Walt Disney
Disney in 1954, NASA GRIN: GPN-2000-000060, Author NASA
Birth Name: Walter Elias Disney
Date of Birth: December 5, 1901
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Death: December 15, 1966
Place of Death: Burbank, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, as well as some English
*mother – English, German, remote Scottish
Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, actor, and film producer.
He was the son of Flora (Call) and Elias Charles Disney. His father was born in Bluevale, Huron, Ontario, Canada, to Irish parents. His mother was born in Steuben, Huron, Ohio, to an American father and a German mother.
Walt was married to ink artist Lillian (Bounds) Disney, with whom he had two children.
Walt’s paternal grandfather was Kepple Elias Disney (the son of Arundel Elias Disney and Maria Swan). Kepple was born in Clone, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Arundel was the son of Kepple Disney, whose paternal grandparents were born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, and of Frances Best.
Walt’s paternal grandmother was Mary J. Richardson (the daughter of Robert Richardson and Ruth/Rose Lark). Mary J. was born in Ireland, likely in Aghaboe, County Laois. Ruth was the daughter of Robert Lark and Grace.
Walt’s maternal grandfather was Charles Call (the son of Eber Call and Violette/Violet Lawrence). Charles was born in New York, to parents from Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, and had English ancestry. Eber was the son of John Call, Jr. and Fanny Johnson. Violette was the daughter of Daniel Lawrence and Violette Dean.
Walt’s maternal grandmother was Henrietta Gross (the daughter of Johann/John Georg/George Gross and Maria Catharina/Catherine Schmidt/Smith). Henrietta was German, born in Miehlen, Rhineland-Palatinate. Johann was the son of Johann Georg Gross and Catharina/Katherine Maria Schmidt. Walt’s great-grandmother Maria Catharina was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Schmidt and Marie Juliane Pfeifer.
Sources: Genealogies of Walt Disney – http://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
http://famouskin.com
http://www.findagrave.com
He looks like he may be from France/Italy the most!
He looks very French!
yet white people can have black,brown,blonde,or red hair and we can have blue,green,brown eyes and have tanned or very pale skin…….YES WE ALL LOOKS THE SAME….LOL…
Don’t forget the Honey eyes & Grey eyes.
Caucasians are some of the most varied looking peoples on earth. They come in every colour of the rainbow.
@Angelina, If u are really tanned have black hair and dark eyes then how are u white? U are brown (Like an Indian person)
I agree that caucasians are varied, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact many groups who are no longer just white still claim they’re white. For example, southern europeans. Clearly not all Italians are white, Rome had many different groups in it. No matter how much purist try to claim no mixing happened we can observe that very same thing happening today. So it’s nonsensical to say what happens even now couldn’t have happened in the past.
In my opinion Italians were much whiter in the past than are today. Most probably looked closer to Northern/Central italians.
The fact that there are many Italians especially from the south who only score 70% European ancestry on 23andme proves that a lot of them have blood from elsewhere. As if it wasn’t obvious by looking at some of them. There’s no way that two groups can have so much in common (South euros and certain Arab peoples) without having some sort of relation to each other.
Yes, Italians (as all Europeans)) were surely much whiter in the past than today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Italy
And yes, “Italians” who only score 70% European ancestry on 23andme have blood from elsewhere, even though they identify as “Italian”. They have nicknames like “Blackbuddafly” and are very active in trolling real Italians on the Internet.
I was always under the impression that he was Mexican American.
Wtf how does he look or sound Mexican?
People in Spain say he has Spaniard origin, is that true?
so happy he was not racist.