The following is a list of notable English Americans. English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo-Americans) are citizens of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. ...

This is a list of people by state or territory of the United States States List of people from Alabama List of people from Alaska List of people from Arizona List of people from Arkansas List of people from California List of people from Colorado List of people from Connecticut... Lists of African Americans: // List of African-American writers List of African American nonfiction writers List of composers of African descent African Americans in the United States Congress (includes a long list) List of African American Republicans List of civil rights leaders (not necessarily African American, but mostly) List of... This is a list of famous Arab Americans. ... This is a list of members of the Acadian people, and people of Acadian and Cajun links and origins. ... This is a list of famous Hmong Americans. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This page is an incomplete list of notable people from North America who are Muslims. ... This is a list of famous Native Americans (Indigenous peoples of the Americas). ... This is a list of notable Native Hawaiians: James Aiona, politician Daniel K. Akaka, politician Eddie Aikau, famous surfer Akebono, sumo wrestler D. G. Anderson, politician S. Haunani Apoliona, activist Donne Dawson, head of Hawaii Film Office Brickwood Galuteria, entertainer and party chairman Clayton Hee, politician Don Ho, entertainer Hoku... This is a list of famous Scots-Irish Americans. ... This is a list of famous Scottish Americans. ... This is a list of prominent Taiwanese Americans. ... This is a list of famous Welsh Americans. ...

Artists

• Alfred Thomas Agate
• Frederick Styles Agate,^[1] A painter.
• George Beck,^[2] A painter and poet
• George Henry Burgess
• Thomas Seir Cummings
• Thomas Cole
• Alfred Waud
• William Waud

Alfred Thomas Agate (born 1812; died 1846) was an American painter and miniaturist. ... Frederick Styles Agate (January 29, 1803 - May 1, 1844) was a noted painter best known for his paintings Ugolino and Old Oaken Bucket. ... George Beck was an artist and poet who flourished in America during the early republic era. ... View of San Francisco in 1850, 1878, oil on canvas painting by George Henry Burgess, 1878 ’The Merced River, Yosemite, California’, oil on canvas painting by George Henry Burgess George Henry Burgess was a landscape painter and lithographer born in London in 1831, and he studied at the Somerset House... Thomas Seir Cummings (1804-94) was an American miniature painter and author, born at Bath, England. ... Thomas Cole, ca. ... Alfred Waud (photograph by Timothy H. OSullivan). ... William Waud’s depiction of him self sketching in the rigging of the U.S. Steamer Mississippi in action against confederate gunboats. ...

Authors

• Piers Anthony^[3]
• John Derbyshire
• Christopher Hitchens
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr^[4]
• Diana Gabaldon
• Ernest Hemingway
• Stephen King
• E. E. Smith

Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. ... John Derbyshire (born June 3, 1945) is a British-born author who lives in the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 2002. ... Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is an Anglo-American author, journalist and literary critic. ... Amelia E Barr Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (b. ... Diana Gabaldon (born January 11, 1952) is an American author of Mexican and English ancestry. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. ... Gray Lensman in Astounding Oct. ...

Business

• John Francis Dodge
• Samuel Insull^[5]

John F. Dodge John Francis Dodge (October 25, 1864 - January 14, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer. ... Samuel Insull (November 11, 1859 - July 16, 1938) was an investor in Chicago who was known for purchasing utilities and railroads. ...

Famous descendants of Mayflower passengers

• Chevy Chase
• Clint Eastwood
• Richard Gere
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Hugh Hefner
• Katharine Hepburn
• John Lithgow
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Seth MacFarlane - creator of Family Guy
• George B. McClellan
• Christopher Reeve
• Bill Richardson^[6], Governor of New Mexico (although he was 3/4 Mexican)
• Benjamin Spock
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (although he was 1/4 Dutch)
• Noah Webster
• Laura Ingalls Wilder

Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Richard Tiffany Gere[1] (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. ... Ulysses S. Grant[2] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ... Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef, is the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... John Arthur Lithgow (IPA: [ˈʤɔn ˈlɪθɡaʊ]) (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include Paul Reveres Ride, A Psalm of Life, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. He also wrote the first American translation of Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy and was one of the five members... Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is a two-time Emmy-winning American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actor. ... Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... For the 1960s commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, see George McClellan (police commissioner). ... Christopher DOlier Reeve[1] (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. ... For other persons named William Richardson, see William Richardson (disambiguation). ... This is a list of Governors of the state of New Mexico (est. ... Dr. Spock with his grand-daughter Susannah in 1967 Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 - March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. ... FDR redirects here. ... Noah Webster Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – April 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, and editor. ... Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American author. ...

Entertainment

Actors

• Lucille Ball
• Drew Barrymore
• Maurice Barrymore
• Mischa Barton (1986 - ) film/television actress (The O.C.)^[7]
• Warren Beatty
• Emily Bergl
• Halle Berry
• Violet Blue (porn star)
• Humphrey Bogart
• Angela Cartwright
• Glenn Close
• Bud Cort^[8]
• Edward Coxen
• Bing Crosby
• Kelly Bishop
• Gary Cooper
• Ted Danson
• James Dean
• Eminem
• W.C. Fields
• Frances Fisher
• Claire Forlani^[9]
• Judy Garland
• Malcolm Gets^[10]
• Cary Grant
• Sydney Greenstreet
• Christopher Guest^[11]
• Gale Gordon
• Oliver Hardy
• William Holden
• Bob Hope^[12]
• Sally Ann Howes^[13]
• Kelly Hu^[14]
• Kate Hudson
• Don Johnson
• Alan Ladd^[15]
• Elsa Lanchester^[16]
• Angela Lansbury^[17]
• Charles Laughton^[18]
• Peter Lawford^[19]
• Carole Lombard
• Shirley MacLaine
• Dorothy Mackaill^[20]
• John Mahoney^[21]
• Julia Marlowe^[22]
• Steve Martin
• Alan Mowbray
• Steve-O-Jackass fame /born in london
• Gloria Pall
• Gregory Peck
• Lori Petty
• Christina Pickles
• Brad Pitt
• Eliza Poe^[23]
• Bill Pullman
• Alma Reville^[24]
• Juliet Holland-Rose

[37] "Jane Seymour denied suggestions that she might have split loyalties as she was born in Britain. She said: "I'm clearly English but I hold an American passport. Right now I'm American as apple pie and I will be as American as apple pie right up until we win. I'm not going to quit.""</ref> Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. ... Born Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blyth, Maurice Barrymore (1849 – 1905) was the forefather of the Barrymore family of American actors. ... Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the former Fox television teen drama series // Mischa was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to an English father, Paul Marsden Barton, and an Irish... The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Emily Bergl is an English-American actress. ... Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966[1]) is an American actress. ... For the author, sex expert and podcaster of the same name, see: Violet Blue (author). ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. ... Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England) is an English-born American actress, primarily known for her roles in movies and television. ... Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. ... Bud Cort, an American actor, was born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948 in New Rochelle, New York. ... Albert Edward Coxen (8 August 1880, London, England - 21 November 1954, Hollywood, California) was an English-born American silent film actor. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Kelly Bishop (born February 28, 1944 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Emily Gilmore in the television series Gilmore Girls. ... Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. ... Ted Danson (born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947) is an American actor most notable for his television work, and specifically, for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. ... For the film, see James Dean (film). ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952 in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England) is an English actress resident in the United States. ... Claire Forlani (born July 1, 1972) is an English actress. ... Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). ... Malcolm Gets is an American actor born on December 28, 1964. ... Archibald Alec Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English born film actor. ... Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon Sydney Greenstreet (December 27, 1879 – January 18, 1954) was an actor, originally from Sandwich, England. ... Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, musician and Grammy Award-winning composer known as Christopher Guest. ... Gale Gordon (February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor. ... Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American actor, most remembered for his role in one of the worlds most famous double acts, Laurel and Hardy, with his friend Stan Laurel. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 – ca. ... Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ... Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts. ... Kelly Ann Hu (Chinese: 胡凱麗 Pinyin: Hú Kǎilì) (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress and former fashion model from Hawaiʻi. ... Kate Garry Hudson[1] (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. ... Donald Wayne Don Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his fame in film and television. ... Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – November 7, 1964) was an American film actor. ... Lanchester in Naughty Marietta Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, California) was an Oscar-nominated English character actress who became a naturalized American citizen in 1950 along with her husband, actor Charles Laughton. ... Angela Lansbury CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a four-time Tony-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, three-time Oscar-nominated, and eighteen-time Emmy-nominated English actress, best-known for playing mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. ... Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ... The Rat Pack. ... Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Dorothy Mackaill Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 - August 12, 1990) was an British-born American actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Julia Marlowe, 1899 Julia Marlowe (August 17, 1866 – November 12, 1950) was an English-born American actress known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare. ... For the football player of the same name see Steve Martin (football player). ... Alan Mowbray (August 18, 1896 - March 25, 1969), was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. ... For other people with similar-sounding names, please see Steve O. Steve-O (born Stephen Gilchrist Glover on June 13, 1974 in Wimbledon, London, UK to an American father and a Canadian mother) is a daredevil performer and television personality. ... Elvis Presley & Gloria Pall, 1957 Gloria Pall (born July 15, 1929) is an American model, showgirl, film and television actress, author and businesswoman. ... Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Oscar-winning American film actor. ... Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American movie actress. ... Christina Pickles (born on February 17, 1935 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom) is a British-born American actress. ... William Bradley Brad Pitt(born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. ... Eliza Poe (1787-1811) was a British-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe. ... William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American film and television actor. ... Alma Reville (August 14, 1899 – July 6, 1982 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California) was an actress, assistant director and the wife of Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while working as an assistant director on one of his first films. ... Juliet Holland-Rose is a British actress (born in 1992 in United Kingdom). ...

• Jamie Lynn Spears
• Paul Rudd
• Donna Reed
• Alicia Silverstone
• Elizabeth Taylor^[25]
• William Talman
• Jessica Tandy
• Jon Walmsley
• Sam Waterston
• Sigourney Weaver
• Fay Wray

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American film, television, and stage actor. ... Main title caption from Dallas. ... Alicia Silverstone, (born October 4, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Talman in the film noir classic The Hitch-Hiker William Whitney Talman Jr. ... Jessie Alice Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was a noted Academy Award-winning English/American theatre, film and TV actress. ... Jon Walmsley (born February 6, 1956 in Lancashire, England) is an actor best known for his role of Jason Walton in the series The Waltons. ... Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an Oscar nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order. ... Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian–American actress. ...

Misc.

• John Badham
• Tony Blankley
• J. Stuart Blackton
• Emily Blackwell
• Daisy and Violet Hilton
• George Howells Broadhurst
• Fitzroy Carrington
• Butch Cassidy - Train Robber and bank robber
• William R. Coe
• William Colgate
• Alistair Cooke (1908 - 2004) journalist and broadcaster^[26]
• Jerry Springer, born in London
• Joseph Gales
• Edgar Guest
• Ronald Hilton
• Davy Jones - member of The Monkees^[27]
• Graham Nash - musician/songwriter^[28]
• Frank H.T. Rhodes
• George Shearing^[29] Jazz pianist, US citizen since at least 1956.
• Samuel Slater

John Badham (born August 25, 1939, UK) is a film director. ... Tony Blankley Tony Blankley (born 1948 in London, United Kingdom) is the editorial page editor for The Washington Times, co-host of the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center, and author of The Wests Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? Additionally, Blankley is a... James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 - August 13, 1941), usually known as J. Stuart Blackton, was an American film producer of the Silent Era, the founder of Vitagraph Studios and among the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation. ... Emily Blackwell Emily Blackwell (1826–1910) was the second woman to earn a medical degree at what is now Case Western Reserve University, and the third woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. ... The Hilton twins were a pair of conjoined twins who toured in the US sideshow and vaudeville circuit in the 1930s. ... George Howells Broadhurst (June 3, 1866 - January 31, 1952) was an Anglo-American theatre owner/manager, director, producer and playwright. ... Fitzroy Carrington (1869-1954) was an American editor, born at Surbiton, Surrey, England. ... Butch Cassidy (13 April 1866 - c. ... William Robertson Coe (June 8, 1869-March 15, 1955) was an insurance company, railroad, and business executive, and philanthropist. ... William Colgate (January 25, 1783 - March 25, 1857) was an American manufacturer. ... Alistair Cooke KBE (November 20, 1908 – March 30, 2004) was a legendary British-American journalist and broadcaster. ... For the 1998 Weird Al Yankovic song, see Jerry Springer (song). ... Joseph Gales, Jr. ... Edgar Albert Guest (August 20, 1881 – August 5, 1959) was a prolific United States poet popular in the first half of the 20th century. ... Note: Do not confuse with Ronald W. Hilton, Professor of Accounting at Cornell University. ... Davy Jones, 1967 Davy Jones redirects here, for other uses see David Jones. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ... Graham Nash on cover of his recording, Wild Tales, 1973 Graham William Nash (born February 2, 1942) is an English-born singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and songwriting contributions in pop group The Hollies and folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a photography collector... Categories: Academic biography stubs | Cornell University | Presidents of Cornell University ... George Shearing George Shearing (born 13 August 1919 in London) is a well-known jazz pianist. ... Samuel Slater (1768 – 1835) popularly called The Father of the American Industrial Revolution Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early American industrialist popularly known as the Founder of the American Industrial Revolution. // The son of William Slater, a wealthy farmer, Samuel Slater was born near Belper...

Mormon pioneers

• William Clayton (Mormon pioneer)
• Joseph Fielding
• Emma Lee French
• Heber C. Kimball
• Brigham Henry Roberts
• Charles Roscoe Savage
• Joseph F. Smith
• Mary Fielding Smith
• Edward Stevenson
• John Taylor (1808-1887)
• David King Udall
• Nellie Unthank

William Clayton (1814 - 1879) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and acted as a clerk and scribe to the Mormon religious leader Joseph Smith, Jr. ... Joseph Fielding (March 26, 1797—December 19, 1863) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement. ... Emma Louise Batchelor Lee French (April 21, 1836 - November 16, 1897), better known as Emma Lee French, was a British woman who travelled to Utah and Arizona, in the United States, where she became well known as a care taker of the sick. ... Heber C. Kimball Heber Chase Kimball (June 14, 1801 – June 22, 1868) (commonly known as Heber C. Kimball) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. ... Brigham Henry Roberts Brigham Henry Roberts (March 13, 1857–September 27, 1933) (commonly known as B. H. Roberts) was a leader, historian, and defender of the faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869. ... Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. ... Mary Fielding Smith was the second wife of Hyrum Smith and the mother of Joseph F. Smith. ... Edward Stevenson was a prominent Mormon missionary. ... John Taylor (November 1, 1808 – July 25, 1887) was the third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. ... David King Udall (September 7, 1851 - February 18, 1938). ... Nellie Pucell Unthank was a Mormon pioneer who immigrated to Utah from England with her family as a young girl, traveling with the Martin Handcart Company. ...

Musicians

• Billie Joe Armstrong - founder of Green Day
• Jack Brooks Lyricist
• Alice Cooper
• Britney Spears
• Mandy Moore
• Graham Nash
• Jason Newsted - former member of Metallica, currently a member of Rock Star Supernova
• Slash
• The Osmonds
• Slick Rick
• Justin Timberlake
• 'Weird Al' Yankovic, his mother is English
• Sid Wilson - member of nu-metal band Slipknot

Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Jack Bascom Brooks (born December 22, 1922) is a Texas politician. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Amanda Mandy Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Graham Nash on cover of his recording, Wild Tales, 1973 Graham William Nash (born February 2, 1942) is an English-born singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and songwriting contributions in pop group The Hollies and folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a photography collector... Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American bass guitarist currently a member of Voivod and Rock Star Supernova, but is best known as a former member of the band Metallica from 1986-2001. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... For the TV series through which the band was created, see Rock Star: Supernova. ... Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is an English guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of Guns N Roses and as the current lead guitarist of Velvet Revolver. ... The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenybopper idols in the 1970s. ... Richard Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known by stage names Slick Rick, MC Ricky D and The Ruler, is a rapper. ... Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/R&B singer, and actor. ... Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American musician best known for his parodies of contemporary radio hits throughout the 1980s and 1990s. ... Languages English Religions Christianity (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and other minority denominations), and other faiths. ... Sidney Sid George Wilson (born March 15, 1978 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a turntablist for the musical group Slipknot. ... Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. ...

Political figures

• Dean Acheson
• John Adams, his ancestors came from Somerset.
• John Quincy Adams
• Louisa Adams, only foreign born First Lady, she was born in London to an English mother.
• Edward Dickinson Baker
• George H. W. Bush, the Bush family's ancestors are from Somerset.
• George W. Bush
• Jimmy Carter
• Dick Cheney
• Hillary Clinton
• William Richardson Davie, attended the Constitutional Convention, but did not sign.
• Howard Dean
• John Edwards, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
• Benjamin Franklin
• Frank R. Gooding,^[30] A governor of Idaho and US Senator born in England.
• Frederic T. Greenhalge
• Ernest Greenwood
• Button Gwinnett, signatory of United States Declaration of Independence, born in Gloucestershire
• Benjamin Harrison, see below
• William Henry Harrison, ^[31] Ninth President, the Harrison family in general is of English descent.
• Thomas Jefferson, his grandfather Isham Randolph was from England as was most or all of his ancestry.
• Francis Lightfoot Lee,^[32] A signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. The Lee family as a whole was of English origin and named one of their major estates Stratford Hall Plantation.
• Lee Mantle,^[33] US Senator for Montana from Birmingham, England
• William Milnes, Jr.
• Robert Morris (merchant), born near Liverpool, a signer of the US Constitution.
• Bill Nelson
• Sandra Day O'Connor, jurist and former politician who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006^[34]
• Thomas Paine, died in Greenwich Village, most of his life not in the US.
• Endicott Peabody
• Susanna M. Salter
• Leverett Saltonstall
• William Scranton
• William Henry Sowden
• William Spry
• Andrew Sullivan, activist, political blogger. Lived in the US for the last 20 years.
• Norton Strange Townshend,^[35] A representative for Ohio.
• Vernon A. Walters, father was an English immigrant, went to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire for a few years.
• George Washington
• Caspar Weinberger
• George Mason

Dean Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer; as United States Secretary of State in the late 1940s he played the central role in defining American foreign policy for the Cold War. ... John Adams, Jr. ... John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was a diplomat, politician, and President of the United States (March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829). ... Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852), wife of John Quincy Adams, was First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. ... Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, a Senator from Oregon, a Colonel during the American Civil War, and a close friend of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941), is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ... Gov. ... Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy. ... Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. ... Johnny Reid John Edwards[1] (born June 10, 1953), is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Frank R. Gooding Frank Robert Gooding (September 16, 1859 - June 24, 1928) was a United States Senator and Governor of Idaho. ... List of Idaho Governors George L. Shoup, Republican, 1890-1891 N. B. Willey, Republican, 1891-1893 William J. McConnell, Republican, 1893-1897 Frank Steunenberg, Democrat, 1897-1901 Frank W. Hunt, Democrat, 1901-1903 John T. Morrison, Republican, 1903-1905 Frank R. Gooding, Republican, 1905-1909 James H. Brady, Republican, 1909... 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Benjamin Harrison, VI (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was a sex offender from Arkansas, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. ... William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... The Harrison family is a prominent political family in U.S. history. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... Isham Randolph was the grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson. ... Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734&#8211;January 11, 1797), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Virginia. ... The United States Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies were independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... Thomas Lee (1690–1750), Viriginia colonist and cofounder of the Ohio Company. ... Stanford Hall Plantation Stratford Hall Plantation is the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. ... Lee Mantle (December 13, 1851 - November 18, 1934) was a United States Senator from Montana. ... Birmingham (pron. ... William Milnes, Jr. ... Robert Morris Robert Morris, Jr. ... Location within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Historic county Merseyside Lancashire Admin HQ Liverpool City Centre Founded 1207 City Status 1880 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough, City  - Governing body Liverpool City Council Area  - Borough & City 43. ... 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Religious Figures

• Francis Asbury
• Terence Fulham
• Costen Jordan Harrell
• Titus Lowe
• Eben Samuel Johnson
• Walter Parr
• Charles W. Penrose
• Anna Howard Shaw
• George Teasdale
• John R. Winder

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Most Reverend Terence Fulham (born Cesspool, England, November 1, 1967) is a Traditionalist Catholic bishop from Spring Hill, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. Terence Robert Peter Fulham was born in Cesspool, England. ... Costen Jordan Harrell (February 12, 1885 – 1971) was a bishop of The Methodist Church in the United States, elected in 1944. ... Titus Lowe (17 December 1877 – November 1959[1]) was an English-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church, elected in 1924. ... Eben Samuel Johnson (1866-1939) was an English-born Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1916. ... Walter Robinson Parr was a preacher at St. ... Categories: LDS stubs ... Anna Howard Shaw, (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a leading United States civil rights leader; a physician; and the first female Methodist minister in the United States (1880). ... George Teasdale (1831 - 1907) was a high-ranking official of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... First Presidency in 1901 L-R: John R. Winder, First Counselor; Joseph F. Smith, President; John Henry Smith, Second Counselor John Rex Winder (1821–1910) (commonly known as John R. Winder) was a leader and General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...

Science

• Samuel Andrews, chemist and inventor born in England.
• Freeman Dyson
• Mary Esther Harding, prominent Jungian psychologist born in Shropshire, England, lived in New York City.
• William Worrall Mayo
• Thomas Bramwell Welch
• J. Alan Robinson
• Robert Burns Woodward

Samuel Andrews (1836-1904) was a chemist and inventor. ... Freeman John Dyson (born December 15, 1923) is a British-born American physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, nuclear weapons design and policy, and for his serious theorizing in futurism and science fiction concepts, including the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ... Mary Esther Harding (1888–1971) was an American psychoanalyst who was the first significant Jungian psychoanalyst in the United States. ... Shropshire (pronounced /ˈʃrÉ’pʃɪər, -ʃər/), alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated Shrops, is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Dr. W. W. Mayo William Worrall Mayo (May 31, 1819 – March 6, 1911) was an English medical doctor and chemist, best known for founding the Mayo Clinic in the late 19th century with his sons William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota in the United States. ... Thomas Bramwell Welch (December 31, 1925 - 1903) the discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice. ... J. Alan Robinson is a philosopher (by training), mathematician and computer scientist. ... Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917–July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. ...

Sports

• James Blake - Tennis player
• Dave Brain
• Tom Brown - Baseball player
• Walter Carlisle
• Henry Chadwick - Baseball, sportswriter. Born in England.
• Roy Castleton
• Kenny Cooper - Soccer player, currently plays for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer^[36]
• Gary Etherington
• Alan Green
• Dick Higham
• John Hopkins - Motorcycle racer, English parents
• Alan Merrick
• Tim Shaw (football player)
• Denny Shute
• Cyril Walker
• Harry Wright

James Riley Blake[1] (born December 28, 1979 in Yonkers, New York, United States) is an American professional tennis player and is currently the #6 ranked player in the world. ... David Leonard (Dave) Brain (January 24, 1879 - May 25, 1959) was an infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1901), St. ... Tom Brown refers to multiple individuals, including: notable historical people: Tom Brown (hero), Hero from Yarm who fought in the battle of Dettingen. ... Walter Carlisle [Rosy] (July 6, 1881 - May 27, 1945) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1908 season. ... Henry Chadwick (October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908), often called the father of baseball, was a sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian. ... Royal Eugene Castleton (July 26, 1885 - June 24, 1967) was a relief pitcher for the New York Highlanders and Cincinnati Reds. ... This article is about the soccer player. ... Year founded 1995 as Dallas Burn League Major League Soccer Nickname Hoops, FCD, Toros, The Red Stripes Stadium Pizza Hut Park Frisco, TX Coach Steve Morrow Owner Clark Hunt First Game Dallas Burn 0–0 San Jose Clash (Cotton Bowl; April 14, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 5–0 Kansas... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... Gary Etherington (born April 22, 1958 in England) is a retired English-American soccer player who began his professional career in the North American Soccer League before moving to the Major Indoor Soccer League. ... Alan Green (born Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1952) is a BBC Radio Five Live sports commentator. ... Richard Higham (July 24, 1851 - March 18, 1905) was a 19th-century professional baseball player born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. ... John Hopper Hopkins (IPA: ) (born May 22, 1983) is an Anglo-American MotoGP racer currently racing for the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP team. ... Alan Merrick is a retired British-U.S. soccer defender. ... Timothy Bruce Shaw (b. ... Denny Shute ( d 1973) was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s, namely the 1933 British Open at St Andrews and the 1936 and 1937 PGA Championships. ... Cyril Walker (1892-1948) was an English golfer who won the 1924 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills Country Club, while playing out of Englewood Golf Club in New Jersey. ... Harry Wright William Henry Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. ...

Other

• John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln Assassin
• Boston Corbett
• Grace Clawson
• Samuel Fielden
• Michael Foale
• Henry L. Hulbert
• Owney Madden, Gangster
• James F. Merton
• Rick Rescorla, hero of 11 September, 2001
• Charles Goodyear, inventor
• Nicholas Patrick
• William Poole, Bill the Butcher
• Samuel Morse, inventor
• Piers Sellers
• Elihu Thomson, inventor

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ... Boston Corbett Thomas P. Boston Corbett (1832 – presumed dead 1894) was the Union Army soldier who shot and killed Abraham Lincolns assassin, John Wilkes Booth. ... Grace M. (Taylor) Clawson (November 15, 1887-May 28, 2002) was born in England but emigrated to Montreal, Canada as an infant, and a few years later to the United States, where she lived in Illinois and later Florida. ... Samuel Fielden circa 1886 Samuel Fielden (February 25, 1847 - 1922) was sentenced to death for his role in the Haymarket Square rally. ... Colin Michael Foale PhD CBE (born 6 January 1957) is a British-born astronaut with dual UK-US citizenship; he is a veteran of four space shuttle missions and extended stays on both Mir and the International Space Station. ... Henry Lewis Hulbert (1867-1918) was a United States Marine who served during the Philippine-American War and World War I. As a private, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy at Samoa, Phillipine Islands, 1 April 1899. Subsequently, he distinguished... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James F. Merton was a United States Navy sailor who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean Expedition. ... Cyril Richard Rescorla (May 27, 1939 – September 11, 2001), known as Rick Rescorla, was a retired United States Army officer of British birth who served with distinction in Rhodesia as a British soldier and the Vietnam War as an American officer. ... Charles Goodyear, as illustrated in an 1891 Scientific American article Charles Spencer Goodyear (December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) was the first American to vulcanize rubber, a process which he discovered in 1839 and patented on June 15, 1844. ... Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick, Ph. ... Brooklyn Eagle, March 10, 1855 (partial) Brooklyn Eagle, March 20, 1855 William Poole, aka Bill The Butcher (July 1821 - March 8, 1855), was a member of the Bowery Boys street gang and the U.S. political party the Know-Nothings. ... Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 &#8211; April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes; he is most famous for inventing the electric telegraph and Morse code. ... Piers John Sellers (born 11 April 1955) is a British born US astronaut and veteran of a single space shuttle mission. ... Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 - March 13, 1937) was an engineer who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, Britain and France. ...

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