Spike Jonze

October 16, 2014, 5:39 pm

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Birth Name: Adam Spiegel

Place of Birth: Rockville, Maryland, United States

Date of Birth: October 22, 1969

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*German, Scottish, English (mother)

Spike Jonze is an American director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards.

He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and in Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania. Spike’s father, Arthur H. Spiegel III, who is of German Jewish and Russian Jewish ancestry, had a distant relation with the Spiegel catalog family, and founded APM Management Consultants. Spike’s mother, Sandra L. Granzow, has German, Scottish, and English (Christian) ancestry.

Jonze was married to director Sofia Coppola.

Spike’s paternal grandparents were Arthur Henry Spiegel II (the son of Arthur Henry Spiegel and Mae Oberfelder) and Eleanor Friedman.

Spike’s maternal grandparents were Henry Walter Granzow (the son of Wilhelm Ferdinand Rudolf Granzow and Ida Auguste Schwolow) and Nina Lee Cunningham (the daughter of William J. Cunningham and Eleanor).

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Sheryl Crow

October 17, 2014, 1:11 pm

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Birth Name: Sheryl Suzanne Crow

Place of Birth: Kennett, Missouri

Date of Birth: February 11, 1962

Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scottish, Welsh, German

Sheryl Crow is an American singer.

Sheryl’s paternal grandparents were Charles Augustus Crow, Jr. (the son of Charles Augustus Crow, a congressman, and Emma Gardner) and Naomi Wyatt (the daughter of Robert Esco Wyatt and Winnie Dee Fyffe).

Sheryl’s maternal grandparents were Charles Floyd Cain (the son of Henry Wilson Cain and Myrtle Grisham) and Janet.

Sources: Genealogy of Sheryl Crow (focusing on her father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

Obituary of Sheryl’s maternal grandfather, Charles Floyd Cain – http://www.findagrave.com

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Jimmy Page

October 17, 2014, 9:54 pm

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Birth Name: James Patrick Page

Place of Birth:Heston, Middlesex, England

Date of Birth: 9 January 1944

Ethnicity: English, Irish

Family info: Jimmy Page is the guitarist of English legendary rock band Led Zeppelin. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

He was born to James Patrick Page and Patricia Elizabeth Page (née Gaffikin) in the west London suburb of Heston, which today forms part of the London Borough of Hounslow. His mother was of Irish descent.

On the web there are several rumours about an alleged Chinese ancestry through a grandmother. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page

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Wesley Clark

October 18, 2014, 10:36 pm

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Birth Name: Wesley Kanne

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: December 23, 1944

Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English (mother)

Wesley Clark is an American retired General of the United States Army. His the son of Veneta (Updergraff) and Benjamin Jacob Kanne. His father was of Russian Jewish descent. His mother had English ancestry.

Wesley’s father died when he was three, and Wesley took the surname of his stepfather, Viktor Clark, becoming legally known as Wesley Kanne Clark. Wesley was raised Southern Baptist, and later converted to Catholicism, his wife’s religion. Wesley did not know that his birth father was Jewish until he was in his 20s.

Wesley’s paternal grandparents were Jacob Kanne (the son of Meyer Kanne and Malka Friedman) and Ida Goldman (the daughter of Meyer Goldman and Rose). Jacob and Ida were Russian Jewish immigrants.

Wesley’s maternal grandparents were Robert S. Updegraff (the son of Harrison Augustus Updegraff and Catherine A.) and Elsie Nora Reynolds (the daughter of Thomas Wesley Reynolds and Mary Emma Upshaw).

Source: Genealogy of Wesley Clark – http://www.wargs.com

Annabelle Wallis

October 19, 2014, 2:11 am

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Birth name: Annabelle Frances Wallis

Place of Birth: Oxford, England, UK

Date of Birth: 25 September 1984

Ethnicity: English, Irish

Annabelle Wallis is an English actress.

She is the maternal great-niece of Irish actor Richard Harris, who was born in Limerick, Ireland, to a Catholic family.

Annabelle spent much of her childhood in Portugal attending Saint Dominic’s International School. She speaks fluent English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish.

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DeForest Kelley

October 19, 2014, 10:56 pm

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Birth Name: Jackson DeForest Kelley

Date of Birth: January 20, 1920

Place of Birth: Toccoa, Georgia

Date of Death: June 11, 1999

Place of Death: Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)

DeForest Kelley was an American actor. His father was a Baptist minister.

DeForest’s paternal grandparents were Emory Jackson Kelley (the son of Owen Kelley and Harriet Guest) and Mary Emily Payne (the daughter of John Epps Payne and Lory Emily Shackleford).

DeForest’s maternal grandparents were James T. Casey (the son of Jackson Casey and Cynthia) and Martha Lula Cook.

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Oliver Reed

October 20, 2014, 12:10 am

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Birth Name: Robert Oliver Reed

Date of Birth: 13 February, 1938

Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, England

Date of Death: 2 May, 1999

Place of Death: Valletta, Malta

Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, Lithuanian, Dutch

Oliver Reed was a British actor. He was the only or one of the only major British film stars to have never appeared on stage. Oliver’s uncle was director Carol Reed.

Oliver’s paternal grandparents were Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (an actor, born Herbert Draper Beerbohm, the son of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm and Constantia Draper) and May Pinney Reed. Hebert was a sibling of author/explorer Julius Beerbohm and author Constance Beerbohm, and a half-sibling of parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. Julius was of Dutch, Lithuanian, and German descent. Constantia and May were English.

Oliver’s maternal grandfather was Lancelot Napier Andrews.

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Eric Roberts

October 20, 2014, 2:18 pm

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Birth Name: Eric Anthony Roberts

Place of Birth: Biloxi, Mississippi

Date of Birth: April 18, 1956

Ethnicity: English, German, Swedish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Eric Roberts is an American actor. He is the brother of actress Julia Roberts (Julia Fiona Roberts) and the father of actress Emma Roberts.

Eric’s father’s family has lived in the American South for many generations; his ancestry included English, as well as Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. One of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents was a German immigrant, and two of Eric’s maternal great-great-grandparents were Swedish. Eric’s mother also had English, Scottish, and other German ancestry.

Eric’s paternal grandparents were Walter Thomas Roberts (the son of John Pendleton Roberts and Jimmie Glen Corbitt) and Beatrice Beal (the daughter of William E. Beal and Pearl E. Ogle).

Eric’s maternal grandparents were Wendell John Bredemus (the son of John Math Bredemus and Eleanor M. Johnson) and Elizabeth Ellen Billingsley (the daughter of James Henry Billingsley and Nellie Hutchings). John was of German descent. Eleanor was of Swedish ancestry.

Sources: Genealogy of Eric Roberts (through Eric’s sister, Julia Roberts) – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak’s article about Eric and Julia’s ancestry, at The Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com

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Reece Ritchie

October 20, 2014, 2:22 pm

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Birth Name: Reece Dominic Ritchie

Place of Birth: England

Date of Birth: 23 July, 1986

Ethnicity:
*Afro-South African (father)
*English (mother)

Reece Ritchie is a British actor.

Reece’s father left South Africa as a child because of Apartheid, and has African ancestry (it is unclear if Reece’s father is fully or partially African).

Reece’s mother is English and caucasian.

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Carrie Coon

October 20, 2014, 9:42 pm

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Birth Name: Carrie Alexandra Coon

Place of Birth: Copley, Ohio

Date of Birth: January 24, 1981

Ethnicity: German, English, French, Slovak, Hungarian

Carrie Coon is an American actress.

Carrie’s paternal grandparents are Ralph Dwight Coon (the son of Elmer F. Coon and Helen M. Holslur) and Rosemary Semonin (the daughter of Gervase Joseph Semonin and Anne Marie Gleisinger). Elmer was the son of Byron Coon and Mary E. Messner. Gervase was of French descent. Anna was of German descent.

Carrie’s maternal grandparents are William David Ploenes (the son of Albert Ploenes and Myra Baugh) and Darleen Rose Kosco (the daughter of John Kosco and Caroline Horvath). Albert was born in Pennsylvania, to German parents. John was born in Hungary, of Slovak descent. Caroline was born in Pennsylvania, to Hungarian parents.

Sources: Genealogy of Carrie’s paternal grandmother, Rosemary (Semonin) Coon – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Carrie’s paternal great-grandfather, Gervase Joseph Semonin (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Obituary of Carrie’s maternal grandmother, Darleen Rose (Kosco) Ploenes – http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net

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Simon Baker

October 21, 2014, 7:04 am

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Birth Name: Simon Baker

Place of Birth: Launceston, Australia

Date of Birth: July 30, 1969

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Type/Color: Light Brown

Ethnicity: English and possibly other

Family info: Simon Baker is a famous actor most commonly known for the show the Mentalist. He is the son of Barry Baker and Elizabeth Labberton both with English last names.

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Farley Granger

October 22, 2014, 4:10 pm

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Birth Name: Farley Earle Granger

Date of Birth: July 1, 1925

Place of Birth: San Jose, California

Date of Death: March 27, 2011

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Ethnicity: English, distant Dutch

Farley Granger was an American actor.

Farley’s paternal grandparents were Clarence A. Granger (the son of Farley Benjamin Granger and Annie Robbins) and Clara Hall (the daughter of Charles C. Hall and Josephine Maria Smith). Annie was born in Shropshire, England.

Farley’s maternal grandparents were William Preston Hopkins and Loretta “Etta” Van Valkenburg.

Source: Genealogy of Farley Granger – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Jim Varney

October 23, 2014, 12:29 am

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Birth Name: James Albert Varney, Jr.

Date of Birth: June 15, 1949

Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky

Date of Death: February 10, 2000

Place of Death: White House, Tennessee

Ethnicity: English, small amount of German, distant Dutch

Jim Varney was an American actor. He was known for his character “Ernest”.

Jim’s paternal grandparents were Andrew Jackson Varney (the son of James C. Varney and Celia Cornett) and Renia/Rena Dean Nickels (the daughter of John S. Nickels and Mary Ann Beverly).

Jim’s maternal grandparents were James Howard (the son of James Isom Howard and Margaret Ann Fluty) and Anna Belle Combs (the daughter of Gideon Combs and Malinda Ellen Scholl).

Sources: Genealogy of Jim Varney – http://famousancestry.info (misidentifies Jim’s paternal grandmother as Fidelia Dilli Dolly Spaulding, who was Jim’s grandfather’s first wife)

Genealogy of Jim’s paternal great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Varney (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Kaitlyn Dever

October 25, 2014, 1:14 pm

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Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona

Date of Birth: December 21, 1996

Ethnicity: German, English, Irish

Kaitlyn Dever is an American actress.

Kaitlyn’s paternal grandparents are Daniel Lynn Dever (the son of Oval Luther Dever and Marnie Marie Fields) and Louise Anne Longacre (the daughter of Richard Arthur Longacre and Mary Agnes Connolly).

Kaitlyn’s maternal grandparents are Fred Denham and Mary Janice.

Sources: Genealogy of Kaitlyn’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

Obituary of Kaitlyn’s paternal grandfather, Daniel Lynn Dever – http://www.heraldbulletin.com

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Dean Norris

October 25, 2014, 1:39 pm

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Birth Name: Dean Joseph Norris

Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana

Date of Birth: April 8, 1963

Ethnicity:
*English, Irish, German (father)
*Hungarian (mother)

Dean Norris is an American actor.

Dean’s paternal grandparents were Ralph John Norris (the son of John B. Norris and Annie E. Harper) and Agnes Collins (the daughter of Tunis Collins and Emma Eilerman). Annie was English.

Dean’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Lacay and Julia Batcho (the daughter of Alexander Batcho and Veronica). Joseph was Hungarian. Julia was born in Illinois, to Hungarian parents.

Sources: Dean’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Dean’s paternal grandfather, Ralph John Norris, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Dean’s maternal grandmother, Julia Batcho, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Harry Lloyd

October 25, 2014, 9:49 pm

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Birth Name: Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England

Date of Birth: 17 November, 1983

Ethnicity: English, Welsh, Scottish

Harry Lloyd is an English actor. Harry’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather was author Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens).

Harry’s paternal grandparents were Hon. Maj. Reginald Arthur Harris Lloyd and Maureen Salusbury (the daughter of John Thelwall Salusbury and Dorothy Sheila Fielding). John was the son of William Llewellyn Salusbury and Charlotte Aspasia Wilmer. Dorothy was the daughter of Felix Fielding and Laura Jemima Sheil.

Harry’s maternal grandfather was Peter Gerald Charles Dickens, a Royal Navy captain (the son of Admiral Sir Gerald Louis Charles Dickens and Kathlen Pearl Birch). Sir Gerald was the son of Henry Fielding Dickens and Marie Therese Louise Roche; Henry was the son of Charles Dickens, and of his wife, Catherine Thomson Hogarth. Kathleen Birch was the daughter of William James Alexander Birch and Dora Waiora Scott.

Hary’s maternal grandmother was Mary Alice Blagrove (the daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove and Edith Gordon Lowe). Rear-Admiral Henry was the son of Henry John Coore Blagrove and Alice Evelyn Boothby. Edith Lowe was Scottish, from Edinburgh, and was the daughter of William Duncan Lowe and Edith Campbell Balfour.

Source: Some of Harry’s family history – http://www.thefreelibrary.com

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Jordan Ladd

October 27, 2014, 12:24 am

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Birth Name: Jordan Elizabeth Ladd

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: January 14, 1975

Ethnicity: English, Ashkenazi Jewish, German, remote Irish

Jordan Ladd is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor/producer David Ladd (David Alan Ladd) and actress Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor), and the granddaughter of actors Alan Ladd and Sue Carol.

Jordan’s paternal grandfather was Alan Ladd, an actor (Alan Walbridge Ladd, the son of Alan Harwood Ladd and Selina Ina Rowley, who was known as Ina Raleigh). Jordan’s great-grandfather Alan had English, and remote Irish, ancestry. Selina was English, from County Durham.

Jordan’s paternal grandmother was Sue Carol, an actress and talent agent (born Evelyn Jean Lederer, the daughter of Samuel Lederer and Caroline Schmidt). Samuel was a Jewish immigrant from Bohemia. Caroline was a German Jew.

Jordan’s maternal grandparents were Marion Wayne Stopplemore (the son of Otto Aeilt Stopplemore and Irene Leona Day) and Dolores Katz (the daughter of Ira Katz and Vera).

Source: Genealogy of Jordan Ladd – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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Michael Biehn

October 27, 2014, 12:26 am

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Birth Name: Michael Connell Biehn

Place of Birth: Anniston, Alabama

Date of Birth: July 31, 1956

Ethnicity: German, English

Michael Biehn is an American actor.

Michael’s paternal grandparents were Albert Lawrence Biehn (the son of John B. Biehn and Edna Elizabeth Graves) and Velma H. Willmore (the daughter of Tilford Albert Willmore and Maude Helen Woodward).

Sources: Genealogy of Michael’s father – http://www.findagrave.com

Genealogy of Michael Biehn (focusing on his father’s side) – http://chelm.freeyellow.com

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Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss

October 29, 2014, 7:04 pm

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Birth Name: Cameron Howard Winklevoss and Tyler Howard Winklevoss

Place of Birth: Southampton, New York

Date of Birth: August 21, 1981

Ethnicity: German, Scottish, English

Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, the Winklevoss Twins, are American athletes (rowers) and entrepreneurs/computer businesspeople.

Cameron and Tyler were played by one actor in a dual role, Armie Hammer, in the film The Social Network (2010).

Cameron and Tyler’s paternal grandparents were Howard Edward Winklevoss (the son of Henry August Winklevoss and Laura Day) and Marian Virginia Minnis (the daughter of Earl Blaine Minnis and Hazel Delle Pattison).

Cameron and Tyler’s maternal grandparents were Francis J. Leonard and Mildred Lotz (the daughter of Gustave A. Lotz and Gesine Margaret Aldag). Gesine was the daughter of William Aldag and Adelaide Meyer.

Sources: Genealogy of Cameron and Tyler’s father – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com

Obituary of Cameron and Tyler’s maternal grandfather, Francis J. Leonard – http://fultonhistory.com

Obituary of Cameron and Tyler’s maternal grandmother, Mildred (Lotz) Leonard – http://www.rockawave.com

Obituary of Cameron and Tyler’s maternal great-grandmother, Gesine Margaret (Aldag) Lotz – http://fultonhistory.com

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Beau Mirchoff

October 30, 2014, 4:43 pm

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Birth Name: William Beau Mirchoff

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington

Date of Birth: January 13, 1989

Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish

Beau Mirchoff is an American and Canadian actor.

Beau’s paternal grandmother is Marilyn Grace Weir (the daughter of Willet H. Weir and Catherine E. Delaney).

Marilyn’s husband, Frederic Mirchoff, was the son of Bulgarian immigrants. It appears that Frederic was Beau’s father’s stepfather, whose surname Beau’s father took. Beau’s biological paternal grandfather was likely Charles Fred Brown (the son of Fred Brown and Alene Forbes), whom Beau’s paternal grandmother married in 1952.

Beau’s maternal grandparents are John Maulsby and Charlotte.

Source: Frederic Mirchoff on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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