# Celebs with relatives in a different line of work but also well known
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319 "2021-12-01T21:19:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/142 "2021-12-13T01:12:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> The late singer and actress Rosemary Clooney’s brother Nick is a journalist, historian, radio announcer, news anchor and game-show host.
And father of someone whose name escapes me.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/143 "2021-12-13T04:59:53Z")
Haven’t read the whole thread, so maybe someone beat me to it, but actress Zoe Kravitz is the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and his former wife, Lisa Bonet who was on “The Cosby Show”
Ms. Bonet, before Zoe’s birth, posed nude, cheesecake-style, on the cover of “Rolling Stone”, and a couple years ago, Zoe, who is now about 30 years old, did the same thing. She is the spitting image of her father.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/144 "2021-12-13T05:01:39Z")
One of Bruce Hornsby’s sons is a professional basketball player.
> **[Keith Hornsby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hornsby)**
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> Pages for logged out editors learn more
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> Keith Randall Hornsby (born January 30, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for UNC Asheville and LSU.
> Hornsby began his prep career at Hampton Roads Academy before transferring to Oak Hill Academy. As a senior, he averaged 11.4 points, two assists and three rebounds and led the Warriors in three-point shooting at 50.4 percent, helping them finish with a 29–4 overall r...
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/145 "2021-12-13T05:30:25Z")
I don’t think that’s a coincidence (wink wink nudge nudge)
However, I’d rather have Frank Sinatra’s DNA than Woody Allen’s.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/146 "2021-12-13T13:19:02Z")
Peter Marshall, long-time host of _The Hollywood Squares_, had a son, Pete LaCock, who played major league baseball for nine seasons. Pete is also the nephew of actress Joanne Dru.
(“Marshall” was a stage name, for obvious reasons)
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/147 "2021-12-13T17:42:43Z")
Actor B.S. Pulley, best known for his role as Big Jule in “Guys and Dolls” is the father of Steven Lerman, who represented Rodney King.
Boxing announcers Jimmy Lennon Sr. and Jr. are related to the Lennon sisters as (late) uncle and first cousin, respectively.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/148 "2021-12-13T18:26:19Z")
I just found out that Christian Horner, head of the Red Bull Formula One team, is married to former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
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### Author:  [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/149 "2021-12-13T18:41:05Z")
Supermodel Kate Upton is a niece of long-time Republican Congressman (Michigan) Fred Upton.
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### Author:  [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/150 "2021-12-14T21:48:13Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> **Olivia Newton-John** is the granddaughter of well-physicist **Fritz John**. No relation to **Isaac** though.
Was **Isaac Newton-John** the inventor of the [Gravity Fed Toilet](https://toiletology.com/resources/toilets-101/types/gravity-fed-toilets/)?
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### Author:  [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/151 "2021-12-15T20:09:55Z")
The Coppolas are also musical: Francis’ father Carmine is a composer and musician (he’s the old man playing the piano for the gangsters in their hideout in Godfather 1), his own composition (“This Lonliness”).
And another Coppola whose name I can’t recall is (at the least) a conductor, he guest-conducted an orchestra my brother was playing in.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/152 "2021-12-20T05:55:19Z")
Actress Joanna Gleason is the daughter of game show host Monty Hall. That also makes Hall the father-in-law of Chris Sarandon (Prince Humperdinck in _The Princess Bride_).
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### Author:  [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319/153 "2021-12-20T14:41:26Z")
NFL defensive line standouts Joey & Nick Bosa are great-grandsons of long-time Chicago “Outfit” Capo di Tutti Capi Tony Accardo.
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