Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury, the literary titan behind such classics as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, was not, by any stretch of the imagination, Jewish. His Midwestern roots and childhood spent devouring pulp magazines were decidedly more Mayflower than menorah.

Born in Waukegan, Illinois, Bradbury's lineage traces back to English immigrants, arriving in the New World long before anyone thought to ask