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MacPherson in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Eleanor Nancy Gow
Place of Birth: Killara, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Birth: 29 March, 1964
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish
Elle MacPherson is an Australian model, businessperson, television host, and actress. She is nicknamed “The Body.”
Elle is the daughter of Frances and Peter Gow. Her surname can be of Scottish origin. MacPherson is her stepfather’s surname.
Elle has two children with her former partner, French financier Arpad Busson.
Elle’s paternal grandfather was Bruce Roderick Gow (the son of Thomas Rochester Gow and Mabel Vine). Bruce was born in Burwood, New South Wales. Thomas was born in Penrith Municipality, New South Wales, the son of Thomas Henry Gow, whose maternal grandparents were English, from Devonshire and Essex, respectively; and of Ann Rochester, whose paternal grandparents were respectively from Rotherfield, Sussex, England and Wexford, Ireland, and whose maternal grandparents were respectively from Dublin, Ireland, and Birmingham, England. Elle’s great-grandmother Mabel was born in Castlereagh, New South Wales, the daughter of Frederick Mortimer Vine, whose parents were from Wilmington, Sussex, England; and of Eliza Esther Byrnes, whose paternal grandparents were from Ireland and Leicestershire, England, respectively, and whose maternal grandparents were respectively from Suffolk and Kent, in England.
Elle’s paternal grandmother was named Eleanora Maude Alice Ward (the daughter of Lewis Frank/Francis Ward). Eleanora was born in Petersham, New South Wales. Lewis was born in Eden, New South Wales, the son of Louis/Lewis Franciscus/Francis Ward, who was born in Leitrim, County Leitrim, Ireland, with paternal grandparents from Derby, England; and of Eleanora Maria McAllister, whose parents were Scottish, her father from Bowmore, Argyll and Bute, and her mother from Killarrow, Argyll.
Elle’s maternal grandfather was Ronald Byers Dickson (the son of Thomas Wilson Dickson and Mary Jane Byers). Ronald was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Thomas was born in Echuca, Victoria, the son of James Dickson, who was born in Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland; and of Jane Maria Dodgshon, whose parents were English, her mother from Charlbury, Oxfordshire. Elle’s great-grandmother Mary Jane was born in County Cavan, Ireland, the daughter of John Byers and Jane E. Coote.
Elle’s maternal grandmother was Nancy Lovell Hough (the daughter of Alfred Leopold Hough and Lilian Charlotte Heydn). Nancy was born in Clayfield, Queensland. Alfred was born in Richmond, New South Wales, the son of Peter Joseph Hough, whose father was from France, and whose maternal grandparents were from Sussex, England; and of Jane Sharp Lovell, whose father, and maternal grandparents, were also English, with roots in London and Cumberland. Elle’s great-grandmother Lilian was born on Rewa, Central, Fiji, the daughter of John Long Heydn, who was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to a father from Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland and a mother from Edinburgh, Scotland; and of Mary Dora Molloy, who was herself born in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, to a father from Ballybrittas, Queens County, Ireland, and a mother from Kent, England.