Master Surname Index



Zac Efron

Ancestry of
Zac Efron

Movie Actor


Who is Zac Efron?

Zac Efron is an American movie actor who is probably best known for his starring role as Troy Bolton in the Disney hit movieHigh School Musical. He has subsequently starred in a number of movies including Dirty Grandpa with Robert De Niro, Neighbors with Seth Rogen, and two sequels to High School Musical.

Famous Kin

Zac Efron is a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Thomas Rogers. He has kinship to a number of former U.S. Presidents including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Millard Fillmore, Gerald Ford, Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, Rutherford B. Hayes, William H. Taft, and both Presidents Bush. Former U. S. First Ladies in his family tree include Nancy Reagan, Ellen Wilson, and Edith Roosevelt.

Some of Zac Efron’s historical kin include American painter John Trumbull, signer of the Declaration of Independence John Hancock, signer of the U.S. Constitution Nathaniel Gorham, abolitionist John Brown, dictionary publisher Noah Webster, Boston Tea Party participant Amos Lincoln, and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. His famous literary kin include poet William Cullen Bryant, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, author Harriet Beecher Stowe, poet Emily Dickinson, author Tennessee Williams, and poet Robert Frost.

Zac Efron has a number of fellow celebrities that he can call kin including, but not limited to, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Helms, Richard Gere, Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, Anthony Perkins, David Hyde Pierce, Raquel Welch, Matt Damon, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Oliver Platt, Dick Van Dyke, and movie director Howard Hawks.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Zac Efron

sprite

Sarah Palin

9th Governor of Alaska

11th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Rogers

sprite

Chord Overstreet

Musician, TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Rogers

sprite

General Douglas MacArthur

U.S. Army - World War II

7th cousin 2 times removed
via William Throope

sprite

Sandra Day O'Connor

First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice

8th cousin 1 time removed
via William Throope

sprite

Elizabeth Montgomery

TV Actress - “Bewitched”

8th cousin 1 time removed
via William Throope

sprite

Michael Lookinland

TV Actor

9th cousin 1 time removed
via William Throope

sprite

Diane Brewster

TV and Movie Actress

9th cousin 1 time removed
via William Pabodie

sprite

Diane Brewster

TV and Movie Actress

11th cousin
via Thomas Rogers

sprite

Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 2 times removed
via John Alden

sprite

Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin
via John Chapman

sprite

Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin
via Thomas Stanton

sprite

Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin
via Edward Richmond

sprite

Charles M. Dale

66th Governor of New Hampshire

7th cousin 3 times removed
via William Pabodie

sprite

Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Robert White

sprite

Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 5 times removed
via William Pabodie

sprite

Charlie Munger

Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

10th cousin
via William Comstock

sprite

Ray Stanton Avery

Founder, Avery Dennison Corp.

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Stanton

sprite

Ray Stanton Avery

Founder, Avery Dennison Corp.

10th cousin 3 times removed
via Henry Squire

sprite

Rev. John Eliot

(1604 - 1690)
Lyon passenger 1631

10th great-granduncle
via Bennett Eliot

sprite

James B. Conant

President of Harvard University

9th cousin 4 times removed
via Henry Squire

sprite

Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Bennett Eliot

sprite

Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

11th cousin 2 times removed
via Henry Squire

sprite

Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Alden

sprite

James B. Conant

President of Harvard University

8th cousin 3 times removed
via John Alden

sprite

Ann B. Davis

TV Actress

10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Alden

View entire list of famous kin for Zac Efron

Please note: The ancestor reports on this website have been compiled from thousands of different sources, many over 100 years old. These sources are attached to each ancestor so that you can personally judge their reliability. As with any good genealogical research, if you discover a link to your own family tree, consider it a starting point for further research. It is always preferable to locate primary records where possible. FamousKin.com cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy and reliability of these sources.


Zac Efron photo by Ivo Duran (CC BY 2.0)