Dane DeHaan
DeHaan in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Dane William DeHaan
Place of Birth: Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 6, 1986
Ethnicity: Dutch, German, Italian/Sicilian, English, with distant Welsh and Northern Irish
Dane DeHaan is an American actor and model. His roles include the films Chronicle, Lincoln, The Place Beyond the Pines, Devil’s Knot, Kill Your Darlings, Metallica: Through the Never, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Life After Beth, Life (2015), Two Lovers and a Bear, A Cure for Wellness, Tulip Fever, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, The Kid, Oppenheimer, and Dumb Money, and the series ZeroZeroZero, The Stranger, Lisey’s Story, and The Staircase.
Dane’s ancestry is Dutch, German, Italian/Sicilian, English, and a small amount of Welsh and Northern Irish. His surname, de Haan or DeHaan, means “the rooster” in Dutch.
Dane is married to actress Anna Wood, with whom he has two children.
Dane’s paternal grandfather was William Robert DeHaan (the son of William DeHaan and Ethel Margaret Ande). Dane’s grandfather William was born in New Jersey. Dane’s great-grandfather William was born in New Jersey, to Dutch parents, Frank DeHaan and Margaret. Ethel was born in New Jersey, the daughter of William Ande, who was of German descent, and of Nellie/Lillie Vanderbeck, who was of Dutch origin.
Dane’s paternal grandmother was Beth Ellen Sine (the daughter of Edwin Randolph Sine and Katherine M. Kosegarten). Beth was born in New York. Edwin’s father, Charles Rush Sine, was a minister in Tonawanda, New York. Edwin’s mother was Ella H. Grieser. Edwin had mostly German, as well as Welsh and Northern Irish, ancestry. Katherine’s father, Otto Frederick Kosegarten, was the son of German immigrants, Frederick J. Kosegarten, from Neukalen, Mecklenburg, and Caroline Salchow. Katherine’s mother, Augusta E. “Gussie” Halstead, was born in Pennsylvania, to Charles Halstead and Augusta Bell. The surnames Halstead and Bell are English.
Dane’s maternal grandmother was born Laura M. Boscia (the daughter of Frank Paul Boscia and Anna Mae Fahr). Laura was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. Frank was an Italian emigrant, born in Messina, Italy, the son of Nicholas Boscia and Concetta Olla. This makes Dane of at least one eighth Italian descent. Dane’s great-grandmother Anna had German ancestry, and was the daughter of Jacob Fahr and Bertha S. Deemer.
DeHaan in 2012, image via kathclick/Bigstock.com
Sources: Dane’s paternal great-grandfather, William DeHaan, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dane’s paternal grandfather, William Robert DeHaan (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://www.chaseyourtale.com
Genealogy of Dane’s paternal great-grandfather, Edwin Randolph Sine (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://www.thevillagerose.com
Dane’s paternal great-grandmother, Katherine M. Kosegarten, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Dane’s maternal grandmother, Laura M. (Boscia) Cicale – http://obits.lehighvalleylive.com
Obituary of Dane’s maternal great-grandmother, Anna Mae (Fahr) Boscia – https://www.mcall.com
my little brother thinks I look like hime and I’m just English
1/8 sicilian
Double your pleasure!
Thank you!
Would you mind if I moved the older picture after the text (i.e. “image via kathclick/Bigstock.com”), so his ethnicity would show up earlier?
Done
Thank you.
he looks like he’s dutch with a bit of british. I am dutch and he could pass for a dutch person that is a bit mixed with british ppl. I don’t really see the german ore italian ethnicity in him
He’s 1/8th Dutch.
that nose
David Bowie is too ugly to look like Dane.
Dane should be proud to look like a legend as Bowie
Dane is much handsomer.