List of English Americans is a list of notable English Americans.
Authors
- Piers Anthony
[* "English-born American science fiction and fantasy writer"]
Business
- Samuel Insull
[* "Samuel Insull (1859-1938), English-born American entrepreneur..."]
Entertainment
Actors
- Mischa Barton (1986 - ) TV star ("The O.C.")
[* "The English-born beauty has revealed that she loves seeing exes who treated her badly try to apologise now that she has become a Hollywood star."]
- Bud Cort
[* "Definitely Irish. Half Irish, half French-Canadian, half English."]
- Claire Forlani
[* "Antitrust features English starlet Claire Forlani..."]
- Bob Hope
[* "English 1986 Recipient "Our family left England shortly after I was born and sailed to America. What a glorious sight as all the little Hopes clambered up on deck as the ship steamed into New York Harbor.""]
- Charles Laughton
[* "It was on this date, July 1, 1899, that English-American actor Charles Laughton was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire."]
- Dorothy Mackaill
[* "Dorothy Mackaill was an English actress. She was born in 1903 at Hull, Yorkshire..."]
- John Mahoney
[* "John Mahoney, despite his all-American voice, has a surprise to his viewers. He's actually British!!! John was born on June 20th 1940 in Manchester (the hometown of Daphne)."]
- Julia Marlowe
[* "One of the great romantic actresses of her day, English-born U.S. actress Julia Marlowe was known especially for her interpretations of William Shakespeare."]
- Alma Reville
[* "The Perfect English Couple"]
- Brooke Shields
[* "Descendent of King Edward III of England"]
- Elizabeth Taylor
[* "English actress and AIDS activist, 1932-"]
Misc.
Political figures
- Louisa Adams, only foreign born First Lady, she was born in London to an English mother.
- William Richardson Davie, attended the Constitutional Convention, but did not sign.
- John Edwards, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- Button Gwinnett, signatory of United States Declaration of Independence, born in Gloucestershire
- Robert Morris (merchant), born near Liverpool, a signer of the US Constitution.
- Thomas Paine, died in Greenwich Village, most of his life not in the US.
- William Penn, founder of US state Pennsylvania. Influential in bill of rights.
- Andrew Sullivan, activist, political blogger. Lived in the US for the last 20 years.
- Vernon A. Walters, father was an English immigrant, went to Stonyhurst College in Lancashire for a few years.
Science
Sports
Other
References
Footnotes
Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin | English Americans