Timothy Olyphant and Anderson Cooper are both recognizable public figures, but they are not known to be related.
Olyphant is an actor best known for roles such as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens and his work in television and film; Cooper is a journalist and anchor at CNN. They share no documented familial connection, do not appear in the same family trees, and there is no verified genealogical evidence linking them. This explainer reviews their backgrounds, names, and any commonly cited claims to clarify the relationship question.