Ancestry of
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
Who was Roy Rogers?
Roy Rogers was an American television and movie actor, and singing cowboy. He appeared in over 100 films and starred in The Roy Rogers Show on NBC. He was married to actress, singer and songwriter Dale Evans, who often starred alongside Roy in both television and films. Roy's sidekick in many of his films was his palomino horse named Trigger. Throughout much of the 1940s and into the early 1950s, Roy Rogers was ranked by theater ticket revenues as the most popular Western star.
Famous Kin
Roy Rogers has a number of U.S. Presidents in his family tree including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, Calvin Coolidge, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, and both Presidents Bush. He also has royal kinship to King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth II, and Catherine Middleton.
Fellow celebrities in Roy Roger's family tree include Bill Paxton, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Amy Grant, Elisabeth Shue, Olivia De Havilland, Katherine Hepburn, and Walt Disney. Some of his famous historical kin include polar explorer Admiral Richard Byrd, mutiny on the Bounty leader Fletcher Christian, explorer Meriwether Lewis, evolutionist Charles Darwin, outlaw Jesse James, and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Roy Rogers
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
18th cousin 3 times removed
via William de Ros
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
18th cousin 2 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir James de Audley
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 5 times removed
via Thomas de Clare
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 5 times removed
via Gunselm de Badlesmere
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
14th cousin 6 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
View entire list of famous kin for Roy Rogers
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Roy Rogers photo by frontrowkid (CC BY-SA 2.0)
