Famous Weddings
Bud Abbott
1918 Abbott and Costello straight man Bud Abbott (22) weds Betty Smith
John Kenneth Galbraith
1937 Economist John Kenneth Galbraith (29) weds author Catherine Atwater (24) at the Reformed Church of North Hempstead in New York
Maurice Richard
1942 Ice hockey player Maurice Richard (20) weds Lucille Norchet (17)
Shirley MacLaine
1954 Film and theater actress Shirley MacLaine (20) weds Steve Parker in New York City
Sophia Loren
1957 Italian actress Sophia Loren (22) weds legally married Italian film producer Carlo Ponti (56), by proxy in Juarez, Mexico; annulled in 1962; remarry in 1966
Billie Jean King
1965 American future tennis star Billie Jean Moffitt (21) weds American future attorney and sports promoter Larry King (20) in Long Beach, California; divorce in 1987
- 1973 American "The Osmonds" lead singer and bassist Merrill Osmond (20) weds American homemaker Mary Carlson
Scott Weiland
1994 "Stone Temple Pilots" lead singer Scott Weiland (26) weds Janina Castenada (23); divorce in 2000
- 1994 American "L.A. Law" actor Blair Underwood (30) weds American freelance talent coordinator Desiree DaCosta (29); divorce in 2021
- 2005 Country music singer Terri Clark (37) weds her tour manager Greg Kaczor at a Lake Louise resort in Calgary, Canada; divorce in 2007
- 2005 Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley (47) weds Bill Powers in Montauk, New York
- 2011 Actor and film producer David Clayton Rogers (34) weds actress Sally Pressman (31) at Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California
- 2016 Olympian and professional road racing cyclist Philip Deignan (33) weds fellow road racing cyclist Lizzie Armitstead (26) in Otley, England
Famous Divorces
- 1994 Princess Christina of the Netherlands (47) separates from husband Jorge Guillermo (48); diviorce finalized in 1996