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This is a list of notable Scots-Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The Scotch-Irish trace their ancestry to Lowland Scottish and Northern English people, but through having stayed a few generations in Ulster. This list is ordered by surname within section. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Scots-Irish American or must have references showing they are Scots-Irish American and are notable.
Mullis as a Scots-Irish surname is debatable. < 1, Mullies, Wm. A., A Documentary History of the English Mullis Surname: 1053-1660, Ft. Worth: Etcetery Publishing LLC, 2014, pp. 186-187. /ref>
List
Entertainment
- Karen Allen (actress)
- Ben Affleck[1] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Casey Affleck, small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Jennifer Aniston[2] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Christina Applegate[3] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Mary Astor (movie star), her maternal grandmother was of Scots Irish heritage
- Alec Baldwin (actor)
- Daniel Baldwin (actor)
- Stephen Baldwin (actor)
- William Baldwin (actor)
- Tallulah Bankhead (actress)
- Kim Basinger (actress)
- Warren Beatty (actor, producer, director), of part Scots-Irish descent
- Jack Black[4] (actor), father is of part Scots-Irish descent
- Matt Bomer[5] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Johnny Cash (musician)
- Jessica Cauffiel[6] (actress) small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Eddie Cochran (musician)
- Rory Cochrane (actor)
- Kevin Costner[7] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Willem Dafoe[8] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Claire Danes[9] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Jeff Daniels[10] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Dane DeHaan[11] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Johnny Depp[12] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Emily Deschanel (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Zooey Deschanel[13] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Lou Diamond Phillips (actor) father was of partly Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Cameron Diaz[14] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Janice Dickinson (model) - Father of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Shannen Doherty (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Michael Douglas (actor) His Bermudian mother Diana Dill is of part Ulster Scots ancestry.
- Haylie Duff (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Hilary Duff[15] (actress, singer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Clark Duke[16] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Clint Eastwood[17] (actor)(director), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Aaron Eckhart[18] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Fergie[19] (singer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Jenna Fischer[20] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Carrie Fisher (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Megan Fox (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Zach Galifianakis (actor), his mother is of part Scotch-Irish descent
- Crystal Gayle (singer)
- Mel Gibson (actor)
- Summer Glau (actress, classically trained ballet dancer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Edna Goodrich Broadway and Silent Screen Actress, 1901–1920; Floradora girl
- Martha Graham (dancer, choreographer)
- Merle Haggard (musician)
- Barbara Hale actress
- Armie Hammer (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Ethan Hawke[21] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Colton Haynes (actor)
- Amber Heard[22] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Ed Helms[23] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Julianne Hough[24] (actress, dancer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Kate Hudson (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Oliver Hudson (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Felicity Huffman,[25] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Michael Keaton (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- David Lynch (director), Scotch-Irish father
- Loretta Lynn (singer)
- Steve Martin (actor)
- Danny McBride[26] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Frank McCown, aka Rory Calhoun (actor)
- Andie MacDowell[27] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Shirley MacLaine (actress, dancer, author), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Reba McEntire (singer, actress), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Tim McGraw[28] (actor, singer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Robert Mitchum (actor), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Agnes Moorehead (actress)
- Rachel Nichols,[29] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Mary-Louise Parker, (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Dolly Parton (country singer, songwriter, composer, author and actress),[30] small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Brad Pitt[31] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Elvis Presley (musician, actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Charley Pride (musician)
- Robert Redford[32] (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Burt Reynolds (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Debbie Reynolds (actress)
- Christina Ricci (actress), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Sarah Roemer[33] (actress) small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Keri Russell[34] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Peter Sarsgaard (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Brooke Shields[35] (actress), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Ricky Skaggs (singer)
- James Stewart (actor), of mostly Scotch-Irish ancestry
- John Wayne (actor), of part Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Hank Williams (singer)
- Jonathan Winters (actor), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
Literature
- Cork Graham (author)
- Stephen King (author)
- John Steinbeck (author)
- David McCullough (historian)
- Edgar Allan Poe (author) Paternal side of his family were Ulster Scots from County Cavan
- Mark Twain (author, wit) AKA Samuel Clemens - family were from County Antrim
Political/Military
- James L. Alcorn, (U.S Senator)
- Lamar Alexander, (Governor of Tennessee)
- Chester A. Arthur (President)
- John P. Buchanan, (Governor of Tennessee)
- John C. Calhoun, (Vice President)
- William B. Campbell (Governor of Tennessee)
- Grover Cleveland (President)
- Bill Clinton (President)
- Charlie Crist, (Governor of Florida)
- David Crockett (Frontiersman, US Congressman)
- Charles Croswell, (Governor of Michigan)
- Jefferson Davis (Confederacy President)
- John Dunlap (Revolutionary politician)
- David Farragut (United States Navy)
- Nathan Bedford Forrest (Confederate General)
- William Gamble (Union General)
- William Alexander Graham (Governor of North Carolina)
- Ulysses Simpson Grant (President)
- Benjamin Harrison (President)
- William Henry Harrison (President)
- Sam Houston (Texan statesman)
- Andrew Jackson (president)
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (Confederate General)
- Andrew Johnson (president)
- John J. Kennedy (Republic of Texas politician)
- Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky)
- George Mathews (Governor of Georgia)
- Henry M. Mathews (Governor of West Virginia)
- John McCain (Senator, U.S. Presidential Candidate)
- George B. McClellan (Union General)
- John P. McCown (Confederate General)
- Benjamin McCulloch (Confederate General)
- Andrew Ryan McGill (Governor of Minnesota)
- James McHenry (American statesman)
- Thomas McKean (Governor of Pennsylvania)
- William McKinley (President)
- Alexander McNair (Governor of Missouri)
- Francis Makemie (Presbyterian minister)
- Richard Milhous Nixon (President)
- Thomas Z. Morrow (Colonel of the 32nd Kentucky infantry during the American Civil War)
- Arthur Noble (Lieutenant-Colonel)
- Barack Obama (President; mother had ancestral connection to Ulster)
- George S. Patton (US General)
- Andrew Pickens (Governor of South Carolina)
- P.B.S. Pinchback (Governor of Louisiana)
- James Knox Polk (President)
- Archibald Roane (Governor of North Carolina)
- James S. Rollins (Representative, "Father of the University of Missouri")[36]
- Theodore Roosevelt (President)
- Edward Rutledge (Governor of South Carolina)
- John Rutledge (Governor of South Carolina)
- William Sharkey (Governor of Mississippi)
- Adlai Stevenson I, (Vice President)
- Adlai Stevenson II, (Governor of Illinois)
- Adlai Stevenson III, (U.S Senator)
- J.E.B. Stuart (Confederate General)
- William S. Taylor (Governor of Kentucky)
- Charles Thomson (Revolutionary politician)
- Harry S. Truman, (President)
- James H. Webb (Marine, U.S. Senator)
- George Henry White, (U.S Senator)
- Hugh Lawson White, (U.S Senator)
- James White (frontiersman, founder of Knoxville, Tennessee)
- Woodrow Wilson (President)
Sports
- Mickey Cochrane, (sportsman)
- Jack Dempsey, (boxer)
- Jeff Gordon (NASCAR driver)
- John Hutchinson (not the footballer), small amount of Scotch-Irish ancestry
- Josh McCown (NFL Quarterback)
- Luke McCown (NFL Quarterback)
- Randy McCown (Texas A&M Aggies Quarterback)
- Arnold Palmer (golfer)
Other
- Neil Armstrong, (astronaut)
- Tammy Bruce (radio talk show host)[37]
- Kit Carson (frontiersman)
- James Creelman, journalist
- Samuel Dale, soldier and pioneer
- Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store
- Bill Gates, (chairman of Microsoft)
- James Irwin, (astronaut)
- Andrew W. Mellon (banker)
- Bruce McCandless II, (astronaut)
- Harry Gordon Selfridge (founder of eponymous department store)
- Alexander Turney Stewart (retail innovator)
- William Wheeler Thornton Judge, author, Indiana Supreme Ct. Librarian
- Sir Henry Worth Thornton President, Canadian National Railways; Coach, Vanderbilt University Football Team
- Charles Stark Draper Inventor of Inertial Navigation
- Kary Mullis Inventor of PCR, Nobel Prize Winner
References
- ↑ "Ben Affleck — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1972-08-15. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/jennifer-aniston
- ↑ ethnic (1971-11-25). "Christina Applegate — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ ethnic (2012-03-28). "Jack Black — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Matt Bomer — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1977-10-11. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/jessica-cauffiel
- ↑ Lil Vacha (2012-03-10). "Kevin Costner — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Willem Dafoe — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Claire Danes — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ follers (1955-02-19). "Jeff Daniels — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Dane DeHaan — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Johnny Depp — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1963-06-09. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Zooey Deschanel — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1980-01-17. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Cameron Diaz — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Hilary Duff — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1987-09-28. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ follers (1985-05-05). "Clark Duke — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/clint-eastwood
- ↑ follers (1968-03-12). "Aaron Eckhart — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Fergie — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278979/bio
- ↑ follers (1970-11-06). "Ethan Hawke — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Amber Heard — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1986-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Ed Helms — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 1974-01-24. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ follers (1988-07-20). "Julianne Hough — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Felicity Huffman — EthniCelebs - Celebrity Ethnicity |What Nationality Background Ancestry Race". Ethnicelebs.com. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/danny-mcbride
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/andie-macdowell
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/tim-mcgraw
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/rachel-nichols
- ↑ Parton -
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/brad-pitt
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/robert-redford
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/sarah-roemer
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/keri-rusell
- ↑ http://ethnicelebs.com/brooke-shields
- ↑ Rollins - Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Missouri's Hall of Fame: Lives of Eminent Missourians, Missouri Book Company, 1918, p. 184.
- ↑ Tammy Bruce: "I'm Italian and Scotch-Irish", Tammy Bruce Show, Los Angeles, Talk Radio Network, (May 14, 2009), radio commentary.