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Nathaniel Philbrick

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Nathaniel Philbrick

Author of In the Heart of the Sea


Who is Nathaniel Philbrick?

Nathaniel Philbrick is an American author and historian. A number of his books have been adapted, or are being adapted, for film and television. Some of his more recent topics have included the Mayflower, Bunker Hill, Custer's Last Stand, and Benedict Arnold.

In 2000 Nathaniel Philbrick won the National Book Award for his book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. The book subsequently inspired a NBC Dateline television special and a PBS two hour American Experience film titled Into the Deep. In 2015 the film In the Heart of the Sea was released in theaters. The story is said to have inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

Famous Kin

Nathaniel Philbrick's family tree includes a number of famous literary kin. These include Mark Twain, Robert Frost, Louis L'Amour, Clarence Day, and ironically Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick. He also has a few U.S. Presidential kin including Gerald Ford, Calvin Coolidge, and Richard Nixon.

Nathaniel Philbrick has a number of celebrity kin that includes Christopher Lloyd, Linda Hamilton, Kyra Sedwick, Elisabeth Shue (and her brother Andrew) and James Dean. Being that Nathaniel Philbrick is a historian who has written about events that occurred early in our country's history, it seems only fitting that he has kinships to such historical figures as Nicholas Gilman and Nathaniel Gorham (signers of the U.S. Constitution), and Elbridge Gerry (signer of the Declaration of Independence).


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Nathaniel Philbrick

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John W. Johnston

U.S. Senator from Virginia

14th cousin 7 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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General Joseph E. Johnston

Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War

13th cousin 8 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Rome Odunze

NFL Wide Receiver

21st cousin
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Abigail Johnson

President and CEO of Fidelity Investments

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Daniel Warren

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Edward C. Johnson II

Founder of Fidelity Investments

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Daniel Warren

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Abigail Johnson

President and CEO of Fidelity Investments

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Cutter

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Edward C. Johnson II

Founder of Fidelity Investments

8th cousin
via Richard Cutter

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George Plimpton

Sports writer, Humorist, and Journalist

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Emma Eames

Opera Singer

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Clare Eames

Silent Movie Actress

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Singer and Songwriter

21st cousin
via Sir Hugh de Courtenay

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Melvyn Douglas

Movie Actor

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Singer and Songwriter

21st cousin
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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David Angell

TV Producer - 9/11 Victim

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert White

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Sarah Palin

9th Governor of Alaska

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert White

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James Russell Lowell

American “Fireside” Poet

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Illeana Douglas

TV and Movie Actress

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Carly Fiorina

CEO of Hewlett-Packard

21st cousin
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Joan Fontaine

Movie Actress

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Hugh de Courtenay

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Lt. Gen. James Brudenell

Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”

13th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Robert Hungerford

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Alan Ladd

Movie Actor

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Alan Ladd

Movie Actor

17th cousin 4 times removed
via John de Vere

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James Spader

TV and Movie Actor

18th cousin
via Sir Walter Hungerford

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Hugh Grant

Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet

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Nathaniel Philbrick photo by Nathaniel Philbrick (CC BY-SA 3.0)