Daisy Ridley

May 1, 2014, 1:37 pm

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Place of Birth: England

Date of Birth: c. 1992/1993

Ethnicity: English, 1/32 German

Daisy Ridley is an English actress. She is of English, and 1/32 German, descent.

Daisy’s maternal grandfather was Roger Picton Fawkner-Corbett (the son of William Victor Fawkner-Corbett and Dorothy Frances Bauer/Barr). William was born under the surname “Corbett”, and added the “Fawkner-” to his surname. Dorothy was the daughter of William Bauer (whose own father, William Ernest Bauer, was German, and whose own mother, Rose Barnes, was English, from Norfolk, England), and of Minnie Louisa Cowley.

Daisy’s maternal grandmother was Isobel Sheila Lake (the daughter of Charles Thomas Connet Lake and Mary Irene Smerdon). Mary’s parents were John Sidney Smerdon and Mary Parnell Newman.

Source: Obituary of Daisy’s maternal grandfather, Roger Picton Fawkner-Corbett – http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk

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Eric Christian Olsen

May 1, 2014, 2:36 pm

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Place of Birth: Eugene, Oregon

Date of Birth: May 31, 1977

Ethnicity: Norwegian

Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor. He has stated that he is of “100% Norwegian” descent.

On his mother’s side, Eric is the grandson of Curtis Jerome Donstad (the son of Joseph Andreas Donstad and Caroline Bailey) and Thelma Amelia Byom (the daughter of Albert Byom and Hannah Spierly). Despite her surname, “Bailey”, Caroline was also of Norwegian ancestry.

Sources: Eric’s maternal grandfather, Curtis Jerome Donstad, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Eric’s maternal grandfather, Curtis Jerome Donstad – http://wheelanpressly.com

Obituary of Eric’s maternal grandmother, Thelma Amelia (Byom) Donstad – http://www.findagrave.com

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Embeth Davidtz

May 2, 2014, 1:59 am

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Birth Name: Embeth Jean Davidtz

Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana

Date of Birth: 11 August, 1965

Ethnicity: Dutch, French, English

Embeth Davidtz is a South African and American actress. She was born in the U.S., to South African parents, and was raised in South Africa during her teenage years.

Embeth’s surname is Dutch. Aside from Dutch ancestry, she also has English and French roots.

Embeth’s paternal grandparents were George Christiaan Davidtz and Emily Lambourn (the daughter of Charles Lambourn and Mary).

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Sam Waterston

May 2, 2014, 2:19 am

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Birth Name: Samuel Atkinson Waterston

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Birth: November 15, 1940

Ethnicity:
*Scottish (father)
*English (mother)

Sam Waterston is an American actor. His father, George Chychele Waterston, was an immigrant from Leith, Scotland. His mother, Alice Tucker (Atkinson), born in Brookline, Massachusetts, was of English descent.

Sam’s paternal grandfather was George Waterston.

Sam’s maternal grandparents were Robert Whitman Atkinson (the son of Edward Atkinson and Mary Caroline Heath) and Elizabeth Bispham Page (the daughter of Edward Augustus Page and Josephine Augusta Bispham).

Source: Genealogy of Sam Waterston – http://www.wargs.com

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Chris Zylka

May 2, 2014, 2:52 am

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Birth Name: Christopher M. Settlemire

Place of Birth: Warren, Ohio

Date of Birth: May 9, 1985

Ethnicity:
*German, smaller amounts of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh (father)
*Ukrainian, Czech (mother)

Chris Zylka is an American actor.

Born Chris Settlemire, he later took Zylka, his mother’s maiden name, as his stage name.

Chris’s father has German, as well as smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, ancestry. Chris’s mother is of Ukrainian and Czech ancestry.

On his father’s side, Chris is the grandson of Ralph Duane Settlemire (the son of Martin Settlemire and Eva G. Kornprobst) and Wanda Lou Lattimer (the daughter of Oren Fay Lattimer and Virginia Cunningham).

On his mother’s side, Chris is the grandson of William Zylka and Patricia E. Rosko (the daughter of Michael Rosko, Jr. and Margaret A. Zimomra). Michael was born in Pennsylvania, of Czech descent. Margaret was also born in Pennsylvania, to Czech immigrants, Michael Zimomra and Helena Busmaj Cukalovcak.

Sources: Genealogy of Chris’s paternal grandfather, Ralph Duane Settlemire (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Chris’s maternal great-grandmother, Margaret A. Zimomra – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Priyanka Chopra

May 3, 2014, 2:33 am

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Birth Name: Priyanka Chopra

Place of Birth:Jamshedpur, Bihar India

Date of Birth:18 July 1982

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown

Ethnicity: Punjabi and Jharkhand

Family info:Priyanka’s father is Punjabi while her mother is from Jharkhand. She is an Indian actress and singer.

Source:http://ibnlive.in.com/news/priyanka-chopra-harassed-by-unknown-man/143892-8-66.html

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John Tavares

May 3, 2014, 7:21 am

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Birth Name: John Tavares

Place of Birth: Mississauga, Canada

Date of Birth: September 20, 1990

Eye Color:

Hair Type/Color: Brown

Ethnicity: Polish, Portuguese

Family info: John Tavares is a player for the NY Islanders. He is the son of Joe and Barbara Tavares

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tavares_(ice_hockey)

http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/J_Tavares/J_Tavares_bio.html

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Steven Stamkos

May 3, 2014, 7:24 am

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Birth Name: Steven Stamkos

Place of Birth: Markham, Canada

Date of Birth: February 7, 1990

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Light Brown

Ethnicity: Scottish, Macedonian

Family info: Son of Leslie and Chris Stamkos

Source: http://makedonen.blogspot.com/2013/03/steven-stamkos-macedonian-hockey-killer.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Stamkos

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Giancarlo Giannini

May 3, 2014, 8:59 pm

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Birth Name: Giancarlo Giannini

Place of Birth: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

Date of Birth: 1 August 1942

Eye Color: green

Hair Type/Color: brown

Ethnicity: Italian

Family info: Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor and dubber. Fluent in English, he has starred in Hollywood productions as Hannibal and Man on Fire. Perhaps his best-known recent roles are in James Bond films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Giannini was raised in Naples. His son Adriano is also an actor who starred in “Swept Away” remake with Madonna.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316284/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

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Nic Pizzolatto

May 4, 2014, 1:36 pm

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Place of Birth: Louisiana

Date of Birth: 1975

Ethnicity:
*Italian, Polish (father)
*Spanish, along with Italian, German, French, English (mother)

Nic Pizzolatto is an American author. His father is of half Italian and half Polish ancestry. His mother has a lot of Spanish ancestry, along with Italian (from her own great-grandmother), German, French, and English, ancestry.

Nic’s paternal grandparents were Nicholas Pizzolatto (the son of Salvatore/Samuel Pizzolatto and Josephine Grado) and Suzanne Stanek (the daughter of Michal Stanek and Stefania Suzanne Bobowski). Salvatore and Josephine were Italian, from Chiusa Sclafani, in Sicily. Michal and Stefania were Polish.

Nic’s maternal grandparents were Austin Viadero Sierra, Jr. (the son of Austin Viadero Sierra and Alma Lizette Pons) and Yska Marie Elliot (the daughter of Joseph Berchman Francis Elliot and Enola Marie Hanemann). Nic’s great-grandfather Austin was a Spanish immigrant. Alma’s father had German and Spanish ancestry. Alma’s mother, Carmela Catalano, was Italian. Yska’s ancestry included German, Spanish, French, and English.

Sources: Nic’s paternal grandfather, Nicholas Pizzolatto, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Nic’s maternal grandfather, Austin Viadero Sierra, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Nic’s maternal grandmother, Yska Marie Elliot, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Maria de Medeiros

May 4, 2014, 9:12 pm

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Birth Name: Maria de Medeiros Esteves Vitorino de Almeida

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal

Date of Birth: 19 August 1965

Eye Color: green

Hair Type/Color: brown

Ethnicity: Portuguese

Family info: Maria de Medeiros is a Portuguese artist, mostly known for the role of Bruce Willis’ girlfriend, Fabienne, in Pulp Fiction. She was born in Lisbon, Portugal, from musician/composer António Victorino de Almeida and journalist Maria Armanda de Saint-Maurice Ferreira Esteves. Her maternal grandmother was writer Odette de Saint-Maurice. Medeiros speaks French fluently without an accent . She also acts in Spanish, German, and Italian productions.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Medeiros

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Medeiros

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Burt Reynolds

May 4, 2014, 10:30 pm

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Birth Name: Burton Leon Reynolds

Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan

Date of Birth: February 11, 1936

Ethnicity: English, with distant Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, Dutch

Burt Reynolds is an American actor. He has English, with distant Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, and Dutch, ancestry.

Burt is often cited as having some degree of Cherokee Native American ancestry, specifically on his father’s side. This Cherokee Native American ancestry has never been documented/verified.

Burt’s paternal grandparents were John Burton Reynolds II (the son of John Burton Reynolds and Elizabeth Lattimore) and Effie M. Thompson (the daughter of Milo Thompson and Ann E. Wilcox).

Burt’s maternal grandparents were Leon Chauncey Miller (the son of Charles Aldrille Miller and Annette Florilla Bell) and Nina Bell Wheeler (the daughter of George C. Wheeler and Harriette A. Hungerford).

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Ryan Sheckler

May 5, 2014, 12:10 am

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Birth Name: Ryan Allen Sheckler

Place of Birth: San Clemente, California

Date of Birth: December 30, 1989

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Austrian

Ryan Sheckler is an American skateboarder. He has German, English, Irish, and Austrian ancestry.

On his father’s side, Ryan is the grandson of Larry Allen Sheckler (the son of Daniel Alfred Sheckler and Christine Moore) and Oleta Ruth Self (the daughter of Lloyd Waine Self and Esther Ruth Chipman). Daniel was the son of Daniel Lincoln Sheckler and Nina Marion Bindewald.

On his mother’s side, Ryan is the grandson of Thomas F. Walsh and Dianne Marie Blank (the daughter of Charles John Blank and Mary Jane Roach).

Sources: Genealogy of Ryan Sheckler (focusing on his father’s side) – http://sheckler.bouwman.com

Ryan’s paternal grandfather, Daniel Alfred Sheckler, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Calvin Goldspink

May 5, 2014, 12:26 am

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Place of Birth: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Date of Birth: 24 January, 1989

Ethnicity: English, Polish

Calvin Goldspink is a British actor and singer.

Calvin’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were “Hartell” and “Yagodsinski”/”Yagodzinski”. His maternal grandmother’s surname indicates that she is likely of Polish ancestry.

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Chris Martin

May 5, 2014, 6:13 am

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Birth Name: Christopher Anthony John Martin

Place of Birth: Exeter, Devon, England, UK

Date of Birth: 2 March 1977

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Brown and blonde

Ethnicity: English

Family info: Chris Martin was born in Whitestone, Exeter, Devon, England, and is the eldest of five children. His father, Anthony Martin, is a retired accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin, is a music teacher. He is well known as a member of the band, Coldplay.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Martin

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Zdeno Chára

May 5, 2014, 6:18 am

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Birth Name: Zdeno Chára

Place of Birth: Trenčín, Slovakia

Date of Birth: March 18, 1977

Eye Color: Green

Hair Type/Color: Brown

Ethnicity: Slovak

Family info: Zdeno Chára is a professional ice hockey player. He is the son of Zdeněk Chára, and is a polyglot who speaks Slovak, Czech, Polish, Swedish, Russian, German and English.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeno_Chára

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George Kennedy

May 7, 2014, 1:46 am

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Birth Name: George Harris Kennedy, Jr.

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: February 18, 1925

Ethnicity: German (maternal grandfather), English, Irish

George Kennedy is an American actor. His maternal grandfather was a German immigrant. His other ancestry is English and Irish.

George’s paternal grandparents were Frederick William Kennedy (the son of John Thomas Kennedy and Elizabeth Ann Cox) and Georgia Anna Harris (the daughter of Horatio Harris and Eunice Elizabeth Crehore).

George’s maternal grandparents were ? Kieselbach and Katherine Cunnion (the daughter of John Cunnion and Mary Ellen A.).

Source: Genealogy of George Kennedy – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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M. Emmet Walsh

May 7, 2014, 2:37 am

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Birth Name: Michael Emmet Walsh

Place of Birth: Ogdensburg, New York

Date of Birth: March 22, 1935

Ethnicity: Irish

M. Emmet Walsh is an American actor. Both of his parents were of Irish descent.

M.’s paternal grandparents were Maurice Walsh (the son of Patrick Walsh and Margaret Buckley) and Jane Ann Kinney/Anna Burke.

M.’s maternal grandparents were Michael Francis Sullivan (the son of Jeremiah Sullivan and Catherine Murphy) and Agnes Catherine McEnany (the daughter of Thomas McEnany and Rosa Hand).

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William Hurt

May 7, 2014, 2:42 am

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Birth Name: William McChord Hurt

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.

Date of Birth: March 20, 1950

Ethnicity: English, with some German, Scottish, Irish

William Hurt is an American actor. He is of English, with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of German, Scottish, and Irish, ancestry.

William’s paternal grandparents were William Fairleigh Hurt (the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Hurt and Alice Johnston) and Laura McChord (the daughter of Alfred Hynes McChord and Eunice Harlan).

William’s maternal grandparents were Frederick William McGill (the son of Frederick Aron/Onslow McGill and Sarah Isabel Schooler) and Catherine Rogers (the daughter of Alexander Rogers and Isabel Bryden Bulman).

Source: Genealogy of William Hurt – http://www.geni.com

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Kelsey Grammer

May 7, 2014, 2:58 am

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Birth Name: Allen Kelsey Grammer

Place of Birth: Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

Date of Birth: February 21, 1955

Ethnicity: English, some German, Scottish, Irish

Kelsey Grammer is an American actor. He has English, and smaller amounts of German, Scottish, and Irish, ancestry.

Kelsey’s paternal grandparents were Frank Allen Grammer (the son of John Thomas Grammer and Emily Tuite) and Edna Weeks (the daughter of Wilbur Wesley Weeks and Ella M. Romaine).

Kelsey’s maternal grandparents were Gordon Savage Cranmer (the son of William Stockton Cranmer and Cora May Savage) and Evangeline Dimmock (the daughter of Edwin Dimmock and Genevieve Marriett Geddes).

Sources: Genealogies of Kelsey Grammer – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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