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The Mitford sisters were the six daughters of David Freeman–Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and Sydney Bowles. They became celebrated, and at times scandalous, figures – caricatured, according to the Times journalist Ben Macintyre (quoted in Wikipedia) as "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler–lover; Nancy the Novelist; Deborah the Duchess and Pamela the unobtrusive poultry connoisseur".
They also had one brother.
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| 1904 | 1973 | Wrote the autobiographical novels The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949); popularised (but didn't invent) the terms "U" and "non–U" to satirise acceptable usage for the upper classes |
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Nancy |
| 1907 | 1994 | "The quiet one" – described by John Betjeman, who was said to have been in love with her, as "the Rural Mitford". Married millionaire scientist Derek Jackson, but after divorce became the companion of Italian horsewoman Giuditta Tommasi |
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Pamela |
| 1909 | 1945 | The sisters' only brother – died on military service in Burma, after refusing to fight in Europe (said by Jessica to support Fascism) |
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Thomas |
| 1910 | 2003 | Second marriage was to Oswald Moseley; the marriage took place at the home of Joseph Goebbels, with Adolf Hitler as guest of honour. Never renounced her Fascist sympathies; caused controversy in 1989 by refusing to speak against the holocaust on Desert Island Discs |
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Diana |
| 1914 | 1948 | Famous for her friendship with Hitler; shot herself in the head (in Munich) the day after Britain declared war on Germany. She survived, but was left with permanent and debilitating injuries and eventually died of meningitis |
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Unity |
| 1917 | 1996 | The anti–Fascist – eloped 1937 with Esmond Romilly, who had fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. They emigrated to the USA in 1939; he was reported missing in action in 1941. She married a US civil rights lawyer and became an American citizen in 1944. Her daughter Constancia Romilly married the American civil rights activist James Forman. Wrote the autobiographical Hons and Rebels (1960) and The American Way of Death (1963), a highly critical account of the US funeral industry |
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Jessica |
| 1920 | 2014 | Married the younger son of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, and became Duchess of Devonshire in 1950 (the 10th Duke's eldest son was killed in action in 1944). She and her husband turned Chatsworth into one of Britain's most successful stately homes; he died in 2004 |
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Deborah |
| Born 1979 |
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Kourtney |
| Born 1980 |
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Kim |
| Born 1984 |
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Khloé |
| Younger brother of the above three Kardashian sisters (born 1987) |
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Rob |
| Born 1995 |
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Kendall |
| Born 1997 |
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Kylie |
First name of the mother of ... all of the above
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Kris(ten) |
Kim Kardashian married the hip hop megastar Kanye West at Fort Belvedere in Florence, Italy, on 24 May 2014. They divorced in 2021.
| Daughter (born 15 June 2013) |
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North |
| Son (born 5 December 2015) |
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Saint |
| Daughter (born by surrogate, 15 January 2018) |
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Chicago |
These three children all have the surname West. The full name of the eldest is therefore a point of the compass.
This section (which is the raison d'être of this whole page, really) was originally about the ludicrous names that celebrities give to their offspring. But it's evolved into a list of celebrity families, of which there is so much media coverage these days. And what d'you know? – they don't all have totally ludicrous names!
| Mother of Angelo James (b. 2012) |
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Adele | |
| Brooklyn Joseph (b. 1999), Romeo James (2002), Cruz David (2005), Harper Seven (2011) |
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David & Victoria Beckham | |
| Blue Ivy (Carter) (born 2012); twins Rumi (female) and Sir (male), born 2017 |
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Beyoncé and Jay–Z | |
| Euan (b. 1984), Nicholas (1985), Kathryn (1988), Leo (2000) |
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Tony and Cherie Blair | |
| Mother of Phoenix Chi, born 19 February 1999 – 13 days before Brooklyn Beckham, and therefore the first Spice Girl to give birth |
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Melanie Brown, a.k.a. Mel B or Scary Spice | |
| Ruby Megan (b. 2007) and Dexter Lloyd (2009) |
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Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson | |
| Father was a journalist, broadcaster and humorist (died in 2007, aged 69); daughter a writer, broadcaster and poker player, married to comedian David Mitchell; son a food writer and television presenter |
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Alan, Victoria and Giles Coren | |
| Suri, born April 2006 (7 months before their marriage) |
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Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes | |
| Born Frankfurt, 1929; full first name Anneliese; middle name Marie; father Otto; mother Edith; elder sister Margot |
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Anne Frank | |
| Fifi Trixibelle (b. 1983), Peaches Honeyblossom (b. 1989, d. 2014), Little Pixie (b. 1990) |
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Bob Geldof, Paula Yates | |
| Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily (b. 1996) |
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Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates | |
| Elizabeth Scarlett (b. 1984), James Leroy (1985), Georgia Mat Ayeesha (1992), Gabriel Luke (1997) |
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Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall | |
| Zachary Jackson Levon (born by a surrogate mother on Christmas Day 2010 in California), Elijah Joseph Daniel (born by the same surrogate mother on 11 January 2013) |
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Elton John and David Furnish | |
| Father of Lara Lettice, Milo Arthur, Cassia Peaches, Theodore Apollo |
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Boris Johnson | |
| Adopted Maddox (2002, aged 7 months), Zahara (2005, aged 6 months) and Pax (2007, aged 3); all three were subsequently adopted by her partner (Brad Pitt); they married in 2014 |
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Angelina Jolie | |
| Shiloh Nouvel (b. 2006 in Swakopmund, Namibia); twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline (b. 2008) |
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt | |
| Mother of Harvey, Junior Savva Andreas, Princess Tiaamii Crystal Esther, Jett Riviera and Bunny |
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Jordan (Katie Price) | |
| Mother of Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances |
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Courtney Love | |
| Apple Blythe Alison (b. 2004), Moses Bruce Anthony (2006) |
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Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow | |
| Wife Kitty, children Lucas and Oscar |
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Michael McIntyre | |
| Parents of Rumer Glenn (actress, born 1988), Scout LaRue (1991), and Tallulah Belle (1994) | Mother |
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Demi Moore |
| Father |
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Bruce Willis | |
| Malia Ann (b. 1998) and Natasha ('sacha', b. 2001) |
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Barack and Michelle Obama | |
| Married former model Juliette 'Jools' Norton, 2000; father of Poppy Honey Rosie (b. 2002), Daisy Boo Pamela (2003), Petal Blossom Rainbow (2009), Buddy Bear Maurice (2010) |
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Jamie Oliver | |
| Aimee (b. 1983), Kelly (1984) and Jack (1985) |
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne | |
| Mother of Track (b. 1989), Bristol Sheeran Marie (1990), Willow (1994), Piper (2001), Trig Paxson Van (2008) |
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Sarah Palin | |
| Lily-Rose Melody (b. 1999), John Christopher (Jack) III (2002) |
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Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp | |
| Married his long–term girlfriend Colleen McLoughlin in 2008; Kai Wayne b. 2009, Klay Anthony b. 2013 |
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Wayne Rooney | |
| Dermatological nurse who married Michael Jackson 1996, in order to have his children; mother of Michael Joseph Jr. (a.k.a. Prince) and Paris–Michael Katherine; divorced 1999 (the mother of Prince Michael Jackson II, born 2002, a.k.a. Blanket – the one he held over a hotel balcony – has never been identified) |
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Debbie Rowe | |
| Mother's maiden name Mary Arden; married Anne Hathaway; first child Susannah born six months after the marriage; twins Hamnet and Judith born 2 years later; Hamnet died aged 11 |
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William Shakespeare | |
| Jaden Christopher Syre (b. 1998), Willow Camille Reign (2000) |
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith | |
| Mother of Jayden James and Sean Preston |
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Britney Spears | |
| Married Constance Lloyd in 1884; they had two sons together: Cyril (born 1885) and Vyvyan (born 1886) |
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Oscar Wilde | |
| Father of Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, Diva |
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Frank Zappa | |
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