Katherine von Drachenberg, best known under her registered trademark Kat Von D (born March 8, 1982), is an American tattoo artist, model and television personality. Her missionary parents, father René and mother Sylvia or Silvia Galeano, were born in Argentina, of German descent and Italian and Spanish descent, respectively. She began listening to the Ramones, Misfits and other punk rock bands at the age of 12. She had a falling out with Ami James which led to her being asked to leave the shop. On the show, she gained the Guinness World Record of most tattoos given by a single person in 24 hours, with a total of 400. Accomplished in December 2007, it involved a Von D-designed logo for the city of Los Angeles, with proceeds going to the children ‘s-blindness charity Vitamin Angels. Von D maintained on her Twitter page that it was she who chose “to not continue doing LA Ink”.
