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Ben Johnson
Actor · Athlete
English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish
Foraker, Oklahoma, U.S.
Benicio del Toro
Actor
Puerto Rican [Spanish, Catalan, Indigenous/Taíno, Basque, distant Italian]
San Germán, Puerto Rico
Brad Pitt
Actor
English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, remote Swedish, Dutch, French, Cornish, and Channel Islander/Jersey
Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Burl Ives
Actor · Musician
English, small amounts of Dutch, Scottish, German, Irish, and French Huguenot, 1/64th Cherokee Native American
Hunt City, Illinois, U.S.
Chris Cooper
Actor
English, some Scottish, small amounts of German, French, and Welsh
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Christian Bale
Actor
English, smaller amounts of Cornish, Welsh, Irish, and Guernsey Channel Islander
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Christopher Plummer
Actor
Scottish, English, Northern Irish, Cornish, as well as 1/64th Swiss-French and 1/64th French-Canadian
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Christopher Walken
Actor
Father: German · Mother: Irish, Scottish
Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Actor
African-American, one quarter African-Barbadian
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Gene Hackman
Actor
English, smaller amounts of German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, distant Welsh and Dutch
San Bernardino, California, United States
