COMING TO AMERICA -- History of USA, Life and Culture, Immigration and others

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List of Past US Presidents with German blood ancestry
Dwight Eisenhower - US President
Herbert Hoover - US President
Theodore Roosevelt - US President


Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the thirty-fourth President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general in the United States Army. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.[1]
Eisenhower's paternal ancestors can be traced back to Hans Nicolas Eisenhauer, whose surname was German for "iron worker."[6] Hans Eisenhauer and his family emigrated from Karlsbrunn (Saarland), Germany to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1741. Descendants made their way west. Eisenhower's family settled in Abilene, Kansas in 1892



Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ---german and Italian descent
His mother moved from Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany, to the U.S. during her childhood, while his father is a fourth-generation American of half Italian and half German descent
(born November 11, 1974)[1][2] is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American film actor. He gained fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic and other films including Romeo + Juliet, Catch Me If You Can, and Blood Diamond. He has appeared in Martin Scorsese's recent films Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed,




Donald Trump - real estate developer.  His paternal grandparents were German immigrants Frederick Trump (Kallstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, 14 March 1869 – 30 March 1918), who immigrated to the United States in 1885 and became a naturalized US Citizen in 1892.Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, socialite, television personality, and author. He is the Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization, a US-based real-estate developer.



Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr ---founder of the Hilton Hotel - great grandfather of Paris Hilton.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr.[1] (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotel chain. Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico, to Augustus Halvorson Hilton (1854–1919) from Norway and Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler (1861–1947), an American with German roots. He is Paris Hilton great-grandfather.



Paris Hilton - Hilton Hotel heiress



Angelina Jolie - actress , born Angelina Jolie Voight.  On her father's side, Jolie is of Slovak and German descent, and on her mother's side she is French Canadian and is said to be part Iroquois.[



Jon Voight - actor --- Born Jonathan Vincent Voight in Yonkers, New York. He is of Slovak and German descent. He is the real life father of actress Angelina Jolie.
In the critically-acclaimed CBS miniseries Pope John Paul II, released in December 2005, Voight, a devout Roman Catholic, portrayed the pontiff from the time of his election until his death, garnering an Emmy nomination for the part.


Bruce Willis - actor[147]
Sandra Bullock - actress [79]
Cameron Diaz - actress[87
Kirsten Dunst - film actress & former model[98]
Dakota Fanning - child actress (I Am Sam, Uptown Girls, Taken)[
David Hasselhoff - actor[112]
Nick Nolte - actor[124
Charlize Theron - actress [136]
Michelle Pfeiffer - actress[128]
Kevin Costner - actor[82]
Hilary Duff - actress[97]
Roy Scheider - actor
John Schneider - country singer and actor
Paul Walker - actor[143]
Dr. Seuss (born Theodor Seuss Geisel) - writer and cartoonist[59]
Charles M. Schulz - cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip
Dave Letterman - talk show host and comedian of Late Show with David Letterman
Elvis Presley - singer[195
Lawrence Welk - bandleader[202
Milton S. Hershey - Hershey chocolate founder[216]
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr founder of the Hilton Hotel - great grandfather of Paris
Barron Hilton - chairman of the Hilton Hotel chain and grandfather of Paris Hilton
Richard Hilton, Businessman and father of Paris Hilton
Oscar Mayer - meat entrepreneur[224
George W. Merck - scientist and former president of Merck & Co.[citation needed]
Charles Pfizer - founded the Pfizer Inc. pharmaceutical company[citation needed]
David Rockefeller - prominent banker, philanthropist, world statesman
Nelson Rockefeller - forty-first Vice President of the United States
Eric E. Schmidt - chairman and CEO of Google Inc.
Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg - Steinway pianos manufacturer[230
Levi Strauss - creator of the first company to manufacture blue jeans
Adolphus Busch - Anheuser-Busch brewing company founder
Phillip Best - founder of Pabst Brewing Company (with Frederick Pabst)
Adolph Coors - Coors beer empire founder
Frederick Miller - Miller beer creator[245]
Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first human on the moon[citation needed]
Pat Nixon - former First Lady of the United States[271
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. - United States Army General
Henry Kissinger - former Secretary of State [314]
Dale Earnhardt - American race car driver in NASCAR's top division
John Heisman - football player, coach, and namesake of Heisman Trophy
Evel Knievel - motorcycle daredevil[390]
Babe Ruth - Major League Baseball player from 1914–1935[399]

                                                     

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FAMOUS WHITE AMERICANS OF RUSSIAN JEW  DESCENT


Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch;[1] December 9, 1916) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and film producer known for his cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as "sons of bitches". He is the father of Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas.
Douglas was born in Amsterdam, New York, to Bryna (née Sanglel) and Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch, a businessman.[2] Douglas's parents were illiterate Russian Jewish immigrants from Gomel, now in Belarus.



Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television.
Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of American actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill. His paternal grandparents, Bryna Sanglel and Herschel Danielovitch, were Jewish immigrants from Gomel in Belarus (at that time a part of the Russian Empire),[



Gwyneth Paltrow====Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Blythe Danner, an actress, and the late Bruce Paltrow, a film and television director, writer, and producer. Paltrow's father was of Ashkenazi Russian Jewish descent and her mother is a Quaker of part Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry


Sean Penn new movie this December 2008 “ MILK” ---- true story of a Gay politician  named Harvey Milk, of  San Francisco,California who was murdered.
Sean Penn===Penn was born in Los Angeles County, California,[2] the son of Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress.His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia.[3][4] Penn's mother is a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent



Joaquin Phoenix===His father, John Lee Bottom, was a lapsed Catholic[7] from Fontana, California.[8] His mother, Arlyn Phoenix (née Dunetz), was born in the Bronx, New York to Jewish parents from Hungary and Russia.



Josh Groban==Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings.  Josh Groban was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish-American father (a descendant of Polish and Russian immigrants) and a Norwegian-American mother



James Franco-----James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist  He became well known since the early 2000s when he was cast as Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man films  Franco's father is of Portuguese and Swedish descent[3] and Franco's mother is Jewish,[4][5] a descendant of immigrants from Russia



Jerry Stiller ----Gerald Isaac Stiller (born June 8, 1927) is an American Emmy Award-nominated comedian and actor.Stiller was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Bella (née Citrin) and William Stiller, a bus driver.[1] His paternal grandparents were Austrian Jewish immigrants and his maternal grandparents were Russian Jews. His son Ben Stiller is also an actor and producer.



Ben Stiller---Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor, film producer and director. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

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List of  White American Jewish  entertainers


Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning director, producer ----Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3.1 billion.  Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Jewish parents Leah Adler (née Posner), a restaurateur and concert pianist, and Arnold Spielberg, a computer engineer



Zac Efron (1987–) American teen idol/actor (High School Musical, Hairspray)[4]



Jake Gyllenhaal (1980–) American film star (Brokeback Mountain)[ Gyllenhaal's father was raised in the Swedenborgian religion and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family. His last native Swedish ancestor was his great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal.[2] Gyllenhaal's mother is from a Jewish family from New York City



Indiana Jones of the Crystal Skull movie , Shia played as Indy,s son in the movie.
Shia LaBeouf (1986–) American TV/film actor -- in movies Transformer, Indiana Jones
Shia LaBeouf's New York-born mother is Jewish and his father is a Cajun LaBeouf was raised in the Jewish religion and had a Bar Mitzvah.  The name Shia is Hebrew for "gift from God



Adam Sandler (1966–) actor, comedian, producer, and musician[



Scarlett Johansson (1984–) American film actress;--Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx


Amanda Bynes (1986–) American film star (She's the Man)[3
Natalie Portman (1981–) Israeli-born American film star (V for Vendetta)[87]
David Arquette (1971–) American film actor[116
Ashley Tisdale (1985–) American actress and singer (High School Musical)[105]
Adrien Brody (1973–) Academy Award-winning American film actor (The Pianist)[
Kate Hudson (1979–) American film actress (Almost Famous, )[162]
Tori Spelling (1973–) American actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[218][219]
Matthew Broderick (1962–) American film and stage actor (The Producers)[244]
Brad Garrett (1960–) three-time Emmy Award-winning American actor and comedian[
Helen Hunt (1963–) , Golden Globe &  Academy Award-winning American actress[
Tom Arnold (1959–) American actor and comedian[
Kate Capshaw (1953–) American actress (Indiana Jones
Carrie Fisher (1956–) American film actress, novelist (Star Wars)[334
Jamie Lee Curtis (1958–) Golden Globe-winning American film actress,
Steve Guttenberg (1958–) American actor[
Mary Hart (1950–) television personality (Entertainment Tonight)[338
Amy Irving (1953–) American actress[
Kevin Pollak (1957–) American actor, impressionist and comedian[
Bob Saget (1956–) American actor, stand-up comedian and game show host
Jerry Seinfeld (1954–) Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning American comedian, actor, and writer
Steven Seagal (1951–) American action movie actor, producer, writer, director and singer
Billy Crystal (1947–) American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director[
Barbra Streisand (1942–) two-time Academy Award-winning American singer,
Dustin Hoffman (1937–) two-time Oscar winning American actor[
Goldie Hawn, comedic actress on tv show Laugh-In
Jerry Lewis (1926–) comedian, actor, film producer
Barry Manilow, singer best known for the songs Mandy and I Write the Songs,
Bette Midler, singer of The Rose and Wind Beneath My Wings
Robert Downey Jr. (1965–) Academy Award-nominated American actor (Iron Man)
David Duchovny (1960–) American TV & film actor (The X-Files)
Julianna Margulies (1966–) American film/television actress (ER)
Kate Capshaw (1953–) American actress (Indiana Jones) ---
Neil Diamond (1941-) American singer, guitarist

                                               

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FAMOUS WHITE AMERICANS OF ENGLISH DESCENT


Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Benjamin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.  Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at Ecton, Northamptonshire, England on December 23, 1657

English Americans  occasionally known as Anglo-Americans,   are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

Americans claiming English descent form the third largest European ancestry group, after German Americans and Irish Americans. The overwhelming majority of the founding fathers of America were of English extraction, including Ben Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.The English language is spoken as their only language.

English settlement in America began with Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1607.    The second successful colony was Roanoke Colony, founded in 1620 by people who would later become known as the Pilgrims. Fleeing religious persecution in the East Midlands in England.  They chose to relocate to the New World,  In September 1620, 102 passengers set sail aboard the Mayflower, eventually settling at Plymouth Colony in November. This story has become a central theme in the United States cultural identity.An estimated 3.5 million English emigrated to the USA after 1776



Daniel Boone [October 22 (November 2 new style), 1734 – September 26, 1820] was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies
He was a legend in his own lifetime, especially after an account of his adventures was published in 1784, making him famous in America and Europe. After his death, he was frequently the subject of tall tales and works of fiction. His adventures—real and legendary—were influential in creating the archetypal Western hero of American folklore. In American popular culture, he is remembered as one of the foremost early frontiersmen, even though the mythology often overshadows the historical details of his life.[3]    His father, Squire Boone, Sr. (1696–1765), had immigrated to Pennsylvania from the small town of Bradninch, Devon, England in 1713.



English influence in the United States
The English have contributed greatly to American life.
1. Today  English is the most commonly spoken language in the U.S
2. Much of American culture also shows influences from English culture. For example, popular American sports such as baseball and American football have their origins in sports played in England in the 19th century
3. Another area of cultural influence, the American national anthem takes its melody from the 18th century English song To Anacreon in Heaven and lyrics written by an English American called Francis Scott Key[33][34].
4. The American legal system also has its roots in English law. For example, elements of the Magna Carta were incorporated into the United States constitution

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LIST OF NOTABLE WHITE AMERICANS OF ENGLISH DESCENTS

The Founding Fathers of USA, past & current US President
1. George Washington ------the 1st US President
2. John Adams -------------The 2nd US President
3.. John Quincy Adams -------The 6th  US President -- son of President John Adams
4..  Abraham Lincoln -------- the 16th US President
5 .Ulysses S. Grant - -------the 18th U.S. President
6. Alexander Hamilton -----a Founding Father
7. Thomas Jefferson -----------third President of the United States
8.George H.W. Bush Sr -- ------41st US President
9. George W. Bush Jr -- ------43rd US President ----son of President George Bush Sr.



Abraham Lincoln-----the sixteenth President of the United States.
Lincoln's ancestor Samuel Lincoln had arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts from England in the 17th century, Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Sinking Spring Farm, in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky ..He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 .  Lincoln's death made the President a martyr to many. Repeated polls of historians have ranked Lincoln as among the greatest presidents in U.S. history, often appearing in the first position


Ulysses S. Grant - Union Army general; the 18th U.S. President .His father, a tanner from Pennsylvania, was descended from an English immigrant to Massachusetts, Matthew Grant (1601-1681).


Pres.Bush Sr, First Lady Laura Bush and Pres. Bush JR
George Bush Sr and George Bush Jr and Family -- their ancestors are English  from Somerset which is a county in South West England.



Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York .  She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, was a child of Welsh and English immigrants.  Her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell, of English, Scottish, French, French Canadian, and Welsh descent


Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) an American actress. In August, 2008, Forbes Magazine listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She reportedly earned $50 million in the period of a year ending June, 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas and in the third installment of Shrek.  Her father was a second-generation Cuban American and her mother is of English, German and Cherokee ancestry



The Osmonds -----Group Singers ( brothers & Sister )
Danny Osmond later traced his family ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil in Wales; his journey was documented in a BBC Wales program, Donny Osmond Coming Home



Richard Gere


Richard in the movie called  “ The Flock “
Richard Gere--------Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gere is a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrims Francis Eaton, John Billington, George Soule, Richard Warren,



Clint" Eastwood--------- has English, Scottish, Dutch and Irish ancestry




Britney Spears


Justin Timberlake


Tom Hanks

Halle Berry --------Berry's white maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England
Edward Norton
Brad Pitt
Britney Spears
Goldie Hawn
Kate Hudson
Katharine Hepburn
Steve Martin
Christopher Reeve [5]
Susan Sarandon
Christian Slater
Robert Redford
Kelly Preston
John Wayne
Ernest Hemingway - novelist, short-story writer, and journalist
Jim Morrison - Mother of English descent, father of Scottish descent.
William Colgate - manufacturer who founded  the Colgate toothpaste company
Butch Cassidy - train and bank robber
Lance Armstrong
Tony Hawk
Bill Pullman
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FAMOUS WHITE AMERICANS OF FRENCH DESCENT

French Americans or Franco-Americans-- are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of French descent.

The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

Cajuns"--- came to be identified as the French-speaking rural people of Southwestern Louisiana, USA.  Cajun populations today are found also in the area southwest of New Orleans.  Cajuns are predominantly Roman Catholic.


About 11.8 million U.S. residents are of French descent, and about 1.6 million speak French at home.[2] An additional 450,000 U.S. residents speak a French-based creole language, according to the 2000 census.
They are most numerous in New England, Northern New York, Louisiana (where more than 15% of the population of the Cajun Country reported in the last census that French was spoken at home) and Michigan. French Louisiana, when it was sold by Napoleon in 1803, covered all or part of than fifteen current U.S. states and contained French colonists dispersed across it, though they were most numerous in its southernmost portion. Often, Franco-Americans are identified more specifically as being of French Canadian, Cajun, or Louisiana Creole descent



Paul Revere famous Midnight Ride…..he became a real life hero and  legend during the American Revolution.


This Paul Revere Statue in North End, Boston was made by Cyrus Dallin and unveiled on September 22, 1940

Paul Revere (1734/1735 - 1818) silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution.  The son of a French Huguenot father and a Boston mother
Because he was glorified after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revere's name and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol.


According to the National Education Bureau, French is the second most commonly taught foreign language in U.S. high schools, colleges and universities behind Spanish
French is the fourth most spoken language in the United States after English, Spanish and Chinese with over 1.6 million speakers
Little Canada, Minnesota located between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota has the largest French-American (or Canado-Américaine) community outside the Northeast.

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List of notable French Americans:

Former US Presidents of French descents
Ulysses Grant, 18th President of the United States
Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
William Taft, 27th President of the United States
Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States
John Tyler (1790-1862) The tenth president of the US of partial French ancestry.
George Washington First President of the US of English, French and Irish ancestry



FDR -- the first and only US President elected FOUR terms …The longest seating President in USA serving a total of 16 years.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York. His father, James Roosevelt, and his mother, Sara, were each from wealthy old New York families, of Dutch and French ancestry respectively
His mother named him after her favorite uncle Franklin Delano.[4] The progenitor of the Delano family in the Americas of 1621 was Philippe de la Noye, the first Huguenot to land in the New World, whose family name was anglicized to Delano.[5]



Al Gore, environmental activist, author, businessperson, former politician, and former journalist. He served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton and Senator from 1985 to 1993, Gor mother's name is LaFon and can trace back her ancestry in northern France



John Vernou Bouvier III (1891-1957) ===was an American socialite and Wall Street stockbroker. He was the father of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Lee Radziwill. His nickname was "Black Jack", referring to his omnipresent dark tan and his flamboyant lifestyle.  ---The Bouvier family descended from Michel Bouvier (1792-1874), a French cabinetmaker, who left France in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon.



Jacqueline Lee Bouvier  Kennedy --- (died ca 1994) Her Father was of French decent. Wife of  US President John Kennedy.



Brett Lorenzo Favre  is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League 2008. He was the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 2007.Favre was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and raised in the small town of Kiln. He is of French and Choctaw ancestry; one of his paternal grandparents was a Native American affiliated with the Choctaw.



Dennis Quaid, Actor, of French Cajun and Irish ancestry



Randy Quaid , Actor --- real life brother of Actor Dennis Quaid



LaBeouf in Disturbia, 2007
Shia LaBeouf's--- his   mother is Jewish and his father is a Cajun (French )  The surname LaBeouf is a variation of "le boeuf", the French term for "the ox" or "the bee.



Marcheline Bertrand, mother of Angelina Jolie ---was an American actress.
Bertrand was born in Chicago..She was of French-Canadian descent on her father's side, and is a descendant of Zacharie Cloutie



Ellen DeGeneres, actress, talk-show host, father is of French decent ---DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana



Johnny Depp (1961 -) actor, French-Huguenot ancestry. Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky USA.  Depp has German, Cherokee (mostly from a great-grandmother), and Irish ancestry.[4][1] According to biographies, the Depp family originated with a French Huguenot, Pierre Deppe or Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700





Rachael Domenica Ray ---is a television personality and author. She hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program Rachael Ray and two Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels. Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006.Prior to the launch of her talk show, Ray hosted two other Food Network shows, $40 a Day and Inside Dish..  Ray's maternal grandparents were Sicilian and her relatives on her father's side are Cajun from Louisiana. She was born in Glens Falls, New York and grew up in Lake George, New York

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List of Famous white americans of French descents

Angelina Jolie (1975 - ) actress -- her mother is French-Canadian born
Jessica Biel (1982 - actress of German, English, Choctaw, and French descent.
Jim Carrey (1962- ) Actor.
Mickey Rourke, Actor, essentially of French heritage
Robin Williams French Canadian on his maternal side.
Robert Duvall, French Paternal Ancestry, [
Patricia Arquette, Emmy Award-winning American actress.
Beyoncé Knowles (1981-), She is a French Creole of French and African
Madonna (1958-), French-Canadian from her mother's side of the family
Pierre S. du Pont, IV, Governor of Delaware, U.S. Representative
Huey Long (1893-1935) Louisiana Governor and a U.S. senator
Caroline Kennedy (1957-) daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy
John James Audubon (1785 - 1851) ornithologist, naturalist, and painter[
Tom Landry, coach, Dallas Cowboys
Terry Labonte, nascar driver and brother of Bobby Labonte
Laila Ali (1977 - ) Professional boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali and his Louisiana Creole wife.
Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler, French on his maternal side

                                             

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FAMOUS WHITE AMERICANS OF SPANISH DESCENT

Spanish Americans are European Americans who have predominantly Spanish (European) ancestry.

There are also many people in the United States of another Hispanic "national" origin, eg: Cuban Americans, Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican Americans who ultimatly trace all of their heritage back to Spain and form part of the ethnic "Spanish"-American population..

A Puerto Rican (Spanish: puertorriqueño) (Taíno term: boricua) is a person who was born in Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico, people use the Spanish language as their primary tongue.  Puerto Ricans born and raised in the United States who use the English language as their mother tongue are also referred to as Puerto Rican, although they are not native Puerto Ricans, but descendants of Puerto Ricans.

The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France.

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WHITE AMERICANS OF  SPANISH DESCENTS  (  FROM SPAIN )



Martin Sheen  -------( born.Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez)---Sheen was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Mary Ann (née Phelan), an immigrant from County Tipperary, Ireland, and Francisco Estévez, a factory worker/machinery inspector from Parderrubias, Galicia, Spain.  Martin is the father of Hollywood Actors Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen



Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez  ---- Family of Actors



Emilio Estevez ----Estévez was born in New York City, the eldest child of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton



Charlie Sheen - (real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez )  American actor, Spanish grandfather. Son of actor Martin Sheen



David Archuleta - father of Spanish (Basque) descent. David Archuleta was born in Miami, Florida.  Archuleta's mother is from Honduras. He is an American singer. In May 2008, he became the runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes. Archuleta's first single "Crush" was released in August 2008


Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915 – June 8, 1978) was a Democratic U.S. Senator for the State of New Mexico from 1964 until 1977.His parents, Thomas and Frances Montoya, were Roman Catholic descendants of eighteenth-century Spanish immigrants to New Mexico.

Joanna García - mother of Spanish descent.
Keith Hernandez - MVP-winning baseball player, grandfather from Malaga, Spain.
Raquel Welch - Born 'Jo Raquel Tejada', American actress of Spanish-Bolivian descent
Jerry Garcia - Guitarist and singer for the Grateful Dead
Rita Hayworth - American actress and icon. Spanish father born in Seville, Spain.
Bob Martinez - Former and first Hispanic Governor of Florida, grandson of Spanish immigrants.

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WHITE AMERICANS OF  SPANISH DESCENTS    ( FROM PUERTO-RICO )

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory ("Commonwealth") of the United States and the residents of the island have been United States citizens since 1917 through an Act of the United States Congress


Ricky Martin  -------Martin was born on December 24, 1971, in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to his mother, Nereida Morales, who was an accountant; his father Enrique Martín Negroni, was a psychologist. He is the only child of this union
Enrique Martín Morales[1] (born December 24, 1971), better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold more than 55 million albums around the world.[2], charting 21 top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, ten of which reached number one, and a total of over 30 hit singles



Jennifer and Martin Sheen ---- in the movie BORDERTOWN
JENNIFER LOPEZ-------Singer and Actress -- was born and grew up in the South Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents



Marc Anthony ----Singer ----husband of Jennifer Lopez ----real name is Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968 in New York City) is an American singer/songwriter/actor of Puerto Rican descent, popular in Latin America for his salsa music and ballads. His parents were Puerto Rican



GERALDO RIVERA ----Gerald Michael Rivera[1] (born July 4, 1943), known by his television name of Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo, is an American attorney, journalist, writer, reporter and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories. Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Geraldo at Large, and appears regularly on Fox News Channel.
Rivera was born in Manhattan, New York Rivera's father was Puerto Rican and his mother was Jewish, and he was raised "mostly Jewish" and had a Bar Mitzvah.[4][5] He grew up in Manhattan and West Babylon, New York



Jimmy Smits--------Actor ---is an American Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actor. Smits is perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law as Richard Dysart's youngest uptight law partner.  Smits was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Cornelis Smits, was a Surinamese immigrant of Dutch descent who managed a screen-printing factory. His mother, Emilina, was a Puerto Rican who worked as a nurse


Joaquin Phoenix, actor (Signs, Gladiator) (born in Puerto Rico) Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in Río Piedras,[5] located in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He is an American/Puerto Rican film actor turned musician



Héctor Elizondo ---born in New York City, the son of Spanish (Basque)-Puerto Rican parents. Actor (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries)


Elizabeth Vargas--co-anchor of ABC's television newsmagazine 20/20
Freddie Prinze, Jr.---Actor
Erik Estrada, actor (television series CHiPs, Sealab 2021)
Luis Guzmán, actor (Carlito's Way, Traffic, The Count of Monte Cristo)
Justina Machado, actress (TV series Six Feet Under; films Final Destination 2, Torque)
Tony Orlando, singer
Rosie Perez, actress (White Men Can't Jump, Fearless)

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WHITE AMERICANS OF SPANISH DESCENTS  ( FROM CUBA )

This is a list of notable Cuban Americans. This list contains both naturalized Cuban-born Americans and naturally-born Americans of Cuban descent.



Cameron Diaz --- Diaz was born in San Diego, California, Her father was a second-generation Cuban American and her mother is of English, German and Cherokee ancestry
In August, 2008, Forbes Magazine listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She reportedly earned $50 million in the period of a year ending June, 2008, for her roles in What Happens in Vegas and in the third installment of Shrek



Eva Mendes, actress (Hitch, 2 Fast 2 Furious) Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents and was raised in Los Angeles by her mother after her parents' divorce


Andy Garcia ----(born Andrés Arturo García; April 12, 1956--is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. García was born in Bejucal, La Habana Province, Cuba.  When Garcia was five years old, the family moved to Miami, Florida
appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables and When a Man Loves a Woman. More recently, he has starred in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen.



Gloria Estefan,---- Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer -----Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957) is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide,[1] with 26.5 million of those alone in the United States[2]. She has won five Grammy Awards becoming among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date.Her father worked as a bodyguard for Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista's wife, which forced them to flee the country during the Cuban Revolution. Gloria Estefan was 16 months old when she and her parents arrived at Miami,Florida, USA.



Tico Torres, drummer for Bon Jovi
Alex Ferrer, television judge (Judge Alex)
Maria Lopez, television judge (Judge Maria Lopez)
Marilyn Milian, television judge (The People's Court)
Christina Perez, televion Judge, Judge Christina
Bob Vila, author/television host (This Old House)
Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com
Joe Quesada,[12] editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics
Dr. Elsa A. Murano, president of Texas A&M University
Elizabeth Peña, actress (Rush Hour)
Cesar Romero, actor (The Joker on Batman)
Steven Bauer, actor (Scarface)

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WHITE AMERICANS OF  SPANISH DESCENTS  (  FROM MEXICO )

Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry. They account for 9% of the country's population: 28.3 million Americans listed their ancestry as Mexican as of 2006. They form the largest Hispanic or Latino group in the United States,[1] and contain the largest group of White Hispanic and Latino Americans.[2] Most Mexican Americans ultimately descend from a combination of Europeans,[3][4] especially Spaniards, and the Indigenous peoples of Mexico.



César Estrada Chávez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was a Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta,
co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers  On December 6, 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted César Chávez into the California Hall of Fame located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts.



Oscar De La Hoya - six-time  Boxing world champion . He was nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is a Mexican American boxer and promoter who won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers. He was born in  East Los Angeles, California



JESSICA ALBA - ACTRESS --Alba was born in Pomona, California[1] to Catherine Alba (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Her mother is of Danish and French Canadian descent and her father is of Mexican American descent (both his parents were born in California).[Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002).[2][3] Alba later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.[4][5]



George Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is a Mexican American comedian and actor. He is one of the most prominent Mexican-Americans from within the Latino community to be recognized in mainstream North American popular culture. He is perhaps best known for starring in his own produced television sitcom show entitled George Lopez.Lopez became a stand-up comedian using his Mexican heritage as an attraction to Mexicans.




Eva Longoria -------(born March 15, 1975) is an American film and television actress. She rose to fame by playing Isabella Braña Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She now plays Gabrielle Solis in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, and stars in the film Over Her Dead Body
Longoria was born Eva Jacqueline Longoria in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, the daughter of Mexican-American Catholic parents, Enrique Longoria, Jr. (born in Rachal, Brooks County, Texas) and Ella Eva Mireles (married in Falfurrias, Brooks County, Texas). Eva's ancestry traces to Southern Mexican immigrants who immigrated to the USA.



Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor and director. Some of his most memorable roles are Gaff in Blade Runner, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver and Admiral William Adama in the Battlestar Galactica re-imagined series.
Olmos was born Edward Olmos[1] in Los Angeles, California,His father was a Mexican immigrant and his mother Mexican American




Mario López, Jr. (born October 10, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared on several television series, in films and on Broadway. He is best-known for his portrayal of the character A.C. Slater on Saved By The Bell.Lopez was born in San Diego,California, the son of Elvia, a telephone clerk, and Mario Lopez, Sr., who worked for the municipality of National City.[1] His parents were born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
In 2008, he appeared in the made for television movie Husband for Hire. On June 20, 2008, Lopez was named People's Hottest Bachelor.  Lopez will take over as weekday host of the syndicated news show Extra beginning on September 15, 2008. [4]



Paul Rodriguez
Catherine Bach
Lynda Carter
Joanna Kerns
Anthony Quinn
Tony Romo - NFL quarterback
Jeff Garcia - NFL quarterback[20
Jim Plunkett - retired NFL quarterback
Carlos Santana ---singer
Jim Avila - correspondent for ABC news
Alberto Gonzales - former United States Attorney General
Ellen Ochoa - astronaut, director for flight crew operations for NASA

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Inaugural History of the President and Vice President of United States of America

Sources of Information : Library of Congress ; National Archives ; Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies ; Presidential Inaugural Committee.

For more than two hundred years America’s citizens have witnessed the Inauguration ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States. From the first Inauguration of George Washington, in New York City, in 1789, to today, as we prepare for the 56th quadrennial Presidential Inauguration, the swearing-in ceremony represents both national renewal and continuity of leadership. As each president has offered a vision for America’s future, we reflect on the heritage of Inaugurations past.



The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall.


Swearing-In Ceremony
The swearing-in traditionally takes place at noon on January 20 Inauguration Day at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., with the Chief Justice of the United States administering the oath. Amendment XX to the U.S. Constitution states that the term of the President expires at noon on January 20.The swearing in will be followed by the first 21-gun salute to the President from the members of the armed forces, as well as the first playing of four ruffles and flourishes and "Hail to the Chief"


The United States Constitution mandates that the President make the following oath or affirmation before he or she can "enter on the Execution" of the office of the presidency:

“ I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. “



Outgoing President - George Bush Jr……term ends on January 20, 2009


Incoming President ----Barack Obama ----term starts on January 20.2009 at 12 noon


The President of the United States --- is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America and is the highest political official in the United States because of by influence and recognition. The President leads the executive branch of the federal government; his role is to execute the law as created by the U.S. Congress in accordance with the U.S. Constitution. Article Two of the Constitution establishes the President as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and enumerates powers specifically granted to the President, including the power to sign into law or veto bills passed by both houses of Congress. The President also has the power to create a cabinet of advisers and to grant pardons or reprieves. Finally, with the "advice and consent" of the Senate, the President is empowered to make treaties and appoint federal officers, ambassadors, and federal judges, including Justices of the Supreme Court. As with officials in the other branches of the United States government, the Constitution restrains the President with a set of checks and balances designed to prevent any individual or group from taking absolute power.



Four remaining US Presidents still alive today
Left to Right -------George HW Bush Sr , George W Bush Jr , Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter

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Inaugural History of the President and Vice President of United States of America


John F. Kennedy Shakes hands with Father Richard J. Casey after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church.

Morning Worship Service
The tradition of attending a morning worship service on Inauguration Day began with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. On March 4, 1933, at 10:15 a.m., prior to his swearing-in ceremony, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor attended a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church, next to the White House. They did the same at Roosevelt's 1937 and 1941 Inaugurations, and arranged for a private service at the White House the morning of his fourth Inauguration on January 20, 1945. Roosevelt's Inauguration Day worship service set a precedent that has been followed by Presidents ever since.
Almost all Presidents since George Washington have placed their hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office. And all Presidents have included some reference to the Almighty in their Inaugural addresses (except George Washington's second address, which was only 135 words).



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Outgoing President Hoover and President Elect FDR or Franklin D Roosevel in 1933

Procession to the Capitol
By tradition, the outgoing President accompanies the President-elect to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony

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April 30, 1789: George Washington , the first President of the USA taking Inaugural oath at Federal Hall, New York, New York


Pres. George Bush


President’s - Swearing-In Ceremony
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
—Presidential oath of office, Article II, Section 1, United States Constitution


The first Inauguration of George Washington occurred on April 30, 1789, in front of New York's Federal Hall. Our nation's first President took the oath of office on a balcony overlooking Wall Street. With the ceremony complete, the crowd below let out three big cheers and President Washington returned to the Senate chamber to deliver his brief Inaugural address. He called upon "That Almighty Being who rules over the universe" to assist the American people in finding "liberties and happiness" under "a government instituted by themselves."


The nation's first inauguration established many precedents:
Washington added the words, "So help me God" at the end of his oath;
he kissed the Bible; and he delivered an Inaugural address, all of which have been followed by future Presidents.

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A sea of onlookers witness the second swearing-in ceremony of President George W. Bush at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2005.


Inaugural Address
Since George Washington in 1789, every President has delivered an Inaugural address, ranging from 8,445 words, to just 135.

Ronald Reagan's 1981 Inauguration was the first held on the west front of the Capitol. Seeking to minimize construction costs and improve visibility for a larger number of spectators, Congress shifted the ceremony from its traditional location of the east front. Although Ronald Reagan's second Inauguration, on January 21, 1985, was forced indoors to the Capitol Rotunda because of bitterly cold weather, the Inaugurations of George Bush in 1989, Bill Clinton in 1993 and 1997, and George W. Bush in 2001 continued the west front tradition.

Most Presidents use their Inaugural address to present their vision of America and to set forth their goals for the nation. Some of the most eloquent and powerful speeches are still quoted today.


In 1865, in the waning days of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln stated, "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."


In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt avowed, "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."



And in 1961, John F. Kennedy declared, "And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."


George Washington's second address was the shortest (135 words), and William Henry Harrison delivered the longest (8,495 words).

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George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush depart the U.S. Capitol from the East Front on January 20, 1993.

Departure of the -Outgoing President
Following the inaugural ceremony on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, the outgoing President and First Lady leave the Capitol to begin their post-presidential lives. Traditionally, the President's departure takes place with little ceremony
In recent years, the newly installed President and Vice President have escorted their predecessors out of the Capitol after the swearing-in ceremony. The members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies gather on the stairs on the east front of the Capitol Building. The new Vice President escorts the outgoing Vice President and his spouse out of the Capitol through a military cordon. Then, the new President escorts the outgoing President and his spouse through the military cordon. Since Gerald Ford's departure in 1977, the former President and First Lady have left the Capitol grounds by helicopter (weather permitting).
The new President and Vice President then return to the Capitol Building for the inaugural luncheon hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.


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President Reagan speaking at his inaugural luncheon in the U.S. Capitol, January 21, 1985.

Inaugural Luncheon
Since 1953, the JCCIC has hosted a luncheon at the U.S. Capitol for the new President, Vice President, and guests. Often featuring cuisine reflecting the home states of the new President and Vice President, as well as the theme of the Inauguration, the Luncheon program includes speeches, gift presentations from the JCCIC, and toasts to the new administration.

On January 20, after the newly elected President has taken the oath of office and delivered his Inaugural address, he will be escorted to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol for the traditional Inaugural luncheon, hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) After the luncheon, the President and his party would view the parade from a stand erected in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Inaugural Parade
The newly sworn President and Vice President—will make their way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, leading a procession of ceremonial military regiments, citizens' groups, marching bands, and floats. The President, Vice President, their wives, and special guests will then review the parade as it passes in front of a specially built reviewing stand. The Inaugural parade is a celebrated and much anticipated event for millions of Americans across the country.

Today, the parade is organized by the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee, and participants are selected by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Requests to participate in Inauguration Day events for marching bands, marching units, mounted units, and other performers are collected by the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee. Further information and an application to participate may be found at the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee

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The Inauguration Ball: Arrival of the President Grant’s Party, March 4, 1873.

Inaugural Ball
On May 7, 1789, one week after the Inauguration of George Washington in New York City, sponsors held a ball to honor the new President. It was not until 1809, however, after the Inauguration of James Madison at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., that the tradition of the Inaugural ball began.- The first Inaugural ball in Washington was thrown for James and Dolley Madison in 1809, at Long's Hotel. There have been as many as 14 balls. Today, the official Inaugural balls are planned by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Sources of Information : Library of Congress ; National Archives ; Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies ; Presidential Inaugural Committee.

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