# List of people with red hair

This list includes people with natural red hair. Red or ginger hair may come in different shades, from strawberry blond to auburn. With only 2% of the world's population having red hair, red is the rarest natural hair-coloration. The list includes people who have dyed their red hair into another color or whose red hair has gone grey with age, but not people who have dyed their hair of other colors red. Biblical figures (such as Esau and Judas Iscariot) or characters in classical mythology appear in the list, but characters from modern fiction, such as Anne Shirley from the Canadian novel series Anne of Green Gables and Ginger Hebblethwaite from the Biggles Pelagia novels, do not.
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## A

* Abdullah of Córdoba – seventh emir of Cordoba
* Martin Ádám – Hungarian professional footballer
* Matthew Adams – Australian professional wrestler signed to AEW under the ring name Buddy Matthews
* Jörg Albertz – German international footballer
* Alexander II of Scotland – king of Scotland
* Sasha Alexander – American actress
* Canelo Álvarez – Mexican boxer
* Lauren Ambrose – American actress
* Mustafa Amini – Australian international soccer player
* Fernando Aristeguieta – Venezuelan international footballer
* Jane Asher – English actress
* Red Auerbach – American basketball coach
* Melissa Auf der Maur – Canadian musician

## B

* Bob Backlund – American pro wrestler
* George Bailey – Australian former cricketer and selector
* Jonny Bairstow – English cricketer
* Ginger Baker – English drummer
* Alan Ball – English international footballer
* Stine Ballisager Pedersen – Danish footballer
* Marina Ruy Barbosa – Brazilian model and actress
* Valentín Barco – Argentine footballer (Titian)
* Helena Barlow – English actress
* Annalise Basso – American actress
* Mario Batali – American chef
* Ciara Baxendale – English actress
* Boris Becker – German tennis player
* Jordie Benn – Canadian ice hockey player, as of 2021
* Saint Bernard of Clairvaux – 11th–12th-century Cistercian saint and a Catholic Doctor of the Church
* Jackie Bird – Scottish television presenter
* Cilla Black – English singer and presenter
* Caitlin Blackwood – Northern Irish actress
* Chris Boyd - Software Developer
* Danny Bonaduce – American radio and television personality, former child actor, and pro wrestler
* Corbin Bosch -- South African cricketer
* Boudicca – mythic queen of the Iceni, destroyed Roman Londinium
* Isabelle Boulay – French-Canadian singer
* Clara Bow – American actress (auburn hair)
* Frankie Boyle – Scottish comedian
* Brendan Bracken – Irish politician$^{:222}$
* Sofie Bredgaard – Danish international footballer (strawberry blonde)
* Billy Bremner – Scottish international footballer
* Saint Brigid – 5th–6th-century Patron Saint of Ireland
* Billie Burke - American Actress
* Louise Burfitt-Dons – British former politician
* Brian Burnett – Scottish broadcaster
* Carol Burnett – American actress
* Lucy Burns – American suffragist
* Bill Burr – American comedian
* Brian Byrne – Canadian singer and songwriter
* Valentín Barco – Argentine professional footballer
* Hayreddin Barbarossa – was an Ottoman corsair and later admiral of the Ottoman Navy

## C

* Louis C.K. – actor and comedian
* James Cagney – American actor
* Darby Camp – American actress
* William Campbell – Scottish missionary
* Francesca Capaldi – American actress
* Spike Carlyle – American mixed martial artist (MMA)
* Nancy Carroll – American actress
* Carrot Top – American comedian
* David Caruso – American actor
* Anna Cathcart – Canadian actress
* Catherine of Aragon – queen consort of England, daughter of Isabella I
* Charles VIII of France - king of France
* Jessica Chastain – American actress
* Tyler Childers – American country singer-songwriter
* Winston Churchill – prime minister of the United Kingdom and author
* Nicky Clarke – English celebrity hairdresser
* Jack Colback – English footballer
* Lily Cole – English actress and model
* James Collins – Welsh international footballer
* Christopher Columbus – Italian coloniser, first recorded European navigator to arrive in the West Indies
* Kit Connor – English actor
* Robin Cook – Australian politician
* Danny Cooksey – American actor and musician
* Calvin Coolidge – U.S. president
* Matthew Corbett – English actor
* Adrienne Corri – English actress
* Abigail Cowen – American actress
* Jordan Cox – English international cricketer
* Oliver Cromwell – English general and statesman
* Marcia Cross – American actress
* Benedict Cumberbatch – English actor
* Gustavo Cuéllar – Colombian professional footballer
* Kevin Curran -- Zimbabwean former cricketer
* Tom Curran -- English international cricketer

## D

* Leonardo da Vinci – Italian polymath
* Arlene Dahl – American actress
* Andy Dalton – American NFL quarterback
* Charles Dance – English actor
* Sam Darnold – American NFL quarterback
* Arthur Darvill – English actor
* David – Biblical king of Israel
* Felicia Day – American actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer
* Kevin De Bruyne – Belgian international footballer
* Juan Ponce de León – Spanish explorer and conquistador
* Marquis de Sade – French politician
* Ryan Deitsch – Jewish American human rights organizer, video creator; March For Our Lives co-founder
* Cintia Dicker – Brazilian model, actress and philanthropist
* Gary Doherty – Irish international footballer
* Saint Dominic de Guzman – Castillan founder of the Dominican Order
* Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri – Iraqi politician
* Eoin Doyle – Irish footballer
* Sean Dyche – English football manager

## E

* Cody Eakin – Canadian ice hockey player
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. – American race car driver
* Katja Ebstein – German singer
* Edward VI – king of England
* Rojo Edwards – Chilean politician
* Danny Elfman – American composer and singer
* Elizabeth I – queen of England
* Elizabeth of York – queen consort of England
* Karen Elson – English model
* Erik the Red – Eiríkr Thorvaldsson, the Viking coloniser of Greenland, known also as "Eirik Raude"
* Esau – Biblical figure, also known as "Edom", meaning red; twin of Jacob
* Bobby Evans – Scottish international footballer
* Angie Everhart – American actress and model

## F

* Marjeta "Neca" Falk – Slovenian and Yugoslav singer, actress and visual artist
* Stephen Farrelly – Irish professional wrestler signed to the WWE under the ring name Sheamus
* Michael Fassbender – Irish-German actor
* Jesse Tyler Ferguson – American actor
* Sarah Ferguson – Duchess of York
* Álex Fernández – Spanish footballer
* Candy Finnigan - Interventionist
* Isla Fisher – Australian actress
* Noel Fisher – Canadian actor
* Kate Flannery – American actress
* Rhonda Fleming – American actress, nicknamed the "queen of Technicolor"
* Rocky Flintoff – English cricketer
* Daniel Flynn – English actor
* Jerome Flynn – English actor
* Johnny Flynn – English actor and musician
* Redd Foxx – American comedian, known as "Chicago Red".
* Diane Franklin – American actress
* Jake Fraser-McGurk – Australian cricketer
* Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor – nicknamed "Barbarossa", meaning Redbeard
* Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme – American cult member
* Hannah Fry – British mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter

## G

* Jessica Gagen – English beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss England 2022
* Courtney Gains – actor
* Galileo Galilei – Italian astronomer
* James A. Garfield − 20th president of the United States
* Orla Gartland – Irish singer-songwriter
* John Paul Getty III – heir to a great fortune; known for being kidnapped
* Karen Gillan – Scottish actress
* Julia Gillard – 27th prime minister of Australia
* Claude Giroux – Canadian ice hockey player
* Yehudah Glick – American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician
* Brendan Gleeson – Irish actor
* Domhnall Gleeson – Irish actor
* Jonathan David Good – American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Jon Moxley
* Richard Gough – Scottish international footballer
* Alexina Graham – English model
* Barbara Graham - Murderer
* Red Grammer – American singer-songwriter, especially for children
* Seth Green – American actor and comedian
* Scott Grimes – American actor
* Rupert Grint – English actor
* Perry Groves – English footballer
* Lilli Gruber – journalist and former politician
* Guinevere – queen consort to King Arthur (hair colour sometimes described as "a very light strawberry-blonde")
* Martin Guptill – international cricketer
* Nell Gwynne – actress and courtesan

## H

* Ursula Halligan – Irish broadcaster
* Tarja Halonen – 11th president of Finland
* Alexander Hamilton – American politician
* Lady Hamilton – English maid, model, dancer and actress
* Natasha Hamilton – English lead singer of Atomic Kitten
* John Hancock – American politician
* Parviz Hadi – Iranian wrestler
* Pauline Hanson − Australian politician
* Prince Harry – English soldier and prince
* John Hartson – Welsh international footballer
* Joanna Hausmann – actress and author
* Lucas Hedges – American actor
* Henry II – king of England
* Henry VIII – king of England
* Karoline Herfurth – German actress
* Hal Hershfelt – American soccer player
* Hera Hilmar – Icelandic actress
* Chris Hipkins – 41st prime minister of New Zealand
* James Hoban – designer of the White House$^{:78}$
* Lauren Holly – American-Canadian actress
* Bryce Dallas Howard – American actress
* Ron Howard – American actor and director
* Chlöe Howl – British singer-songwriter
* L. Ron Hubbard – American science fiction writer and founder of Scientology cult
* Mick Hucknall – English lead singer of Simply Red
* Hurrem Sultan – Haeseki sultan and wife of Suleiman the Magnificent

## I

* Billy Ingham – English footballer
* Isabella I – queen of Spain
* Ismail I – king of Persia
* Gianni Infantino – president of FIFA
* Muhammad Ibn Ismail VI – tenth sultan of the Emirate of Granada

## J

* Andrew Jackson – American president
* Laurence Jalbert – Canadian singer
* Thomas Jefferson – 3rd president of the United States
* Neil Jenkins – all-time record points scorer for the Welsh Rugby Union national team
* John, King of England – king of England
* Jimmy Johnstone – Scottish international footballer
* Ed Joyce – Irish former cricketer
* James Joyce – Irish author
* Juana of Castile – heiress to the House of Trastámara, also known as "Juana la Loca" or "Joanna the Mad"

## K

* Madeline Kahn – American broadway star, actress, and comedienne
* Lena Katina – Russian singer/songwriter; former member of t.A.T.u.
* Danny Kaye -- American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian.
* Luke Kelly – Irish singer-songwriter; member of The Dubliners
* Priscilla Kelly – American professional wrestler signed to the WWE under the name Gigi Dolin
* Erin Kellyman – English actress
* Ellie Kemper – American actress and comedy writer
* Joe Kennedy III – American politician
* Phil Kessel – American ice-hockey player
* Nicole Kidman – Australian actress
* Neil Kinnock – English leader of the Labour Party
* Dave Kitson – English footballer
* Heinrich Klaasen – South African cricketer
* Lance Klusener – South African former cricketer
* Julie Klausner — American writer, comedian, actress, and podcaster
* Lettice Knollys – English duchess of Leicester and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I
* Yukhym Konoplya – Ukrainian footballer
* King Krule – English singer-songwriter
* Dejan Kulusevski – Swedish footballer

## L

* Alexi Lalas – American soccer analyst and retired player
* William Lamport – Irish Catholic adventurer and the inspiration for Zorro$^{:44}$
* Lillie Langtry – British actress
* Tommi Läntinen – Finnish singer-songwriter
* Jeff Larentowicz – American soccer player
* Rod Laver – Australian tennis player; holds all-time record for singles titles
* D. H. Lawrence – English author
* Laurel Lawson – dancer, choreographer, engineer, sled(ge) hockey player
* Rachelle Lefevre – Canadian actress
* Vladimir Lenin – Bolshevik leader, founder of the USSR
* Neil Lennon – Northern Irish international footballer
* Rula Lenska – British actress
* Rose Leslie – Scottish actress
* Damian Lewis – British actor
* Sophia Lillis – American actress
* Cameron Ling – Australian rules footballer and sportscaster
* Robyn Lively – American actress
* Lindsay Lohan – American actress and singer
* Naomi Long – Northern Irish politician, leader of the Alliance party
* Tina Louise – American actress
* Myrna Loy – American actress
* Monique Luiz – American girl featured in the Daisy ad
* Lulu – Scottish singer
* Kitty Lunn – wheelchair ballerina and disability activist

## M

* Alexis Mac Allister – Argentine footballer
* Rob Roy MacGregor – highlander, derives his name from Scottish Gaelic word for "red"
* Aoife Mannion – Irish footballer
* Nico Mannion – Italian-American basketball player
* Shirley Manson – Scottish musician and actress
* Mary I – Queen of England
* St Mary Magdalene – Biblical figure traditionally portrayed with red hair
* Mary, Queen of Scots – Queen of Scotland
* Henri Matisse – impressionist painter
* Jayma Mays – American actress
* Ginger McCain – English horse racing trainer with the most Grand National wins ever
* Stuart McCall – Scottish international footballer
* James McCarthy – Irish international footballer
* Dax McCarty – American soccer player
* James McClean – Irish international footballer
* Craig McDermott – Australian former cricketer and coach
* Andrew McDonald – Australian former cricketer and current coach of the Australia national cricket team
* Lanny McDonald – Canadian hockey player
* John McEnroe – American tennis player
* Reba McEntire – American singer and actress
* Gates McFadden – American actress
* Ewan McGregor – Scottish actor
* Mark McGwire – baseball player
* Alex McLeish – Scottish international footballer
* Kennedy McMann – American actress
* Daniil Medvedev – Russian tennis player
* Barbara Meier – German model
* Dash Mihok – American actor
* Cameron Monaghan – American actor
* Julianne Moore – American actress
* Agnes Moorehead – American actress
* Eoin Morgan – Irish English cricketer
* Gordon Murphy – bowler
* Barbara Murray – English actress
* Dave Mustaine – American guitarist and vocalist for Megadeth

## N

* Diane Neal – actress, model
* Willie Nelson – singer-songwriter; known as the Red Headed Stranger
* Nero – Roman emperor
* Neuville Larissa - CEO of toilet paper
* Michel Ney – Napoleonic general known as le rougeaud
* Chuck Norris – actor and martial artist
* Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir – last Lakhmid king of Al-Hirah

## O

* Conan O'Brien – American comedian
* Jake O'Brien – Irish footballer
* Kevin O'Brien – Irish former cricketer
* Silvina Ocampo – Argentine poet and short story writer
* Michaela Odone – American co-inventor of Lorenzo's oil
* Red Hugh O'Donnell – king of Tír Chonaill who led a rebellion against English rule in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I
* Catherine O'Hara – Canadian actress
* Maureen O'Hara – known as the "queen of Technicolor" for her bright-red hair and green eyes
* Grace O'Malley – legendary 16th-century Irish pirate
* Matthew O'Toole – Irish politician
* Otto II – Holy Roman emperor known as "Rufus" and also "Bloody"

## P

* Patsy Palmer – English actress
* Stephen Pearson – Scottish international footballer
* Robert Peel – prime minister of the United Kingdom
* Cassandra Peterson – American actress; known for her stage persona Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
* Madelaine Petsch – American actress
* Glenn Phillips – New Zealand Cricketer
* Sylvia Plath – American author and poet
* Jesse Plemons – American actor
* Shaun Pollock − South African cricketer and sportscaster
* Lloyd Pope – Australian cricketer
* Scarlett Pomers – American singer
* Ollie Pope – English cricketer
* Ezra Pound – American poet
* Laura Prepon – American actress

## Q

* Muqan Qaghan – third khagan of the Göktürks who expanded their khaganate
* Rebecca Quin – Irish-American professional wrestler (Becky Lynch)
* Molly Quinn – American actress
* Stephen Quinn – Irish footballer

## R

* Yitzhak Rabin – Israeli prime minister
* Charlotte Rae – American actress
* Sarah Rafferty – American actress
* Bonnie Raitt – American blues musician
* Rameses II – Egyptian pharaoh
* Marisha Ray – American voice actress
* Angela Rayner – English politician
* Harrison Reed – English footballer
* Bridget Regan – American actress
* Sam Reid – Australian actor
* Jonty Rhodes – South African former cricketer
* Marissa Ribisi – American actress
* Richard the Lionheart – king of England, leader of the Third Crusade
* John Arne Riise – Norwegian international footballer
* Nicola Roberts – English singer
* Nora Roberts - American romance writer
* Ann Robinson – American actress
* Anne Robinson – English broadcaster
* Cindy Robinson – American voice actress
* Holland Roden – American actress
* Red Rodney – American jazz trumpeter
* Seth Rogen – Canadian actor and filmmaker
* Palina Rojinski – Russian-German actress, DJ and activist
* Mark Rolston – American actor
* Alexei Romanov – Tsarevich of Russia$^{:144}$
* Tatiana Romanov – Grand Duchess of Russia$^{:133}$
* Axl Rose – American lead singer of Guns N' Roses
* Ashleigh Ross – Australian actress
* William Ruane – Scottish actor
* Emily Rudd – American actress
* Joseph Ruud – American professional wrestler popularly known as Erick Rowan
* William Rufus – king of England
* Rurik – Viking founder of Rurik Dynasty in Russia

## S

* Phil Salt – Welsh cricketer
* Matthias Sammer – German footballer
* Margaret Sanger – American advocate for birth control
* Andrew Santino – American comedian
* Susan Sarandon – American actress
* Adam Savage – American special effects designer and television personality
* Brian Scalabrine – American NBA player
* Angela Scanlon – Irish television presenter
* Hannie Schaft – Dutch resistance member
* Mike Schmidt – American Baseball Hall of Fame 1995 inductee
* Paul Scholes – English footballer
* Patti Scialfa – American singer and guitarist; E Street Band member
* Rami Sebei (Sami Zayn) – Canadian professional wrestler
* Stav Shaffir – Israeli politician
* George Bernard Shaw – Irish author and playwright
* Duncan Shearer – Scottish international footballer
* Moira Shearer – Scottish ballerina and actress; star of Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes
* Ed Sheeran – English singer and songwriter
* William Tecumseh Sherman – American Union Army general in the American Civil War
* Renee Short – British politician
* Elizabeth Siddal – English artist's model and poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
* Steve Sidwell – English footballer
* Beverly Sills – American opera singer
* Sadie Sink – American actress
* Jannik Sinner – Italian tennis player
* Innokenty Smoktunovsky – Soviet and Russian actor
* Sarah Snook – Australian actress
* Sissy Spacek – American actress
* Lisa Stansfield – English singer
* Vivian Stanshall – English singer
* Kaye Stevens – American actress
* Courtney Florence Stewart – Scottish professional wrestler signed to the WWE under the ring name Isla Dawn
* Paul Stirling – Irish cricketer and current captain of the Ireland Cricket Team
* Bram Stoker – Irish author, best known for the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula
* Ben Stokes – English international cricketer and current captain of the England cricket team
* Eric Stoltz – American actor, director and producer
* Gordon Strachan – Scottish international footballer
* Sadie Stratton – American actor
* Tilda Swinton – English actress

## T

* William Howard Taft – 27th president of the United States
* Catherine Tate – English actress and comedian
* Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ – Turkish actor, model, and former basketball player
* Corey Taylor – American singer-songwriter
* Christian Tessier – Canadian actor
* Eleanor Tomlinson – English actress
* Mark Twain – American author

## U

* Liv Ullmann – Norwegian actress
* The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) – American retired professional wrestler

## V

* Martin Van Buren – 8th U.S. president, known as the "Red Fox of Kinderhook"
* Sepp van den Berg – Dutch international footballer
* André van Duin – Dutch comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, author, television presenter, television director, television producer and screenwriter
* Vincent van Gogh – Dutch artist
* Paul Vautin – Australian rugby player and sportscaster
* Carlos Vicente – Spanish footballer
* David Vicente – Spanish footballer
* André Villas-Boas – Portuguese football player and manager, known in his youth as Cenourinho ('baby carrot')
* Antonio Vivaldi – Italian composer, known as il prete rosso ('the red priest')
* Adam Voges – Australian former cricketer
* Katharina von Bora – German theologian
* Loni von Friedl – Austrian actress
* Kyle Verreynne – South African Cricketer

## W

* Bill Walton – basketball player and commentator
* Zack Ward – Canadian actor
* George Washington – first U.S. president and general
* Duncan Watmore – English footballer
* Ben Watson – English footballer
* Samantha Weinstein – Canadian actress
* Carson Wentz – NFL quarterback
* Margot Werner – Austrian ballerina
* Shaun White – professional snowboarder and skateboarder, known as the "Flying Tomato"
* Ellen Wilkinson – British Socialist minister known as "Red Ellen"
* Kane Williamson – New Zealand cricketer
* Mary Wiseman – American actress
* Alicia Witt – American actress
* James Wolfe – British soldier
* Tom Wolfe – American author
* Ryan Woods – English footballer
* Bonnie Wright – English actress

## X

* Malcolm X – African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. In 1940s Harlem, where he worked with and befriended Red Foxx, he had the nickname "Detroit Red" to distinguish him from Foxx, known as "Chicago Red"; both men were described as "having reddish hair".

## Y

* Amy Yasbeck – American actress
* Thom Yorke – English singer
* Brigham Young – religious leader

## Z

* Adolfo Zaldívar – Chilean politician
* Alexander Zverev – German professional tennis player, current ATP world No. 2