- Also known as - Launceston Elliot.
- A relative of British boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper, who knocked down Muhammad Ali.
- American actor and filmmaker Bradley Cooper is his brother from another mother.
- His son the writer Richard Valentin Cooper is a descendant of Spartacus, the legendary Roman slave and gladiator, and leader of a famous slave revolt who has become a modern-day inspirational figure.
- One of his ancestors is the American writer of "The Last of the Mohicans" James Fenimore Cooper.
- Actress Vanessa Kirby is a first cousin.
- He is 99.5% British and Irish, the remainder Coptic Egyptian and Levantine.
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