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Heritage: Swiss-German Clear all

Angela Kinsey

Actor

English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, as well as German, Swiss-German, Dutch, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh

Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.

Angela Trimbur

Actor

Italian (maternal grandmother), English, Irish, German, Swiss-German, one eighth Slovak

Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Anna Camp

Actor · Musician

English, Scottish, smaller amounts of German, Dutch, French, Swiss-German, Swedish, and Welsh

Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.

Annabeth Gish

Actor

English, German, Cherokee Native American, French, Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish/Scots-Irish, some Swiss-German

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

Anne Archer

Actor

German, English, as well as Bohemian [Czech], Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Scottish, distant Swiss-German

Los Angeles, California, United States

Anne Dudek

Actor

Father: Polish, Danish · Mother: English, German, Irish, French, some Swiss-German, distant Welsh and Dutch

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Anne Heche

Actor

Swiss-German, German, one eighth Norwegian, English, Scottish, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and Welsh, remote Dutch, French, and Danish

Aurora, Ohio, U.S.

Anne-Sophie Dutoit

* paternal grandfather – Swiss-French, Swiss-German * paternal grandmother – Lebanese · Mother: likely French-Canadian

Los Angeles, California, United States

Annette Bening

Actor

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

Topeka, Kansas, U.S.

Annika Noelle

Actor

German, English, Irish, Northern Irish/Scots-Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Swiss-German

Massachusetts, U.S.

Anson Mount

Actor

English, small amounts of Irish, Swiss-German, and Dutch

Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.

Anthony Delon

Actor

Father: French, Breton, one quarter Corsican Italian, approximately one quarter German/Swiss-German · Mother: Spanish

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Anthony Kiedis

Musician

Lithuanian (paternal grandfather), Dutch, French-Canadian, English, Irish, Scottish, German, distant French Huguenot, Swiss-German, and Welsh

Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.

Archie Madekwe

Actor

Igbo Nigerian (one quarter), Swiss-German, English, possibly Scottish

Lambeth, London, England, U.K.

Ariana Richards

Actor · Musician

Italian (one quarter), English, Irish, German, Swiss-German, Norwegian

Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States

Arielle Kebbel

Actor · Model

Father: German, distant Swiss-German · Mother: German, English

Winter Park, Florida, U.S.

Arliss Howard

Actor

Norwegian (paternal grandfather), English, some Swiss and French-Canadian, possibly distant Cherokee Native American

Independence, Missouri, U.S.

Ashkenazi Jewish (one eighth), German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, 1/16th or 1/32 Russian (approximately), 1/32 Polish, 1/32 Danish, Swiss-German, 1/128th Greek, and 1/512th Cherokee Native American

Los Angeles, California, United States

Arnold Palmer

Athlete

German, as well as Irish, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Swiss-German

Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Arnold Vosloo

Actor

Afrikaner – including Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish, as well as distant or remote Danish, Norwegian, Indian [Malayali, some Bengali], Indonesian [Javanese, Makassarese], Timorese, Malagasy, Angolan, Scottish, Chinese, Swedish, Guinean, Ethiopian, and Austrian

Pretoria, South Africa

Aron Ralston

Athlete

Swedish (maternal grandfather), Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, some French-Canadian and Swiss-German, remote French

Marion, Ohio, U.S.