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Gene Roddenberry

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Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek


Who was Gene Roddenberry?

Gene Roddenberry was an America television producer and screen writer. He is probably best remembered as the creator of the television series Star Trek. In 1985, Gene Roddenberry became the first television screen writer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Gene Roddenberry died in 1991 and the following year some of his ashes were flown into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Five years later, more of his ashes were sent into space and orbited the Earth for several years before burning up in the atmosphere as the spaceship they were aboard disintegrated as its orbit deteriorated. Another plan to launch his ashes into deeper orbit is planned for sometime in the near future.

Famous Kin

As creator of the Star Trek television series, it seems only fitting that a rocket scientist should be in Gene Roddenberry’s family tree with a kinship to the inventor of the first liquid-propelled rocket Robert H. Goddard. He also has a few former U.S. Presidents among his famous kin. These include William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon, and both Presidents Bush.

Gene Roddenberry has a family connection to a number of fellow celebrities including actor Orson Welles, comedian and actor Chevy Chase, actress Paget Brewster, Back to the Future actor Christopher Lloyd, singer and songwriter Janis Joplin, actor James Spader, actress Anna Gunn, and singers Donny & Marie Osmond. His literary kin include Tennessee Williams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and John Steinbeck. Other notable kin to Gene Roddenberry include Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, artist Norman Rockwell, Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton, women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony, American legend Johnny Appleseed, and accused murderess Lizzie Borden.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Gene Roddenberry

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Matthew Modine

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin
via George Soule

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Matthew Perry

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Isaac Stearns

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Roland L. Bragg

Silver Star Recipient - WWII
Fort Bragg Namesake (2025)

8th cousin
via William Chase Jr.

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Roland L. Bragg

Silver Star Recipient - WWII
Fort Bragg Namesake (2025)

7th cousin 1 time removed
via George Soule

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Charles A. Sprague

22nd Governor of Oregon

7th cousin 1 time removed
via George Soule

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Silas Stillman Soule

Underground Railroad Abolitionist

6th cousin 3 times removed
via George Soule

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Kate Brown

38th Governor of Oregon

8th cousin 2 times removed
via William Chase Jr.

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Mark Gordon

33rd Governor of Wyoming

7th cousin 1 time removed
via John Wheaton

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David Lynch

TV and Filmmaker

9th cousin 1 time removed
via George Soule

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Jerry Van Dyke

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 1 time removed
via George Soule

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Dana Carvey

Comedian, TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Quinton Pray

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Hiram Percy Maxim

Radio Pioneer and Inventor

8th cousin 1 time removed
via George Soule

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Sir Hiram Maxim

Machine Gun Inventor

7th cousin 2 times removed
via George Soule

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Amy Schumer

Comedian and Actress

9th cousin 3 times removed
via George Soule

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Rome Odunze

NFL Wide Receiver

8th cousin 3 times removed
via William Chase Jr.

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Rome Odunze

NFL Wide Receiver

9th cousin 2 times removed
via George Soule

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Henry John Heinz III

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Bowen

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Henry John Heinz II

CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Bowen

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Henry John Heinz II

CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company

12th cousin
via Henry Sherman

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Henry John Heinz III

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Henry Sherman

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Charles M. Dale

66th Governor of New Hampshire

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Pearce

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Shanghai Pierce

Texas Cattleman

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Pearce

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Ann M. Martin

Children's Author

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Henry Sherman

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George Plimpton

Sports writer, Humorist, and Journalist

9th cousin 1 time removed
via William Ames

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Oliver Ames

35th Governor of Massachusetts

6th cousin 4 times removed
via William Ames

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Gene Roddenberry photo by NASA on the Commons