Janis Ian

Birth Name: Janis Eddy Fink

Place of Birth: Farmingdale, New Jersey, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 7, 1951

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Janis Ian is an American singer, songwriter, columnist, and science fiction author.

She is the daughter of Pearl, a college fundraiser, and Victor Fink, a music teacher. Her parents ran summer camps in upstate New York. Her grandparents were from Kyiv, Ukraine, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Poland, respectively.

Janis is married to Patricia Snyder.

Janis’s paternal grandfather was named Yashe Fink.

Janis’s maternal grandfather was surnamed Yadoff.