Birth Name: Barry Alan Pincus
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Date of Birth: June 17, 1943
Ethnicity:
*75% Ashkenazi Jewish
*25% Irish
Barry Manilow is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. He is the son of Edna (Manilow) and Harold Lawrence Pincus. His father also went under his own stepfather’s surname, “Keliher”. Barry’s father was of half Russian Jewish and half Irish Catholic descent, and Barry’s mother’s family was Russian Jewish. Barry was raised Jewish.
Barry’s paternal grandparents were Harry Pincus and Anna Sheehan. Harry was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Anna was born in New York, to Irish (Catholic) parents.
Barry’s maternal grandparents were Joseph Manilow (the son of Louis Manilow and Anna Meltzer) and Esther Yanoff (the daughter of Abraham Yanoff and Bertha Valinsky). Joseph and Esther were Russian Jews.
Sources: Family history of Barry Manilow, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak – http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Genealogy of Barry Manilow – http://www.geni.com
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