Birth Name: Joseph Shuster
Date of Birth: July 10, 1914
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: July 30, 1992
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, United States
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Joe Shuster was a Canadian and American comic book artist. Along with Jerry Siegel, he created the DC Comics superhero Superman (Clark Kent).
Joe was the son of Ida (Kotlarsky/Katharske) and Julius Shuster/Shusterowich. His father was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Jewish parents from the Russian Empire. His mother was born in Kiev, Ukraine, then also in the Russian Empire, to a Jewish family. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., around 1924.
He is related to Canadian comedian Frank Shuster.
Joe’s paternal grandparents were Jacob Isaak Schustirowitz (the son of Izaak Schustirowitz and Anna Macen) and Rosa Galoen (the daughter of Levie Galoen and Hanna Jankelevitz). Jacob was born in Sevastopol, then in the Russian Empire.
Joe’s maternal grandparents were Shimon/Simon Kotlarsky and Chissie/Chisela Rovinsky.
Source: Genealogy of Joe Shuster – https://www.geni.com