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Joan Didion
TV Personality
German, English, Welsh, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant French Huguenot and Dutch
Sacramento, California, United States
Joan Jett
Actor · Musician
Father: Irish · Mother: English, distant French, German, and Dutch
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Joanne Woodward
Actor
English, French [including Swiss-French and French-Dominican Republic], as well as Scottish and Belgian Walloon
Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.
Joaquín Phoenix
Actor · Musician
Father: English, with some Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Irish, Welsh, and French Huguenot · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jocelin Donahue
Actor
*50% French-Canadian *37.5% Irish *12.5% English, possibly other
Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.
Jodie Foster
Actor · Model
English, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish, possibly German, distant French
Los Angeles, California, United States
Joe Alwyn
Actor
English, smaller amounts of Irish, Scottish, and French/French-Canadian
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, U.K.
Joe Biden
Politician
Irish (62.5%), as well as English, German, and distant Dutch, French, Scottish, and Welsh
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Joe Don Baker
Actor
English, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish/Irish, German, and Scottish, distant French Huguenot
Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, U.S.
Joe Hill
TV Personality
English, smaller amounts of French-Canadian/French, Norwegian, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, and Scottish, distant Welsh and Dutch
Bangor, Maine, U.S.
Joe Jonas
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Irish, German, English, Scottish, Italian/Sicilian, French-Canadian, possibly other
Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.
Joe Keery
Actor · Musician
English, some Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and French-Canadian, distant German
Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.
Joe Mauer
Athlete
Irish, German, Austrian, Swiss-German, French, French-Canadian, one sixteen Luxembourgish
Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Joe Swanberg
Actor
Swedish (great-great-grandfather), Irish, Scottish, German, English, French-Canadian, Welsh
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Joel Gretsch
Actor
*50% German *25% Swedish *12.5% Polish *12.5% French-Canadian, likely English/British
St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Joel Hodgson
Actor · TV Personality
English, German, some Scottish and Dutch, 1/16th French-Canadian
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S.
Joel Oulette
Actor · TV Personality
Cumberland House Cree, Red River Métis, some Scottish and English
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Joey Pollari
Actor · Musician
Finnish (paternal grandfather), Irish, Scottish, English, German, French-Canadian, 1/16th Swedish
Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Johannes de Klerk
Politician
Afrikaner (Belgian [both Flemish and Walloon], Dutch, French, German, Swiss-French, Swiss-German), remote African (including Khoikhoi), Danish, Indian, Indonesian, and Malagasy
Burgersdorp, Cape Colony (now South Africa)