The Baldwin family is an American family of professional performers, including the four brothers Alec, Daniel, William, and Stephen.
Ancestry The Baldwin family’s patrilineal line traces to a Richard Baldwin, who lived in England in the 1500s. Through their father, Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., the Baldwin brothers are descended from the Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, as well as from William Bradford through their maternal grandfather, Daniel LeRoy Martineau.Newcomb, Bethuel Merritt (1923). Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants: A Revised Edition of "Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family" by John Bearse Newcomb. New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morhouse, and Taylor Co.Daniel LeRoy Martineau, mentioned in the book, is the grandfather of the Baldwin brothers. The four brothers are therefore the 13th generation of their family to be born in North America.
Members The four Baldwin brothers: Alec Daniel William Stephen Sisters: Elizabeth (née Baldwin) Keuchler Jane (née Baldwin) Sasso Present or former wives/partners to the Baldwin brothers: Kim Basinger – ex-wife of Alec Hilaria Baldwin – wife of Alec Isabella Hofmann – former partner of Daniel Chynna Phillips – wife of William Kennya Baldwin – wife of Stephen Baldwin brothers' children and their spouses/partners: Kahlea – daughter of Daniel Alaia – daughter of Stephen Andrew Aronow – son-in-law of Stephen Ireland – daughter of AlecMiller, Samantha. "Carol Baldwin – One Tough Mama" People.com, December 8, 1997 Griffin – son of Jane Alexis – daughter-in-law of Jane Granger – son of Jane Alexandra – daughter of Daniel Atticus – son of Daniel William – son of Daniel Hailey – daughter of Stephen Justin Bieber – husband of Hailey Jack Blues Bieber – son of Hailey and Justin Jameson – daughter of William Brooke – daughter of William Vance – son of William Chynna Phillips’s parents are Michelle Phillips and John Phillips – members of The Mamas and the Papas.
Actors Adam Baldwin, A. Michael Baldwin, Gardner Baldwin, and voice actor Greg Baldwin are not related to the family.
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Hollywood Three of the four brothers (Daniel, William, and Stephen) appear in the Oliver Stone film Born on the Fourth of July.
In 1996, E! True Hollywood Story produced a television documentary about the brothers, eponymously titled The Baldwin Brothers.
In popular culture
In the 1995 film Clueless, "Baldwin" is used as a slang term for an attractive male, coined by writer-director Amy Heckerling after the four brothers. In the 1999 film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, when the United States declares war against Canada, the Royal Canadian airforce are depicted bombing the Baldwins (along with another acting dynasty, the Arquettes) as a pre-emptive strike.
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