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Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott

Author of Little Women


Who was Louisa May Alcott?

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist who is probably best known for her novel Little Women. She was a feminist and abolitionist who never married. Louisa May Alcott grew up around, and was educated by, many well known writers and intellectuals of her day. Her early educators included Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller.

Famous Kin

Considering that he was one of Louisa May Alcott's early educators, it seems only fitting that poet Ralph Waldo Emerson can be found among her famous kin. Other literary kin include poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author and playwright Tennessee Williams, poet Emily Dickinson, poet Robert Frost, author Ernest Hemingway, and a number of other literary greats.

Louisa May Alcott has a number of U.S. presidential kin that includes John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Franklin Pierce, Grover Cleveland, Gerald Ford, Rutherford B. Hayes, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush. She also has kinship to the current royal family through a connection with Princess Diana.

Louisa May Alcott has kinship to a number of celebrities that includes, but is no limited to, Shirley Temple, Ellen DeGeneres, Linda Hamilton, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Slick, Paget Brewster, Ben Affleck, Ted Danson, Janis Joplin, Kim Kardashian, Alec Baldwin, Lee Remick, Jodie Foser, Clint Eastwood, and Hugh Hefner.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Louisa May Alcott

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Taylor Lautner

TV and Movie Actor

6th cousin 7 times removed
via John Bronson

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Philippe du Trieux

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Treat

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

7th cousin 5 times removed
via John Thompson

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Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert Williams

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Ray Stanton Avery

Founder, Avery Dennison Corp.

7th cousin 1 time removed
via John Thompson

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Ray Stanton Avery

Founder, Avery Dennison Corp.

7th cousin
via Richard Treat

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Jackson Browne

Singer and Songwriter

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Daniel Brewer

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John Treadway Rich

23rd Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Peter Gardner

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Seth Low

Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University

6th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Gardner

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Grace Slick

Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane

6th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Gardner

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Seth Low

Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University

6th cousin
via Joseph Wise

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George Herbert

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

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Thomas Gardner

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Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Gardner

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Bob Barker

TV Game Show Host

6th cousin 2 times removed
via John Root

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

4th cousin 2 times removed
via John Deming

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Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

13th cousin 3 times removed
via John Giffard

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Susan Dey

TV and Movie Actress

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Treat

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John Dewey

Philosopher and Education Reformer

4th cousin
via John Bronson

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Aaron Paul

TV and Movie Actor

13th cousin 4 times removed
via John Giffard

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

4th cousin 6 times removed
via John Bronson

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

14th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

6th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Willett

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Linda Gray

TV and Movie Actress

7th cousin 5 times removed
via John Thompson

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Richard Chamberlain

TV and Movie Actor

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Deming

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