John H. Cox
Birth Name: John Kaplan
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 15, 1955
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
John H. Cox, full name John Herman Cox, is an American accountant, businessperson, broadcaster, attorney, and politician. He is also known as John Cox.
He was a candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 2008.
John is the son of Priscilla Edna (Pick) and Albert Kaplan. Cox is his stepfather’s surname. John is married to Sarah, with whom he has four children.
John’s birth parents were both Jewish. John practices Catholicism with his family (it not clear if he was raised Catholic, or later converted).
John’s paternal grandfather was named William S. Kaplan. William was born in Lithuania.
John’s paternal grandmother was named Dora Finkelstein. Dora was born in Poland.
John’s maternal grandfather was Albert Lee Pick (the son of Rudolf/Rudolph Pick and Hermena/Hermina/Hermine Karpeles/Karpolis). Albert was born in Illinois, to Bohemian Jewish parents.
John’s maternal grandmother was Lillian Lyle Garfinkel/Levine (the daughter of Abraham Garfinkle and Amelia Vita Bleiweiss). Lillian was born in Illinois, to Polish Jewish parents. Amelia was born in Galicia, the daughter of Isaac Bleiweiss and Bessie Pencik.