Birth Name: Cynthia Ellen Nixon
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: April 9, 1966
Ethnicity: German (maternal grandfather), English, as well as some Scottish, Irish, Welsh
Cynthia Nixon is an American actress. She is the daughter of Walter E. Nixon, a radio journalist, and Anne Knoll, an actress.
Her maternal grandfather was of German descent. Her other ancestry includes English, as well as some Scottish, Irish, and Welsh.
Cynthia has said that her mother had often stated: “I lived through World War II with a father named Adolph and through the ’70s with a husband named Nixon”.
Cynthia’s paternal grandparents were Walter E. Nixon and Grace Truman.
Cynthia’s maternal grandparents were Adolph O. Knoll (the son of Ferdinand Knoll and Anna Elsie Mueller) and Etta Elizabeth Williams (the daughter of Benjamin Williams and Cynthia Ann Dial).
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