Notable Descendants
What do Marilyn Monroe, George Bush and Dr. Spock have in common? Possibly you. Visit our distinguished descendants gallery to learn who your famous cousins are. You may be surprised to discover with whom you share genes.
While it is believed that these people are Mayflower descendants, not all have membership in GSMD or have been vetted by the Historian General's office.
PRESIDENTS & STATESMEN
♦ John Adams (1735-1826): 2nd President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrims John Alden and William Mullins.
♦ John Quincy Adams (1767-1848): 6th President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrims John Alden and William Mullins.
♦ George Herbert Walker Bush (1924- ): 41st President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrims John Howland, Francis Cooke and John Tilley.
♦ George W. Bush (1946- ): 43rd President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrims John Howland, Francis Cooke, John Tilley and Henry Samson.
♦ John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (1953- ): Former Governor of Florida. Descendant of Pilgrims John Howland, Francis Cooke, John Tilley and Henry Samson.
♦ Charles Curtis (1860-1936): Vice President under Herbert Hoover. Descendant of Pilgrim Peter Browne.
♦ Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951): 30th Vice President of the United States. Descendant of William Brewster.
♦ Howard Brush Dean III (1948- ): Physician, 79th Governor of Vermont, U.S. Representitive. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ James A. Garfield (1831-1881): 20th President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrim John Billington.
♦ Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796): 14th President of the United States in Congress and signer of the United States Constitution. Descendant of Pilgrim John Howland.
♦ Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885): U.S. General & 18th President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrim Richard Warren.
♦ Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891): 15th Vice President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ Herbert Hoover (1874-1964): 31st President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985): United States Senator. Descendant of Pilgrim John Howland.
♦ Sarah Heath Palin (1964- ): 11th Governor of Alaska. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (1947- ): United States Senator. 44th Vice President of the United States. Descentant of Pilgrims John Alden and William Brewster.
♦ Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979): 41st Vice President of the United States, 49th Governor of New York. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945): 32nd President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrim Isaac Allerton.
♦ Zachary Taylor (1784-1850): 12th President of the United States. Descendant of Pilgrmi Isaac Allerton.
♦ John Hay "Jock" Whitney (1904-1982): U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Publisher of the New York Herald Tribune. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
CELEBRITIES
♦ Countess Mercy Lainia Warren Bump (1841-1919): Wife of Tom Thumb. Descendant of Pilgrim John Billington.
♦ Julia Child (1912-2004): American Chef. Descendant of Pilgrims William Bradford and William Brewster.
♦ Frederick Edwin Church (1826-1900): American Painter. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (1903-1977): Actor, Singer. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ George Robert "Bob" Crosby (1913-1993): Big Band Leader, Vocalist, Brother to Bing. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ George Eastman (1854-1932): Inventor of the Kodak camera and roll film. Descendant of Pilgrim Wiliam Bradford.
♦ Clinton "Clint" Eastwood (1930- ): Actor, Director, Producer, Composer, Politican. Descendant of Pilgrim William Branford.
♦ Richard Gere (1949- ): Actor. Descendant of Pilgrims John Billington and William Brewster.
♦ Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944): American Graphic Artist, Creator of the Gibson Girl. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ Hugh Hefner (1926- ): Publisher, Founder of Playboy magazine. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003): Actress. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ Ashley Tyley Ciminella Judd (1968- ): Actress. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ John Lithgow (1945- ): Actor, Musician, Author. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ George B. McClellan (1826-1885): Major-General, Commander of the Union Forces, Civil War. Descendant of Pilgrims William Bradford and William Brewster.
♦ Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962): Actress, Model. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ Christopher D'Oiler Reeve (1952-2004): Actor, "Superman". Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ Cokie Roberts (1943- ): Journalist, Author. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ Deborah Sampson: (1760-1827): Woman who served in the Continental Army disguised as a man during the Revolutionaly War. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. (1926- ): Publisher of the New York Times (1963-1992). Descendant of Pilgrims John Alden, William Bradford.
♦ Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933): Artist and Designer. Descendant of Pilgrmi Isaac Allerton.
♦ John Trumbull (1756-1843): American Painter. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992): Producer, Writer. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
♦ Dick Van Dyke (1925- ): Actor, Comedian, Writer. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ Jerry Van Dyke (1931 - ): Actor, Comedian. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ George Orson Welles (1915-1985): Actor, Director, Producer. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ Joanne Woodward (1930- ): Actress. Descendant of Pilgrim Isaac Allerton.
WRITERS/POETS
♦ William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878): Poet. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882): Poet. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.
♦ Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982): Poet, Writer. Descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.
♦ Thomas Ruggles Pynchop, Jr. (1937- ): American Novelist. Descendant of Pilgrims William Bradford and William Brewster.
♦ Noah Webster (1758-1843): Lexicographer, Writer. Descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
ROYALTY
♦ Marie-Chantal Miller (1968- ): Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark. Descendant of Pilgrim John Alden.