Famous Weddings
Samuel Hood
1749 British admiral Samuel Hood (24) weds Susannah Linzee in Portsmouth, England
Richard Wagner
1870 German composer Richard Wagner (57) weds Franz Liszt's daughter Cosima Liszt (32) at a Protestant church in Lucerne, Switzerland, until his death in 1883
- 1885 American "Little House On The Prairie" author Laura Ingalls (18) weds Almonzo James Wilder (28) in De Smet, South Dakota, until his death in 1949
Kate Sheppard
1925 Suffragette Kate Sheppard (78) weds printer and author William Sidney Lovell-Smith (72) in Christchurch, New Zealand
Frank Lloyd Wright
1928 American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (61) weds Montenegrin dancer and writer Olga Ivanovna (27) in Rancho Santa Fe, California (his third marriage, her second), until his death in 1959
- 1940 1st parachute wedding: Reverend Homer Tomlinson marries Arno Rudolphi and Ann Hayward while all are suspended in parachutes
Billie Holiday
1941 American jazz singer Billie Holiday (26) weds American jazz trombonist Jimmy Monroe; divorce in 1947
Bela Lugosi
1955 Hungarian–American "Dracula" actor Bela Lugosi (72) weds fifth and final wife Hope Lininger (36), until his death in 1956
Colin Powell
1962 Future US Army General and Secretary of State Colin Powell (25) weds American audiologist Alma Johnson (24) at the First Congregational Church in Birmingham, Alabama, until his death in 2021
- 1968 American "The Outlaw" actress Jane Russell (47) weds second husband, American actor Roger Barrett (47) at the Community Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California, until his death two months later
Patrick Stewart
2000 British "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor Patrick Stewart (60) weds film producer Wendy Neuss (39) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 2003
- 2001 Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (28), eldest son of King Harald V weds commoner Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby (28) at Oslo Cathedral in Norway
- 2002 American "Baywatch" actress Yasmine Bleeth (34) weds American strip club owner Paul Cerrito (32) at Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California
- 2005 Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (33) weds Princess Anita van Eijk (25) on a civil ceremony at the Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- 2007 American NHL Dallas Stars hockey player Mike Modano (37) weds "Dancing with the Stars" season 3 alumna Willa Ford (26) in Athens, Texas; divorce in 2012
- 2010 Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (40) weds Tatiana Blatnik (29) at the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas on Spetses Island, Greece
Famous Divorces
Billy Joel
1994 American 'Piano Man' Billy Joel (45) and American supermodel Christie Brinkley (40) divorce after 9 years of marriage
