Famous Kin of
Meryl Streep
Movie Actress
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Stephen Hopkins
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 7 times removed via Samuel Wilkinson
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Howland
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Howland
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
David McCullough
Historian, Author and TV Narrator
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Twining Jr.
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Don Winslow
Author and Screenwriter
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Twining Jr.
Kristine Rolofson
Harlequin Novelist
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Twining Jr.
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
9th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Ring
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Meryl Streep photo by Jack Mitchell (CC BY-SA 2.0)
