Zac Efron
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Zac Efron

Zac D. Efron
Born 1980s.
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Son of [private father (1960s - unknown)] and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
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Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role in the High School Musical franchise (2006–08). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). He has since appeared in successful films like New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016).

Efron was born in San Luis Obispo, California, and later moved to Arroyo Grande, California. His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at a power station, and his mother, Starla Baskett, is a secretary who worked at the same power plant. Efron has a brother, Dylan, and had, as he has described it, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family. He was raised in an agnostic household and did not practice any religion as a child. His surname, "Efron" (אפרון), is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, taken from a Biblical place name (his paternal grandfather was Jewish, and Zac has described himself as Jewish).[1]

Zac Efron is a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Thomas Rogers. He has kinship to a number of former U.S. Presidents including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Millard Fillmore, Gerald Ford, Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, Rutherford B. Hayes, William H. Taft, and both Presidents Bush. Former U. S. First Ladies in his family tree include Nancy Reagan, Ellen Wilson, and Edith Roosevelt.

Some of Zac Efron’s historical kin include American painter John Trumbull, signer of the Declaration of Independence John Hancock, signer of the U.S. Constitution Nathaniel Gorham, abolitionist John Brown, dictionary publisher Noah Webster, Boston Tea Party participant Amos Lincoln, and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. His famous literary kin include poet William Cullen Bryant, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, author Harriet Beecher Stowe, poet Emily Dickinson, author Tennessee Williams, and poet Robert Frost.

Zac Efron has a number of fellow celebrities that he can call kin including, but not limited to, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Helms, Richard Gere, Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Anthony Perkins, David Hyde Pierce, Raquel Welch, Matt Damon, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Oliver Platt, Dick Van Dyke, and movie director Howard Hawks.[2]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, "Zac Efron", (accessed 05/24/2016) [1]
  2. Famous Kin [2]
  • California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Birth record for Zachary David Alexander Efron, FamilySearch.org (Online Database) [3]

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