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AJ McLean
Actor · Musician · Model
Puerto Rican (maternal grandfather), German, Scottish, one sixteenth Ashkenazi Jewish, as well as Irish, English, and French, possibly other
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Aja
Musician · TV Personality
* biological father – African-American, some Nigerian * biological mother – Puerto Rican [Indigenous Taíno, Arawak], African-American, Egyptian
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
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.
America Ferrera
Actor
Honduran [Spanish, as well as Indigenous, some African], small amount of Ashkenazi/Sephardi Jewish
Los Angeles, California, United States
Andre Iguodala
NBA · Athlete
Father: Edo Nigerian · Mother: African-American
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Angela Davis
Politician
* grandfathers – European [English, some Scottish, Welsh, and French] * grandmothers – African-American
Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, U.S.
Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Anthony Alabi
Actor · Athlete
Father: Nigerian · Mother: Puerto Rican
San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Archie Madekwe
Actor
Igbo Nigerian (one quarter), Swiss-German, English, possibly Scottish
Lambeth, London, England, U.K.
Arlo Parks
Musician
Father: Yoruba Nigerian · Mother: Chadian, French
Kensington & Chelsea, London, England, U.K.
Ashley Madekwe
Actor
Father: Igbo Nigerian, Swiss-German · Mother: English
Stepney, Tower Hamlets, London, England, U.K.
Azealia Banks
Actor · Musician
African-American, some Barbadian
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
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.