Ancestry of
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
Who is Jake Gyllenhaal?
Jake Gyllenhaal is an American film actor. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Academy Awards for his performance in Brokeback Mountain. He is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner. His sister is film actress Maggie Gyllenhaal
Famous Kin
In addition to his immediate family, Jake Gyllenhaal has a number of famous kin connected to his family tree. This includes family connections to fellow actors Vincent Price, Lucille Ball, Shirley Temple, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Dick Van Dyke, and Raquel Welch. Some of his relatively close famous kin include inventors Eli Whitney (Cotton gin), Samuel Morse (Morse code), and Charles Goodyear (namesake of the Goodyear Tire Company). A couple of more infamous cousins include Benedict Arnold (Traitor to the American cause) and Sydney Biddle Barrows (aka Mayflower Madam).
Jake Gyllenhaal also has connections to the current royal family through Queen Elizabeth II and a number of U.S. Presidents including Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, James Garfield, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Jake Gyllenhaal
Andrew Card
21st White House Chief of Staff
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
21st cousin
via Sir Richard of Cornwall
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Richard of Cornwall
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Richard of Cornwall
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Percival Lowell
(c1570 - c1666)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639
11th cousin 10 times removed
via Sir Richard of Cornwall
View entire list of famous kin for Jake Gyllenhaal
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