List of Scottish Americans

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This is a list of notable Scottish Americans, 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 Scottish American or must have references showing they are Scottish American and are notable.


Contents

List of notable Americans with Scottish ancestry [edit]

Actors/Entertainers [edit]

Reese Witherspoon
Heather Locklear
James Stewart
Lucille Ball
Robert Downey, Jr.

Artists [edit]

Athletes [edit]

Business [edit]

Musicians/Singers [edit]

Fergie
Johnny Cash
Jeff Baxter wearing Clan MacMillan badge
Lyndon B. Johnson

Government and military [edit]

Inventors, engineers and academics [edit]

Writers [edit]

Native American leaders [edit]

William McIntosh

Religion [edit]

Other [edit]

Malcolm X


References [edit]

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  10. ^ [1] "Cody Kasch, who plays Zach Young on Desperate Housewives, wore an argyle sweater with a burgundy tie. "I wore the sweater because I'm Scottish," he said."
  11. ^ http://www.xcitement.com/interview/?page_id=290
  12. ^ Leno - [2] "he's Italian and Scottish" [3] "KING: Who had the chin, mom or dad? J. LENO: I guess that's from the Scotch side of the family. Yeah, that would probably be more of the Scotch side, my mom. My mom was Scottish. My father was Italian. Which is a wonderful area for comedy as a kid..."
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  14. ^ Eminem's Scotland Concert Skirmish
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  24. ^ 'Elvis Presley's Scottish Ancestry'
  25. ^ Elvis Presley's Roots
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  35. ^ The Autobiography of Malcolm X. with the assistance of Alex Haley. New York: Grove Press, 1965, pp. 4–5. X's mother was born in Grenada - her father was Scottish. Initially he felt it was a status symbol to be light-skinned, but later he would say that he "hated every drop of that white rapist's blood that is in me." His mother had been born in Grenada, with a white father and black mother.
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