Famous Kin of
Hugh Hefner
Founder of Playboy Magazine
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Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
4th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel Foote III
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Bourne
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 4 times removed via Nehemiah Smith
Mary Lyon
Founder of Mount Holyoke College
5th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Smith
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Raymond
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Gallop
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Smith
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Chapin
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
6th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Smith
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Bliss
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Carpenter
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Chapin
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Gallop
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
8th cousin via William Bradford Jr.
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
8th cousin via Nathaniel Foote III
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Raymond
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
9th cousin via Thomas Richards
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Smith
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Chapin
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Richards
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Chapin
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
10th cousin 1 time removed via Deming
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bourne
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
10th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Hugh Hefner photo by Alan Light (CC BY 2.0)
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