Family
- step-daughter Joan Spreckels:
- grandparents : mother's folks; raised Gable up to the age of two when his father and new wife reclaimed him
- father William Henry Gable:
- mother Adeline Gable: born c. 1870; Roman Catholic; died on November 14, 1901
- step-mother Jennie Gable: died in 1920
- daughter Judy Lewis: born on November 6, 1935; mother, Loretta Young; Lewis believed she was adopted until she learned the truth of her parentage as an adult
- son John Clark Gable: mother, Kay Spreckels; born shortly after Gable's death on March 20, 1961
Companions
- Joan Crawford: reportedly had an on-again, off-again relationship over a 10-year period; frequently co-starred together in such films as "Dancing Lady" (1933) and "Strange Cargo" (1940)
- Loretta Young: had affair during filming of 1935's "The Call of the Wild"; gave birth to Gable's daughter Mary Judith but passed her off as an adopted child; daughter did not learn truth of parentage until she was an adult
