- Because there are some weird things that happen in this world.
Do you know anyone that married more than on person, at the same time? Polygamist or not?
Giovanni Vigliotto
Often described as one of the most prolific bigamists in U.S. history, Vigliotto used dozens of aliases and reportedly married more than 100 women between the 1940s and 1980s. He would typically disappear after taking money or valuables from his wives. He was eventually arrested in 1981 and convicted of fraud-related crimes.
Samuel Mwele
A Kenyan man who gained media attention after multiple wives appeared together in court proceedings related to allegations that he had married several women without properly disclosing his existing marriages.
Warren Jeffs
As leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Jeffs was reported to have had numerous wives within the group’s religious system of plural marriage. His later criminal convictions were unrelated to simple plural marriage and involved serious offenses. Did you know he married more than one person?
Brady Williams
Williams became known through the TV series My Five Wives, which followed his family life with five wives in a modern polygamous household.
Kody Brown
Star of Sister Wives, Brown publicly lived in a plural family with multiple wives. The show documented family relationships, legal challenges, and changing dynamics over many years.
Moulay Ismail
The 17th–18th century ruler of Morocco is reported in historical sources to have had hundreds of wives and concubines. Some accounts also attribute an extraordinarily large number of children to him, though exact figures are debated.
Joseph Smith
Historical records indicate that Smith entered into numerous plural marriages during the early development of the Latter Day Saint movement. The practice remains a subject of historical study and debate. Did you know he married more than one person?
Bathsheba Dorcas W. Smith
One of several women associated with early plural marriage practices in the nineteenth-century Latter Day Saint community.
Charles Ponzi
Better known for the financial fraud that bears his name, Ponzi was also linked to allegations involving complicated marital arrangements during parts of his life.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s father Charles Altamont Doyle
Historical family records and biographies occasionally mention complex marital and family situations that generated public discussion during that era.
Bhagtar Singh
Reportedly married multiple women across different regions while concealing previous marriages, leading to legal proceedings after the wives compared information.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Although not married to multiple spouses simultaneously, Gabor became famous for having nine marriages over her lifetime, making her one of Hollywood’s most frequently married celebrities. Did you know he married more than one person?
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor married eight times to seven different men. Her marriages, particularly to Richard Burton twice, became a major topic of public fascination.
Larry King
King married eight times to seven women, with several marriages occurring in relatively quick succession.
Thomas Green
Green became a nationally known figure in the United States after openly acknowledging multiple wives and challenging anti-bigamy laws, leading to a high-profile legal case.
Did you know of these men that married more than one person? Tell us something we don’t know or what you think in the comments!