List of Americans of English descent

A

• Candice Accola – of partial English descent
• Jensen Ackles – of partial English descent
• Amy Adams – of partial English descent
• Ben Affleck – of partial English descent
• Casey Affleck – of partial English descent
• Jessica Alba – mother of partial English descent
• Karen Allen[4] – of partial English descent
• Krista Allen[5] – of partial English descent
• Lauren Ambrose – mother of partial English descent
• Gillian Anderson – of partial English descent
• Jennifer Aniston[6] – mother of partial English descent
• Hayley Atwell
• Jean Arthur
• Jake T. Austin – father of English descent

B

• Kevin Bacon – of partial English descent
• Brandon Baker[7] – of partial English descent
• Christian Bale
• Alec Baldwin – of partial English descent
• Daniel Baldwin – of partial English descent
• Stephen Baldwin – of partial English descent
• William Baldwin – of partial English descent
• Mark Ballas – mother of partial English descent
• Fred Ball – mother of partial English descent
• Lucille Ball – of partial English descent
• Jamie Bamber
• Elizabeth Banks – of partial English descent
• Cooper Barnes (born April 15, 1979) - born in England, immigrated to USA
• Sasha Barrese – of partial English descent
• Ethel Barrymore – of partial English descent
• Drew Barrymore – father of partial English descent
• Maurice Barrymore – of partial English descent
• Mischa Barton – father of English descent
• Earl W. Bascom – paternal grandmother born in England
• Jason Bateman – mother born in England; father of part English descent
• Emily Beecham
• Lake Bell – mother of part English descent
• Laura Joyce Bell – London-born singer and actress; wife of the American comedian Digby Bell
• Tobin Bell – mother was English
• Troian Bellisario – mother of English descent
• Joan Bennett – grandfather of half English descent
• Barbara Bennett – grandfather of half English descent
• Constance Bennett – grandfather of half English descent
• Emily Bergl – father of English descent
• Kelli Berglund – of partial English descent
• Halle Berry – mother of part English descent
• Valerie Bertinelli – mother of English descent
• Jessica Biel – of partial English descent
• Jason Biggs – father of half English descent
• Bill Bixby – both parents of English descent
• Jack Black[8] – father of partial English descent
• Tyler Blackburn
• JB Blanc - actor, mother of English descent
• Rowan Blanchard – mother of English descent[9]
• Cate Blanchett
• Alexis Bledel – of partial English descent
• Violetta Blue
• Emily Blunt
• Humphrey Bogart – father of partial English descent; mother mainly of English descent
• Matt Bomer[10] – of partial English descent
• Powers Boothe – of partial English descent
• Julie Bowen – of partial English descent
• Lucy Boynton
• Elizabeth Bracco – mother was English
• Lorraine Bracco – mother was English
• Zach Braff[11] – mother of partial English descent
• Vanessa Branch
• Marlon Brando – both parents of partial English descent
• Benjamin Bratt – father of part English descent
• Amy Brenneman – father of partial English descent
• Jordana Brewster – father of part English descent, descendant of Mayflower passengers
• Dorothy Bridges – father was English
• Richard Bright
• James Broderick – of one quarter English descent
• Matthew Broderick – father of one quarter English descent
• James Brolin – of partial English descent
• Josh Brolin – of partial English descent
• Louise Brooks
• Sandra Bullock – father of partial English descent
• Ty Burrell – of partial English descent
• Steve Burton
• Sophia Bush – of partial English descent

C

• John Carradine – of partial English descent
• Keith Carradine – of partial English descent
• Robert Carradine – of partial English descent
• Lynda Carter – father of half English descent[12][13][14]
• Dana Carvey – American comedian, actor and producer, small amount of English ancestry.
• Katie Cassidy – of partial English descent
• Mary Castle
• Matt Cedeño – mother of half English descent
• Lacey Chabert – both parents of partial English descent
• Lon Chaney Sr. – father mostly of English descent
• Lon Chaney Jr. – of partial English descent
• Charles Chaplin Jr.
• Geraldine Chaplin – father of English descent
• Josephine Chaplin – father of English descent
• Kiera Chaplin – father of English descent
• Michael Chaplin – father of English descent
• Sydney Earle Chaplin – father of English descent
• Victoria Chaplin – father of English descent
• Ruth Chatterton – father of English descent
• Chevy Chase – both parents of mainly English descent
• Kelsey Chow – mother of English descent
• John Clarke
• Melinda Clarke – father of English descent
• Montgomery Clift – mainly of English descent
• Kristen Cloke – of partial English descent
• George Clooney – of partial English descent
• Glenn Close – of mostly English descent
• Lauren Cohan – lived in New Jersey before moving to the United Kingdom with her mother
• Stephen Colbert – small amount of English ancestry
• Jack Coleman
• Lily Collins – father of English descent; maternal grandmother of mainly English descent
• Constance Collier – both parents of English descent
• Gary Cooper – both parents of English descent
• James Corden – London-born comedian, actor, singer, and television personality; host of The Late Late Show with James Corden
• Miranda Cosgrove – of partial English descent
• Kevin Costner – of partial English descent
• D.J. Cotrona – small amount of English descent
• Courteney Cox – both parents mainly of English descent
• Edward Coxen – both parents of English descent
• Jeanne Crain – father of English descent
• James Cromwell
• Bing Crosby – father of English descent, and a descendant of Mayflower passengers
• David Cross – father English-born
• Marcia Cross
• Tom Cruise – father of partial English descent
• Macaulay Culkin[15] – father of partial English descent
• Tim Curry – English-born actor, most notable for portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and its remake
• Jamie Lee Curtis – maternal grandfather of partial English descent

D

• Alexandra Daddario – of partial English descent
• Willem Dafoe – of partial English descent
• Nicholas D'Agosto – mother of partial English descent
• Ian Anthony Dale – of partial English descent
• Matt Damon – father of partial English descent
• Dorothy Dandridge – father of partial English descent
• Claire Danes – of partial English descent
• Blythe Danner – of partial English descent
• Ted Danson – of partial English descent
• Fanny Davenport – both parents of English descent
• Harry Davenport
• Bette Davis – both parents of mainly English descent
• Jaye Davidson – mother of English descent
• Sarah Lynn Dawson
• James Dean
• Ellen DeGeneres – of partial English descent
• Dana Delaney – of half English descent
• Robert De Niro – mother of partial English descent
• Joe DeRita – of half English descent
• Johnny Depp – of partial English descent
• Rebecca De Mornay – paternal grandfather was English
• Laura Dern – of partial English descent
• Emily Deschanel[16] – of partial English descent
• Zooey Deschanel – of partial English descent
• Jenna Dewan[17] – mother of partial English descent
• Cameron Diaz – mother of partial English descent
• Vin Diesel – mother (and possibly father) of partial English descent
• Peter Dinklage – of partial English descent
• Shannen Doherty – mother of partial English descent
• Taylor Dooley – of partial English descent
• Melvyn Douglas – mother of English descent
• Michael Douglas – mother of partial English descent
• Lesley-Anne Down
• Robin Atkin Downes
• Minnie Driver
• Haylie Duff – of partial English descent
• Hilary Duff – of partial English descent
• Josh Duhamel – of partial English descent
• Clark Duke – of partial English descent
• Faye Dunaway – of partial English descent
• Eliza Dushku – mother of part English descent
• Deanna Durbin – both parents of English descent
• Robert Duvall – of partial English descent

E

• Leslie Easterbrook – of partial English descent
• Alison Eastwood – of partial English descent
• Clint Eastwood – of partial English descent
• Kyle Eastwood – of partial English descent
• Scott Eastwood – of partial English descent
• Aaron Eckhart – mother of partial English descent
• Anthony Edwards – of partial English descent
• Jennifer Ehle – of partial English descent
• Carmen Electra – of partial English descent
• Ansel Elgort – maternal grandfather of partial English descent
• Shannon Elizabeth – mother of partial English descent
• June Elvidge – of half English descent
• Dick Enberg – mother of partial English descent
• Edith Evanson
• Alice Eve

F

• Edie Falco – mother of partial English descent
• Dakota Fanning – of partial English descent
• Elle Fanning – of partial English descent
• Farrah Fawcett – both parents of mainly English descent
• Will Ferrell – of mainly English descent
• Tina Fey – father of partial English descent
• W.C. Fields – father born in England
• Carrie Fisher – mother of partial English descent
• Charles Fisher
• Frances Fisher – father of English descent
• Sean Patrick Flanery – of partial English descent
• James Flavin
• Jonathan Frakes – of partial English descent
• Pauline Frederick – father of half English descent
• Scott Foley – of partial English descent
• Bridget Fonda – of partial English descent
• Jane Fonda – of partial English descent
• Peter Fonda – of partial English descent
• Joan Fontaine – both parents of English descent
• Glenn Ford
• Trent Ford
• Wallace Ford – both parents of English descent
• Robert Forster – father of part English descent
• Matthew Fox – both parents of part English descent
• Megan Fox – both parents of mainly English descent
• Michael J. Fox – of partial English descent
• Jeff Foxworthy
• Drew Fuller – of partial English descent

G

• Robert Gant – of partial English descent
• Ava Gardner – mainly of English descent
• Andrew Garfield – was raised in England; mother is English-born
• Judy Garland – of partial English descent
• Jennifer Garner
• Greer Garson
• Gladys George
• Leila George
• Malcolm Gets
• Paul Giamatti – of partial English descent
• Carmine Giovinazzo – of partial English descent
• Crispin Glover – father of partial English descent
• Paulette Goddard – mother of English descent
• John Goodman – of partial English descent
• Ginnifer Goodwin – father of English descent
• Gale Gordon – mother of English descent
• Burn Gorman – both parents are English
• Milena Govich – mother of half English descent
• Lucas Grabeel – of part English descent
• Betty Grable – of partial English descent
• Lauren Graham – mother of part English descent
• Cary Grant – English-born, became an American citizen
• Christopher Guest – father of partial English descent
• Carla Gugino – mother of partial English descent
• Mamie Gummer – mother of partial English descent
• Ryan Guzman[18] – mother of partial English descent
• Jake Gyllenhaal – father of part English descent
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – father of part English descent

H

• Gene Hackman – of partial English descent
• Bill Hader – of partial English descent
• Kathryn Hahn – of partial English descent
• Angelica Hale – English father
• Rebecca Hall – English father
• Jon Hamm – of partial English descent
• Armie Hammer – of partial English descent
• Mariska Hargitay – mother of half English descent
• Justin Hartley
• David Hasselhoff[19] – mother of English descent; father of partial English descent
• Anne Hathaway – father of partial English descent
• Rondo Hatton
• Olivia de Havilland – both parents of English descent
• Jonah Hauer-King – English father
• Goldie Hawn – father of partial English descent
• Colton Haynes – of mainly English descent
• Florence Henderson
• Logan Henderson – of partial English descent
• Christina Hendricks – father English-born; mother of partial English descent
• David Henrie – father of half English descent
• Katharine Hepburn – of mostly English descent, descendant of Mayflower
• Charlton Heston – of part English descent
• Jennifer Love Hewitt – of heavily English descent
• Catherine Hicks – of half English descent
• Paris Hilton – of partial English descent
• Tyler Hoechlin – mother of partial English descent
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – of partial English descent
• William Holden – both parents of mainly English descent
• Katie Holmes – of partial English descent
• Bob Hope – English born and immigrated to the US in 1908
• Hopsin – partial English descent
• John Houseman – mother of part English descent
• Bryce Dallas Howard – of part English descent
• Kelly Hu – of partial English descent
• Kate Hudson – of partial English descent
• Oliver Hudson – of partial English descent
• Rock Hudson – mother of partial English descent
• Felicity Huffman – of partial English descent
• Helen Hunt[20] – of partial English descent
• Anjelica Huston – father of partial English descent
• Danny Huston – of partial English descent
• John Huston
• Josh Hutcherson

I-J

• Jonathan Jackson[21] – of partial English descent
• Celina Jade
• Caitlyn Jenner
• Kendall Jenner – of partial English descent
• Kris Jenner
• Kylie Jenner – of partial English descent
• Boris Johnson – born and lived in New York City before moving to the United Kingdom
• Kristen Johnston
• January Jones – of partial English descent
• Tommy Lee Jones – of partial English descent
• Victoria Justice – father of partial English descent

K

• Matthew Kane
• Khloé Kardashian – mother of mainly English descent
• Kim Kardashian – mother of mainly English descent
• Kourtney Kardashian – mother of mainly English descent
• Rob Kardashian – mother of mainly English descent
• Zoe Kazan – of partial English descent
• Stacy Keach – father of English descent
• Stacy Keach Sr.
• Diane Keaton – mother of partial English descent
• Michael Keaton – father of partial English descent
• Ellie Kemper – of partial English descent
• Anna Kendrick[22] – of partial English descent
• George Kennedy – of partial English descent
• Tom Kenny – of partial English descent
• John Kerr
• Nicole Kidman – both parents of mainly English descent
• Val Kilmer[23] – father of partial English descent
• Justin Kirk – father of partial English descent
• Jen Kirkman[24] – of partial English descent
• Hayley Kiyoko[25] – father of half English descent
• Chris Klein – small amount of English descent
• Wayne Knight – father of English descent
• David Koechner – of partial English descent

L

• Alan Ladd
• Alan Ladd Jr. – of partial English descent
• David Ladd – of partial English descent
• Diane Ladd – of partial English descent
• Jordan Ladd – of partial English descent
• Sanoe Lake – of partial English descent
• Burt Lancaster – all grandparents of English descent
• Lillie Langtry
• Angela Lansbury – father of English descent
• Taylor Lautner – of partial English descent
• Jennifer Lawrence – of partial English descent
• Brandon Lee – mother of half English descent
• Kodi Lee – of partial English descent
• Jane Leeves
• Janet Leigh – father of partial English descent
• Téa Leoni – both parents of partial English descent
• David Letterman – father of partial English descent
• Jared Leto – biological father of partial English descent
• Sam Lloyd
• June Lockhart
• Demi Lovato – mother of English descent
• Chad Lowe – of partial English descent
• Rob Lowe – of partial English descent
• Camilla Luddington
• Lorna Luft – mother of partial English descent
• Kellan Lutz – small amount of English ancestry

M

• Seth MacFarlane – of partial English descent
• Kyle MacLachlan – of partial English descent
• Meredith MacRae – mother English born
• William H. Macy
• Michael Madsen – mother of partial English descent
• Virginia Madsen – mother of partial English descent
• Roma Maffia – of partial English descent
• Tobey Maguire – of partial English descent
• Tina Majorino – mother of half English descent
• Wendie Malick – of partial English descent
• John Malkovich – mother of partial English descent
• Jayne Mansfield – of 3/4 English descent
• William Mapother – of partial English descent
• Meghan Markle – of partial English descent
• James Marsden – of partial English descent
• Lee Marvin
• Jennette McCurdy – of partial English descent
• Dylan McDermott – mother of half English descent
• Benjamin McKenzie – of partial English descent
• Wendi McLendon-Covey
• Steve McQueen – of partial English descent
• Burgess Meredith – father of English descent
• Jesse Metcalfe – father of partial English descent
• Sienna Miller
• Wentworth Miller – father of partial English descent, himself born
• Liza Minnelli – mother of partial English descent
• Demi Moore – father is English
• Mary Tyler Moore – of partial English descent
• Agnes Moorehead
• Elizabeth Montgomery – both parents of mainly English descent
• Frank Morgan
• Ralph Morgan
• Viggo Mortensen – mother of English descent
• Tamera Mowry – father of English descent
• Tia Mowry – father of English descent
• Meg Mundy
• Olivia Munn – father of partial English descent
• Edward R. Murrow – of partial English descent

N-O

• Bob Newhart – father of partial English descent
• Becki Newton
• Matt Newton
• Michelle Nicastro – mother of partial English descent
• Thomas Ian Nicholas – of partial English descent
• Jack Nicholson – mother of part English descent
• Lorraine Nicholson – father of English descent
• Chuck Norris – of mainly English descent
• Edward Norton
• Dylan O'Brien[26] – mother of 1/4 English descent
• Elizabeth Olsen – mother of English descent
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – mother of English descent
• Timothy Olyphant – of partial English descent
• Ryan O'Neal – father of partial English descent
• Tatum O'Neal – of partial English descent
• Heather O'Rourke (1975-1988) – of partial English descent; best known for her lead role in the Poltergeist film series
• Emily Osment – of partial English descent
• Haley Joel Osment – of partial English descent
• Chord Overstreet – of partial English descent
• David Oyelowo
• Jessica Oyelowo

P-Q

• Adrianne Palicki – mother of partial English descent
• Gwyneth Paltrow – mother of partial English descent
• Eleanor Parker - both parents were of part English descent
• Mary-Louise Parker – of partial English descent
• Sarah Jessica Parker – mother of part English descent
• Audrina Patridge – of partial English descent
• Aaron Paul – of partial English descent
• Al Pearce
• Gregory Peck – both parents were of part English descent
• Mizuo Peck – father of partial English descent
• Nicola Peltz – of partial English descent
• William Peltz – of partial English descent
• Nia Peeples – of partial English descent
• Matthew Perry – of partial English descent
• Ryan Phillippe – of partial English descent
• Joaquin Phoenix – father of mainly English descent
• River Phoenix – father of mainly English descent
• Mary Pickford – father of English descent
• Christina Pickles – both parents of English descent
• Justin Pierce – father of English descent
• Chris Pine – of partial English descent
• Brad Pitt – of heavily English descent
• Aubrey Plaza[27] – mother of part English descent
• Martha Plimpton – of partial English descent
• Amy Poehler[28] – of partial English descent
• Ellen Pompeo – father of partial English descent
• Tyler Posey[29] – father of partial English descent
• Tyrone Power – father of partial English descent
• Chris Pratt – father of partial English descent
• Laura Prepon – mother of partial English descent
• Victoria Principal – mother of English descent
• Freddie Prinze Jr. – mother of partial English descent
• Bill Pullman – father of partial English descent
• Dennis Quaid – of partial English descent
• Randy Quaid – of partial English descent

R

• Adam Rayner
• Robert Redford – of paternal English descent, English grandmother
• Tara Reid[30] – of partial English descent
• Tracy Reiner
• James Remar[31] – mother was English
• Jeremy Renner – of partial English descent
• Giovanni Ribisi – of partial English descent
• Denise Richards – of partial English descent[32][33]
• Michael Richards – father had English ancestry
• Blanche Ring – great-great-grandfather of English descent
• Molly Ringwald – of partial English descent
• Jason Ritter – of partial English descent
• John Ritter – of partial English descent
• Lee Remick – of partial English descent
• Burt Reynolds – of partial English descent
• Debbie Reynolds – of partial English descent
• Jason Robards – of partial English descent
• AnnaSophia Robb – of partial English descent
• Emma Roberts – of partial English descent
• Eric Roberts – both parents of partial English descent[34]
• Julia Roberts[34] – both parents of partial English descent
• James Roday[35] – mother of partial English descent
• Sarah Roemer[36] – of partial English descent
• Rebecca Romijn – mother of half English descent
• Neil Ross – London-born voice actor
• Brandon Routh – of partial English descent
• Paul Rudd – both parents English Jews
• Rene Russo – mother of partial English descent
• Amy Ryan – of partial English descent
• Remy Ryan – of partial English descent

S

• Mark Salling – of partial English descent
• Susan Sarandon – father of partial English descent
• Peter Sarsgaard – of partial English descent
• Seann William Scott – of partial English descent
• Edie Sedgwick
• Kyra Sedgwick – father of English descent
• Robert Sedgwick – father of English descent
• Marian Seldes – mother of English descent
• Tom Selleck
• Amanda Seyfried – of partial English descent
• Sara Shane - of partial English descent
• Nicollette Sheridan
• Brooke Shields – both parents of partial English descent
• Andrew Shue – of partial English descent
• Elisabeth Shue – of partial English descent
• Casey Siemaszko – mother of English descent
• Nina Siemaszko – mother of English descent
• Guy Siner – mother of English descent
• Alicia Silverstone – father an English Jew
• Douglas Smith – father English-born; mother of partial English descent
• Gregory Smith – father English-born; mother of partial English descent
• Jaclyn Smith[37] – mother of mainly English descent
• Kerr Smith – of partial English descent
• Ian Somerhalder – of partial English descent
• Kevin Sorbo – mother of partial English descent
• Shannyn Sossamon – of partial English descent
• James Spader – of partial English descent
• Britney Spears – of part English descent
• Jamie Lynn Spears – of part English descent
• John Stamos – mother of part English descent
• Kim Stanley – mother of half English descent
• Karen Steele – father of English descent
• Mary Steenburgen – of partial English descent
• Julia Stiles – mother of part English descent
• Emma Stone – of partial English descent
• Sharon Stone – of partial English descent
• Beatrice Straight
• Steven Strait – of half English descent
• Meryl Streep – mother of part English descent
• Patrick Swayze – of partial English descent
• Madeleine Stowe – father of partial English descent
• Gregg Sulkin

T

• William Talman – grandparents of English descent
• Jessica Tandy – both parents of English descent
• Channing Tatum – of partial English descent
• Miles Teller – of partial English descent
• Shirley Temple – part English.
• Uma Thurman[38] – father of partial English descent
• Spencer Tracy – mother of English descent
• Greg Travis
• Stacey Travis
• Elizabeth Taylor – both parents of mainly English descent
• Callie Thorne – of partial English descent
• Courtney Thorne-Smith
• Gene Tierney – mother of mainly English descent
• Justin Timberlake
• Jonathan Tucker[39] – father of half English descent
• Alan Tudyk – mother of part English descent
• Sonny Tufts
• Lana Turner
• Liv Tyler – both parents of partial English descent

U-V

• Tracey Ullman – mother of English descent
• Casper Van Dien – of partial English descent
• Dick Van Dyke – mother of half English descent
• Jerry Van Dyke – mother of half English descent
• Vince Vaughn – both parents of partial English descent
• Milo Ventimiglia – mother of partial English descent

W-Z

• Natasha Gregson Wagner – father English-born
• Donnie Wahlberg – mother of part English descent
• Mark Wahlberg – mother of part English descent
• Robert Wahlberg – mother of part English descent
• Paul Walker – of mainly English descent
• Robert Walker – of half English descent
• Evelyn Ward
• Kerry Washington – mother of partial English descent
• Sam Waterston – mother of English descent, a descendant of Mayflower passengers
• Dennis Weaver – father of partial English descent
• Sigourney Weaver – mother of English descent; father of mainly English descent
• Sylvester Weaver
• Justin Welborn
• Raquel Welch – mother of English descent
• Betty White – both parents of partial English descent
• Kristen Wiig[40] – of part English descent
• Olivia Wilde – father of mainly English descent and mother has partial English descent
• Adrienne Wilkinson[41] – of partial English descent
• Barry Williams – of partial English descent
• Michelle Williams – of partial English descent
• Robin Williams – of partial English descent
• Zelda Williams – father of partially English descent
• Bruce Willis – father of partially English descent
• Patrick Wilson – father of English descent
• Philip Winchester[42] – mother English-born
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Parents are both English
• Jonathan Winters – of part English descent
• Elijah Wood – father of half English descent
• Shailene Woodley – of partial English descent
• James Woods[43] – father of English descent
• Fay Wray – father of English descent
• Jane Wyatt – of partial English descent
• John Lloyd Young – father of part English descent

Authors and writers

• Louisa May Alcott
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich
• Kevin Andrews
• Natalie Barney
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr[44]
• John Bartlett
• L. Frank Baum
• Ambrose Bierce
• Tony Blankley
• Victor Bockris
• William Cullen Bryant
• Christopher Buckley
• William F. Buckley Jr.
• Edgar Rice Burroughs
• William S. Burroughs
• Carolyn Cassady
• Raymond Chandler
• J. Smeaton Chase
• Winston Churchill (novelist)
• Chris Claremont
• Florence Earle Coates
• James Fenimore Cooper
• Stephen Crane
• Ann Coulter[45]
• Coningsby Dawson
• John Derbyshire
• Emily Dickinson
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• William Faulkner
• Diana Gabaldon
• Joseph Gales
• Hamlin Garland
• Zane Grey
• Edgar Guest
• Dashiell Hammett
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Bret Harte
• Ernest Hemingway
• O. Henry
• Thomas S. Hinde
• Christopher Hitchens
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
• Washington Irving
• Henry James
• Sarah Orne Jewett
• Agnes Newton Keith
• Helen Keller
• Stephen King
• Nicole Krauss
• Sidney Lanier
• Ring Lardner
• Estelle Anna Lewis
• Jack London
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• H. P. Lovecraft
• Robert Lowell
• Herman Melville – descendant of Percival Lowle
• William Least Heat-Moon
• Mary O'Hara
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Nelson Page
• Edgar Allan Poe
• William Henry Leonard Poe
• Katherine Anne Porter
• Thomas Pynchon
• James Wesley Rawles[46]
• E. E. Smith
• Nicholas Sparks
• Lynne Spears
• Benjamin Spock
• John Steinbeck
• Charles Warren Stoddard
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Glendon Swarthout
• Anthony Swofford
• Henry David Thoreau
• Mark Twain
• Gore Vidal
• Lew Wallace
• Robert Penn Warren
• Noah Webster
• Eudora Welty
• Walt Whitman
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Tennessee Williams
• Michael Z. Williamson[47]
• Jason F. Wright

Musicians

• Alex Gaskarth – lead vocalist of All Time Low (born in Essex)
• Dimebag Darrell Abbott – former lead guitarist of Pantera
• Vinnie Paul Abbott – former Pantera drummer
• Christina Aguilera – mother of partial English descent
• Kevin Rudolf – father of English descent
• Clay Aiken
• Elijah Blue Allman
• Jimmy The Rev Sullivan – former drummer for American Metal Band Avenged Sevenfold
• Billie Joe Armstrong – founder of Green Day
• Joan Baez
• Mark Ballas – mother is English
• Baby Bash
• Josh Beech
• Owen Biddle
• Rebecca Black – of partial English descent
• Jack Brooks – lyricist
• Rex Brown – former Pantera bassist
• Cliff Burton
• John Cage – composer; of English and Scottish descent
• Aaron Carter
• Leslie Carter
• Nick Carter
• Johnny Cash
• Cher – mother of partial English descent
• Kelly Clarkson – both parents of partial English descent
• Kurt Cobain
• David Cook
• Alice Cooper
• Billy Ray Cyrus
• Jamie Davis
• Spencer Dryden – longest-serving drummer for Jefferson Airplane; nephew of Charlie Chaplin[48]
• Eminem – of partial English descent
• Sara Evans
• Brandon Flowers – lead singer of The Killers
• Paul Gray – Slipknot bassist
• James Hetfield – singer/rhythm guitarist of Metallica
• Buddy Holly
• Burl Ives
• Waylon Jennings
• Norah Jones – mother of English descent
• Janis Joplin
• Joey Jordison – Slipknot drummer
• JoJo
• Naomi Judd
• Wynonna Judd
• Dana Key – Christian rock guitarist; direct descendant of Francis Scott Key
• Alicia Keys – mother of partial English descent
• Anthony Kiedis
• Alison Krauss
• Kris Kristofferson
• Amy Lee
• Kodi Lee
• Greg London
• Courtney Love[49]
• Lene Lovich – mother of English descent
• Tony Lucca
• Ludacris – of partial English descent
• Madonna – mother of distant English descent
• Post Malone
• Reba McEntire[50]
• Charles Mingus – mother of partial English descent
• Moby
• Mandy Moore – maternal grandmother of English descent; father of partial English descent
• Jim Morrison
• Ricky Nelson
• Willie Nelson
• Jason Newsted
• Wayne Newton
• Justin Nozuka – mother of English descent
• The Osmonds
• Randy Owen
• Jennifer Paige
• Sara Paxton
• Katy Perry – father of English descent; mother of partial English descent
• Michelle Phillips
• Elvis Presley
• Iggy Pop
• Romina Power
• Tony Rice
• Kevin Richardson
• James Root – guitarist
• Tommy Shaw
• Ashlee Simpson – both parents of mostly English descent
• Jessica Simpson – both parents of mostly English descent
• Slash – rock guitarist
• Grace Slick – singer and former model; her mother is a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers
• Matt Sorum – drummer
• Britney Spears – maternal grandmother of English descent; father mostly of English descent
• Jamie Lynn Spears – maternal grandmother of English descent; father mostly of English descent
• Izzy Stradlin – rock musician
• Gene Summers
• Taylor Swift – both parents of partial English descent
• Corey Taylor – singer Slipknot Stone Sour
• Justin Timberlake
• Randy Travis
• Steven Tyler – mother of half English descent
• Hank Williams
• Brian Wilson
• Kalil Wilson
• Sid Wilson – member of nu-metal band Slipknot
• "Weird Al" Yankovic – singer and satirist; maternal grandmother of English descent
• Trisha Yearwood
• Adam Young

Entrepreneurs, executives

• P. T. Barnum[51]
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr.
• Nicholas Biddle
• Benjamin C. Bradlee
• Benjamin Brewster
• Caleb Bradham – creator of Pepsi
• John Browning – firearm innovator and founder of Browning Arms Company
• Walter Chrysler – founder of the Chrysler Corporation
• Henry Clews – financier
• William R. Coe – insurance company, railroad, and business executive, and philanthropist
• James Boorman Colgate – financier
• Samuel Colgate – manufacturer
• William Colgate – manufacturer who founded what became the Colgate toothpaste company
• Charles Deering
• Roy O. Disney
• Walt Disney
• John Francis Dodge – automobile manufacturing pioneer
• William E. Dodge
• Benjamin Newton Duke
• James Buchanan Duke
• Charles B. Finch
• Bill Gates – co-founder of Microsoft and world's richest man for 13 years in a row
• A. Bartlett Giamatti
• Edward Henry Harriman – railroad executive
• Charles T. Hayden
• Joseph Lowthian Hudson
• Samuel Insull – investor, known for purchasing utilities and railroads
• Arthur Curtiss James
• Oliver Burr Jennings
• Will Keith Kellogg
• Matthew Laflin
• Edward Lamb
• Charles M. Loring
• Rowland Hussey Macy – founder of the R.H. Macy and Company
• J. Willard Marriott – founder of the Marriott International
• J. P. Morgan – banker
• Robert Noyce – co-founder of Intel
• Ransom E. Olds – pioneer of the American automotive industry
• Augustus G. Paine Jr.
• Augustus G. Paine Sr.
• Gloria Pall
• Oliver Hazard Payne
• Anson Greene Phelps – descended from the early American colonial governors Thomas Dudley, John Haynes and George Wyllys
• Madeleine Pickens
• Charles Pratt
• Henry Huttleston Rogers
• Eugene Selvage
• Samuel Slater – early American industrialist popularly known as the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution"
• Harold Stanley – banker
• Charles Lewis Tiffany
• Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
• Ellis Wainwright
• Sam Walton – founder of the American retailer Wal-Mart
• Henry Wells – co-founder of the Wells Fargo & Company
• Meg Whitman
• Henry Melville Whitney
• George Dennick Wick
• Oliver Winchester – founder of Winchester Repating Arms Company

First Ladies of the United States

(in order by their husband's presidency)

• Martha Washington
• Abigail Smith Adams
• Martha Jefferson
• Dolley Madison
• Elizabeth Monroe
• Louisa Adams
• Rachel Jackson
• Anna Harrison
• Letitia Tyler
• Julia Tyler
• Sarah Polk
• Margaret Taylor
• Abigail Fillmore
• Mary Lincoln
• Julia Grant
• Lucy Hayes
• Lucretia Garfield
• Frances Cleveland
• Caroline Harrison
• Ida Saxton McKinley
• Edith Roosevelt
• Helen Taft
• Ellen Wilson
• Edith Wilson
• Florence Harding
• Grace Coolidge
• Lou Hoover
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Bess Truman
• Mamie Eisenhower
• Jackie Kennedy
• Lady Bird Johnson
• Betty Ford
• Rosalynn Carter
• Nancy Reagan
• Barbara Bush
• Hillary Clinton
• Laura Bush

Governors of states

• Greg Abbott – Texas
• Neil Abercrombie – Hawaii
• Samuel Adams – Massachusetts
• Homer Martin Adkins – Arkansas
• Nahum J. Bachelder – New Hampshire
• John J. Bagley – Michigan
• Charlie Baker – Massachusetts
• James Barbour – Virginia
• Frederick Bates – Missouri
• Phil Batt – Idaho
• Gunning Bedford Sr. – Delaware
• Willie Blount – Tennessee
• William D. Bloxham – Florida
• Jan Brewer – Arizona
• Owen Brewster – Maine
• Paul Brigham – Vermont
• Bryant Butler Brooks Wyoming
• John Brough – Ohio
• C. Douglass Buck – Delaware
• Morgan Bulkeley – Connecticut
• Jeb Bush – Florida
• Ezra Butler – Vermont
• Harry F. Byrd – Virginia
• Cyrus C. Carpenter – Iowa
• Michael Castle – Delaware
• John Chafee – Rhode Island
• Person Colby Cheney – New Hampshire
• Martin Chittenden – Vermont
• Thomas Chittenden – Vermont
• Joshua Clayton – Delaware
• Powell Clayton – Arkansas
• DeWitt Clinton – New York
• George Clinton – New York
• Howell Cobb – Georgia
• Thomas Collins – Delaware
• Alfred H. Colquitt – Georgia
• John Cook – Delaware
• Nicholas Cooke – Rhode Island
• Steve Cowper – Alaska
• Moody Currier – New Hampshire
• John Christopher Cutler – Utah
• Nathan Cutler – Maine
• Mitch Daniels – Indiana
• William Richardson Davie – North Carolina
• Howard Dean – Vermont
• Nelson Dewey – Wisconsin
• Nelson Dingley Jr. – Maine
• Edward H. East – Tennessee
• Walter Evans Edge – New Jersey
• Charles Edison – New Jersey
• Samuel Elbert – Georgia
• Buford Ellington – Tennessee
• Edward Everett – Massachusetts
• Hamilton Fish – New York
• John Brown Francis – Rhode Island
• Elbridge Gerry – Massachusetts
• Mills E. Godwin Jr. – Virginia
• Frank R. Gooding – Idaho
• Theodore F. Green – Rhode Island
• William Greene – Rhode Island
• Frederic T. Greenhalge – Massachusetts
• James W. Grimes – Iowa
• Matthew Griswold – Connecticut
• Button Gwinnett – Georgia
• Joshua Hall – Maine
• Lyman Hall – Georgia
• James Hamilton Jr. – South Carolina
• James Henry Hammond – South Carolina
• Jay Hammond – Alaska
• Wade Hampton III – South Carolina
• George Handley – Georgia
• Clifford Hansen – Wyoming
• Benjamin Harrison V – Virginia
• Joseph Roswell Hawley – Connecticut
• David Hazzard – Delaware
• Patrick Henry – Virginia
• John Hoeven – North Dakota
• Henry Hollis Horton – Tennessee
• John Eager Howard – Maryland
• Richard Howly – Georgia
• Mike Huckabee – Arkansas
• Samuel Huntington – Connecticut
• Jonathan G. Hunton – Maine
• James Iredell Jr. – North Carolina
• James Jackson – Georgia
• Thomas Johnson – Maryland
• William King – West Florida
• Joseph Kent – Maryland
• Philip La Follette – Wisconsin
• Robert M. La Follette – Wisconsin
• John Langdon – New Hampshire
• Blair Lee III – Maryland
• Fitzhugh Lee – Virginia
• Henry Lee III – Virginia
• Thomas Sim Lee – Maryland
• Levi Lincoln Jr. – Massachusetts
• Lloyd Lowndes Jr. – Maryland
• George Madison – Kentucky
• Stevens T. Mason – Michigan
• Alexander McNutt – Mississippi
• Matt Mead – Wyoming
• William Dunn Moseley – Florida
• Abner Nash – North Carolina
• William A. Newell – New Jersey
• Wilson Cary Nicholas – Virginia
• Jay Nixon – Missouri
• Donald Grant Nutter – Montana
• Aaron Ogden – New Jersey
• Charles Smith Olden – New Jersey
• John Eugene Osborne – Wyoming
• William Paca – Maryland
• John Page – Virginia
• Sarah Palin – Alaska
• William A. Palmer – Vermont
• Frederic Hale Parkhurst – Maine
• Albion Parris – Maine
• David Paterson – New York
• Endicott Peabody – Massachusetts
• William Sanford Pennington – New Jersey
• John S. Phelps – Missouri
• Sidney Perham – Maine
• Rick Perry – Texas
• Francis Wilkinson Pickens – South Carolina
• Benjamin Pierce – New Hampshire
• John S. Pillsbury – Minnesota
• Charles Pinckney – South Carolina
• William Plumer – New Hampshire
• Beverley Randolph – Virginia
• Edmund Randolph – Virginia
• Peyton Randolph – Virginia
• Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. – Virginia
• George Read – Delaware
• Bill Richardson – New Mexico
• Tom Ridge – Pennsylvania
• Charles Carnan Ridgely – Maryland
• Jim Risch – Idaho
• Wyndham Robertson – Virginia
• Caesar Rodney – Delaware
• Daniel Rogers – Delaware
• George W. Romney – Michigan
• Mitt Romney – Massachusetts
• William E. Russell – Massachusetts
• Edward Rutledge – South Carolina
• John Rutledge – South Carolina
• Leverett Saltonstall – Massachusetts
• Francis W. Sargent – Massachusetts
• William Scranton – Pennsylvania
• John Sevier – Tennessee
• John Gill Shorter – Alabama
• Al Smith – New York
• Samuel E. Smith – Maine
• William Spry – Utah
• Leland Stanford – California
• Onslow Stearns – New Hampshire
• Charles C. Stratton – New Jersey
• Ezekiel A. Straw – New Hampshire
• Bob Taft – Ohio
• Edward Tiffin – Ohio
• Samuel J. Tilden – New York
• Benjamin Tillman – South Carolina
• Daniel D. Tompkins – New York
• John Treadwell – Connecticut
• William Trousdale – Tennessee
• James Hoge Tyler – Virginia
• John Tyler Sr. – Virginia
• Robert S. Vessey – South Dakota
• Joseph Marshall Walker – Louisiana
• Cadwallader C. Washburn – Wisconsin
• William Weld – Massachusetts
• Heber Manning Wells – Utah
• John Wereat – Georgia
• George P. Wetmore – Rhode Island
• Frank White – North Dakota
• James Withycombe – Oregon
• Oliver Wolcott – Connecticut
• Oliver Wolcott Jr. – Connecticut
• Urban A. Woodbury – Vermont
• Fielding L. Wright – Mississippi

Historical figures

• Susan B. Anthony – activist for women's rights
• Clara Barton – pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian
• Daniel Boone – American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the US
• John Brown – abolitionist[52]
• Mary Katherine Campbell (1905–1990) Miss America titleholder 1922 and 1923; first runner-Up 1924[53]
• Amelia Earhart – aviation pioneer and author
• Wyatt Earp – westerner: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• Samuel Fielden – socialist, anarchist, labor organizer
• Elizabeth Fones – Puritan settler
• Pat Garrett – best known for killing Billy the Kid
• Howard Hughes – aviator, industrialist, film producer and director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world
• Francis Scott Key – amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Charles Lindbergh – aviator, author, inventor and explorer
• Rebecca Nurse – figure in the Salem witch trials
• Annie Oakley – sharpshooter
• John Proctor – English born victim of the Salem Witch Trials
• Rick Rescorla – a hero of 11 September 2001
• Betsy Ross – maker of the first American flag
• Elizabeth Short – murder victim who was nicknamed the "Black Dahlia"
• Joseph Smith – religious leader and founder of Mormonism
• Paul Tibbets – brigadier general in the United States Air Force; known for being the pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare
• J. D. Tippit – police officer killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
• Abigail Williams – accuser in the Salem witch trials