Birth Name: Paul Frederic Simon
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 13, 1941
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Paul Simon is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor, known as part of the popular duo Simon & Garfunkel.
He was born to Hungarian Jewish parents. In 1945, his family moved to the Kew Gardens Hills section of Flushing, Queens, in New York City.
Simon’s musical career began after meeting Art Garfunkel when they were both 11. Garfunkel is of Romanian-Jewish ancestry.
Paul’s maternal grandparents were Samuel Schulman (the son of David Leib Schulman and Chaya Sara) and Ettie Marcus.
Source: Genealogy of Paul Simon (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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