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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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Benjamin Silliman

Founder, American Journal of Science

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Kilbourn

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

6th cousin 4 times removed
via John Deming

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Treat

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Charles K. Williams

20th Governor of Vermont

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Robert Williams

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

13th cousin 2 times removed
via John Giffard

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Wallace Rider Farrington

6th Terr. Governor of Hawaii

7th cousin
via Richard Treat

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Endicott Peabody

62nd Governor of Massachusetts

15th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

7th cousin 1 time removed
via John Thompson

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Mark Gordon

33rd Governor of Wyoming

5th cousin 4 times removed
via John Bridge

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

14th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Winslow

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Raquel Welch

Movie Actress

14th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Winslow

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John Torrey

Co-founder, NY Academy of Science

11th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Winslow

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Billie Eilish

Singer and Songwriter

14th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Winslow

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Samuel P. Colt

Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Deming

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Betty Gilpin

TV and Movie Actress

7th cousin 5 times removed
via John Thompson

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

6th cousin 3 times removed
via John Deming

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Henry Sewall

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William A. Buckingham

41st Governor of Connecticut

7th cousin
via John Thompson

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Ann M. Martin

Children's Author

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Deming

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Ann M. Martin

Children's Author

7th cousin 4 times removed
via John Thompson

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Ann Morgan Guilbert

TV and Movie Actress

7th cousin 2 times removed
via John Brown

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Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

6th cousin 1 time removed
via John Bronson

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Charles Hoar

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Samuel P. Goddard

12th Governor of Arizona

4th cousin 2 times removed
via John Gore Jr.

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Samuel P. Goddard

12th Governor of Arizona

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Joseph Williams

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