Famous Kin of
Richard Gere
Movie Actor
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Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Nathaniel Day
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Josiah Winslow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 5 times removed via Joseph Bartlett
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Lord
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
4th cousin 6 times removed via William Douglas Jr.
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 6 times removed via John B. Denison
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via Robert White
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 16 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
5th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Partridge
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Buell
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Loomis Jr.
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
5th cousin 5 times removed via John B. Denison
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Caleb Abell
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
5th cousin 5 times removed via George Soule
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
5th cousin 5 times removed via George Soule
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Winslow
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Roger Corbet
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Buell
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Loomis Jr.
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Lord
Lavinia Warren
Dwarf Circus Performer
6th cousin 3 times removed via Jacob Cooke
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Lord
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen Hopkins
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Billington
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Warren
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 5 times removed via George Denison
John Batterson Stetson
Inventor of the Cowboy Hat
6th cousin 5 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 5 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
6th cousin 5 times removed via George Denison
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Buell
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Buell
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Fuller
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jacob Cooke
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Miller Jr.
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Lord
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Lord
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Lord
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Miller Jr.
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Bartlett
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
7th cousin 3 times removed via Francis Cooke
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Coombs
Joseph Glidden
Inventor of Barbed Wire
7th cousin 3 times removed via George Hull
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Hough
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
7th cousin 4 times removed via George Denison
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Hough
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Warren
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Hyde
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Denison
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin via Joshua Lazell
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Lord
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via George Denison
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Cooke
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Pope
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Moses Simmons
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lord
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Warren
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Morse
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Hough
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
8th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
8th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 4 times removed via Hugh Calkins
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John B. Denison
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Cooke
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Daniel Morse
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Billington
Robert Preston
Stage and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Moses Simmons
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Bennett
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
9th cousin 2 times removed via Roger Langton
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Hough
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
9th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Morse
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
9th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Winslow
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Warren
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Warren
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
9th cousin 8 times removed via William Mainwaring
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 8 times removed via William Mainwaring
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
9th cousin 12 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
10th cousin via William Gaylord
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
10th cousin via Francis Cooke
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Hopkins
Taylor Swift
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
10th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
Ashley Judd
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
10th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Cooke
Don Winslow
Author and Screenwriter
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Kristine Rolofson
Harlequin Novelist
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Cooke
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Fiske
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via William Mainwaring
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via William Mainwaring
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
11th cousin via Anthony Fisher Jr.
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Denison
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 6 times removed via William Mainwaring
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
11th cousin 6 times removed via William Mainwaring
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
11th cousin 6 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 6 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via James Butler
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Fiske
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 5 times removed via William Mainwaring
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 5 times removed via William Mainwaring
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
12th cousin 9 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry Vernon
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
15th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
15th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
18th cousin via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
18th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
20th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
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