Jelly Roll
Musician
English, Scottish, German, Welsh, Irish, more distant Swiss, Dutch, Danish, and French
Antioch, Tennessee, U.S.
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Jennifer Flavin
Model
Danish (one quarter), Irish, Polish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, distant French-Canadian
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jerry Lee Lewis
Actor · Musician
English, as well as German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, more distant Dutch and Danish
Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.
Jessica Alba
Actor · Model
Father: Mexican [including Spanish, Indigenous Mexican/Mayan, distant Sephardi Jewish and African] · Mother: Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, French
Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Jessica Biel
Actor · Musician · Model
Ashkenazi Jewish (one eighth), Danish (one eighth), English, along with German, Swiss-German, Scottish, distant Welsh, Swedish, and French
Ely, Saint Louis, Minnesota, United States
Jim Fouché
Politician
Afrikaner [German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Danish, Swiss-German, Portuguese], small amounts of African [Angolan, Khoikhoi, Ethiopian], Indian [Malayali, Bengali], English, remote Timorese, Malagasy, Indonesian, Chinese, Finnish, Swedish, and Swiss-French
Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa
Jim Moriarty
Actor
Father: Norwegian, one quarter Scottish, one quarter Danish · Mother: Māori and one eighth English
Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
Jo Jorgensen
Politician
Father: Danish * maternal grandfather – Swedish * maternal grandmother – English, German, French-Canadian
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Joanna Lumley
Actor · Model
Scottish, English, Northern Irish, Danish
Srinagar, Kashmir and Jammu, British India
Jock Mahoney
Actor · Athlete
*25% Irish *25% German, possibly some Danish *50% English, possibly other
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Johannes de Klerk
Politician
Afrikaner (Belgian [both Flemish and Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy
Burgersdorp, Cape Colony (now South Africa)
John Dahl
TV Personality
Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, English, Welsh, possibly Polish
Northfield, Rice, Minnesota, United States
John Fugelsang
Actor · TV Personality
Irish, German, English, 1/16th Danish
Long Island, New York, U.S.
John G. Avildsen
Father: Danish, Norwegian · Mother: English, Irish, Channel Islander [Guernsey]
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
John Hawkes
Actor · Musician
Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, English, Danish
Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, United States
John Melendez
Actor · Politician · TV Personality
Father: Puerto Rican · Mother: Danish
Massapequa, New York, U.S.
John Shiban
TV Personality
Father: Lebanese · Mother: Austrian, Danish, English, Irish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Politician
English, some Scottish, one eighth Norwegian, one eighth Swedish, 1/16th Danish, distant Dutch, remote French Huguenot
Redwood City, San Mateo, California, United States
Jon Lindstrom
Actor · Musician
Father: Swedish, Norwegian · Mother: English, Danish, German
Medford, Oregon, U.S.
Jonas Gahr Støre
Politician
Norwegian, Swedish (paternal grandmother), as well as distant Danish and German
Oslo, Norway
Jonathan Jackson
Actor · Musician
English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Dutch and French
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
