Bam Margera

 Brandon Cole Margera, better known as Bam Margera, was born on September 28, 1979, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to April Margera (nee Cole) and Phil Margera. The name was assigned to him Bam at the age of three by his grandfather due to his habit of falling into walls. He's of Italian (from his grandfather's paternal lineage), German, English as well as Welsh descent.In high school, he would often be featured in articles from Jeff Tremaine's Big Brother magazine and made CKY videos with his elder brother Jess and his friends Chris Raab, Ryan Dunn Ryan Dunn, and Brandon DiCamillo. The only reason he attended high school was because Chris Raab went. Bam dropped out of high school after Chris Raab got suspended for smearing feces on lockers, but his parents persuaded him to obtain his GED which He got.In 2000, Jeff Tremaine made a agreement with MTV to create a show called Jackass and Bam was offered a place on the show