn breakfast” and encouraged them to “compete against each other” as reported in British newspaper The Independent.

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