Alex Garland
TV Personality
English, one eighth Lebanese, 1/16th Scottish, around 1/64th Afrikaner [Dutch, German, as well as remote Belgian, Indonesian, and Angolan]
Westminster, London, England, U.K.
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Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Arnold Vosloo
Actor
Afrikaner – including Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish, as well as distant or remote Danish, Norwegian, Indian [Malayali, some Bengali], Indonesian [Javanese, Makassarese], Timorese, Malagasy, Angolan, Scottish, Chinese, Swedish, Guinean, Ethiopian, and Austrian
Pretoria, South Africa
B. J. Vorster
Politician
Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French, small amounts of Belgian Flemish and Walloon, as well as Swiss-German], small amounts of Danish, Indonesian, Indian, Norwegian, African [Angolan, Guinean], remote Chinese
Jamestown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Behati Prinsloo
Model
Afrikaner (Dutch, Frisian, as well as French and German, distant Latvian, Finnish, and Kenyan, remote Portuguese, Norwegian, Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Swiss-French, Swiss-German, Danish, Swedish, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Malagasy, and other African [including Angolan])
Grootfontein, South-West Africa (now Namibia)
Candice Swanepoel
Model
Afrikaner, including Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French Huguenot, and German, with very distant African [Angolan, Ethiopian], English, Malayali Indian, Sumbawa Indonesian, and Norwegian
Mooi River, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Carolyn Murphy
Actor · Model
English, along with Scottish, one eighth Italian, Irish, smaller amounts of German and Swiss-German, distant Dutch, French, Angolan, and Belgian
Panama City, Florida, U.S.
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
Athlete · Socialite
English, German, some Scottish and Irish, 1/16th Afrikaner [German, Dutch, French Huguenot, distant Danish, remote Malagasy, Indian, Indonesian, Angolan, and Khoikhoi]
Mater Dei Hospital, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Daiane dos Santos
Athlete
Brazilian [African, Portuguese, Indigenous, other]
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Dave Matthews
Actor · Musician
Irish, English, Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German], at least 1/64th African, including remote Angolan
Johannesburg, South Africa
Derek Muller
TV Personality
British Isles [English, Scottish, Irish], Afrikaner [Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Belgian, Danish, remote Austrian, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Polish, Luxembourgish, Bengali Indian, Indonesian, Timorese, Tamil, Khoisan, Malagasy, Angolan, Ethiopian, Beninese, Czech, Mauritian, Kenyan, other African]
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Gene Rockwell
Musician
Afrikaner [Dutch, French Huguenot, German, Swiss-German, Belgian Flemish and Walloon, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, and Swiss-French], as well as, some Cape Malay/Cape Coloured [Indonesian, Chinese, Khoisan, Indian, English, Scottish, Irish, Mauritian, remote Xhosa], distant Angolan, Malayali, Guinean, Malagasy, Khoikhoi, Bengali, Norwegian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Timorese, remote Spanish, Sri Lankan, Finnish, Basque, Latvian, and Kenyan
Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
TV Personality
European [Irish, English], African-American
Keyser, West Virginia, U.S.
Isaiah Washington
Actor · TV Personality
African-American, Creole [including Angolan, Sierra Leonean]
Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.