Birth Name: William Patrick Corgan
Place of Birth: Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States
Date of Birth: March 17, 1967
Ethnicity:
*Irish, Scottish, English (father)
*Belgian (Flemish), Italian/Sicilian (mother)
Billy Corgan is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, television writer, and author. He is the lead singer and guitarist of the band The Smashing Pumpkins. Billy is the son of Martha Louise (Maes) Corgan Lutz and William Patrick Corgan.
Of his ancestry, he has said:
as best i know i am 25pc Sicilian, 25pct Flemish, 50pct Irish/Scottish/English. Family names are DiBartolo, Maes, Corgan, Wortham.
Billy’s paternal grandparents were Herbert Carl Corgan (the son of Peter Carl Corgan and Grace May Alexander) and Lillian Ruth Wortham (the daughter of Harry Garner Wortham and Wortha Golden Smith).
Billy’s maternal grandparents were ? Maes and Consetta/Connie O. DiBartolo (the daughter of Joe DiBartolo and Martha Ruscitti/Rucitti).
Source: Obituary of Billy’s paternal grandmother, Lillian Ruth (Wortham) Corgan – http://thesouthern.com
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