List of Welsh Americans
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This is a list of notable Welsh 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 Welsh American or must have references showing they are Welsh American and are notable.
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[edit] List
[edit] Entertainment
- Dean Cain, (born 1966) actor
- Tom Cruise, actor (born 1962) his great great grandfather was from Flint.[1][2]
- Bette Davis (1908–1989) two-time Academy Award-winning actress of stage, screen and television[3]
- Thomas Dekker, actor
- Bill Evans (born 1929), jazz pianist / composer[4]
- Sara Evans (born 1971), country music singer
- Glenn Ford (1916–2006), film actor[5]
- D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) early film director[6]
- Teri Hatcher (1964 - ) Actress and writer. Father of partial Welsh descent.
- Bob Hope (1903–2003) actor/comedian[7]
- Sir Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), Academy-Award winning film/stage actor[8]
- Isham Jones (1894–1956) songwriter, Big Band era orchestra leader, former coal miner
- Tommy Lee (born 1963) drummer for hard rock/heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Ex-husband of Pamela Anderson
- Blake Lewis (born 1981), American Idol contestant and singer [9]
- Juliette Lewis, actress and singer [10]
- Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), actor[11]
- Myrna Loy (1905–1993) actress[12]
- Ray Milland (1905–1986), actor[13]
- Leslie Nielsen, actor (1926–2010) his mother was Welsh.
- The Osmonds, including Donny Osmond (born 1957) half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie. Traced his ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil.[14]
- Chris Pine, actor
- Gena Rowlands, actress
- Susan Sarandon (born 1946), Oscar-winning actress
[edit] Literature
- Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) novelist/playwright[15]
- Jack London (1876–1916) author[16]
- Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950) poet/biographer/dramatist
- Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975) author/composer/curator
- Ogden Nash (1902–1971) wrote clever humorous poetry
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) abolitionist/writer[15]
[edit] Politics
- John Adams- President of the United States, Vice President of the United States (1735–1826)
- John Quincy Adams - President of the United States, Secretary of State (1767–1848)[17]
- Benedict Arnold - Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side
- George W.Bush - 43rd President United States (distant Welsh ancestry).
- Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903) abolitionist
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947) - Secretary of State, U.S. Senator from New York, former First Lady, candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.[18]
- Calvin Coolidge - twenty-ninth Vice President of the United States (1921–1923) and 30th President of the United States (1923–1929)[17]
- James J. Davis (1873–1947), Secretary of Labor and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania[19]
- Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) - soldier, politician, and first and only President of the Confederate States (1862–1865)[15]
- William Floyd - United States Declaration of Independence signatory[20]
- Button Gwinnett - United States Declaration of Independence signatory[21]
- Charles Evans Hughes - Governor of New York[22]
- E. Howard Hunt - CIA Intelligence Officer. A key figure in organizing and participating in the Watergate burglaries.
- Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States, 1st Secretary of States[17][23]
- Robert E. Lee - Confederate general[24]
- Francis Lewis - United States Declaration of Independence signatory[20]
- Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States[17]
- James Madison - 4th President of the United States[17]
- John Marshall - statesman, Chief Justice of the United States[15]
- James Monroe (1758–1831) fifth President of the United States[17]
- Lewis Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory[20]
- Robert Morris - United States Declaration of Independence signatory[15]
- Thomas Rees (unknown dates) - U.S. Congressman, parents/grandparents from Wales
- Daniel Webster (1782–1852) - United States Senator and Secretary of State[25]
- Thomas Wynne (1627–1691) - Physician to William Penn and speaker of the first Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly[26]
[edit] Industrial and business
- Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel - Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey
- Bob Evans (restaurateur) (1918–2007) founder of Bob Evans Restaurants
- William Fargo (1818–1881) pioneer expressman
- Howard Hughes (1905–1976) pioneering American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer
- J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) banker
- Howard Stringer (born 1942) businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation[27]
- David Thomas ([30] prominent ironmaster and philanthropist during the Industrial Revolution in Pennsylvania.
[edit] Other
- Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American pioneer[28]
- Mary Katherine Campbell (1905-1990) Miss America titleholder 1922 and 1923, First Runner-Up 1924 [29]
- Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966) Imperial Wizard of the "second" Ku Klux Klan from 1922 until 1939.
- Lewis Evans (1700–1756) colonial surveyor and geographer[30]
- Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969) Texas Rancher, 1928 World Series Rodeo Bulldogging champion, and competition Bull rider, Oil production Roughneck, drilling foreman, and oilman
- Oliver Evans (1755–1819) inventor[15][31]
- Murray Humphreys (1899–1965) Chicago mobster, chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition[32]
- George Jones (1811–1891) New-York Daily Times co-founder[15]
- John L. Lewis (1880–1969) organized labor union leader[15]
- Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) explorer[28][33]
- Bradley Manning (1987-) mother was Welsh
- Daniel Morgan (1736–1802) Brigadier General in the American Revolution in the Continental Army; served in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia
- William Farrand Prosser (1834–1911) Union Colonel in the American Civil War; served in the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee
- Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) soldier and the first Governor of Kentucky[34]
- Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) journalist/explorer
- George Henry Thomas (1816–1870) Union General during the American Civil War.[35]
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century[15][36]
- Elihu Yale (1649–1721) first benefactor of Yale University[15][37]
- Jesse James, cowboy/outlaw
- Coco Rocha, a Canadian model of Welsh, Irish, and Russian descent
- Justin Pierce English-born actor of Welsh descent; former husband of Gina Rizzo
- Michael Phelps[38]
[edit] References
- ^ "BBC News: Entertainment: US stars' British ancestry shown". BBC Newswebsite (BBC). 9 November 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6129806.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "Hillary traces roots to Durham". TimesOnline website (Times Newspapers Limited). 25 June 2006. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article679114.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ [1] "Bette Davis, just one of the many famous Welsh actors... Bette Davis has Welsh connections from her father Harlow Davies whose family hail from Wales. She even visited Wales when in Britain acting to trace her family roots"
- ^ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=6592
- ^ [2] mentioned as one of "100 Welsh Stars"
- ^ Bush praises role of Welsh in US history on St David's Day - icWales
- ^ [3] "Welsh Americans have helped settle the American frontier, build our cities, and defend our liberty... to the sharp wit of Bob Hope"
- ^ [4] "classically trained and highly regarded Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins" [5] "Later, at a brief press conference, Hopkins, who was born in Wales, was asked why he recently became an American citizen. "I've lived here some years. I feel at home in America. I suppose it was a pretty bold decision, but America has been very generous to me. There was a bit of an outburst in the British press. I was branded as some sort of turncoat, but so be it.""
- ^ [6] blakelewisfans.org: "I was wondering, what is your heritage? Blake: Welsh, German, and Irish. I'm a mutt."
- ^ [7] "She often refers to her Welsh ancestry."
- ^ Paternal great-grandparents were from Wales
- ^ [8] included in the book "100 Great Welsh Women" [9] "Although she is of Scotch and Welsh descent, she has been accused of being Egyptian, Chinese, Eurasian and other nationalities."
- ^ [10] "Welsh-born U.S. actor."
- ^ Donny Osmond Coming Home from the BBC
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j [11] mentioned as several people who were "Welsh" or "Welsh American"
- ^ [12] "The illegitimate son of an astrologer and a Welsh farm girl"
- ^ a b c d e f [13] Listed as one of several "Welsh-American Presidents"
- ^ Official Report of the Welsh Assembly 06/07/99
- ^ [14] "James J. Davis, a Welsh-born puddler who served as US Secretary of Labor from 1921–1930"
- ^ a b c [15] "Of the four New York signatories, three were Welsh; Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis and William Floyd."
- ^ AmericanHeritage.com / WHO’S GOT BUTTON’S BONES?
- ^ mentioned as one of several "Welsh Americans" at [16], [17] "The only child of a pious American Baptist mother and an immigrant Welsh minister"
- ^ [18] "His father's name was Peter Jefferson. His ancestors were Welsh people."
- ^ [19] "Robert E. Lee... also were Welsh Americans..."
- ^ mentioned as one of several Welsh-Americans here
- ^ [20] Wynne Family history
- ^ [21] "Welsh-born Howard Stringer"
- ^ a b [22] "Meriwether Lewis himself was Welsh American, as was frontiersman Daniel Boone" [23] "Daniel Boone’s mother, Sarah Morgan, was a member of a Welsh family that came to Pennsylvania in 1683 and later settled in Gwynedd"
- ^ [^ "New Beauty Queen Ideal". New York Times. 1922-09-10. "The Ideal Beauty Queen"]
- ^ GENUKI: National Library of Wales journals
- ^ [24] "A Welsh-American invented the first automobile"
- ^ [25] "No Gangster More Bold: Murray Humphreys, the Welsh Political Genius Who Corrupted America"
- ^ [26] "His great grandfather, Robert Lewis, a Welsh officer in the British Army... The Meriwether family was also Welsh, well connected, and land-rich with sizable holdings near Charlottesville. Lucy's father was a respected friend of Thomas Jefferson."
- ^ [27] "General Isaac Shelby (born in 1750), a Maryland-born Welsh American"
- ^ Broadwater, Robert P (2009). General George H. Thomas: a biography of the Union's "Rock of Chickamauga". McFarland. p. 5. ISBN 0 7864 3856 8. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CXHkzuvMspwC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=%22George+Henry+Thomas%22+Welsh&source=bl&ots=upC9jiXyiy&sig=663NhSuUVup-wdKJuC-sIOEcFeI&hl=en&ei=QuC3TaLdDIazhAeF7amEDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Welsh&f=false. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ [28] "Frank Lloyd Wright was of Welsh ethnic heritage"
- ^ [29] "Elihu Yale - The Great Welsh American"
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/olympics08/phelps.htm
