Brooklyn Beckham

February 25, 2016, 9:09 am

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Birth Name: Brooklyn Joseph Beckham

Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, UK

Date of Birth: 4 March, 1999

Ethnicity: English, as well as 1/8th Jewish, and 1/32 German

Brooklyn Beckham is a British-born photographer and model. He is the son of legendary footballer David Beckham and businessperson, singer, fashion designer, and model Victoria Beckham, who was a member of the band the Spice Girls.

Brooklyn is of mostly English descent. One of Brooklyn’s paternal great-grandfathers was Jewish, and one of Brooklyn’s maternal great-great-great-grandfathers was of German descent.

Brooklyn’s paternal grandfather is David Edward Alan Beckham (the son of Aubrey Edward Jack Beckham and Doris May Hamilton). Aubrey was the son of Edward Charles Beckham and Queenie Violet Eldridge. Doris was the daughter of Charles Theodore Hamilton and Emily Beatrice Bartlett.

Brooklyn’s paternal grandmother is Sandra Georgina West (the daughter of Joseph West and Margaret Jean Wiggins). Joseph was Jewish. Joseph’s mother’s name was Hannah. Margaret was the daughter of Ernest Albert Wiggins and Rose Aldrich.

Brooklyn’s maternal grandfather is Anthony William Adams (the son of William John Percy Adams and Alice W. Porter). Brooklyn’s great-grandfather William the son of Charles H. Adams and Emily Florence Julsum.

Brooklyn’s maternal grandmother is Jacqueline Doreen Cannon (the daughter of George Charles Cannon and Dorothy Caroline Akehurst). George was the son of William George Cannon and Mary Ann Pfander. Dorothy was the daughter of Thomas Frederick Akehurst and Caroline Jennie Feasey.

Brooklyn’s great-great-grandmother Mary Ann Pfander’s father, Charles Pfander, was born in England, to German parents, Carl “Charles” Heinrich Pfaender and Caroline Louise Ruckwied. Carl Pfaender was a Communist revolutionary who was a colleague of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Sources: Genealogy of Brooklyn Beckham – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Brooklyn’s father – http://www.wargs.com

Mention of Brooklyn’s German ancestry- http://www.metro.co.uk

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Renzo Rosso

February 26, 2016, 9:06 pm

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Place of Birth: Brugine, Province of Padova, Veneto, Italy

Date of Birth: September 15, 1955

Ethnicity: Italian

Renzo Rosso is an Italian fashion entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of jeans brand “Diesel”.

The son of a farmer, Renzo has an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion as of May 2015, according to Forbes.

Source: NYT Article – http://www.nytimes.com

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Adriano Giannini

February 27, 2016, 7:33 pm

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Place of Birth: Rome, Italy

Date of Birth: 10 May 1971

Ethnicity: Italian

Adriano Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber. He is mostly known for co-starring with Madonna in the 2002 film Swept Away, a remake of the 1974 Italian film with the same name. Adriano played the same role that his father, actor and dubber Giancarlo Giannini, starred in the original.

Adriano’s mother is Livia Giampalmo, an Italian dubber who has dubbed in for actresses Shelley Duvall (The Shining), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall), and Sigourney Weaver, among others.

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Daniel Vettori

March 1, 2016, 6:51 pm

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Birth Name: Daniel Luca Vettori

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Birth: 27 January 1979

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English, Scottish, Irish (mother)

Daniel Vettori is a retired cricketer. He played for the New Zealand cricket team, and was the captain of New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.

Daniel is the son of Robyn Patricia (Allely) and Renzo Guido Vettori.

Daniel’s father is of Italian ancestry, from Roncone, Province of Trento, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy.

Daniel’s paternal grandparents were Diego Vettori and Dorina. They moved to New Zealand in 1956.

Daniel’s maternal grandparents were Peter Calvert Allely and Nancy June Hunter (the daughter of Clifford Lorrie Hunter and Theresa Anne Gertrude “Annie” Pye). Theresa was the daughter of England-born Charles Pye, and of Teresa Agnes “Tessa” Thorpe. Teresa’s father, Richard Thorpe, was born in Southampton, England, while Teresa’s mother, Ann Ryan, was born in Cork, Ireland.

The “Hunter” line can be traced back to Gardner Hunter, who was born, c. 1830, in Dundee, Scotland, and to his wife, Betsy Jane Newth, born in Wiltshire, England.

Sources: Genealogy of Daniel Vettori (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.pyenet.co.nz

http://www.angelfire.com

Richie McCaw

March 1, 2016, 6:55 pm

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Birth Name: Richard Hugh McCaw

Place of Birth: Oamaru, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date of Birth: December 31, 1980

Ethnicity: Scottish, English

Richie McCaw is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He captained the All Blacks, the country’s national team, in 110 out of his 148 test matches. He is the most capped test rugby player of all time.

Richie’s patrilineal line can be traced back to his great-great-great-grandfather, Alexander McCaw, a farmer, who was born on January 1, 1808 in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1877, and to his wife, Hughina Mclachlan (the daughter of Hugh Mclachlan and Sarah), who was born on January 15, 1824, in St. Andrew, Jamaica.

Richie’s paternal grandparents were James Hugh McCaw (the son of Alexander Cartwright McCaw and Marjorie Gertrude Field) and Catherine McCleod Trotter. James was a Flight Lieutenant of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.

Sources: Genealogy of Richie McCaw (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Record of Richie’s paternal great-great-great-grandmother, Hughina Mclachlan – https://familysearch.org

Richie’s Scottish ancestry – http://www.glasgowfamilyhistory.org.uk

Richie’s family history – http://m.nzherald.co.nz

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Willian

March 2, 2016, 8:25 pm

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Birth Name: Willian Borges da Silva

Place of Birth: Ribeirão Pires, Brazil

Date of Birth: 9 August 1988

Ethnicity: Brazilian (African, possibly other)

Willian is a Brazilian professional football player. He was born in Ribeirão Pires, in the state of Sao Paulo. He is of African descent. He possibly has European and/or other ancestry.

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Simon Zebo

March 2, 2016, 8:30 pm

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Place of Birth: Cork, Ireland

Date of Birth: 16 March 1990

Ethnicity:
*Afro-Martiniquais (father)
*Irish (mother)

Simon Zebo is an Irish rugby union player. He plays for Munster and Ireland. Simon is the son of a black Martinique-born French athlete, Arthur, and of his white Irish wife, Cork-born Lynda.

A picture of Simon with his parents, sister, and brother in-law can be seen here.

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Pete Sampras

March 3, 2016, 7:39 pm

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Birth Name: Petros Sampras

Place of Birth: Potomac, Maryland, U.S

Date of Birth: August 12, 1971

Ethnicity: 75% Greek 25% Jewish

Family Background: Pete  Sampras is a retired American tennis player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in tennis history. He still holds the ATP record of six year-end No. 1 rankings, which were in consecutive years from 1993 through 1998.

Pete was born to Sammy and Georgia Sampras. His mother emigrated from Sparta, Greece, and his father was born in the United States to a Greek father and a Jewish mother. Pete was raised Greek Orthodox .

Pete has stated: “My mum came to America from Greece when she was 25, without a penny and barely able to speak the language. My dad, who is Jewish but has a Greek father, held down two jobs while I was growing up. So you could say they taught me a lot about hard work and humility“.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jul/01/tennis.features

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Tommy Flanagan

March 4, 2016, 6:23 pm

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Place of Birth:  Easterhouse, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Date of Birth: 3 July 1965

Ethnicity: Scottish, possibly Irish

Family Background: Tommy Flanagan is a Scottish film and television actor. He was born to Elizabeth and David Flanagan. His younger brother, Andrew Flanagan, is also an actor. The surname “Flanagan” is usually Irish.

His distinctive facial scars, known as a “Glasgow smile”, are the result of a knife attack outside a nightclub where he had been working as a DJ.

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Rory Cochrane

March 4, 2016, 6:25 pm

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Birth Name: Rory K. Cochrane

Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, USA 

Date of Birth: 28 February 1972

Ethnicity: Irish

Family info: Rory Cochrane is an American actor of Irish heritage.

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Billy Drago

March 4, 2016, 6:28 pm

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Birth Name: William Eugene Burrows

Place of Birth: Hugoton, Kansas, US

Date of Birth: September 18, 1949

Ethnicity: English, possibly Chiricahua Apache and Romani

Family Background: Billy Drago is an American actor born to a father of Chiricahua Apache heritage and a mother of Romani descent.

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Vincent Lindon

March 4, 2016, 7:07 pm

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Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Date of Birth: 15 July 1959

Ethnicity: French, some Irish and Ashkenazi Jewish

Family Background: Vincent Lindon is a French actor. At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival he won the Best Actor Award for his role in The Measure of a Man.

Source: http://gw.geneanet.org/dahlem?lang=fr&p=vincent&n=lindon&oc=0

http://www.geni.com/people/Vincent-Lindon/6000000029824555964

Genealogy of Vincent’s grandmother: http://www.geni.com/people/June-O-Malley-Keyes/6000000027948431762?through=6000000027948451040

O’Malley family history: http://ladygracesjournal.blogspot.it/p/hamilton-joseph-omalley-pedigree.html

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Bernard-Henri Lévy

March 6, 2016, 2:19 am

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Place of Birth: Béni Saf, French Algeria

Date of Birth: 5 November, 1948

Ethnicity: Algerian Jewish

Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French public intellectual, media personality, and author. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the “Nouveaux Philosophes” (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. He also directed the 1997 movie Night and Day, starring Alain Delon and Lauren Bacall.

Bernard-Henri is the son of Dina (Siboni) and André Lévy.

Bernard-Henri’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Lévy (the son of Mardoché Lévy and Messaouda Albo) and Rachel Benguigui (the daughter of Maklouf Benguigui and Aziza Karsenti). Joseph was born in Oran, Algeria.

Sources: Genealogy of Bernard-Henri Lévy (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

http://gw.geneanet.org

Morné Steyn

March 7, 2016, 7:46 am

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Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

Date of Birth: 11 July 1984

Ethnicity: Afrikaner

Morné Steyn is a South African rugby union player. He plays at number 10 for the Springboks internationally, as well as for Stade Français in the French Top 14 competition.

Morné is the son of Marita and Johan Steyn. The surname “Steyn” can be of Dutch or German origin.

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Johnny Hallyday

March 7, 2016, 7:47 am

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Birth Name: Jean-Philippe Smet

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Date of Birth: 15 June, 1943

Ethnicity:
*Belgian-Walloon (father)
*French (mother)

Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor.

Johnny’s paternal grandparents were Clément Antoine Smet (the son of Jean Joseph Smet and Marie Antoinette Detry) and Marie Barbe Hubin.

Source: Genealogy of Johnny Hallyday (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

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Ian McGeechan

March 7, 2016, 7:51 am

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Birth Name: Ian Robert McGeechan

Place of Birth: Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Date of Birth: 30 October 1946

Ethnicity:
*Scottish (father)
*English (mother)

Sir Ian McGeechan is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. Sir Ian was the British and Irish Lions Head Coach in 1989, 1993, 1997, and 2009.

He was born to a Scottish father and an English mother.

Source: https://books.google.com

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Luisa Ranieri

March 9, 2016, 5:43 am

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Place of Birth: Naples, Italy

Date of Birth: 16 December 1973

Ethnicity: Italian

Luisa Ranieri is an Italian actress.

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Leslie Ann Warren

March 11, 2016, 7:09 pm

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Place of Birth: New York City, New York, US

Date of Birth: August 16, 1946

Ethnicity: Russian Jewish

Family Background: Leslie Ann Warren is an American actress

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John Larroquette

March 11, 2016, 7:11 pm

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Birth Name: John Bernard Larroquette

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Date of Birth:  November 25, 1947

Ethnicity: French, German

Family Background: John Larroquette is an American actor

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Alex Jones

March 11, 2016, 7:38 pm

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Birth Name: Charlotte Alexandra Jones

Place of Birth: Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Date of Birth: 18 March 1977

Ethnicity: Welsh

Family Background: Alex Jones is a Welsh television presenter, best known for co-presenting the BBC One magazine programme The One Show with Matt Baker.

She is fluent in both English and Welsh.

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