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

[Clarkey500]

I've got two notables that I know of!

Firstly, my 1st cousin 5x removed is William Henry Crump a.k.a Harry Champion. He was an entertainer and was the first to make famous the songs 'I'm Henery the Eighth I Am' and 'Any Old Iron' among others.

Secondly my 13x great grandfather, William Page, was murdered in 1590 - his wife (who instructed the muder) was questioned by Sir Francis Drake; whom he may have known himself (but I've still to check that a certain William Page is him)! His murder is believed to be one of the basis to William Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.

[Mvann]

My 3 gt grandad is supposed to be famous. Don't know what for but his will is in the catalogue of Canterbury wills: selected famous people

[BarryBear]

30th G Grandad was a fella called Henry, they made him a King and changed his surname to II.
Oddly enough, hes also my wife's 29th Great Uncle.

[StanleysChesterton]

I have quite a few... 'famous', but boring.  Internationally sought out as "people that researchers would love to be able to stick into their tree", but they don't excite me - especially as I am trying to find reasons to NOT be associated with them (because I am an individual and not part of a herd who seeks association).

One's only actually related by adoption, but people'd crawl over dead bodies to have even that tenuous link ....

One's allegedly beheaded, but I think that's a story 'researchers' made up in their excitement - and, for about 30% of them, I can see their tree's entirely flawed.

... so nobody really "famous", and interesting.

Fame only counts if it's actually interesting

[ThrelfallYorky]

Allegedly, if I believe relatives and their claims in trees, on all sides, there are links via marriages to a public hangman, Eric Morecambe,  a famous spiritualist medium last century, Alex Salmon, and one or two others!
Sadly, I'm cynical enough to feel most of these are unlikely.
- Note, none of the rich, powerful , glamorous or titled!!

[jai5]

My 4th great uncle was Joseph Bolitho Johns aka Moondyne Joe who is known as Western Australia's most famous bush ranger.  There is quite a lot of information on Moondyne Joe.  He sounds quite a character to me, not too much of a baddy, and I'm pleased he is my 4th great uncle.

[McGroger]

My family has a tradition of descent from Rob Roy McGregor’s family. After four years of intensive research I’m summarising my findings in a paper that I’m thinking of calling either, “The Outlaw’s Inlaws”, or, “I was Rob Roy’s Father-in-law!”
Cheers, Peter

[McGroger]

Just to add to my post above.

At my son’s wedding last Saturday I spoke about our family’s illustrious history of convicts and the outlawed McGregor clan, and welcomed the bride and her family into it! The very next day, on the Sunday evening, we received a message from our son to turn on the (Australian) 60 Minutes program “right now”. There was a story on about the infamous McGregors! Really drove the point home, I think. That was a really weird coincidence.
Cheers, Peter

[a chesters]

Does a ships captain who wrecked his ship in a gale near Liverpool, Lancs count?

4x GFather did so, according to the papers in 1844.