Famous Kin of
John Wayne
Movie Actor
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Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
4th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Kellogg
Johnny Appleseed
aka John Chapman
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Trumbull of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
4th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Sperry
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 2 times removed via George Way
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
5th cousin 3 times removed via Mary Meekins
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
5th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Winchell
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Spencer
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Kellogg
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Kellogg
Elihu Root
38th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Trumbull
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Kellogg
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
7th cousin 1 time removed via Cornet Joseph Parsons
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Trumbull of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Pete Buttigieg
2020 Presidential Candidate
7th cousin 2 times removed via George Way
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
8th cousin via Joseph Trumbull
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Kellogg
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Filley
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
8th cousin 1 time removed via Cornet Joseph Parsons
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sperry Jr.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Spencer
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Kellogg
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
9th cousin via John Trumbull of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
9th cousin 1 time removed via Gerard Spencer
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Gerard Spencer
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 2 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
9th cousin 2 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John