Famous Kin of
Bill Nye
TV's The Science Guy
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Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Stone
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Bent
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
6th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Rice
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Stow
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Bigg
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
7th cousin 3 times removed via David Stone
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via Benjamin Nye
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin via Thomas Stow
Timothy Leatherman
Founder of Leatherman Tools
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Rice
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Stow
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Tupper
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via David Stone
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Ward
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Ward
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Ward
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Ward
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Bigg
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Bigg
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
9th cousin 1 time removed via David Stone
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
9th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Hills
Britney Spears
Singer, Entertainer
9th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Frost
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
17th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Plumpton
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros