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Someone Online Asked, “Who Is The Most Famous Person In Your Family?”, And 30 Delivered
It’s always exciting to see someone famous in a place where you didn’t expect them to be. But what if that well-known person is related to you? Reddit user @LoveSimpleHacks decided to ask people online who is the most famous person in their family. The question that received more than 11k upvotes was answered by folks who not only revealed the names of their celebrity relatives but also shared some additional information about them.
The list not only includes some well-known names of artists and performers but also scientists and politicians. Some people also shared interesting examples of their relatives who are known for their sports and creative achievements.
Which one of these do you find most interesting? Do you have someone famous in your family that could be added to the list? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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#1
My great great grandfather is Samuel Morse. The man who invented Morse code. And go figure, I work as a fiber optic technician. Communications runs in the family.
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#2
Some elder family members started a genealogy search in case we descended from royalty.
Turns out we come from an infamous gang of highland horse thieves.
#3
My grandmother was the voice of Betty Rubble... And the blue bonnet chicken in fog horn leg horn, and little red riding hood on bugs bunny (and witcheepoo), and tweetys grandma (along with other women who voiced her) and she was on i love lucy, and she had her own show called Petticoat junction, and she was on Burns & Allen.. and.. so... so.. so many more. Oh, and my grandfather was Red Ryder on TV.
#4
My autistic sister who is the 3rd best paralympic skiier in Sweden
#5
You know that really famous photo of a bunch of construction workers sitting on a beam at the top of a in progress building in NY from the 30s having lunch? My great grand father is one of those men.
Called "lunch atop a skyscraper"
#6
My dads great uncle, Charlie Becker, was the Mayor of Munchkinland in the original Wizard of Oz. (He also doubled as a flying monkey!)
#7
Not famous in the traditional sense, but I have 4 uncles in my family who are world renowned physicians. One has a patent that is used world wide in cardiac surgery. Another just won India's second most prestigious award for citizens' distinguished service from the President of India himself. Another is retired but used to be the personal physician to the Royal House of Bhutan. The last is one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the world. Pretty astounding achievements in their fields.
#8
Grandpa's cousin performed 1st successful heart transplant
#9
My stepbrother was the guy who dove into the wedding cake in the "November Rain" video.
#10
We have the voice of Homer Simpson in our family! Dan Castellaneta.
And my grandpa was the first person to import Nike in Africa. Not famous, but pretty cool.
#13
One of my great-great uncles escaped from a maximum security jail (Texas, 1920s) and was never caught. He lived under an assumed name for 30 years or so after.
#14
Alec Guiness. He is a great great uncle of mine. Most famous in film for playing Obi Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy.
#15
My dad was an animator and worked on several kids shows like Hey Arnold, SpongeBob, Simpsons etc. His name was super memorable and when I told people my age his name many remembered it from the credits of those shows! He passed away last year young (59) of a random accident
#16
I have two Nobel prize winners in my extended family, JJ Thomson and George Paget Thomson
#17
My great uncle designed outfits for Princess Diana
#18
My great-grandmother was Charlie Chaplins niece.
JOHANNA MUELLER 2 years ago
In this picture he looks like the guy who played usnavy in the movie adaptation of "In the heights"
#19
Sadly me, I've been on American Ninja warrior for about 20 seconds after competing 5 times lol.
DennyS (denzoren) 2 years ago
Super! I can't even complete one stage of that thing...that's awesome!
#20
My mum's stepdad is a famous British painter, who's son to another famous British painter, who is grandson to Sigmund Freud
#21
my second cousin is Simon Le bon (the lead singer from Duran Duran) never actually met the dude but still pretty cool
#22
My great aunt helped develop build and maintain the body suits for the first live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Probably as close to fame as we get
#24
Well, if very distant cousins count, I've recently found out that I'm related to Emmanuel Macron, the current French President, but you have to go back to the 17th century to find the link.
#25
My uncle founded Pickleball.
#26
My aunt worked for Katherine Hepburn and her husband was a part time actor
He had a part role in the movie moonstruck that Cher won a Oscar for
#27
I’m third cousins to John Stamos.
Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago
My heart has absolutely broken for John Stamos in the last two weeks.
#28
My great-great-great-great whatever grandfather was part of Queen Victoria's staff, so prolly that.
#29
Living? I have a cousin who won an Emmy. No one would know her name though because she is a producer. She used to produce for letterman.
#30
The cook on the old Western show Rawhide.
What do you think ?
Natasha 2 years ago
I found out not too long ago my on maternal grandfathers side I’m distantly related to Edgar Allan Poe.
Justalittleblackraincloud 2 years ago
That's crazy! I am related to him through my maternal great grandmother. If you looked at a side by side of the two of them you would think they were twins.
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Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago
My maternal great grandmother was an author in Marathi (it's one of the languages in India). When she started writing, women had just begun to write or even come up as someone in society. Indian society when she was born (around 1892 or something) was quite orthodox and women's education or even rights had just started getting prominence. As a kid, she was based in Baroda and the king was one of the first rulers to bring in compulsory education for girls. It was big time. She got the benefit. She got some education to begin her career as a writer... be independent. She & my maternal great grandpa met through writing.. he was the editor of the magazine she wrote for. They fell in love and married... quite progressive during those times. She became a renowned names in Marathi literature. Till the end, she kept on writing and being independent. She is my idol. I am a journalist.. i guess she passed her talent to me
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
I'm like third cousins through marriage with Elvis Presley. I thought my mom was just telling tales but there are actual books on my family in the local library and has the link in it. My sister had a friend as a teen that is second cousins with the Jackson five. He said he had never met them, unfortunately.
Natasha 2 years ago
I found out not too long ago my on maternal grandfathers side I’m distantly related to Edgar Allan Poe.
Justalittleblackraincloud 2 years ago
That's crazy! I am related to him through my maternal great grandmother. If you looked at a side by side of the two of them you would think they were twins.
Load More Replies... Sapna Sarfare 2 years ago
My maternal great grandmother was an author in Marathi (it's one of the languages in India). When she started writing, women had just begun to write or even come up as someone in society. Indian society when she was born (around 1892 or something) was quite orthodox and women's education or even rights had just started getting prominence. As a kid, she was based in Baroda and the king was one of the first rulers to bring in compulsory education for girls. It was big time. She got the benefit. She got some education to begin her career as a writer... be independent. She & my maternal great grandpa met through writing.. he was the editor of the magazine she wrote for. They fell in love and married... quite progressive during those times. She became a renowned names in Marathi literature. Till the end, she kept on writing and being independent. She is my idol. I am a journalist.. i guess she passed her talent to me
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
I'm like third cousins through marriage with Elvis Presley. I thought my mom was just telling tales but there are actual books on my family in the local library and has the link in it. My sister had a friend as a teen that is second cousins with the Jackson five. He said he had never met them, unfortunately.
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