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Georgia O'Keeffe

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Georgia O'Keeffe

American Artist


Who was Georgia O’Keeffe?

Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist best known for her paintings of New York skyscrapers, New Mexico landscapes, animal skulls and flowers. She is said to be a pioneer of American modernism. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, which opened over a decade after her death, is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The museum also maintains O’Keeffe’s two homes and art studios.

Famous Kin

Georgia O’Keeffe is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller and Magna Carta Surety Robert de Ros. She also has a royal connection to Queen Elizabeth II through a their common ancestor of Sir William de Ros.

Georgia O’Keeffe’s U.S. presidential kin include Martin Van Buren, Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and both Presidents Bush. Celebrity kin include actors James Spader, Kevin Bacon, Kelsey Grammer, Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, and Jake Gyllenhaal. Actresses in her family tree include Shirley Temple, Jodie Foster, Jordana Brewster, Kyra Sedgwick, Paget Brewster, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Other notable kin of Georgia O’Keeffe include American Revolution traitor Benedict Arnold, Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, inventor Eli Whitney, poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, gunfighter and lawman Wild Bill Hickok, infamous murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Georgia O'Keeffe

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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William H. Avery

37th Governor of Kansas

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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Richard Thomas

TV and Movie Actor

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Samuel Fuller

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Dallas West

Hall of Fame Pool Player

8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Dunham

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Jon Meacham

Author and Historian

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

21st cousin
via Sir William de Ros

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William Henry Burleigh

Poet and Journalist

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Dr. Matthew Fuller

c1613 - 1678
Great Migration Immigrant 1640

3rd cousin 8 times removed
via John Fuller

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Singer and Songwriter

8th cousin 4 times removed
via John Dunham

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Henry John Heinz II

CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company

11th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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Sir Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

11th cousin 1 time removed
via John Fuller

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Rainn Wilson

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 4 times removed
via John Fuller

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Willis Carrier

Inventor of Air Conditioning

11th cousin 1 time removed
via John Fuller

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Richard Chamberlain

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 2 times removed
via John Fuller

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Henry John Heinz III

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

11th cousin 4 times removed
via John Fuller

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Louie Anderson

Comedian and Game Show Host

11th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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Douglas Trumbull

Film Special Effects Pioneer

11th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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Maj. Gen. Francis C. Barlow

Union Army - U.S. Civil War

11th cousin
via John Fuller

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George Plimpton

Sports writer, Humorist, and Journalist

11th cousin 4 times removed
via John Fuller

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Zoe Kazan

TV, Movie and Stage Actress

11th cousin 4 times removed
via John Fuller

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Michael Bennet

U.S. Senator from Colorado

11th cousin 4 times removed
via John Fuller

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Pete Buttigieg

19th U.S. Secretary of Transportation

11th cousin 5 times removed
via John Fuller

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John Wayne

Movie Actor

11th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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