Date of Birth: 1913
Place of Birth: Vidsk, Lithuania
Date of Death: August 16, 2001
Place of Death: Brooklyn, New York
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Hakohen Pam was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Rochel Leah and Meir Pam.
Birth Name: Richard Noel Marx
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Birth: September 16, 1963
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*French, German, Irish, Scottish, remote English, remote Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), remote Welsh (mother)
Richard Marx is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is the son of Dick Marx, a jazz pianist and arranger, and Ruth Jeannette Guildoo. He was married to actress and musician Cynthia Rhodes.
Richard’s paternal grandfather was Victor Emanuel Marx (the son of Emanuel Marx and Agnes Isaacs). Emmanuel was a German Jewish immigrant, from Frankfurt, and the son of Mayer/Meyer Marx and Fanny Reinhard. Agnes’s father, Joseph Isaacs, was a Jewish immigrant from England. Agnes’s mother, Annetta (likely Weis), was an American, who was also Jewish.
Richard’s paternal grandmother was Helen Golden (the daughter of Adolf Golden and Sarah Meserow, later Messer). Adolf and Sarah were Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, from Kiev. Sarah was the daughter of Joseph Meserow and Ella Fuchs.
Richard’s maternal grandfather was Martin Duane Guildoo (the son of Martin Watson Guildoo and Alice Sevilla Fye). Richard’s great-grandfather Martin was the son of Ransom W. Guildoo and Paulina “Lina” Spruce. Alice was the daughter of Jacob David Fye and Mary Long.
Richard’s maternal grandmother was Lois Martha Herron (the daughter of John Winfred Herron and Bertha Isabel Dailey). John was the son of Joseph F. Herron and Sarah Martha Cullison. Bertha was the daughter of John White Dailey and Lillian “Lelia/Lillie” Dell Clark.
Sources: Birth record of Richard’s father – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Richard’s paternal great-grandfather, Emanuel Marx – https://familysearch.org
Richard’s paternal great-grandmother, Agnes Isaacs, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Agnes Isaacs on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Richard’s mother – http://birth-records.mooseroots.com
Marriage record of Richard’s maternal great-grandparents, Martin Watson Guildoo and Alice Sevilla Fye – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Richard’s maternal grandmother, Lois Martha Herron – http://birth-records.mooseroots.com
Marriage record of Richard’s maternal great-grandparents, John Winfred Herron and Bertha Isabel Dailey – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Richard Henry Marx
Date of Birth: April 12, 1924
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: August 12, 1997
Place of Death: Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Dick Marx was an American jazz pianist and arranger. He was the son of Victor Emanuel Marx and Helen Golden. He was married twice, including to Ruth Jeannette Guildoo, with whom he is the father of musician Richard Marx.
Dick’s paternal grandparents were Emanuel Marx (the son of Mayer/Meyer Marx and Fanny Reinhard) and Agnes Isaacs (the daughter of Joseph Isaacs and Annetta, likely Weis). Emanuel was a German Jewish immigrant from Frankfurt. Joseph was a Jewish immigrant from England. Annetta was an American, who was also Jewish.
Dick’s maternal grandparents were Adolf Golden and Sarah Meserow (later Messer, the daughter of Joseph Meserow and Ella Fuchs). Adolf and Sarah were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, from Kiev.
Sources: Dick’s birth record – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Dick’s paternal grandfather, Emanuel Marx – https://familysearch.org
Dick’s paternal grandmother, Agnes Isaacs, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Agnes Isaacs on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth Name: Stanley Melvin Berenstain
Date of Birth: September 29, 1923
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Death: November 26, 2005
Place of Death: Solebury Township, Pennsylvania
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Stan Berenstain, along with his wife, Jan Berenstain (born Janice Marian Grant), were American writers and illustrators. They created The Berenstain Bears, a book series and television show.
Stan Berenstain was Jewish. He was the son of Rose (Brander) and Harry Berenstein.
Jan Berenstain was Episcopalian. She was the daughter of Marian and Alfred Grant.
Birth Name: John David Landis
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: August 3, 1950
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
John Landis is an American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for helming the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers.
He is the son of Jewish parents Shirley Levine (née Magaziner) and Marshall Landis.
John’s paternal grandparents were Maxwell Landis and Muriel Davidson.
John’s maternal grandparents were Harry A. Magaziner (the son of Bernard Magaziner and Lena Speck) and May Potasky (the daughter of Louis J. Potasky and Elizabeth Phal). Harry and May were born in Ohio, and all of their own parents were born in Russia.
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Birth Name: Meredith Dawn Salenger
Place of Birth: Malibu, California
Date of Birth: March 14, 1970
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Meredith Salenger is an American actress.
Meredith’s paternal grandparents were Saul A. Salenger and Anne Goldenberg.
Meredith’s maternal grandparents were Reuben Miller and Betty Bush.
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Birth Name: Michael Aaron Einziger
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 21, 1976
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Mike Einziger is an American musician. He is known for being the guitarist of the American alternative rock band Incubus. His mother is surnamed “Lew”.
Source: Mike’s birth record – https://familysearch.org
Birth Name: Tyree Cinque Simmons
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: April 22, 1978
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Russian Jewish (mother)
DJ Drama is an American DJ and record executive. His first claim to fame was being T.I’s official DJ. He was born to Dina Portnoy, an English teacher, and Michael Simmons.
Source: https://twitter.com
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Birth Name: David Owen Russell
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, US
Date of Birth:August 20, 1958
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Italian (mother)
David O. Russell is an American director, writer, and producer. He is known for “The Fighter”, “Silver Linings Playbooks”, and “American Hustler”.
David is the son of Maria (Muzio) and Bernard Russell (originally Markovski).
His father was of Russian Jewish descent. His mother was of Italian (Catholic) ancestry.
David’s paternal grandfather, a butcher from the Upper West Side of Manhattan, lost many of his relatives in concentration camps.
David’s maternal grandparents were Frank Muzio, born in Craco, and Philomena Brancata, born in Ferrandina, both in the province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.
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Place of Birth: Holon, Israel
Date of Birth: c. 2001
Ethnicity: Russian Jewish
Sofia Mechetner is an Israeli model.
Birth Name: Lauren Anne Miller
Place of Birth: Lakeland, Florida, United States
Date of Birth: October 30, 1982
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Lauren Miller is an American actress and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Adele and Scott Miller. She is married to comedian and actor Seth Rogen.
Birth Name: Timothy Blake Nelson
Place of Birth: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: May 11, 1964
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Tim Blake Nelson is an American actor, writer, and director. His mother, Ruth Kaiser Nelson, is a philanthropist, and his father, Don Nelson, is a geologist and wildcatter.
Tim’s father is of Russian Jewish descent. Tim’s maternal grandparents were German Jews.
Tim’s maternal grandparents were Herman George Kaiser (the son of Simon Kaiser and Fanny Wertheim) and Kate Samuel. Herman was born in Nardorf, Germany.
Sources: Genealogy of Tim Blake Nelson (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Obituary of Tim’s maternal grandfather, Herman George Kaiser – http://www.findagrave.com
Birth Name: Howard Michael Mandel
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: November 29, 1955
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Howie Mandel is a Canadian comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor. He is the son of Albert “Al” Mandel and Evy Miller. He is Jewish, and his ancestors emigrated from Romania and Poland. He is married to Terry Soil.
Howie’s paternal grandparents were Shmiel “Sam” Mandel (the son of Avraham Alter Mandel and Ita Tauba Klainmitz) and Eva “Chava” Sara Goldhar (the daughter of Tzvi Hersh Goldhar and Fraidel Goldhar). Avraham and Ita were Polish Jews, who were killed during The Holocaust. Ita was the daughter of Asher Zelig Klainmitz and Chaya Spiegel.
Source: Genealogy of Howie Mandel (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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Birth Name: Robert Alan Krieger
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Date of Birth: January 8, 1946
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Robby Krieger is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was guitarist for the band The Doors.
Robby’s paternal grandparents were Morris E. Krieger (the son of Leon Krieger and Jennie Feingold) and Anna Rotter (the daughter of Aaron Rotter and Catherine Fialkowitz).
Robby’s maternal grandparents were Abraham Fred Shapiro and Rose L. Wiesman (the daughter of Benjamin Wiesman and Rebecca).
Source: Genealogy of Robby Krieger (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
http://www.prphotos.com/p/CED-002055/robby-krieger-at-scott-medlock-and-robby-krieger-celebrity-golf-invitational-and-all-star-concert-at-the-moorpark-country-club-on-august-20-2012.html?&ps=6&x-start=77
Birth Name: Zachary Wolfe Galligan
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Date of Birth: February 14, 1964
Ethnicity: 3/4 Irish, 1/8 Ashkenazi Jewish, with the remainder being English and distant Dutch and French
Zach Galligan is an American actor.
Both of his parents were/are of three quarters Irish descent. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. The remaining one eighth of his ancestry is English, with more distant Dutch and French.
Zach’s paternal grandparents were John Edward Galligan (the son of James Thomas Galligan and Ellen O’Donnell) and Katherine Lauretta Turbush (the daughter of James Henry Turbush and Rose Frances Mallon). James Galligan was born in New York, to Irish parents. Ellen was Irish. James Tarbush was born in Connecticut, of English, and more distant Dutch and French, descent. Rose was born in Pennsylvania, to Irish parents.
Zach’s maternal grandparents were Albert Joseph Wolfe (the son of Charles Ignaz Wolfe and Mary Leahy) and Harriet Muriel Brady (the daughter of Charles Augustus Brady and Harriet C. Foley). Charles Wolfe was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. Mary Leahy was of Irish descent, the daughter of Patrick Leahy and Hannah O’Neill. Charles Brady and Harriet Foley were both born in New York, and all of their own parents were Irish.
Sources: Zach’s paternal grandfather, John Edward Galligan, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Zach’s paternal grandmother, Katherine Lauretta Turbush, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Zach’s maternal grandfather, Albert Joseph Wolfe, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Zach’s maternal grandmother, Harriet Muriel Brady, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Place Of Birth: Cherry Hill, New Jersey or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Birth: January, 7, 1982
Ethnicity:
*English, Irish, Norwegian (father)
*Scottish (mother)
Lauren Cohan is an American-born English actress. She is known for her roles as Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead, and on The Vampire Diaries.
Lauren’s father is an American of English, Irish, and Norwegian descent. Lauren’s mother is Scottish. She lived in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and for one year in Georgia. She then moved to the United Kingdom, at the age of thirteen. She holds dual citizenship: British and American.
When she was five, her mother re-married, and the surname “Cohan” comes from her stepfather. Her stepfather was born Jewish, and both her mother and Lauren herself converted to Judaism. Lauren was raised Jewish and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
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Birth Name: Jack Finnegan Gilinsky
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska
Date of Birth: September 10, 1996
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Slovak, Czech, German, Irish, English (mother; who converted to Judaism)
Jack Gilinsky is an American singer. He is part of the pop-rap duo Jack & Jack, along with Jack Johnson.
Jack’s father was born Jewish (of Czech Jewish, Polish Jewish, Russian Jewish, and Lithuanian Jewish descent). Jack’s mother is of Slovak, Czech, German, Irish, and English ancestry. Jack’s mother was raised Catholic, and converted to Judaism; she is active in the Omaha Jewish community. Jack was raised Jewish.
Jack is a fifth cousin, once removed, of actress and singer Dianna Agron. Jack’s paternal five time great-grandparents, Shmuel Labe Agronsky and Fruma Chana Bakhrakh, were also Dianna’s four time great-grandparents.
Jack’s paternal grandparents are Larry Gilinsky (the son of Stewart Harold Gilinsky and Frances “Chickie” Bergman) and Deanna Sue Dworkin (the daughter of Edward Dworkin and Eloise Miller). Stewart was born in Iowa, to parents who were born in Iowa and Nebraska, respectively, and all of his grandparents were Czech Jewish immigrants. Frances was born in Nebraska, of Polish Jewish ancestry. Edward was born in Missouri, to a Russian Jewish father and a Lithuanian Jewish mother. Eloise was also Jewish.
Jack’s maternal grandparents are Frank Finnegan (the son of Frances Schroepfer) and Beverly J. Sim (the daughter of Michael Sim, Jr. and Helen Slivka). Michael’s father was born in Pennsylvania, to Slovak parents, and Michael’s mother was Slovak. Helen’s parents were Czech.
Sources: Genealogy of Jack Gilinsky (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Jack’s paternal great-grandfather, Stewart Harold Gilinsky, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal great-grandmother, Frances Bergman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jack’s paternal great-grandfather, Edward Dworkin, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Jack’s maternal great-grandmother, Frances (Schroepfer) Bradley – http://www.legacy.com
Jack’s maternal great-grandfather, Michael Sim, Jr. on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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Birth Name: Madison Elle Beer
Place of Birth: Jericho, New York
Date of Birth: March 5, 1999
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Madison Beer is an American singer and actress. She is Jewish and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.
Madison’s paternal grandparents are Morton “Morty” D. Beer (the son of Samuel Beer and Essie) and Lorraine Sosnow (the daughter of Morris Sosnow and Kate).
Sources: Obituary of Madison’s paternal great-grandmother, Essie Beer – http://www.nytimes.com
Obituary of Madison’s paternal great-grandfather, Morris Sosnow – http://www.nytimes.com
Obituary of Madison’s paternal great-grandmother, Kate Sosnow – http://www.nytimes.com
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Birth Name: Page Joseph Falkinburg
Place of Birth: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Date of Birth: April 5, 1956
Ethnicity: Dutch, English, German, Jewish
Diamond Dallas Page is an American wrestler, fitness instructor, and actor.
Diamond’s paternal grandparents were John Falkinburg and Sally Wilson (the daughter of Joseph Wilson and Martha Stevenson). John was of Dutch descent. Sally was English.
Diamond’s maternal grandparents were Fred Seigel and Doris. Fred was said to be of German descent.
Diamond has said that one of his maternal great-grandmothers was Jewish.
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Birth Name: Rahm Israel Emanuel
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: November 29, 1959
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Rahm Emanuel is an American politician. A Democrat, he has served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, since 2011. He was previously White House Chief of Staff (2009-2010) and a U.S. Representative from Illinois (2003-2009).
Rahm’s parents were/are both Jewish. His father was from Israel and his mother from the United States. He has ancestors who lived in Bessarabia, in Eastern Europe. Rahm’s wife is a convert to Judaism.
Rahm’s paternal grandparents were Ezekiel Emanuel (who was born with the surname “Auerbach”) and Pnyna.
Rahm’s maternal grandparents were Herman/Chaim Smulevitz (the son of Morris Smulevitz) and Sophie Lampert (the daughter of Yankel Lampert and Chia/Haya).
Source: Genealogy of Rahm Emanuel – http://www.geni.com