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Jack Gilinsky
Musician
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Slovak, Czech, German, Irish, English [converted to Judaism]
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Jack Huston
Actor
English, one fourth Italian, one eighth Jewish [including Iraqi Jewish, Indian Jewish, German Jewish, and French Jewish], and small amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and Welsh
King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England, U.K.
Jack Mulhern
Actor
Irish, as well as one eighth Slovak, English, German, Ashkenazi Jewish
Rye, New York, U.S. ( possibly )
Jade Marx-Berti
Actor
Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), Mexican (great-grandfather), English, German, Slovenian
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jael Strauss
TV Personality · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish · Mother: African-American
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Jake Paul
MMA · Actor · Athlete
German, Irish, Polish, Slovak, Scottish, Welsh, English, Swiss-German, about 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Jake Steinfeld
Actor · Athlete · TV Personality
Ashkenazi Jewish
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
James Franco
Actor
Father: half Portuguese Madeiran, half Swedish · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, United States
James Morosini
Actor
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Italian, Polish * maternal grandmother – Irish
Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.
James Norton
Actor
English, Irish, Scottish, Anglo-Irish, Cornish, 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish [matrilineal], more distant Guernsey Channel Islander, remote Dutch and Welsh
Lambeth, London, England, U.K.
James Purefoy
Actor
English, small amounts of Scottish and Irish, as well as 1/32 Jewish [Ashkenazi, Sephardi], possibly other
Taunton, Somerset, England
James Rothschild
Socialite
Ashkenazi Jewish (paternal grandfather), Irish, English, small amount of German
Westminster, London, England
Jamie Cullum
Musician
Father: English, Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Burmese, Indian, possibly some Spanish
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, U.K.
Jamie Follese
Musician
Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandfather), Norwegian (great-grandfather), English, Danish, Irish, Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, remote Dutch
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Jan Berry
Musician
Father: English, some Scottish, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Norwegian, as well as distant Danish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jason Dirden
Actor
African-American, Louisiana Creole [African, French], 1/16th Ashkenazi Jewish
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Jason Kander
Politician
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: English, German, Irish, Scottish
Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Jason Olive
Actor · Model
*50% African-American *37.5% Irish *12.5% Ashkenazi Jewish
Los Angeles, California, U.S. ( possibly )
Jay Duplass
Actor
Cajun French, German, Swiss-German, one quarter Italian/Sicilian, some Ashkenazi Jewish, likely some Creole/African
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Jay Nixon
Politician
English, as well as one eighth Jewish [Sephardi, Ashkenazi], small amount of German
De Soto, Missouri, U.S.