Beyoncé
Actor · Musician
Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon, remote Penobscot First Nations
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
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Blue Ivy Carter
Actor · Musician · Socialite
*75% African-American *25% Louisiana Creole [African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Chuck Comeau
Musician
French-Canadian/Acadian – including Breton, distant German and Portuguese, 1/64th Channel Islander [Jersey], remote English, Belgian Flemish, and Scottish
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Cœur de pirate
Musician
French-Canadian [including Acadian], Breton, English as well as distant Belgian [Flemish and Walloon] and Swiss-French, 33/2048 Irish, 9/2048 German, 1/2048 Algonquin First Nations
Outremont (now part of Montréal), Québec, Canada
David Desrosiers
Musician
French-Canadian/Acadian – including Breton, as well as 1/32 Irish, 1/128th Scottish, 1/256th Italian, 1/1024th Maltese, 1/1024th Swiss-German, remote Portuguese [including Azorean], Belgian [Walloon], and English
Sept-Îles, Québec, Canada
Ian Somerhalder
Actor · Model
English, one quarter Cajun [French, Breton], as well as smaller amounts of Northern Irish/Scots-Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Covington, Louisiana, U.S.
Jared Leto
Actor · Musician
English, Cajun/French, smaller amounts of Irish, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, at least 1/512 Spanish, remote Dutch and Mi’kmaq First Nations
Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Jeff Stinco
Musician
Father: Italian · Mother: French-Canadian [including Breton], distant Italian and Portuguese, remote English, Nipissing First Nations, and Spanish [Castilian]
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Marc Dupré
Musician
French-Canadian [including Acadian], 1/256 Italian, 3/1024 Algonquin First Nations, small amount of Basque, Belgian [Flemish and Walloon], Breton, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, as well as remote English, Scottish, and Welsh
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Matt LeBlanc
Actor · TV Personality
Father: French-Canadian · Mother: Italian
Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Mike Ruiz
Actor · TV Personality · Model
* paternal grandfather – Filipino, Spanish * paternal grandmother – English, some Welsh · Mother: French-Canadian (at least three quarters), possibly one quarter Irish
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Paweensuda Drouin
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: French-Canadian/Acadian, Breton, as well as distant Basque, Belgian [Walloon], and First Nations [Nipissing and Wyandot] · Mother: Thai, Chinese
Bangkok, Thailand
Pierre Bouvier
Musician
French-Canadian/Acadian – including Breton, as well as Irish, English, Cornish, and First Nations [including Miꞌkmaq and Nipissing], 1/128th Hungarian, remote Swiss-French, and Portuguese
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ryan Trahan
Athlete · TV Personality
Irish, Costa Rican (one quarter), as well as English, Scottish, French, one eighth Czech, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss, Welsh, Spanish, and Swedish
Sugar Land, Texas, U.S.
Scott Menville
Actor
French/Cajun, English, Scottish, Irish, German/Swiss-German, distant Spanish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Shannon Leto
Musician
English, Cajun/French, smaller amounts of Irish, German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, at least 1/512 Spanish, remote Dutch and Mi’kmaq First Nations
Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Shia LaBeouf
Actor
Father: Cajun French (one half), English, Irish/Northern Irish, German · Mother: Ashkenazi Jewish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Sidney Crosby
Athlete
English, Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, German, Swiss-German
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Slayyyter
Musician
Polish (three eighths), German, French-Canadian, as well as Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, Swedish
Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S.
Solange Knowles
Actor · Musician · Model
Father: African-American · Mother: Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish, Breton, and Belgian Walloon, remote Penobscot First Nations
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.