Birth Name: Arthur Ira Garfunkel
Place of Birth: Forest Hills, Queens, New York City
Date of Birth: November 5, 1941
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Art Garfunkel is an American singer, poet, and actor. His paternal grandparents were Romanian Jews. His maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland/Russia.
Art’s paternal grandparents were Julius B. Garfunkel and Molly Glickman. Julius and Molly were Romanian Jewish immigrants.
Art’s maternal grandparents were Max/Morris Pearlman (the son of Jacob Pearlman and Lena Kidin/Kerden/Kaplan) and Ann/Becky. Morris was born in Warsaw, Poland. Becky was born in either Poland or Russia.
Sources: Genealogy of Art Garfunkel – http://www.geni.com
Art’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Art’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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