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I can find no record that any of his ancestors are very famous. Some of them were prominent citizens in their home towns when they were alive.
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Which famous people were alive when Shakespeare was ???
Vice President Arthur refused to assume the Presidency while President Garfield was still alive, so Garfield was officially the President until his death on September 19, 1881.
J.K. Rowling, known for the "Harry Potter" series, is a famous author alive today.
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There are many thousands of scientists alive Stephen Hawking and Jane Goodall with James D. Watson
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James Polk, James Garfield, John F. Kennedy had their mothers alive at the time of their death. Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy both had their father's alive at the time of their death. Interesting fact, John F. Kennedy also had his grandmother alive at the time of his death.
James A. Garfield was U.S. President for only about six months because he was killed by a lunatic who shot him in the summer of 1881. Although he was unable to act as President during the last few months of his life, Vice President Chester A. Arthur refused to act as President while Garfield was still alive.