Celebrity Ethnicity - What Nationality Background and Race

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Birth Name:

Sean Justin Penn

Birth Place:

Santa Monica, California, USA

Ethnicity:

Jewish, Irish and Italian

The actor was born in California. His father had Jewish parents from Lithuania and Russia. His mother is of Irish and Italian descent.

Source:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/penn.htm

http://www.jewishjournal.com/up_front/article/jews_flop_in_big_oscar_

award_wins_20040305/

http://www.irishmusicarchive.com/exhibits/HoH/Penn_Sean.html

http://www.enews20.com/news_Sean_Penn_Travels_Venezuelan_Country

side_with_Chavez_01894.html

Celebrities with similar heritage:

1. Jon Bon Jovi
2. Matthew Broderick
3. Steve Buscemi
4. David Caruso
5. Chris Cornell
6. Daniel Day Lewis
7. Robert De Niro
8. Robert Downey Jr
9. Harrison Ford
10. Alicia Keys
11. Val Kilmer
12. Pink