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Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:28 pm
by morpheus2
Continuing on the subject of proud heritage (following on from my pride in my youngest daughter post), here's a pic of my Great Great Grandfather
's cousin, anyone else related to an electrician or other from history?
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:29 pm
by ClaretAndJew
John Cunliffe, creator of Postman Pat
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:30 pm
by ClaretTony
My granddad was James Hargreaves
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
by morpheus2
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:30 pm
My granddad was James Hargreaves
I'm in need of a good plumber now Beeky has gone.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
by CoolClaret
Does in-laws count?
… If so Richard Schiff - The Good Doctor/Jurassic Park/Man of Steel
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
by clarethomer
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:30 pm
My granddad was James Hargreaves
Hope you get free bathrooms and plumbing then
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:32 pm
by wilks_bfc
More infamous than famous
Alice Nutter
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:35 pm
by morpheus2
CoolClaret wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
Does in-laws count?
… If so Richard Schiff - The Good Doctor/Jurassic Park/Man of Steel
Yeah I guess so..
I've decided I'm related to Johnny Depp - I'll tell you how we are related. It's quite complicated, bear with me..My daughter's grandad's sister's grandaughter DIDN'T get pushed down the stairs by Johnny Depp.....therefore I'm kind of related to him by proxy
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:35 pm
by ClaretTony
morpheus2 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
I'm in need of a good plumber now Beeky has gone.
My granddad was a miner but my mum was thrilled when they named a stand after him.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:38 pm
by Billy Balfour
I'm related to a couple of famous people - Adam and Eve.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:38 pm
by Camberwell Carrot
CoolClaret wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
Does in-laws count?
… If so Richard Schiff - The Good Doctor/Jurassic Park/Man of Steel
Toby Ziegler from The West Wing no less! He seems really intense, can't imagine he would bring light hearted conversation to the table.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:41 pm
by Inchy
My uncle Mark Brown was a Paralympic marathon runner. Won silver in Atlanta and bronze in Sidney.
Also won a fair few fell races alongside many able bodied road running events
Used to post on the old board before the move, not sure if he posts on here though
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:08 pm
by Claretitus
My Grandad was James Bond.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:11 pm
by groove
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:30 pm
My granddad was James Hargreaves
Inventor of the Spinning Jenny?
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:14 pm
by Zom Zom
Not related to a famous person, but...
My Grandad served alongside Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge) on the HMS Valkary (sp) while moored at the Isle of Man.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:27 pm
by Buxtonclaret
My Great Uncle, Joe Middleton.
Well known Rawtenstall cricketer. His playing days touched 4 decades.
- IMG-20200702-WA0000.jpg (768.91 KiB) Viewed 3895 times
Maybe not stellar famous in the grand scheme of things. He is to me though.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:53 pm
by Guitargeorge
My dad’s Auntie (by marriage) was John Lennon’s Auntie
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:57 pm
by jedi_master
I’m related to Sir John Cockcroft, who won the Nobel prize for splitting the atomic nucleus.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:58 pm
by IanMcL
My grandfather owned Nicholls Pickles, in Reading, which had the slogan, 'North, South, East and West, Nicholls Pickles are the best'.
The recipe was known to the family (10 children) but none wanted to continue, so it ended in the 1960s. Very wide distribution, in the South, until then.
Also owned fish and chip shops, which were carried on by 3 of the children. Not so famous!
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:58 pm
by claretburns
My Grandad was heavily involved in the planning of the D Day landings and parachuted into France the night before the invasion, famous in my mind.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:20 pm
by Loyal Supporter
My grandads cousin was Harry Ramsden, but we have never met any of his family.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:32 pm
by Juan Tanamera
My daughter-in-law's late father's half cousin was Bootiful Bernard.
Daft as it looks, it's actually true.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:32 pm
by bfcjg
I used to work with a bloke who used to say I've shook the hand that shook the hand that shook the hand that shook the hand of the man who held the cock that sh@gged Princess Diana.
Strange bloke.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:37 pm
by TheOriginalLongsider
My brother has an Oscar and a BAFTA but I’m not naming him.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:38 pm
by CoolClaret
Camberwell Carrot wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:38 pm
Toby Ziegler from The West Wing no less! He seems really intense, can't imagine he would bring light hearted conversation to the table.
That’s why they call it acting
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:39 pm
by Herts Clarets
morpheus2 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
I'm in need of a good plumber now Beeky has gone.
Beeky would have been most insulted to be called a plumber.....
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:41 pm
by Shotgun
My grandma's cousin was Bob Lord.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:46 pm
by fatboy47
Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:27 pm
My Great Uncle, Joe Middleton.
Well known Rawtenstall cricketer. His playing days touched 4 decades.
IMG-20200702-WA0000.jpg
Maybe not stellar famous in the grand scheme of things. He is to me though.
Legend in the Valley.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:52 pm
by Dougall
Famous worldwide or does famous among a former generation of Burnley players count……………..?
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:55 pm
by gawthorpe_view
Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:39 pm
Beeky would have been most insulted to be called a plumber.....
I'm sure he would have.
At British Gas we considered plumbers to be gasmen with their brains kicked out.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:58 pm
by Bosscat
My Brother was not in Spandau Ballet but his namesake is
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:00 pm
by alf_resco
Golf :
I'm related to 3-times Masters winner Jimmy Demaret.
Jimmy who? I hear you say.
Look him up.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:06 pm
by Claret Till I Die
My uncle was the NI keeper before Pat Jennings
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:11 pm
by brexit
I am the love child of bosscat and saxo
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:12 pm
by 2 Bee Holed
My father knew Bob Lord.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:19 pm
by Buxtonclaret
fatboy47 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:46 pm
Legend in the Valley.
You a Rossendale lad then, Fats?
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:24 pm
by NRC
A certain elderly rock star, quite possibly the most famous that is still alive
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:52 pm
by jdrobbo
I’m related to former England Rugby Union player, Will Greenwood.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:53 pm
by morpheus2
Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:39 pm
Beeky would have been most insulted to be called a plumber.....
I’m not too bothered because Beeky used to call Irish Eamon ‘Bog trotter’ when we dropped him off, all in good taste of course.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:57 pm
by TheFamilyCat
wilks_bfc wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:32 pm
More infamous than famous
Alice Nutter
Half of Pendle claim to be related to Alice Nutter.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:02 am
by CaptainKirk
CoolClaret wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 pm
Does in-laws count?
… If so Richard Schiff - The Good Doctor/Jurassic Park/Man of Steel
Toby Ziegler!
Impressed with that one.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:13 am
by Cubanforever
My late brother was an extra in Local Hero......RIP Peach
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:48 am
by morpheus2
Cubanforever wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 12:13 am
My late brother was an extra in Local Hero......RIP Peach
I love that film, great soundtrack too. RIP your bro.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:26 am
by Selby Claret
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:30 pm
My granddad was James Hargreaves
My great granddad was also James Hargreaves - my dad still mentions (every time!) about a stand being named after him
He wasn't the plumbing Hargreaves either
Also...Alex Higgins knocked up my second cousin - does that count?
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:22 am
by LoveCurryPies
NRC wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:24 pm
A certain elderly rock star, quite possibly the most famous that is still alive
Too many to chose from…..Jagger, McCartney, Elton, Dylan, Sting….
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:52 am
by Cirrus_Minor
My dad's half cousin was Leonard Rossiter.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:01 am
by Sheff_bfc
No famous links for me, however my girlfriend's half cousin is Tom Felton aka Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter.
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:06 am
by Burnleyareback2
NRC wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:24 pm
A certain elderly rock star, quite possibly the most famous that is still alive
Sir Cliff?
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:18 am
by Top Claret
Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:27 pm
My Great Uncle, Joe Middleton.
Well known Rawtenstall cricketer. His playing days touched 4 decades.
IMG-20200702-WA0000.jpg
Maybe not stellar famous in the grand scheme of things. He is to me though.
Didn't know your Uncle but new Winston Place who is mentioned in the article, as I grew up on Queens Square in the 60s and used to visit his shop. Winston had a daughter who I still see out and about she must now be in her 80s and was and still is a very attractive Lady
Re: Famous people you are related to...
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:18 am
by Hipper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Einthoven
He was my mother's mother's uncle.
My claim to fame is that I once tackled footballer Alan Mayes at school, so you can see where I got my talent from.
