# How many "third generation" famous people are there (not counting royalty). **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024 "2009-03-19T14:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/41 "2009-03-19T20:18:55Z")
Hank Williams/Hank Williams Jr./Hank Williams III all became famous in their own right. Conrad Hilton/his sons Barron & Nicky Hilton/the current Hiltons are all better known than most hotel families would be (i.e. none of the Marriotts or Statlers are famous or infamous) > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Whedon’s dad wrote for _Sesame Street_, didn’t he? > > I am not a Whedon fan, but I’m a huge _Sesame Street_ fan 🙂 I would totally watch _Joss Whedon’s Sesame Street_.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/42 "2009-03-19T20:48:31Z")
A little more obscure, but the Udall family is doing pretty well for itself, including two current U.S. senators: [Udall family - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udall_family) ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/43 "2009-03-19T20:56:20Z")
The [Barrymore family](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrymore_family)goes back at least a century and a half, especially if you’re counting the Drew branch, which is a notable acting family in its own right. Acting families like that are fairly common; consider the Kembles, a famous British acting family, and the Booths, a rather infamous American one. ---
**Author:** ![EastCoastPearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aeb1de/32.png) [@EastCoastPearl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastCoastPearl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/44 "2009-03-19T22:30:14Z")
Woody Guthrie/Arlo Guthrie/Sarah Lee Guthrie ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/45 "2009-03-19T22:57:34Z")
> [@EastCoastPearl](#): > > Woody Guthrie/Arlo Guthrie/Sarah Lee Guthrie 'Cause nobody doesn’t like Sarah Lee. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/46 "2009-03-19T23:29:38Z")
Crispin Mills, singer, son of Hayley Mills, nephew of Juliet Mills and grandson of Sir John Mlls. > [@bonzer](#): > > And you can throw in [Edward Bernays](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays). And [Emma Freud](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Freud). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/47 "2009-03-19T23:36:53Z")
Another one with a skipped generation is [Tyrone Power](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power), [Tyrone Power,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power,_Sr.) and [Tyrone Power](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power_(1795-1841)). [Tyrone Power, Jr.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power,_Jr.) was in a few movies, as well. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/48 "2009-03-20T00:04:19Z")
In classical music, there were quite a few Bachs and Strausses, but I’m not sure how many actual generations were involved. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/49 "2009-03-20T00:16:29Z")
5 generations of famous Rockefellers: John D. Rockefeller, Sr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. John D. Rockefeller III Sen. Jay Rockefeller Justin Rockefeller And many of their siblings have also been famous. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/50 "2009-03-20T00:22:48Z")
[James Packer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Packer), Australian businessman. Son of Kerry Packer, and grandson of Sir Frank Packer. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/51 "2009-03-20T00:31:52Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > The [Barrymore family](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrymore_family)goes back at least a century and a half, especially if you’re counting the Drew branch, which is a notable acting family in its own right. Acting families like that are fairly common; consider the Kembles, a famous British acting family, and the Booths, a rather infamous American one. And one of the Booths descendants is Cherie Blair/Booth wife of former Prime Minister Tony via her actor father, also Tony. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/52 "2009-03-20T00:36:09Z")
In the history of astronomy there are the four generations of the Cassini family who were successively the first four directors of the Paris Observatory. To avoid confusion, the convention has had to be established of referring to them as [Cassini I, II, III and IV](http://www.delphes.net/messier/xtra/Bios/cassini.html). But this, like several examples in the thread, is really just an example of a “family firm”. Only Cassini I was truly exceptional and independently famous, with the others then good enough to inherit the position from their father. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/53 "2009-03-20T03:05:04Z")
Peter Benchley was the son of Nathaniel Benchley and grandson of Robert Benchley (of Algonquin Round Table fame). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/54 "2009-03-20T03:18:26Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > Peter Benchley was the son of Nathaniel Benchley and grandson of Robert Benchley (of Algonquin Round Table fame). Huh. I always wondered how all the Benchleys fit together. Ignorance fought - thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/55 "2009-03-20T03:19:28Z")
> [@Brad\_the\_Impaler](#): > > MLB baseball players Ray Boone -\> Bob Boone -\> Aaron & Bret Boone Bret Boone played with David Bell, who was the son of Buddy Bell, who was the son of Gus Bell. Two third generation MLB players who played together. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/56 "2009-03-20T04:25:04Z")
Carmine Coppola Francis Coppola Sophia Coppola ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/57 "2009-03-20T12:23:04Z")
Clifford Arquette (Charlie Weaver), his son Lewis Arquette, and all the Arquette grandchildren: Patricia, Rosanna, Alexis (formerly Robert), Richmond and David. In my own neck of the woods, [Dwight Morrow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Morrow) was a famous stateman and ambassador to Mexico, his daughter Anne married Charles Lindberg and wrote really good books, and their daughter Anne Lindberg writes children’s books. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/58 "2009-03-20T12:29:12Z")
John Farrow & Maureen O’Sullivan had Mia, whose adopted daughter Soon-Yi is well known. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/59 "2009-03-20T12:32:17Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Carmine Coppola > Francis Coppola > Sophia Coppola Thalia Shire and Nicholas Cage are also a part of the family. Some good show biz genes there. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024/60 "2009-03-20T13:48:02Z")
More racing. The Andrettis: Mario and his brother Marco, Mario’s son Michael, and Michael’s son Marco. The Unsers: Al Sr. (Big Al) begat Al Jr. (Little Al) begat Al III (Mini Al). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-third-generation-famous-people-are-there-not-counting-royalty/490024.md?page=2)