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
Looks like a typical hipster.
Something about this guy annoys me…
Maybe it’s his SJW activism in which he just regurgitates typical PK hokum from any ol’ Tumblr blog?
He doesn’t look English at all. He looks Middle Eastern as hell.
This guy doesn’t even look Jewish or Italian. he’s even too dark for those. He looks Arab, namely Iraqi, or North African (Tunisian).
Of course you never saw a sicilian.
italians arent exactly dark tf i’m so tired of these comments. My mother is from the province of emilia and toscana and she has light brown hair with green eyes
@ luckystar
You never saw a sicilian inded. Because Sicilians look more European than anything, and not like Middle Easterners and North Africans (totally different) as someone would think. A few examples:
These are Martin Scorsese’s parents, both of Sicilian descent
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AxxYp-KT0t8/hqdefault.jpg
Sinatra with parents (his dad was born in Sicily)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/71/99/46/7199461f1ee3c8d1c6b46dcf4d606a75.jpg
John Travolta (father born to Sicilian parents)
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/105527288-john-travolta-with-his-mother-and-father-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=R4V%2FQay2ANwpmCZhkZDSEv5Rp5RODlj9izrt1JFxXWr3VmlfY1ozHKhBPOqSazNy5mljR24zSs%2BeL4csF%2BEIJA%3D%3D
Like Carla Bruni
It means you never saw a Tunisian in your life or you’re just a wannabe to think he could be part your people (iraqi). He may be swarthy for the English spectrum, but he looks European. There are other British Isles-born celebs on this site that are a lot more odd than him, like
http://ethnicelebs.com/toby-kebbell
*part of your people
Sicilians look like Arabs. Not Swedes. You’re a typical swarthy frizzy head Southern European who thinks they have more in common with Europeans. Stop making me laugh so much.
You’re the wannabe buffoon in here. Go make pizza or something, you hairy short Med.
Study the story of Sicily before talking. Sicily is avery melting pot in centuries. Greeks, Romans, North Africans and Normans. So you can find a dark eyed and brown hairy man and tall and blond/blue eyed people or a mix of both. All Italians are very etherogenic
@ phaedra
You can see in this short video how much “Arab” Sicilians look. Average pigmentation is totally different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc2UMauAhIE
lol what’s with this hairy business people keep talking about? I’m latino and have been with white guys of varrying ancestries. Most were hairy. All white men are among the hairiest people in the world regardless of ethnicity. The least hairy people are asians, amerindians, polynesians and blacks. All the black men i’ve been around have been hairless.
Phaedra you seem very hostile towards mediterraneans. If you’re British I can understand that hostility/insecurity because British are notorious for lusting after Mediterranean men.
I have a similar opinion. I’m not into most white dudes (i’m originally from Brazil), but the mediterraneans FOR SURE looked a lot better on average than the Germans we had there. Likewise most of our male models in Brazil are some kind of mediterranean descent be it Portuguese or Italian. Most of the Northern european descent models we have in Brazil never become as reknowned as the Latins. Evandro Soldati for example was one of our highest paid male models.
This depends
Not really….
Got his doppelganger, England cricket captain!:
http://st3.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/cricket/20140522033734.jpeg