Harvey Keitel — actor with roots in the Russian Empire
Harvey Keitel. Actor of Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and The Piano; Academy Award nomination for Bugsy. Undecided. His father, Harry Keitel (1904–2000), came from Poland, but his town, and so whether it lay in the Russian, Austrian or Prussian partition, is not documented. His mother, Miriam Klein, grew up in Leordina in Maramureș, then in Hungary. A claim that his father came from Minsk is not supported by any source.
"His father emigrated from Poland and his mother from Romania; the years are not documented."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Poland (father; partition and town undocumented); Leordina, Maramureș (mother; Kingdom of Hungary before 1918)
Undecided. His father, Harry Keitel (1904–2000), came from Poland, but his town, and so whether it lay in the Russian, Austrian or Prussian partition, is not documented. His mother, Miriam Klein, grew up in Leordina in Maramureș, then in Hungary. A claim that his father came from Minsk is not supported by any source.