Olivia Newton-John was Max Born's granddaughter

[swampwiz]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/08/08/olivia-Newton-john-grease-singer-dies/

Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, on Sept. 26, 1948. Her mother, the former Irene Born, was the daughter of the Nobel Prize-winning German-Jewish physicist Max Born, who had fled to England during Hitler’s rise.

 

[fresh_42]

Yes.

 

[Klystron]

No. Did not even know ONJ was of German or Ashkenaz descent though my daughter was her major fan. I should ask my elder sister, our family genealogy hobbyist, of any known ties to Max Born.

 

[gmax137]

I used to know it, but forgot all about it. Now I remember it. I might forget it again in the future.

 

[Hornbein]

I knew that.

Max was for a time a colleague of Albert Einstein in the University of Berlin department of physics. They remained pen pals.

 

[Frabjous]

I guess this means Born was a ”Physical” scientist.

 

[Hornbein]

Born to be wild.

 

[DennisN]

No, I didn't know that, wow.

 

[mcastillo356]

I prefer the joy of life she spread rather than any prize

 

[Charles Link]

When she sings "if we both were Born..." ,(from "I Honestly Love You"), it always reminded me that she was descended from a "Born".

 

[bob012345]

Is that totally accurate or just a good approximation?

 

[Falgun]

I came to know her because she was Born's granddaughter.

 

[pinball1970]

Yes but only recently.
I think I came across it before she died and I read this

https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...hn-singer-actress-and-philanthropist.1017480/