Harrison Ford

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Birth Name:

Harrison Ford

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois,USA

Ethnicity:

German, Jewish Belarusian and Irish

The American actor has Jewish Maternal Grandparents, German and Irish Paternal Grandparents. This was mentioned on his biography.

His maternal grandparents were both Jews from Minsk, Belarus.

His paternal grandmother, Veronica Niehaus was of German descent and his paternal grandfather, John Fitzgerald Ford was of Irish Catholic descent.

Source:

Jenkins, Gary (March 1999). Harrison Ford: Imperfect Hero

Celebrities sharing similar heritage:

  1. Paul Giamatti
  2. Val Kilmer
  3. Adam Levine
  4. Gwyneth Paltrow
  5. Natalie Portman
  6. Tom Cruise
  7. Zac Efron
  8. Drew Barrymore
  9. Rachelle Lefevre
  10. Josh Groban
  11. Catherine Zeta Jones
  12. Phoebe Cates
  13. Logan Lerman
  14. Boris Johnson
  15. Steven R. McQueen

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Dave August 25, 2010 at 1:29 pm

Ford is an English name, FitzGerald is Anglo-Norman English origin, the amount of excuses made by Americans to deny English heritage is unbelievable.

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Anonymous August 25, 2010 at 1:44 pm

They both are Irish names.

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Alice December 26, 2011 at 5:12 am

People can get names very wrong. FitzGerald is a common name in Ireland and it is not English but Norman but is now completely Irish as they came in the 12th century. The name Ford is also quite common in Ireland. I’m sure people know where there families originate from. The British Isles has so many people coming and going from Britain to Ireland over the years you would have to check where people originate from.

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kat January 15, 2012 at 6:54 am

You do realize, that the English anglicized Irish surnames don’t you? If Harrison Ford says that his ancestry if from Ireland, than so be it.

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ethnic May 5, 2010 at 10:37 am

I totally agree Dave.

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Dave May 5, 2010 at 4:57 am

When asked, Ford usually only mentions his Irish and Jewish heritage. But yes, his paternal grandmother was German. His ancestry is traced in this book
http://www.amazon.com/Harrison-Ford-%C3%B9-Imperfect-Hero/dp/080658016X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product

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Anonymous May 4, 2010 at 10:22 pm
ethnic May 4, 2010 at 5:18 pm

Niehaus is a German name.

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ralph May 3, 2010 at 5:43 pm

No Harrisson Ford’s father was Irish and his mother was a Russian Jew. He revealed this on Inside The Actors’s Studio

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LiL V4CH4 April 17, 2010 at 9:43 am

Because his maternal grandparents are Jews NOT Belarusians!duhh

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natalia rusak April 17, 2010 at 9:04 am

Interesting that Belarus is not listed as an ethnicity.

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kira:)) March 28, 2010 at 4:21 pm

indiana jones is the greatest!

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