Has any one found any one famous - or infamous in your family

[Karen Lorraine]

My grandmothers maiden name was Pantony and my great, great grandfathers brothers daughter was Edith Pantony who married William G Heath - their children were Edward (Ted) Heath and John Heath.

Karen

[Rosinish]

Not my direct line.

I wouldn't say "famous" but possibly "well known" (at the time).......

My 1st cousin with 4 removes 

I have "Sir" George Lunn 1861 - 1939 who was Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1915 - 1917

Annie

[coombs]

I am a distant cousin of the Kray Twins and Patsy Kensit.

[Honor]

Not through my direct line. My fourth great uncle was a baronet. As for notoriety, my seventh great grandfather was a slave trader

[KGarrad]

I have a first cousin, 6 times removed, whose grandmother is my 6th great grandmother.

Name of John Constable - you may have heard of him?

His grandmother was Judith Garrad.
And his aunt, Ann Constable, married John Garrad, my 5th great grandfather!

[Annie65115]

My 5xgtgrandfather's brother was one of the Cato St conspirators (the 19th century version of Guy Fawkes, and the last group of people to be sentenced to died by being hung, drawn and quartered - the later two parts of that sentence being rescinded).

One line of my tree has given rise to a large number of people who are/were famous in their fields and have wikipedia pages and/or official portraits.

In that same line here are at least 3 4 previous MPs from between 1890 - 1950 in my tree, including Alfred Cooper Rawson (my 3rd cousin 4x removed  ), who polled the biggest number of vote ever by a UK parliamentarian and the largest ever majority (a maj of over 62000 votes!! not exactly a marginal seat then!) Still in the same line was a governor of Texas in the 1860s and at least 3 authors (including a novelist currently still alive and publishing).

I'm currently working on proving an (almost certain) link to the Bishop of the Bahamas in the 1970s-1990s. Another proven link is to the Anglican advisor to Associated TV who gave evidence in the trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

And I am related to Diana Spencer, and hence to Prince William and his children! - well almost, lol - Diana and I are related thus:
she was the 4th great-niece of the wife of the 2nd great-grandfather of the husband of my 4th cousin once removed
which just goes to prove you can be related to anyone if you look hard enough 

[Annie65115]

But I am actually most jealous of my friend, whose gt-grandfather is mentioned by name in James Joyce's "Ulysses"  (he was the Dublin coroner at that time).

[Erato]

My gg-grandfather had a 29 acre 'lake' named after him,  Does that count?

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ifr/

[Rosinish]

Don't see why not Erato,

"Famous" can be anyone of relevance really who are noted for whatever they did, not just because they are.were in the public eye/media at every giving opportunity such as the "opening of a letter" 

Annie