John Stamos
photo: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/ER/Images/john-stamos-3.jpg Biography Early life Stamos was born in Cypress, California, to William John Stamos (a restaurant owner of Greek descent) and Loretta Phillips (an Irish immigrant); his paternal grandfather, Hermes Stamotopoulos, shortened the surname to Stamos upon emigrating from Greece to the USA. John has two sisters, Janeen ...