Famous Kin of
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
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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
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
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
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Fobes
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
5th cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Appleton
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
5th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
5th cousin 8 times removed via Adam Winthrop III
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Fobes
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Fobes
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Marvin
General Joseph Hooker
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 4 times removed via Gov. Thomas Mayhew
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Appleton
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Cornell
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Keeler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Gager
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 1 time removed via Caleb Fobes
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via Caleb Fobes
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alice
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
7th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Gifford
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Thomas Mayhew
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Gates
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Gager
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Stanley
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
8th cousin 11 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Mitchell
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
10th cousin via Gov. Thomas Mayhew
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via Matthew Marvin
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Marvin
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Appleton
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
10th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Appleton
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Briggs
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
10th cousin 3 times removed via Adam Winthrop III
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
12th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Briggs
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
15th cousin 1 time removed via John Everard
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
15th cousin 4 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
16th cousin 3 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via John V le Strange
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
20th cousin 1 time removed via John V le Strange
Bill Gates photo by World Economic Forum (CC BY 2.0)
