Celebrity offspring that have become/became more famous than their parents?

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Anonymous wrote:Ben Stiller
Ron Howard

No way. Both of his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, were a famous comedy team and household name since the late 1950s.

PP but Ben Stiller was the biggest comedy star in the world for awhile. He is definitely more famous than his parents. It doesn’t mean they weren’t famous themselves.

NP. His parents were household names. They were equally as famous as Ben, if not more so.

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

[Anonymous]

It's just one generation not knowing what another generation was doing.

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Anonymous wrote:Ben Stiller
Ron Howard

No way. Both of his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, were a famous comedy team and household name since the late 1950s.

PP but Ben Stiller was the biggest comedy star in the world for awhile. He is definitely more famous than his parents. It doesn’t mean they weren’t famous themselves.

NP. His parents were household names. They were equally as famous as Ben, if not more so.

Another NP and disagree. Ben really was the top dog in movie comedies in the late 90s/early aughts. He churned out one hit movie after another and eclipsed his parents

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Anonymous wrote:Hailey Baldwin

You're stupid.

Is she not more famous than her father?

Um, no. Maybe for Gen Z.

You must be thinking of Alec Baldwin. Hailey’s dad is Stephen, and yes she is more famous than her father ever was.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ben Stiller
Ron Howard

No way. Both of his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, were a famous comedy team and household name since the late 1950s.

PP but Ben Stiller was the biggest comedy star in the world for awhile. He is definitely more famous than his parents. It doesn’t mean they weren’t famous themselves.

NP. His parents were household names. They were equally as famous as Ben, if not more so.

Another NP and disagree. Ben really was the top dog in movie comedies in the late 90s/early aughts. He churned out one hit movie after another and eclipsed his parents

We'll have to agree to disagree. His parents were famous for decades, way before Seinfeld and Sex & the City, although I'd argue that appearing in those iconic shows added to how well known they were by another generation.

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Anonymous wrote:Hailey Baldwin

You're stupid.

Is she not more famous than her father?

Um, no. Maybe for Gen Z.

You must be thinking of Alec Baldwin. Hailey’s dad is Stephen, and yes she is more famous than her father ever was.

That doesn't count, since both are derivates from the name that Alec made famous.
What does she do again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's just one generation not knowing what another generation was doing.

It does seem that way. Nicole Richie more famous than Lionel? C'mon.

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Anonymous wrote:Hailey Baldwin

You're stupid.

Is she not more famous than her father?

Um, no. Maybe for Gen Z.

You must be thinking of Alec Baldwin. Hailey’s dad is Stephen, and yes she is more famous than her father ever was.

That doesn't count, since both are derivates from the name that Alec made famous.
What does she do again?

She's married to Justin Bieber. At least that's how this Gen Xer knows her name.

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Anonymous wrote:John Wilkes Booth

Do you think he was a better actor than this father?

Not a better actor but more famous for sure! His brother Edwin may have been a better actor.

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Anonymous wrote:Hailey Baldwin

You're stupid.

Is she not more famous than her father?

Um, no. Maybe for Gen Z.

You must be thinking of Alec Baldwin. Hailey’s dad is Stephen, and yes she is more famous than her father ever was.

That doesn't count, since both are derivates from the name that Alec made famous.
What does she do again?

She's married to Justin Bieber. At least that's how this Gen Xer knows her name.

I don't think you can be more famous than your famous parents by just being married to someone, that's why I asked if she had a job.
I guess modeling but even that...meh.

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Anonymous wrote:Hailey Baldwin

You're stupid.

Is she not more famous than her father?

Um, no. Maybe for Gen Z.

You must be thinking of Alec Baldwin. Hailey’s dad is Stephen, and yes she is more famous than her father ever was.

That doesn't count, since both are derivates from the name that Alec made famous.
What does she do again?

She's married to Justin Bieber. At least that's how this Gen Xer knows her name.

I don't think you can be more famous than your famous parents by just being married to someone, that's why I asked if she had a job.
I guess modeling but even that...meh.

yes you can

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Anonymous wrote:I am reminded of kids who breathlessly informed their parents that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings

I heard an interview with Tom Petty once in which he said that during the Traveling Wilburys days Bob Dylan used to get Petty’s attention, point to George Harrison, and say “you know that guy used to be in the Beatles?”

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe some children (e.g., Bush) enter an industry to do right by the dream of the parent.

Yes, though I think Bush Sr. was mortified we never got on board with Jeb and the eff up son meandered his way in there.

Yeah, W. won his campaign for governor while Jeb didn’t win until four years later. That could have gone better for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tim McGraw

legit entry for once

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