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Despite the supersaturated celebrity world we live in, there are still a lot of things we don’t know about some of our favorite stars, like their ethnicity. Though we may have tried to put these biracial and multi-racial celebrities in one box or another, the truth is they have a diverse ethnic background and that’s something everyone should start celebrating and acknowledging in its totality. Here are 15 celebrities we bet you didn’t know are biracial. Who surprised you the most?

Jordin Sparks


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Jordin Sparks

This “American Idol” and young pop sensation comes New Jersey (although born in Phoenix) as well as from a melting pot of ethnicities. Her mother, Jodi, is a Caucasian woman, with English, German, Scottish and Norwegian ancestry, and her former NFL footballer father, Phillippi Sparks is African-American.

Louis C.K.


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Louis C.K.

Perhaps the comedian has such a broad perspective on life due to his multi-ethnic background. His mother is Caucasian, of Irish Catholic descent, and his father is part Hungarian and part Mexican. C.K. spent the first seven years of his life in Mexico and is still a Mexican citizen.

Ryan Lochte


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Ryan Lochte

The Olympic competitive swimmer comes from a Caucasian father of German and English descent and a Cuban mother. Lochte plays for team USA.

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