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American people of North American descent (17 C, 1 P) O. American people of Oceanian descent (17 C, 15 P) R. American people of Romani descent (3 C, 27 P) S.
Paul Abraham Freund (February 16, 1908 – February 5, 1992) was an American legal scholar. He taught for most of his life at Harvard Law School and is known for his writings on the United States Constitution and the Supreme Court of the United States .
This is a list of notable Americans of English descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are English American or must have references showing they are English American and are notable.
Tora Harris, high jumper; also of African-American descent; Ariel Hsing, youngest U.S. table tennis national champion [18] Jerry Hsu, professional skateboarder; Jason Jung, tennis player on ATP Tour; also won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Vania King, tennis player on WTA Tour; Candie Kung, golf player in the LPGA
Paul J. Fribourg is the son of Jewish-American businessman Michel Fribourg, chairman emeritus of Continental Grain, who died on April 10, 2001, and his wife Mary Ann. [3] [4] He has four siblings, brothers Robert and Charles, and sisters Nadine and Caroline. [4] He has a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Amherst ...
Map showing areas in red with high concentration of people who self-report as having "American" ancestry in 2000. In the Southern United States as a whole, 11.2% reported "American" ancestry, second only to African American. American was the fourth most common ancestry reported in the Midwest (6.5%) and West (4.1%).
Carl Laemmle – pioneer in American filmmaking and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios; Ernst Lubitsch – acclaimed film director, special Academy Award winner [428] [429] Anthony Mann – film director and actor [430] Richard C. Meyer – German-American television and film editor; Russ Meyer – director and ...
Langston was born free in 1817 in Louisa County, Virginia, the second of three sons and a daughter born to Lucy Jane Langston, a formerly enslaved woman of mixed African-American (including European) and Pamunkey (Native American) descent. Their father was her common-law husband, Ralph Quarles, a wealthy white planter who had immigrated from ...