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23/12/2013

Timothy Olyphant

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Timothy David Olyphant is of English, Scottish, Iirish, Dutch, German and Ashkanazi Jewish heritage.

03/03/2013

Meaghan Rath

Rath is Austrian from her father's side and Indian from her mother's side, and has a younger brother named Jesse who is also an actor.

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

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.
Click for more info on the Van Salees family.

Mixed Race/Culture

"The 2001 National Census revealed Mixed Race as the third largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group in the UK."
"In 2000, the US National Census revealed that there were nearly 7 million multiracial people living in the country. Mixed-race children under 18 make up the fastest-growing segment of the population."

From Elvis to Barack Obama, this is a light-hearted celebration of well-known people/celebrities who are, racially or culturally, of mixed heritage. I've left out people who are a mix of any of the Western European countries and American (such as Viggo Mortensen who is half American, half Danish) and people who are a mix of any nationality, but all of them Jewish (such as Natalie Portman - both her parents are Jewish even though they are of Austrian/Russian and Polish/Romanian descent respectively). Had to draw the line somewhere!