Category: Featured Connections Archive 2023

Categories: Featured Connections Archive

Themes and individuals featured in the weekly Connection Finder posts through 2023.

• 2023 Jan 04: Cheers
• 2023 Jan 11: Barbaras
• 2023 Jan 18: Notable Ontarians
• 2023 Jan 25: Scottish Notables
• 2023 Feb 1: Australian Notables
• 2023 Feb 8: One Place Studies
• 2023 Feb 15: Black History Month- People Who Make Us Laugh
• 2023 Feb 22: Formerly Enslaved
• 2023 Mar 1: Notable Legacies
• 2023 Mar 8: Year of the Rabbit
• 2023 Mar 15: Mathematicians and Phycisists
• 2023 Mar 22: Jamestown
• 2023 Mar 29: Irish Notables
• 2023 Apr 5: Colorful Names
• 2023 Apr 12: Notables Germans
• 2023 Apr 19: NEHGS
• 2023 Apr 26: TV Police
• 2023 May 5: Popes
• 2023 May 10: Star Wars
• 2023 May 17: Royalty
• 2023 May 24: DNA Notables
• 2023 May 31: Lightfoot and Co.
• 2023 Jun 7: Hispanic Notables
• 2023 Jun 14: Ladies of Rock
• 2023 Jun 21: South African Notables
• 2023 Jun 28: US Founding Fathers
• 2023 Jul 5: Kentucky Notables
• 2023 Jul 12: Apocalyptic Authors
• 2023 Jul 19: Second City
• 2023 Jul 26: Manhattan Project
• 2023 Aug 2: Tony Bennett Duets
• 2023 Aug 9: Toy Inventors
• 2023 Aug 16: Cambridgshire & Huntingdonshire Notables
• 2023 Aug 23: Internet Innovators
• 2023 Aug 30: Westminster & Middlesex Notables
• 2023 Sep 6: The 99 Club
• 2023 Sep 13: Indiana Notables
• 2023 Sep 20: Famous James
• 2023 Sep 27: Frontiersmen and Scouts
• 2023 Oct 4: Charlton Heston and Co.
• 2023 Oct 11: Australian Convicts
• 2023 Oct 19: Doctors on Screen
• 2023 Oct 25: Stephen King on Screen
• 2023 Nov 1: Georgia (USA) Notables
• 2023 Nov 8: Friends (TV)
• 2023 Nov 15: Political Dynasties
• 2023 Nov 22: Plymouth Colony Thanksgiving Attendees
• 2023 Nov 29: First Ladies
• 2023 Dec 6: World War II Heroes
• 2023 Dec 13: Napoleon & Co.
• 2023 Dec 20: Mrs. Claus
• 2023 Dec 27: 2023 Notables Memorial

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Александр Романов 23 Dec 1777 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - 01 Dec 1825

夙子 (九条) 皇太后 11 Jan 1835 日本京都府 - 11 Jan 1897

健雄 (吳) Wu 31 May 1912 中國江蘇省蘇州市太倉市瀏河鎮 - 16 Feb 1997

晋三 安倍 21 Sep 1954 日本東京都新宿区 - 08 Jul 2022

光達 (梅) Quong Tart 1850 大清廣東新寧縣部的端芬鎮山底村 - 26 Jul 1903

睦子 (森) 三木 31 Jul 1917 日本千葉県 - 31 Jul 2012

章一郞 (豐田) 豊田 17 Feb 1925 日本愛知県名古屋市 - 14 Feb 2023

A

John Adams 11 Jul 1767 Braintree, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay - 23 Feb 1848

John Adams 22 Oct 1812 Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Oct 1860

Susan (Ahn) Cuddy 16 Jan 1915 Los Angeles, California, United States - 24 Jun 2015

Loretta (Aiken) Mabley abt 19 Mar 1897 Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States - 23 May 1975

Farouk Alawiyya 11 Feb 1920 Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt - 18 Mar 1965

John Alden abt 1598 England - 12 Sep 1687

Kenneth Alford 22 Jan 1914 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Oct 1980

Ethan Allen 10 Jan 1738 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony - 12 Feb 1789

Remember (Allerton) Maverick abt 1615 Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden - bef 22 Oct 1656

Kirstie Alley 12 Jan 1951 Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States - 05 Dec 2022

Luis Alvarez 13 Jun 1911 San Francisco, California, United States - 01 Sep 1988

Barbro Alving 12 Jan 1909 Uppsala, Uppland, Sverige - 22 Jan 1987

Christine Amphlett 25 Oct 1959 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 21 Apr 2013

Margaret (Anderson) O'Bryan 11 Dec 1915 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jul 1995

John Andrew 31 May 1818 Windham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 30 Oct 1867

Pat (Andrzejewski) Giraldo 1950s

Jennifer Aniston 1960s

Thomas (Ankrit) Ankrett 14 Mar 1758 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - bef 22 Aug 1803

José Doroteo (Arango) Villa 05 Jun 1878 Río Grande, San Juan del Río, Durango, México - 20 Jul 1923

Sebastian Constantino (Arce) de Arce 1736 Villa De Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Nueva España - 1795

Alan Arkin 26 Mar 1934 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 29 Jun 2023

Margaret (Arvin) Sissons 21 Apr 1879 Henderson, Kentucky, United States - 09 Sep 1947

London Atus abt 1759 Newark, Essex, New Jersey - 07 Jul 1843

Margaret Atwood 1930s

B

Francis Bacon 21 Dec 1904 Billericay, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 24 May 1992

Maffeo Barberini 05 Apr 1568 Florence, Duchy of Florence - 29 Jul 1644

Robert Barker 12 Dec 1923 Darrington, Snohomish, Washington, United States - 26 Aug 2023

Ellen (Barrett) Cornett 01 Mar 1842 Georgia, United States - 16 May 1915

Drew Barrymore 1970s

Josiah Bartlett 02 Dec 1729 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 19 May 1795

Kathy Bates 1940s

Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Maria (Battenberg) of Greece 25 Feb 1885 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Dec 1969

William Beadle 01 Jan 1838 Howard Township, Parke, Indiana, United States - 15 Nov 1915

Anna LISBETH Christina (Beck-Friis) Palme 14 Mar 1931 Oscars församling, Stockholm, Sweden - 18 Oct 2018

Robert Beheathland abt 1592 Cornwall, England - abt 1627

Harold (Belanfonte) Belafonte 01 Mar 1927 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 25 Apr 2023

Alexander Bell 03 Mar 1847 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 02 Aug 1922

John Belushi 24 Jan 1949 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 05 Mar 1982

Anthony Dominick (Benedetto) Bennett 03 Aug 1926 Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, United States - 21 Jul 2023

Margaret (Benning) Henniker-Major 23 Aug 1921 Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada - 29 Oct 1974

Candice Bergen 1940s

Timothy Berners-Lee 1950s

Louis-Alexandre (Berthier) Berthier de Wagram 20 Dec 1753 Versailles, Île-de-France, France - 01 Jun 1815

Afzan binti Almarhum Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad 04 Dec 1932 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, British Malaya - 29 Jun 1988

James Bird 03 Feb 1798 Rupert's Land, Hudson Bay Company - 11 Dec 1892

Larry Bird 1950s

Jane Birkin 14 Dec 1946 Marylebone, London, England - 16 Jul 2023

Otto Eduard Leopold (Bismarck-Schönhausen) von Bismarck-Schönhausen 01 Apr 1815 Schönhausen, Sachsen, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 30 Jul 1898

Eric Blair 25 Jun 1903 Motihari, Bihar, India - 21 Jan 1950

Melvin (Blank) Blanc 30 May 1908 San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States - 11 Jul 1989

William Blue abt 1736 Jamaica, Queens, New York Colony - 07 May 1834

Mary (Boggs) Roberts 27 Dec 1943 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 17 Sep 2019

Niels Bohr 07 Oct 1885 Garnisons Sogn, Copenhagen, Danmark - 18 Nov 1962

Napoleone Bonaparte 15 Aug 1769 Ajaccio, Corse, France - 05 May 1821

Jane (Bond) Coles 1522 Hill, Northamptonshire, England - bef 14 Sep 1584

Daniel Boone 22 Oct 1734 Exeter, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania - 26 Sep 1820

Rodrigo (Borja) Borgia 01 Jan 1431 Xativa, Crown of Aragon (Spain) - 18 Aug 1503

Colin Graham Botha 15 Aug 1883 Knysna, Cape Colony, South Africa - 01 Feb 1973

James (Bourn) Byrnes abt 1774 County Antrim, Ireland - 12 Nov 1852

Edwin (Boyd) McCallum 02 Apr 1914 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada - 16 May 2002

Peter Boyle 18 Oct 1935 Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States - 12 Dec 2006

B cont.

Ray Bradbury 22 Aug 1920 Waukegan, Illinois, United States - 05 Jun 2012

William Bradford bef 19 Mar 1590 Austerfield, Yorkshire, England - 09 May 1657

Johannes Brahms 07 May 1833 Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Deutscher Bund - 03 Apr 1897

Renée Breau abt 1616 France - bef 1678

David Brewster 11 Dec 1781 Canongate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland - 10 Feb 1868

Angie (Brown) Dickinson 1930s

John Brown 09 May 1800 Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States - 02 Dec 1859

Blanche Bruce 01 Mar 1841 Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States - 17 Mar 1898

Robert (Bruce) Bruce First King of Scots 11 Jul 1274 Writtle, Essex, England - 07 Jun 1329

Hendrikus Magdalenus Bruna 23 Aug 1927 Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland - 16 Feb 2017

Michael Bublé 1970s

James Buffett 25 Dec 1946 Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States - 01 Sep 2023

Jeremy Bulloch 16 Feb 1945 Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 2020

Anna (Bullock) Turner 26 Nov 1939 Nutbush, Haywood, Tennessee, United States - 24 May 2023

Charles Bullock bef 03 Nov 1822 Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, England - 27 Feb 1883

James (Bumgarner) Garner 07 Apr 1928 Norman, Oklahoma, United States - 19 Jul 2014

Thornton Burgess 14 Jan 1874 Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States - 05 Jun 1965

Robert Burns 25 Jan 1759 Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland - 21 Jul 1796

Anne (Burras) Laydon abt 1594 England - aft Feb 1625

Delta (Burton) Burke 1950s

Vannevar Bush 11 Mar 1890 Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 28 Jun 1974

Octavia Butler 22 Jun 1947 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States - 24 Feb 2006

Augusta (Byron) King 10 Dec 1815 Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 27 Nov 1852

George (Byron) Noel 22 Jan 1788 Marylebone, Middlesex, England - 19 Apr 1824

C

Juana Maria Ignazia Teresa (Cabarrus) Tallien 31 Jul 1773 Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, España - 15 Jan 1835

Glen Campbell 22 Apr 1936 Billstown, Pike, Arkansas, United States - 08 Aug 2017

John Candy 31 Oct 1950 Newmarket, Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada - 04 Mar 1994

Nick Cannon 1980s

Steve Carell 1960s

Marie François Sadi Carnot 11 Aug 1837 Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France - 25 Jun 1894

Jim Carrey 1960s

Christopher Carson 24 Dec 1809 Madison County, Kentucky, United States - 23 May 1868

Jimmy Carter 1920s

John (Carter) Heston 04 Oct 1923 Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States - 05 Apr 2008

Mary Cartland 09 Jul 1901 Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England - 21 May 2000

John Cash 26 Feb 1932 Kingsland, Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States - 12 Sep 2003

Blanca (Castilla) de Castille 04 Mar 1188 Chateau De Palencia, Valencia, Valencia, Almohadi - 27 Nov 1252

Victor Ramón Castro 06 Mar 1817 presidio de San Francisco de Asís, Alta California (California, United States) - 05 May 1900

Thomas Chambers 02 Apr 1868 Paddington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - abt May 1928

Barnaba Chiaramonti 14 Aug 1742 Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - 20 Aug 1823

Sofija (Chodakauskaitė) Smetonienė 13 Jan 1885 Panevėžys, Ponevezh Uyezd, Kovno, Lithuania, Russian Empire - 28 Dec 1968

Winston Churchill 30 Nov 1874 Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England - 24 Jan 1965

Cora (Cisneros) Gallegos 10 Dec 1884 Lincoln, New Mexico, United States - 04 Sep 1921

Eric Clapton 1940s

William Clark 01 Aug 1770 Drysdale Parish, Caroline, Colony of Virginia - 01 Sep 1838

Désirée Bernardine Eugénie (Clary) Bernadotte abt 08 Nov 1777 St Ferreol, Marseille, Provence, France - 17 Dec 1860

Cassius (Clay) Ali 17 Jan 1942 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 03 Jun 2016

Cassius Clay 19 Oct 1810 Madison, Kentucky, United States - 22 Jul 1903

John Cleese 1930s

James Clyman 01 Feb 1792 Fauquier County, Virginia - 27 Dec 1881

James Coburn 31 Aug 1928 Laurel, Cedar, Nebraska, United States - 18 Nov 2002

John Cockcroft 27 May 1897 Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Sep 1967

Maria Corazon (Cojuangco) Aquino 25 Jan 1933 San Juan de Dios Hospital, Intramuros, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines - 01 Aug 2009

Natalie Cole 06 Feb 1950 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - 31 Dec 2015

Creola (Coleman) Johnson 26 Aug 1918 White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States - 24 Feb 2020

David Colville 24 Aug 1920 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 16 Jul 2013

James Bryant Conant 26 Mar 1893 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 11 Feb 1978

Thomas Connery 25 Aug 1930 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 31 Oct 2020

Charles Connors 09 Feb 1936 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada - 06 Mar 2013

Kevin Connors 10 Apr 1921 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 10 Nov 1992

Atherton Converse 07 Jan 1877 Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States - 06 Jul 1956

Ellen (Cook) Fairclough 28 Jan 1905 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - 13 Nov 2004

James Cooper 15 Sep 1789 Burlington, New Jersey, United States - 14 Sep 1851

Loretto Coronado 1827 Mexíco - 27 Oct 1887

Courteney Cox 1960s

Bruno Cremer 06 Oct 1929 Fontenay-sous-Bois, Departement du Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France - 07 Aug 2010

David Crockett 17 Aug 1786 Limestone, Greene County, Tennessee - 06 Mar 1836

C cont.

Oliver Cromwell 25 Apr 1599 Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England - 03 Sep 1658

Dorothy (Cronin) Brooke 07 Jan 1925 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 02 Apr 2000

Benjamin Crothers 23 May 1910 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States - 22 Nov 1986

D

Alan (D'Abruzzo) Alda 1930s

Ted Danson 1940s

Samuel Davis 08 Dec 1925 Harlem, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA - 16 May 1990

Thomas-Alexandre (Davy de la Pailleterie) Dumas 25 Mar 1762 Jeremie, Saint-Domingue - 26 Feb 1806

Miles Day 01 Dec 1896 St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England - 27 Feb 1918

Sandra (Day) O'Connor 26 Mar 1930 El Paso, Texas, United States - 01 Dec 2023

James Dean 08 Feb 1931 Marion, Center Township, Grant, Indiana, United States - 30 Sep 1955

Bunny DeBarge 1950s

Willem Philippe de Bie 17 May 1939 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 27 Mar 2023

Alec (de Cuffe) Guinness 02 Apr 1914 Maida Vale, London, England - 05 Aug 2000

Barbara (Deeks) Windsor 06 Aug 1937 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 10 Dec 2020

Nigel de Grey 27 Mar 1886 Copdock, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 25 May 1951

Sor Juana De La Cruz 02 Dec 1648 San Miguel Nepantla, Nueva España, (Estado de Mexico), Mexico - 17 Apr 1695

Zara (Dickins) Bate 10 Mar 1909 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 14 Jun 1989

John di Roma abt 910 Rome, Holy Roman Empire - Jan 936

Charles Dodgson 27 Jan 1832 Daresbury, Cheshire, England - 14 Jan 1898

Gebhard Dollnstein-Hirschberg abt 1018 - 28 Jul 1057

Jack Dorsey 1970s

Edward Doty abt 1599 England - 23 Aug 1655

Charles Douglass 17 Feb 1870 Macon, Georgia, United States - 30 Apr 1940

Phyllis (Driver) Diller 17 Jul 1917 Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States - 20 Aug 2012

Maria Eva (Duarte) Perón 07 May 1919 Los Toldos, Argentina - 26 Jul 1952

Alexandre Dumas 27 Jul 1824 Paris, Seine, France - 27 Nov 1895

Faye Dunaway 1940s

David (Dunkeld) Eighth Earl of Huntingdon abt 1144 England - 17 Jun 1219

Sydney Dyer abt 1812 Kennington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1901

E

Beatrice (Earll) Tillman 10 Mar 1913 Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada - 15 Jan 2008

Linda (Eastman) McCartney 24 Sep 1941 New York City, New York, United States - 17 Apr 1998

Hosea Easton 06 Mar 1849 Connecticut, USA - 23 Jun 1899

Baunon Egisheim 21 Jun 1002 Eguisheim, France - 19 Apr 1054

Friedrich Eichhorn abt 1885 Betanien (also known as Konstantinowka), North Caucasus, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire - 19 Sep 1906

Albert Einstein 14 Mar 1879 Ulm, Königreich Württemberg, Deutsches Reich - 18 Apr 1955

William Ellis bef 11 Jun 1751 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - 01 Jul 1785

Douglas Engelbart 1920s - 2010s

Dolly (Epps) Burns abt 1830 Louisiana, United States

Henri Louis Honoré (Estienne d'Orves) d'Estienne d'Orves 05 Jun 1901 Verrières-le-Buisson, Seine-et-Oise, France - 29 Aug 1941

Matthew Everingham abt 27 Jul 1768 London, England. - 25 Dec 1817

Charles Ewer 04 Sep 1790 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 13 Nov 1853

F

Elizabeth Feinler 1930s

Henry Ferguson 04 Nov 1884 Growell, near Dromore, County Down, Ireland - 25 Oct 1960

Sarah (Ferguson) Mountbatten-Windsor 1950s

Miguel Ferrer 07 Feb 1955 Santa Monica, California, USA - 19 Jan 2017

Tina Fey 1970s

Richard Feynman 11 May 1918 New York City, New York, United States - 15 Feb 1988

John Fields 14 May 1863 Hamilton, Wentworth, Canada West - 09 Aug 1932

Carrie Fisher 21 Oct 1956 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States - 27 Dec 2016

Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins abt 1585 London, Middlesex, England - bef 06 Jun 1644

Ella Fitzgerald 25 Apr 1917 Warwick, Virginia, United States - 15 Jun 1996

Jane (Flanagan) de Valera 03 Jun 1878 Balbriggan, County Dublin, Ireland - 07 Jan 1975

Temperance (Flowerdew) West abt 1590 Hethersett, Norfolk, England - abt Dec 1628

Errol Flynn 20 Jun 1909 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 14 Oct 1959

Just Fontaine 18 Aug 1933 Marrakech, Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco - 28 Feb 2023

Harrison Ford 1940s

June (Forer) Foray 18 Sep 1917 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States - 26 Jul 2017

Earl Forsse 17 Sep 1936 Bellwood, Butler, Nebraska, United States - 19 Mar 2014

Rose Fortune 13 Mar 1774 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 20 Feb 1864

Jane (Frankenberg) Seymour 1950s

Benjamin Franklin 17 Jan 1706 Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 17 Apr 1790

Gun-Marie (Fredriksson) Bolyos 30 May 1958 Östra Ljungby, Skåne, Sweden - 09 Dec 2019

Morgan Freeman 1930s

Christopher (Friel) Sean 1980s

Samuel Fuller bef 20 Jan 1581 Redenhall, Norfolk, England - bef 28 Oct 1633

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