Birth Name: Arne Rudolf Ludvig Raab
Date of Birth: December 8, 1937
Place of Birth: Munich, Germany
Date of Death: January 13, 2004
Place of Death: Drakenstein Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*Norwegian, distant Danish (mother)
Arne Næss, Jr. was a Norwegian businessman, shipping magnate, and mountaineer. He was the son of Kirsten “Kiki” Dekke Næss and August Oskar German Raab, a German physician. He was the nephew of businessman Erling Dekke Næss and philosopher Arne Næss (Arne Dekke Eide Næss). Arne was the father of actor Evan Ross, with his ex-wife, singer and actress Diana Ross. He was also married to Filippa Kumlin d’Orey.
Arne’s maternal grandparents were Ragnar Eide Næss (the son of Ludolf Johan Eide Næss and Aminda Caroline Bødker) and Christine Dekke (the daughter of Ananias Christopher Hansen Dekke and Rebecca Arloug Stoltz).
Source: Genealogy of Arne Næss, Jr. – http://www.geni.com