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| Bill Gates' family ties to Hollywood, the Arts, and Industry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (according to recorded history) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Calculated by the Family Forest February 20, 2005 (*) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Artists, Authors, Celebrities, etc. | Relationship to Bill Gates | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Admiral Richard Byrd | 15th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Agatha Christie | 17th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan B. Shepard, Jr. | 8th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aldous Huxley | 16th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Perkins | 10th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. | 8th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Audrey Hepburn | 19th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bette Davis | 10th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridget Fonda | 12th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brigham Young | 5th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Britney Spears | 19th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Harrison | 15th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brooke Shields | 23rd cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo Bill Cody | 6th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Camilla Parker-Bowles | Half 17th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catherine Oxenberg | Half 18th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Dana Gibson | Half 11th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Darwin | 12th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Goodyear | 13th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Reeve | 11th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cindy Crawford | 18th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clara Barton | 6th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clint Eastwood | 18th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole Porter | 7th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colonel Sanders | 8th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dag Hammarskjold | 19th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| David Crosby | 21st cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Van Dyke | 18th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dina Merrill | 7th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | 26th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton | 12th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Hemingway | 17th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | 15th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Francis Scott Key | Half 14th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G. Gordon Liddy | 20th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gail Borden | 18th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Catlin | 7th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Eastman | 7th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Gilder | Half 23rd cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Orwell | 15th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia O'Keeffe | 8th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General Abner Doubleday | 25th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General Benedict Arnold | Half 16th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General Douglas MacArthur | 17th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General George Patton | 16th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General Robert E. Lee | 11th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gilbert M. Grosvenor | 11th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gloria Grahame | 15th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gloria Vanderbilt | 17th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor Howard Dean | 7th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grandma Moses | Half 10th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Halle Berry | 10th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Harriet Beecker Stowe | 14th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen Keller | 13th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry David Thoreau | 6th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 20th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Herman Melville | 16th cousin 8 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Hawks | 15th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Humphrey Bogart | Half 10th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J. P. Morgan | 6th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack London | 17th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Dean | 12th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Lee Curtis | 19th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jane Wyatt | 20th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jesse James | 13th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joan Fontaine | 13th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joanne Woodward | 16th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John D. Rockefeller | Half 17th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hancock | 5th cousin 8 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hinckley, Jr. | 27th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Jacob Astor | 17th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Carson | 10th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Fiennes | 19th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Julia Child | 8th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Julie Harris | 11th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Katharine Hepburn | 8th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laura Ingalls Wilder | 16th cousin 7 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Marvin | 15th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Harvey Oswald | 17th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Remick | 27th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lewis Carroll | 12th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lizzie Borden | 6th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Comfort Tiffany | Half 20th cousin 7 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis L'Amour | 21st cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisa May Alcott | 8th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucille "I Love Lucy" Ball | 10th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marilyn Monroe | 9th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marjorie Merriwether Post | 6th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Field | 17th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meriwether "The Explorer" Lewis | 14th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Douglas | 19th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Montgomery Clift | 10th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N. C. Wyeth | 20th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Napoleon | Half 12th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jr. | 14th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Noel Coward | 14th cousin 7 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Rockwell | 9th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olivia de Havilland | 13th cousin 5 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oliver Platt | 7th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oliver Wendall Holmes, Jr. | 15th cousin 6 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Orson Welles | 8th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owen Wister | 16th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| P. T. Barnum | Half 6th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Hilton | 21st cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pat Robertson | 8th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Henry | 12th cousin 9 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick MacNee | 14th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Seeger | 9th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Paul Rubens | Half 11th cousin 17 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Emanuel Filiberto of Italy | Half 18th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Felipe of Spain | Half 18th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Alexandra of Greece | Half 15th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Diana | 7th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Margarita of Romania | Half 17th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Victoria of Sweden | Half 18th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen Elizabeth II | 13th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy Jones, Jr. | 18th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rachel Ward | 14th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Fiennes | 19th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | 5th cousin 7 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Randolph Scott | 22nd cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Raquel Welch | 10th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rene Auberjonois | Half 17th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Frost | 4th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Hutchings Goddard | 16th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Louis Stevenson | 23rd cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel F. B. Morse | Half 19th cousin 8 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Ferguson | 14th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator John Forbes Kerry | 8th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Pierce | 6th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Winston Churchill | 12th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sissy Spacek | 21st cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Susan B. Anthony | 5th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Danson | Half 13th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Williams | 9th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Hanks | 21st cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Truman Capote | 24th cousin once removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Uma Thurman | 18th cousin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Disney | 13th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wernher Von Braun | 18th cousin 3 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok | 6th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Cullen Bryant | 5th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Willis H. Carrier | Half 8th cousin twice removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright Brothers | 8th cousin 4 times removed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (*) The same two mouse-clicks caused software to calculate all of these relationships (plus more | |||||||||||||||||||||
| than 150,000 more) from the fully sourced web of family ties in the Family Forest. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The software may report the first relationship it finds; not necessarily the closest relationship. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| How accurate are these relationships? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Family Forest is a tour guide to statements and connections many experts believe to be true. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family Forest users are encouraged to judge the validity of each source citation for themselves. | |||||||||||||||||||||