
Famous Kin of
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
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John Stanley
(c1598 - c1634/5)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634
10th great-granduncle
via Robert Stanley
Thomas Stanley
(c1601 - 1663/4)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634
10th great-granduncle
via Robert Stanley
Gov. John Winthrop
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
11th great-granduncle
via Adam Winthrop III
Sir George Downing
Namesake of Downing Street in London
1st cousin 12 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III
William Hoskins
(c1611 - 1695)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634
2nd cousin 12 times removed
via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Marcus Morton
16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Thomas Tupper Jr.
Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed
via Matthew Marvin
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
3rd cousin 7 times removed
via William Hallett
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 8 times removed
via Samuel Appleton
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 9 times removed
via Thomas Cornell
John Davis
14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 4 times removed
via Stephen Gates
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 8 times removed
via Thomas Cornell
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed
via Robert Stanley
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fobes
Bill Gates photo by World Economic Forum (CC BY 2.0)