Roy Orbison
Musician
English, small amounts of German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Irish, 1/1024 French Huguenot, likely remote Dutch
Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, U.S.
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Roy Rogers
Actor · Musician · Athlete
German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, distant Swiss-German and French
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
RuPaul
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole [African, French, distant Swiss-German, possibly other]
San Diego, California, United States
Rush Limbaugh
TV Personality
German, English, some Scottish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Swiss-German
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Russell Means
Actor · Musician · Politician
Sioux Native American [Yankton, Oglala, Wahpekute], along with one eighth Crow Native American, English, French-Canadian, Swiss-German, Scottish, Dutch
Porcupine, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S.
Ryan Beatty
Musician
Danish (9/32ths), English, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, German, 5/64th Hispanic [Nicaraguan, Honduran, Guatemalan, Mexican, Spanish]
Clovis, Fresno, California, United States
Ryan Buell
TV Personality
Italian (one quarter), Slovak (one eighth), English, Scottish, German, Irish, Belgian, Swiss-German, Welsh, Dutch
Corry, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Ryan Hansen
Actor
Father: Swedish/Finland-Swedish, one quarter Danish, one quarter Norwegian · Mother: German, along with English, Scottish, and Irish, more distant Swiss-German, Dutch, Belgian Flemish, and Welsh
Fountain Valley, Orange, California, United States
Ryan Key
Musician
English, French, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Swiss-German, Welsh, 1/1024 Cheraw Native American, small amounts of Cornish, Dutch, Irish, Manx, and Swedish
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Ryan Merchant
Musician
Father: Irish, Swiss-German, English, German, remote Scottish · Mother: Hungarian
San Francisco, California, United States
Ryan O’Connell
Actor · TV Personality
English, German, Irish, Swiss-German, Welsh, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, distant French
Ventura, California, United States
Ryan Phillippe
Actor
English, smaller amount of German [including Alsatian German], distant Scottish and Swiss-German
New Castle, Delaware, U.S.
Sabrina Sato
Actor · TV Personality · Model
*50% Japanese *25% Lebanese *25% Swiss-German
Penápolis, São Paulo, Brazil
Sam Kiszka
Musician
Father: Polish, Moravian Czech · Mother: English, German, Scottish, Swiss-German, distant Dutch
Michigan, U.S.
Sam Witwer
Actor · Musician
Basque (maternal grandmother), German, English, Norwegian, Scottish, Swiss-German
Glenview, Illinois, U.S.
Sandra Bullock
Actor
Father: English, Irish, German, Scottish, Swiss-German, French · Mother: German
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Sara Evans
Musician
English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, French, distant Dutch and Welsh
Boonville, Missouri, U.S.
Sarah Gilman
Actor
English, Irish, Welsh, German, one quarter Greek, around one eighth French-Canadian, one eighth Norwegian, and 1/16th Swiss-German
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Sarah Vowell
Actor · TV Personality
Swedish (paternal grandmother), English, Cherokee Native American, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, distant Irish
Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Sasha Barrese
Actor
Father: English, with some German, Swiss-German, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh · Mother: Russian, small amount of Polish
Maui, Hawaii, U.S.