Jimmy Fallon
Fallon in 2010, photo by Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: James Thomas Fallon
Place of Birth: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 19, 1974
Ethnicity:
*62.5% Irish
*25% German
*12.5% Norwegian
Jimmy Fallon is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, singer, musician, writer, and producer. He has hosted The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014. He previously hosted the show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014. He has also starred in the films Taxi (2004) and Fever Pitch, and on Saturday Night Live. He co-created the show Guys with Kids.
Jimmy is the son of Gloria and James Fallon, a machine repairman for IBM. His father, a Vietnam veteran, had sung in street-corner doo-wop groups. Jimmy was mostly raised in Saugerties, New York. His father is of half Irish and half German descent. His mother is of three quarters Irish and one quarter Norwegian ancestry. He was raised Catholic.
Jimmy is married to producer Nancy Juvonen, with whom he has two children.
Jimmy’s paternal grandfather was James William Fallon (the son of William John Fallon and Mary Ann Monahan). Jimmy’s grandfather James was born in New York, of Irish descent. Jimmy’s great-grandfather William was the son of Thomas Fallon, who was from County Galway, Ireland, and of Louisa Stickevers/Stickever. Louisa’s parents were Henry Stickever, who was born in France, of Irish descent, and Mary O’Brien, who was Irish. Jimmy’s great-grandmother Mary was born in New York, the daughter of James P./Henry Monahan and Mary Martha Worth; Martha was born in Spain, though of Irish descent.
Jimmy’s paternal grandmother was Luise/Louise Schalla (the daughter of Karl/Charles Friedrich August Schalla and Luise “Lizzie”/Elizabeth Ganz). Jimmy’s grandmother Luise was German, born in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, to a father from Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, and a mother from Osterholz-Scharmbeck.
Jimmy’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Francis “Tom” Feeley (the son of Thomas Feehily/Feeley, Jr. and Mary Jane O’Neill). Jimmy’s grandfather Thomas was born in New York. Jimmy’s great-grandfather Thomas was from Drumlish, County Longford, Ireland, the son of Thomas Feehily and Mary Kenny. Jimmy’s great-grandmother Mary Jane was from Killoe, also in County Longford, Ireland, and was the daughter of Bernard O’Neill and Teresa.
Jimmy’s maternal grandmother was Gloria Rose Hovelsen/Hovelson (the daughter of Hans Julius Hovelsen and Mary Frances “May” Driscoll). Gloria was born in New York. Hans was Norwegian, born in Fredrikstad, Norway, the son of Johan Severin Hovelsen and Bolette/Bollette Jacobsdatter/Jakobsen. Jimmy’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, to Joseph Driscoll and Margaret Daly.
Sources: Family history of Jimmy Fallon, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, for Irish America Magazine – http://irishamerica.com
Genealogies of Jimmy Fallon – http://www.geni.com
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Obituary of Jimmy’s paternal grandmother, Luise/Louise (Schalla) Fallon – http://www.americanmemorials.com
Fallon with wife Nancy Juvonen, 2006, photo by Starfrenzy/www.bigstockphoto.com
Elena is so wrong about whites. Have you ever seen French or Italians they come in darker skin tones. Leave Jimmy alone he is fine the way he is.
Spanish galleons sank off the shore of Ireland. The Spaniards that made it to shore, “mingled” with/possible married… the Irish lasses. The offspring were often referred to to as “black Irish” because of darker skin. Some of them made it to America. My great grandfather’s surname was Kirkpatrick and he had very dark skin, black hair and eyes. He produced blue eyed, blonde haired children. Evolution, you know!
The whole “Black Irish” thing is a legend and totally unsubstantiated with facts. Some Irish are darker than others, its the same with Welsh people. Celtic people have a variety of different looks, it doesn’t mean that they’re “part Spanish” or something.
James Thomas Fallon Jr is of full blooded Irish descent.
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/people/Jimmy+Fallon#ixzz1kWyHScE1
There are a variety of looks in Ireland (and the British Isles). People range from blond, blue eyed & fair skinned to dark hair, brown eyes and olive skin like Jimmy. They all have the same ancestry.
He isn’t, Alice.
I was surprised, but he has actually mentioned his full background himself before.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/entertainment/late-nights-all-right-with-fallon-41094027-237630181.html
Well there you go. That’s a very good find.
I think the most surprised I was by somebody turning out to not be fully Irish was Bonnie Hunt. She was always mentioned as being the daughter of Irish Catholic parents in Chicago.
http://ethnicelebs.com/bonnie-hunt
It is probably unlikely to find someone of just one ethnicity in the US if people have been here for a few generations. It is the same here in Australia except the US seems to have a greater variety of different nationalities.
There are some full Irish:
http://ethnicelebs.com/john-cusack
http://ethnicelebs.com/bill-murray
http://ethnicelebs.com/rosie-odonnell
Rosie O’Donnell is a 3rd cousin of Bridget Moynahan. I just read that the other day.
Do any of you bigots realize that we are all descended from the same people, and life began in Africa. Divisions came later. Most Christians originated in the Middle East, Israel to be exact. Anyone remember Jesus was Jewish?
you mean *Palestine
Ancient Palestine, today Israel!
I always thought he was part Italian.