Annie Leibovitz — photographer with roots in the Russian Empire
Annie Leibovitz. Portrait photographer born in Waterbury, Connecticut; Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1949 to Samuel Leibovitz, an Air Force officer whose parents came from Romania, and Marilyn Heit, a modern-dance teacher of Estonian-Jewish heritage. Estonia was part of the Russian Empire, but no source names the ancestor, the generation or the town.
"Maternal family emigrated from the Russian Empire in the early 20th century Jewish diaspora."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Mother's family of Estonian-Jewish heritage (ancestor and town not documented); father's parents from Romania
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1949 to Samuel Leibovitz, an Air Force officer whose parents came from Romania, and Marilyn Heit, a modern-dance teacher of Estonian-Jewish heritage. Estonia was part of the Russian Empire, but no source names the ancestor, the generation or the town.
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Mother's family of Estonian-Jewish heritage (ancestor and town not documented); father's parents from Romania. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.