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List of multiracial people
Here is a list of famous biracial and multiracial people.
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Paula Abdul, singer, actress, dancer. French Canadian/Jewish Syrian and Brazilian
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Christina Aguilera, singer, Father Ecuadorian, Mother Irish
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Jessica Alba, actress, European and Mexican Indian
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Tatyana Ali, actress, black Panamanian and Indo-Trinidadian
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Abdullah II of Jordan ,current king of Jordan, father Arab and mother British
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Devon Aoki, Japanese and Caucasian (German and English) model
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Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (1986-1992); ¼ Chinese.
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Crispus Attucks, Indian American, victim of Boston Massacre
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- Ally Baggett , model, Spanish, Filipino
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Benjamin Banneker, African - English, mathematician, helped lay out the city of Washington, DC
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Kim Basinger, actress, Caucasian with Cherokee descent
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Batista, professional wrestler; Greek, Filipino
- Dame Shirley Bassey, singer, Nigerian and British
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Jennifer Beals, actress, black father and white mother
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Kate Beckinsale, actress, 1/4 Burmese, English
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Tyson Beckford, supermodel, Jamaican, Chinese, white
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Catherine Bell, actress, Iranian mother, British father
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Halle Berry, actress, has a Caucasian Mother and a black Father.
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David Blaine, magician, Puerto Rican and Russian Jewish
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Lisa Bonet, actress, 1/2 Jewish 1/2 black
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Michelle Branch, musician, Indonesian, Dutch, French and Irish
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Donald Brashear, hockey player, white Canadian mother and black American father
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Benjamin Bratt, actor, Quechua from Peru and German/English
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Yul Brynner, actor, Swiss German, Russian, Mongolian
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Dean Cain, actor, Japanese, French, Irish and Welsh (1/4 each)
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Roy Campanella, baseball star, black and Italian
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, United States Senator, Native American and Portuguese
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Naomi Campbell, model, 1/8 Chinese and 7/8 Jamaican
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John Carew, Norwegian international football player, Norwegian mother, Gambian father
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Mariah Carey, singer, black Venezuelan father, Irish mother
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Asia Carrera, actress, 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 German
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Tia Carrere, actress, Filipina, Chinese and Spanish
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Forrest Carter, writer, Caucasian, 1/8 Native American (Cherokee)
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Lynda Carter, actress, white and Mexican
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Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress, Maori and white Australian
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Phoebe Cates, 1/2 Russian-Jewish, 1/2 Filipino
- Deja Chan , adult model, Pornstar, Chinese and Boer British descent
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Sir Julius Chan, former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea; Chinese father, Papuan mother
- Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz , part black Moorish through the Portuguese royal family
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Cher, singer/actress, 1/4 Cherokee, 1/2 Albanian
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Unsuk Chin, composer, German and Korean
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Brian Ching, USA international soccer player, Chinese and Hawaiian
- Liz Cho , ABC News anchor and reporter
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Susan Choi, Author, Korean and Russian-Jewish
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Rae Dawn Chong, actress, Chinese, French-Scottish-Irish Canadian, black
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Tommy Chong, comedian, Chinese, French-Scottish-Irish Canadian
- China Chow , actress, English and Chinese
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Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon Navy Rear Admiral, Half-Hawaiian, Caucasian and Chinese
- Keith Hirabayashi Cooke , actor, Japanese mother and Scottish father
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Lola Corwin, model, Korean-American
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Ann Curry, journalist, Japanese mother, Caucasian father
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Charles Curtis, American Vice-President (1929-1933); Native American mother
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Martin Dahlin, Swedish football (soccer) player, black and Swedish
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Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Prince Joachim of Denmark. Mother Danish, father French.
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Margrethe II of Denmark, current Queen of Denmark. Father Danish mother Swedish.
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Johnny Damon, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox. Father is white, mother is Thai.
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Dorothy Dandridge, actress
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Ron Darling, baseball player, Chinese, Hawaiian, Caucasian
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Stacey Dash, actress, African American and Native Mexican (Aztec)
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Craig David, singer, white mother, black father
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Jaye Davidson, actor, English mother and Ghanian father
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Rosario Dawson, actress, Puerto Rican, African American, Cuban, Irish and Native American
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F.W. de Klerk, last Apartheid-era President of South Africa (1989-1994); acknowledges in his autobiography some Indian ancestry that his family had previously kept secret (and which would have legally disqualified him from holding office)
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Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Penne and Duke of Florence, black and Italian
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Cameron Diaz, actress, Cuban, Native American, English and German
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Vin Diesel, actor, African American, Italian, German, Scottish, Spanish, French, etc
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Fefe Dobson, Canadian rock singer
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Casey Donovan, Australian singer and winner of Australian Idol 2, white mother, part(??) Australian Aboriginal father
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Frederick Douglass, civil rights activist, writer, black and white
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W. E. B. Du Bois, activist, French, Dutch, African American
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Alexandre Dumas, writer, black and white
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Mervyn Dymally, former US Congressman, Indian, African, white
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Shannon Elizabeth, actress, father Lebanese of Syrian descent, mother is of French, English, and Native American descent
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Yvonne Elliman, singer, Japanese, Caucasian
- Giancarlo Esposito , actor, black mother and Italian father
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Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian jeweller, father German (with French descent) and mother Danish
- George Fernandez , former foreign minister of India; some distant Portuguese ancestry
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China Forbes, American singer/songwriter and member of Pink Martini, white father (of French and Scottish descent), black mother
- Patricia Ford , Adult Model, German, Chinese, Hawaiian, Irish and Portuguese ancestry
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Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, mother Mexican and father German-Jewish
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Foxy Brown, American rapper, black and Filipina
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Brooke Fraser, singer/songwriter, Samoan/Fijian/Scottish/Spanish descent
- Jennifer Freeman , black mother, white father
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Grant Fuhr, ice hockey star, black and white
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Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, children of the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Sonia Gandhi. father (Rajiv Gandhi) Indian and mother (Sonia Gandhi) Italian
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Crystal Gayle, singer, Irish and Cherokee
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Roland Gift, lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, half black and half white.
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Asha Gill, model, TV host, actress, VJ, writer, DJ, producer, women's rights activist, spokesperson for Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign. Father Punjabi-Malaysian, Mother English-French
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Malcolm Gladwell, writer for The New Yorker, author of The Tipping Point
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Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Caroline, Princess of Hanover and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco: members of the Grimaldi family, their father (Rainier III, Prince of Monaco) was Monegasque and mother was (Grace Kelly) American)
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Tony Gonzalez, American football star, Hispanic, African American, Native American, Jamaican, Cape Verdean
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Martin Gore, lyricist/singer for Depeche Mode, English mother, African-American father
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor, Dutch, Indonesian
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Danny Graves, Cincinnati Reds pitcher, white father, Vietnamese mother
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Emm Gryner, Canadian pop singer, white and Filipino
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Jasmine Guy, actress, black father and white mother
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Alexander Hamilton, mixed-race mother, Scottish father (alleged)
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Mata Hari, dancer, spy, Dutch father, Javanese mother
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Franco Harris, American football star, black father and Italian mother
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Salma Hayek, actress, Mexican mother and Lebanese father
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Jimi Hendrix, musician, white, black, Cherokee
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Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter, white and black
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Lawrence Hill, Canadian author (Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada), white and black
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Don Ho, singer, Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, German
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Kelly Holmes, British athlete; Jamaican biological father, white English mother
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Tim Howard, American soccer star, black father, Hungarian mother
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Jade Hsu, adult actress, Korean, Caucasian
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Kelly Hu, actress, Chinese, Hawaiian, English
- Albert and Allen Hughes , filmmakers, black and Armenian
- Nadya Hutagalung , model, Indonesian and Australian
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Derek Jeter, baseball star, black father and white mother
- King João VI of Portugal, black and Portuguese
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Steve Jobs, Apple Computer founder, father Egyptian, mother white.
- Patrick Johnson , Australian sprinter, white father, Australian Aborigine mother
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Angelina Jolie, actress, Caucasian, Iroquois
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Noel Jones, first British ambassador from an ethnic minority, Anglo-Indian
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Norah Jones, musician, Indian father, white mother
- Pei Te Hurinui Jones (d. 1976), President of the New Zealand Maori Council ; his mother was Tainui Maori, his father Jewish.
- Rashida Jones and Kidida Jones , daughters of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton
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Stacy Kamano, actress, Japanese, German, Polish, and Russian
- Danny Kamekona , actor, 1/2 Hawaiian, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Japanese
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Paul Kariya, ice hockey star, Japanese, Scottish, Canadian
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Michael Kearney, former child prodigy, American Father, Japanese Mother
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Kelis, singer, father black, mother Chinese/Puerto Rican
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Alicia Keys, singer, white mother, black father
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Ian Khama, Vice-President of Botswana; African father, English mother
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Jason Kidd, basketball star, black father and white mother
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Ben Kingsley, (born Krishna Banji) actor, father was an Indian from Kenya, mother was born in England to Russian Jewish parents
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Eartha Kitt, singer, black Cherokee mother and white father
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Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer, from Maori and Caucasian parents
- Jennifer KornKosar , poet/vocalist, 1/2 Thai, 1/4 German, 1/4 Portuguese
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Yaphet Kotto, actor, Cameroonian father, Jewish mother
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Lenny Kravitz, singer, Jewish father, black mother
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Kristin Kreuk, actress, 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Dutch
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Nancy Kwan - actress, 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 British/Scottish
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- Derrick Lang , Writer, black/native American, white
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Henrik Larsson, Swedish football (soccer) star, Swedish and Cape Verdean
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Marie Laveau, voodoo queen, black and white
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Brandon Lee, actor, 5/8 German/Swedish, 3/8 Chinese
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Bruce Lee, martial artist, actor, 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 German
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Jason Scott Lee, actor, 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Hawaiian
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Michael Lee-Chin, Jamaican businessman, 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black
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Sean Lennon, musician, English, Japanese
- Laquita Lin , adult actress, blackanese
- Arillia Ling West Indian and Chinese
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John Lone, actor, Chinese and English
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Greg Louganis, athlete, Samoan biological father and Swedish biological mother
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Loretta Lynn, singer, Irish and Cherokee
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Phil Lynott, lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Brazilian Father and Irish Mother
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Sorin Mardare, philosopher and preacher, Rom (Gypsy) and Romanian
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Bob Marley, musician, Black and Welsh
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Amanda Marshall, musician, black (Trinidadian) mother and white Canadian father
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Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia; mostly Malay, some Indian ancestry on his father's side
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Michael Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica; mostly Irish, some African
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Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, long-time Fijian Prime Minister and President (1920-2004); father Fijian, mother Tongan with some English ancestry
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Paul McGrath, Irish international footballer, Irish mother and Ghanaian father
- Saira Mohan , model, Indian, French, Irish
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Karen Mok, Hong Kong-based actress, 1/2 Chinese, 1/4 Welsh (Paternal Grandfather), 1/8 Iranian and 1/8 German
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Shemar Moore, actor, black and white
- Johnny Morton , American football player, Black father and Japanese mother
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Walter Mosley, writer, black and white
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Tia and Tamera Mowry and Tahj Mowry, actors, black mother and white father
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Mya, singer, black and Italian
- Koji Murofushi , Olympic Javelin thrower, half Japanese and half Romanian
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Namie Amuro, 3/4 Japanese, 1/4 Caucasian
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Paul Newman, actor, Jewish father, Hungarian mother
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Thandie Newton, actress, British father and Zimbabwean mother
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Tila Nguyen, model, 3/4 Vietnamese and 1/4 French
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Isamu Noguchi, artist, sculptor, designer
- Queen Noor of Jordan, father Syrian/Lebanese, mother Swedish
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Chuck Norris, actor, Caucasian mother and Cherokee father
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France Nuyen, actress, French mother and Vietnamese father
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Sean Paul, hip hop/reggae artist, Portuguese, Chinese, Black, Jewish (1/4 each)
- Suzee Pai , model, actress, Chinese, Caucasian
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Tony Parker, French NBA star; African American father, Dutch mother
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Dolly Parton, singer, songwriter, actress, Polish, Native American
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Tera Patrick, pornstar, Thai, Jewish, Scottish
- Nia Peeples , actress, French, German, Filipino and Spanish
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Lou Diamond Phillips, actor, father Scottish/Irish/Cherokee, mother Filipino/Hawaiian/Chinese/Spanish
- Tamaii Poitier , black father and white mother
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Juliette Powell, Canadian television personality, black and white
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Prince (a.k.a. "The Artist"), singer, father Black, mother White
- Rain Pryor , actress, daughter of Richard Pryor and Jewish mother
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Aleksandr Pushkin, most famous Russian poet, 7/8 Russian, 1/8 Ethiopian
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- Jo Ralston , model, "Polynesian poster girl", German, Filipino
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Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana; Scottish father, African mother
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Keanu Reeves, actor, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Hawaiian, English
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Gloria Reuben, actress, black Jamaican mother and white Canadian father
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George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago, Chinese, European, African, Carib (Amerindian)
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José Rizal, Filipino Revolutionist, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Filipino
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Smokey Robinson, singer, African, Caucasian
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The Rock, professional wrestler, actor, Samoan mother and black father
- Taya Rogers , actress, 1/2 Thai, 1/2 Caucasian
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Tracee Ellis Ross, actress, black mother and white father
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Maya Rudolph, comedian, black mother and white father
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Bic Runga, singer/songwriter, Maori father, Malaysian Chinese mother
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Jehan Sadat, former First Lady of Egypt, widow of Anwar Sadat, Egyptian mother, English father
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Sade, singer, Nigerian and British
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Michelle Saram, actress, singer and model, half Chinese, half Indian
- Tura (Yamaguchi) Satana , model, actress, Japanese, Scottish, Irish, Apache
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Rob Schneider, actor, comedian, Caucasian, 1/4 Filipino
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Lisa Marie Scott, adult model, Swiss-German and Scottish father and Japanese mother
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Samuel Selvon, author, Indo-Trinidadian and Scottish
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Sequoyah, white and Cherokee
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Shakira, singer, father Lebanese and mother Colombian
- Mai Shanley , Miss U.S.A. 1984, Irish, Thai
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Mike Shinoda, emcee for Linkin Park, Russian-Hungarian and Japanese
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Alexander Siddig, actor, mother white, father Arab
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Kimora Lee Simmons, Baby phat CEO Black Father and A Japanese Mother
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Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor, Half Punjabi, Chinese and Japanese
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Tomika Skanes, model, African American father, Korean mother
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Slash (aka Saul Hudson), musician, English/Jewish father, black mother
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Iain Duncan Smith, British politician, 7/8 European, 1/8 Japanese
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Zadie Smith, Jamaican mother, English father
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Jimmy Smits, Surinamese and Puerto Rican
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Ronnie Spector, singer, white, black and Native American
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Earnie Stewart, American soccer star; black father, Dutch mother
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Cree Summer, voice actress and singer, Cree mother and biracial Canadian father
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J. R. D. Tata, businessman, father Indian and mother French
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer, black and white
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Nautica Thorn, pornstar, Japanese, Hawaiian, and Puerto Rican
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Jennifer Tilly and Meg Tilly, actresses, Chinese and Caucasian Canadian
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Kiana Tom, American model, actress, Chinese, Hawaiian and Irish
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Viktor Tsoi (Виктор Цой), Russian rock artist, father Korean, mother Russian
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Tina Turner, singer, actress, black, Native American
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Rory Underwood, English rugby player, father British, mother Chinese
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Tony Underwood, English rugby player, father British, mother Chinese
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Peter Ustinov, British actor , father half Russian and half German and mother Russian (with French and Italian descent) (Ustinov's mother also had some Ethiopian ancestry)
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David Usher, Canadian rock musician, Thai and Jewish
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Derek Walcott, poet, black and white
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Booker T. Washington, educator, black and white
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Jayson Williams, basketball star, white and black
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Ted Williams, baseball player, Caucasian father and Mexican mother
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August Wilson, playwright most noted for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom , of mixed Black and White heritage
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Tiger Woods, professional golfer, 1/4 African-American (Paternal Grandfather), 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Thai, 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 English
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Rod Woodson, American football star, white and black
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Michael Wong, Hong-Kong actor and brother of Russell Wong, Chinese, French, Dutch, Native American
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Russell Wong, actor, Chinese, French, Dutch, Native American
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Tamia Washington, singer and wife to NBA basketball star Grant Hill, Afro-Canadian Mother, French Canadian Father.
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See also: list of people, list of people by nationality, ethnicity, etc
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Last updated: 05-23-2005 05:40:15
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