# List of Welsh Americans

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.

## List
### Fine art

* Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), western artist, sculptor, and inventor; "cowboy of cowboy artists"; "father of modern rodeo"

### Entertainment

* Jessica Alba (born 1981), movie actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Alexis Arquette (1969–2016), movie actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* David Arquette (born 1971), movie actor and TV director, distant Welsh ancestry
* Patricia Arquette (born 1968), movie and TV actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), movie actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Michael Aston (born 1964), born in Cornelly, musician
* Andrea Bowen (born 1990), actor
* Erika Christensen (born 1982), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), singer, distant Welsh ancestry
* Daniel Craig (born 1969), actor
* Miley Cyrus (born 1992), singer and actress
* Bette Davis (1908–1989), two-time Academy Award-winning actress of stage, screen and television; distant Welsh ancestry
* Billy De Wolfe (1907–1974), actor, mother was Welsh
* Thomas Dekker (born 1987), actor, mother is Welsh
* Michael Douglas (born 1944), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Leslie Easterbrook (born 1949), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Bill Evans (1929–1980), jazz pianist / composer
* Chris Evans (born 1981), actor, Welsh paternal great-great grandfather
* Sara Evans (born 1971), country music singer
* Alice Eve (born 1982), actress
* Glenn Ford (1916–2006), film actor
* G-Eazy, (born 1989), rapper
* Carson Grant (born 1950), actor
* D. W. Griffith (1875–1948), early film director
* Teri Hatcher (born 1964), actress and writer, distant Welsh ancestry
* Sitara Hewitt (born 1981), actress
* Bob Hope (1903–2003), actor/comedian, mother was Welsh
* Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan; Academy Award-winning film/stage actor
* John Houseman (1902–1988), film producer
* Anjelica Huston (born 1951), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* John Goodman (born 1952), actor & voice actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* John Huston (1906–1987), film director, screenwriter and actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Quincy Jones (1933–2024), record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter, Welsh paternal grandfather
* Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, Welsh paternal great-grandfather
* Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), actor, Welsh father
* Jon Langford (born 1957), musician and artist
* Tommy Lee (born 1963), drummer for hard rock/heavy metal band Mötley Crüe
* Zachary Levi (born 1980), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Ted Levine (born 1957), actor, mother was part Welsh
* Blake Lewis (born 1981), American Idol contestant and singer
* Juliette Lewis (born 1973), actress and singer
* Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), actor
* Myrna Loy (1905–1993), actress
* Marco Marenghi, animator, born in Rhondda
* Kelly McGillis (born 1957), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Ray Milland (1905–1986), actor
* Wayne Newton (born 1942), distant Welsh ancestry
* Leslie Nielsen (1926–2010), actor, Welsh mother
* Ninja (Tyler Blevins) (born 1991), Twitch streamer, distant Welsh ancestry
* The Osmonds, including Donny Osmond (born 1957), half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie; of part Welsh descent, traced their ancestry back to Merthyr Tydfil
* Karyn Parsons (born 1966), actress, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Welsh descent on father's side
* Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Brian Pillman (1962–1997), professional wrestler, mother was Welsh
* Chris Pine (born 1980), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Kim Richards (born 1964), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Kyle Richards (born 1969), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Monica Richards (born 1965), author and musician
* Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), born in Swansea, Glamorgan; actress
* Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), born in Neath, Glamorgan; singer
* Jason Robards (1922–2000), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Eric Roberts (born 1956), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Julia Roberts (born 1967), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Coco Rocha (born 1988), Canadian model of Welsh, Irish, and Russian descent
* Gena Rowlands (1930–2024), actress, father was of Welsh descent
* Susan Sarandon (born 1946), Oscar-winning actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Brooke Shields (born 1965), actress and model, distant Welsh ancestry
* Esperanza Spalding (born 1984), singer/songwriter, distant Welsh ancestry
* Tiffani Thiessen (born 1974), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Henry Thomas (born 1971), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Lynda Thomas (born 1981), musician, singer-songwriter
* Scott Walker (1943–2019), singer, distant Welsh ancestry
* Tuc Watkins (born 1966), actor
* Betty White (1922–2021), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Michelle Williams (born 1980), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
* Robin Williams (1951–2014), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
* Chris Williams (actor), African-American, English and Welsh descent
* Vanessa Williams (born 1963), African-American, English and Welch descent
* Cassandra Wilson (born 1955), née Cassandra Fowlkes, jazz vocalist; distant Welsh ancestry through her father
* Patrick Wilson (born 1973), actor, distant Welsh ancestry

### Literature

* Ben Bradlee (1921–2014), author, Executive Editor of the Washington Post
* Ben Bradlee, Jr. (born 1948), author, journalist, newspaper editor at the Boston Globe
* Quinn Bradlee, (born 1982), author
* William Dean Howells, realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters"
* Grover Jones (1893–1940), playwright, screenwriter
* Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), novelist/playwright
* Jack London (1876–1916), author
* Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), poet/biographer/dramatist
* Hillary Monahan, author
* Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975), author and illustrator
* Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet, humorist
* Sally Quinn (born 1941), author, first anchorwoman in America

### Politics

* John Adams (1735–1826), President of the United States, Vice President of the United States
* John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), President of the United States, Secretary of State
* John Henry Bowen (1780–1822), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
* Martha Hughes Cannon (1857–1932), physician, Utah women's rights advocate and suffragist, first female state senator elected in the United States, member of the Utah Senate from the 6th district (1897–1901)
* Bill Cassidy (born 1957), United States Senator from Louisiana
* Dick Cheney (born 1941), Vice President of the United States (2001–2009)
* Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810–1903), abolitionist
* Hillary Clinton (born 1947), Secretary of State, U.S. Senator from New York, former First Lady
* James S. Conway (1796–1855), Governor of Arkansas (1836–1840)
* Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), President of the United States, Vice President of the United States
* John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), Governor of Kentucky
* James J. Davis (1873–1947), Secretary of Labor and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
* Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States (1862–1865)
* Alvin Evans (1845–1906), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; United States Senator from Iowa
* John Floyd (1783–1837), Governor of Virginia
* John B. Floyd (1806–1863), Governor of Virginia
* William Floyd (1734–1821), United States Declaration of Independence signatory
* James Garfield (1831–1881), President of the United States
* Nicholas Gilman (1755–1814), United States Senator from New Hampshire
* Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), United States Declaration of Independence signatory
* Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901), President of the United States
* William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), President of the United States
* Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), Chief Justice of the United States, Governor of New York
* Andrew Humphreys (1821–1904), U.S. Representative from Indiana
* Andrew A. Humphreys (1810–1883), United States Army officer and Union General in the American Civil War
* E. Howard Hunt (1918–2007), CIA Intelligence Officer; a key figure in organizing and participating in the Watergate burglaries
* Arthur James (1883–1973), Governor of Pennsylvania
* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), President of the United States; Vice President of the United States
* Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), Confederate general
* Francis Lewis (1713–1802), United States Declaration of Independence signatory
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), President of the United States
* James Madison (1751–1836), President of the United States
* John Marshall (1755–1835), statesman, Chief Justice of the United States
* George Mathews (1739–1812), Governor of Georgia
* Henry M. Mathews (1834–1884), Governor of West Virginia
* John G. McCullough (1835–1915), Governor of Vermont
* James Monroe (1758–1831), President of the United States
* James Morgan (1756–1822), United States Congressman from New Jersey
* Lewis Morris (1726–1798), United States Declaration of Independence signatory
* Robert Morris (1734–1806), United States Declaration of Independence signatory
* Patty Murray (born 1950), United States Senator from Washington
* Richard Nixon (1913–1994), President of the United States; Vice President of the United States
* Barack Obama (born 1961), President of the United States
* P.B.S. Pinchback (1837–1921), Governor of Louisiana
* Hugh H. Price (1859–1904), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
* Rodman M. Price (1816–1894), Governor of New Jersey
* John H. Pugh (1827–1905), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
* Thomas Rees (1925–2003), U.S. Congressman, parents/grandparents from Wales
* Ann Romney (born 1949), wife of American businessman and politician Mitt Romney
* Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), President of the United States; Vice President of the United States
* Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), Governor of Kentucky
* Daniel Webster (1782–1852), United States Senator and Secretary of State
* Thomas Wynne (1627–1691), physician to William Penn; speaker of the first Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly

### Industry and business

* Thomas Henry Blythe (1822–1883), born in Wales, immigrated to San Francisco, best known for using the Colorado River to irrigate large areas of the California and Mexican deserts
* Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel (1849–1911), Tennessee-born founder of Jack Daniel's whiskey
* Bob Evans (1918–2007), founder of Bob Evans Restaurants
* William Fargo (1818–1881), pioneer expressman
* Howard Hughes (1905–1976), pioneering aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer
* Willard F. Jones (1890–1967), naval architect, Gulf Oil executive
* Reese J. Llewellyn (1862–1936), born in Brynamman, Wales, immigrated to San Francisco, later settling in Los Angeles, co-founder and president of Llewellyn Iron Works
* J. P. Morgan (1837–1913), banker
* Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), banker
* Jonathan I. Schwartz (born 1965), president and chief executive officer of CareZone
* Howard Stringer (born 1942), businessman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation
* Lloyd Tevis (1824–1899), banker
* David Thomas (1794–1882), prominent ironmaster and philanthropist during the Industrial Revolution in Pennsylvania

### Other

* Jim Jones - Cult leader and mass murderer
* Mervyn S. Bennion (1887–1941), Congressional Medal of Honor recipient killed during the Attack on Pearl Harbor; grandfather was a Welsh immigrant
* James Bowie (1796–1836), pioneer and Texas revolutionary
* Daniel Boone (1734–1820), American pioneer
* Mary Katherine Campbell (1905–1990), Miss America titleholder 1922 and 1923, first runner-up 1924
* Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, serial killer; father has Welsh ancestry
* Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966), Imperial Wizard of the "second" Ku Klux Klan, 1922–1939
* Lewis Evans (1700–1756), colonial surveyor and geographer
* Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969), Texas rancher; 1928 World Series Rodeo Bulldogging champion; competition bull rider; oil production roughneck; drilling foreman; oilman
* Oliver Evans (1755–1819), inventor
* Murray Humphreys (1899–1965), Chicago mobster, chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition
* Frank James (1843–1915), cowboy/outlaw
* Jesse James (1847–1882), cowboy/outlaw
* George Jones (1811–1891), New-York Daily Times co-founder
* John L. Lewis (1880–1969), organized labor union leader
* Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), explorer
* Chelsea Manning (born 1987), mother was Welsh
* Nate Marquardt (born 1979), MMA fighter, partially Welsh on his mother's side
* Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), Brigadier General in the American Revolution in the Continental Army; served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia
* Michael Phelps (born 1985), Olympian swimmer, distant Welsh ancestry
* William Farrand Prosser (1834–1911), Union Colonel in the American Civil War; served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Tennessee
* Herbert M. Sauro (born 1960), scientist (UW, Seattle), born in Dyfed
* Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), journalist/explorer
* George Henry Thomas (1816–1870), Union General during the American Civil War
* Joe Watts (born 1942), gangster and associate of the Gambino crime family; partially Welsh on his father's side
* Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century
* Elihu Yale (1649–1721), first benefactor of Yale University