The Full Wiki

List of English Americans: Wikis
  
  

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 21, 2013 15:25 UTC (53 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Lists of Americans
 
By U.S. state
 
By ethnicity
Afghan · African · Albanian · Arab
Argentine · Armenian · Austrian
Bahamian · Bangladeshi · Barbadian
Belgian · Brazilian · Bulgarian
Cajun · Cambodian · Chinese
Colombian · Croatian · Cuban · Czech
Danish · Dutch
English · Estonian
Filipino · Finnish · French
German · Greek
Haitian · Hispanic · Hmong
Hungarian
Indian · Indonesian · Iranian · Irish
Israeli · Italian
Jamaican · Japanese · Jewish
Korean
Laotian · Louisiana Creole
Macedonian · Mexican
Native American · Native Hawaiian
Nicaraguan · Nigerian · Norwegian
Polish · Portuguese
Romanian · Russian · Rusyn
Salvadoran · Scots-Irish · Scottish
Serbian · Slovak · Slovenian
Spanish · Swedish · Swiss
Taiwanese · Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Welsh

This is a list of notable Americans of English descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are English American or must have references showing they are English American and are notable.

Contents

Architects

Artists

Assassins, outlaws and criminals

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

Astronauts

Astronomers

Directors/producers

Notable descendants of Mayflower passengers

Clint Eastwood

Entertainment

Actors

A-B

C

D

E-F

G

H

I-M

N-Q

R

u

S

T-V

W-Z

Authors and writers

Louisa May Alcott

Musicians

Elvis Presley

Entrepreneurs, executives

Walt Disney

First Ladies of the United States

First Lady Elizabeth Kortright Monroe

(in order by their husband's presidency)

Governors of states

Historical figures

Mormon pioneers

Inventors

Edison

Journalists

Military

Robert E. Lee

Models

Bebe Buell

Political figures

American pornographic film actors

Presidents of the United States

  1. George Washington, 1st President 1789-97 (great-grandfather, John Washington from Purleigh, Essex, England.[63])
  2. John Adams, 2nd President 1797-1801 (great-great-grandfather, Henry Adams born 1583 Barton St David, Somerset, England, immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts.[64][65])
  3. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President 1801–1809 (Maternal English ancestry from William Randolph.)
  4. James Madison, 4th President 1809-17
  5. James Monroe, 5th President 1817-25
  6. John Quincy Adams, 6th President 1825-29 (Henry Adams born 1583 Barton St David, Somerset, England.[64][65])
  7. Zachary Taylor, 12th President 1849-50
  8. James Buchanan, 15th President 1857-61
  9. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President 1861-65 (Samuel Lincoln baptised 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, died in Hingham, Massachusetts.[66][67])
  10. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President 1869-77
  11. James A. Garfield, 20th President 1881-81
  12. Chester A. Arthur, 21st President 1881-85
  13. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885-89, 1893-97
  14. Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President 1889-93
  15. William McKinley, 25th President 1897-1901
  16. Warren G. Harding, 29th President 1921-23
  17. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President 1933-45
  18. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President 1945-53 [68]
  19. Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President 1963-69
  20. Richard Nixon, 37th President 1969-74
  21. Gerald Ford, 38th President 1974-77
  22. Jimmy Carter, 39th President 1977-81
  23. Ronald Reagan 40th President 1981-89
  24. George H. W. Bush, 41st President 1989-93
  25. Bill Clinton, 42nd President 1993-2001
  26. George W. Bush, 43rd President 2001-2009 (Reynold Bush from Messing, Essex, England emigrated in 1631 to Cambridge, Massachusetts.[69])

Religious Figures

Anne Hutchinson

Members of the United States House of Representatives

Scientists/researchers

Senators

Sports

United States Supreme Court justices

Vice Presidents of the United States

Other

References

  1. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=geolarson2&id=I073363
  2. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jlibby&id=I42808
  3. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2544389&id=I09052
  4. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I105977
  5. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=geolarson2&id=I135870
  6. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hom42&id=I57322
  7. ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdtrowbridge&id=I14582
  8. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I75042
  9. ^ "Ancestry of Bill Ricardson"
  10. ^ wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I50116
  11. ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdtrowbridge&id=I13339
  12. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=haruspex&id=I020672
  13. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cjh77&id=I9280
  14. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I59851
  15. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pawson-goodman&id=I08860
  16. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nov_14&id=I13514
  17. ^ "Antitrust features English starlet Claire Forlani..."
  18. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I70288
  19. ^ http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Ethan_Hawke_(1970)
  20. ^ Kelly Hu
  21. ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdtrowbridge&id=I14647
  22. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I59847
  23. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjd&id=I123349
  24. ^ "Descendant of Humphrey Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester, younger brother of the famous King Henry V of England."
  25. ^ "The Perfect English Couple"
  26. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mwballard&id=I100549
  27. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I36708
  28. ^ Paul Adams: Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston from the Handbook of Texas Online (Mary P). Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  29. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rootseeker1&id=I19252
  30. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=billgordon&id=I47904
  31. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arc150&id=I082932
  32. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pbkingmanextnd&id=I19402
  33. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjohn55447&id=I23354
  34. ^ [1]
  35. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cbryant6&id=I030985
  36. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_family
  37. ^ biography – James Wesley Rawles]
  38. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hayes-drake&id=I34938
  39. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brian2003&id=I5794
  40. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cbryant6&id=I065241
  41. ^ [2]
  42. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2538234&id=I638
  43. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jilldcruse&id=I01985
  44. ^ biography – Michael Z. Williamson
  45. ^ http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Miley_Ray_Cyrus_(1992)
  46. ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdtrowbridge&id=I15120
  47. ^ http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/features/2002/nash/ "Mamas and the Papas took a young English singer, Graham Nash, to meet..."
  48. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sms1986&id=I17031
  49. ^ "Another ancestor named Nicolas Knapp was born in England in 1592. She has other ancestors that trace their roots back to England in the 1500s...."
  50. ^ http://roglo.eu/roglo?lang=fr&m=A&i=2792400&v=1&t=N&sosab=10&siblings=on&notes=on&src=on&bd=0&color=
  51. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buchroeder&id=I529157829
  52. ^ [3]
  53. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=haruspex&id=I058190
  54. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cjh77&id=I8809
  55. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:998271&id=I48190128
  56. ^ http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Encyclopedia-Britannica-2/John-Brown-American-Abolitionist.html
  57. ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdtrowbridge&id=I14731
  58. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=420angel&id=I282572
  59. ^ [4]
  60. ^ http://roglo.eu/roglo?lang=fr&m=A&i=2791063&v=1&t=N&sosab=10&siblings=on&notes=on&src=on&bd=0&color=
  61. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glencoe&id=I36869
  62. ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdtrowbridge&id=I14035
  63. ^ Irvin Haas (1992). Historic Homes of the American Presidents. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0486267512. http://books.google.com/books?id=p8RBlp8bNpwC. 
  64. ^ a b Henry Adams born 1583 Barton St David, Somerset, England
  65. ^ a b Henry Adams
  66. ^ The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln, James Henry Lea, Robert Hutchinson, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1909, p. 4.
  67. ^ Ancestors of Abraham Lincoln
  68. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hanser5&id=I15822
  69. ^ George W Bush, Essex boy
  70. ^ [5]
  71. ^ "Ethnicity - English"
  72. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jackiejack&id=I139876
  73. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2634020&id=I541769714
  74. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=geolarson2&id=I275789
  75. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mwballard&id=I122916
  76. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjd&id=I128488
  77. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hall07202009&id=I47014
  78. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I76034
  79. ^ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=agp4fams&id=I74884







Got something to say? Make a comment.
Your name
Your email address
Message