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William H. Macy

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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

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Isabella de Beauchamp

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Hugh I de Audley

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

16th cousin 4 times removed
via Edmund Fitzalan

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund de Stafford

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

13th cousin 6 times removed
via Robert de Ferrers

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Henry Howland

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Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Wood

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

6th cousin 4 times removed
via John Howland

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Peter Folger

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Nathaniel Barnard

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Howland

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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

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Porter Goss

1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence

10th cousin
via John Howland

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Alec Baldwin

Television and Movie Actor

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth Fitzalan

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Alec Baldwin

Television and Movie Actor

14th cousin
via Sir Richard Lygon

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward Starbuck

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

6th cousin 2 times removed
via James Coffin

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Jon Meacham

Author and Historian

10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Howland

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Kate Brown

38th Governor of Oregon

9th cousin 3 times removed
via John Gorham

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Kate Brown

38th Governor of Oregon

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. Stephen Bachiler

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

21st cousin
via Edward I, King of England

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

20th cousin
via Henry Plantagenet

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Margaret de Audley

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