Birth Name: Vania David Heymann
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Israel
Date of Birth: March 27, 1986
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Vania Heymann is an Israeli artist and director. His father, Jacky “Yaacov” Heymann, is a French-born geriatric physician, from Strasbourg. His mother, Florence Paul (Herschmann), is a French-born anthropologist.
Vania’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Herschmann (the son of Isak Herschmann and Paulina) and Huguette. Joseph was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, from Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast.
Sources: Genealogy of Vania Heymann (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/Vania-Heymann/6000000010259780216
Family histories of Vania Heymann (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/bio/bio-heymann & http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/czernowitz12/testfile2011-1/0254.html