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Rosa Parks
Politician
African-American, as well as smaller amounts of English and Irish, possibly other
Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.
Rosanne Cash
Musician
Italian/Sicilian (maternal grandfather), English, smaller amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish, German, around 1/32 African-American
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Roshon Fegan
Actor · Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Filipino
Los Angeles, California, United States
Roy Wood, Jr.
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Royce White
NBA · MMA · Athlete
African-Amercian (around 75%), one eighth Mexican, as well as Norwegian and Welsh
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. ( evidently )
Rozonda Thomas
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American, as well as 1/16th Bengali Indian, 1/16th African-Antiguan, possibly Native American
Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Ruben Studdard
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American
Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (now Germany)
RuPaul
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole [African, French, distant Swiss-German, possibly other]
San Diego, California, United States
Ruth Gordon
Actor
English, small amounts of German and French, possibly 1/128th African and Welsh
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ruth Simmons
African-American [including Gabonese], some Indigenous American [likely Taíno or Carib tribes]
Grapeland, Houston, Texas, United States
Ryan Gosling
Actor · Musician
French-Canadian (one half), English, Scottish, Irish, as well as more distant German, likely 1/128th African-American
London, Ontario, Canada