Mark Elliot Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York to Karen, a psychiatrist, and Edward Zuckerberg, a dentist. His paternal line is J1-L816. Both of his parents came from Jewish immigrant families that arrived in the United States in the early 1900s from Europe to escape antisemitism.
He showed an early talent for science and computers, excelling in programming from a young age. Zuckerberg attended Harvard University where, in 2004, he launched Facebook from his dorm room. Within the first month, over 1 million users had registered on the platform. Under Mark’s leadership, Facebook rapidly expanded to become one of the largest social networks worldwide with over 2 billion monthly users.
In 2012, he oversaw Facebook’s massive initial public offering that valued the company at $104 billion. It was the largest tech IPO at the time. Zuckerberg also led strategic acquisitions of influential companies like Instagram and WhatsApp, further diversifying Facebook’s business. He has served as Chairman and CEO since the company’s founding, providing vision that helped scale the platform globally.
Along with his business success, Zuckerberg’s philanthropy includes donating $100 million to Newark Public Schools through his education foundation. He also signed the Giving Pledge to donate the majority of his wealth estimated over $100 billion, making him one of the richest people in the world. Most recently, Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta to focus on virtual reality technologies in the metaverse.
Through his accomplishments launching and leading one of the most used tech platforms, Mark Zuckerberg has come a long way from his Jewish immigrant roots, while still embracing that cultural heritage.
Biography: Claude Instant, source: November 2023 23andme leaks
Carl Axel Gottlund was a Finnish explorer, scholar, and political activist, renowned for his advocacy for the Forest Finns, a group descended from Finnish immigrants living in Sweden and Norway. Born in Ruotsinpyhtää (Swedish: Strömfors), Finland, Gottlund initially studied theology at the University of Turku but was drawn to folkloristics and linguistics.
In 1821, he embarked on a mission to document the culture and language of the Forest Finns. His extensive research led him to become their advocate, aiming to protect their heritage and improve their socio-economic status. His activism faced resistance, but it led to the publication of “Otava,” a pamphlet series promoting Forest Finn rights.
Gottlund’s scholarly contributions include a Forest Finnish dictionary, significant work in Finno-Ugric languages, and the preservation and promotion of Finnish folklore. He remained committed to his advocacy work throughout his life, resulting in broader recognition of the cultural and historical significance of the Forest Finns.
Gottlund, who passed away on June 20, 1875, is remembered for his enduring contributions to Finno-Ugric studies and his championship of marginalized ethnic groups.
Gottlund’s ancestry is traced back to Michel Skotte, a Scottish soldier who after fighting for Sweden in the 17th century was granted a farm in Pyhtää, Finland, marking the beginning of Gottlund’s lineage. Gottlund’s Y-DNA haplogroup was determined by Big Y testing of several descendants of Michel Skotte. The research was done by Jere Markkanen, administrator of the Savo DNA Project.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. He served from 1933 to 1945, longer than any other U.S. president. He was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York to a wealthy family. He attended Groton School and Harvard University. Roosevelt contracted polio in 1921 at the age of 39. The illness left him paralyzed from the waist down and requiring the use of a wheelchair. This personal health struggle defined much of his approach to public policy. He served as the governor of New York from 1929 to 1932. In 1932, he was elected President, defeating Republican Herbert Hoover in the aftermath of the Great Depression As president, Roosevelt introduced bold relief, recovery, and reform programs known as the “New Deal.” This included the Social Security system, the SEC, the FDIC, and programs to provide jobs, relief, and reform for the poor, unemployed, and farmers.
He was re-elected in 1936, 1940, and 1944, breaking the tradition of limiting presidents to two terms. During his third and fourth terms, the U.S. became involved in World War II. Roosevelt led the nation through these crises with his famous radio “fireside chats” to reassure the public. He helped create a military and industrial alliance to defeat the Axis powers. Sadly, FDR died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12, 1945, just months before Germany surrendered. He is considered one of the most influential US presidents in history for his wartime leadership and New Deal reforms.
Bronze Age Pervert (fl. 2013–present), also known as BAP, is a pseudonymous far-right Internet personality, associated with the manosphere. The media have identified Costin Alamariu (born 1980), a Romanian-American writer, as the person behind the pseudonym.
In his writings on Twitter, in his podcast Caribbean Rhythms and in his 2018 book Bronze Age Mindset, BAP advances reactionary ideas influenced by Nietzschean philosophy, promoting the heroic ideals of classical antiquity and denouncing the decadence of modern society. He has a dedicated following in right-wing political circles in the U.S.
Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands to Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodorus van Gogh. He came from a long line of Dutch Reformed Church ministers – both his grandfather and his uncle were pastors.
Van Gogh’s interest in art began at a young age, and he was mostly self-taught. He worked for a firm of art dealers in The Hague from 1873-1876. During this time, he fell in love with his recently widowed cousin who rejected him, which had a profound effect on him. He became disillusioned with his work in the art business, and embraced a simple life dedicated to God and art.
In 1880, van Gogh moved to Belgium to study art, and then in 1886 he decided to become an artist and devoted himself fully to painting. He learned much by studying the great Dutch masters. Some of his most famous paintings from this early period were portraits of his friends and family.
In 1888, van Gogh moved to Arles, France where he hoped to found an artists’ colony. It was during this period that he produced many of his most iconic landscapes, including Sunflowers and The Starry Night. However, he began to suffer bouts of mental illness including depression. In 1889, while living with his friend Paul Gauguin, van Gogh suffered a mental breakdown and cut off a portion of his left ear with a razor.
After being hospitalized, he left the hospital and moved to Auvers-sur-Oise outside of Paris. Shockingly, in 1890 at the young age of 37, van Gogh shot himself and died two days later. In his brief career, van Gogh only sold one painting, yet he left behind over 850 known artworks, including 200 paintings created during his final two years. Today he is widely considered one of the most important and influential artists in modern art history. His distinctive, emotive post-impressionist works today hang in the world’s finest art museums. His remarkable talent triumphed over mental illness and poverty in his short but prolific career.
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 in Bonn, Germany to Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich. His grandfather, Ludwig van Beethoven, was a musician at the court of the Elector of Cologne and all of Ludwig’s siblings and family members were musicians.
Music was ingrained in Beethoven’s genealogy from an early age. His family on both sides were professional musicians and he began studying music with his father at a young age, learning violin and keyboard. His early musical talents were quickly recognized and by age 12, he was appointed assistant organist at one of the main churches in Bonn.
As a young man, Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792 to study with renowned composer and teacher Franz Joseph Haydn. It was during this time that Beethoven established himself as one of the premier piano virtuosos in Vienna. However, tragedy soon struck – Beethoven began to lose his hearing in his late 20s, which was a devastating blow. Despite going completely deaf, Beethoven continued composing some of the most celebrated works in classical music.
Some of Beethoven’s most famous achievements include his nine symphonies, including his iconic Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 9 (which introduced vocal parts to the symphony). He also composed 16 string quartets, 32 piano sonatas, including his iconic Moonlight Sonata, and his only opera, Fidelio. Towards the end of his life, while almost completely deaf, Beethoven composed his late string quartets and his epic Missa Solemnis, cementing his place as one of the greatest composers of all time.
Beethoven passed away in 1827 at the age of 56 in Vienna, but his innovative and iconic classical masterpieces would cement his place in musical history and continue to inspire composers and musicians around the world to this day. His musical genius and perseverance in the face of adversity truly cemented his achievements and cemented his place as one of the most renowned figures in classical music.
Paavo Nurmi was born in 1897 in Turku, Finland. He came from modest farmer ancestry.
Nurmi took up competitive running as a teenager and soon showed immense talent. In the early 1920s, at the Olympics in Antwerp and Paris, he established himself as one of the greatest runners of all time. He won a total of 9 gold medals and 3 silver medals in cross country running and middle-distance track events.
Some of Nurmi’s most iconic victories included winning gold in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters and cross country at Antwerp in 1920. He followed this up by sweeping the gold medals in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, individual and team cross country events in Paris four years later. Nurmi set 20 official ratified world records between 1920 and 1923.
Beyond the Olympics, Nurmi dominated distance events internationally. He won individual and team titles at the World Student Games, setting numerous Games records. Such was his talent that Nurmi became one of the first international sports stars. He toured America in 1926-27, wowing crowds with his effortless style.
Nurmi retired from competition in 1927 at the age of 30. He had achieved more success than any middle or long-distance runner before him. Due to record-breaking feats, Nurmi turned Finland into a force in international running (see also Finland tops podium for most Olympic medals won per capita). He remains one of the greatest and most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Even today, Nurmi’s legacy as “The Flying Finn” lives on.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri to Jane and John Marshall Clemens. The Clemens family traced back to English ancestry in Virginia in the early 1700s. Twain’s father John was a native of Virginia who became a steamboat pilot and moved the family to Hannibal on the Mississippi River, where Samuel grew up.
After his father’s death when Samuel was 12, he held various jobs and became a printer’s apprentice. Long fascinated by the Mississippi River, he later followed in his father’s footsteps to become a steamboat pilot. These river years influenced many of his future novels and provided local color for stories set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by his boyhood hometown of Hannibal.
In 1867, Twain published his first major work, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” He gained more widespread success with titles like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), cementing his style of witty, satirical humor. In 1885, his landmark novel “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published to both praise and controversy for its use of vernacular English and social commentary on race in the post-Civil War South.
Twain received honorary degrees from Yale, Oxford, and Harvard. He was made a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1909, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor. Financially secure, yet always bold, Twain was a renowned public speaker and social commentator who relentlessly satirized hypocrisy and social injustice.
He died in 1910, leaving behind a legacy as America’s greatest humorist and a man of letters. Today he remains one of the most celebrated authors in American history. Schools and public buildings across the country are named in his honor. Though rooted in the history and landscapes that shaped his forebears, Twain’s works and wit still resonate globally over a century later.
Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He belongs to haplogroup I1-m253.
His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His early soundtrack contributions date back to A Star Is Born in 1976, and he is known as the King of the Movie Soundtrack.
As a solo artist, Loggins experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy Award nomination for “Footloose” in 1985.
He won a Daytime Emmy Award, two Grammy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, (born May 24 [May 11, Old Style], 1905, Veshenskaya, Russia—died February 21, 1984, Veshenskaya, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russian novelist who belongs to haplogroup J1a-Z1828. He is the winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature for his novels and stories about the Cossacks of southern Russia.
After joining the Red Army in 1920 and spending two years in Moscow, he returned in 1924 to his native Cossack village in the Don region of southern Russia. He made several trips to western Europe and in 1959 accompanied the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to the United States. He joined the Communist Party in 1932 and became a member of the Central Committee in 1961.
Sholokhov began writing at 17, his first published book being Donskie rasskazy (1926; Tales of the Don), a collection of short stories. In 1925 he began his famous novel Tikhy Don (The Silent Don). Sholokhov’s work evolved slowly: it took him 12 years to publish Tikhy Don (4 vol., 1928–40; translated in two parts as And Quiet Flows the Don and The Don Flows Home to the Sea) and 28 years to complete another major novel, Podnyataya tselina (1932–60; translated in two parts as Virgin Soil Upturned [also published as Seeds of Tomorrow] and Harvest on the Don). Oni Srazhalis za rodinu (1942; They Fought for Their Country) is an unfinished epic tale of the Soviet people’s bravery during the German invasion of World War II. Sholokhov’s popular story Sudba cheloveka (1957; “The Fate of a Man”) also focused on this period.
Sholokhov’s best-known work, Tikhy Don, is remarkable for the objectivity of its portrayal of the heroic and tragic struggle of the Don Cossacks against the Bolsheviks for independence. It became the most widely read novel in the Soviet Union and was heralded as a powerful example of Socialist Realism, winning the Stalin Prize in 1941.
Sholokhov was one of the most enigmatic Soviet writers. In letters he wrote to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, he boldly defended compatriots from the Don region, yet he approved the sentencing that followed the convictions of the writers Andrey Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel on subversion charges in 1966 and the persecution of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Stalin’s view that Tikhy Don contained errors was public knowledge, but the novel remained a classic of Soviet literature throughout Stalin’s rule. The artistic merits of Sholokhov’s best novel are in such stark contrast with the mediocre (or worse) quality of the rest of his work that questions have been raised about Sholokhov’s authorship of Tikhy Don. Many authors, among them Solzhenitsyn, publicly accused Sholokhov of plagiarism and claimed that the novel was a reworking of another writer’s manuscript; Fyodor Kryukov, a writer from the Don region who died in 1920, is most often cited as Sholokhov’s source. Though a group of Norwegian literary scholars—using statistical analysis of the novel’s language—proved its affinity with the rest of Sholokhov’s oeuvre and despite the recovery of the novel’s early manuscript, which had been believed lost, a considerable number of authoritative literary figures in Russia today believe that the novel was plagiarized.
Harve Presnell was an American actor and singer. He belongs to haplogroup I1-M253.
He is best known for his award-winning performance in the film titled ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ and the ‘Broadway’ musical of the same name. His performance in the film (as ‘Johnny Brown’), which was also his film debut, earned him a ‘Golden Globe Award.’ Born and raised in Modesto, California, Harve was interested in singing ever since he was a kid. At the age of 7, he began singing in church choirs, and by the age of 16, he was doing opera shows. He was trained in vocal performance at the ‘University of Southern California.’ He then attended the ‘Music Academy of the West’ and made his ‘Broadway’ debut with ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ in 1957. He then appeared on many ‘Broadway’ shows, such as ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown.’ He later appeared in the show’s cinematic adaptation, thus also making his acting debut. Following an award-winning performance, he appeared in films such as ‘Fargo,’ ‘Face/Off,’ ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ and ‘Old School.’ Additionally, he also appeared in TV series such as ‘The Pretender,’ ‘The Lionhearts,’ ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ ‘American Dad!,’ and ‘Andy Barker, P.I.’ He passed away in June 2009, at the age of 75.
John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer, director, and fashion designer. He belongs most likely to haplogroup I2-Y3120>S17250.
Over the last 30 years of his career, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. For his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award nominations. He has also appeared in well-received films such as Empire of the Sun, The Killing Fields, Dangerous Liaisons, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, RED, and Warm Bodies, as well as producing numerous films, including Juno and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Malkovich attended exclusively Illinois schools throughout his childhood and into adulthood, building a community of like-minded performers such as Joan Allen, Gary Sinise and Glenne Headly, all of whom co-founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1976. After appearing in numerous stage productions, Malkovich began acting in feature films in the late 1970s, garnering critical acclaim for his numerous dramatic and comedic roles in films such as Dangerous Liasions, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, and Burn After Reading. In keeping with his renaissance-man image, he created his own fashion company, Mrs. Mudd, in 2002. Malkovich continues to act, direct and produce numerous movies per year, and is considered one of the most influential voices in modern cinema.
Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his time. He belongs to haplogroup I1-M253.
Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won his first leading role the following year in Magnificent Obsession. His popularity increased during the late 1930s and 1940s with appearances in A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Bataan (1943). During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Air Forces, where he worked as a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. In 1966, he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series Death Valley Days.
Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor died of lung cancer at the age of 57.
John Locke FRS (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the “Father of Liberalism”. He belongs to haplogroup J2-FT335566.
Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American Revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.
Internationally, Locke’s political-legal principles continue to have a profound influence on the theory and practice of limited representative government and the protection of basic rights and freedoms under the rule of law.
Locke’s theory of mind is often cited as the origin of modern conceptions of identity and the self, figuring prominently in the work of later philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of consciousness. He postulated that, at birth, the mind was a blank slate, or tabula rasa. Contrary to Cartesian philosophy based on pre-existing concepts, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception, a concept now known as empiricism. Demonstrating the ideology of science in his observations, whereby something must be capable of being tested repeatedly and that nothing is exempt from being disproved, Locke stated that “whatever I write, as soon as I discover it not to be true, my hand shall be the forwardest to throw it into the fire”. Such is one example of Locke’s belief in empiricism.
Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. He belongs to haplogroup J2b2.
He was discovered by American record executive Scooter Braun and signed with RBMG Records in 2008, gaining recognition with the release of his debut seven-track EP My World (2009) and soon establishing himself as a teen idol. Often referred to as the “Prince of Pop”, his versatile cross-genre approach towards music and showmanship have received critical acclaim and recognition.
Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10, 1951) is an American former football quarterback. He belongs to haplogroup J2.
He played for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He led the NFL in passing yards four straight years from 1979 to 1982 and became the first player in history to throw for 4,000 yards in three consecutive seasons. The Chargers advanced to the AFC Championship Game twice during his career, but never reached the Super Bowl.
A member of the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team, Fouts was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. He lives in Sisters, Oregon,and was a color analyst for NFL games on CBS television and Westwood One radio. He is the son of Bay Area Radio Hall of Famer Bob Fouts.
The Carradine family is an American family of several notable actors. The family patriarch was the minister Beverly Carradine and his grandson, the actor John Carradine, who had five sons, four of whom became actors. They all belong to haplogroup I2-P37>L233.
Beverly Francis Carradine (April 4, 1848 – April 22, 1931) was an American Methodist minister and a leading evangelist for the holiness movement.He was a productive author, writing primarily on the subject of sanctification. The patriarch of the Carradine family, he was the grandfather of actor John Carradine and great-grandfather of actors David, Keith, and Robert Carradine.
John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, one of the most prolific and famed character actors in Hollywood history. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille’s stock company and later John Ford’s company, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theatre. In the later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies, but continued to also appear in higher-profile fare. In total, he holds 351 film and television credits, making him one of the most prolific English-speaking actors of all time.
Carradine was married four times, had five children, and was the patriarch of the Carradine family, including four sons and four grandchildren who are or were also actors.
Keith Ian Carradine (born 8 August 1949) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter who has had success on stage, film, and television. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman’s film Nashville, Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood, FBI agent Frank Lundy in Dexter, Lou Solverson in the first season of Fargo, and US President Conrad Dalton in Madam Secretary. In addition, he is a Golden Globe– and Academy Award–winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting dynasty that began with his father, John Carradine.
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West.[2] He also portrayed the title character of both of the Kill Bill films. He appeared in two Martin Scorsese films: Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets.
David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. The elder Carradine’s acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage, television, and in cinema, spanned more than four decades. A prolific “B” movie actor, David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades. He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu, and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory (1976), the television miniseries North and South (1985), and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 2, for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Throughout his life, Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses, which often involved substance abuse. He died accidentally at the age of 72 due to autoerotic asphyxiation.Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death. These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action, documentaries, drama, horror, martial arts, science fiction, and westerns. In addition to his acting career, Carradine was a director and musician. Moreover, influenced by his Kung Fu role, he studied martial arts. On April 1, 1997, Carradine received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Robert Reed Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television western series such as Bonanza and his brother David’s TV series, Kung Fu. Carradine’s first film role was in the 1972 film The Cowboys, which starred John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne. Carradine also portrayed fraternity president Lewis Skolnick in the Revenge of the Nerds series of comedy films. Carradine also ran the Rolex 24 race at Daytona in 2000, finishing 29th in the GTU class and 61st overall.
Milan Mandarić (born 5 September 1938) is a Serbian-American businessman who has owned a string of businesses and association football clubs, including Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday. He was born near Gospić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today Croatia), and grew up in Novi Sad, Serbia. He belongs to haplogroup I2-Y3120>PH908.
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin 9 October 1858 – 12 March 1935), also known as Michael Pupin, was a Serbian physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist based in the United States. He belongs to haplogroup I2-P37>M423>L621>CTS10228>Y3120
Pupin is best known for his numerous patents, including a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as “pupinization”). Pupin was a founding member of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) on 3 March 1915, which later became NASA, and he participated in the founding of American Mathematical Society and American Physical Society.
In 1924, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography. Pupin was elected president or vice-president of the highest scientific and technical institutions, such as the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Radio Institute of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also an honorary consul of Serbia in the United States from 1912 to 1920 and played a role in determining the borders of newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American radio show host and conspiracy theorist who likely belongs to haplogroup I1.
New York magazine has described Jones as “America’s leading conspiracy theorist”, and the Southern Poverty Law Center describes him as “the most prolific conspiracy theorist in contemporary America”. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network syndicates across the United States and online. .
He has claimed that several governments and big businesses have colluded to create a “New World Order” through “manufactured economic crises, sophisticated surveillance tech and—above all—inside-job terror attacks that fuel exploitable hysteria”.
Mainstream sources have described Jones as a conservative, far-right, alt-right, and a conspiracy theorist. Jones has described himself as a paleoconservative and a libertarian.
James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as “Bright Path”; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. He most likely belonged to haplogroup I1.
A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon), and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball.
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (born 24 October 1989), known online as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber and comedian. He belongs to haplogroup I1-L22 and his mtdna is U5a2a.
Born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden, Kjellberg registered his eponymous YouTube channel in 2010, primarily posting Let’s Play videos of horror and action video games. His channel experienced substantial growth in popularity over the next two years and he reached 1 million subscribers in July 2012.
Kjellberg’s channel became the most-subscribed on YouTube on 15 August 2013, but after he publicly vied for the title with T-Series in 2019, it currently holds the title of the second-most subscribed, albeit remaining the most-subscribed operated by an individual. Kjellberg had the most-viewed channel on YouTube from 29 December 2014 to 14 February 2017, and the channel currently ranks as the 19th-most-viewed, and the sixth among those operated by an individual. As of January 2021, his channel has over 108 million subscribers and has received over 26 billion views.
Kjellberg’s popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage have made him one of the most noted online personalities and content creators. Due to this audience and media attention, his coverage of indie games has created an Oprah effect, boosting sales for titles he plays. In 2016, Time magazine named him one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
William McChord Hurt(born March 20, 1950) is an American actor, who most likely belongs to haplogroup I2-M223.
He studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell’s science-fiction feature Altered States, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. In 1981 he played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir Body Heat. He played another leading role, as Arkady Renko, in Gorky Park (1983).
In 1985 Hurt garnered critical acclaim and multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, for Kiss of the Spider Woman. He received another two Academy Award nominations for his lead performances in Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987). Hurt remained an active stage actor throughout the 1980s, appearing in Off-Broadway productions including Henry V, Fifth of July, Richard II and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Hurt received his first Tony Award nomination in 1985 for the Broadway production of Hurlyburly.
After a variety of character roles in the following decade, Hurt earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in David Cronenberg’s crime thriller A History of Violence (2005).
Descendants of haplogroup IJ-M429 