Famous Weddings
William Blackstone
1761 Jurist William Blackstone (37) weds Sarah Clitherow
- 1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
Gerhart Hauptmann
1885 German author and future Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann (22) weds Marie Thienemann in Radebeul, Saxony; separate in 1893, divorce in 1904
Mary Martin
1940 Actress Mary Martin (26) weds producer Richard Halliday (35)
Saddam Hussein
1963 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (26) weds teacher Sajida Talfah (26)
Roy Campanella
1964 Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella (41) weds long-time friend Roxie Joynes
- 1978 "Happy Days" actor Anson Williams (28) weds Lorrie Maheffey
Chrissie Hynde
1984 American rock singer-songwriter Chrissie Hynde (32) weds Scottish 'Simple Minds' singer Jim Kerr (25), in a horse-drawn carriage in New York City; divorce in 1990
- 1990 "Crocodile Dundee" actors Paul Hogan (50) weds Linda Kozlowski (32) at their newly built $3 million mansion at Faraway Possum Creek in New South Wales, Australia
Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton
2000 Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie (24) weds actor Billy Bob Thornton (44) at The Little Church of The West Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
Neve Campbell
2007 "Scream" actress Neve Campbell (33) married British actor John Light (32) in Malibu, California; divorce in 2010
- 2007 Actress and singer Brittany Murphy (29) weds writer and director Simon Monjack (37) at their home in Los Angeles City
- 2012 Actress Julie Benz (40) weds marketing executive Rich Orosco (39) at the historic John Sowden house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles