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Heritage: Swiss Clear all

James Mangold

Actor

Father: German, some Swiss-German, English, and Scottish · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish

New York City, New York, U.S.

James Maslow

Actor · Musician

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Irish, German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English

New York City, New York, U.S.

James Paxton

Actor

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

Ojai, Ventura, California, United States

James Read

Actor

English, German, along with Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, and Irish, some Dutch, more distant French, Cornish, and Belgian

Buffalo, New York, U.S.

James Roday Rodriguez

Actor

Father: Mexican · Mother: English, Irish, Scottish, distant Swiss-German and German

San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, U.S.

James Spader

Actor

English (mostly), with small amounts of Scottish, French, Dutch, German, Swiss-German, Norwegian, Jersey Channel Islander, remote Welsh, Irish, and French Huguenot

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

James Thiérrée

Actor · Musician

Father: French · Mother: English, Irish, 1/16th Scottish

Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Jamie Lee Curtis

Actor

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Danish, smaller amounts of English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, Welsh, remote French

Los Angeles, California, United States

Jamie Lynn Spears

Actor · Musician

English, as well as Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/16th Maltese, small amounts of Irish, French, and Welsh, remote Italian and Swiss

McComb, Mississippi, U.S.

Jane Wiedlin

Actor · Musician

Father: German, Swiss-German, Irish · Mother: Lebanese

Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.

Jane Wymark

Actor

English, one eighth Finland-Swedish, 1/16th German, 1/16th Swiss-German, 1/16th Irish

Paddington, London, England, U.K.

* paternal grandfather – Icelandic * paternal grandmother – Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, as well as remote Cornish, Powhatan Native American, Swedish, and Swiss-French · Mother: Filipino

San Diego, California, United States

Janet Leigh

Actor

Father: English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, Welsh, remote French · Mother: Danish, as well as some German

Merced, California, United States

Janet Varney

Actor

English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, German, Swiss-German, distant French and Dutch

Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

Jared Hess

English, German, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Danish, Norwegian, Manx, Swiss-German, distant French, Dutch, and Flemish Belgian

Glendale, Arizona, U.S.

Jason Bateman

Actor

English, Maltese, small amount of Scottish, 1/16 Swiss-German, 1/32 Swedish, 1/32 Danish

Rye, New York, U.S.

Jason Behr

Actor

Swiss-German, German, Austrian, Irish, English, Danish, Scottish, 1/64th Spanish, distant Dutch and French

Minneapolis, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

Jason Carter

Politician

English, Scottish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, with smaller amounts of Welsh and Irish, remote French, Dutch, and Swiss-German

Decatur, Georgia, U.S.

Jason Lee

Actor · Athlete

English, German, Swiss-German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, remote Dutch

Orange, California, United States

Jason Priestley

Actor · Athlete

English, some Northern Irish, Scottish, 1/16th French-Canadian, more distant Irish, German, Swiss-German, Dutch, and Welsh

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jawny

Musician

Father: English, German, French, Dutch, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Norwegian, Swiss, 1/32 Choctaw Native American, remote Spanish · Mother: Irish, other

Fairfield, Solano, California, United States