Famous Descendants

painting by John Trumbull/ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0

PRES. JOHN ADAMS (1767–1848)

2nd U.S. President

Alden • Mullins

painting by Wm Hudson Jr./ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0

PRES. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767–1848)

6th U.S. President

Alden • Mullins

MAUDE ADAMS (1872–1953)

actor

Howland • Tilley

ALEC BALDWIN (1958–) and brothers Daniel, Billy and Stephen

actor, producer, and comedian

Bradford • Howland • Tilley

HUMPHREY BOGART (1899–1957)

actor

Howland • Tilley • White

JORDANA BREWSTER (1980–)

actor and model

Brewster • Chilton • Doty • Howland • Rogers • Tilley • Warren • White

painting by D. Huntington / CC Brooklyn Museum 01.1507

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794–1878)

poet, journalist, and magazine editor

Alden • Cooke • Mullins

Public Domain / Wikicommons

WARREN BUFFETT (1930–)

business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

Doty

BARBARA BUSH (1925–2018)

U.S. First Lady, wife of Pres. George H. Bush

Samson

PRES. GEORGE H. BUSH (1924–2018)

41st U.S. President

Cooke • Howland • Tilley

PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH (1946–)

43rd U.S. President

Cooke • Howland • Samson • Tilley

©Daniel Benavides/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0

JOHN CENA (1977–)

pro wrestler and actor

Warren • Winslow

Photo 106751585 © Laurence Agron / Dreamstime.com

CHEVY CHASE (1943–)

actor, comedian, writer, and producer

Brewster • Howland • Tilley

courtesy of PBS.org/ Cook for Julia

JULIA CHILD (1912–2004)

chef, author, and TV personality

Alden • Bradford • Brewster • Cooke • Mullins • Rogers • Warren

Photo by Yousuf Karsh/ Public Domain

WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874–1965)

United Kingdom Prime Minister

S. Fuller

Glenn Close News/ Flickr/ CC 2.0

GLENN CLOSE (1947–)

actor

Brewster • Howland • Tilley

Lincoln Presidential Library/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED

JENNIFER COOLIDGE (1961–)

actor

Alden • Mullins • Warren

CINDY CRAWFORD (1966–)

model and actor

Cooke

FDR Library/ PD-USgov/ 195573

BING CROSBY (1903–1977)

singer and actor, known for "White Christmas"

Brewster

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH (1976–)

actor

Alden • Mullins

Photo 46068752 © Jaguarps - Dreamstime.com

MATT DAMON (1970–)

actor, producer, and screenwriter

Warren

TED DANSON (1947–)

actor, author, and producer

Brewster • Howland • Tilley

ELLEN DEGENERES (1958–)

comedian and TV personality

Alden • Brewster • Mullins

AMELIA EARHART (1897–c 1937)

aviator

Warren

Public Domain / NBC Radio

photo courtesy of George Eastman House pressroom

GEORGE EASTMAN (1854–1932)

Eastman Kodak inventor

Bradford

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center/ ECN-15248/ PD-USGov-NASA

CLINT EASTWOOD (1930–)

actor, director, and producer

Bradford

Photo 22662579 © Featureflash / Dreamstime.com

ZAC EFRON (1987–)

actor and singer

Alden • Mullins • Rogers

BILLIE EILISH (2001–)

singer and songwriter

Alden • Mullins • Warren

Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-pga-01425

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)

poet, essayist, and lecturer

Howland • Tilley

painting by Ole Balling/ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0

PRES. JAMES A. GARFIELD (1831–1881)

20th U.S. President

Billington

KAIA GERBER (2001–)

model and actor

Cooke

RICHARD GERE (1949–)

actor and humanitarian activist

Billington • Brewster • Cooke • Eaton • S. Fuller • Hopkins • Priest • Soule • Warren

Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-13018

PRES. ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822–1885)

18th U.S. President

Warren

GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL (1849–1938)

Audobon Society founder, anthropologist, naturalist, and writer

Alden • Mullins

ETHAN HAWKE (1970–)

actor, director, screenwriter, and novelist

Hopkins

MAYA HAWKE (1998–)

actor and model

Hopkins

HUGH HEFNER (1926–2017)

Playboy Enterprises founder

Bradford

Public Domain

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961)

novelist, short story-writer, and journalist

Warren

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/ Public Domain-US-not renewed

KATHARINE HEPBURN (1907–2003)

actor

William Brewster

VANESSA HUDGENS (1988–)

actor

Billington • Soule

LILY JAMES (1989–)

actor

Howland • Tilley

Photo 51586570 © Dwong1 / Dreamstime.com

ASHLEY JUDD (1968–)

actor

Brewster

AVRIL LAVIGNE (1984–)

singer and songwriter

Hopkins

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (1938–)

actor

Howland • Tilley

painting by Wm Marshall/ Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-det-4a26272

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807–1882)

poet and educator

Alden • Brewster • Howland • Mullins • Samson • Tilley • Warren

SETH MACFARLANE (1973–)

actor, animator, writer, & producer

Brewster

painting by Wm Marshall/ Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-det-4a26272

GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN (1826–1885)

U.S. military commander, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician

Bradford • Brewster

MARILYN MONROE (1926–1962)

actor and model

Alden • Cooke • Mullins

courtesy of Life Photo Archive

ANNA MARY "GRANDMA" MOSES (1860–1961)

artist

Cooke

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887–1986)

artist

E. Fuller

SARAH PALIN (1964–)

politician and author

Brewster • Hopkins • Howland • Samson • Tilley • Warren

AARON PAUL (1979–)

actor

Allerton • Billington • Brewster

Nationaal Archief Fotocollectie Anefo / CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

ANTHONY PERKINS (1932–1992)

actor

Cooke • Rogers

DAVID HYDE PIERCE (1959–)

actor

Alden • Bradford • Mullins • Rogers

courtesy of George Bush Presidential Library/ PD-USGov-Congress

VICE PRES. DAN QUAYLE (1947–)

44th U.S. Vice President

Alden • Hopkins • Mullins • Standish

CHRISTOPHER REEVE (1952–2004)

actor, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and activist

Bradford

Cokie Roberts/ Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives

COKIE ROBERTS (1943–2019)

journalist and author

Brewster

VICE PRES. NELSON ROCKEFELLER (1908–1979)

41st U.S. Vice-President

Brewster

Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-111591/ PD-NYWT&S

NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894–1978)

artist

Brewster • Hopkins

EDITH ROOSEVELT (1861–1948)

U.S. First Lady, wife of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt

Howland • Tilley

PRES. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882–1945)

32nd U.S. President

Allerton • Cooke • Howland • Priest • Tilley • Warren

Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-78483/ PD-US

LILLIAN RUSSELL (1861–1922)

actor and singer

Howland • Tilley

NASA Johnson Space Center/ S70-55387/ PD-USGov-NASA

ALAN SHEPARD (1923–1998)

astronaut

Warren

GRACE SLICK (1939–)

singer and songwriter

Standish • White

JOSEPH SMITH (1805–1844)

founder, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

E. Fuller • Howland • Tilley

courtesy of State Archives of Florida/ Florida Memory/ PR22287

DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK (1903–1998)

pediatrician and author

Howland • Tilley

TAYLOR SWIFT (1989–)

singer and songwriter

Billington • Warren

PRES. ZACHARY TAYLOR (1784–1850)

12th U.S. President

Allerton • Brewster

Library of Congress/ LC-USZ61-361/ PD-US

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862)

author, poet, philosopher, naturalist, and historian

Cooke • Warren

celebrityabc/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

KATE UPTON (1992–)

model and actor

Brewster • Howland • Tilley

DICK VAN DYKE (1925–)

actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer

Alden • Brown • Cooke • Mullins • Priest • Soule • Standish

Hulton Archive/ Getty Images

JOHN WAYNE (1907–1979)

actor

S. Fuller

NOAH WEBSTER (1758–1843)

dictionary publisher, editor, and author

Bradford

RAQUEL WELCH (1940–2023)

actor

Alden • Doty • Eaton • Mullins

ORSON WELLES (1915–1985)

actor, director, writer, and producer

Alden • Cooke • Mullins • Warren

courtesy of Encyclopedia of the Great Plains/ PD-US

LAURA INGALLS WILDER (1867–1957)

author, Little House on the Prairie

Warren

"TENNESSEE" WILLIAMS (1911–1983)

playwright and screenwriter

Hopkins

Heal the Bay/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

BRIAN WILSON (1942–2025)

singer, songwriter, and music producer

Billington • Brown • Cooke

20th Century Fox publicity photo/ Wikimedia Commons/ PD-US-not renewed

JOANNE WOODWARD (1930–)

actor, producer, and philanthropist

Allerton • Brewster • Warren