Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz) is an American actress born on October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota to Michael and Cindy Horowitz. Cindy Horowitz (nee 'Palmer') was of English descent while Michael Horowitz was born in Brooklyn, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. His family's original name had been 'Tomchin' but they had been wrongly assigned the name 'Horowitz' by U.S. immigration officials at Ellis Island.

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American - Actress - October 29 - 1971 - Winona, Minnesota - Cindy Horowitz - English - Michael Horowitz - Brooklyn - Jewish - Russia - Romania - Ellis Island

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Ryder's parents named her 'Winona' after the town in Minnesota where she was born. She has a younger brother Yuri (named after Yuri Gagarin), an older half-brother Jubal and an older half-sister Sunyata. Notable family friends included her godfather Timothy Leary and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

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Yuri Gagarin - Godfather - Timothy Leary - Beat poet - Allen Ginsberg

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