Ancestry of
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player
Who is Cal Ripken Jr.?
Cal Ripken Jr. is a Major League Baseball Hall of Fame infielder. A Maryland native, he spent his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles including their 1983 World Series win. Cal Ripken started his career as the American League Rookie of the Year (1982). He was a 2 times Gold Glove Award winner, 8 times Silver Slugger Award winner, 2 times American League MVP, and 19 times All-Star. Cal Ripken Jr. finished his career in 2001 with the Major League Baseball record of 2,632 consecutive games played. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
Famous Kin
The famous kin found in Cal Ripken Jr.’s family tree include Johns Hopkins, founder of both the university and hospital of that name. Others include American composer Christopher Rouse, the outlaw Jesse James, American poet Vachel Lindsay, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Wallis Simpson, Dutchess of Windsor and wife of former King Edward VIII.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Cal Ripken, Jr.
Edward Douglass White, Jr.
9th U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice
6th cousin 5 times removed
via Samuel Chew
Johns Hopkins
Founder of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital
2nd cousin 7 times removed
via Gerard Hopkins Jr.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
6th cousin 5 times removed
via Samuel Chew
Wallis (Warfield) Simpson
Duchess of Windsor, wife of former King Edward VIII
6th cousin 3 times removed
via John Worthington
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