Ancestry of
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
Who is James Spader?
James Spader is an American television and movie actor. A couple of his most memorable roles are as attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, and as master criminal Raymond Reddington in The Blacklist. He has been nominated for numerous acting awards and has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Famous Kin
Among James Spader's most notable kin is his 3rd great-grandfather, Laurent Clerc. Laurent was one of the founders of the American School for the Deaf. It was the first school for the deaf in North America and it remains as the oldest existing school. James Spader also has a number of U.S. Presidents in his family tree including Franklin Pierce, Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Millard Fillmore, Gerald Ford, and both Presidents Bush.
James Spader has kinship to more than a few historical legends including Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen, Johnny Appleseed, gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, abolitionist John Brown, poet Robert Frost, and aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. His fellow celebrities that he can call kin include actress Lucille Ball, actor Anthony Perkins, Christian pop singer Amy Grant, actor Ed Helms, actress Jodie Foster, model Kate Upton, actor Mark Wahlberg, and Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for James Spader
Gillian Anderson
Movie, Television, and Stage Actress
11th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
9th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
10th cousin 2 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu
Benjamin Silliman
Founder, American Journal of Science
5th cousin 6 times removed
via Richard Warren
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
1st President of Radcliff College
6th cousin 5 times removed
via Nathaniel Sparhawk
George Albert Smith
8th President of the Mormon Church
9th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren
Horatio Collins King
Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 3 times removed
via Edmund Reade
Horatio Collins King
Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Warren
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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James Spader photo by Thibault (CC BY-SA 2.0)
