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Birth Name: Marylou Vanina Mayniel
Place of Birth: Poitiers, France
Date of Birth: 23 April, 1993
Ethnicity: French, as well as 1/16th German, distant Belarusian
Oklou is a French electronic pop musician. Her 2025 album Choke Enough charted in five countries, including France and the U.K. She is also known as Avril Alvarez, avril23, Lou du Lagon, Loumar, and Soirée Pyj.
Oklou’s paternal family is from Figeac, Lot. She was raised in the countryside of western France. She has one child.
Oklou’s maternal grandfather was Jean-Louis Bernard Marazano (the son of Georges Léon Louis Marazano and Charlotte Georgette Minna Pheulpin). Jean-Louis was born in Paris. His paternal grandmother, Pauline Théodora Haas, was born to German parents, from Brussels, Belgium. The surname Marazano was originally spelled Marasanov and originated from Oklou’s fifth great-grandfather Vacillé, who was born in Byaroza, Belarus.
Oklou’s maternal grandmother was named Alfredine Perré.
Sources: Genealogy of Oklou’s maternal grandfather, Jean-Louis Bernard Marazano – https://www.myheritage.com
Obituary of Oklou’s maternal grandmother, Alfredine Perré – https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr