Birth Name: Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons
Date of Birth: January 5, 1911
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Death: January 30, 2001
Place of Death: Gassin, France
Ethnicity: Jewish
Jean-Pierre Aumont was a French actor. His mother, Suzanne (Cahen), was a French Jew, born in Paris, and his father, Alexandre Abraham Salomons, was a Dutch Jew, born in Amsterdam. Jean-Pierre had both Ashkenazi and Sephardi ancestry.
Jean-Pierre’s paternal grandparents were Philip Salomons (the son of David Philip Salomons and Sellie Coblentz) and Rebecca Daniels (the daughter of Alexander Daniels and Jeannette Le Jeune). Philip and Rebecca were both Dutch Jews, born in Amsterdam.
Jean-Pierre’s maternal grandparents were Emile Cahen (the daughter of Simon Oury Cahen and Célestine Berr) and Cécile Berr (the daughter of Eugène Berr and Esther Eulalie Ascoli). Emile and Cécile were both French Jews. Esther was the daughter of Elias Vitta Ascoli, who was born in Lisborn, Portugal, of Sephardi Jewish descent, and of Hanna Julie Deutsch, who was born in Saarwelligen, France, of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry.
Sources: Genealogy of Jean-Pierre Aumont – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Jean-Pierre Aumont (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.blankgenealogy.com
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