Famous Weddings
Claudius & Agrippina the Younger
49 Roman Emperor Claudius marries his fourth wife and niece Agrippina the Younger
- 414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
Thomas Jefferson
1772 US founding father Thomas Jefferson (30) marries Martha Wayles Skelton (23)
James Fenimore Cooper
1811 Writer James Fenimore Cooper (21) weds Susan Augusta de Lancey in Mamaroneck, New York
James Knox Polk
1824 US President James Knox Polk (28) weds Sarah Childress (20) in Murfreesboro
David Lloyd George
1888 55th UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George (25) weds first wife Margaret Owen
Emilio Aguinaldo
1896 1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (26) weds first wife Hilaria del Rosario
Paul Henreid
1936 Actor Paul Henreid (27) weds Elizabeth Camilla Julia Gluck
Stan Laurel
1938 Comedian Stan Laurel (47) marries 3rd wife Vera Ivanova Shuvalova
Harold Wilson
1940 68th Prime Minister of UK Harold Wilson (23) weds poet Mary Baldwin (23) in the chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford
Gene Hackman
1956 American actor Gene Hackman (25) weds Fay Maltese; divorce in 1986
Sammy Davis Jr.
1958 American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. marries Loray White; divorce in 1959
Michael Crichton
1965 Novelist Michael Crichton (22) weds high school sweetheart Joan Radam
Aung San Suu Kyi
1972 Politician Aung San Suu Kyi (26) weds author Michael Aris (25)
John Carpenter
1979 Film director John Carpenter (30) weds actress Adrienne Barbeau (33)
Michael Biehn
1988 Actor Michael Biehn (31) weds film producer Gina Marsh
Leonard Nimoy
1989 American actor and director Leonard Nimoy (57) weds American actress Susan Bay (45), until his death
Melinda & Bill Gates
1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
Albert Pujols
2000 Dominican-American baseball player Albert Pujols (19) weds Deidre "Dee Dee" Corona (22); separate in 2022
Eric Clapton
2002 British guitar legend Eric Clapton (56) weds Melia McEnery (25) at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Surrey, London
Jennifer Connelly
2003 "A Beautiful Mind" actress Jennifer Connelly (32) weds actor Paul Bettany in Scotland
- 2003 "Lord of The Rings" actress Miranda Otto (35) weds actor Peter O'Brien (44) at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia
- 2004 American Singer Lou Rawls (71) weds flight attendant Nina Malek Inman (33) at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
Valerie Bertinelli
2011 "Hot in Cleveland" actress Valerie Bertinelli (50) weds financial planner Tom Vitale at their home in Malibu, California; divorce in 2022
Shania Twain
2011 Canadian country singer-songwriter Shania Twain (46) weds Swiss business executive Frederic Thiebaud in Rincon, Puerto Rico
- 2011 Singer-songwriter Kellie Pickler (25) weds country music songwriter Kyle Jacobs (34) at the Jumby Bay Resort in Antigua
- 2015 American singer-songwriter Ben Harper (45) weds social advocate Jaclyn Matfus
- 2019 Austrian women Nicole Kopaunik (37) and Daniela Paier (37) become the 1st same-sex couple to be officially married in the predominantly Catholic country, in a ceremony in Velden, southern Austria, shortly after midnight