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Amber Rose
Actor · Musician · Model
Italian (37.5%), one quarter Cape Verdean [African, Portuguese], Irish, as well as Scottish, Cornish, and English
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Ashley Holliday
Actor
Father: African-Cape Verdean · Mother: Bohemian Czech, German, Austrian, English
Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
Benzino
Musician · TV Personality
Father: African-American, Puerto Rican · Mother: Cape Verdean
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Blu Cantrell
Musician
Father: Narragansett Native American, Cape Verdean · Mother: German, English, Irish, possibly other
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Catherine Rusoff
Actor
* paternal grandfather – Ashkenazi Jewish, Austrian * paternal grandmother – Cape Verdean [African, Portuguese] · Mother: Italian
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Coi Leray
Musician
Father: Puerto Rican, Cape Verdean · Mother: African-American
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Athlete
Portuguese, as well as one eighth African-Cape Verdean
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Elle Varner
Musician
Father: African-American, Swedish · Mother: African-Cape Verdean
Los Angeles, California, United States
Eric Schweig
Actor
Father: Dene First Nations, German · Mother: Yupik, Cape Verdean, Inuvialuk Inuit
Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Hakeem Jeffries
Politician
*75% African-American *25% Cape Verdean
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Joy Bryant
Actor · Model
African-American, likely some Cape Verdean
The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Kali Reis
Actor · Athlete
African-Cape Verdean (likely 62.5%), African-American, possibly some Wampanoag Native American, 1/128th Aboriginal Australian
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Lisa Lopes
Actor · Musician
African-American, one eighth African-Cape Verdean, one eighth Spanish [Asturian]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Sandra de Sá
Musician
Brazilian [African, small amounts of European and Indigenous]
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil