Russell Brand
Brand in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Russell Edward Brand
Place of Birth: Grays, Thurrock, Essex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 4 June, 1975
Ethnicity: English, as well as 1/64th German
Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor, and radio host. His films include Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, Despicable Me, Hop, Arthur (2011), and Rock of Ages.
He is the son of Barbara Elizabeth and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. Russell is married to Scottish lifestyle blogger and restaurateur Laura Gallacher, with whom he has three children.
Russell’s paternal grandfather was Henry George Brand (the son of Henry George Brand and Alice Sarah Truman). Russell’s grandfather Henry was born in Stepney, London, England. Russell’s great-grandfather Henry was the son of Mark Henry Brand and Lydia Bond. Alice was the daughter of George Truman and Maria Louisa Bruford. Maria Louisa’s grandfather, Johann Heinrich Kohler, was German.
Russell’s paternal grandmother was named Janet Marjorie White (the daughter of William Henry White and Maud Lilian). Janet was born in Stepney, London. William was the son of William Robert White and Eleanor Mary White.
Russell’s maternal grandfather was Frederick William Nichols (the son of Frederick William Nichols and Theresa Jessie Bennett). Russell’s grandfather Frederick was born in Hackney, London, England. Russell’s great-grandfather Frederick was the son of Edward Henry Nichols and Elizabeth. Theresa was the daughter of Robert Bennett.
Russell’s maternal grandmother was Nellie A. Miller (the daughter of Bertram Miller and Nellie Minnie A. Hale). Russell’s grandmother Nellie was born in Marylebone, London, England. Russell’s great-grandmother Nellie was the daughter of William Hale.
Sources: Family history of Russell Brand – http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Genealogy of Russell Brand – http://www.geni.com
Russell’s paternal grandmother, Janet Marjorie White, on the 1911 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Brand in 2014, photo by Prphotos
he looks a mess, this is what Adam Levine would look like he grew his hair out and let himself go
Exactly….
I suspect Russell to be part Jewish. Certain surnames in his heritage like “White” and “Bennett” can be Jewish….
But who knows….
“White” and “Bennett”? Are you serious? A lot of surnames can be Jewish, but it’s silly to go down this road with such generic names. He obviously isn’t Jewish.
Who are you?? The opinion police? I am just stating an opinion.
I am stating an opinion, too (or fact actually).
he looks like an mixture of red indian not like an pure english man
He is not that dark. He is light to olive skinned. It’s not the fact that he’s ‘dark’ which makes him mixed – his features (eye shape/color), brows and such are just very Middle Eastern in appearance (not even Italians/Greeks have that look) – He is very Persian and Arab looking…
If this man is fully English then Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman are bloody full blooded Swedes!
He is definitely fully English. He looks like an 18th century English pirate!
There is a genealogy of much of his recent ancestry here.
There was another genealogy on another site, that also had nothing but English ancestors.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3631811/Family-Detective-Russell-Brand.html
Interesting links…thanks..
I guess genetics is a weird thing – you could be dark featured and English, and pretty much a blondie and Middle Eastern (I’ve seen the latter a lot).
Oh an off-topic question, if you ever reply to this – how do we know if someone replied to you? They don’t even send you an email message.
Members of the same ethnic group are not clones of one another.
I don’t know how to know if someone replied to you. The newest comments are linked to from the middle left of every page (at least my page).
I also don’t understand the difference between Jamie Lee Curtis and Zac Efron… she actually didn’t look much different from him when she was younger. That is because Jamie Lee looks like her dad, Tony Curtis, who was a similar type to Efron.
P.S., one of the most “controversial” people from the British Isles has to be Robert Sheehan, an Irishman.
http://ethnicelebs.com/robert-sheehan
People just couldn’t believe he was fully Irish, for some reason. But he is.
He should be made a featured picture.
this man hasnt black hair
http://www.galawallpapers.net/photo/76978/Russell_Brand_01.jpg
I cant get a vibe from Middle East in him, that look is not uncommon in English ppl
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_szw8OMrkqF4/TUf-9JhozDI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/_HxgtFG2mac/s1600/8bf2235736b38494628f697d9021-large.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/46f7bd7837d64a8677c29fbdd5a4f2c4/tumblr_mfqtmmPlJC1ra6b9ao1_1280.jpg
http://www.rockol.it/img/foto/upload/Ritchie%20Blackmore.jpg
hahaha you british people are so hilarious you try so hard to make youre country northern eurpean look a likee but the majority of you have brown hair and brown eyes want some examples okay…russel brand,john lennon,george harrison,colin firth,colin farrell,george best(bot irish wich is the same thing)ahaha it seems the world know is knowing the truth you insignificant nordic-mediterranean island ahaha
I am quite happy to acknowledge loads of us have dark hair and eyes and yes, even a light olive skin. And we are not northern Europe, we are the northwest. It is more often people in the US who scratch their heads in perplexity, imagining we are all blonde Germanic types. A lot of phenotypes in Britain and Ireland are what old time anthropologists call Antlato-Mediterranean
he doesnt look full English his features are really dark and as for kiera knightley she dyes her hair she was born blonde
Maybe his look is a result of solarium and hair coloration.
Some european celebrities want to look more “exotic”:
Thomas Anders etc.
yeah exactly very few englishmen have black hair they are either blonde r brunnette
Brand is sometimes a Jewish surname but as far as I know Russell is not Jewish.
katy perry looks more english than him and she part portuguese
He’s lucky to be born in Europe.
So or so, europeans are more sensible with this
subject.