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Tim Guinee

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Birth Name: Timothy Sanders Guinee

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: November 18, 1962

Ethnicity: Irish, English, some Scottish

Tim Guinee is an American actor. He has Irish, English, and some Scottish, ancestry.

Tim’s paternal grandparents were William Fenton Guinee (the son of Timothy Cornelius Guinee and Anna Josephine Reilly) and Laura Mai Andrews (the daughter of Ebin Reese Andrews and Margaret Mai Arnett). Timothy was Irish. Anna’s parents were Irish.

Tim’s maternal grandparents were James Brockman Sanders (the son of William Josiah Sanders and Fannie Adams) and Frances Gertrude Nelson.

Source: Genealogy of Tim’s maternal great-grandmother, Fannie Adams – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Martine McCutcheon

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Birth Name: Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting

Place of Birth: Hackney, East London, England

Date of Birth: 14 May, 1976

Ethnicity: English

Martine McCutcheon is an English actress. She is the daughter of Jeanette Lilian (Ponting) and Thomas Hemmings. She took on the surname of her stepfather, John McCutcheon.

Martine’s maternal grandparents were Ronald S. Ponting (the son of Sidney Edward Ponting and May Florence Brown) and Lilian B. Collins.

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Michael Ealy

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"Underworld: Awakening" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals

Birth Name: Michael Brown

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.

Date of Birth: August 3, 1973

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Black curly

Ethnicity: African American

The actor is of African American heritage.

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Robin Givens

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The 39th NAACP Image Awards - Arrivals

Birth Name: Robin Simone Givens

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Date of Birth: November 27, 1964

Ethnicity: African-American

Robin Givens is an American actress. She is African-American.

Robin’s maternal grandparents were ? Newby and Grace Turner.

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David Bryan

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Birth Name: David Bryan Rashbaum

Place of Birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States

Date of Birth: February 7, 1962

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Family info: David Bryan is the keyboard player of the popular American rock band Bon Jovi

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Mark Knopfler

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Birth Name: Mark Freuder Knopfler

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Date of Birth: 12 August 1949

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (father); English (mother)

Family info: Mark Knopfler is a British musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits.

He was born to an English mother, Louisa Mary, from Blyth, Northumberland, and an Hungarian Jewish father, Erwin Knopfler, who was an architect and a chess player, whose anti-fascist sympathies and Jewish parentage forced him to flee from his native Hungary in 1939.

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

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Richard Armitage

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BAFTA LA TV Tea 2013 Presented by BBC America and Audi - Arrivals

Birth Name: Richard Crispin Armitage

Place of Birth: Huncote, Leicestershire, England

Date of Birth: 22 August, 1971

Ethnicity: English

Richard Armitage is an English actor. He is the son of Margaret (Hendey) and John Armitage.

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Sonam Kapoor

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64th Annual Cannes Film Festival - "The Artist" Premiere - Arrivals

Place of Birth: Mumbai, India

Date of Birth: 9 June 1985

Ethnicity: Punjabi

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Jon Kortajarena

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"A Single Man" London Premiere - Arrivals

Birth Name: Jon Kortajarena Redruello

Place of Birth: Bilbao, Spain

Date of Birth: May 19, 1985

Ethnicity: Spanish

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Madison Keys

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Place of Birth: Rock Island, Illinois

Date of Birth: February 16, 1995

Ethnicity: African-American

Family info: Madison Keys is an American professional tennis player

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

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Paul Simon

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7th Annual Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation Gala - Arrivals

Birth Name: Paul Frederic Simon

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 13, 1941

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Paul Simon is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor, known as part of the popular duo Simon & Garfunkel.

He was born to Hungarian Jewish parents. In 1945, his family moved to the Kew Gardens Hills section of Flushing, Queens, in New York City.

Simon’s musical career began after meeting Art Garfunkel when they were both 11. Garfunkel is of Romanian-Jewish ancestry.

Paul’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Schulman (the son of David Leib Schulman and Chaya Sara) and Ettie Marcus.

Source: Genealogy of Paul Simon (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com

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James Avery

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Raise Your Voice World Premiere in Los Angeles

Birth Name:James La Rue Avery

Place of Birth: Suffolk, Virginia, United States of America

Date of Birth:1945

Died: December 31,2013, Glendale, California, USA

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Hair Type/Color:Bald/gray

Ethnicity:African American

Family info:Spouse/Barbara Waters,stepfather to his wife’s son, Kevin Waters.

Source:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043041/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
http://www.ranker.com/

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Michael Rapaport

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Fox All-Star Winter TCA Party

Birth Name: Michael David Rapaport

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York

Date of Birth: March 20, 1970

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Michael Rapaport is an American actor. His family is Jewish (from Poland and Russia).

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Lou Myers

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Birth Name: Lewis Eddy Myers

Date of Birth: September 26, 1935

Place of Birth: Cabin Creek, West Virginia, USA

Date of Death: February 19, 2013

Place of Death: Charleston, West Virginia

Ethnicity:African American

Family info:Survived by his mother Dorothy Jefferies, a son Mevlin Myers, and two grandsons Brayden and Christian.

Source:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616786/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/lou-myers-dead-dies-different-world_n_2729053.html

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Kari Wührer

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Birth Name: Kari Samantha Wührer

Place of Birth: Brookfield, Connecticut

Date of Birth: April 28, 1967

Ethnicity: German, English

Kari Wührer is an American actress.

Kari’s paternal grandparents were Andrew J. Wuhrer (the son of Andrew Anton Wuhrer) and Melba A. Hirtz (the daughter of Fred James Hirtz and Antoinette Marie Lapierne). Fred was born in New Jersey, to German parents. Antoinette was born in Connecticut, to German parents.

Kari’s maternal grandparents were William Noble and Ellen.

Sources: Kari’s paternal grandmother, Melba A. Hirtz, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Kari’s paternal grandmother, Melba A. (Hirtz) Wuhrer – http://www.hoytfuneralhome.com

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Skyler Gisondo

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Place of Birth: Palm Beach County, Florida

Date of Birth: July 22, 1996

Ethnicity:
*Italian, Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (mother)

Skyler Gisondo is an American actor.

His father is of half Italian (Catholic) and half Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. His maternal grandparents are also Jewish.

Skyler’s paternal grandparents are Joseph Gisondo (the son of Rocco Gisondo and Maria Santa) and Evelyn Bookman (the daughter of Jacob Bookman and Lena). Rocco and Maria were Italian.

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Fidel Castro

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Birth Name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz

Place of Birth: Birán, Holguin Province, Cuba

Date of Birth: August 13, 1926

Ethnicity: Galician Spanish

Fidel Castro is is a Cuban politician who served as President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008.

Fidel’s paternal grandparents were Manuel de Castro Nunez (the son of Pedro Juan de Castro López and Juana Núñez Pereira) and Antonia Argiz Fernandez (the daughter of Pedro Argiz and Dominga Fernandez). Manuel and Antonia were both Spanish, from Láncara, Lugo, Galicia.

Fidel’s maternal grandparents were Francisco Ruz Vázquez and Dominga González Ramos.

Source: Genealogy of Fidel Castro – http://www.wargs.com

Sir Richard Branson

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2009 Environmental Media Awards - Arrivals

Birth Name: Richard Charles Nicholas Branson

Place of Birth: Blackheath, London, England, UK

Date of Birth: 18 July 1950

Ethnicity: English, 1/64th German, distant Irish

Sir Richard Branson is an British billionaire. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group.

He has English, 1/64th German, and distant Irish ancestry. His great-great-great-great-grandfather, Gustav Flindt, was German. Some of his ancestors, who were Anglo, were born in Madras, India.

Richard’s paternal grandparents were George Arthur Harwin Branson (the son of James Henry Arthur Branson and Mary Ann Brown) and Mona Joyce Bailey (the daughter of George James Bailey and Edith Emma Headley).

Richard’s maternal grandparents were Rupert Ernest Huntley Flindt (the son of Sydney Henry Flindt and Louisa Maria Cornwall) and Dorothy Constance Jenkins.

Source: Genealogy of Richard Branson – http://www.wargs.com

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Elisabeth Moss

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19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals

Birth Name: Elisabeth Singleton Moss

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: July 24, 1982

Ethnicity: English, Swedish, German

Elisabeth Moss is an American actress.

Elisabeth’s maternal grandparents were Bernard Ekstrom and Betty Jane Hammersmith (the daughter of Bernard Hammerschmidt/Hammersmith and Gertrude Beyer).

Source: Genealogy of Elisabeth’s maternal great-grandmother, Gertrude Beyer – http://records.ancestry.com

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Alex O’Laughlin

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Birth Name: Alexander O’Lachlan

date of Birth: 24 August 1976

Place of Birth: Canberra, Australia

Ethnicity: Irish, Scottish

Alex O’Loughlin is an Australian actor.

He is of Irish and Scottish descent.

Source: http://articles.chicagotribune.com

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