Famous Kin of
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
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William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed via William Almy
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 6 times removed via William Almy
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
6th cousin 3 times removed via Giles Slocum
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Greene
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
7th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Cooke
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Fray
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Giles Slocum
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Cooke
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Almy
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Greene of Gillingham, Dorsetshire
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Cooke
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Thurston
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
13th cousin via William Grindall
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 1 time removed via John Greville
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
John Brown
American Abolitionist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Poyntz
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Stafford
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Stafford
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
15th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Poyntz
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
16th cousin via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin via Sir John Fray
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Warin Trussell
Charlie Munger photo by Nick Webb (CC BY 2.0)
