My Relatives

1. Julia Covert

Self | Ford Models New Faces with Jack Page/Julia Covert

She made her debut at the New York Calvin Klein Spring/Summer 2018 Fashion Week, modeling with several other young models including Kaia Gerber.

2. Grover Cleveland

Self | President Cleveland and President McKinley

Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. He won the popular vote for three ...

3. Henry Fonda

Actor | 12 Angry Men

This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. With passing years, he matured into a star character actor who exemplified not only integrity and strength, but an ideal of the common man fighting against social injustice and oppression. He was born in Grand Island, ...

4. Glenn Hefner

Glenn Hefner was born on June 27, 1896 in Atlanta, Nebraska, USA. He was married to Grace Hefner. He died on July 24, 1976 in Elmwood Park, Illinois, USA.

5. Cooper Hefner

Producer | Faith and Other Weapons

Cooper Hefner was born on September 4, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Faith and Other Weapons (2012), Krow's TRANSformation (2019) and Facebook Official (2011). He has been married to Scarlett Hefner since November 4, 2019. They have three children.

6. Troy Garity

Actor | Ballers

Troy Garity is an actor known for his diverse body of work. Though his breakout film performance came when he starred opposite Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett and Billy Bob Thorton in Barry Levinson's "Bandits", he is perhaps best known for his role as Isaac in the "Barbershop" film franchise. A role ...

7. Julia Child

Writer | The French Chef

Julia Child was born on August 15, 1912 in Pasadena, California, USA. She was a writer and director, known for The French Chef (1962), Julie & Julia (2009) and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993). She was married to Paul Child. She died on August 13, 2004 in Montecito, California, USA.

8. Jane Fonda

Actress | Klute

Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was ...

9. Peter Fonda

Actor | Easy Rider

Peter Henry Fonda was born in New York City, to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario, Canada-born New York socialite Frances Brokaw (born Frances Ford Seymour). He was the younger brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda.

Fonda made his professional...

10. Keith Hefner

Actor | Star 80

Keith Hefner was born on January 5, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Star 80 (1983), Get Smart (1965) and Fever Pitch (1985). He was married to Caya Ukkas, Raphaela Louise "Rae" Angelico and Deborah Mary Keener Kartsonakis. He died on April 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Los ...

11. Christie Hefner

Self | The Girls Next Door

Christie Ann Hefner was born on November 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. She lived for a short time in Chicago until her father Hugh Hefner (creator of the world-famous Playboy empire) and her mother Mildred Williams separated. Later, when her mother remarried, Christie and her brother David moved to...

12. John Lithgow

Actor | The World According to Garp

If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was ...

13. Marston Hefner

Self | Holly's World

Marston Hefner was born on April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He has been married to Anna Lambropoulos since August 27, 2022. They have one child.

14. Bridget Fonda

Actress | A Simple Plan

Bridget Jane Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California, to Susan Brewer and actor Peter Fonda. She is the granddaughter of Henry Fonda and niece of Jane Fonda, both famous actors. Bridget made her film debut at age five as an extra in Easy Rider (1969), but first became interested in acting after ...

15. Hugh Hefner

Actor | Miss March

Hugh Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Miss March (2009), Hop (2011) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). He was married to Crystal Hefner, Kimberley Conrad and Mildred Williams. He died on September 27, 2017 in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles,...

16. Mickey Rourke

Actor | Sin City

Mickey Rourke was born Phillip Andre Rourke, Jr. on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York, the son of Annette Elizabeth (Cameron) and Philip Andre Rourke. His father was of Irish and German descent, and his mother was of mostly English and French-Canadian ancestry. When he was six years old,...

17. Matthew Reeve

Writer | Providence

Matthew Reeve was born on December 20, 1979 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Providence, Agent Hamilton (2020) and The Land That Never Was.

18. Kyle Eastwood

Composer | Gran Torino

Kyle Eastwood was born on May 19, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). He has been married to Cynthia Ramirez since September 2014. He was previously married to Laura Gómez.

19. Kimber Eastwood

Actress | Absolute Power

Film Producer and Make-Up Artist Kimber Eastwood is a seasoned professional who grew up in the entertainment industry. She is the daughter of legendary actor Clint Eastwood and (actress/dancer) Roxanne Tunis. Having the Eastwood name comes with opportunities and challenges but Kimber realized that ...

20. Anna Gunn

Actress | Breaking Bad

An actress on both stage and screen, Anna Gunn has portrayed a vast array of complex and powerful characters throughout her career.

Anna grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico after her parents, Sharon (Peters) and Clemens Gunn, Jr., transplanted the family from Cleveland, Ohio to the Southwest in the late...

21. Alison Eastwood

Actress | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Alison Eastwood was born on May 22, 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), The Mule (2018) and Absolute Power (1997). She has been married to Stacy Poitras since March 15, 2013. She was previously married to ...

22. Christopher Reeve

Actor | Superman

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...

23. Vanessa Vadim

Director | The Quilts of Gee's Bend

Vanessa Vadim was born on September 28, 1968 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is a director and cinematographer, known for The Quilts of Gee's Bend (2002), Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) and Blue Is Beautiful (1997). She has been married to Paul Van Waggoner since June 12, 2010....

24. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

25. Sally Field

Actress | Forrest Gump

Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...

26. Eli Craig

Director | Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Eli Craig was born on May 25, 1972 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Little Evil (2017) and The Tao of Pong (2004). He has been married to Sasha Craig since September 5, 2004. They have one child.

27. George Washington

Writer | In the Words of the Framers: The Creation of the Constitution

George Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American ...

28. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Soundtrack | The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born on August 4, 1900 in St. Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was married to King George VI. She died on March 30, 2002 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.

29. Marlon Brando

Actor | Apocalypse Now

Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...

30. Harper Lee

Writer | To Kill a Mockingbird

Nelle Harper Lee grew up in Monroeville, Alabama in the 1920s. It was a time of hostility between whites and blacks in the United States, especially in Alabama. Her father, a lawyer, also ran a local newspaper. Her mother suffered from mental illness and oftentimes stayed inside from others; she ...

31. Jocelyn Brando

Actress | The Big Heat

Jocelyn Brando, the older sister of Marlon Brando, was born Nov. 18, 1919, in San Francisco, California, to Marlon Brando Sr. and his wife, the former Dorothy Pennebaker. Jocelyn and Marlon and their sister Frances grew up mostly on a farm near Evanston, Illinois, though the family moved around ...

32. Sam Waterston

Actor | The Killing Fields

Sam Waterston was born on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Killing Fields (1984), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Law & Order (1990). He has been married to Lynn Louisa Woodruff since January 26, 1976. They have three children. He was ...

33. John Kerry

Actor | Cheers

John Kerry is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1985 until 2013. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2004 presidential election,...

34. Pia Getty

Producer | Axis of Light

Pia Getty was born in 1966 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Axis of Light (2011), The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) and Here Before (2021). She was previously married to Christopher Getty.

35. Zara Tindall

Self | The Diamond Queen

Zara Tindall was born on May 15, 1981 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She has been married to Mike Tindall since July 30, 2011. They have three children.

36. Treat Williams

Actor | Deep Rising

Richard Treat Williams was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Marian (Andrew), who dealt in antiques, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive. At the age of three, his family moved to Rowayton, Connecticut. Educated at prep-school, he first made a serious commitment to his craft during ...

37. Kathryn Eastwood

Actress | Jersey Boys

Kathryn Eastwood was born on February 2, 1988 in Carmel, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Jersey Boys (2014), Virus of the Dead (2018) and American Virus (2015).

38. Graylen Eastwood

Writer | Masque d'Or

Grand-daughter of Clint Eastwood, Graylen Eastwood is an actress and musician based in Los Angeles, California. For the past five years Graylen has been modeling, performing as a session drummer, and working as a production assistant with Ryan Murphy Productions, Fox Studios, and ABC. New to acting...

39. Halle Berry

Actress | Catwoman

Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...

40. Zack Snyder

Director | 300

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...

41. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

42. Tom Hanks

Producer | Cast Away

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...

43. Jim Hanks

Actor | Blood Type

Jim Hanks was born on June 15, 1961 in Shasta County, California, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Blood Type (2018), Abnormal Attraction (2018) and Forrest Gump (1994). He has been married to Karen Praxel since May 25, 1986. They have one child.

44. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.

Howard ...

45. Bryce Dallas Howard

Actress | Jurassic World Dominion

Bryce Dallas Howard was born on March 2, 1981, in Los Angeles, California. She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her middle name). Her father, Ron Howard, is a former actor turned Oscar-winning director. Her mother is actress and writer Cheryl Howard (née Alley). Her famous relatives ...

46. Angelina Jolie

Actress | Maleficent

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...

47. Brad Pitt

Actor | Fight Club

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (née Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student ...

48. Rocco Ritchie

Self | I'm Going to Tell You a Secret

Rocco Ritchie was born on August 11, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005), The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) and Madonna: The MDNA Tour (2013).

49. Penn Jillette

Writer | Penn & Teller Get Killed

Penn Jillette was born on March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989), Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003) and Hackers (1995). He has been married to Emily Zolten Jillette since November 23, 2004. They have two children.

50. Lily-Rose Depp

Actress | Tusk

Lily-Rose Melody Depp was born on May 27, 1999 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France to Vanessa Paradis & Johnny Depp. Her little brother, Jack Depp joined the clan in 2002. During Lily-Rose's early years, the Depp-Paradis family divided their time between their homes in France and LA, and ...

51. Alexandra Reeve Givens

Rear Window

Alexandra Reeve Givens was born in December 1983 in London, England, UK. She is known for Rear Window (1998). She has been married to Garren Givens since September 6, 2008. They have one child.

52. Ian Lithgow

Actor | Perry Mason

A graduate of Harvard University, Ian Lithgow is an award-winning actor who has performed in TV, film, in regional theatres across the country including the Goodman Theatre, the Delaware Theatre Company, the American Repertory Theatre, the Ahmanson Theatre and the Pasadena Playhouse, and ...

53. Will Reeve

Actor | In the Gloaming

Will Reeve was born on June 7, 1992 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for In the Gloaming (1997), The Brooke Ellison Story (2004) and Everyone's Hero (2006).

54. Francesca Eastwood

Actress | Queen of the Ring

Francesca Eastwood was born on August 7, 1993 in Redding, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Queen of the Ring, Old (2021) and M.F.A. (2017).

55. Kathryn Eastwood

Actress | Jersey Boys

Kathryn Eastwood was born on February 2, 1988 in Carmel, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Jersey Boys (2014), Virus of the Dead (2018) and American Virus (2015).

56. Morgan Eastwood

Actress | Changeling

Morgan Eastwood was born to Dina Eastwood and Clint Eastwood. Although her father is one of the biggest guys in Hollywood, Morgan grew up relatively normal. She has only been in a few of her father's films playing very small roles such as girl on tricycle in the film Changeling (2008). In 2012, the...

57. Peter Craig

Writer | The Town

Peter Craig is an American screenwriter, producer and novelist from Los Angeles, California who is known for writing The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Bad Boys for Life, Blood Father, 12 Strong, The Batman, Top Gun: Maverick and The Town. He is a son of Sally Field and Steve Craig. He has had three ...

58. Scott Eastwood

Actor | Suicide Squad

Scott Eastwood is an American actor and model. He was born as Scott Clinton Reeves in Carmel, Monterey County, California, to Jacelyn Ann Reeves, a flight attendant, and Clint Eastwood, an actor and director. He grew up in Hawaii. Scott has a younger sister, Kathryn Reeves, and many half-siblings.

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59. Thomas Jefferson

Writer | Hamilton/Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the second vice president of the United States under John Adams and the first United States secretary...

60. Jonathan Swift

Writer | Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

Swift is ...

61. James Madison

Writer | 1787 the American Constitution

He enjoyed a humanistic school education. Madison completed his studies in 1771 with a Bachelor of Arts. He showed particular interest in the new ideas of the time, the Enlightenment, with which he dealt intensively. He became politically active at an early age. In 1776 he was elected to the ...

62. John Adams

Writer | Biography

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Biography (1987). He was married to Abigail Smith. He died on July 4, 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.

63. Joan Fontaine

Actress | Suspicion

Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland on October 22, 1917, in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement, to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her paternal grandfather's family was ...

64. Olivia de Havilland

Actress | Gone with the Wind

Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. Her ...

65. Charles Darwin

Writer | Dünyanin Sonunda

Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now widely accepted and considered...

66. Eleanor Roosevelt

Writer | Women in Defense

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She served as the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States. Roosevelt ...

67. Helen Keller

Writer | Whirlpool

Helen Keller contracted a virulent childhood disease which resulted in complete loss of sight and hearing at nineteen months. Her parents futilely sought help for her, as did family friend Alexander Graham Bell. Finally, when Keller was seven, Annie Sullivan, a young teacher, was hired by the ...

68. Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor previously was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero as a result of his victories in ...

69. Debbie Dozier

Actress | Gunsmoke

Debbie Dozier was born on November 5, 1948 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Gunsmoke (1955), Playmates (1972) and Get Christie Love! (1974). She has been married to Earl Potter since September 22, 1979. They have one child.

70. Christian IX

Self | De kongelige skal fotograferes

Christian IX was born on April 8, 1818 in Schloß Gottorp, Schleswig, Germany. He was married to Louise Queen of Denmark. He died on January 29, 1906 in Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

71. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.

Eleanor and Franklin

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. was the son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. He was born on August 17, 1914 at the Roosevelts' summer retreat on Campobello Island in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He was the fifth of the ...

72. Theodore Roosevelt

Writer | Simple Gifts

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as ...

73. Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the US. He was born in North Bend, Ohio, on August 20, 1833. He came from a family which had a long history in politics--his grandfather William Henry Harrison was a former US President, his father was a Congressman and he had cousins who were congressmen...

74. William Shakespeare

Writer | The Tragedy of Macbeth

William Shakespeare's birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. His father John was the son of a farmer who became a successful tradesman; his mother Mary Arden was gentry. He studied Latin works at Stratford Grammar School, leaving at about age 15. About this time his father suffered an ...

75. Heidi Berry

Fireflies in the Garden

Heidi Berry was born on October 6, 1964 in Warren, Ohio, USA. She is known for Fireflies in the Garden (2008) and Passion in the Desert (1997).

76. James Monroe

James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA. He was a writer. He was married to Elizabeth Kortright. He died on July 4, 1831 in New York City, New York, USA.

77. Czarina Maria Fyodorovna

Self | Enkekejserinde Dagmars Ankomst

Czarina Maria Fyodorovna was born on November 26, 1847 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was married to Czar Aleksandr III. She died on October 16, 1928 in Hvidøre, Klampenborg, Denmark.

78. H.P. Lovecraft

Writer | Color Out of Space

Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine and others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most ...

79. T.E. Lawrence

Writer | Sabaton: Seven Pillars of Wisdom

T.E. Lawrence was born on August 16, 1888 in Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Sabaton: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (2019), With Lawrence in Arabia (1927) and T. E. Lawrence 1888-1935 (1962). He died on May 19, 1935 in Clouds Hill, Dorset, England, UK.

80. Gene Roddenberry

Writer | Star Trek

While in junior high school, he became interested in science fiction, and years later while reading a copy of 'Astounding Stories' when he was working as an airline pilot, he decided to give it up and become a writer. He moved West and joined the Los Angeles police force to gain experience that ...

81. Francis Scott Key

Soundtrack | X-Men: Days of Future Past

Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dogworthy and Captain James Ross Key at the family plantation Terra Rubra on August 1, 1779 in Frederick, Maryland. His father was a lawyer, judge, and officer in the Continental Army and his great grandparents Philip Key and Susanna Barton Gardiner ...

82. Orson Welles

Actor | Citizen Kane

His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...

83. Patrick Macnee

Actor | The Avengers

British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...

84. Rebecca West

Actress | Reds

Rebecca West was born on December 21, 1892 in London, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for Reds (1981), They Forgot to Read the Directions (1924) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). She was married to Henry Maxwell Andrews. She died on March 15, 1983 in London, England, UK.

85. Tennessee Williams

Writer | A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963). Though separated briefly in 1961 and again in 1962, the two were partners for 15 years. Merlo acted as his personal manager/secretary.

Williams spent much of his most prolific ...

86. Tsar Nicholas II

Self | The German Curse in Russia

Czar Nicholas II of Russia was crowned in 1894, and was the last Emperor of Russia. He was born on 19 May, 1868, the first child of Tsarevitch Aleksandr III and his wife, Maria Fyodorovna. He was christened His Imperial Highness Nicholas Aleksandrovitch Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia. He was followed...

87. William Howard Taft

Actor | The President's Pardon

William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States (1909-1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921-1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in ...

88. Humphrey Bogart

Actor | Casablanca

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born in New York City, New York, to Maud Humphrey, a famed magazine illustrator and suffragette, and Belmont DeForest Bogart, a moderately wealthy surgeon (who was secretly addicted to opium). Bogart was educated at Trinity School, NYC, and was sent to Phillips Academy ...

89. Gloria Vanderbilt

Actress | Shirley Temple's Storybook

Great-great-granddaughter of "The Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of her family's fortune. Her maternal aunt, Lady Thelma Furness, was a mistress of King Edward VIII of Great Britain. Gloria is a close cousin of the British Dukes of Marlborough.

90. Alan Ladd

Actor | Shane

Alan Walbridge Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the only child of Ina Raleigh (aka Selina Rowley) and Alan Harwood Ladd, a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham. His father died when he was four. At age five, he burned his apartment playing with matches, and his ...

91. Alan Turing

Writer | Turochamp

Alan Turing was born on June 23, 1912 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Turochamp (1948). He died on June 7, 1954 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK.

92. Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov

Self | Mutual Weekly, No. 87

His Imperial Highness Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was born on August 12, 1904, in the Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the youngest child and only son of Their Imperial Majesties Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna. His birth was a cause for much celebration ...

93. Beatrice Welles

Actress | Campanadas a medianoche

Beatrice Giuditta Welles was born in New York City. She is a former child actress, known for her roles in the film "Chimes at Midnight," Don Quixote (1972) and the travelogue Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964) . The daughter of filmmaker Orson Welles and Italian countess Paola Mori , she is a ...

94. Christopher Welles

Actress | Macbeth

Christopher Welles was born on March 27, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Macbeth (1948), Searching for Orson (2006) and Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014).

95. Dawn Roddenberry

Actress | Pretty Maids All in a Row

Dawn Roddenberry was born on August 31, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971). She was previously married to Richard Hubert (Meilicke) Compton.

96. Grand Duchess Anastasia

Self | End of the House of Romanov

Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna Romanov was born on June 18, 1901. She was the fourth child of Tsar Nicholas the second, and the Empress Alexandra. She was a big disappointment because by now they were hoping for a boy to be the tsarevich and the next tsar. She had ...

97. F.D. Reeve

Actor | The J2 Project

F.D. Reeve was born on September 18, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The J2 Project (2002). He was married to Laura Caroline Stevenson, Ellen Swift, Helen Schmidinger and Barbara Pitney Lamb. He died on June 28, 2013 in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.

98. Grand Duchess Maria

Self | End of the House of Romanov

Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova was born on June 26, 1899. She was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. She had two older sisters - Olga and Tatiana, one younger sister - Anastasia, and one younger brother Alexei. Maria's siblings usually ...

99. Grand Duchess Olga

Self | De kongelige skal fotograferes

Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna Romanov was born on November 15, 1895 at Tsarskoe Selo. She was the oldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra. She has 3 younger sisters - Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia - and one younger brother Alexei. Olga was the most ...

100. Grand Duchess Tatiana

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Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaievna Romanov was born on June 10, 1897. She is the second child of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra. She has one elder sister, Olga, two younger sisters - Maria and Anastasia and a younger brother Alexei. Out of all of Tatiana's ...