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Heritage: Swiss-French Profession: Actor Clear all

Adam DeVine

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

Dutch, Irish, English, some German, more distant Swiss-German and Swiss-French

Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.

Adriana Lima

Actor · Model

Brazilian [Portuguese, including Azorean, some Indigenous, Swiss, African, and Japanese]

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Alain Delon

Actor · Musician

French, Breton, one quarter Corsican Italian, approximately one quarter German/Swiss-German

Sceaux, France

Cajun – French (mostly), along with small/distant amounts of Spanish, Basque, Belgian Flemish, Swiss-French, Swiss-German, German, English, Belgian Walloon, as well as 1/256th Italian, 1/256th Mi’kmaq First Nations, 1/256th Breton, 1/512 Guernsey Channel Islander, 1/1024 Scottish

Cecilia, Louisiana, U.S.

Alicia Moffet

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

French-Canadian, as well as distant/remote Swiss, English, German, Portuguese Azorean, Spanish, and Italian, possibly remote Greek

Québec City, Québec, Canada

Amanda Plummer

Actor

English, Scottish, Northern Irish, Cornish, as well as 1/128th Swiss-French, 1/128th French-Canadian

New York City, New York, U.S.

Angelina Jolie

Actor

Father: Slovak, German · Mother: one half French-Canadian [ approximately ] , one quarter Dutch, one quarter Polish, distant German, 1/512 Huron First Nations

Los Angeles, California, United States

Atticus Shaffer

Actor

Italian (paternal grandmother), Polish (maternal grandmother), German, Swiss-French, French/French-Canadian, English

Santa Clarita, California, U.S.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Actor

English (mostly), as well as Welsh, some Scottish, Cornish, and Irish, distant French, Swiss-French, German, and Dutch

Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.

Bill Paxton

Actor

English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Austrian, German, French, Swiss-French, Dutch, Irish, distant Welsh, remote Norwegian

Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, U.S.

Bodie Olmos

Actor

Father: Mexican * maternal grandfather – English, German, some Swiss-French * maternal grandmother – Swedish

Los Angeles, California, United States

Brett Cullen

Actor

Father: German (one half), English, 1/32 Swiss-French, more distant Dutch, Scottish, Welsh, and Swiss-German · Mother: Irish

Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.

Casper Van Dien

Actor

Dutch, English, Swiss-French, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, Swedish/Finland-Swedish/Finnish, remote French, Polish, and Danish

Milton, Florida, U.S.

Catherine Deneuve

Actor · Musician · Model

French, as well as one eighth Swiss-French and 1/16th Swiss-Italian

Paris, France

Charli D’Amelio

Actor · TV Personality

Father: Italian · Mother: French/Cajun/French-Haitian, Irish, Spanish, German, distant Montserratian [French, possibly Irish], remote Swiss-German, Basque, Breton, Italian, English, Swiss-French, and 1/512th Metchiperta or Kaskaskia

Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.