Birth Name: William Todd Field
Place of Birth: Pomona, California
Date of Birth: February 24, 1964
Ethnicity: English, German
Todd Field is an American director, screenwriter, and actor. His ancestry includes English and German. He has many ancestral lines that have resides in New England since the 1600s.
Todd’s maternal grandparents were John Eugene Bettner and Margaret Louise Almand (the daughter of Jesse Benton Almand and Jennie May Sylvester).
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Birth Name: Matthew Avery Modine
Place of Birth: Loma Linda, California
Date of Birth: March 22, 1959
Ethnicity: English, 1/8th Swedish, some Scottish
Matthew Modine is an American actor. His paternal great-grandfather was a Swedish immigrant. His other ancestry includes English and some Scottish.
Matthew’s paternal grandparents were Alexander Revard Modine (the son of Andrew Daniel Andreassan Modine and Margaret Josephine Campbell) and Zella Vonola Fairbanks (the daughter of Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks and Celestia Adelaide Johnson). Andrew was Swedish.
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Birth Name: Lili Anne Taylor
Place of Birth: Glencoe, Illinois
Date of Birth: February 20, 1967
Ethnicity: English, some French
Lili Taylor is an American actress.
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Birth Name: Lucas Stephen Grabeel
Place of Birth: Springfield, Missouri
Date of Birth: November 23, 1984
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish
Lucas Grabeel is an American actor.
On his mother’s side, Lucas is the grandson of Raymond T. Harman and Edith Geraldine Scott (the daughter of Thomas George Scott and Maude Myrtle Northcutt).
Source: Obituary of Lucas’s maternal grandmother, Edith Geraldine “Gerry” (Scott) Harman – http://www.eatonfuneralhome.com
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Birth Name: Guillaume Canet
Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. France
Date of Birth: 10 april 1973
Ethnicity: French
Family info: Guillaume Canet is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Canet was born near Paris to a family of horse breeders from Algeria. He was formerly married to actress Diane Kruger. After they divorced he began a relationship with Marion Cotillard
Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Canet
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Birth Name: George Washington
Place of Birth: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Date of Birth: February 22, 1732
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Gray
Ethnicity: English, 1/32 French
Family info: 1st president George Washington is the son of Augustine and Mary Bell Washington. He is mostly of English descent with a 3rd time great grandfather named Nicholas Martiau (1591-1657) born in France.
Source: Gen.com
Birth Name: Justin Tyler Berfield
Place of Birth: Los Angeles County, California
Date of Birth: February 25, 1986
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Type/Color: Brown with some Blonde
Ethnicity: *Ashkenazi Jewish
Family info: Justin Berfield is an american actor and producer. He is most known for his role as “Reese” Malcolms troublemaking brother in the FOX sitcom “Malcolm in The Middle”. Justin is only of Jewish descent.
Source:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
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Birth Name: Jeffrey Scott Buckley
Place of Birth: Anaheim, California, US
Date of Birth/Death: November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997
Ethnicity: Irish and Italian (father); Greek, French, Anglo-American, possible other (mother)
Family info: Jeff Buckley was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Anaheim, California, Buckley was the only son of Mary Guibert and singer Tim Buckley. His mother is a Zonian of mixed Greek, French, American and Panamanian descent, while his father was born in Washington, D.C. on St. Valentine’s Day, to Elaine (née Scalia), an Italian American, and Timothy Charles Buckley Jr., a highly decorated World War II veteran who was the son of Irish immigrants from Cork. Buckley was raised by his mother and stepfather, Ron Moorhead, in Southern California. A Zonian is a person associated with the Panama Canal Zone.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley
Birth Name: Owen Joseph Kline
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth: 14 October 1991
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather)
*Chinese-Filipino, Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother)
Owen Kline is an American actor. He starred in The Squid and the Whale, as Jesse Eisenberg’s character’s brother. His parents are known actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates.
Owen’s father is of half German Jewish and half Irish (Catholic) ancestry. Owen’s maternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent, and Owen’s maternal grandmother was of half Chinese-Filipino (father) and half Russian Jewish (mother) ancestry.
Owen’s paternal grandfather was Robert Joseph Kline (the son of Julius Kline and Clara Cahn). Julius was born in Denver, Colorado, to German Jewish immigrants. Clara was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Clara’s father was a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria, Germany, while Clara’s mother was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents from Aldingen, Germany, Samuel Dreyfoos/Dreyfus and Dryka/Therese Pappenheimer.
Owen’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Agnes Kirk (the daughter of Joseph Jeremiah Kirk and Agnes B. Delaney). Joseph was born in Drumcah, County Louth, Ireland. Agnes was born in New York, to a father from Ireland, and to a mother who was born in New York, to Irish parents.
Owen’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Cates, a producer (born Joseph Katz, the son of Nathan Katz and Nina Peltzman) and Lily. Nathan and Nina were both Russian Jewish immigrants. Lily is reportedly of Chinese-Filipino and Russian Jewish background.
Sources: Genealogy of Owen’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Owen’s paternal grandfather, Robert Joseph Kline – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Another genealogy of Owen’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Owen’s paternal great-grandmother, Agnes B. Delaney, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Owen’s maternal grandfather, Joseph Katz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell
Place of Birth: Wallasey, Merseyside, England
Date of Birth: February 17, 1970
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Black
Ethnicity:
*Norwegian (father)
*Irish (mother)
Family info:
Dominic Purcell is an Australian, American actor that is born in England but raised in Australia. Dominic is most known as playing Michael Scofield brother “Lincoln Burrows” in the FOX television serial drama “Prison Break” He is also starred in the movies “Cubic” and “Blade: Trinity” His dad is Norwegian and his mother is Irish.
Source:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
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Birth Name: Kevin Prince Boateng
Place of Birth: Wedding, Berlin, West Germany
Date of Birth: 6 March 1987
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Ghanaian, German
Kevin-Prince is a professional footballer. A Ghanaian international, Boateng was born to a Ghanaian father and a German mother. Through his mother he is related to German professional soccer player, Helmut Rahn.
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/
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Birth Name: Scott Clinton Reeves
Place of Birth: Monterey County, California
Date of Birth: March 21, 1986
Ethnicity: English, with Scottish, Irish, Dutch, German
Scott Eastwood is an American actor. He is the son of actor Clint Eastwood and Jacelyn Allen Reeves.
His father has English, with smaller amounts of Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and German, ancestry.
The “Eastwood” line of Scott’s tree seems to trace back to Richard Eastwood, a man who was born, c. 1620, in England. Richard moved to Virginia, United States. One family tree traces Scott’s paternal grandmother’s “Runner” line to William Hans Ulrich Runner and Christiannah Reitz/Ritz, who immigrated from Germany in the 1700s.
Scott’s paternal grandparents were Clinton Eastwood (the son of Burr Eastwood and Jesse Mabel Anderson) and Margaret Ruth Runner (the daughter of Waldo Erroll Runner and Virginia May McClanahan). Jesse’s father was born in Scotland.
Sources: Genealogies of Scott’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Family history of Scott’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://www.americanancestors.org
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Birth Name: Thomas Everett Scott
Place of Birth: East Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Date of Birth: September 7, 1970
Ethnicity: English (mostly), smaller amounts of Scottish, German, Irish
Tom Everett Scott is an American actor. He is the son of Cynthia (Pierce) and William Joseph Scott. He is of mostly English ancestry, with smaller amounts of Scottish, German, and Irish. His family tree includes both recent immigrants and ancestral lines that have resided in Massachusetts since the 1600s.
Tom’s paternal grandparents were Hubert Morse Scott (the son of Joseph Morse Scott and Mary L. Rover) and Minnie Evelyn Brown (the daughter of Willie H. Brown and Altomera Chase). Joseph’s father was Scottish. Mary was born in New York, to a German father, Henry C. Rover, and an Irish mother.
Tom’s maternal grandparents were Albert Clifton Pierce, Jr. (the son of Albert Clifton Pierce and Marion Hazel Crowell) and Harriet J. Clemons (the daughter of Harry Wendell Clemons and Carrie Lottie Thompson). Marion’s father was Canadian. Carrie’s father, Henry Thompson, was born in England, and Carrie’s mother, Priscilla “Lilla” M. Bennett, was born in Massachusetts, to English parents.
Sources: Obituary of Tom’s father – http://currentobituary.com
Tom’s paternal grandfather, Hubert Morse Scott, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tom’s paternal grandmother, Minnie Evelyn Brown, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Tom’s paternal great-grandparents, Willie H. Brown and Altomera Chase – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Tom’s maternal grandfather, Albert Clifton Pierce, Jr. – http://www.legacy.com
Tom’s maternal great-grandfather, Albert Clifton Pierce, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tom’s maternal great-grandmother, Marion Hazel Crowell, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tom’s maternal grandmother, Harriet J. Clemons, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Jacob Harris Miller
Place of Birth: Weston, Florida, United States
Date of Birth: November 28, 1992
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jake Miller is an American singer and songwriter, from Weston, Florida. He is signed to Warner Bros. Records. His parents are both Jewish (Ashkenazi).
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Birth Name: Lauren Michelle Jauregui
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida
Date of Birth: June 27, 1996
Eye Color: Green
Hair Type/Color: Black
Ethnicity: Spanish-Cuban
Family info: Lauren Jauregui was born in Miami, Florida to parents Michael and Clara Jauregui. She has two younger siblings, a brother named Chris and a sister named Taylor. Her audition song was “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys. She cites Journey, Paramore, and The Script, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera as influences.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Harmony#members
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Birth Name: Normani Kordei Hamilton
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia
Date of Birth: May 31, 1996
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: African-American, Indian, French
Family info: Normani Kordei is a member of a singing group called Fifth Harmony. She has said in an interview that she is of African-American, Indian, & French decent. She was born to parents Derrick and Andrea Hamilton. She spent her early years in New Orleans. Her family relocated to Houston, Texas after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Normani has two older half-sisters, Arielle and Ashlee. Hamilton has been performing since she was three, and was an award-winning dancer and gymnast before recording her first single at age 13. She also had a small role on the HBO series Treme.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Harmony#members
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Birth Name: Dinah Jane Hansen
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, California
Date of Birth: June 22, 1997
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Light brown
Ethnicity: Tongan, Danish, Fijian,
Family info: Dinah Jane is in a singing group called Fifth Harmony. She has said in an interview that she is “mostly Tongan, Danish, & Fijian”. She cites Beyoncé, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey and Etta James as her musical influences.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Harmony#members
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Birth Name: Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
Place of Birth: Salto, Uruguay
Date of Birth: 24 January 1987
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Wavy Black
Ethnicity: Spanish-Uruguayan, African
The Uruguayan football player is of Spanish and African heritage. His grandfather is African Uruguayan.
Source:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/16277126
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Birth Name: Matthew Clayton Long
Place of Birth: Winchester, Kentucky
Date of Birth: May 18, 1980
Ethnicity: English
Matt Long is an American actor.
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Birth Name: Michael Robert Posner
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 12, 1988
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*French, English, German, Polish, Irish (mother)
Mike Posner is an American singer. He was born in Detroit and raised in Southfield, Michigan. His father is Ashkenazi Jewish. His mother, who is Catholic, has French, English, German, Polish, and Irish ancestry.
Mike’s maternal grandfather was Roy Wilfred Henrion (the son of Robert F. Henrion and Florentine Patzer). Robert was the son of Edward Henrion and Catherine Newton Northway, and had French and English ancestry. Florentine was born in Prussia (Germany), to Adolph Patzer (who was born in Poland, to ethnic German parents, Johann Ludwig Patzer and Henriette Rode) and Marianne Marek (who was born in Poland, to Robert Marek and Regina Symon, and was likely of ethnic Polish ancestry).
Mike’s maternal grandmother was Ann Marie Whittaker (the daughter of Raymond V. Whittaker and Eleanor E. Auglum). Raymond had English and German ancestry. Eleanor was born in New York, to Irish parents.
Sources: Mike’s maternal great-grandparents, Raymond V. Whittaker and Eleanor E. Auglum, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Mike’s maternal great-grandfather, Raymond V. Whittaker, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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