Famous Kin of
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
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Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene
American Revolution
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Giles Slocum
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
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
5th cousin 4 times removed via Giles Slocum
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
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
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
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Greene
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
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
Bob Taft
67th Governor of Ohio
11th cousin via Richard Greene of Gillingham, Dorsetshire
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
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
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
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
13th cousin via William Grindall
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 1 time removed 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
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
13th cousin 3 times removed via William Grindall
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
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
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Poyntz
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Stafford
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
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
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
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
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de 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
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
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Story Musgrave
NASA Astronaut
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)
