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Jake Gyllenhaal

Ancestry of
Jake Gyllenhaal

Movie Actor


Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?

Jake Gyllenhaal is an American film actor. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Academy Awards for his performance in Brokeback Mountain. He is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner. His sister is film actress Maggie Gyllenhaal

Famous Kin

In addition to his immediate family, Jake Gyllenhaal has a number of famous kin connected to his family tree. This includes family connections to fellow actors Vincent Price, Lucille Ball, Shirley Temple, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Dick Van Dyke, and Raquel Welch. Some of his relatively close famous kin include inventors Eli Whitney (Cotton gin), Samuel Morse (Morse code), and Charles Goodyear (namesake of the Goodyear Tire Company). A couple of more infamous cousins include Benedict Arnold (Traitor to the American cause) and Sydney Biddle Barrows (aka Mayflower Madam).

Jake Gyllenhaal also has connections to the current royal family through Queen Elizabeth II and a number of U.S. Presidents including Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, James Garfield, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Jake Gyllenhaal

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Taylor Lautner

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Daniel Warren

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

14th cousin
via Sir William Waldegrave

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Fray

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Nathaniel B. Baker

24th Governor of New Hampshire

7th cousin 4 times removed
via John Warren

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John Howard

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

11th cousin 2 times removed
via Jacob French

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

18th cousin 3 times removed
via William de Ros

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Beatrice de Beauchamp

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John Howard

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Jacob French

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Ann B. Davis

TV Actress

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Penn Jillette

Magician

19th cousin
via Sir John Howard

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Warren Buffett

Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Samuel Prescott

Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Glenn Close

Movie, Television, and Stage Actress

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Catherine Howard

5th Wife of King Henry VIII

7th cousin 13 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Jack London

Author of “The Call of the Wild”

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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James B. A. Robertson

4th Governor of Oklahoma

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Daniel Warren

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Jonas Galusha

6th and 8th Governor of Vermont

3rd cousin 7 times removed
via Daniel Warren

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John French

(c1610 - 1645/6)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637

8th great-granduncle
via William French

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William French

(c1604 - 1681)
Defence passenger 1635

8th great-grandfather

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Jake Gyllenhaal photo by Siebbi (CC BY 3.0)