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Colin Powell
Politician
Jamaican [African, small amounts of English, Irish, and Scottish, possibly other]
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Damian Marley
Musician
Jamaican [African, English, smaller amounts of Irish and Sephardi Jewish, distant German and Dutch]
Kingston, Jamaica
Elizabeth Montgomery
Actor
English, Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish
Los Angeles, California, United States
George Orwell
English, some French, other
Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day East Champaran, Bihar, India)
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Actor · Model
English, along with Northern Irish, Irish, Anglo-Irish, Scottish, and 1/128th Italian, distant Cornish, German, French, and Welsh
Lambeth, London, England, U.K.
Joseph Fiennes
Actor
English, Northern Irish, Irish, Anglo-Irish, Scottish, Cornish, distant French, remote Welsh
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, U.K.
Lester Holt
TV Personality
Father: African-American · Mother: Jamaican [African, as well as English, Portuguese, Bengali Indian, distant Scottish]
Hamilton Air Force Base, Marin, California, United States
Marvin Humes
Musician · TV Personality
Father: Jamaican [African, English] · Mother: English, Scottish
Greenwich, London, England, U.K.
Nell Tiger Free
Actor · Musician
English, smaller amounts of Irish and Scottish, remote Ashkenazi Jewish
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, U.K.
Nicole Lyn
Actor
Jamaican [African, Chinese, English, Scots-Irish, Sephardi Jewish]
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Parisa Fitz-Henley
Actor
Father: Jamaican [African, Scottish, possibly other] · Mother: German, Swiss-German, English, Italian
Kingston, Jamaica
Ralph Fiennes
Actor
English, Northern Irish, Irish, Anglo-Irish, Scottish, Cornish, distant French, remote Welsh
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, U.K.
Sean Paul
Actor · Musician
Jamaican [African, as well as one eighth Sephardi Jewish, German, English, Chinese]
Kingston, Jamaica
Sebastian Coe
Athlete · Politician
Punjabi Indian (maternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish
Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Selah Marley
Musician · Model
Father: Jamaican [African, as well as English] · Mother: African-American
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Shane West
Actor · Musician
Father: Jamaican [English, Sephardi Jewish, African, distant Scottish] · Mother: Cajun [French], distant Spanish, English, and Irish
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.