Birth Name: Samuel Shepard Rogers III
Place of Birth: Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Date of Birth: November 5, 1943
Ethnicity: English
Sam Shepard is an American actor. He has English ancestry.
Sam’s paternal grandparents were Samuel Shepard Rogers, Jr. (the son of Samuel Shepard Rogers and Margaret Deming Howe) and Helen Dodge (the daughter of Herbert Dodge and Maude).
Sam’s maternal grandparents were Frederick DeForest Schook (the son of William Schook and Sarah L.) and Amy Victoria Byron. Amy’s parents were English.
Source: Genealogy of Sam Shepard (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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