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
Robert F. Bradford
57th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 5 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter
Dr. Vannevar Bush
President, Carnegie Institution of Science
8th cousin 3 times removed
via John Doane
Dr. Vannevar Bush
President, Carnegie Institution of Science
7th cousin 4 times removed
via John Freeman
Dr. Vannevar Bush
President, Carnegie Institution of Science
7th cousin 3 times removed
via Jonathan Shaw
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Secy. of the Smithsonian, WWII Spy
9th cousin 4 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Secy. of the Smithsonian, WWII Spy
8th cousin 4 times removed
via Gov. Thomas Prence
Abby (Gray) Borden
Murdered Step-Mother of Lizzie Borden
6th cousin 6 times removed
via Richard Warren
Abby (Gray) Borden
Murdered Step-Mother of Lizzie Borden
7th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Church
George Plimpton
Sports writer, Humorist, and Journalist
11th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren
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