Birth Name: Edmund Stoppard
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 16 September, 1974
Ethnicity:
*75% Ashkenazi Jewish
*25% Scottish and English
Ed Stoppard is a British actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Straussler) and medical doctor, author, television presenter, and advice columnist Miriam Stoppard, or Miriam, Lady Hogg (born Miriam Stern).
His father was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia, to a Jewish family, and left with his family because of the Nazis. His family left for Singapore on 15 March 1939, the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia. He later lived in Darjeeling, India, before moving to England, and taking the surname of his own stepfather, British army major Kenneth Stoppard. Ed’s mother was born in England, to an Orthodox Jewish family. Her own mother, who was of Scottish and English descent, had converted when marrying Ed’s Ashkenazi maternal grandfather.
Ed is married to Amie Stoppard, with whom he has three children. Armie is a niece of actor Terence Stamp.
Ed’s paternal grandfather was Eugen Sträussler (the son of Julius Sträussler and Hildegard). Eugen was born in Podmokly, Rokycany District, Plzeň Region, Czechoslovakia, and was a physician. He was a volunteer in Singapore for the British Army there, against invading Japanese forces. He died in 1942 in Singapore, on a ship bombed by Japanese forces. His parents were killed in the Holocaust in 1942, in Riga, Latvia.
Ed’s paternal grandmother was Martha Beck/Becková (the daughter of Rudolf Beck and Regina). Rudolf and Regina were killed in the Holocaust, in 1944, in the Terezín concentration camp and ghetto, Rudolf in July and Regina in April.
Ed’s maternal grandfather was named Sidney/Sydney Stern.
Ed’s maternal grandmother was named Jenny/Jane Ann Graham. Jenny was of Scottish and English descent. She converted to Orthodox Judaism.
Source: Genealogy of Ed Stoppard – https://www.geni.com