George Clooney
Clooney in 2008, cinemafestival / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: George Timothy Clooney
Place of Birth: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Date of Birth: May 6, 1961
Ethnicity: Irish, English, and German, with more distant Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, and remote French Huguenot and Dutch
George Clooney is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and activist. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Syriana (2005). His film roles also include Return to Horror High, Grizzly II: Revenge, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, From Dusk till Dawn, One Fine Day, Batman & Robin, The Peacemaker, Out of Sight, The Thin Red Line, Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Ocean’s Eleven (2001), and its sequels; Welcome to Collinwood, Solaris (2002), Intolerable Cruelty, The Good German, Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Up in the Air, The American, The Descendants, Gravity, Tomorrowland, Hail, Caesar!, Money Monster, and Ticket to Paradise. He has directed the films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Good Night, and Good Luck., Leatherheads, The Ides of March, The Monuments Men, The Midnight Sky, all of which he starred in, and Suburbicon and The Tender Bar. First coming to fame on the series ER, George was selected People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1997, and again in 2006.
George is the son of Nina Bruce (Warren), a beauty queen and city councilwoman, and Nick Clooney (Nicholas Joseph Clooney), a journalist and television personality. His aunt, father’s sister, was singer and actress Rosemary Clooney. He is a cousin of Rosemary’s sons, actors Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, and a first cousin, once removed, of actress Tessa Ferrer.
George’s father is of one half Irish and one quarter German descent, with his other quarter being a mix of English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish. George’s mother has English ancestry, along with more distant Scottish, Welsh, and remote French Huguenot and Dutch, roots.
George is married to lawyer Amal (Alamuddin) Clooney, who is of Druze and Lebanese descent. The couple has two children.
George’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Nicholas Clooney, was born, c. 1829, in Windgap, County Kilkenny, Ireland, the son of David Clooney and Mary McGrath, farmers.
George’s paternal grandfather was Andrew Joseph Clooney (the son of Andrew B. Clooney and Crescentia/Cynthia Koch). George’s grandfather Andrew was born in Kentucky. George’s great-grandfather Andrew was the son of Nicholas Clooney and Bridget Byron, who were Irish immigrants. Crescentia was born in Ohio, the daughter of ethnic German parents, Joseph Henry Koch, from Prussia, and Margaret Fehler, from Lorraine, France.
George’s paternal grandmother was Marie Frances Guilfoyle (the daughter of Michael Joseph Guilfoyle and Martha Adelia/Delia “Ada” Farrow). Marie Frances was born in Kentucky. Michael was the son of Cornelius/Con Guilfoyle, from Tipperary, Ireland, and of Rosanna/Roseanna “Rose” Sweeney, whose parents were Irish, her father from Laois and her mother from Kilkenny. Martha was the daughter of Samuel Tully Farrow and Ellin Breckenridge “Ella” Vanden.
George’s maternal grandmother was Marvin Jackson Warren (the son of William H. Warren and Ida Lee Chambers). Marvin was born in Kentucky. William was the son of John Linton Warren and Mary B. Gatton. Ida was the daughter of John Martin Chambers and Lucinda/Lucy Ann Crow.
George’s maternal grandmother was Dica Mae Edwards (the daughter of Ansel Leroy “Roy” Edwards and Nora Bell/Belle Perkins). Dica was born in Boyle County, Kentucky. Ansel was the son of James “Jack” Edwards and Dicy Florence Bandy. Nora was the daughter of Cicero Perkins and Martha Jane Wilburn.
George is a half-first cousin, five times removed, of President Abraham Lincoln. George’s maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann “Polly” Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Hanks, who was the mother of President Lincoln (Mary and Nancy were both the daughters of Lucy Hanks). Through the same line, George is also a seventh cousin, once removed, of actor Tom Hanks. George’s maternal seven times great-grandparents, John Hanks and Catherine, were also the paternal six times great-grandparents of Tom Hanks.
Sources: Genealogies of George Clooney – http://famouskin.com
http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of George Clooney (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
Genealogy of George’s father (through his father’s sister, Rosemary Clooney) – https://old.findagrave.com
Notations on George’s Irish ancestry – http://www.eneclann.ie
George’s paternal great-grandmother, Crescentia/Cynthia Koch, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Thanks, I think you’re not american andrew, because I’ve been reading this site and others for a while for fun and to improve my english and I got shocked of how stupid these so called “white” americans are,it’s unbelievable! They talk about northern europeans, like germans,oh my god, how white they are,oh my god, how blonde they are, is it some joke?
The germans are mixed, for example, with polish and jews, like Angela Merkel and Hitler! Where the education of these “white” american jerks come from? Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Ironman, Crocodileman,Bottleman, Flowerman, Daisyman…. Their heroes are the Constitution, Lincoln and Chuck Norris, aren’t you retards? Try to read some books, like history books or even Nietzsche, what Nietzsche thought of americans and germans! But maybe you think Nietzsche is a new singer from Sri Lanka! Do you,idiots, think history began two hundred years ago? For example, someone is crazy enough to compare the history of Italy with the history of germany, before any germanic or celtic pronounces the name ROME, they must get down on his knees like they used to do. Do you want me to write it in german or maybe Latin?
Merkel is 1/4 Polish, yes.
I’d like to know Oscar Pistorius’ ancestry, he’s my hero.
I also don’t have my two legs. I’m black, fat, ugly and I
don’t have my two legs, what a tragedy!!
I’m crying.
I’m sorry for my poor english,it’s my third language.
Afrikaan with some Italian as well
I have more or less the same ethnic background as George Clooney I also have English Irish Scottish Welsh and German ancestry and also Austrian ancestry along with remote Italian ancestry my nephews have French ancestry more or less the same as me they also have English Irish Scottish Welsh German Austrian and remote Italian ancestry.
he’s a standard British Isles Med type like Orlando Bloom, Russell Brand, Cheryl Cole, Catherine Zeta Jones, Colin Farrell, Aidan Turner, Dominic Cooper, etc.
he looks like old Hollywood British Actor Cary Grant.
Like me I’m a standard British Isles Med type.
You’re not standard British Isles if you have recent ancestry not from there. To be standard British Isles you would be English, Scot, Welsh or Irish or a combination of these.
I have all 4 ethnicities of the British Isles English Irish remote Scottish and remote Welsh which is very common in the British Isles most people in the British Isles have 4 ethnicities that makes them British Mongrels I’m not fully standard British since I’m half Filipino.
looks like Cary Grant