- Set a new world record on April 30, 2008 when he held his breath underwater for 17 minutes 4 seconds.
- His father was a Vietnam War veteran of half Puerto Rican and half Italian descent, and his mother a school teacher of Russian Jewish ancestry.
- Voted the 'Biggest Loser' of 2003 in a British poll for spending 44 days in a box suspended over the River Thames in London, without any food.
- Has a daughter named Dessa (b. January 27, 2011) with his ex-fiancée Alizée Guinochet.
- Was engaged to French Actress Alizée Guinochet.
- Since he was a child, David Blaine has dreamed of being floated via balloon.
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