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James Dean

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James Dean

Movie Actor


Who was James Dean?

James Dean was an American movie actor whose premature death in a car crash cut short his career at the age of 24. He began his acting career with appearances in television shows and commercials. However his enduring fame and popularity are due to his starring roles in just three films, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant.. He is the first actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor posthumously and he remains the only actor to receive two posthumously.

Famous Kin

James Dean has a few U.S. presidential kin including Richard Nixon, Millard Fillmore, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Gerald Ford. Famous literary kin include Louis L’Amour, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ray Bradbury, Tennessee Williams, Thomas Pynchon, and Louis Auchincloss. James Dean also has a few famous historical figures in his family tree including convicted witch Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, signer of the Declaration of Independence Samuel Adams, and astronaut Alan Shepard. His kinship to other celebrities include Christopher Lloyd, Anthony Perkins, Humphrey Bogart, Halle Berry, Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, Christopher Reeve, and Linda Hamilton.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for James Dean

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Perkins

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Sam Waterston

Stage, TV and Movie Actor

12th cousin
via Thomas Perkins

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Charlie Day

TV and Movie Actor

12th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Perkins

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Frank G. Allen

51st Governor of Massachusetts

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Perkins

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George Howard Earle

30th Governor of Pennsylvania

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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Charlie Munger

Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

11th cousin
via Rev. Stephen Bachiler

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Adrienne Marden

Movie Actress

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Perkins

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John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin
via Christopher Hussey

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Kristen Wiig

TV and Movie Actress

12th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Perkins

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Kevin Spacey

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. Stephen Bachiler

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Endicott Peabody

62nd Governor of Massachusetts

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Perkins

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Kyra Sedgwick

TV and Movie Actress

12th cousin
via Thomas Perkins

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Daniel Burnham

World's Columbian Expo Architect

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Perkins

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John Wing

(c1613 - 1699)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637

1st cousin 10 times removed
via Rev. Stephen Bachiler

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Ezra Pound

Expatriate American Poet and Critic

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Christopher Hussey

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Christopher Hussey

(c1598/9 - 1685/6)
Great Migration Immigrant 1633

9th great-grandfather

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Eleanor (Elkins) Widener

RMS Titanic Survivor

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. Stephen Bachiler

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Barzilla W. Clark

16th Governor of Idaho

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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Jonathan Worth

39th Governor of North Carolina

5th cousin 5 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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Chase A. Clark

18th Governor of Idaho

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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O. Henry

Short Story Writer

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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Henry Clay Folger

Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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J. A. Folger

Founder of Folger Coffee Company

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Christopher Hussey

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Richard Hatch

TV and Movie Actor

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Perkins

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Grace Slick

Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. Stephen Bachiler

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