John Lithgow
Actor · Musician
English, one quarter Welsh, small amounts of Irish and Scottish, likely 1/16th French or Spanish
Rochester, New York, U.S.
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John Quincy Adams
Politician
English, as well as distant Scottish
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.)
John Ritter
Actor
English, with small amounts of Northern Irish, Scottish, German, Dutch, and French Huguenot
Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
John Stamos
Actor · Musician
Father: Greek · Mother: one half British Isles [English, Irish], one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, one quarter German
Cypress, Los Angeles, California, United States
John Wayne
Actor
Scots-Irish/Northern Irish/Scottish, English, Irish, remote Welsh
Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States
John Williams
Musician
Father: Irish · Mother: Irish, English, one quarter French-Canadian, Welsh
Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Jon Meacham
TV Personality
English, Scottish, Welsh, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Jonathan Demme
Actor
English (mostly), some German, small amounts of Scottish, Welsh, and Dutch, remote French, Swedish, and Cornish
Baldwin, New York, U.S.
Jordan Bridges
Actor
Father: English, smaller amounts of Cornish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Swiss-German, and German, remote Welsh · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish, Austrian
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jordana Brewster
Actor · Model
Father: English, some Scottish and Irish · Mother: Portuguese-Brazilian
Panama City, Panama
Joseph Williams
Musician
Irish, English, 1/16th French-Canadian, more distant German, Dutch, and Welsh
Los Angeles, California, United States
Josh Brolin
Actor
English, Swiss-German, German, Scottish, Irish, distant Welsh
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
Julie Bowen
Actor · Model
German, as well as Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English, and French
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Justin Hartley
Actor
English, small amounts of Irish, Scottish, German, Swedish, Welsh, French, and Dutch
Galesburg, Illinois, U.S.
Justin Nozuka
Actor · Musician
Father: Japanese · Mother: English, as well as distant Dutch, Scottish, and German
New York City, New York, U.S.
Kaia Gerber
Actor · Model
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: English, Danish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, distant Irish and Welsh, remote French and Jersey Channel Islander
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kash Hovey
Actor · TV Personality
*50% Armenian *25% British Isles [English, Irish] *12.5% French-Canadian *12.5% Norwegian
Los Angeles, California, United States
Kate Hudson
Actor · Musician
* paternal grandmother – Italian, including Sicilian * maternal grandmother – Ashkenazi Jewish * other ancestry – English, German, more distant Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Swiss-German, remote French and Belgian Flemish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Kate Upton
Actor · Model
English, small amount of Scottish, distant German and Dutch
St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.
Katharine Hepburn
Actor
English, smaller amounts of German, Welsh, and Scottish
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Katherine LaNasa
Actor
Cajun French, English, one eighth Italian Sicilian, 1/32 Spanish Catalan, Scottish, German, French-Canadian, more distant Scots-Irish/Northern, Swiss-German, and Irish
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Kevin Spacey
Actor · Musician
Swedish (maternal grandfather), English, small amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and Welsh
South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.