Category: Finding Your Roots

Categories: Television Shows | Genealogy Programmes

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This category contains profiles of persons included in this television program.

Finding Your Roots is a US based television program currently hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr that uses research and genetics to trace family lines in pursuit of genealogical information.

See a list of people featured in the show at the free-space profile.

Finding Your Roots

A

Ben (Affleck-Boldt) Affleck 1970s

Khandi Alexander 1950s

Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour 1950s

Aziz Ansari 1980s

Carmelo Kyam Anthony 1980s

Fred Armisen 1960s

Patricia Arquette 1960s

B

Kevin Bacon 1950s

Angela Bassett 1950s

Nazzareno Bertinelli abt 04 Jan 1898 Scheggia, Perugia, Umbria, Italy - 05 Apr 1968

Valerie (Bertinelli) Vitale 1960s

Lewis Black 1940s

Cory Booker 1960s

Sterling K. Brown 1970s

Erin Burnett 1970s

Kenneth Burns 1950s

Tyler Burrell 1960s

C

Geoffrey Canada 1950s

Amy Carlson 1960s

Gretchen Carlson 1960s

David Chang 1970s

RuPaul Charles 1960s

Linda Chavez 1940s

Margaret Cho 1960s

Deepak Chopra 1940s

Sandra Cisneros 1950s

Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates 1970s

Andy Cohen 1960s

Tom Colicchio 1960s

Sean Combs 1960s

Anderson Cooper 1960s

Brian Denis Cox 1940s

Terry Crews 1960s

Billy Crudup 1960s

Sunny (Cummings) Hostin 1960s

Ann Curry 1950s

D

Nancy (D'Alesandro) Pelosi 1940s

Claire Danes 1970s

Lee Daniels 1950s

Ted Danson 1940s

Larry David 1940s

Angela Davis 1940s

Alan Morton Dershowitz 1930s

Issa Rae Diop 1980s

Robert Downey 1960s

Ava Marie DuVernay 1970s

Amy (Dziewiontkowski) Ryan 1960s

E

Niecy (Ensley) Nash-Betts 1970s

Raúl Eduardo Esparza 1970s

F

John Farrow 10 Feb 1904 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Jan 1963

Mia Farrow 1940s

Tina Fey 1970s

Sally Field 1940s

G

Tulsi Gabbard 1980s

Henry Louis Gates 1950s

Margarett (Gillespie) Cooper 15 Oct 1913 Ohio, USA - 20 Sep 2013

Frank (Goldberg) Gehry 1920s

Jeff Goldblum 1950s

Tony Gonzalez 1970s

Alejandro (González Iñárritu) Iñárritu 1960s

Adrian Grenier 1970s

Bryant Charles Gumbel 1940s

G cont.

Sanjay Gupta 1960s

Margaret (Gyllenhaal) Sarsgaard 1970s

H

Bill Hader 1970s

Kathryn Hahn 1970s

Diane Simone Michele (Halfin) von Fürstenberg 1940s

Rebecca Hall 1980s

Ciara (Harris) Wilson 1980s

Neil Harris 1970s

Anita Hill 1950s

Maria (Hinojosa Ojeda) Hinojosa 1960s

Dustin Lee Hoffman 1930s

Gaby Hoffmann 1980s

Alberta Charlayne (Hunter) Hunter-Gault 1940s

J

Samuel L. Jackson 1940s

Shirley Jackson 1940s

Ben Jealous 1970s

Derek Jeter 1970s

Scarlett Johansson 1980s

Jeh Johnson 1950s

Van Jones 1960s

Nas Jones 1970s

K

Richard Kind 1950s

Gayle King 1950s

Regina King 1970s

Stephen King 1940s

Carole (Klein) King 1940s

Martha (Kostyra) Stewart 1940s

Tony Kushner 1950s

L

Nathan Lane 1950s

Cyndi Lauper 1950s

Norman Lear 27 Jul 1922 New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 05 Dec 2023

Kasi Lemmons 1960s

Don Lemon 1960s

John Lewis 21 Feb 1940 Troy, Pike, Alabama, United States - 17 Jul 2020

Tonya (Lewis) Lewis-Lee 1960s

Maya Ying Lin 1950s

Damon Lindelof 1970s

Rebecca Rose (Lobo) Lobo-Rushin 1970s

Mario Lopez 1970s

Jane Lynch 1960s

M

Justina Machado 1970s

William Macy 1950s

Joseph Madison 16 Jun 1949 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States of America - 31 Jan 2024

Bill Maher 1950s

Suzanne Maria Malveaux 1960s

Joe Manganiello 1970s

Julianna (Margulies) Lieberthal 1960s

Marc Maron 1960s

Ellis Marsalis 14 Nov 1934 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 01 Apr 2020

Wynton Marsalis 1960s

George Martin 1940s

Lidia Giuliana (Matticchio) Bastianich 1940s

Audra McDonald 1970s

Phil McGraw 1950s

S. Epatha Merkerson 1950s

Seth Meyers 1970s

Janet Mock 1980s

Kal (Modi) Penn 1970s

Billie Jean (Moffitt) King 1940s

Sasheer (Moore) Zamata 1980s

N

Azar Nafisi 1940s

N cont.

Ana (Navarro Flores) Navarro 1970s

Lupita Nyong'o 1980s

O

Soledad O'Brien 1960s

Leslie Odom 1980s

Norah O'Donnell 1970s

William O'Reilly 1940s

Queen (Owens) Latifah 1970s

P

Brittany (Packnett) Cunningham 1980s

Téa (Pantaleoni) Leoni 1960s

Mandy Patinkin 1950s

Deval Patrick 1950s

Jordan Peele 1970s

Zac Posen 1980s

Q

Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi 1970s

R

Gloria Elizabeth Reuben 1960s

Shonda Rhimes 1970s

Condoleezza Rice 1950s

Michelle Rodriguez 1970s

Narciso Rodriguez 1960s

Maya Rudolph 1970s

S

Aarón Sánchez 1970s

Sheryl Kara Sandberg 1960s

Bernie Sanders 1940s

Amy Schumer 1980s

David Sedaris 1950s

Kyra Sedgwick 1960s

Pamela Fionna (Segall) Adlon 1960s

Chloë Sevigny 1970s

Sarah Kate Silverman 1970s

Carly Simon 1940s

Anna Deavere Smith 1950s

LL Cool J Smith 1960s

Julianne (Smith) Moore 1960s

Mary Steenburgen 1950s

Gloria Steinem 1930s

Leroy (Stenhouse) Mahon abt 10 Jun 1860 Greenville, South Carolina, United States - 01 Dec 1947

John (Stephens) Legend 1970s

Eric Stonestreet 1970s

Michael Strahan 1970s

Ruth (Stubblefield) Simmons 1940s

Sting Sumner 1950s

Wanda Sykes 1960s

T

André Talley 16 Oct 1948 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 18 Jan 2022

Questlove Thompson 1970s

Marisa Tomei 1960s

Ming Hao Tsai 1960s

John Turturro 1950s

V

Courtney B. Vance 1960s

Harold Varmus 1930s

Melissa Villaseñor 1980s

W

Lena Waithe 1980s

Christopher Walken 1940s

Barbara Walters 25 Sep 1929 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 30 Dec 2022

Angela Lee (Warnick) Buchdahl 1970s

Rick Warren 1950s

Keenen Wayans 1950s

Jesse Williams 1980s

Michael Williams 22 Nov 1966 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 06 Sep 2021

Pharrell Williams 1970s

Roy Wood 1970s

Jeffrey Wright 1960s

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