Heath Ledger
Actor
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 1/16th Jewish [Sephardi, Ashkenazi] (matrilineal)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Inès de La Fressange
Socialite · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish (one half), French, 1/16th Polish · Mother: Argentinian, Colombian, as well as Mexican, Chilean, Peruvian, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan – including Spanish [Andalusian, Asturian, Canary Islander, Cantabrian, Castilian, Catalan, Extremaduran, Galician], Basque, smaller amounts of Portuguese, Sephardi Jewish, and Ligurian/Sicilian Italian
Gassin, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Jay Nixon
Politician
English, as well as one eighth Jewish [Sephardi, Ashkenazi], small amount of German
De Soto, Missouri, 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
Josh O’Connor
Actor
Irish, English, Scottish, one eighth Ashkenazi/Sephardi Jewish (matrilineal)
Southampton, Hampshire, England, U.K.
Judah P. Benjamin
Politician
Sephardi Jewish
Christiansted, Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands)
Lea Michele
Actor · Musician
Father: Sephardi Jewish · Mother: Italian
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Michelle Zauner
Musician
* paternal grandfather – German * paternal grandmother – Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish · Mother: Korean
Seoul, South Korea
Milo Machado-Graner
Actor
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish, some Sephardi Jewish · Mother: Portuguese
Paris, France
Peter Sellers
Actor · Musician
Father: English · Mother: Sephardi Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, U.K.
Ricardo Maduro
Politician
Father: Sephardi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Dutch, French * maternal grandmother – Honduran, Guatemalan, Costa Rican
Panama
Riley Keough
Actor · Model
Father: Irish, Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish · Mother: German, Norwegian, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, French, Irish, Swiss-German, remote Dutch and Danish, possibly other
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
Robert de la Rocha
Mexican [Spanish, some African and Sephardi Jewish]
Wilmar, Los Angeles, California, United States
Robert Purvis
Politician
*50% English *25% Jewish [Sephardi, Ashkenazi] *25% Moroccan/African
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Shane West
Actor · Musician
Father: Jamaican [English, Sephardi Jewish, African, distant Scottish] · Mother: Cajun [French], distant Spanish, English, and Irish
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Steve Lukather
Musician
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish · Mother: three eighths Irish, one quarter Swedish, one quarter English, one eighth Scottish
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States
Steven E. de Souza
Father: Sephardi Jewish, likely some English · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Tyler Young
Actor
Father: English, Irish, German, French-Canadian · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.