Subj : Ambassadors To : All From : Mike Dippel Date : Wed Apr 08 2026 09:31:04 This week's focus is on famous Ambassadors. Per wikitree.com I am: 15 degrees from Ben Franklin 19 degrees from Madeleine Albright 33 degrees from Calbert Best 19 degrees from Shirley Black 23 degrees from John Gavin 17 degrees from Pamela Harriman 24 degrees from Annabelle Rankin 24 degrees from Kevin Rudd 20 degrees from Robert Shriver 26 degrees from Dirk Stikker 20 degrees from Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P˙rigord 25 degrees from Wilhelm von Mirbach More about them: Benjamin Franklin, who helped create the USA by serving as its first ambassador to France. Madeline Albright, US ambassador to the United Nations. Calbert Best, Canada's first Black ambassador who served as High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. Shirley Temple Black, legendary child actress who later served as the US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. John Gavin, actor who served as US ambassador to Mexico. Pamela Harriman, US ambassador to France. Dame Annabelle Rankin, first Australian woman to head an overseas mission as High Commissioner to New Zealand. Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia; 23rd ambassador of Australia to the United States. Robert Shriver, US ambassador to France, driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founder of the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, and Upward Bound. Dirk Stikker, Dutch ambassador to London and Secretary General of NATO. Charles Talleyrand, French ambassador to the UK during Louis-Philippe I's reign. Wilhelm von Mirbach, ambassador of the German Empire in Moscow, assassinated by the Bolshewiki. ---- I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are. https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters. It is totally free and very useful to genealogists. If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me some basic information by going to: https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm and click on the 'Request Form' link. I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history, and I would love to see how WE are related. Mike Dippel https://bbs-list.net List Your BBS For Free * Origin: The Hobby Line! BBS - hobbylinebbs.com (954:895/1) .