List of multiracial people

Here is a list of famous biracial and multiracial people.

Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Paula Abdul, singer, actress, dancer. French Canadian/Jewish Syrian and Brazilian
• Christina Aguilera, singer, Father Ecuadorian, Mother Irish
• Jessica Alba, actress, Danish, French and Mexican Indian
• Tatyana Ali, actress, black Panamanian and Indo-Trinidadian
• Abdullah II of Jordan, current king of Jordan, father Arab and mother British
• Abdullah Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Malay with Chinese Muslim maternal grandfather from Sanya in Hainan
• Amerie, African-American and Korean
• Namie Amuro, 1/4 Italian and Okinawan/Japanese
• Devon Aoki, Japanese and Caucasian (German and English) model
• Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (1986-1992); ¼ Chinese.
• Crispus Attucks, Native American and African American, victim of Boston Massacre

B

• Ally Baggett, model, Spanish, Filipino
• Benjamin Banneker, African - English, mathematician, helped lay out the city of Washington, DC
• Batista, professional wrestler; Greek, Filipino
• Dame Shirley Bassey, singer, Nigerian and British
• Jennifer Beals, actress, black father and white mother
• Kate Beckinsale, actress, 1/4 Burmese, English
• Tyson Beckford, supermodel, Jamaican, Chinese, white
• Catherine Bell, actress, Iranian mother, British father
• Halle Berry, actress, has a Caucasian Mother and a black Father.
• David Blaine, magician, Puerto Rican and Russian Jewish
• Lisa Bonet, actress, Jewish, black
• Michelle Branch, musician, Indonesian, Dutch, French and Irish
• Donald Brashear, hockey player, white Canadian mother and black American father
• Benjamin Bratt, actor, Quechua from Peru and German/English
• Melanie Brown, Singer, White mother, Black father
• Yul Brynner, actor, Swiss German, Russian, Mongolian

C

• Dean Cain, actor, Japanese, French, Irish and Welsh (1/4 each)
• Roy Campanella, baseball star, black and Italian
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell, United States Senator, Native American and Portuguese
• Naomi Campbell, model, 1/8 Chinese and 7/8 Jamaican
• John Carew, Norwegian international football player, Norwegian mother, Gambian father
• Mariah Carey, singer, black Venezuelan father, Irish mother
• Asia Carrera, actress, 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 German
• Tia Carrere, actress, Filipina, Chinese and Spanish
• Forrest Carter, writer, Caucasian, 1/8 Native American (Cherokee)
• Lynda Carter, actress, white and Mexican
• Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress, Maori and white Australian
• Phoebe Cates, 1/2 Russian-Jewish, 1/2 Filipino
• Deja Chan, adult model, Pornstar, Chinese and Boer British descent
• Sir Julius Chan, former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea; Chinese father, Papuan mother
• Cher, singer/actress, 1/4 Cherokee, 1/2 Armenian
• Unsuk Chin, composer, German and Korean
• Brian Ching, USA international soccer player, Chinese and Hawaiian
• Liz Cho, ABC News anchor and reporter
• Susan Choi, Author, Korean and Russian-Jewish
• Rae Dawn Chong, actress, Chinese, French-Scottish-Irish Canadian, black
• Tommy Chong, comedian, Chinese, French-Scottish-Irish Canadian
• China Chow, actress, English and Chinese
• Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon Navy Rear Admiral, Half-Hawaiian, Caucasian and Chinese
• Keith Hirabayashi Cooke, actor, Japanese mother and Scottish father
• Lola Corwin, model, Korean-American
• Ann Curry, journalist, Japanese mother, Caucasian father
• Charles Curtis, American Vice-President (1929-1933); Native American mother

D

• Martin Dahlin, Swedish football (soccer) player, black and Swedish
• Johnny Damon, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox. Father is white, mother is Thai.
• Dorothy Dandridge, actress
• Ron Darling, baseball player, Chinese, Hawaiian, Caucasian
• Stacey Dash, actress, African American and Native Mexican (Aztec)
• Craig David, singer, white mother, black father
• Jaye Davidson, actor, English mother and Ghanian father
• Rosario Dawson, actress, Puerto Rican, African American, Cuban, Irish and Native American
• 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)
• Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Penne and Duke of Florence, possibly black and Italian
• Cameron Diaz, actress, Cuban, Native American, English and German
• Vin Diesel, actor, African American, Italian, German, Scottish, Spanish, French, Jewish etc
• Fefe Dobson, Canadian rock singer, African American and caucasian
• Casey Donovan, Australian singer and winner of Australian Idol 2, white mother, part(??) Australian Aboriginal father
• Frederick Douglass, civil rights activist, writer, black and white
• W. E. B. Du Bois, activist, French, Dutch, African American
• Alexandre Dumas, writer, black and white
• Mervyn Dymally, former US Congressman, Indian, African, white

E

• Shannon Elizabeth, actress, father Lebanese of Syrian descent, mother is of French, English, and Native American descent
• Yvonne Elliman, singer, Japanese, Caucasian
• Giancarlo Esposito, actor, African American mother and Italian father

F

• 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
• Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter, mother Mexican and father German-Jewish
• Foxy Brown, American rapper, black and Filipina
• Brooke Fraser, singer/songwriter, Samoan/Fijian/Scottish/Spanish descent
• Jennifer Freeman, black mother, white father
• Grant Fuhr, ice hockey star, black and white

G

• Crystal Gayle, singer, Irish and Cherokee
• Yasmeen Ghauri, supermodel, Pakistani father, German mother.
• Roland Gift, lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals, half black and half white.
• 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
• Malcolm Gladwell, writer for The New Yorker, author of The Tipping Point
• Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politicians, their mother is Italian, and father was Indian.
• Tony Gonzalez, American football star, Hispanic, African American, Native American, Jamaican, Cape Verdean
• Martin Gore, lyricist/singer for Depeche Mode, English mother, African-American father
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor, Dutch, Indonesian
• Danny Graves, Cincinnati Reds pitcher, white father, Vietnamese mother
• Emm Gryner, Canadian pop singer, white and Filipino
• Jasmine Guy, actress, black father and white mother

H

• Alexander Hamilton, mixed-race mother, Scottish father (alleged)
• Mata Hari, dancer, spy, Dutch father, Javanese mother
• Franco Harris, American football star, black father and Italian mother
• Salma Hayek, actress, Mexican mother and Lebanese father
• Sally Hemings
• Jimi Hendrix, musician, white, black, Cherokee
• Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter, white and black
• Lawrence Hill, Canadian author (Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada), white and black
• Don Ho, singer, Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, German
• Kelly Holmes, British athlete; Jamaican biological father, white English mother
• Tim Howard, American soccer star, black father, Hungarian mother
• Jade Hsu, adult actress, Korean, Caucasian
• Kelly Hu, actress, Chinese, Hawaiian, English
• Albert and Allen Hughes, filmmakers, black and Armenian
• Nadya Hutagalung, model, Indonesian and Australian

I

• Jarome Iginla, NHL star, black father and white mother
• Enrique Iglesias, singer, father Spanish, mother Spanish-Filipino-mestiza

J

• Derek Jeter, baseball star, black father and white mother
• Steve Jobs, Apple Computer founder, father Egyptian, mother white.
• Patrick Johnson, Australian sprinter, white father, Australian Aborigine mother
• Noel Jones, first British ambassador from an ethnic minority, Anglo-Indian
• Norah Jones, musician, Indian father (Ravi Shankar), 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

K

• Stacy Kamano, actress, Japanese, German, Polish, and Russian
• Danny Kamekona, actor, 1/2 Hawaiian, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Japanese
• Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor, 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Japanese
• Paul Kariya, ice hockey star, Japanese, Scottish-Canadian
• Michael Kearney, former child prodigy, American Father, Japanese Mother
• Kelis, singer, father black, mother Chinese/Puerto Rican
• Alicia Keys, singer, Italian American mother, African American father
• Ian Khama, Vice-President of Botswana; African father, English mother
• Jason Kidd, basketball star, black father and white mother
• Val Kilmer, actor, Swedish, German, Mongolian, Scottish, Irish, Cherokee
• Ben Kingsley, (born Krishna Banji) actor, father was an Indian from Kenya, mother was born in England to Russian Jewish parents
• Eartha Kitt, singer, black Cherokee mother and white father
• Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer, from Maori and Caucasian parents
• Beyoncé Knowles, African-American with Creole heritage
• Jennifer KornKosar, poet/vocalist, 1/2 Thai, 1/4 German, 1/4 Portuguese
• Yaphet Kotto, actor, Cameroonian father, Jewish mother
• Lenny Kravitz, singer, Russian Jewish father, black Trinidadian mother
• Kristin Kreuk, actress, 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Dutch
• Nancy Kwan - actress, 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 British/Scottish

L

• Derrick Lang, Writer, black/native American, white
• Henrik Larsson, Swedish football (soccer) star, Swedish and Cape Verdean
• Marie Laveau, voodoo queen, black and white
• Brandon Lee, actor, 5/8 German/Swedish, 3/8 Chinese
• Bruce Lee, martial artist, actor, 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 German
• Jason Scott Lee, actor, 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Hawaiian
• Michael Lee-Chin, Jamaican businessman, 3/4 Chinese, 1/4 Black
• Sean Lennon, musician, English, Japanese
• Laquita Lin, adult actress, blackanese
• Arillia Ling West Indian and Chinese
• John Lone, actor, Chinese and English
• Vernetta Lopez, actress, Chinese, Portuguese, Malay, Thai
• Greg Louganis, athlete, Samoan biological father and Swedish biological mother
• Loretta Lynn, singer, Irish and Cherokee
• Phil Lynott, lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Brazilian Father and Irish Mother
• kuti Femi, Afrobeat musician, son of Fela Anikulapo Kuti , Nigerian Father and Caucasian/Carribean Mother

M

• Bob Marley, musician, Black and Welsh
• Amanda Marshall, musician, black (Trinidadian) mother and white Canadian father
• Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia; mostly Malay, some Indian ancestry on his father's side
• Michael Manley, former Prime Minister of Jamaica; mostly Irish, some African
• Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, long-time Fijian Prime Minister and President (1920-2004); father Fijian, mother Tongan with some English ancestry
• Paul McGrath, Irish international footballer, Irish mother and Ghanaian father
• Saira Mohan, model, Indian, French, Irish
• Karen Mok, Hong Kong-based actress, 1/2 Chinese, 1/4 Welsh (Paternal Grandfather), 1/8 Iranian and 1/8 German
• Shemar Moore, actor, black and white
• Johnny Morton, American football player, Black father and Japanese mother
• Walter Mosley, writer, black and white
• Tia and Tamera Mowry and Tahj Mowry, actors, black mother and white father
• Mya, singer, black father and Italian mother
• Koji Murofushi, Olympic Javelin thrower, half Japanese and half Romanian

N

• Hikaru Nakamura, International Grandmaster, Japanese father and Caucasian American mother
• Thandie Newton, actress, British father and Zimbabwean mother
• Tila Nguyen, model, 3/4 Vietnamese and 1/4 French
• Isamu Noguchi, artist, sculptor, designer
• Queen Noor of Jordan, father Syrian/Lebanese, mother Swedish
• Chuck Norris, actor, Caucasian mother and Cherokee father
• France Nuyen, actress, French mother and Vietnamese father

O

• Barack Obama, U.S. Senator; Kenyan father and white mother
• Dan O'Brien, decathlon star; black and Finnish
• Soledad O'Brien, television personality; Irish/Australian father, Black/Nicaraguan mother
• Apolo Anton Ohno, short track speed skater; father Japanese, mother white

P

• Sean Paul, hip hop/reggae artist, Portuguese, Chinese, Black, Jewish (1/4 each)
• Suzee Pai, model, actress, Chinese, Caucasian
• Tony Parker, French NBA star; African American father, Dutch mother
• Dolly Parton, singer, songwriter, actress, Polish, Native American
• Tera Patrick, porn actress, Thai, Jewish, Scottish
• Nia Peeples, actress, French, German, Filipino and Spanish
• Lou Diamond Phillips, actor, father Scottish/Irish/Cherokee, mother Filipino/Hawaiian/Chinese/Spanish
• Tamaii Poitier, black father and white mother
• Juliette Powell, Canadian television personality, black and white
• Freddie Prinze, American comedian (1954-1977), father of Freddie Prinze, Jr., Hungarian Jewish father, Puerto Rican mother
• Rain Pryor, actress, daughter of Richard Pryor and Jewish mother
• Aleksandr Pushkin, most famous Russian poet, 7/8 Russian, 1/8 Ethiopian

Q

• Laisenia Qarase, Prime Minister of Fiji; has Tongan and Jewish ancestors, as well as Fijian
• Anthony Quinn, actor, Irish and Mexican

R

• Jo Ralston, model, "Polynesian poster girl", German, Filipino
• Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana; Scottish father, African mother
• Keanu Reeves, actor, 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Hawaiian, English
• Gloria Reuben, actress, black Jamaican mother and white Canadian father
• George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago, Chinese, European, African, Carib (Amerindian)
• Nicole Richie, socialite, Black, Mexican, and Caucasian
• José Rizal, Filipino Revolutionist, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Filipino
• Smokey Robinson, singer, African American, Caucasian
• The Rock, professional wrestler, actor, Samoan mother and black father
• Taya Rogers, actress, 1/2 Thai, 1/2 Caucasian
• Thomas Rolfe, Virginia colonist, English and Native American
• Tracee Ellis Ross, actress, black mother and white father
• Maya Rudolph, comedian, black mother and white father
• Bic Runga, singer/songwriter, Maori father, Malaysian Chinese mother

S

• Jehan Sadat, former First Lady of Egypt, widow of Anwar Sadat, Egyptian mother, English father
• Sade, singer, Nigerian and British
• Michelle Saram, Singaporean actress, singer and model, half Chinese, half Indian
• Tura (Yamaguchi) Satana, model, actress, Japanese, Scottish, Irish, Apache
• Rob Schneider, actor, comedian, Caucasian, 1/4 Filipino
• Lisa Marie Scott, adult model, Swiss-German and Scottish father and Japanese mother
• Samuel Selvon, author, Indo-Trinidadian and Scottish
• M. Night Shyamalan, Hollywood Filmmaker, Father is Malayali and Mother is Tamil.
• Sequoyah, white and Cherokee
• Shakira, singer, father Lebanese and mother Colombian
• Mai Shanley, Miss U.S.A. 1984, Irish, Thai
• Mike Shinoda, emcee for Linkin Park, Russian-Hungarian and Japanese
• Alexander Siddig, actor, mother white, father Arab
• Kimora Lee Simmons, Baby phat CEO Black Father and A Japanese Mother
• Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor, Half Punjabi, Chinese and Japanese
• Tomika Skanes, model, African American father, Korean mother
• Slash (aka Saul Hudson), musician, English/Jewish father, black mother
• Iain Duncan Smith, British politician, 7/8 British, 1/8 Japanese
• Zadie Smith, Jamaican mother, English father
• Jimmy Smits, Surinamese and Puerto Rican
• Ronnie Spector, singer, white, black and Native American
• Earnie Stewart, American soccer star, black father, Dutch mother
• Cree Summer, voice actress and singer, Black mother and Anglo-Canadian father

T

• J. R. D. Tata, businessman, father Indian and mother French
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer, black and white
• Nautica Thorn, pornstar, Japanese, Hawaiian, and Puerto Rican
• Jennifer Tilly and Meg Tilly, actresses, Chinese and Caucasian Canadian
• Kiana Tom, American model, actress, Chinese, Hawaiian and Irish
• Viktor Tsoi (Виктор Цой), Russian rock artist, father Korean, mother Russian
• Tina Turner, singer, actress, black, Native American

U

• Rory Underwood, English rugby player, father British, mother Chinese
• Tony Underwood, English rugby player, father British, mother Chinese
• 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)
• David Usher, Canadian rock musician, Thai and Jewish

V

• Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, musicians, Dutch, Indonesian
• Mario Van Peebles, actor, black father and German mother
• Lalaine Vergara-Paras, actress, 3/4 Filipino and 1/4 Spanish

W

• Derek Walcott, poet, black and white
• Booker T. Washington, educator, black and white
• Robert Wedderburn, revolutionary,Father Scottish,mother an enslaved African
• Jayson Williams, basketball star, puerto rican and black
• Ted Williams, baseball player, Caucasian father and Mexican mother
• August Wilson, playwright most noted for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, of mixed Black and White heritage
• Tiger Woods, professional golfer, 1/4 African-American (Paternal Grandfather), 1/4 Chinese, 1/4 Thai, 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 English
• Rod Woodson, American football star, white and black
• Michael Wong, Hong-Kong actor and brother of Russell Wong, Chinese, French, Dutch, Native American
• Russell Wong, actor, Chinese, French, Dutch, Native American
• Tamia Washington, singer and wife to NBA basketball star Grant Hill, Afro-Canadian Mother, French Canadian Father.

X

Y

• Yi Ku, Korean (Joseon) prince pretender, Half Korean, Half Japanese
• Tata Young, singer, American father, Thai mother

Z

See also

• list of people
• list of people by nationality, ethnicity, etc

External links

• Blackflix.com: Multiracial Celebrities (http://www.blackflix.com/articles/multiracial.html)
• EurasianNation - A community for Hapas, Amerasians, Eurasians, and more (http://www.eurasiannation.com/generic4.html)
• Frontline: The Blurred Racial Lines of famous Families (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/)
• MixedFolks.com Representing Multiracial People (http://www.mixedfolks.com)