Stella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She was named after her maternal great-grandparents (both of Linda’s grandmothers were called Stella).
Her mother was Jewish. McCartney traveled the world as a child with her parents and their band Wings, along with her siblings: elder half-sister Heather (who Paul officially adopted), older sister Mary, and younger brother James.
Stella McCartney mother: Who was Linda McCartney?
Linda Louise McCartney, better known as Lady McCartney, is Stella’s mother. Linda was born on September 24, 1941, and died on April 17, 1998.
She was a photographer, singer, animal rights activist, vegetarian recipe book author and advocate, and entrepreneur from the United States.
She was the keyboardist in the band Wings, which included her husband, Paul McCartney, a former Beatles member.
She had an elder brother, John, and two younger sisters, Laura and Louise Jr. Louise Sara Eastman (née Lindner) was born into a German-Jewish household.
Max J. Lindner, the founder of the Lindner Company apparel business in Cleveland, Ohio, was her maternal grandfather. Lee Eastman’s father, Leopold Vail Epstein, was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants.
Stella is the daughter of English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney.