Armie Hammer

Hammer in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Armand Douglas Hammer

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: August 28, 1986

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish (one eighth), German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, 1/16th or 1/32 Russian (approximately), 1/32 Polish, 1/32 Danish, Swiss-German, 1/128th Greek, and 1/512th Cherokee Native American

Armie Hammer is an American actor. His films include Blackout, Billy: The Early Years, as athlete and entrepreneur twins Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, in The Social Network (2010); J. Edgar, Mirror Mirror, as John Reid, the title character, in The Lone Ranger; The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Birth of a Nation (2016), Nocturnal Animals, Mine, Free Fire, Call Me By Your Name, Final Portrait, Cars 3, Sorry to Bother You, On the Basis of Sex, Hotel Mumbai, Wounds, Rebecca (1940), Crisis, and Death on the Nile (2022).

Armie is the son of Dru Ann (Mobley), a bank loan officer, and Michael Armand Hammer, a businessperson. His father owned Knoedler Publishing and the film/television Armand Hammer Productions. He grew up in Los Angeles, as well as Highland Park, near Dallas, and the Cayman Islands. Armie has two children with his former wife, model, reporter, and actress Elizabeth Chambers.

Armie’s paternal great-grandfather was famous businessperson Armand Hammer, who ran the company Occidental Petroleum, specializing in oil and gas, from 1957 until 1990, his death. A picture, c. 1989, of Armie together with his great-grandfather Armand, can be seen here. Armand Hammer was named after Armand Duval, a character in the book La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), 1848, by Alexandre Dumas.

Armie has described his own background as “half Jewish.” His great-grandfather Armand was Jewish, of Russian Jewish descent. Armie’s other ancestry is German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, 1/16th or 1/32 Russian (approximately), 1/32 Polish, 1/32 Danish, Swiss-German, 1/128th Greek, and 1/512th Cherokee Native American.

Armie’s paternal grandfather was Julian Armand Hammer (the son of Armand Hammer and Olga Vadimovna Vadina-Rot). Armie’s great-grandfather Armand was the son of Julius Hammer and Rose Lifschitz/Robinson, Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire; his own father was born in Odessa.

Armie’s great-grandmother Olga was an actress, born in Sevastopol, Russia, to Vadim Rot/Root/Von Rot, a staff captain, and Lubov Karlovna Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich. Lubov’s father, Karl Kazimirovich Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich, who was Catholic, was born in Mogilev, to a family of landed gentry, of Polish descent. Lubov’s mother, Maria Pavlovna Revelioti, was of Russian Orthodox religion, and was the daughter of Pavel Feodosevich Revelioti. Armie’s great-great-great-great-grandfather Pavel was the son of Feodosiy Dmitrievich Revelioti (originally Theodosios Reveliotis), who was Greek, from Arcadia, and of Maria Pavlova. This makes Armie Hammer of 1/128th Greek descent. A picture of Armie’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Feodosiy can be found here.

Armie’s paternal grandmother was Glenna Sue Ervin (the daughter of Glen Williams Ervin and Bertha Estelle/Stella Bannerman). Armie’s grandmother Glenna was born in Texas. Armie’s great-grandfather Glen was the son of Robert A. Ervin and Allie Belle Williams. Bertha was the daughter of Charles William Bannerman and Frances Elizabeth Dunn. Armie’s grandmother Glenna had English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Scottish, ancestry. One of Glenna’s six times great-grandfathers was Chief Kanagatucko, a Cherokee elder who served as the First Beloved Man of the Cherokee, from 1753 until 1760 (his death); Chief Kanagatucko’s wife, Su-Gi (Wild Onion) of the Wolf Clan, was also Cherokee. Their daughter, who was also known as Sussannah Hopper, married James William David McDaniel, Armie’s seven times great-grandfather.

Armie’s maternal grandfather is Douglas Lee Mobley (the son of William L. “Billy” Mobley and Jessie). Douglas was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and has English, Scottish, and German ancestry. William was born in Texas, the son of John David Mobley and Lula Maxwell.

Armie’s maternal grandmother was Donna Rae Kaufman (the daughter of William George/S./F. Kaufman and Leta Faye Young). Donna was born in Ogema, Wisconsin, or Illinois. William was born in Illnois, the son of John Peter Kaufman, who was of German and Swiss-German descent, and of Amelia/Emily Miller, who was of German ancestry. Leta was born in South Dakota, the daughter of John Elgen/Elgie Young and Mary Luella Baden, whose own father, James Martin Baden, was Danish, from Torrild, Aarhus, and whose own mother, Nancy Elizabeth Harrison, was American, from Muscatine, Iowa.

Sources: Genealogy of Armie Hammer – http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Armie Hammer (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com

Armie’s great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Armie’s paternal great-grandfather, Armand Hammer – http://articles.latimes.com

Picture and biography of Armie’s paternal great-great-great-grandfather, Karl Kazimirovich Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich – http://www.kostsyushko.chersonesos.org

Armie’s Native American ancestry, at Ancestry.com – http://corporate.ancestry.com

Chart showing Armie’s descent from Sussannah Hopper and her father, Chief Kanagatucko – http://i.imgur.com

Genealogy of Armie’s paternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Martha Ward (through Martha’s sister, Mary (Ward) Clark) – https://www.wikitree.com

Armie’s maternal grandmother, Donna Rae Kaufman, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Marriage announcement of Armie’s maternal great-grandparents, William George/S./F. Kaufman and Leta Faye Young – http://www.newspapers.com

Armie’s maternal great-grandfather, William George/S./F. Kaufman, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Death record of Armie’s maternal great-grandfather, William George/S./F. Kaufman – https://www.familysearch.org

Armie’s maternal great-grandmother, Leta Faye Young, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Armie’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, James Martin Baden and Nancy Elizabeth Harrison, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James Martin Baden and Nancy Elizabeth Harrison on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org