Birth Name: Ferdinand James M. Kingsley
Place of Birth: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: February 13, 1988
Ethnicity: Gujarati Indian (paternal grandfather), English, possibly some Ashkenazi Jewish
Ferdinand Kingsley is an English actor and musician. He is the son of actor Ben Kingsley and Alison Sutcliffe (Gillian Alison M. Sutcliffe), a theatre director and actress.
Ferdinand’s paternal grandfather was Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (the son of Harji Bhanji and Sikinabhai Lila Shamji). Rahimtulla was born in Kenya, to a Gujarati Indian family.
Ferdinand’s paternal grandmother was Anna Lyna Mary Goodman (the daughter of Agnes Marion Goodman). It’s not publicly known who Ferdinand’s grandmother Anna’s biological father was; it appears that he may have been of Jewish background. Agnes was English, and was the daughter of James Frederick Goodman and Anne/Anna Lena/Lyna Westley.
Ferdinand’s maternal grandparents’ surnames were Sutcliffe and Major.
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