Calum Best

Best in 2016, photo by Joe Seer/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Calum Milan Best

Place of Birth: San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States

Date of Birth: February 6, 1981

Ethnicity: Northern Irish, English, Scottish

Calum Best is an American and British model, actor, and television personality.

Calum is the son of Angie Best (born Angela Janes), a model from England, and George Best, a famous professional footballer, from Belfast, Northern Ireland. His father was raised Presbyterian. His mother’s ancestry also includes Scottish or Northern Irish.

Calum was raised in Los Angeles, and he also lives in the U.K.

Calum is a half-cousin of actress Samantha Womack. Calum’s mother and Samantha’s father were half-siblings (through their father, Robert William Brough/Bough Janes).

Calum’s paternal grandfather was Richard “Dickie” Best (the son of James “Jock” Best and Mary Ayre). Richard was born in Belfast. He was a member of the Loyal Orange Institution, a Protestant fraternal order based primarily in Northern Ireland. James was born in Belfast, the son of Richard Best and Ellen Williamson. Calum’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Belfast, the daughter of William Hugh Ayre and Jane Steele/Steel.

Calum’s paternal grandmother was Anne/Annie Mary Withers (the daughter of George Clarke Withers and Elizabeth McKibben). George was born in County Down, Ireland, the son of Robert Graham Withers and Margaret McKibbin. Calum’s great-grandmother Elizabeth was born in Belfast, Ireland, the daughter of Samuel James Mckibben.

Calum’s maternal grandfather was Robert William Brough/Bough Janes (the son of Mark Janes and Amy Louisa Mabel Meek).

Calum’s maternal grandmother was named Marion MacDonald.

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