who was barbra striesands father? My sister swears it was frank sinatra she is crazy!?

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Sinatra was not Streisand's father. Maybe your sister's thinking of Nancy Sinatra who was also a singer....Show more

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Nancy Sinatra's father was Frank Sinatra. Nancy was a singer too. She sang "These boots are made for walking." Jessica Simpson recently did a cover version of it.

And to answer the original question: No, Barbara Streisand's father was not Frank Sinatra, but the people above me already said that....Show more

Emanuel Streisand, a grammar school teacher, died when Barbara was 15 months old. Sinatra was Italian and Barbara is Jewish. Althoug Sinatra was about 20 years older he was not her father!...Show more

Father: Emanuel Streisand (English teacher; died on August 4, 1943)

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Name: Barbra Streisand
Birth Name: Barbara Joan Streisand
Height: 5'5"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 24, 1942
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession: actor, director, musician, producer, composer
Education: Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, New York (graduated in 1959)
Husband/Wife: James Brolin (actor; married on July 1, 1998 at Malibu, California), Elliot Gould (actor; married on March 21, 1963; divorced on July 9, 1971)
Relationship: Andre Agassi (tennis player), Ryan O'Neal (actor), Jon Peters (producer; executive; former hairdresser), Don Johnson (actor; singer), James Newton Howard (composer; relationship ended 1991), Richard Baskin
Father: Emanuel Streisand (English teacher; died on August 4, 1943)
Mother: Diana Streisand Kind (née Ida Rosen; school clerk; died on March 30, 2002)
Brother: Sheldon Jay (born in 1935)
Half Sister: Rosalind Kind (singer; born on January 9, 1952)
Step Father: Louis Kind (married on December 23, 1951)
Son: Jason Emmanuel Gould (actor; born on December 29, 1966; father: Elliot Gould)
Claim to fame: as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968)...Show more