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Wentworth Miller
Actor · Model
*25% African-American *25% Jamaican [African, as well as small amount of Scottish] *25% Rusyn *12.5% Lebanese *12.5% Curaçaoan [mix of Dutch, French, Swedish, Hispanic, remote Polish]
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, U.K.
Wes Moore
Politician · TV Personality
African-American, African-Jamaican/Cuban
Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
Whitney Houston
Actor · Musician · Model
African-American, with small amounts of English, Irish, and Scottish
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American [including Guinea-Bissauan, Sierra Leonean, and Liberian]
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Will Demps
Athlete · Model
Father: African-American, Puerto Rican · Mother: Korean
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Will Hurd
Politician
Father: African-American · Mother: English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Scottish and Cornish
San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, U.S.
Willow Smith
Actor · Musician
African-American (three quarters), African/Creole-Barbadian, African/Creole-Jamaican, 1/32 Sephardi Jewish
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Windser
Musician
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandfather – Filipino * maternal grandmother – African-American
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Wyatt Cenac
Actor · TV Personality
Father: African-Grenadian, as well as 1/16th French · Mother: African-American
New York City, New York, U.S.
