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Sean Penn

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Birth Name:

Sean Justin Penn

Birth Place:

Santa Monica, California, USA

Ethnicity:

Jewish-Lithuanian and Russian, 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.

Penn’s mother also said that his father also could’ve had Spanish/French ancestry hence his father’s original surname, Pinon.

Source:

  1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/penn.htm
  2. http://www.jewishjournal.com/
  3. http://www.irishmusicarchive.com/exhibits/HoH/Penn_Sean.html
  4. http://www.enews20.com/

Celebrities with similar heritage:

  1. Steven Seagal
  2. Rashida Jones
  3. Roseanne Barr
  4. Pete Doherty
  5. Amanda Bynes
  6. Jon Bon Jovi
  7. Matthew Broderick
  8. Yul Brynner
  9. Steve Buscemi
  10. Vanessa Carlton
  11. David Caruso
  12. Chris Cornell
  13. Daniel Day Lewis
  14. Robert De Niro
  15. Kirk Douglas

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One Response to “Sean Penn”

  1. Comment by LiL V4CH4 C0MiN yUR W4y
    January 1st, 2010

    His mother also said that his dad might also could’ve had Spanish/French ancestry hence the last name Pinon and It’s on wikipedia with a source…

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