{"id":291861,"date":"2021-01-19T18:37:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T02:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/?p=291861"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:08:31","slug":"harry-brant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant","title":{"rendered":"Harry Brant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birth Name: Harry Joseph Brant<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: August 3, 1996<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Connecticut, U.S.<\/p>\n

Date of Death: January 17, 2021<\/p>\n

Place of Death: Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. (possibly<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Ethnicity:
\n*father<\/em> – Sephardi Jewish
\n*mother<\/em> – Italian (one quarter), Croatian, Slovenian, English, distant French, German, Scottish, and Welsh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harry Brant was an American model and socialite.<\/p>\n

He was the son of industrialist, magazine publisher, film producer, and art collector Peter Brant and model and actress Stephanie Seymour<\/a>. Among his siblings is socialite and model Peter Brant II<\/a>. He was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut.<\/p>\n

His paternal grandparents were Bulgarian Jewish immigrants.<\/p>\n

Harry’s paternal grandfather was Murray\/Moise Brant\/Boschnak (the son of Bouco\/Buco Boschnak and Rebecca Almaslino). Murray was born in Ruse, Bulgaria, and co-founded the paper converter Brant-Allen Industries with his cousin, businessperson H. Joseph Allen.<\/p>\n

Harry’s paternal grandmother was named Lily Mercado (the daughter of Joseph Vida Merkado\/Mercado Mordechai). Lily was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

Harry’s maternal grandfather was Conrad J. Seymour, a real estate developer (the son of Richard Kent Seymour and Iona Marie Hickok). Richard was the son of Millard Fillmore Seymour and Harriet\/Harriett Alice Battles. Iona was the daughter of Frank Ellsworth Hickok and Ora Lee Ames.<\/p>\n

Harry’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Ann Pozun (the daughter of Christ Pozun, Jr. and Margaret L. Bergera). Harry’s grandmother Margaret was born in California. Christ, later called Chris Joseph Pozun, was the son of Christ Herman “Chris” Pozun, Sr., who was born in Podvrh, Braslov\u010de, Slovenia, and of Stanislava\/Slava Medved, later Bear, who was born in Plemenitas, Croatia. Harry’s great-grandmother Margaret was the daughter of Giacomo “James” Bergera, who was born in San Columbano, Torino, Piedmont, Italy, and of Margherita “Margaret” Grosso, who was also of Italian descent.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Genealogy of Harry Brant – https:\/\/www.geni.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Obituary of Harry Brant – https:\/\/www.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Obituary of Harry’s paternal grandfather, Murray\/Moise Brant\/Boschnak – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Obituary of Harry’s maternal great-uncle (grandfather’s brother) – http:\/\/www.thorsonfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry’s maternal great-grandfather, Richard Kent Seymour, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry’s maternal great-grandmother, Iona Marie Hickok, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Marriage record of Harry’s maternal great-grandparents, Christ Pozun, Jr. and Margaret L. Bergera – https:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Birth record of Harry’s maternal great-grandfather, Christ Pozun, Jr. – http:\/\/images.archives.utah.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry’s maternal great-grandfather, Christ Pozun, Jr., on the 1920 U.S. Census – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Death record of Harry’s maternal great-grandfather, Christ Pozun, Jr. – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Death record of Harry’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Christ Herman “Chris” Pozun, Sr. – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Death record of Harry’s maternal great-grandmother, Margaret L. Bergera – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Marriage record of Harry’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Giacomo “James” Bergera and Margherita “Margaret” Grosso – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Birth record of Harry’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Giacomo “James” Bergera – https:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1089,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1440,1437,8],"tags":[3602,1163,829,690,716,686,665,695,1569,677,1098,948,788],"class_list":["post-291861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-model","category-6-socialite","category-b-celebs","tag-b1996","tag-bulgarian-jewish","tag-croatian","tag-english","tag-french","tag-german","tag-italian","tag-jewish","tag-piedmontese","tag-scottish","tag-sephardi-jewish","tag-slovenian","tag-welsh"],"yoast_head":"\nHarry Brant - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harry Brant - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-20T02:37:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-06T00:08:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"follers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"follers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"follers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaebff5c04a967e46c0c78438a7f05ae\"},\"headline\":\"Harry Brant\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-20T02:37:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-06T00:08:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant\"},\"wordCount\":513,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"b1996\",\"Bulgarian Jewish\",\"Croatian\",\"English\",\"French\",\"German\",\"Italian\",\"Jewish\",\"Piedmontese\",\"Scottish\",\"Sephardi Jewish\",\"Slovenian\",\"Welsh\"],\"articleSection\":[\"3 Model\",\"6 Socialite\",\"B\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant\",\"name\":\"Harry Brant - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-20T02:37:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-06T00:08:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaebff5c04a967e46c0c78438a7f05ae\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/harry-brant#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Harry Brant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aaebff5c04a967e46c0c78438a7f05ae\",\"name\":\"follers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/13a6981c898feded9f6639088ce6f3bc41c0c2f875dc6805f16946edb032c4ec?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/13a6981c898feded9f6639088ce6f3bc41c0c2f875dc6805f16946edb032c4ec?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/13a6981c898feded9f6639088ce6f3bc41c0c2f875dc6805f16946edb032c4ec?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"follers\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ethnicelebs.com\\\/author\\\/follers\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Harry Brant - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Harry Brant - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com","og_description":"...","og_url":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant","og_site_name":"Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com","article_published_time":"2021-01-20T02:37:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-06T00:08:31+00:00","author":"follers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"follers","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant"},"author":{"name":"follers","@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/aaebff5c04a967e46c0c78438a7f05ae"},"headline":"Harry Brant","datePublished":"2021-01-20T02:37:57+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-06T00:08:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant"},"wordCount":513,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["b1996","Bulgarian Jewish","Croatian","English","French","German","Italian","Jewish","Piedmontese","Scottish","Sephardi Jewish","Slovenian","Welsh"],"articleSection":["3 Model","6 Socialite","B"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant","url":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant","name":"Harry Brant - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-01-20T02:37:57+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-06T00:08:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/aaebff5c04a967e46c0c78438a7f05ae"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/harry-brant#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Harry Brant"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/","name":"Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/aaebff5c04a967e46c0c78438a7f05ae","name":"follers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13a6981c898feded9f6639088ce6f3bc41c0c2f875dc6805f16946edb032c4ec?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13a6981c898feded9f6639088ce6f3bc41c0c2f875dc6805f16946edb032c4ec?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13a6981c898feded9f6639088ce6f3bc41c0c2f875dc6805f16946edb032c4ec?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"follers"},"url":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/author\/follers"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291861"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400732,"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291861\/revisions\/400732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnicelebs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}