Famous Weddings
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
1836 English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel marries Mary Elizabeth Horsley
John Thompson
1870 Future Prime Minister of Canada John Thompson (24) weds Annie E. Affleck (25) in Portland, Maine
Lucy Maud Montgomery
1911 "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery (36) weds Ewen MacDonald in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Joachim von Ribbentrop
1920 Foreign Minister of the German Reich Joachim von Ribbentrop (27) weds Anna Elisabeth Henkell
Betty Grable
1943 American actress Betty Grable (26) weds American trumpeter and bandleader Harry James (27); divorce in 1965
Raquel Welch
1980 American actress Raquel Welch (39) weds French-American television documentary producer André Weinfeld; divorce 1990
- 2002 "Smallville" actor Tom Welling (25) weds model Jamie White in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
James Van Der Beek
2003 "Dawson's Creek" actor James Van Der Beek (26) weds actress Heather Ann McComb (26) at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California; divorced 2010
Elizabeth Banks
2003 Actress Elizabeth Banks (29) weds sportswriter and producer Max Handelman (30) at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills
- 2003 TV personality Debbie Matenopoulos (28) weds Lions Gate Entertainment president Jay Faires at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles, California
- 2008 "The Bachelor" TV personality Andrew Firestone (32) weds Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic (30) at St Mark's in the Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos, California
Jessica Simpson
2014 American pop singer Jessica Simpson (33) weds American NFL football player Eric Johnson (34) in Montecito, California
John Mulaney
2014 Writer and comedian John Mulaney (32) weds make-up artist Annamarie Tendler at the Onteora Mountain House in Boiceville, New York
Famous Divorces
Bette Davis
1950 Actress Bette Davis (42) divorces artist William Grant Sherry after more than 4 years of marriage
Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
1957 American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (41) and movie star Ava Gardner (32) divorce after 6 years of marriage
Marilyn Manson
2007 Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese (34) divorces rocker Marilyn Manson (38) due to irreconcilable differences after a year of marriage
