Ancestry of
Hugh Hefner
Founder of Playboy Magazine
The family tree for Hugh Hefner is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Hugh Hefner
Samuel P. Colt
Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)
7th cousin 3 times removed
via Samuel Smith
Samuel P. Colt
Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)
6th cousin 2 times removed
via William Bradford Jr.
Samuel P. Colt
Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)
7th cousin 3 times removed
via Nathaniel Foote
Drew Gilpin Faust
28th President of Harvard University
8th cousin 2 times removed
via William Bradford Jr.
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Secy. of the Smithsonian, WWII Spy
7th cousin 1 time removed
via William Bradford Jr.
Robert F. Bradford
57th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 2 times removed
via William Bradford Jr.
View entire list of famous kin for Hugh Hefner
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Hugh Hefner photo by Alan Light (CC BY 2.0)
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