Birth Name: Emory Isaac Cohen
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: March 13, 1990
Eye Color: Green
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Jewish
Family info: Emory Isaac Cohen is an American actor.
He is mentioned as being Jewish in the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia.
Source: http://www.jewishexponent.com/stars-david-week-4192012
Birth Name: Emanuel David “Manu” Ginóbili
Place of Birth: Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of Birth: 28 July 1977
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Straight Black
Ethnicity: Italian Argentine
Family info: The professional basketball player was born in Argentina to an Italian Argentine family. He holds both Argentinian and Italian citizenship but plays for the Argentinian national team.
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Birth Name: Nana Meriwether
Place of Birth: South Africa
Date of Birth: May 24, 1985
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Curly Black
Ethnicity: African American
Family info: Meriwether is well known as the 2012 Miss USA winner. She was born in South Africa to African American parents.
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Birth Name: Jacquelyn Ellen Smith
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 26, 1945
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Straight light Brown
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh
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Birth Name: Matthew Mackendree Lanter
Place of Birth: Massillon, Ohio
Date of Birth: April 1, 1983
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: English, Polish, Scottish, with more distant Irish, German, Ashkenazi Jewish (from Prussia), Sephardic Jewish
Family info: Matthew Mackendree Lanter is an American actor.
Matt has English, Polish, Scottish, and more distant Irish, German, Ashkenazi Jewish (German Jewish), and Sephardi Jewish, ancestry.
Matt’s paternal grandparents were Kenley Mackendree Lanter (the son of Robert Hayes Lanter and Elizabeth Sheftall MacKendree) and Jessie Mae Fudge (the daughter of Joseph F. Fudge and Mattie M.).
Matt’s maternal grandparents were Richard Wincek (the son of John Wincek and Frances or Francis) and Elle or Marilyn (possibly Ware; her mother’s name was possibly Ruth).
Through his father, Matt has Jewish ancestry from at least one five times great-grandfather, Emanuel Sheftall. Emanuel’s parents, Levi Sheftall (born Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, 1739) and Sarah De La Motta (born St Croix, Virgin Islands, 1754), were both Jewish. Emanuel’s paternal grandfather, Benjamin Sheftal, was a Prussian Jew, while Emanuel’s paternal grandmother, Hannah Solomons, was a Dutch Jew. Emanuel was of both Ashkenazi Jewish and Sephardic Jewish descent.
Matt’s maternal great-grandfather, John Wincek, was born in Ohio; John’s parents, George Wincek and Annie Kurteka, were both ethnically Polish immigrants, as were all of George’s grandparents (Paul Wincek, Rosa Kaklewiez, Jacob Kurteka, and Mary Brodi). This makes Matt Lanter at least 1/8th Polish.
Source: Genealogy of Matt Lanter – http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Lanter_(1983)
Genealogy of Matt’s paternal grandfather, Kenley Mackendree Lanter – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2925400&id=I593
Marriage record of Matt’s maternal great-great-grandparents, George Wincek and Annie Kurteka – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8DJ-9MF
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Birth Name: Adam Douglas Driver
Place of Birth: San Bernardino County, California
Date of Birth: November 19, 1983
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: English, German
Family info: Adam Douglas Driver is an American actor. His parents’ surnames, Driver and Needham, are both English. His stepfather is a Baptist minister.
Adam’s maternal grandparents were Ira Needham and Dolores Pettit (the daughter of Theodore Pettit and Florence Geneve Ullrich). Florence’s parents were Jacob Ullrich and Nellie Blanche Carpenter. The surname Ullrich is German.
Source: Obituary of Adam’s mother’s sister –
Genealogy of Adam’s maternal great-grandparents, Theodore Pettit and Florence Geneva Ullrich –
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Birth Name: Jonathan Edward Bernthal
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: September 20, 1976
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity:
*100% Ashkenazi Jewish (from Austria, Russia, Poland, Germany, Lithuania)
Family info: Jon Bernthal is an American actor. His parents are both Jewish. His family came to the U.S. from Austria, Russia, and Poland on his father’s side, and from Germany, Lithuania, and Russia on his mother’s side.
Jon’s paternal grandparents were Murray Bernthal, a composer (the son of Samuel Bernthal and Lena) and Rose Wartsky (the daughter of Aaron Wartsky and Lena). Samuel was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, and his wife, Lena, was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Aaron was a Polish Jewish immigrant, and his wife, Lena, was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Jon’s maternal grandparents were Henry Marx and Mildred “Billi” Geraldine Lurie (the daughter of Levi Lurie and Rose Cwengel). Henry was a German Jew, born in Munich, Germany, in 1918; he later moved to the United States. Levi was a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant. Rose was born either in Missouri, or in Kupel, Russia, to Russian-born Jewish parents, Harry Cwengel and Pessie “Pauline” Weiser.
Source: Jon’s paternal grandfather, Murray Bernthal, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Jon’s paternal grandmother, Rose Wartsky, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
Jon’s genealogy (focusing mostly on his mother’s side) –
Jon’s maternal grandmother, Mildred Lurie, on the 1930 U.S. Census –
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Birth Name: Inna Leonidivna Bordyuh
Place of Birth: Murmansk, Russia
Date of Birth: 12 January, 1986 (age 27)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Family info: Zlata was born in Russia to Ukrainian parents. She represented the Ukraine in the 2013 Eurovision contest.
Birth Name:Candice Renee Accola
Place of Birth:Orlando, Florida
Date of Birth:May 13, 1987
Eye Color:Brown
Hair Type/Color:Blonde
Ethnicity:English, Romansh-Swiss, French, Norwegian
Candice was born Candice Rene Accola in Harris, Texas.
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Candice’s maternal grandparents were Nelson “Red” Clark (the son of Layton Clark and Johnnie Gwendolyn Coe) and Arla Smith (the daughter of John L. Smith and Mildred Harrelson). Johnnie Gwendolyn Coe’s parents were John Coe and Ethel Seagle. Johnnie has many English surnames in her family tree. John L. Smith was the son of John R. Smith and Effie Claxton.
Mention of Candice’s parents – http://thesouthern.com/
Genealogy of Candice’s great-grandmother, Johnnie Gwendolyn Coe – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=carlrcoe&id=I53840
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Birth Name:Carly Rae Jepsen
Place of Birth:Mission, British Columbia,Canada
Date of Birth:November 21, 1985
Eye Color:blue
Hair Type/Color:brunette
Ethnicity:Danish,
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Birth Name:Elizabeth Egan Gillies
Place of Birth:Haworth,NJ
Date of Birth:July 26,1993
Eye Color:Blue
Hair Type/Color:Light brown
Ethnicity:Irish and Italian
Family info:Her parents are named Greg and Pam
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Birth Name:Sherman Alexander Hemsley
Place of Birth:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Birth: February 1,1938
Eye Color:dark brown to black
Hair Type/Color:natural
Ethnicity:African American
Family info:Brother: Richard Thornton (according to Richard Thornton)
Girlfriend: Flora Enchinton (“beloved partner” in Hemsley’s will)
Source:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376200/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Hemsley
http://www.nndb.com/people/012/000023940/
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Birth Name: Morena Baccarin
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: June 2, 1979
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Italian
Family info: Morena Baccarin is a Brazilian-born actress.
Her father, Fernando Baccarin, is of Italian descent. It is likely that her mother, Vera Setta, is of Italian ancestry also. “Setta” is an Italian surname.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morena_Baccarin
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Birth Name: Peter Hayden Dinklage
Place of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 11, 1969
Eye Color:Blue
Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown
Ethnicity: German, Irish
Peter Dinklage stated in an interview that he is of German and Irish descent and that his surname was originally Von Dinklage but was changed after the war by his ancestors.
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Birth Name: Emilia Clarke
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Birth: 1 May 1987
Eye Color: Bluish Green
Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown
Ethnicity: English
Emilia Clarke is well know for her reol as Daenerys Targaryen in the Series, Game of Thrones.
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Birth Name: Tobias Vincent Maguire
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California
Date of Birth: June 27, 1975
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Irish, English, 1/8th Austrian, 1/8th Puerto Rican
Family info: Tobey Maguire is an American actor. He is known for starring as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the first series of films about the character (from 2002 to 2007).
Tobey’s surname, “Maguire”, can be Irish. His mother’s maiden name, “Brown”, can be English.
Tobey’s paternal grandmother was born with the surname “Kropfl”. Her father, Bartholomeus Kropfl, was an Austrian immigrant, and her mother, Ana, was from Puerto Rico (and presumably of Hispanic ancestry).
This makes Tobey Maguire 1/8th Austrian and 1/8th Puerto Rican.
Source: Notes on Tobey Maguire’s genealogy – http://blogs.ancestry.com/au/2013/05/22/great-gatsby-family-trees/
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Birth Name: David John Franco
Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California
Date of Birth: June 12, 1985
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Reddish brown
Ethnicity:
*25% Portuguese
*25% Swedish
*50% Ashkenazi Jewish (from Russia, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania)
Family info:
Dave Franco is an American actor. He is the brother of actor James Franco, and also has another brother, Tom.
Dave’s father was of half Portuguese and half Swedish descent, and Dave’s mother is Jewish, from a family that immigrated from Russia, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania.
Dave’s paternal grandparents were Daniel Franco, Jr. (the son of Daniel Franco and Eugenia) and Marjorie J. Peterson (the daughter of Claus F. Peterson and Martha L. Rehn). Daniel Franco, Jr.’s parents were both Portuguese immigrants. Marjorie J. Peterson’s parents were both born in Illinois, and all of her grandparents were Swedish immigrants.
Dave’s maternal grandparents were Daniel S. Verovitz/Verne (the son of Carroll Harris Verovitz and Bessie G. Surad) and Marjorie “Mitzie” Levine (the daughter of Emanuel “Manuel” Levine and Jessie Bialosky). Carroll was born in Chicago, Illinois. Carroll’s father, Harry or Harris Verovitz, was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Carroll’s mother, Mary Harris, was born in Ohio, to a German Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother. Bessie was born in Portland, Oregon, to Philip Surad and Mary Shank, who were both Jewish immigrants from Russia. Emanuel was born in Lithuania, to Jewish parents David J. Levine and Michelle Corban, while Jessie was born in Ohio, the daughter of Joseph Bialosky and Esther Shapiro, who were both Polish Jewish immigrants.
Source: Dave’s paternal grandfather, Daniel Franco, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSTJ-1YG
Dave’s paternal grandmother, Marjorie J. Peterson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XS21-43X
Dave’s maternal grandfather, Daniel S. Verovitz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4Q4-M4Y
Dave’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Harry Verovitz, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD5Q-GB5
Dave’s maternal grandmother, Mitzie Levine, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X43P-HG5
Genealogy of Dave’s maternal grandmother – http://www.geni.com/people/Marjorie-Mitzie-LeVine/6000000007542586244
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Birth Name: Noomi Norén
Place of Birth: Hudiksvall, Sweden
Date of Birth: December 28, 1979
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown (Brunette)
Ethnicity: Swedish and Spanish (Possibly Gypsy)
Family info: Noomi’s mother, Nina Norén is a Swedish actress, and her late father, Rogelio Durán was a Spanish Flamenco singer from Badajoz. She has said that her father may have been of part Roma descent (Gypsy), and though she is “not sure if it is true,” she has “always been interested in the culture.”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noomi_Rapace
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Birth Name: Douglas Alexander Smith
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: June 22, 1985
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Race or Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian
Family info: Douglas Smith is a Canadian actor, with American citizenship. He is the son of producer Maurice Smith and actress Terrea Oster. His brother is actor Gregory Smith.
Douglas’s father was born in England and Douglas’s mother was born in the United States. Douglas’s maternal grandfather was Ashkenazi Jewish (from a family from Germany and Hungary). Douglas’s maternal grandmother had English, Dutch, German, Swedish, and Norwegian ancestry.
Douglas’s father was born in England. Douglas’s paternal grandparents were George Smith and Anne Joan Brown.
Douglas’s maternal grandfather was Harvey Oster (the son of Theodore David Oster and Ruth Singer). Harvey was born in New York. Theodore was a Jewish immigrant, who was born in Germany, to Maurice Oster and Barbella Lrank. Ruth was born in New York, to Jewish parents from Hungary, Ignatz Singer and Sarah or Lena Selkules.
Douglas’s maternal grandmother was Louise Mae Merchant (the daughter of George Elmer Merchant and Mable or Mabelle/Mabel A. Hanson). George had English, as well as more distant Dutch and German, ancestry. Mable’s father was Swedish and Mable’s mother was Norwegian.
Source: Marriage record of Douglas’s maternal grandparents, Theodore David Oster and Ruth Singer – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FFT9-WJV
Douglas’s maternal grandfather, Harvey Oster, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV3N-VXM
Genealogy of Douglas’s maternal grandmother, Louise Mae Merchant (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=merchantct&id=I5437
Douglas’s maternal grandmother, Louise Mae Merchant, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCDT-B97
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Birth Name: Paula Ann Hiers
Place of Birth: Albany, Georgia
Date of Birth: January 19, 1947
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown or white
Ethnicity: English, with some German
Family info: Paula Deen is an American celebrity chef.
Her ancestry is heavily English, with some German roots (her surname, “Hiers”, originates from German ancestry).
Paula’s paternal grandparents were Chester Mayfield Hiers (the son of John M. Hiers and Elizabeth J. Delk) and Nellie Lou Savage (the daughter of Thomas N. Savage and Rose or Rosa).
Paula’s maternal grandparents were Johnnie Larkin Paul (the son of John Liddle Paul and Lena Hazeltine Jennings) and Irene.
Source: Genealogy of Paula Deen – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dgbowling&id=I26622
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