List Of Coupled Cousins

This is a list of notable individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a first cousin. Worldwide, more than 10% of marriages are between first or second cousins. Cousin marriage is an important topic in anthropology and alliance theory.

Notable people

A
*John Adams II (1803–1834), American government functionary and businessman, and his first cousin, Mary Catherine Hellen
*Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (c. 659 – c. 713), grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib and his first cousin, Fatimah bint Hasan
*Mark Antony and his first cousin, Antonia Hybrida Minor

B
*Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), second signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Mary Bartlett
*Ilsley Boone (1879–1968) and his first cousin, Ella Murray "Mae" Boone, founder of the American Sunbathing Association, which today is known as the American Association for Nude Recreation
*James Boswell (1740–95) (biographer of Samuel Johnson) and his first cousin Margaret Montgomerie married in 1769.
* Christine Boutin (b. 1944), French politician and her first cousin, Louis Boutin
*Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) and his first cousin, Maria Luise von Quistorp
*Charles Bulfinch (1763–1844), American architect, and his first cousin, Hannah Apthorp

C
*Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and his first cousin, Clodia
*Henry Nelson Coleridge (1798–1843) and his first cousin, Sara Coleridge

D
*Charles Darwin and his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood. Their respective siblings Caroline Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood III (1795–1880), entrepreneur, also married.
* Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954), American businessman and philanthropist, married his first cousin, Alice Belin, in 1915
*Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871), American diplomat and his first cousin, Emily Donelson (1807–1836)

E
*Albert Einstein (1879–1955), physicist, and his first cousin, Elsa Löwenthal née Einstein
*William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900), former US Secretary of War, and his first cousin, Ellen Peabody
*Ulises Espaillat (1823–1878), Dominican Republic liberal caudillo, and his first cousin Eloísa Espaillat

F
* Viriato Fiallo, Dominican Republic dissident, and his first cousin Prudencia Fiallo, daughter of his uncle Fabio Fiallo
*Vivian Fuchs (1908–1999), British explorer, and his cousin Joyce Connell

G
* Carlo Gambino (1902–1976), a mob boss, and his first cousin, Catherine Castellano
*Buddha Gautama and first cousin Yaśodharā
*André Gide, Nobel Prize-winning French author, and his cousin Madeleine Rondeaux
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American author, and her first cousin, George Houghton Gilman
*Carl Giles, cartoonist, and his first cousin, Joan Giles
* A. D. Gordon and his cousin, Faige Tartakov.
*Samuel L. Gouverneur and his first cousin, Maria Hester Monroe
*Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and later Marshal of the Empire, and his first cousin, Anne Gouvion
*Duncan Grant, Scottish painter, who was in a relationship with his male first cousin, the English writer Lytton Strachey.
* Bibb Graves, and his first cousin, Dixie Bibb
*Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, and his first cousin, lyric soprano Nina Hagerup (1845-1935)

H
* Shaykh Haydar and his first cousin Alam-Shah Begum
*Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-British economist, and his cousin Helene Bitterlich
*Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and political activist, and his cousin Natalya Zakharina
*Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), fifth President of Iraq and his first cousin Sajida Talfah (b. 1937)

J
*Jacob was married to two of his first cousins, sisters Leah and Rachel
*Ja'far al-Sadiq (700 or 702 – 765), Muslim scholar, and his first cousin, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali
* Jesse James (1847–1882), American outlaw and guerilla, and his first cousin, Zerelda "Zee" Mimms (1845–1900)
*Jón Sigurðsson (1811–1879), leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement, and his first cousin, Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir

K
*Naoto Kan (b. 1946), former Prime Minister of Japan, and his first cousin, Nobuko Himei (b. 1945), essayist
* Nobusuke Kishi (1896–1987), former Japanese statesman, and his first cousin, Yoshiko Kishi
*Kujō Michiie (1193–1252), Japanese regent, and his first cousin, Saionji Rinshi

L
* David Lean, British film director, and his first cousin, Isabel Lean (his first wife)
*Charles Lilburn Lewis and his first cousin, Lucy Jefferson Lewis
* Li Ka-shing, founder of Cheung Kong Holdings, married his first cousin Chong Yuet Ming, who died in 1990
*John Amory Lowell and his first cousin, Susan Cabot Lowell

M
*Rob Roy MacGregor and his cousin Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar, who married in January 1693
* Gerardo Machado, fifth president of Cuba, and his first cousin, Elvira Machado Nodal
*Maeda Toshiie, Japanese Daimyō in the 15th century, and his first cousin, Matsu.
*Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), and her first cousin, William Gannin Ormsby
*Delarivier Manley, British playwright and political satirist, and her first cousin John Manley
*Francis Marion, American revolutionary leader also called the "Swamp Fox," and his first cousin, Mary Esther Videau
*Humphrey Marshall and his first cousin, Anna Maria ("Mary") Marshall.
* Abraham Maslow, father of humanistic psychology, and his first cousin, Bertha Goodman
*John Minor Maury and his first cousins, Eliza Maury
*Matthew Fontaine Maury married his first cousin, Ann Hull Herndon, sister of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who died on his ship ''SS Central America''
*Darius Milhaud, French composer, and his first cousin Madeleine Milhaud
*Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne who was the model for the character Christopher Robin of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, and his first cousin Lesley Sélincourt
* Marina Mora, Peruvian beauty queen and former Miss Peru, and her first cousin Gustavo Mora
*Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer, and his first cousin Mary Morgan (daughter of his uncle Edward).
* William Morgan (c. 1640 – 28 April 1680) and his first cousin, Blanche Morgan
*Mōri Terumoto, Japanese Daimyo in late 15th and early 16th century, and his cousin (first wife), Minami no Kata.
*Gouverneur Morris Jr. and his first cousin, Martha Jefferson Cary
* Ignacy Mościcki, Polish chemist and president and his first cousin, Michalina Czyżewska
* Muhammad, Islamic prophet (c. 570 – 632) and his first cousin, Zaynab bint Jahsh

N
*Naoe Kanetsugu (1559–1620), Japanese samurai and Karō of the Uesugi clan in 16th and 17th centuries, and his first cousin, Osen.
*Sócrates Nolasco (1884–1980), Dominican Republic writer, and his first cousin Flérida Lamarche (1891–1976), who was a renowned pianist writer, and teacher.
* Norodom Suramarit, King of Kampuchea, and his second cousin Sisowath Kossamak

O
*Ōtomo no Yakamochi (c. 718 – 785), Japanese statesman and waka poet in the Nara period, and his cousin, Sakanoue no Ōiratsume.

P
*Endicott Peabody (1857–1944) and his first cousin, Fannie Peabody.
*Edgar Allan Poe and his first cousin, Virginia Clemm (1822–1847)
*John J. Pettus (1813–1867), 23rd Governor of Mississippi, and his first cousin, Permelia Virginia Winston
*Peter A. Porter (1827–1864), lawyer, politician and a Union Army colonel, and his first cousin, Mary Cabell Breckinridge

R
*Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, and his first cousin, Natalia Satina
*Satyajit Ray, Indian film-maker, and his first cousin, Bijoya Ray
*Hassan Rouhani (b. 1948), 7th president of Iran and his first cousin Sahebeh Rouhani née Arabi (b. 1954)

S
*Greta Scacchi, actress of '' Presumed Innocent'', and her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza
*William Stith and his first cousin, Judith Randolph
*Igor Stravinsky, composer, and his first cousin, Katerina Nossenko

T
*John Edward Taylor (1791–1844), 1821 founder of ''The Manchester Guardian'' (since 1959 ''The Guardian''), in 1824 married his first cousin, Sophia Russell Scott.
*Toyotomi Hideyori (1593-1615), Japanese daimyō, a son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), and his first cousin Senhime (1597-1666)

U
*Uthman Abu Quhafa (538 or 540 – 635), father of the first Rashidun Caliph, Abu Bakr and his first cousin, Salma Umm al-Khair (d. between 632 and 634)

V
*Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936), Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel laureate, and his first cousin Patricia Llosa

W
*H. G. Wells

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