Virgil van Dijk
Athlete
Father: Dutch · Mother: Surinamese, including African and some Chinese
Breda, Netherlands
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Virginia Gardner
Actor
English, Irish, German, Dutch, Welsh, one eighth Swedish
Sacramento, California, United States
Virginia Madsen
Actor
Father: Danish · Mother: Irish, English, Scottish, German, as well as remote Dutch and French Huguenot
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
W. Averell Harriman
Politician
English, Dutch, some French, distant Scottish
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Wallis Simpson
Socialite
English, small amount of Scottish, remote French Huguenot, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, and Cornish
Square Cottage, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Wally Kurth
Actor · Musician
English, Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, distant Dutch, French, and Walloon Belgian
Billings, Montana, U.S.
Walter Cronkite
TV Personality
Father: German, Scottish, English, distant Frisian and Dutch · Mother: German
Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Ward Churchill
English, some Irish, Scottish, Dutch, and German, distant Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and Swiss-German
Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Ward Horton
Actor · Athlete
English, smaller amounts of Scottish, German, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, and Welsh
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Warren Beatty
Actor
Scottish, English, Northern Irish/Irish, remote French, Danish, Dutch, and Welsh
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Warren G. Harding
Politician
English, some Scottish, distant Dutch and Welsh
Blooming Grove, Ohio, U.S.
Warren Kole
Actor
Swedish (paternal grandfather), German, English, one eighth Lithuanian, 1/16th African-American, Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, more distant Dutch and French Huguenot
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Waylon Jennings
Actor · Musician
English, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, more distant Dutch, French, Swiss, Welsh, Luxembourgish, Belgian Flemish, Manx, possibly remote Native American [Cherokee, Comanche, Powhatan], and/or Black Dutch/Melungeon/Lumbee, African-American, Romanichal, and Scottish Romani/Traveller
Littlefield, Lamb, Texas, U.S.
Wendy Wilson
Musician · TV Personality
Father: English, one quarter Swedish, Dutch, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, remote French · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Los Angeles, California, United States
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.
Wesley Schultz
Musician
German, English, Irish, Scottish, distant Dutch and Swiss-German
Ramsey, New Jersey, U.S.
Weyes Blood
Musician
English, German, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, French, Scottish, Irish, Channel Islander [Guernsey, Jersey], Dutch, Welsh, Swiss, distant Danish, Belgian, Czech, and Hungarian
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wil Wheaton
Actor
English, Irish, Welsh, German, one eighth Sephardi Jewish (matrilineal), as well as distant Dutch
Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
Will Arnett
Actor · TV Personality
English, some Scottish, small amounts of Irish, Dutch, and French
Toronto, Ontario, Canada