Lists of Irish-Americans

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This is a list of famous Irish Americans.

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Contents

[edit] List

[edit] Actors

Main article: List of Irish-American actors

[edit] American Presidents

[edit] Arts

  • Michael Flatley - dancer [7] "The important thing to know about Michael Flatley is that he's Irish-American... His success comes from his ability to join unlikely elements together—Irish and Americans, step dancing and flamenco, pretension and frivolity."
  • William Harnett - painter [8] "William Harnett American, born Ireland, 1848(?)-1892"
  • Georgia O'Keeffe - painter [9] "Of Irish and Hungarian ancestry, Georgia O'Keeffe was born on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wis...."
  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens - sculptor [10] "Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1848 to an Irish mother and a French father."

[edit] Business

[edit] Film directors/producers

  • Walt Disney [18] "his father, Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, who was of German-American descent."
  • Alfred Hitchcock [19] "He was the youngest child of an East End family whose father ran a poulterer's and greengrocer's business and whose mother came of Irish stock. The family was Catholic." [20] "In 1955, he became an American citizen."
  • Ron Howard Director, Child Actor [21]"Ron Howard is of Irish descent, his ancestors having immigrated to Oklahoma for the land grab. His passion for the Irish failed him when he made “Far and Away,” but it serves him well here; it’s clear he feels a kinship with fellow Irishman Braddock."
  • John Huston[1]
  • Leo McCarey [22] "Leo McCarey was the first son of Irish-Catholic Thomas McCarey, a well-known boxing promoter, and French-born Leona [Mistrol] McCarey, for whom he is named."
  • Michael Moore [23] "Moore, now 49, was raised in a working-class Irish-American family."
  • John Sayles (1950 - ) independent film director and writer, frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films[2]

[edit] Gangsters

Main article: List of Irish-American mobsters

[edit] Lawyers

[edit] Media/Journalists

  • Mike Barnicle [29] "In this racial maelstrom, there was one Globe man who was trusted on the gritty streets of South Boston, a young Irish columnist named Mike Barnicle..."
  • Jimmy Breslin [30] "His book has been criticized for its intemperate remarks about the Irish and their American great-grandchildren, but if Jimmy Breslin is not qualified to make those judgments... who is?"
  • Nellie Bly [31] "Miss Bly was, in fact, the daughter of Irish immigrants."
  • Neil Cavuto [32] "Look, I'm half-Italian and half-Irish. I figure I was born with a temper..."
  • Carson Daly
  • Phil Donahue [33] "When he and Buchanan squared off on camera to debate the recent Pledge of Allegiance court ruling, they were just another pair of wealthy, middle-aged, white Irish Catholic men pontificating."
  • Maureen Dowd [34] "Dowd is assumed by most people to be a Democrat... in reality she was part of this kind of Irish-Catholic mafia that included Chris Matthews and Mike Kelly..."
  • Pete Hamill [35] "Born in Brooklyn in 1935, of Irish immigrant parents, Pete Hamill served in the US Navy, attended Mexico City College..."
  • Sean Hannity [36] "Hannity, a proclaimed devout Irish Catholic, has blamed liberals for actions taken..."
  • Magee Hickey [37]
  • Greg Kelly
  • Michael Kelly
  • Chris Matthews [38] "But Chris Matthews, the Irish-American host of MSNBC's political talk show "Hardball,"..."
  • Peggy Noonan (1950 - ) author, political analyst and pundit for the Republican Party[3]
  • Conan O'Brien [39] "O'Brien, the proud Irishman, clad very casually in denims and navy blue shirt..."
  • Soledad O'Brien [40] "O'Brien was named to Irish American Magazine's "Top 100 Irish Americans" on two occasions." [41] "Soledad O’Brien brings her unique heritage of Latino, Irish, and African-American cultures..."
  • Norah O'Donnell [42] "O’Donnell has also been named to Irish American Magazine’s 2000 “Top 100 Irish Americans” list."
  • Bill O'Reilly [43] "He was raised Irish-Catholic in Long Island, NY..."
  • John L. O'Sullivan [44] "He was the son of an English woman of aristocratic origins and an Irish-born..."
  • Regis Philbin [45] "Part of an Irish-American Catholic family, he was the eldest son of Frank and Florence..."
  • Tim Russert (1950 - ) journalist, has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991[4]
  • Ed Sullivan [46] "As you may recall, Ed Sullivan, whose heritage was Irish ..."
  • Elizabeth Vargas [47] "Born in New Jersey of a Puerto Rican father and Irish American mother, and a self-described army brat..."
  • John Walsh [48] "I don't know if it comes from being Irish or Catholic or both...."

[edit] Military

[edit] Musicians

Main article: List of Irish American musicians

[edit] Playboy Playmates

[edit] Politicians

Main article: List of Irish American politicians

[edit] Religion

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[edit] Science

[edit] Sportspeople

Main article: List of Irish American sportspeople

[edit] Writers

Main article: List of Irish American writers

[edit] Others

[edit] Fictional characters

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ [1] "Irish based firm director John Huston" [2] "My father was born in 1884 in Toronto, Canada, of a Scottish mother... and an Irish father... In 1964 I became an Irish citizen."
  2. ^ Sayles - [3] "An awful lot of Americans have an Irish ancestry. Do you? Both of my parents are half Irish... it wasn't a real strong part of my upbringing. Being Catholic was but not being Irish... I just felt it would work best for my knowledge and for a general audience being set in Ireland.... Because you yourself are Irish?"
  3. ^ Noonan - [4] "I pick Dublin because I was there most recently, and also because I'm Irish-American..."
  4. ^ Russert - [5] "Irish America magazine has named him one of the top 100 Irish Americans in the country and he was selected as a Fellow of the Commission of European Communities." [6] "I thought that certainly people I grew up with in the Irish Catholic neighborhood in Buffalo would want to read it."
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