Discover their roots.

Greta Gerwig

Actor

German, Irish, English, Cornish

Sacramento, California, United States

Gretchen Whitmer

Politician

German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, along with Scottish, English, distant Dutch

Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

Guy Lux

TV Personality

French, Swiss, some German, likely Belgian

Paris, France

Gwen Stefani

Actor · Musician · TV Personality

Father: Italian · Mother: Irish, Scottish, English, Norwegian, German, distant Welsh, French Huguenot

Fullerton, Orange, California, United States

Gwyneth Paltrow

Actor · Musician

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: German, including Swiss-German, as well as one eighth English-Barbadian, 1/32 Irish

Los Angeles, California, United States

Harley Quinn Smith

Actor · Musician

German, some Irish, English, and French

Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.

Hector Berlioz

Musician

French, as well as possibly some Alsatian German

La Côte-Saint-André, département of Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Herbert Hoover

Politician

English, some German and Swiss-German

West Branch, Iowa, U.S.

Howie Morenz

Athlete

German

Mitchell, West Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada

Hugh Hefner

TV Personality

Father: German, English, distant Swiss-German · Mother: Swedish

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ian Eastwood

Actor

Italian (one quarter), English, Scottish, German

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Isabel LaRosa

Musician

Father: Sicilian Italian (one quarter), English, German, Scottish, Dutch, Irish, French, Welsh, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swedish, Norwegian · Mother: Cuban, likely Balearic Spanish

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.

Isabella Amara

Actor · Musician

Hungarian (paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, German, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, distant French and Swiss-German

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

J. K. Rowling

TV Personality

English, as well as some Scottish, 1/16th Alsatian German, possibly 1/16th French

Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, U.K.

J. K. Simmons

Actor

English, as well as small amounts (to varying degrees) of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, distant Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and Cornish

Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S.

Jack Stehlin

Actor

Irish (mostly), one quarter German, Scottish, 1/16th African-Virgin Islander, 1/32 Aboriginal Australian

Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Jackson White

Actor

* maternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish * maternal grandmother – German, English, Swiss-German, French, Scottish

Jacqueline Emerson

Actor · Musician

German, Scottish, English, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, distant Dutch

Washington, D.C., U.S.

Jake Borelli

Actor

German, one quarter Italian, French, English, Scottish, Irish, Swiss-German, Swiss-French

Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

James Carpinello

Actor

German, Irish, English, one eighth Italian, one eighth Danish, French-Canadian, remote Dutch

Albany, New York, U.S.

James Duke Mason

Politician

English, one eighth Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish

Los Angeles, California, United States

James Mangold

Actor

Father: German, some Swiss-German, English, and Scottish · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish

New York City, New York, U.S.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Actor

Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Danish, smaller amounts of English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, Welsh, remote French

Los Angeles, California, United States

Jane Russell

Actor · Musician · Model

*25% Scottish *25% German *25% English *12.5% Polish *12.5% Irish

Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S.

Janet Leigh

Actor

Father: English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Swiss-German, Welsh, remote French · Mother: Danish, as well as some German

Merced, California, United States