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Erika Eleniak
Actor · Model
Father: Rusyn, Polish · Mother: Russian, as well as Estonian, German
Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
Eugene Hütz
Actor · Musician
Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Servitka Roma, Russian
Boyarka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Ever Anderson
Actor
Father: Scottish, English · Mother: Montenegrin-Serbian, Russian
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Frankie Kazarian
Athlete
*25% German *25% Russian Molokan *25% Slovenian *12.5% Norwegian *12.5% Irish
Palm Springs, Riverside, California, United States
Gabriel Attal
Politician
Father: Sephardi Jewish/Italian Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Russian, as well as Polish, German, Greek * maternal grandmother – French
Clamart, France
Gaia Weiss
Actor · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Polish, and Russian and Lithuanian
Paris, France
Galina Liss
Actor
*37.5% Chinese *25% mix of Russian, Polish, Ukrainian *12.5% Ashkenazi Jewish *12.5% Inupiaq Inuit *12.5% Native Hawaiian
Gennady Golovkin
Athlete
Russian, one quarter Korean
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
George Balanchine
Actor
Father: Georgian · Mother: Russian, possibly German
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
George Gaynes
Actor · Musician
Father: Dutch · Mother: Russian, one eighth Polish, 1/16th French
Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Finland)
George Sanders
Actor · Musician
Father: possibly European Royal and Russian · Mother: German, as well as 1/16th English, remote Scottish
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Gregor Gysi
Politician
German [including Baltic German, and remote Swiss-German], at least one quarter Jewish [Ashkenazi, possibly some Sephardi], Russian, Belgian Flemish, more distant Austrian, Estonian, Romanian, Portuguese, and French
Lichtenberg, East Berlin, Soviet occupation zone of Germany (now Germany)
Greta Onieogou
Actor
Father: Igbo Nigerian · Mother: Russian
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Grigori Rasputin
Socialite
Russian
Pokrovskoye, Tyumensky Uyezd, Tobolsk Governorate (now Yarkovsky District, Tyumen Oblast), Western Siberia, Russia
Hayley Marie Norman
Actor · Model
Father: African-American · Mother: Russian, German, some Dutch
Agoura Hills, Ventura, California, United States
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Politician
Swedish, some German (including Baltic German), distant Scottish, as well as remote Finnish, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Danish, Dutch, English, European Royal, and Russian
Tjust, Tuna, Vimmerby, Kalmar County, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (now Sweden)
Igor Bogdanoff and Grichka Bogdanoff
TV Personality
African-American/Ivorian [maternal grandfather], Russian, German, Austrian, Polish, Tatar, Czech
Saint-Lary, Gers, France