Ben Shepherd
Musician
Cornish, English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, one eighth French-Canadian [including small amounts of Belgian [Walloon] and Breton], one eighth Polish
Okinawa, Japan
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Beyoncé
Actor · Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon, remote Penobscot First Nations
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Blue Ivy Carter
Actor · Musician · Socialite
*75% African-American *25% Louisiana Creole [African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Bob Geldof
Actor · Musician
Father: Belgian [Flemish and Walloon], Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Irish, English, German
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Butch Vig
Musician
Father: Norwegian · Mother: Norwegian, as well as Danish, Cornish, English, Scottish, distant Dutch, remote Belgian Walloon
Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
Chiara Aurelia
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: Belgian [Flemish, Walloon] · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Taos, New Mexico, U.S.
Cristin Milioti
Actor · Musician
Italian (paternal grandfather), Belgian, Slovak, Irish, Scottish, English
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
César Franck
Musician
Father: Belgian [Walloon, at least one quarter Flemish] · Mother: German
Liège, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (now Belgium)
Cœur de pirate
Musician
French-Canadian [including Acadian], Breton, English as well as distant Belgian [Flemish and Walloon] and Swiss-French, 33/2048 Irish, 9/2048 German, 1/2048 Algonquin First Nations
Outremont (now part of Montréal), Québec, Canada
David Desrosiers
Musician
French-Canadian/Acadian – including Breton, as well as 1/32 Irish, 1/128th Scottish, 1/256th Italian, 1/1024th Maltese, 1/1024th Swiss-German, remote Portuguese [including Azorean], Belgian [Walloon], and English
Sept-Îles, Québec, Canada
Dierks Bentley
Musician
English, German, Welsh, remote French and Belgian Walloon
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Dylan Sprayberry
Actor · Musician
English, German, some Scottish and Irish, 1/32 Belgian Wallon, likely distant French/Cajun
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Emma Ruth Rundle
Musician
English, one eighth Swedish, German, Irish, French, Dutch, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Belgian, Welsh, Swiss, distant Moroccan
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ethel Cain
Musician · Model
English, as well as German, Scottish, French/French Huguenot, Franco-Germanic Labadist, Welsh, Swiss-German, and Irish, distant Dutch Frisian, Cornish, Belgian Walloon, and Catalan [Minorcan], remote Breton and Manx, possibly African-American
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Gene Rockwell
Musician
Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish and Walloon, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, and Swiss-French], as well as, some Cape Malay/Cape Coloured [Indonesian, Chinese, Khoisan, Indian, English, Scottish, Irish, Mauritian, remote Xhosa], distant Angolan, Malayali, Guinean, Malagasy, Khoikhoi, Bengali, Norwegian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Timorese, remote Spanish, Sri Lankan, Finnish, Basque, Latvian, and Kenyan
Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Grace Potter
Actor · Musician
Dutch, English, French, Irish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Swiss-German, Welsh, as well as distant Belgian Walloon, Cornish, Danish, Mohawk Native American, Norwegian, and Swedish
Randolph, Vermont, United States
Grimes
Musician
French-Canadian, German, English, one eighth Italian, 1/16th Swedish, distant Breton, Belgian [Walloon], First Nations, Cornish, Irish, and Welsh
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Haley Heynderickx
Musician
Father: 5/16ths Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], one quarter German, Dutch, one eighth Irish, English, Scottish, French, Jersey Channel Islander · Mother: Filipino [Tagalog]
Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States
Harry Wayne Casey
Musician
Italian (maternal grandfather), English, Irish, Dutch, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Swiss-German, Welsh, remote Belgian Walloon, French, Norwegian, and Swedish
Opa-Locka, Florida, U.S.
Jaira Burns
Musician
German, English, along with Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, Belgian Walloon and Polish, more distant Swiss-German
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Jason Everman
Musician
Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Cornish, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Ouzinkie (then-part of Kodiak), Alaska, U.S.
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi
Actor · Musician · Socialite
Father: French, Irish, German, one eighth Spanish-Mexican, small amounts of Belgian [Walloon, Flemish], Scottish, English, European Royal, remote Italian · Mother: Italian/Sicilian, Portuguese/Azorean
Palm Springs, Riverside, California, United States
Jenifer
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Father: Sephardi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Belgian Walloon, French * maternal grandmother – Italian Corsican, some Ligurian
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte D’Azur, France