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Walter Koenig

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Birth Name: Walter Marvin Koenig

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: September 14, 1936

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Walter Koenig is an American actor. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants.

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Nichelle Nichols

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5th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon - Arrivals

Birth Name: Grace Dell Nichols

Place of Birth: Robbins, Illinois

Date of Birth: December 28, 1932

Ethnicity: African-American

Nichelle Nichols is an American actress. She is African-American.

Nichelle’s paternal grandparents were Samuel G. Nichols and Lydia Myers (the daughter of Jacob Meyers and Blanche).

Nichelle’s maternal grandparents were Henry Parks (the son of George Parks and Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Pasto/Parker) and Malissa Stinson.

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Sami Khedira

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World Cup 2014

Date of birth: 4 April 1987

Place of birth: Stuttgart, West Germany

Ethnicity: Tunisian, German

Family info: Sami Khedira is a German footballer currently playing for Real Madrid and the German national team. Khedira moved to Real Madrid from VfB Stuttgart in 2010. His father is Tunisian and his mother is German: they met in Hammamet, Tunisia. He was raised in Fellbach, Oeffingen in Baden-Württemberg region.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Khedira

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Ryan Braun

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The Grammy Nominations Concert Live

Birth Name: Ryan Joseph Braun

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: November 17, 1983

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Brown

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish father, Possibly Irish and other mother

Family info: Ryan Braun is a professional baseball player. His father is Jewish and his mother is not Jewish and was raised Catholic. Being Catholic and given the name Ryan it is possible his mother has Irish and other roots but never said.

Source: http://forward.com/articles/187662/can-ryan-braun-repent-enough-to-win-back-jewish-fa/?p=all

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Chris Colfer

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Birth Name: Christopher Paul Colfer

Place of Birth: Clovis, California

Date of Birth: May 27, 1990

Ethnicity: Irish, English

Chris Colfer is an American actor. He has Irish and English ancestry.

Chris’s paternal grandmother’s name was Patricia M.

Chris’s maternal grandparents are Wayne C. Boling and Fawnda R. Hill, who is a Christian minister (her re-marriage name is Fawnda Runyon).

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Cicely Tyson

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Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: December 19, 1933

Ethnicity: Afro-Caribbean

Cicely Tyson is an American actress. Her parents were from Nevis, an island in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Cicely’s paternal grandparents were John Tyson and Martha Laurance.

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Sarah Paulson

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Birth Name: Sarah Catharine Paulson

Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida

Date of Birth: December 17, 1974

Ethnicity: English, 1/8th Danish, some German, French

Sarah Paulson is an American actress. Her paternal great-grandfather was of Danish descent. She also has English, and some German and French, ancestry.

Sarah’s paternal grandparents are the Rev. Douglas Lyle Paulson, Sr. (the son of Frederick “Fred” Albert Paulson and Margaret Annie Chenault) and Gwendolyn. Frederick was born in Wisconsin, to Danish parents; his father was Hens Paulson.

Sarah’s maternal grandfather is John Henry Dolcater, Jr. (the son of John Henry Dolcater and Julia Anna Waters). Sarah’s great-grandfather John was the son of William Chauncey Dolcater and Canadian-born Mary Susan Mitchell.

Sources: Sarah’s paternal grandfather, Douglas Lyle Paulson, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Sarah’s maternal great-grandparents, John Henry Dolcater and Julia Anna Waters, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Josh Charles

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Birth Name: Joshua Aaron Charles

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland

Date of Birth: September 15, 1971

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*German, English, Scottish (mother)

Josh Charles is an American actor. His father is Jewish, and Josh has described himself as Jewish. His mother has German, English, and Scottish ancestry.

Josh’s maternal grandparents were Wilbur Woodrow Heckscher (the son of Robert J. Heckscher and Mary Glass) and Pamela “Pam” Lowery (the daughter of Percy McGee Lowery and Ruby Jewel/Jewell Gibson).

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Noah Silver

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Place of Birth: Miami, Florida

Ethnicity: French Jewish

Noah Silver is a French and American actor. He was born in Miami, to an American father and a French mother. Either one or both of his parents is/are Jewish.

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Hank Greenberg

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Birth Name: Henry Benjamin “Hank” Greenberg

Place of Birth: New York, City

Date of Birth: January 1, 1911

Hair Type/Color: Brown

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Family info: Hall of Fame’s Hank Greenberg is the son of Sarah and David Greenberg who were both Jewish.

Source: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/greenberg.html

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Rod Carew

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Major League Baseball All Star Game Red Carpet Parade - July 15, 2008

Birth Name: Rodney Cline “Rod” Carew

Place of Birth: Gatún, Panama

Date of Birth: October 1, 1945

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Type/Color: Brown

Ethnicity: African American

Family info: Rod Carew is a Hall of Fame baseball player. He is African American who married a Jewish woman and had Jewish children. Rod Carew has no Jewish roots and said he never converted to Judaism himself.

Source: http://ccsabathia52.com/2011/02/13/feb-13th-rod-carew-a-salute-to-black-history-baseball-heroes/

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2012/08/rod-carew-adam-sandler-chanukah-song/1#.U79Z6zmFXZw

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Brad Ausmus

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Birth Name: Bradley David Ausmus

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut

Date of Birth: April 14, 1969

Ethnicity:
*English, distant German (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Brad Ausmus was a previous Major League Baseball player. His mother was Jewish and his father was a Protestant of English and distant German descent.

Brad’s paternal grandparents were Harry Lee Ausmus (the son of William Harrison Ausmus and Mary Blaine Williams) and Gretna Ellen Childress (the daughter of Alvis Lindsay Childress and Mary Callie Edens).

Brad’s maternal grandparents were Jacques Michel Dronsick (the son of Leopold Dronsick and Ricka Schmidt) and Adele Friedman.

Source: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Brad_Ausmus.html

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Jenna Fischer

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Birth Name: Regina Marie Fischer

Place of Birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Date of Birth: March 7, 1974

Ethnicity: German, Swiss-German, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, English, Bohemian (Czech), Hungarian

Jenna Fischer is an American actress. Her father is of mostly German, as well as Swiss-German, Northern Irish (Scots-Irish), Scottish, and English, descent. Her mother has German, 1/4 Bohemian (Czech), 1/4 Hungarian, and possibly English, ancestry.

Jenna’s paternal grandfather was Edward Michael Fischer (the son of Edward Christian Ernst Fischer and Mary Emilie Thomann). Jenna’s grandfather Edward was of German descent.

Jenna’s paternal grandmother was Georgia Louise Crone (the daughter of Elmer Neal Crone and Stella Louise McKenna). Elmer’s father was from Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Stella’s mother was German.

Jenna’s maternal grandparents were Harold William Miller (the son of Edward Joseph Miller and Vilheminy “Minnie” Schultz) and Helen J. Bruns (the daughter of Julius E. Bruns and Anna). Vilheminy was of Bohemian (Czech) descent. Julius was of German descent. Anna was Hungarian.

Sources: Genealogy of Jenna Fischer – http://www.geni.com

Jenna’s maternal grandfather, Harold William Miller, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jenna’s maternal grandmother, Helen J. Bruns, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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James Newman

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Birth Name: James Myron Newman

Date of Birth: January 22, 1992

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother)
*English, Welsh, Belgian (maternal grandfather)

James Newman is an American actor. He is the son of producer Peter Newman and actress Antonia Dauphin. His brother is actor Griffin Newman.

James’s father is Jewish. James’s maternal grandfather, who was English, was of English, Welsh, and 1/16th Belgian (Flemish), descent. James’s maternal grandmother is of Polish Jewish background.

James’s paternal grandparents are Leonard Newman and Roslyn Orlofsky.

James’s maternal grandfather was Marc Brandel, a novelist (born Marcus Beresford, the son of J.D. Beresford, a writer, who born John Davys Beresford, and of Eveline Beatrice Auford Roskams). Marc was English. J.D., whose father was a clergyman, had English and Welsh ancestry. Eveline’s paternal great-grandfather, Joannus Baptista Roskams, was Belgian (of Flemish descent).

James’s maternal grandmother is Ruda Dauphin, a festival director (born Ruda Podemska). Ruda is of Polish Jewish descent. James’s maternal step-grandfather was French actor Claude Dauphin.

Source: Obituary of James’s paternal grandfather, Leonard Newman – http://query.nytimes.com

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David Silva

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Euro2008 Calcio Group D Soccer Match - Sweden Vs. Spain (1-2) - June 14, 2008

Birth Name: David Josué Jiménez Silva

Place of birth:Arguineguín, Spain

Date of Birth: 8 January 1986

Ethnicity: Spanish-Canarian; Japanese or South Korean

Family info: David Silva is a Spanish footballer who plays for English club Manchester City and the Spanish national team.

Silva was born in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, to Fernando Jiménez, a former municipal police officer, and Eva Silva, of Japanese descent, as claimed by the Canarian media.

He is commonly called by the nickname Chino (Spanish for “Chinese”) due to his physical appearance.

The BBC reported that his maternal grandfather was from South Korea and settled in the Canary Islands in the 1960s

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

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Joachim Löw

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Germany National Team Head Coach Joachim Low

Place of birth: Schönau, West Germany

Date of Birth: 3 February 1960

Eye Color: brown

Hair Type/Color: black

Ethnicity: German

Family info: Joachim Löw is the manager of the German national football team and a former football midfielder.

He’s from Schönau im Schwarzwald, a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, close to Swiss border.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_L%C3%B6w

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Caroline Wozniacki

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2012 Tennis - WTA Tour Pre-Wimbledon Party - Arrivals

Birth Name: Caroline Wozniacki

Place of Birth: Odense, Denmark

Date of Birth: 11 July 1990

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Blonde

Ethnicity: Polish

Family info: Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish tennis player. Her parents were Polish catholic immigrants.

Source: Wikipedia

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Simon Rex Cutright

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Birth Name:Simon Rex Cutright

Place of Birth:San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Birth:July 20, 1974

Ethnicity: Jewish(Mother), Anglo American(Father)

Family info:Rex was born Simon Rex Cutright in San Francisco, California, and is the only child of Paul and Zoe Cutright, He is Jewish on his mother’s side

Source: Wikipedia

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Sara Sampaio

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Celebrates 50 Years of Swim in New York City - Arrivals

Birth Name: Sara Pinto Sampaio

Place of Birth: Porto, Portugal

Date of Birth: July 21, 1991

Eye Color: Green

Hair Type/Color: Dark Brown/Brunette

Ethnicity: Portuguese

Family info: Sara Sampaio is a Portuguese model known for working with brands like victoria’s secret.

Source: http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Sara_Sampaio/

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Elmira Abdrazakova

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Birth Name: Elmira Abdrazakova

Place of Birth: Zhelezin District, Pavlodar Province, Kazakhstan

Date of Birth: October 7, 1994

Eye Color: Green

Hair Type/Color: brown

Ethnicity: Tartar (father) Russian (mother)

Elmira Abdrazakova is a Kazakh-born Russian beauty pageant titleholder.

She was known for the controversy surrounding her win as Miss Russia 2013 for not being “Russian enough” to represent her country.

Family info: Her father is named Rafail Abdrazakov and her mother is Olga Pshenichnikova.

Source: http://www.missuniverse.com/members/profile/657656

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/miss-russia-haters-elmira-abdrazakova_n_3084364.html

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