Michelle Gomez – Comic-Con International San Diego 2017 – Day 4 – Hilton Bayfront Hotel – San Diego, CA, USA – Keywords: half length portrait, “Missy”, long brown hair, black blouse, jeans Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Barbara Henderson / PR Photos

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Date of Birth: November 23, 1966

Ethnicity:
*Portuguese-Montserratian (father)
*Scottish (mother)

Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She is the daughter of May, a model agent, and Tony Gomez, a photographer. Michelle is married to actor Jack Davenport, with whom she has a son.

Sources: http://www.heraldscotland.com
https://www.theguardian.com

Tiffany Thornton – Variety’s 4th Annual Power of Youth Event – Arrivals – Paramount Studios – Hollywood, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Bob Charlotte / PR Photos

Birth Name: Tiffany Dawn Thornton

Place of Birth: College Station, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 14, 1986

Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish

Tiffany Thornton is an American actress, radio personality, and singer. She is the daughter of Kimberly Anne (Blatchley) and John Edwin Thornton.

Tiffany’s paternal grandfather was Hasting Simpson Thornton (the son of John Pick Thornton and Annie Nora Chambers). John was the son of Hasting S. Thornton and Alice Louvenie.

Tiffany’s paternal grandmother was Marlene Camilla/Camillia Pietsch (the daughter of Wesley Edwin “Jack” Pietsch and Sybil Camille Barn/Born). Jack was the son of Albert Louis Pietzsch and Amanda Louise Mueller. Sybil was the daughter of Emory G. Born and Camilla E.

Tiffany’s maternal grandfather was Ron B. Blatchley (the son of Clifford Harold Blatchley and Evelyn Darrow).

Tiffany’s maternal grandmother Ruth Anne Currie (the daughter of Jack William Currie and Mattie Ruth Jones). Jack was the son of Will T. Currie and Jennie Hester. Mattie was the daughter of Vardie Jones and Edith Mercer.

Liberty Ross – 2016 LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Robert Irwin and Kathryn Bigelow Presented by Gucci – Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 5905 Wilshire Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Liberty Lettice Lark Ross

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 23 September 1978

Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, 1/8 Italian, distant Welsh

Liberty Ross is an English model and actress.

Liberty is the daughter of Roxana Rose Catherine Naila “Bunty” (Lampson) and Ian Cowper Ross.

Liberty is married to American music producer Jimmy Iovine. She has two children with her ex-husband, film director Rupert Sanders.

Liberty’s brothers are musicians and record producers Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross.

Liberty’s paternal grandfather was named Charles Edward Ross.

Liberty’s maternal grandfather was Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (the son of Norman George Lampson and Helen Agnes Smith Blackburn). The 1st Baron Killearn was a diplomat. Norman was the son of an American emigrants, Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 1st Baronet, of New Haven, Vermont, and of Jane Walter Sibley, of Lady Jane Walter Sibley, of Sutton, Massachusetts. Helen was Scottish, from Killearn, Stirlingshire, the daughter of Peter Blackburn and Jean Wedderburn.

Liberty’s maternal grandmother was Jacqueline Aldine Leslie Castellani (the daughter of Sir Aldo Castellani and Josephine). Jacqueline was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Aldo was an Italian pathologist and bateriologist, from Florence, and was the son of Ettore Castellani and Violante Guiliani. Josephine was from Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire (now West Yorkshire), and was the daughter of George Ambler Stead, who was of English descent, and of an Irish emigrant, Emily Charlotte French, of Ballinasloe, County Roscommon.

Liberty’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandmother, Eliza Dawson.

Sources: Genealogies of Liberty’s mother – https://www.geni.com
http://www.thepeerage.com

Birth Name: Leopold Lincoln Fitzgerald Ross

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: 19 August 1980

Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, 1/8 Italian, distant Welsh

Leopold Ross is an English musician and record producer.

Leopold is the son of Roxana Rose Catherine Naila “Bunty” (Lampson) and Ian Cowper Ross.

Leopold’s older siblings are musician, songwriter, record producer, and audio engineer Atticus Ross and model and actress Liberty Ross.

Leopold’s paternal grandfather was named Charles Edward Ross.

Leopold’s maternal grandfather was Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (the son of Norman George Lampson and Helen Agnes Smith Blackburn). The 1st Baron Killearn was a diplomat. Norman was the son of an American emigrants, Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, 1st Baronet, of New Haven, Vermont, and of Jane Walter Sibley, of Lady Jane Walter Sibley, of Sutton, Massachusetts. Helen was Scottish, from Killearn, Stirlingshire, the daughter of Peter Blackburn and Jean Wedderburn.

Leopold’s maternal grandmother was Jacqueline Aldine Leslie Castellani (the daughter of Sir Aldo Castellani and Josephine). Jacqueline was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Aldo was an Italian pathologist and bateriologist, from Florence, and was the son of Ettore Castellani and Violante Guiliani. Josephine was from Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire (now West Yorkshire), and was the daughter of George Ambler Stead, who was of English descent, and of an Irish emigrant, Emily Charlotte French, of Ballinasloe, County Roscommon.

Leopold’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandmother, Eliza Dawson.

Sources: Genealogies of Leopold’s mother – https://www.geni.com
http://www.thepeerage.com

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Rupert Sanders – “Snow White and the Huntsman” Los Angeles Screening – Arrivals – Westwood Village – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 Headshot – False – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Birth Name: Rupert Miles Sanders

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 16 March 1971

Ethnicity: English

Rupert Sanders is an English film director.

Rupert is the son of Thalia M. (Garlick) and Michael David Sanders.

Rupert has two children with his ex-wife, model and actress Liberty Ross.

Rupert’s maternal grandparents were Thomas Garlick and Olive M. Rowe.

Sources: Birth record of Rupert Sanders – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Rupert’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org

Birth record of Rupert’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Rupert’s maternal grandparents, Thomas Garlick and Olive M. Rowe – https://www.familysearch.org

Birth Name: Jacob Krantz

Date of Birth: 19 September, 1900

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Death: 28 April, 1977

Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ricardo Cortez was an American actor.

He was the son of Sarah (Lefkowitz) and Moses/Morris Krantz, who were Austrian Jews. His brother was cinematographer Stanley Cortez.

Birth Name: Christopher Beau Landon

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: February 27, 1975

Ethnicity:

*Ashkenazi Jewish and Irish (father)
*Possibly English (mother)

Christopher Beau Landon is a screenwriter and director. He was born on February 27, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of famed actor/director Michael Landon, and actress Lynn Noe.

His paternal grandfather was Eli Maurice Orowitz. He was the son of Mosos Orowitz and Bessie Solositzky and was of Jewish ancestry.

His paternal grandmother was former dancer Peggy O’Neal, who was of Irish ancestry.

His maternal grandfather was John Graham Noe, who was the son of Arvin Graham Noe and Mittie Varnsdale.

His maternal grandmother was Virginia Plock. Virginia was the daughter of John Wesley Plock, who was of English ancestry, and Virginia Jenkins, who was of Welsh ancestry.

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Newsted – Rock im Park 2013 Music festival – Day 2 – Zeppelinfeld – Nurnberg, Germany – Keywords: Jason Newsted Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: radim rotek / PR Photos

Birth Name: Jason Curtis Newsted

Place of Birth: Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.

Date of Birth: March 4, 1963

Ethnicity: Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scottish, as well as distant Cornish and Welsh

Jason Newsted is an American musician. He is the former bassist for the metal bands Flotsam and Jetsam, Metallica, Echobrain, and Voivod. He also led the band Newsted.

Jason is the son of Joann Marlene “Jo” (Arnold) and Robert Gene Newsted.

Jason is married to Nicole Leigh Smith.

Jason’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandfather, John Newstead.

Jason’s paternal grandfather was Lloyd Ray Newsted (the son of Lloyd D. Newstead, later Newsted, and of Pansy Viola Dean). Jason’s great-grandfather Lloyd was the son of James Earnest Newsted, whose own father, James Isaac Newstead, was an English emigrant, from Rackheath, Norfolk, and of Mary Amy Adell Spaulding. Pansy was the daughter of Kelly Joseph Dean and Jessie Ellen Conrad.

Jason’s paternal grandmother was Delma Helen Feasel (the son of Walter Marion Feasel and Nettie May Murray). Walter was the son of Henry Feasel and Rebecca Ann Abshire. Nettie was the daughter of John Murray and Rosanna Gehrett.

Jason’s maternal grandfather was Floyd Val Arnold (the son of Charles Jacob Arnold and Margaret B. “Maggie” Cloud). Charles was the son of John Arnold and Nancy Jane Shull. Margaret was the daughter of Ira Anthony Cloud and Lula Mae Evans.

Jason’s maternal grandmother was Helen B. Feister (the daughter of Curtis Homer Feister and Leona Ann Straley). Jason’s great-grandfather Curtis was the son of John Feister and Lavina Houck. Leona was the daughter of Jacob Jerome Straley and Margaret Jane Linton.

Jason’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandmother, Sarah Booker.

Sources: Jason’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Jason’s paternal grandfather, Lloyd Ray Newsted, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Jason’s paternal great-grandparents, Lloyd D. Newsted and Pansy Viola Dean – https://www.familysearch.org

Birth record of Jason’s paternal great-grandfather, Lloyd D. Newstead – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Jason’s paternal grandmother, Delma Helen (Feasel) Newsted – https://www.findagrave.com

Jason’s paternal grandmother, Delma Helen Feasel, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Jason’s paternal great-grandfather, Walter Marion Feasel, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Jason’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Henry Feasel and Rebecca Ann Abshire – https://www.familysearch.org

Jason’s paternal great-grandmother, Nettie May Murray, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituaries of Jason’s mother – https://www.findagrave.com
http://obits.mlive.com

Genealogy of Jason’s maternal grandfather, Floyd Val Arnold – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Jason’s maternal great-grandfather, Curtis Homer Feister – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Jason’s maternal great-grandmother, Leona Ann Straley – https://www.familysearch.org

Place of Birth: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date of Birth: July 31, 1962 or 1978

Ethnicity: Swedish, other

Michael Eklund is a Canadian actor and producer.

Michael is sometimes said to have Norwegian and Cree First Nations ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate. His surname is Swedish.

Photo by s_bukley/www.bigstockphoto.com

Birth Name: William Ryan Key

Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 17, 1979

Ethnicity: German, other

Ryan Key is an American musician. He is best known as the former lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist of the former pop punk musical group Yellowcard.

His mother is named Cynthia (Speir).

Ryan is married to Russian snowboarder Alyona Alekhina.

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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Birth: April 17, 1988

Ethnicity: Japanese

Takahiro Moriuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock.

Takahiro is the son of singers Masako Mori (Masako Morita) and Shinichi Mori (Kazuhiro Moriuchi).

Takahiro’s younger brother is singer-songwriter Hiroki Moriuchi.

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Birth: January 25, 1994

Ethnicity: Japanese

Hiroki Moriuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band My First Story.

Hiroki is the son of singers Masako Mori (Masako Morita) and Shinichi Mori (Kazuhiro Moriuchi).

Hiroki’s older brother is singer-songwriter Takahiro Moriuchi.

Bring Me the Horizon – Rock im Park 2013 Music Festival – Day 3 – Zeppelinfeld – Nurnberg, Germany – Keywords: Oliver Sykes, Lee Malia, Matt Nicholls, Jordan Fish, Orientation: Landscape – False – Photo Credit: radim rotek / PR Photos

Birth Name: Oliver Scott Sykes

Place of Birth: Ashford, Kent, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 20 November 1986

Ethnicity: English

Oliver Sykes is an English musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Bring Me The Horizon.

Oliver is the son of Carol (Gleed) and Ian Paul Sykes.

Oliver’s maternal grandparents had the surnames “Gleed” and “Thompson”.

Sources: Birth record of Oliver Sykes – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Oliver’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org

Birth record of Oliver’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

Nikolai Nikolaeff – Australians In Film’s 6th Annual Awards Gala – Arrivals – NeueHouse Hollywood, 6121 Sunset Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA -Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia

Date of Birth: December 26, 1981

Ethnicity: Russian, possibly other

Nikolai Nikolaeff is an Australian actor.

Birth Name: Daron Vartan Malakian

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 18, 1975

Ethnicity: Armenian

Daron Malakian is an American musician. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the heavy metal band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the rock band Scars on Broadway.

His father, Vartan Malakian, is a painter, dancer, and choreographer. His mother, Zepur (Markarian), is a sculptor. They are both ethnic Armenian immigrants originally from Iraq.

Source: Birth record of Daron Malakian – https://www.familysearch.org

Jack Kesy – 2017 Turner Upfront – Arrivals – Madison Square Garden – New York City, NY, USA – Keywords: Vertical, Turner Upfront 2017, TNT, TruTV, CNN, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, Cable channel, MSG, Red Carpet Event, Arrival, Attending, Television Show, Portrait, Photography, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Attending, Celebrities, Celebrity, Person, People, Bestof, Topix, NYC Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Lisa Holte / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Poland (likely)

Date of Birth: c. 1986

Ethnicity: Polish

Jack Kesy is a Polish-born American actor. He was raised in New York City, New York.

Yair Lapid – 2012 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference – Walter Washington Convention Center – Washington, DC, USA – Photo Credit: Laurence Agron / PR Photos

Place of Birth: Tel Aviv, Israel

Date of Birth: 5 November, 1963

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Yair Lapid is an Israeli journalist and politician. He is the chairman of the Yesh Atid Party. He was also Minister of Finance, from 2013 and 2014.

Yair is the son of Shulamit Lapid, a novelist and playwright, and Tommy Lapid, a radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician, and government minister.

Yair’s father was born in Novi Sad, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia), to a Hungarian Jewish family; Yair’s paternal grandfather was killed by the Nazis in 1945. The family moved to Israel in 1948. Yair’s mother was born in Tel Aviv.

Yair is married to journalist Lihi Lapid. He has a son with his former wife, Tamar Friedman, and two children with Lihi.

Yair’s maternal grandfather was Yechiel David Gilaadi (the son of R’ Shlomo Zalman Klein, A.B.D. Szilagy-Cseh, and of Feiga Schwartz). David was born in Transylvania, and was a journalist, novelist, and translator, who co-founded the newspaper Maariv. Shlomo was born in Oradea, Municipiul Oradea, Județul Bihor, Romania, the son of Rabbi Moshe Martin Klein, A.B.D. Szilágycseh (Cehu Silvaniei), and of Sarah Sheindel Deutsch. Feiga was the daughter of Yekusiel Schwartz.

Yair’s maternal grandmother is Helen Joseph (the daughter of Moses Joseph).

Source: Genealogy of Yair Lapid – https://www.geni.com

Place of Birth: Robert Gregory Bourdon

Place of Birth: Calabasas, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 20, 1979

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Rob Bourdon is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Linkin Park.

Rob is the son of Patricia B. “Patty” (Yellen) and Gregory L. “Greg” Bourdon.

Rob’s maternal grandfather was Manuel Yellen (the son of Abram Jeleń, later Yellen, and of Freda Deutsch). Abram was a Polish Jewish emigrant, from Łomża, Podlaskie. Freda was a Hungarian Jewish emigrant, and was the daughter of Marcus Deutsch and Peppie Perlman.

Rob’s maternal grandmother was Mildred Lavietes (the daughter of Louis Morris Lavietes and Kate Rubinton). Louis was a Ukrainian Jewish emigrant, from Kiev, and his mother was Sarah Surinskaya. Kate was the daughter of Russian Jewish emigrants, Joseph Rubinton, and Anna Sorkina.

Rob’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his third great-grandmother, Esther.

Sources: Birth record of Rob Bourdon – https://www.familysearch.org

Birth record of Rob’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Rob’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com

Birth record of Rob’s maternal grandfather, Manuel Yellen – https://www.familysearch.org

Rob’s maternal great-grandmother, Freda (Deutsch) Yellen, on Find a Grave – https://www.findagrave.com

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A Day To Remember – A Day To Remember in Concert at Radio 104.5’s Performance Theatre in Bala Cynwyd – April 21, 2014 – Radio 104.5’s Performance Theatre – Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA – Photo Credit: Paul Froggatt / PR Photos

Birth Name: Jeremiah Wade McKinnon

Place of Birth: Gainesville, Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: December 17, 1985

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, as well as distant Irish and Welsh

Jeremy McKinnon is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band A Day to Remember.

Jeremy is the son of Alice Marie (Tillis) and Robert George Pierce “Robbie” McKinnon III.

Jeremy is married to Stephanie Morrison, with whom he has a daughter.

Jeremy’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandfather, Archibald McKinnon.

Jeremy’s paternal grandfather was Robert George Pierce McKinnon II (the son of Robert George Pierce McKinnon and Katie Mae Price). Jeremy’s great-grandfather Robert was the son of Alexander McKinnon and Sarah Elizabeth Arthur Pierce. Katie was the daughter of James Elijah “Jim” Price and Sarah Narcissi “Sallie/Sally” Proctor.

Jeremy’s paternal grandmother was Pearl Rene “Dottie” Hooker (the daughter of William Wesley Hooker and Rene Pearl Phillips). William was the son of David Wesley Hooker and Ellen Eugenia Montgomery. Jeremy’s great-grandmother Rene was the daughter of Asa Vaughn Phillips and Pearl Vaughn Wesson.

Sources: Marriage record of Jeremy’s father – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Jeremy’s paternal grandfather, Robert George Pierce McKinnon II – https://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy of Jeremy’s paternal grandmother, Pearl Rene (Hooker) McKinnon – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Jeremy’s paternal grandmother, Pearl Rene (Hooker) McKinnon – http://www.countrysidefunerals.com

Marriage record of Jeremy’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

Ethnicity:
*Irish, Swedish, some French-Canadian, English, and Scottish (father)
*Dominican (mother)

Jeffrey Wahlberg is an American actor. He is the nephew of actors and musicians Donnie Wahlberg and Mark Wahlberg.

Jeffrey’s mother is Dominican.

Jeffrey’s paternal grandfather is Donald Edward Wahlberg (the son of Axel Simon Wahlberg and Mary Madeline Bradley). Axel was born in Boston, to Swedish parents, Axel Gustaf/Gustave Wahlberg and Ida Albertina Nordstrom/Peterson. Mary was the daughter of Dennis J. Bradley, whose parents were Irish, and Sarah A. Doherty, who was Irish.

Jeffrey’s paternal grandmother is Alma Elaine Donnelly (the daughter of Arthur Ambrose Donnelly and Leone Floyd Brisbois). Arthur was born in Boston, to Canadian parents, Walter John Donnelly and Sarah Agnes Duffy, and had Irish, and one eighth Scottish, ancestry. Leone was the daughter of Edward Brisbois and Ellen Floyd “Nellie” McKittrick, and was of Irish, French-Canadian, and English, descent.