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Wesley Kimmel
Actor
* paternal grandmother – Italian * maternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish * other ancestry – Irish, Danish, German, Welsh, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Wesley Taylor
Actor
Father: English, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, distant French · Mother: Puerto Rican
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
West Duchovny
Actor
Father: one half Ashkenazi Jewish, one half Scottish · Mother: Polish (one quarter), 1/16th Italian, German, Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Whit Stillman
Actor
English, as well as evidently 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish, distant German and Welsh
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Whitney Cummings
Actor · TV Personality
English, some Irish, Scottish, and German
Georgetown, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Whitney Houston
Actor · Musician · Model
African-American, with small amounts of English, Irish, and Scottish
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American [including Guinea-Bissauan, Sierra Leonean, and Liberian]
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Wil Wheaton
Actor
English, Irish, Welsh, German, one eighth Sephardi Jewish (matrilineal), as well as distant Dutch
Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wilford Brimley
Actor · Musician
*31.25% English *25% Scottish *25% Danish *12.5% Welsh *6.25% German/Swiss-German
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Will Arnett
Actor · TV Personality
English, some Scottish, small amounts of Irish, Dutch, and French
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Will Ferrell
Actor · TV Personality
English (mostly), with some Irish, distant German and Welsh
Irvine, Orange, California, United States
Will Forte
Actor · TV Personality
English, as well as French-Canadian, Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, and Dutch
Alameda, California, United States
Will Friedle
Actor · TV Personality
Father: Sephardi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish, as well as German, Irish, possibly remote African-Jamaican · Mother: Irish, Dutch
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Will Patton
Actor
Scottish, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Welsh, German
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Will Peltz
Actor · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Italian, as well as German, Welsh, English
New York City, New York, U.S.