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Edward Hopper

Dutch (mostly), smaller amounts of English and French Huguenot, more distant Swiss-German, German, Frisian, Northern Irish, and Polish

Nyack, New York, U.S.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Socialite · Politician

Dutch, Scottish, Irish, French, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, distant German, Welsh, and Belgian [Walloon], remote Swedish

New York City, New York, U.S.

Elisabeth Shue

Actor

German, English, smaller amounts of Swiss-German, Dutch, and Scottish, remote French Huguenot

Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.

Elize du Toit

Actor

Afrikaner [including French Huguenot]

Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa

Elle Evans

Actor · Model

English, Welsh, Scottish, some German, distant French Huguenot

Hopkins, Texas, U.S.

Elon Musk

TV Personality

English (mostly), along with Scottish, German/Swiss-German, and Afrikaner [French Huguenot, Dutch, German, Belgian, remote Swedish, Indonesian, Malaysian, and Bengali Indian], distant Welsh

Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Ethan Embry

Actor

English, small amount of German and Irish, distant French Huguenot and Dutch

Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States

Ethan Suplee

Actor

English, Scottish, German, Welsh, Irish, remote French Huguenot

New York City, New York, U.S.

English, as well as German, Scottish, French/French Huguenot, Franco-Germanic Labadist, Welsh, Swiss-German, and Irish, distant Dutch Frisian, Cornish, Belgian Walloon, and Catalan [Minorcan], remote Breton and Manx, possibly African-American

Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

Evan Dando

Musician

Father: Welsh, English, German, French Huguenot, Irish, Swiss-German · Mother: German, Swedish

Essex, Massachusetts, U.S.

F. W. de Klerk

Politician

Afrikaner (Austrian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy

Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa

Faye Dunaway

Actor

English, some Irish and Scottish, remote French Huguenot

Bascom, Florida, U.S.

Faye Webster

Musician

English, Irish, distant French Huguenot, Palatine German, and Scottish, likely remote Welsh

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Francois Hougaard

Athlete

Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot], Danish

Paarl, Cape Province (now Western Cape), Republic of South Africa

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politician

English, some Dutch, small amount of Scottish, distant Belgian Walloon, French Huguenot, and Welsh, remote German and Swedish

Hyde Park, New York, U.S.

Garret Hobart

Politician

Father: English, as well as small amount of Scottish · Mother: Dutch, small amounts of French Huguenot, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], and English, distant Frisian and German

Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.

Gavin Newsom

Politician

Irish, English, Scottish, as well as distant French Huguenot

San Francisco, California, United States

Gene Rockwell

Musician

Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish and Walloon, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, and Swiss-French], as well as, some Cape Malay/Cape Coloured [Indonesian, Chinese, Khoisan, Indian, English, Scottish, Irish, Mauritian, remote Xhosa], distant Angolan, Malayali, Guinean, Malagasy, Khoikhoi, Bengali, Norwegian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Timorese, remote Spanish, Sri Lankan, Finnish, Basque, Latvian, and Kenyan

Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa

George Clooney

Actor

Irish, English, and German, with more distant Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, and remote French Huguenot and Dutch

Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Georgia O’Keeffe

Father: Irish * maternal grandfather – Hungarian * maternal grandmother – Dutch, English, smaller amounts of Frisian, Belgian Flemish, French Huguenot, Swiss-German, and German

Sun Prairie, Dane, Wisconsin, U.S.