Birth Name: LaDonna Adrian Gaines
Birth Place: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: December 31, 1948
Ethnicity?: African American
Donna Summer was a legendary African American singer who made a string of hit songs through the 70s up until her death on May 17, 2012. She will be greatly missed and remembered for her beautiful voice.
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Birth Name: Anna Maria Louisa Italiano
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 17, 1931
Ethnicity: Italian
Anne Bancroft was an actress who was born to Italian immigrant parents, Mildred DiNapoli and Michael Italiano.
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Birth Name: Shelley Conn
Place of Birth: Barnet, London, England, UK
Date of Birth: 1976
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan, English
Shelley Conn is a British actress of Sri Lankan and English descent. Conn’s brown complexion and beautiful dark brown eyes are owed to her Sri lankan heritage.
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Birth Name: Erin Kaplan
Place of Birth: Istanbul
Date of Birth: 1983
Ethnicity: Turkish, Dutch
Erin Kaplan is an American model and television personality. She is well known for the role on the series, The City.
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Birth Name: Shanina Shaik
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth: 11 February 1991
Ethnicity: Pakistani, Saudi Arabian,Lithuanian
Shanina Shaik is an Australian model who was born to a mother of Lithuanian descent and a father of Pakistani and Saudi Arabian descent.
She stands 5 feet 8 inches tall with straight dark brown hair and hazel colored eyes.
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Birth Name: Adam Nathaniel Yauch
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 5, 1964
Ethnicity: Anglo, Jewish
Adam Yauch better known as MCA, was a member of the band The Beastie Boys. He was born to a Jewish mother named Frances and a Catholic father named Noel Yauch.
Despite being born to a Jewish mother, he converted to Tibetan Buddhism and started the Milarepa Fund, a non-profit organization seeking an independent Tibet.
MCA founded The Beastie Boys with his high school friend Mike D, playing the bass and vocals. He later developed his lyrical skills as the trio moved towards a more hip hop sound.
MCA is survived by Tibetan wife Dechen Wangdu and his son Tenzin.
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Birth Name: Tiaina Baul “Junior” Seau, Jr
Place of Birth: San Diego, California
Date of Birth: January 19, 1969
Ethnicity: Samoan
Junior Seau, born Tiaina Baul Seau, Jr. was a professional American football player of Samoan descent. His grandfather was a village chief in Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa.
Standing 6’3″ tall and weighing about 250 pounds, Seau was a linebacker wearing the number 55.
Seau died at a young age of 43 on May 2 2012 due to a suspected self inflicted gun wound.
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Birth Name: Meaghan Rath
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of Birth: June 18, 1986
Ethnicity: Austrian, English, Indian
Meaghan Rath is a Canadian actress who was born to a father of Austrian and English descent and a mother from Goa, India.
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Birth Name: Phillip Jack Brooks
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Birth: October 26, 1978
Ethnicity: Anglo American
CM Punk is a WWE wrestler.
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Birth Name: Sara Beth Bareilles
Place of Birth: Eureka, California
Date of Birth: December 7, 1979
Ethnicity: Italian, German, Portuguese, French
Sara Beth Bareilles describes herself as being of Italian, German, Portuguese, and French descent. She lived in Italy for a year, speaks Italian, and was raised Catholic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles
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