Birth Name: Patricia Cleveland
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 23, 1950
Ethnicity:
*Swedish (father)
*African-American, possibly some Irish and Cherokee Native American (mother)
Pat Cleveland is an American fashion model. In the 1960s and 1970s, she was one of the first African-American models to have achieved prominence as a runway model and print model.
Her father, Johnny Johnston, was Swedish. Her mother, Lady Bird (Cleveland), was African-American, and was said to also have some Irish and Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this Irish and Cherokee ancestry has been verified/documented.
Pat’s maternal grandparents were Albert Cleveland and Nancy/Nannie Edwards.
Pat was raised by her mother in Harlem.
Sources: http://www.harpersbazaar.com
Pat Cleveland article – http://madamenoire.com
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