Anthony Delon
Delon in 2010, photo by Joe Seer/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Anthony G. Delon
Place of Birth: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 30, 1964
Ethnicity:
*father – French, Breton, one quarter Corsican Italian, approximately one quarter German/Swiss-German
*mother – Spanish
Anthony Delon is an American-born French actor.
He was born in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, the son of actor, producer, and singer Alain Delon and actress Nathalie Delon (born Francine Canovas). They are pictured here. His father was born in Sceaux, France, of French, Breton, Corsican Italian, and German/Swiss-German descent. His mother was born in Oujda, Morocco. She had Spanish ancestry. People of French and other European ancestry who lived in French North Africa were known as Pied-Noir; literally Black Feet.
Anthony has a daughter, model and actress Alyson Le Borges, with his former partner, Crazy Horse dancer Marie-Hélène Le Borges; and two children with his wife Sophie Clerico.
Anthony’s paternal grandfather was François Fabien Delon (the son of Jean-Marcel Delon and Marie-Antoinette Evangelista). François was born in Craponne-sur-Arzon, Haute Loire, Auvergne, France, and was a projectionist, who was director of the cinema Le Régina in Bourg-la-Reine. Jean-Marcel was born in Figeac, Lot, Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées, France, and was a civil engineer, who was given the Legion of Honour in 1892. He was the son of Fabien Delon and Marianne/Marie-Anne Adélaïde Delon. Anthony’s great-grandmother Marie-Antoinette was born on Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Haute-Corse, Corsica, of Corsican Italian background, the daughter of François Evangelista and Lucie Romani.
Anthony’s paternal grandmother was Édith Marie Suzanne Arnold (the daughter of Alfred Louis Arnold and Maria Minard). Édith was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Alfred was born in Paris, and was of mostly German and Swiss-German, and some French, origin. He was the son of Jost/Just Aloïs Arnold, who was born in Bürglen, Uri, Switzerland; and of Odile Marie Adèle Liennemann/Lienemann. Anthony’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Paris, and was a model for Jeanne Lanvin. She was the daughter of Louis Minard and Marie Louise Amélie Le Gal, who was born in Guilers, Finistere, Brittany.
Anthony’s maternal grandfather was named Louis Joseph Canovas. Louis was born in Ouiard, Oran, Algeria.
Anthony’s maternal grandmother was named Antonietta Rodriguez. Antonietta was born in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco.
Sources: http://www.gala.fr (in French)
http://cinevedette4.unblog.fr (in French)
Genealogy of Anthony Delon – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Anthony’s father – http://www.gatinaisgeneal.org
Genealogy of Anthony’s paternal grandfather, François Fabien Delon (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org
You can split into:
* French, etc (father)
* Spanish (mother)
Anthony’s maternal grandparents were Louis Joseph Canovas and Antonietta Rodriguez. They were born in Ouiard, Oran, Algeria, and Melilla (a Spanish enclave in Morocco), respectively.