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Johnny Mercer

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Johnny Mercer

Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records


Who was Johnny Mercer?

Johnny Mercer was a music industry businessman who co-founded Capitol Records with Buddy DeSylva and Glenn Wallichs. He was also a songwriter and composer who composed the music and/or lyrics for Broadway shows as well as feature films. He was nominated eighteen times for an Academy Award for Best Original Song and won four times.

Famous Kin

Johnny Mercer is a 3rd great-grandson of Revolutionary War hero General Hugh Mercer. Other famous military generals in his family tree include Confederate General Robert E. Lee, World War II General George S. Patton, signer of the Declaration of Independence General William Whipple, Confederate General James Longstreet, World War II General Douglas MacArthur, and World War II general and author of “The Marshall Plan” General George C. Marshall. His presidential kin include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush.

Johnny Mercer’s royal ancestry includes a direct descent from King Edward I and a couple of Magna Charta Sureties, Hugh le Bigod and Sir Saher de Quincy. He also has family connections to the current royal family including the late Princess Diana, Camilla Parker Bowles, and Catherine Middleton.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Johnny Mercer

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Henry Plantagenet

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Margaret of France

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Robert de Holland

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Mark Gordon

33rd Governor of Wyoming

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Henry Plantagenet

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Margaret of France

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Robert de Holland

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

19th cousin
via Edward I, King of England

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

18th cousin
via Henry Plantagenet

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

19th cousin
via Margaret of France

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Robert de Holland

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Henry B. Quinby

52nd Governor of New Hampshire

19th cousin
via Edward I, King of England

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Henry B. Quinby

52nd Governor of New Hampshire

18th cousin
via Henry Plantagenet

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Henry B. Quinby

52nd Governor of New Hampshire

19th cousin
via Margaret of France

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Betty Gilpin

TV and Movie Actress

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan

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Meldrim Thomson Jr.

73rd Governor of New Hampshire

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth Mure

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth Stewart

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

14th cousin 3 times removed
via Elizabeth Mure

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Elizabeth Stewart

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General Joseph E. Johnston

Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War

13th cousin 4 times removed
via Elizabeth Mure

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General Joseph E. Johnston

Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Elizabeth Stewart

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Rome Odunze

NFL Wide Receiver

16th cousin 4 times removed
via John of Gaunt

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