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John Kerry
Politician
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish [raised Catholic] · Mother: English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Dutch, Welsh, distant French
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
John Lasseter
Actor
English, as well as Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Welsh, French, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
John Legend
Actor · Musician
African-American, smaller amounts of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Cornish
Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
John Lithgow
Actor · Musician
English, one quarter Welsh, small amounts of Irish and Scottish, likely 1/16th French or Spanish
Rochester, New York, U.S.
John Malkovich
Actor
Father: Croatian · Mother: French-Canadian/French, English, German, Scottish
Christopher, Illinois, U.S.
John McAfee
Politician
English, German, Irish, Welsh, Scottish
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, U.K.
John McCain
Politician
English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish/Irish, distant Welsh and Swiss-French
Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
John Mellencamp
Actor · Musician
German, Scottish, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Welsh, French, remote Belgian/Flemish
Seymour, Indiana, U.S.
John Owen Lowe
Actor · Musician
German, Ashkenazi Jewish, along with English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish
Los Angeles, California, United States
John Paul Stevens
English, some Scottish, small amount of Dutch
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
John Quincy Adams
Politician
English, as well as distant Scottish
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.)
John Reynolds
Actor
3/16ths Norwegian, one eighth Slovak, along with Irish, Scottish, German, and English
Los Angeles, California, United States
John Ritter
Actor
English, with small amounts of Northern Irish, Scottish, German, Dutch, and French Huguenot
Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
John Rzeznik
Musician
Father: Polish · Mother: German, Irish, Scottish, some Swiss-German
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
John Schneider
Actor · Musician
Father: three quarters German, one quarter Irish · Mother: English, smaller amounts of Scottish, German, French, and Dutch
Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
John Tamihere
Politician · TV Personality
Father: Māori, as well as 1/16th English · Mother: Irish, Scottish
Auckland, New Zealand