Profile Text
Clarkson in 2015, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jordan Taylor Clarkson
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 7, 1992
Ethnicity: * father – African-American * maternal grandmother – Filipino [Kapampangan]
Jordan Clarkson is an American-Filipino professional basketball player. A shooting guard and point guard, he plays for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA G League, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Utah Jazz. He has dual American and Filipino citizenship. He is 6′5″.
His father, Michael Alan “Mike” Clarkson, is African-American. His mother, Annette (Tullao) Davis, is of half Filipino descent. Some sources stated that Annette’s middle name is Lucille. However, her birth record shows that she has no middle name. Jordan has a daughter.
Jordan’s maternal grandmother is named Marcelina Tullao. Marcelina is Kapampangan, from Bacolor, Pampanga.
Source: Birth record of Jordan’s mother – https://familysearch.org