In addition to being my mother's ancestor, Henry Howland (1565-1635) was also the forefather of the following people of note (making them distant cousins of ours and each other):
John Howland (Mayflower Passenger)
Nathaniel Gorham (Signer U.S. Constitution)
Hannibal Hamlin (U.S. Vice-President)
Joseph Wharton (Wharton School of Business)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Poet)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Poet)
Joseph Smith (Founder of Mormons)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (U.S. President)
O. Henry (Author)
Richard M. Nixon (U.S. President)
Humphrey Bogart (Actor)
Bing Crosby (Actor/Singer)
Sir Winston Churchill (U.K. Prime Minister)
Marilyn Monroe (Actress)
John Steinbeck (Author)
Christopher Lloyd (Actor)
Johnny Carson (Comedian, TV Host)
Meryl Streep (Actress)
Cecil B. DeMille (Director)
William Jennings Bryan (Sec. of State, Politician)
Gerald R. Ford (U.S. President)
Norman Rockwell (Artist)
Dr. Benjamin Spock (Child Care)
Chevy Chase (Comedian, Actor)
John Ritter (Actor)
John Lithgow (Actor)
John Paul Stevens (U.S. Justice)
Geena Davis (Actress)
Hal Holbrook (Actor)
Richard Chamberlain (Actor)
Glenn Close (Actress)
Alec Baldwin (Actor)
Mary Chapin Carpenter (Singer/Songwriter)
James Taylor (Singer/Songwriter)
Dr. Jill Biden (First Lady)
Jon Meacham (Historian)
George H.W. Bush (U.S. President)
George W. Bush (U.S. President)
Kate Upton (Model)
Timothy Hutton (Actor)
Taylor Lautner (Actor)
Bill Gates (Microsoft and Philanthropist)
Source: Henry Howland Famous Kin
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