Ancestry of
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
Who is William H. Macy?
William H. Macy is an award winning American actor who is probably best known for his role as Frank Gallagher in Showtime’s television series Shameless and for his leading role in the film Fargo. He has been nominated for a number of awards including Academy, Screen Actors Guild, Primetime Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards. In the fall of 2017, he appeared on PBS’s genealogy show Finding Your Roots where they focused on his southern and Puritan ancestors.
In 1997, William H. Macy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Fargo. In recent years, he received a number of award nominations for his role in Shameless that included winning Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series two years in a row in 2015 and 2016.
Famous Kin
William H.Macy is a 3rd cousin 4 times removed of Rowland H. Macy, founder of Macy’s department stores. He is also a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers John Howland and John Tilley. William H. Macy has royal ancestry with a direct descent from King Edward I and a number of Magna Carta sureties. His family connections to the current royal family include the late Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II.
U.S. presidential kin in William H. Macy’s family tree include James Madison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter. Historical kin include U.S. founding father Benjamin Franklin, explorer Meriwether Lewis, lithographer Nathaniel Currier, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Moby Dick author Herman Melville, Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, General George S. Patton, author Agatha Christie, and numerous others.
Fellow celebrities with kinship to William H. Macy include John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, Ken Burns, Steve McQueen, Christopher Lloyd, Humphrey Bogart, Paget Brewster, Linda Hamilton, Elisabeth Shue, James Spader, and more.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for William H. Macy
Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Wood
Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 4 times removed
via John Howland
Porter Goss
1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence
18th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Richard Fitzalan
Porter Goss
1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence
10th cousin
via John Howland
Alfred Ely Beach
Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American
7th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward Starbuck
Alfred Ely Beach
Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American
6th cousin 2 times removed
via James Coffin
Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper
United States Navy
19th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
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