Birth Name: Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau

Date of Birth: October 18, 1919

Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Date of Death: September 28, 2000

Place of Death: Montréal, Québec

Ethnicity:
*French-Canadian (father)
*Scottish, French-Canadian (mother)

Pierre Trudeau was a Canadian lawyer, intellectual, activist, and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. He was also Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament, from June 4, 1979 to March 3, 1980, and was Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from April 6, 1968 to June 16, 1984. Prime Minister Trudeau had previously been Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, from April 4, 1967 to July 5, 1968.

Prime Minister Trudeau was the son of Grace (Elliott) and Charles Trudeau (Joseph Charles Émile Trudeau), a businessman. His father was of French-Canadian descent. His mother was of Scottish and French-Canadian ancestry. Among his children is Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s patrilineal line can be traced back to Étienne-Pierre Trudeau, who was born, c. 1641, in Sainte-Marguerite de Cogne, La Rochelle, Aunis, France. Étienne-Pierre moved to Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s paternal grandfather was Joseph-Louis Trudeau (the son of Louis Trudeau and Marie Louise Dupuis). Prime Minister Trudeau’s great-grandfather Louis was the son of Louis Michel Trudeau and Marguerite Gagné. Marie Louise was the daughter of Michel Dupuis and Marie Josephe Boire.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s paternal grandmother was Marie Malvina Cardinal (the daughter of Marc-Solime Cardinal and Marguerite Surprenant). Marc-Solime was the son of Pierre Cardinal and Marie-Anne Ste-Marie. Marguerite was the daughter of Joseph Surprenant dir Lafontaine and Archange Dubuc.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s maternal grandfather was Philippe Armstrong Elliott (the son of Edward Elliott and Amelia Morrisson). Edward was the son of Simon Elliott and Rebecca Armstrong.

Prime Minister Trudeau’s maternal grandmother was Sarah Sauvé (the daughter of Seraphin Francois Sauvé and Agnès Clark). Seraphin was the son of Francois Sauve Laplante and Eugene/Eugenie Lalonde. Agnès was the daughter of William Clark and Felicite/Felice Clement.

Sources: Genealogies of Pierre Trudeau – http://www.geni.com
http://www.francogene.com
http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca

Birth Name: Steven George Gerrard

Place of Birth: Whiston, Merseyside, England

Date of Birth: 30 May 1980

Ethnicity: English, Irish

Steven Gerrard is an English professional footballer. He spent the majority of his career playing for Premier League club Liverpool, with most of that time as their captain.

Steven is the son of Julie Ann (Byrne) and Steven Gerrard.

Steven’s cousin, Anthony Gerrard, qualified to play for Ireland. Steven is a Catholic.

Source: Birth record of Steven Gerrard – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Ian Howard Kessner

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Birth: August 26, 1969

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Ian Kessner is a Canadian film writer, producer, and director. He is the son of Rhona Joy (Vosko) and Norman Kessner. He is married to actress Bar Paly.

Ian’s paternal grandparents were Abraham Jacob “Abe” Kessner (the son of Isaac Kastner) and Tobie Fine (the daughter of Wolfe Fine and Esther Ashkenazy). Esther was the daughter of Moshe Ashkenazy.

Ian’s maternal grandparents were Irving Vosko and Elaine Levoy.

Source: Genealogy of Ian Kessner – http://www.geni.com

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Place of Birth: Buffalo, Iowa, United States

Date of Birth: May 28, 1986

Ethnicity:
*Armenian (father)
*German, Irish (mother)

Seth Rollins is a professional wrestler. He has said:

…I’m half Armenian and half German and Irish. My biological dad was Armenian. My last name is Lopez and I have a darker complexion, which throws people for a loop. My mother’s first husband is Mexican. That’s where I got Lopez. I grew up eating Mexican food at home, but he was very American. He didn’t grow up in Mexico or speak Spanish.

Birth Name: Paul John Teutul

Place of Birth: Yonkers, New York, United States

Date of Birth: May 1, 1949

Ethnicity:
*German, Austrian (father)
*Italian (mother)

Paul Teutul, Sr. is an American television personality. He is a co-founder of Orange County Choppers, a manufacturer of custom motorcycles. He stars in the reality television series American Chopper.

Paul’s paternal grandparents were John Teutul and Lena. John was of German and Austrian descent. Lena was German.

Paul’s maternal grandparents were John DeVito and Christina. John and Christina were both of Italian origin.

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Birth Name: Frank James Lampard

Place of Birth: Romford, London, England

Date of Birth: 20 June, 1978

Ethnicity: English

Frank Lampard is an English professional footballer. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Chelsea, where he played for thirteen years. Frank is considered one of the best midfielders of his generation. Frank is the son of Patricia Ann (Harris) and Frank Lampard, Sr., a former footballer.

Frank’s patrilineal line can be traced back to William Lampard, who was born, c. 1728, in Canterbury, England, and to his wife, Jane Johnson.

Frank’s paternal grandparents were Frank Richard Lampard (the son of Arthur Henry Lampard and Elizabeth Susan Allard) and Hilda D. Stiles.

Source: http://www.timedetectives.co.uk

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Birth Name: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Date of Birth: 22 April, 1870

Place of Birth: Simbirsk, Russian Empire

Date of Death: 21 January, 1924

Place of Death: Gorki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Ethnicity:
*Russian, with possible Chuvash and Kalmyk (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather)
*German, Swedish (maternal grandmother)

Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He was Premier of the Soviet Union from 30 December, 1922 to 21 January, 1924, and Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR, from 8 November, 1917 to 21 January, 1924.

He was the son of Maria Alexandrovna (Blank) and Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, a public figure in education.

Lenin’s father was born in Astrakhan, Russia, of Russian, and possibly Chuvash and Kalmyk, descent, and was of the Russian Orthodox religion. Lenin’s mother was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Lenin’s maternal grandfather was born Jewish, and converted to Christianity. Lenin’s maternal grandmother was a Lutheran, of half German and half Swedish descent, and Lenin’s mother was also raised Lutheran. Lenin himself was baptized Russian Orthodox.

Lenin’s paternal grandparents were Nikolay Vasilyevich Ulyanin/Ulyanov (the son of Vasily Nikitich Ulyanin and Anna Semyonovna) and Anna Alexeyevna Smirnova (the daughter of Aleksey Lukyanovich Smirnov and Alexandra Ulyanova). Lenin’s paternal grandfather Nikolay was a former serf. Lenin’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to Andrew Ulyanin, from the village Eropkin, which was located in present-day Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an area inhabited by the Chuvashes, a Turkic ethnic group. Lenin’s father was committed to building a primary school in Simbirsk, for Chuvash-speaking children, and possibly spoke the language himself. These factors makes it possible that Lenin’s grandfather had Chuvash ancestry. Some sources have stated that he also had Mordvinian and/or Tatar ancestry. Lenin’s paternal grandmother Anna possibly had Kalmyk ancestry. The Kalmyks are a Mongolian ethnic group in Russia. However, it is not clear if it has been verified that Lenin’s father had ancestry other than Russian.

Lenin’s maternal grandparents were Srul (or Israel) Moishevich Blank (the son of Moshko/Moshe Itskovich Blank and Mariam Froimovich) and Anna Ivanovna Grosschopff (the daughter of Johann Gottlieb Grosschopff and Anna Beata Östedt). Lenin’s maternal grandfather Srul was born in Starokostiantyniv, Ukraine, to a Jewish family; he converted to Orthodox Christianity, and was baptized as Aleksandr Dmitrievich Blank. Lenin’s maternal grandmother Anna was born in Saint Petersburg, to a German father, who was born in Lübeck, Germany, and to a Swedish mother, who was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sources: Genealogy of Vladimir Lenin – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Christopher Adrian Colabello

Place of Birth: Framingham, Massachusetts

Date of Birth: October 24, 1983

Ethnicity: Italian

Chris Colabello is an American professional baseball player. He is a first baseman and outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was raised partly in Rimini, Italy.

Birth Name: Robert Laird Borden

Date of Birth: June 26, 1854

Place of Birth: Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia

Date of Death: June 10, 1937

Place of Death: Ottawa, Ontario

Ethnicity: English

Robert Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada, from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920. His party membership was Liberal (1867-1891), then Conservative (1891-1917), then Unionist (1917-1922), and then Conservative again (1922-1937).

Prime Minister Borden was the son of Eunice Jane (Laird) and Andrew Borden. He was of English descent. His ancestry on both sides of his family led back to English immigrants to Colonial America (specifically New England) in the 1600s.

Prime Minister Borden’s paternal grandparents were Perry Borden, Jr. (the son of Perry Borden, Sr. and Mary Ellis) and Lavinia Fuller. Perry, Sr. was born in Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Mary was born in London, Connecticut, also in the United States.

Prime Minister Borden’s maternal grandparents were John Laird and Julia Lathrop (the daughter of John Lathrop and Eunice Denison). John Lathrop was born in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Eunice was the daughter of prominent soldier and political figure Robert Denison.

Source: Genealogy of Robert Borden – http://www.geni.com

Date of Birth: June 16, 1874

Place of Birth: Perth South, Ontario

Date of Death: August 5, 1960

Place of Death: Toronto, Ontario

Ethnicity: Ulster-Scots (Irish Protestant)

Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Canada, from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921, and again from June 29, 1926 to September 25, 1926. His party affiliation was Conservative (1908-1917), Unionist (1917-1922), Conservative again (1922-1942), and then Progressive Conservative (1942-1960).

Prime Minister Meighen was the son of Mary Jane (Bell) and Joseph Meighen.

Prime Minister Meighen’s paternal grandparents were Gordon Meighen (the son of Arthur Meighen) and Isabella Irwin (the daughter of Samuel Irwin and Mary Margaret McFarlane). Gordon was a Presbyterian from Londonderry, Ireland. Isabella was also from Londonderry.

Prime Minister Meighen’s maternal grandparents were Henry G. Bell (the son of Eliza J. Driver) and Margaret Jane Nesbitt.

Birth Name: Richard Bedford Bennett

Date of Birth: July 3, 1870

Place of Birth: Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick

Date of Death: June 26, 1947

Place of Death: Mickleham, England

Ethnicity: English, Scottish

R. B. Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessperson, philanthropist, and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930 to October 23, 1935.

Prime Minister Bennett was the son of Henrietta (Stiles) and Henry John Bennett.

Prime Minister Bennett’s paternal grandparents were Nathan Murray Bennett (the son of Nathan Merry Bennett and Nancy Hoar) and Rachel Ann Marshall.

Prime Minister Bennett’s maternal grandparents were David Stiles (the son of Elisha Stiles and Mary Hoar) and Mary Ann Wright.

Source: Genealogy of R. B. Bennett – http://www.geni.com

Birth Name: Louis Stephen St-Laurent

Date of Birth: February 1, 1882

Place of Birth: Compton, Quebec

Date of Death: July 25, 1973

Place of Death: Quebec City, Quebec

Ethnicity:
*French-Canadian (father)
*Irish (mother)

Louis St. Laurent was a Canadian politician and lawyer. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948 to June 21, 1957.

Prime Minister St. Laurent was the son of Mary Anne (Broderick) and Jean-Baptiste-Moise St-Laurent. His father was French-Canadian. His mother was Irish, born in Poppy Hill, Galloway, Ireland. As such, Prime Minister St. Laurent was the first Canadian Prime Minister of significant Irish Catholic ancestry.

Prime Minister St. Laurent’s paternal grandparents were Louis St-Laurent (the son of Joseph St-Laurent and Angelique Houle) and Marie-Louise Parent (the daughter of Joseph Parent and Marie-Reine Crepeau).

Prime Minister St. Laurent’s maternal grandparents were Stephen Broderick and Bridget Tully.

Source: Genealogy of Louis St. Laurent – http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca

Birth Name: John George Diefenbaker

Date of Birth: September 18, 1895

Place of Birth: Neustadt, Ontario

Date of Birth: August 16, 1979

Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario

Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*Scottish (mother)

John Diefenbaker was a Canadian diplomat, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister of Canada from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker was the son of Mary Florence (Bannerman) an William Thomas Diefenbacker/Diefenbaker. His father was of German descent. His mother was of Scottish ancestry. Prime Minister Diefenbaker was the first, and thus far only, Canadian Prime Minister of German descent, and, as such, he was the first, and thus far only, Canadian Prime Minister to have significant ancestry from somewhere other than the British Isles and/or France.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s paternal grandparents were George M. Diefenbacker and Margaret Lackner (the daughter of Johann/John Georg/George Lackner and Barbara Margaret Berboldt). Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s grandfather George was born in Adersbach, Sinsheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. John was born in Andersbach, Baden, Germany. Barbara was born in Melkereikopf, Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s maternal grandparents were John Bannerman (the son of George Bannerman and Christina Sutherland) and Flora Campbell. George and Christina were both born in Dornoch, Scotland. Flora was born at sea, between her parents’ homeland of Scotland and Canada.

Source: Genealogy of John Diefenbaker – http://www.geni.com

Date of Birth: December 27, 1823

Place of Birth: Rickinghall, Suffolk, England

Date of Death: December 10, 1917

Place of Death: Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Ethnicity: English

Mackenzie Bowell was an English-born Canadian politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada, from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.

Prime Minister Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England, to Elizabeth Ann (Marshall) and John Bowell. His family moved to Belleville, Upper Canada, in 1832.

Prime Minister Bowell’s paternal grandparents were John Bowell and Ann Peters.

Prime Minister Bowell’s maternal grandparents were John Marshall and Mary Bloomfield (the daughter of Isaac Bloomfield and Elizabeth Brett).

Date of Birth: July 2, 1821

Place of Birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia

Date of Death: October 30, 1915

Place of Death: Bexleyheath, England

Ethnicity: English, some Ulster-Scots (Irish Protestant)

Charles Tupper was a Canadian physician, lawyer, politician, and Father of Confederation. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister of Canada, from May 1, 1896 to July 8, 1896. He was also Leader of the Official Opposition, from July 11, 1896 to February 5, 1901, Premier of Nova Scotia, from May 11, 1864 to July 3, 1867, and Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, from May 30, 1883 to January 15, 1896, among other duties.

Prime Minister Tupper was the son of Miriam (Lockhart) and The Rev. Charles D. Tupper, a Baptist minister. All of his grandparents were American. Most of his ancestry was English, descending from immigrants to New England in the 1600s. He also had Ulster-Scots (Irish Protestant) roots.

Prime Minister Tupper’s paternal grandparents were Charles Tupper (the son of Eliakim Tupper and Mary Bassett) and Elizabeth West (the daughter of William West and Jane West). Charles and Elizabeth were both born in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Prime Minister Tupper’s maternal grandparents were James Lockhart (the son of James Lockhart and Rebecca Mitchener) and Miriam Marjorie Knowlton (the daughter of Daniel Knowlton and Zerviah Watkins). Prime Minister Tupper’s maternal grandparents were born in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut. Prime Minister Tupper’s great-grandparents James and Rebecca were born in Ireland.

Source: Genealogy of Charles Tupper – http://www.geni.com

Birth Name: Lester Bowles Pearson

Date of Birth: April 23, 1897

Place of Birth: York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: December 27, 1972

Place of Death: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ethnicity: Ulster-Scots (Irish Protestant), English

Lester B. Pearson was a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier, diplomat, and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 to April 20, 1968. He was Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, from January 16, 1958 to April 6, 1968, Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament, from January 16, 1958 to April 22, 1963, Secretary of State for External Affairs, from September 10, 1948 to June 20, 1957, and Canadian Ambassador to the United States, from 1944 to 1946. He won the Nobel Price for Peace in 1957.

Prime Minister Pearson was the son of Ann Sarah (Bowles) and The Rev. Edwin Arthur Pearson, a minister in the Methodist church, and later in the United Church of Canada.

Prime Minister Pearson’s paternal grandparents were The Rev. Marmaduke Louis Pearson (the son of Marmaduke L. Pearson and Catherine Pritchard) and Hester Ann Marsh (the daughter of Abraham Marsh and Abigail Whittier). Prime Minister Pearson’s great-grandparents Marmaduke and Catherine were born in Dublin, Ireland. Abigail was born in New Portland, Maine.

Prime Minister Pearson’s maternal grandparents were Thomas Bowles (the son of Charles Bowles and Nancy Anne Barrie) and Jane Lester (the daughter of Isaac Lester and Agnes Graham). Charles and Nancy were both born in Tipperary, Ireland.

Source: Genealogy of Lester B. Pearson – http://www.geni.com

Place of Birth: Dakar, Senegal

Date of Birth: 23 June 1976

Ethnicity:
*Senegalese (father)
*Cape Verdean (mother)

Patrick Vieira is a Senegalese-born French former footballer. At the international level, he obtained 107 caps for France, and was part of their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000-winning sides.

Patrick’s family moved from Senegal to Dreux, France, when he was eight, and he did not return to Senegal until 2003. Patrick’s grandfather served in the French Army, making him eligible for French nationality at birth.

The surname “Vieira”, which is Portuguese, is his mother’s maiden name. His mother is from Cape Verde.

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Birth Name: Claude Makelele Sinda

Place of Birth: Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Date of Birth: 18 February 1973

Ethnicity: Congolese

Claude Makelele is a Congolese-born French retired footballer and current manager. He was part of the team which reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also won league titles in France, Spain, and England.

Claude moved to Savigny-le-Temple, a suburb of Paris, in 1977, when he was four years old. His father, André-Joseph Makélelé, was also a football player. He represented the Congo DR, and ended his career in the Belgian First Division.

“Makelele” means “noises” in Lingala, one of the languages spoken in Congo.

Claude has a son with model Noémie Lenoir.

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Birth Name: Vanness S. Wu

Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 7, 1978

Ethnicity: Chinese

Vanness Wu is an American actor, singer, director, and producer. His mother’s surname is “Wang”. Vanness is married to Singaporean heiress and entrepreneur Arissa Cheo.

Source: Vanness’s birth record – https://familysearch.org

Place of Birth: Oslo, Norway

Date of Birth: November 1, 1962

Ethnicity: Norwegian

Magne Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician and visual artist. He is known as the keyboardist of the synthpop/rock band A-ha. He is the son of Anne-Lise (Aasen) and Kåre Furuholmen, a jazz musician who died from plane crash over Drammen, south of Oslo, in 1967. He is married to Heidi Rydjord.

Magne’s paternal grandfather was Sverre Furuholmen (the son of Martinius Juliusen Furuholmen and Inger Marie Andersen). Martinius was the son of Julius Olsen Furuholmen and Anna Marie Pedersdatter Gryte. Inger was the daughter of Anders Andersen and Maren Kirstine Syversdatter.

Magne’s paternal grandmother was Julie Brusevold (the daughter of Johannes Larsen Brusevold and Anna Gjertrud Kristine Faleide). Johannes was the son of Lars Helgesen and Anne Cathrine Olsdatter. Anna was the daughter of Paul Hansen Faleide and Kristi Eliasdatter Tonning.

Sources: Family history of Magne Furuholmen (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.varteig-historielag.no

Genealogy of Magne Furuholmen (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.myheritage.com

Baptismal record of Magne’s paternal great-grandfather, Martinius Juliusen Furuholmen – http://www.arkivverket.no

Baptismal record of Magne’s paternal great-grandmother, Inger Marie Andersen – http://www.arkivverket.no