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John Ritter

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John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor


Who was John Ritter?

John Ritter was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as Jack Tripper in the television sitcom Three's Company. He won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe award in 1984 for his role on the show. John Ritter died tragically in 2003 from an aortic dissection shortly after production of an episode for his sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. He was the son of famous singing cowboy Tex Ritter.

Famous Kin

In addition to his father Tex Ritter, some of John Ritter's closest famous kin are former U.S. Presidents. These include Abraham Lincoln, George W. Bush, and William Howard Taft. He also has kinship to a couple of fellow celebrities, actress Raquel Welch and singer/songwriter Grace Slick. Other famous kin include aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, women's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony, and cowboy hat inventor John Batterson Stetson.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for John Ritter

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Hugh le Despencer

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Maj. Gen. George Owen Squier

Inventor of Muzak

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Horatio Collins King

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Charles K. Williams

20th Governor of Vermont

5th cousin 6 times removed
via Robert Parke

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Henry Howland

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Philip Delano

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

10th cousin
via George Jones of Dinder, Somerset

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Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Wood

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

6th cousin 4 times removed
via John Howland

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Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Wood

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Philip Delano

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Matthew Modine

TV and Movie Actor

15th cousin 2 times removed
via Robert White

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Richard A. Snelling

76th and 78th Governor of Vermont

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Howland

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Stephen King

Author of The Stand

11th cousin
via Richard Warren

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Matthew Perry

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Samuel Allen

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Matthew Perry

TV and Movie Actor

12th cousin
via Jacques Mahieu

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Matthew Perry

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via George Partridge

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William H. Avery

37th Governor of Kansas

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Jane Gates

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin
via Richard Warren

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

15th cousin 2 times removed
via John Giffard

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Stephen Tracy

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Wallace Rider Farrington

6th Terr. Governor of Hawaii

8th cousin 2 times removed
via George Jones of Dinder, Somerset

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