Xavier Naidoo
Emily Cortez
Updated on March 13, 2026
Naidoo in 2015, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Xavier Kurt Naidoo
Place of Birth: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Date of Birth: 2 October, 1971
Ethnicity:
*father – German, Telugu Indian
*mother – Egyptian
Xavier Naidoo is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is a founding member of band Söhne Mannheims. He has used the stage names Kobra and Kurt.
His father, Rausammy Naidoo, is a South African immigrant, of German and Telugu Indian descent. His mother, Eugene, is also a South African immigrant, of Egyptian descent.
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