Birth Name: Jacob Lumet Cannavale
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 1, 1992
Ethnicity:
*25% Italian
*25% Cuban
*25% Ashkenazi Jewish
*25% African-American, with some English
Jake Cannavale is an American actor and musician.
He is the son of actress and screenwriter Jenny Lumet and actor Bobby Cannavale.
Jake’s paternal grandfather was named Salvatore “Sal” Cannavale. Salvatore was of Italian descent.
Jake’s paternal grandmother was named Isabel. Isabel was Cuban.
Jake’s maternal grandfather was legendary director Sidney Lumet (Sidney Arthur Lumet, the son of Baruch Lumet and Eugenia Gitl Wermus). Baruch was born in Warsaw, Poland, and was the son of Abraham Lumet and Sarah Erder. Eugenia was also born in Poland.
Jake’s maternal grandmother was Gail Buckley (the daughter of Louis Jordan Jones and Lena Horne). Louis was the son of William Augustus Jones and Nannie Cannon. Lena was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist, and was born Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, the daughter of Edwin Fletcher Horne, Jr. and Edna Louise Scottron.
Sources: http://www.lena-horne.com
http://www.nytimes.com
Genealogies of Lena Horne – http://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Jake’s great-great-grandfather, Edwin Fletcher Horne, Jr., on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Edwin Fletcher Horne, Jr. on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org