Famous Weddings
Zachary Taylor
1810 American army officer and future US President Zachary Taylor (25) weds Margaret Smith (21) near Louisville, Kentucky, at the bride's sister's home
Robert H. Goddard
1924 Inventor Robert H. Goddard (41) weds secretary Esther Christine Kisk (23) at St. John's Episcopal Church in Worcester
Gloria Stuart
1930 "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (19) weds sculptor Blair Gordon Newell
Richard Nixon
1940 37th US President Richard Nixon (27) weds Pat Ryan (28) at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California
- 1942 Jacqueline Kennedy's mother Janet Bouvier marries Standard Oil heir Hugh Auchincloss
Jim Morrison
1970 "The Doors" lead singer Jim Morrison (26) "marries" author Patricia Kennealy (24) in a celtic pagan hand fasting ceremony, but the marriage is not legally binding
Reba McEntire
1976 Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles (31); divorce in 1987
Carl Djerassi
1985 Chemist Carl Djerassi (61) weds biographer and teacher Diane Middlebrook (46) at his ranch
Bob Geldof & Paula Yates
1986 The Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof (34) weds broadcaster and writer Paula Yates (27) in Las Vegas; divorce in 1996
- 1991 Eleanor Mondale marries Greg "Thunder" Malban (Minn DJ)
Marina Sirtis
1992 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actress Marina Sirtis (37) weds American rock guitarist Michael Lamper (34)
- 1992 Actor Michael Chiklis (Commish) marries Michelle Epstein
Colin Firth
1997 British "Bridget Jones' Diary" actor Colin Firth (36) weds Italian film producer Livia Giuggioli (27) in Tuscany, Italy; divorce 2019
- 1997 Princess Zahra Aga Khan (26) weds businessman Mark Boyden at the Chateau de Chantilly in Paris
Macaulay Culkin
1998 "Home Alone" actor Macaulay Culkin (17) weds broadway actress Rachel Miner (17) in Stone Church in New Preston, Connecticut
- 2002 "Tuck Everlasting" actor Jonathan Jackson (20) weds "General Hospital" actress Lisa Vultaggio (29)
- 2012 Actor Aaron Johnson (22) weds film director and artist Sam Taylor-Wood (45) in Somerset
- 2013 American actor Peter Scolari (57) weds American broadway actress Tracy Shayne in NYC, New York
- 2014 TV journalist Katie Couric (57) weds financier John Molner in East Hampton, New York