Famous Kin of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

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Philip Fischbach

Germanna Colonist (1714)

5th great-grandfather

Johann Michael Willheit

Germanna Colonist (by 1725)

5th great-grandfather

Philipp Joseph Weber

Germanna Colonist (1717)

5th great-grandfather

John Hayden

(c1609 - c1681)
Great Migration Immigrant 1632

7th great-grandfather

William French

(c1604 - 1681)
Defence passenger 1635

7th great-grandfather

Isaac Allerton

(c1586 - 1658/9)
Mayflower passenger 1620

8th great-grandfather

Edmund Rice

(c1594 - 1663)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

8th great-grandfather

Robert Cushman

(c1577/8 - 1625)
Fortune passenger 1621

8th great-grandfather

Degory Priest

(c1579 - 1620/1)
Mayflower passenger 1620

9th great-grandfather

John Warren

(c1585 - 1667)
Great Migration Immigrant 1630

9th great-grandfather

John Lothrop

(c1584 - 1653)
Griffin passenger 1634

9th great-grandfather

Ellis Barron

(c1610 - 1676)
Great Migration Immigrant 1640

9th great-grandfather

John Whitney

(c1592 - 1673)
Elizabeth & Ann passenger 1635

9th great-grandfather

Elizabeth Cutter

(c1574 - 1663/4)
Great Migration Immigrant 1636

9th great-grandmother

Hans Michael Klaar

Germanna Colonist (1717)

5th great-granduncle
via Hans Martin Klaar

John French

(c1610 - 1645/6)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637

7th great-granduncle
via William French

Thomas French

(c1587 - c1639)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

8th great-granduncle
via Jacob French

Samuel House

(c1610 - 1661)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

9th great-granduncle
via Rev. John House

Eli Whitney

Inventor of the Cotton Gin

1st cousin 5 times removed
via Nathaniel Whitney

Jonas Galusha

6th and 8th Governor of Vermont

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Daniel Warren

William Fishback

17th Governor of Arkansas

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Philip Fischbach

James L. Kemper

37th Governor of Virginia

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Philip Fischbach

Henry M. Rector

6th Governor of Arkansas

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Philip Fischbach

James Sevier Conway

1st Governor of Arkansas

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Philip Fischbach

Elias Nelson Conway

5th Governor of Arkansas

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Philip Fischbach

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Enoch Pratt

Founder of Enoch Pratt Free Library

4th cousin 3 times removed
via Eleazer Jackson

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Daniel Henry Chamberlain

76th Governor of South Carolina

4th cousin 4 times removed
via Daniel Forbush

Zachary Taylor

12th U.S. President

4th cousin 5 times removed
via Isaac Allerton

Benedict Arnold

Traitor of the American Revolution

4th cousin 6 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Eleazer Cushman

John Forbes Nash, Jr. photo by Leon Petrosyan (CC BY-SA 4.0)