Ancestry of
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
Who is Dave Cowens?
Dave Cowens is a NBA Hall of Fame basketball player and coach. He is a 2-time NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics (1974, 1976), NBA Rookie of the Year (1971), NBA Most Valuable Player (1973), NBA All-Star Game MVP (1973), and a former head coach. His jersey (#18) was retired by the Boston Celtics as was his college jersey (#13) by Florida State.
Famous Kin
Dave Cowens is a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers William Brewster, Richard Warren, and Peter Brown. His U.S. Presidential kin include Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush.
Celebrity kin of Dave Cowens include Bing Crosby, Orson Welles, Julia Child, Dick Van Dyke, Taylor Swift, Katharine Hepburn, Kate Upton, Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, James Spader, Ted Danson, and numerous others. Other notable kin include author and poet Henry David Thoreau, accused murderess Lizzie Borden, artist Georgia O’Keefe, author Laura Ingalls-Wilder, astronaut Alan Shepard, and aviation pioneers Amelia Earhart and the Wright brothers.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Dave Cowens
Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard
Medal of Honor Recipient
U. S. Civil War
6th cousin 5 times removed
via Richard Church
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