Birth Name: William Paxton
Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas
Date of Birth: May 17, 1955
Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
Bill Paxton is an American actor. On his father’s side, he has English, and some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), ancestry.
Bill’s paternal grandparents were Frank Paxton (the son of John Gallatin Paxton and Mary Wyatt Gentry) and Marjorie Ruggles Lane (the daughter of John Lewis Lane and Myrtle May Ruggles).
Source: Genealogy of Bill Paxton (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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