Birth Name: Donald Thomas Scholz

Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio, United States

Date of Birth: March 10, 1947

Ethnicity: English, German, Hungarian, Irish, Scottish

Tom Scholz is an American rock musician, inventor, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder of the band Boston. He is the son of Olive Verna (Jones) and Donald Joseph “Don” Scholz.

Tom’s paternal grandparents were Alexander Louis Scholz (the son of Paul B. Scholz and Ida E. Klein) and Ethel Leara McKay (the daughter of Samuel W. McKay and Mary O’Leary). Paul was Hungarian. Ida’s father was German.

Tom’s maternal grandparents were William Leon Jones (the son of William M. Jones and Sarah J. Becker) and Verna Besyl Robson (the daughter of Douglas McGary Robson and Elmina/Elmira “Ella” Coons/Coonse).

Sources: Tom’s birth record – http://birth-records.mooseroots.com

Birth record of Tom’s father – http://birth-records.mooseroots.com

Birth record of Tom’s mother – http://birth-records.mooseroots.com

Marriage record of Tom’s maternal grandparents, William Leon Jones and Verna Besyl Robson – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Laura Elizabeth Metcalf

Place of Birth: Carbondale, Illinois

Date of Birth: June 16, 1955

Ethnicity: English, German, some Scottish and Irish

Laurie Metcalf is an American actress, known for her roles in the shows Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory, and The McCarthys, and in the film Scream 2.

Laurie’s paternal grandparents were James Lloyd Metcalf (the son of James William Metcalf and Annie Bewick Buchan) and Pearle M. Stadel (the daughter of John F. Stadel and Heffie/Effie Demming). Pearle was of German descent.

Laurie’s maternal grandparents were John T. Mars (the son of William Theron Mars and Laura Belle Carter) and Mary Elizabeth Akins (the daughter of James Duff Akins and Alverta Kate Graves). James’s sister was poet, writer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Zoë Akins (who is therefore Laurie’s great-great-aunt).

Source: Genealogy of Laurie Metcalf – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Joel Edward McHale

Place of Birth: Rome, Italy

Date of Birth: November 20, 1971

Ethnicity:
*Irish (father)
*Norwegian, Finnish, English (mother)

Joel McHale is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is known for his shows, The Soup and Community.

Joel was born in Rome, Italy, to an American father and a Canadian mother. His father is of Irish descent. His mother is of one half Norwegian, one quarter Finnish, and approximately one quarter English, ancestry.

In an interview on Piers Morgan Tonight, He stated;

I am Irish Catholic… And Norwegian. So… we… can be funny and drunk and then really quiet.

Joel’s paternal grandparents were David Graham McHale II (the son of David Graham McHale and Elean H. Ahern) and Marie Anne Lynch (the daughter of Michael Edward Lynch II and Ellen Agnes McManus). Joel’s grandfather David was of Irish descent. Marie was born in Illinois, to Irish parents, from County Mayo.

Joel’s maternal grandparents were Roy Ingvald Jackson (the son of Jens/John Bernard/Bastian Jackson/Kurset and Aina/Ina Matilde Smedjebacka/Smith) and Priscilla Ruth Wicks (the daughter of Lorenzo Clisby Wicks and Ruth Meberg). Jens was born in Sykkylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Aina was born in Kokkola, Western Finland, Finland. Lorenzo had English ancestry. Ruth was born in South Dakota, to Norwegian parents.

Sources: Genealogy of Joel McHale – http://www.geni.com

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Birth Name: Neil Richard Flynn

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth: November 13, 1960

Ethnicity: Irish, possibly other

Neil Flynn is an American actor and comedian. He is most commonly known for The Middle and Scrubs.

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Birth Name: Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth: November 8, 1989

Ethnicity: African-American, Irish, Puerto Rican

Family Info: Giancarlo Stanton is a Major League Baseball player for the Miami Marlins. he is mostly of Irish and African american heritage but has Puerto Rican roots through either his maternal grandmother or great-grandmother. Joe Espada, assistant coach for the Puerto Rican national team looked into Stanton’s ancestry to try to find his Puerto Rican roots.

Source: http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/G_Stanton/G_Stanton_bio.html

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Birth Name: Anna Elizabeth Wood

Place of Birth: Mount Airy, North Carolina

Date of Birth: December 30, 1985

Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, Austrian, some Scottish and French

Anna Wood is an American actress. She is married to actor Dane DeHaan.

Anna’s paternal grandparents are Selbert McRae Wood (the son of Ernest Lee Wood and Daisy M. Epperson) and Dora Ann Johnson (the daughter of Joe W. Johnson and Rubie L. Edwards).

Anna’s maternal grandparents were Richard Claire Beaman (the son of Claire S. Beaman and Mabel Butler) and Rita Evelyn Weirtz (the daughter of Paul L. Weirtz and Mary Elizabeth Bonfield). Paul’s father, Alfonzo Weirtz, was from Leymen, Alsace Lorain, France, and was of ethnic German descent. Paul’s mother, Justina Weber, was Austrian. Anna’s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Peter Bonfield and Katherine “Kate” Gertrude Hayes, who were both born of Kentucky, and whose parents were all Irish immigrants.

Anna’s matrilineal line can be traced back to her great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Cosgriff, who was born, c. 1836, in Doon, Limerick, Ireland, to John Cosgriff and Mary Land.

Sources: Anna’s maternal grandmother, Rita Evelyn Weirtz, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Anna’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Bonfield – http://records.ancestry.com

Anna’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Bonfield, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Mary Elizabeth Bonfield on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Philip Edward Hartmann

Date of Birth: September 24, 1948

Place of Birth: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: May 28, 1998

Place of Death: Encino, Los Angeles, California

Ethnicity: German, Irish, English

Phil Hartman was a Canadian and American actor, comedian, writer, and graphic artist. He was born in Canada and moved to the United States when he was ten. His father had German and Irish ancestry. His mother had English ancestry.

Phil’s paternal grandparents were John Andrew Hartmann (the son of Joseph Hartmann and Anna Maria Loebig) and Helen Mary McCusker (the daughter of Patrick McCusker and Elizabeth Hess). Joseph was born in Stühlingen, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna was also German. Patrick was Irish.

Phil’s maternal grandparents were Fredrick Richard Wardell (the son of Joseph Wardell and Mary Thompson) and Ethel Ina Kendry (the daughter of William F. Kendry and Lavina Hotson). Frederick was born in New York. Ethel was born in Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada.

Source: Genealogy of Phil Hartman – http://www.geni.com

Birth Name: Kenneth Clark Loggins

Place of Birth: Everett, Washington, United States

Date of Birth: January 7, 1948

Ethnicity:
*English, Irish (father)
*Italian (mother)

Kenny Loggins is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the son of Lina Clelia (Massimiani/Massie) and Robert George Loggins.

Kenny’s paternal grandparents were Harry Vivian Loggins (the son of Franklin Pierce “Frank” Loggins and Martha Tibbit) and Anastasia Marie “Stasia” Grimes (the daughter of Francis “Frank” Grimes and Elizabeth/Mae “Eliza” Delaney). Martha was an English immigrant. Francis and Elizabeth were Irish immigrants.

Kenny’s maternal grandparents were Enrico Luigi Massimiani (also known as Henry Louie Massie; the son of Gaetano Massimiani and Maria Martini) and Cecelia Di Clemente (the daughter of Gaetano Di Clemente and Raeffaela Bernardino). Enrico and Cecelia were Italian immigrants.

Sources: Genealogy of Kenny Loggins (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com

Kenny’s parents on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Kenny’s father’s marriage record – https://familysearch.org

Kenny’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage record of Kenny’s maternal grandparents, Enrico Luigi Massimiani and Cecelia Di Clemente – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Donald Hugh Henley

Place of Birth: Gilmer, Texas, US

Date of Birth: July 22, 1947

Ethnicity: English, some Scottish and Irish

Don Henley is an American singer, songwriter, drummer, and producer. He is known as a founding member of the band Eagles.

Don’s parents were Hughlene (McWhorter) and Con Junell “C. J.” Henley.

Don’s paternal grandparents were Ollie Haywood Henley (the son of Edmund Matthews Henley and Sarah Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Page) and Giula/Guilda Frances “Fanny” Junell/Janell (the daughter of William A. “Bill” Junell and Mary Frances Taylor). William was the son of Robert Douglas Junell and Mary Long. Mary was evidently the daughter of Alexander Smith Taylor and Margaret Hays Davis.

Don’s maternal grandparents were Hugh Hall McWhorter (the son of John Dicks McWhorter and Nancy Hall) and Eula Estelle Davenport (the daughter of William Lawson Davenport and Rosa S. Morris).

Don stated in an interview: “I want to go to Como because my grandmother had Italian roots and her ancestors emigrated from Genoa to America and settled in a tiny town in Texas called Como… My father was born in Como, but Como is one in Texas… That’s why I want to see Lake Como, the real one”.

Don may have been misquoted. All Don’s traceable ancestors were born in Texas, Tennessee, or Arkansas. He has no documented Italian ancestry.

Sources: http://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com

Genealogy of Don Henley – http://www.genefiend.org

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Place of Birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Date of Birth: October 15, 1999

Ethnicity: possibly English and Irish

Bailee Madison is an American actress. She is the daughter of Patricia Riley. “Riley” is almost always an Irish surname and “Madison” is a common English surname. However, it is not clear if “Riley” is Bailee’s mother’s maiden name or a marriage name.

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Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, US

Date of Birth: November 6, 1948

Ethnicity:
*English, Irish, Scottish (mother)
*unclear (father)

Glenn Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and producer. He is known as a founding member of the band Eagles.

Glenn was raised by his mother’s second husband, Edward “Eddie” Frey. Glenn’s mother was Nellie Marie (Markham) Frey. Glenn’s mother had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. It does not appear to be publicly known what Glenn’s father’s background was.

Glenn’s maternal grandparents were George Dewey Markham (the son of John Markham and Lucy Sue Scott) and Edith McVey (the daughter of Sanford Jackson McVey and Mable Claire Dean). Lucy was the daughter of Mandaville Jackson Scott and Rebecca Ann Cooper.

Sources: Discussion about Glenn’s heritage – http://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com

Obituary of Glenn’s mother – http://www.legacy.com

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Birth Name: Sam Rockwell

Place of Birth: San Mateo, California

Date of Birth: November 5, 1968

Ethnicity: Irish, English, possibly German

Sam Rockwell is an American actor. He is the son of actors Penny Hess and Pete Rockwell.

Sam’s paternal grandparents were John Hobart Rockwell, Jr. (the son of John Hobart Rockwell and Mary Margaret Higgins) and Phyllis V. Butler (the daughter of James Joseph Butler and Irene Noonan). Mary had Irish ancestry. James was born in California, to Irish parents. Irene was also of Irish descent.

Sources: Genealogy of Sam Rockwell (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Sam’s paternal grandfather, John Hobart Rockwell, Jr., on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Sam’s paternal grandmother, Phyllis V. Butler, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

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Birth Name: Jazmin Grace Grimaldi

Place of Birth: Palm Springs, California, United States

Date of Birth: March 4, 1992

Ethnicity:
*Monegasque, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Spanish (father)
*1/2 Italian, 1/2 Portuguese (mother)

Jazmin Grace Grimaldi is an American socialite. She is known for being the natural daughter of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Tamara Jean Rotolo. Her cousin is Charlotte Casiraghi.

Jazmin’s paternal grandparents were Prince Rainier III of Monaco (the son of Count Pierre de Polignac and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois) and Grace Kelly, an actress (the daughter of John “Jack” Brendan Kelly and Margaret Katherine Majer).

Jazmin’s maternal grandfather is Salvatore “Sam” Rotolo, Jr. (the son of Salvatore Rotolo, Sr. and Catherine Joanna Intravia). Salvatore, Sr. was born in Harvey, Louisiana to Italian immigrants Pasquale Maria Rotolo and Nunzia Lena Zitta. Catherine was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Italian immigrants Paolo Intravia and Saveria Costa.

Jazmin’s maternal grandmother is Carmelia Jean Pires (the daughter of José “Joseph/Joe” Cardoza Pires and Emilia Elizabeth “Emily” Ennes). José was born in Villa Nova, Azores, Portugal, to Manoel Cardozo Pires and Maria do Rozário Vieira Azera. Emilia was born in Union City, California to Portuguese immigrants Theodore Jacinto de Ázera Ennes and Maria Jacinta “Mary Jessie” da Costa Vieira, also from Villa Nova, Azores.

Jazmin’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to Otto Canella (c. 1070 – before 1143).

Birth Name: Mark William Lanegan

Place of Birth: Ellensburg, Washington, United States

Date of Birth: November 25, 1964

Ethnicity: English, German (including Sudeten German), Irish, Welsh

Mark Lanegan is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for being the lead vocalist and guitarist of Screaming Trees. He is the son of Floy Joanne (Whitney) Hotarek and Dale W. Lanegan.

Mark’s paternal grandparents were William Marshall Lanegan (the son of Andrew Lanegan and Martha Arnel Ross) and Ella Roena Geary (the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Geary and Samantha Jane Humphrey).

Mark’s maternal grandparents were Floyd George Whitney (the son of George LeRoy “Roy” Whitney and Mary Kazenmeyer) and Emma J. Evans (the daughter of Thomas Lincoln Evans and Sarah J. Crow). Sarah was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, to Irish immigrants George Crow and Elizabeth A. Fleming.

Sources: Mark’s parents’ marriage record – http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov

Mark’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Mark’s mother on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Genealogy of Mark’s paternal grandfather, William Marshall Lanegan – http://records.ancestry.com

Birth Name: Eloise K. Mumford

Place of Birth: Olympia, Washington, United States

Date of Birth: September 24, 1986

Ethnicity: English, German, Irish, Scottish

Eloise Mumford is an American actress. She is the daughter of Nancy E. (Smith) and Thomas Frenzel “Tom” Mumford, Jr.

Eloise’s paternal grandparents are Thomas Frenzel “Tom” Mumford, Sr. (the son of Eugene Bishop Mumford and Elsa Louise Frenzel) and Letitia “Tish” Sinclair (the daughter of William Richardson Sinclair and Emily Letitia Taggart). Thomas, Sr. was of English and German descent. William Sinclair was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was of Scottish descent. Emily’s father, Thomas Taggart, was an Irish immigrant.

Sources: Genealogy of Eloise Mumford (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com

Obituary of Eloise’s paternal grandmother Letitia (Sinclair) Mumford – http://www.legacy.com

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Birth Name: Patrick George Considine

Place of Birth: Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

Date of Birth: 5 September 1973

Ethnicity: Irish (father), likely English (mother)

Paddy Considine is an English actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician. He has played a number of dark, troubled, and morally or mentally ambiguous characters.

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Birth Name: Jameson Griffin Lacy

Place of Birth: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Date of Birth: February 14, 1985

Ethnicity: English, Irish, 1/16th Austrian, 1/16th German, between 1/8th and 1/16th Native Hawaiian

Jake Lacy is an American actor.

Jake’s paternal grandparents were John Willoughby Lacy (the son of Clive Woodbury Lacy and Mona Bellingham Matthews) and Barbara Muther (the daughter of Robert Walter Muther and Gertrude Helen Bird). Robert’s father, Lorenz Franz Muther, was Austrian, from Tyrol, and Robert’s mother, Louise Ebert, was born in Illinois, to German parents.

Jake’s maternal grandparents were Richard Pearce Griffin (the son of Harold Graham Griffin and Edith Linwood Pearl) and Mabel Pat Hitchcock (the daughter of Harvey Rexford Hitchcock and Eliza Hennessey). Harold’s mother was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Eliza was of somewhere between half and full Native Hawaiian ancestry.

Sources: Genealogy of Jake Lacy (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Jake’s father – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Jake’s paternal grandfather, John Willoughby Lacy, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Jake’s paternal grandfather, John Willoughby Lacy – http://www.currentobituary.com

Jake’s paternal grandmother, Barbara Muther, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Jake’s maternal grandfather, Richard Pearce Griffin, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Jake’s maternal grandmother, Mabel Pat (Hitchcock) Griffin – http://www.findagrave.com

Jake’s maternal great-grandparents, Harvey Rexford Hitchcock and Eliza Hennessey, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Birth Name: Stone Carpenter Gossard

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Birth: July 20, 1966

Ethnicity: English, German, Irish, Scottish

Stone Gossard is an American musician. He serves as the rhythm and additional lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. He is the son of Mary Carolyn (Carpenter) and David William Gossard, Jr.

Stone’s paternal grandparents were David William Gossard (the son of Clinton Ernest Gossard and Mary Minerva “Minnie” Hageman) and Sara Evelyn “Sue” Smith (the daughter of Franklin P. “Frank” Smith and Emma Steinhilber). Emma’s parents were German immigrants.

Stone’s maternal grandparents were Edward Richard Carpenter (the son of Milton Plummer Carpenter and Margaret Jane McDermott) and Leah Babe Shively.

Sources: Genealogy of Stone Gossard (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.genealogy.com

Stone’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage record of Stone’s paternal grandparents, David William Gossard and Sara Evelyn “Sue” Smith – http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov

Genealogy of the Gossard family – http://thegossards.net

Birth Name: Thomas Baptiste Morello

Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, US

Date of Birth: May 30, 1964

Ethnicity:
*Kikuyu Kenyan (father)
*Italian/Sicilian, Irish (mother)

Tom Morello is an American guitarist and activist. He is known as member of rock bands Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave.

He was born to Kenyan-born Ngethe Njoroge, who served as Kenya’s first ambassador to the United Nations, and Mary Morello, an American of Italian/Sicilian and Irish descent. His parents met in August 1963 while attending a pro-democracy protest in Nairoby, Kenya. After discovering her pregnancy, Mary returned to the United States with Njoroge in November, and married in New York City. When Tom was 16 months old, Njoroge returned to his native Kenya, and denied his paternity of his son. Tom was raised solely by his mother in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Tom’s paternal great-uncle, Jomo Kenyatta, was the first elected president in Kenyan history.

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Birth Name: Sean Howard Kinney

Place of Birth: Renton, Washington, United States

Date of Birth: May 27, 1966

Ethnicity: possibly Irish

Sean Kinney is an American musician. He is known for being the drummer of the rock band Alice in Chains. He is the son of Francis Howard “Frank” Kinney and Shirlee Ann (De Spain) Mott. Frank came from Seattle, Washington while Shirlee came from Oklahoma City.

Source: Sean’s parents’ marriage record – http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov