06/10/2011

Alexa Chung

English television presenter, model and contributing editor at British Vogue, Alexa Chung was born to a half Chinese, half English father and her English mother,

19/05/2011

The Carradine family


American actor, John Carradine was born Richmond Reed Carradine of Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, German, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian and Cherokee descent. Three of his sons, David, Keith and Robert, also became actors, as well as Keith's daughter, Martha Plimpton.

Left to Right: John, David, Keith, Robert and Martha.

Sir Peter Ustinov


Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE
English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theater and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter Peter Ustinov is of Russian, Jewish German, French, Italian and Ethiopian descent.

Gwyneth Paltrow


American actress Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is of Jewish-Belarusian, Jewish-Polish, German and English descent.

18/05/2011

The Van Salees

Anthony and Abraham van Salee were the ancestors of the Vanderbilts, the Whitneys, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Humphrey Bogart.
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Jackie Onassis


Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, icon of the '60s and wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. A descendent of the Van Salees family.

24/02/2011

Cree Summer

Born Cree Summer Francks - best known as Cree Summer, an African-Canadian Aboriginal actress, musician and voice actress.