Amerikan kültürü

Amerikan kültürü (İngilizce: Folklore of the United States), Amerika Birleşik Devletlerinde yaşayan halka ve vatandaşlık bağıyla bağlı olan herkese ve bu kültürü yaşayanlara verilen addır.

Amerikan kültür figürleri

Uydurulmuş kişiler 
 Paul Bunyan
 Cordwood Pete
 Iron John
 John the Conqueror
 John Henry
 Roy Hobbs
 Johnny Kaw
 Joe Magarac
 Molly Pitcher
 Pecos Bill
 Zorro
 Stagger Lee
 Henry "Ole Pete" Peterson
 Casey Jones

Tarihsel kişiler

Başkanlar 
 Aaron Burr (1756–1836)
 Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
 Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804)
 Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
 Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
 Bob Dole (born 1923)
 Charles Sumner (1811–1874)
 Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
 Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926)
 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945)
 George Wallace (1919–1998)
 George Washington (1732–1799)
 Henry Clay (1777–1852)
 Huey Long (1893–1935)
 Jefferson Davis (1808–1889)
 John C. Calhoun (1780–1850)
 John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)
 John Hancock (1737–1793)
 John Jay (1745–1829)
 Jonathan Moulton (1726–1787)
 Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957)
 Patrick Henry (1736–1799)
 Preston Brooks (1819–1857)
 R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987)
 Ralph Nader (born 1934)
 Richard Nixon (1913–1994)
 Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968)
 Robert La Follette (1855–1925)
 Ron Paul (born 1935)
 Sam Houston (1793–1863)
 Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836)
 Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
 Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
 William Bradford (1590–1657)
 William M. Tweed (1823–1878)
 William Penn (1644–1718)

Eski batı figürleri 
 Annie Oakley (1860–1926)
 Bat Masterson (1853–1921)
 Belle Starr (1848–1889)
 Big Nose George (died 1881)
 Big Nose Kate (1850–1940)
 Bill Doolin (1858–1906)
 Billy the Kid (1859–1881)
 Brushy Bill Roberts (c. 1859 – 1950)
 Butch Cassidy (1866 – c. 1908)
 Calamity Jane (1852–1903)
 Charles Bolles (1829 – c. 1888)
 Charles Goodnight (1836–1929)
 Cole Younger (1844–1916)
 Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969)
 The Dalton Gang (1890–1892)
 Doc Holliday (1851–1887)
 James W. Marshall (1810–1885)
 Jesse James (1847–1882)
 Joaquin Murrieta (1829 – c. 1853)
 John Sutter (1803–1880)
 John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895)
 Johnny Ringo (1850–1882)
 Jose Chavez y Chavez (1851–1924)
 Juan Cortina (1824–1894)
 Kit Carson (1809–1868)
 Mysterious Dave Mather (1851–?)
 Pancho Villa (1878–1923)
 Pat Garrett (1850–1908)
 Reno Gang (1866–1868)
 Robert Ford (1862–1892)
 Roy Bean (c. 1825 – 1903)
 Soapy Smith (1860–1898)
 Tom Horn (1860–1903)
 James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876)
 William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917)
 Wyatt Earp (1848–1929)
 Black Bart (1829 – c. 1888)

Kaşifçiler ve sınırlarda yaşayanlar 
 Henry Hudson (died c. 1611)
 John Smith (c. 1580 – 1631)
 Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
 Simon Kenton (1755–1836)
 Mike Fink (c. 1770 – c. 1823)
 "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman (1774–1845)
 Zebulon Pike (1778–1813)
 Davy Crockett (1785–1836)
 Jedediah Smith (1798 – c. 1831)
 Lewis & Clark (1804–1806)
 James "Grizzly" Adams (c. 1807 – 1860)
 John C. Frémont (1813–1890)
 "Liver Eating" John Johnson (c. 1824 – 1900)

Aktivistler

Kölelik karşıtları 
 Dred Scott (1799–1858)
 John Brown (1800–1859)
 Nat Turner (1800–1831)
 Henry Highland Garnet (1815–1882)
 Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
 Harriet Tubman (1822–1913)

Sivil hak liderleri 
 Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
 W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
 Marcus Garvey (1887–1940)
 Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975)
 Rosa Parks (1913–2005)
 Medgar Evers (1925–1963)
 Malcolm X (1925–1965)
 Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
 Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998)
 Bobby Seale (born 1936)
 Huey P. Newton (1942–1989)
 Jesse Jackson (born 1941)
 H. Rap Brown (born 1943)
 Al Sharpton (born 1954)
 Freedom Riders (1961)

Kadın hakları destekçileri 
 Sojourner Truth (1797–1883)
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
 Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
 Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

İşçi Hareketi 
 Mary Harris Jones (1837–1930)
 Big Bill Haywood (1869–1928)
 Sid Hatfield (1893–1921)
 Molly Maguires (c. 1861 – 1878)
 Fannie Sellins (1872–1917)
 Frank Little (1879–1917)
 Ginger Goodwin (1887–1918)
 Wesley Everest (1890–1919)
 Cesar Chavez (1927–1993)

Skandalcılar 
 Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911)
 Jacob Riis (1849–1914)
 Julius Chambers (1850–1920)
 Ida M. Tarbell (1857–1944)
 Charles Edward Russell (1860–1941)
 William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951)
 Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936)
 David Graham Phillips (1867–1911)
 Ray Stannard Baker (1870–1946)
 William Henry Irwin (1873–1948)
 William English Walling (1877–1936)
 Upton Sinclair (1878–1968)

Savaş karşıtları 
 Ron Paul (born 1935)
 Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
 Alice Herz (1882–1965)
 Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005)
 Howard Zinn (1922–2010)
 Tom Laughlin (born 1931)
 Norman Morrison (1933–1965)
 Ralph Nader (born 1934)
 Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989)
 Jane Fonda (born 1937)
 Jerry Rubin (1938–1994)
 John Kerry (born 1943)
 Sandra Lee Scheuer (1949–1970)
 Jeffrey Glenn Miller (1950–1970)
 William Knox Schroeder (1950–1970)
 Allison Krause (1951–1970)
 Michael Moore (born 1954)
 Cindy Sheehan (born 1957)
 Students for a Democratic Society (1962–1969)

Amerikan Yerlileri Hareketi 
 Dennis Banks (born 1932)
 Vine Deloria (1933–2005)
 Clyde Bellecourt (born 1936)
 Russell Means (born 1939)
 Leonard Peltier (born 1944)
 Sacheen Littlefeather (born 1947)

Beyazların üstünlüğü öğretisi 
 Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877)
 Virgil Effinger (1873–1955)
 William J. Simmons (1880–1945)
 Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966)
 William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965)
 D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966)
 Robert Edward Chambliss (1904–1985)
 George Lincoln Rockwell (1916–1967)
 Samuel Bowers (1924–2006)
 Tom Metzger (born 1938)
 David Duke (born 1950)
 Alex Linder (born 1966)

Çevreciler 
 Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
 John Muir (1838–1914)
 Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
 Aldo Leopold (1887–1948)
 Rachel Carson (1907–1964)
 Edward Abbey (1927–1989)
 Smokey Bear (c. 1940s-1976)
 Al Gore (born 1948)

Askeri kişilikler 
 Francis Marion (c. 1732 – 1795)
 Ethan Allen (1738–1789)
 Stephen Decatur (1779–1820)
 John Paul Jones (1747–1792)
 Henry Knox (1750–1806)
 William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)
 Zachary Taylor (1784–1850)
 Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)
 William B. Travis (1809–1836)
 William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891)
 Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)
 Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863)
 William Quantrill (1837–1865)
 George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876)
 Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966)
 George Marshall (1880–1959)
 Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)
 George S. Patton (1885–1945)
 Alvin C. York (1887–1964)
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
 The Rough Riders (1898)*
 Audie Murphy (1924–1971)
 Tuskegee Airman (1940–1946)
 William Calley (born 1943)
 David Petraeus (born 1952)

Atletler 
 Cap Anson (1852–1922)
 John L. Sullivan (1858–1918)
 Jack Johnson (1876–1946)
 Ty Cobb (1886–1961)
 Jim Thorpe (1888–1953)
 Shoeless Joe Jackson (1888–1951)
 Babe Ruth (1895–1948)
 Jack Dempsey (1895–1983)
 Lou Gehrig (1903–1941)
 Red Grange (1903–1991)
 Satchel Paige (1906–1982)
 Vince Lombardi (1913–1970)
 Jesse Owens (1913–1980)
 Paul Bear Bryant (1913–1983)
 Joe Louis (1914–1981)
 Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999)
 Gorgeous George (1915–1963)
 Ted Williams (1918–2002)
 Jackie Robinson (1919–1972)
 The Harlem Globetrotters (1926–)
 Mickey Mantle (1931–1995)
 Johnny Unitas (1933–2002)
 Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999)
 Evel Knievel (1938–2007)
 Billy Mills (born 1938)
 Bob Knight (born 1940)
 Pete Rose (born 1941)
 Muhammad Ali (born 1942)
 Joe Namath (born 1943)
 Pete Maravich (1947–1988)
 Julius Erving (born 1950)
 Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975)
 Dale Earnhardt (1951–2001)
 Joe Montana (born 1956)
 Michael Jordan (born 1963)
 Brett Favre (born 1969)
 Lance Armstrong (born 1971)
 Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972)
 Tiger Woods (born 1975)
 Peyton Manning (born 1976)
 Tom Brady (born 1977)
 Kobe Bryant (born 1978)
 LeBron James (born 1984)
 Michael Phelps (born 1985)
 Tim Tebow (born 1987)

Edebiyatçılar 
 Parson Weems (1756–1825)
 Washington Irving (1783–1859)
 James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1951)
 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
 Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
 Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)
 Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
 Herman Melville (1819–1891)
 Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
 Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899)
 Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
 Mark Twain (1835–1910)
 L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
 Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957)
 Robert Frost (1874–1963)
 Jack London (1876–1910)
 H. L. Mencken (1880–1956)
 Uncle Remus (1881–1905)
 T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
 H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
 F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
 Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
 Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
 John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
 Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
 Dr. Seuss (1904–1991)
 Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
 William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)
 J. D. Salinger (1919–2010)
 Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
 Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
 Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964)
 Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
 Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
 Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
 Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)
 Stephen King (born 1947)
 Beat Generation (1948-early 1960s)
 William Faulkner (1897–1962)

Artistler 
 Thomas Cole (1801–1848)
 Grandma Moses (1860–1961)
 Frederic Remington (1861–1909)
 Norman Rockwell (1894–1978)
 Jackson Pollock (1912–1956)
 Andy Warhol (1928–1987)

Müzisyenler 
 Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862)
 Dan Emmett (1815–1904)
 Stephen Foster (1826–1864)
 John Philip Sousa (1854–1923)
 Scott Joplin (1867–1917)
 W. C. Handy (1873–1958)
 George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
 Jelly Roll Morton (1885–1941)
 Al Jolson (1886–1950)
 Leadbelly (1888–1949)
 Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933)
 George Gershwin (1898–1937)
 Emmett Miller (1900–1962)
 Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
 Fats Waller (1904–1934)
 Robert Johnson (1911–1938)
 Woody Guthrie (1912–1967)
 Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
 Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
 Hank Williams (1923–1953)
 Ray Charles (1930–2004)
 Johnny Cash (1932–2003)
 Elvis Presley (1935–1977)
 Buddy Holly (1936–1959)
 Bob Dylan (born 1941)
 Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970)
 Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
 Bruce Springsteen (born 1949)
 Michael Jackson (1958–2009)
 The Rat Pack (1950–1980s)
 Kurt Cobain (1967–1994)
 Tupac Shakur (1971–1996)
 The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997)

Aktör ve film yapımcıları 
 Edwin Forrest (1806–1872)
 Edwin Booth (1833–1892)
 D. W. Griffith (1875–1948)
 Will Rogers (1879–1935)
 Tom Mix (1880–1940)
 John Barrymore (1882–1942)
 Lon Chaney, Sr. (1883–1930)
 Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933)
 John Ford (1894–1973)
 Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926)
 Walt Disney (1901–1966)
 John Wayne (1907–1979)
 Marx Brothers (1905 – c. 1950)
 Orson Wells (1915–1985)
 Marlon Brando (1924–2004)
 Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
 The Three Stooges (1925–1970)
 Laurel and Hardy (1926–1957)
 Abbott and Costello (1929–1965)
 Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
 Clint Eastwood (born 1930)
 James Dean (1931–1955)
 Bruce Lee (1940–1973)
 George Carlin

Amerikan yerlileri 
 Hiawatha (12th century)
 Squanto (1580–1625)
 Pocahontas (1595–1617)
 Sequoyah (1767–1843)
 Tecumseh (1768–1813)
 Sacagawea (1788 – c. 1812)
 Red Cloud (1822–1909)
 Geronimo (1829–1909)
 Sitting Bull (1831–1890)
 Liliuokalani (1838–1917)
 Chief Joseph (1840–1904)
 Crazy Horse (1840–1877)
 Black Elk (1863–1950)
 Ira Hayes (1923–1955)

Havacılık ve uzay kaşifçileri 
 Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973)
 Amelia Earhart (1897-?)
 Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974)
 The Wright Brothers (1903)
 Howard Hughes (1905–1976)
 John Glenn (born 1921)
 Alan Shepard (1923–1998)
 Chuck Yeager (born 1923)
 Neil Armstrong (born 1930)
 Buzz Aldrin (born 1930)
 Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986)
 Sally Ride (1951–2012)
 Chesley Sullenberger (born 1951)

Suçlular 
 Al Capone (1899–1947)'
 Baby Face Nelson (1908–1934)
 Blackbeard (c. 1680 – 1718)
 Bonnie Parker (1910–1934
 Charles Ponzi (1882–1949)
 Clyde Barrow (1909–1934)
 D.B. Cooper (died c. 1971)
 Jimmy Hoffa (1913-?)
 John Dillinger (1903–1934)
 John Gotti (1940–2002)
 John Wilkes Booth (1836–1865)
 Lizzie Borden (1860–1927)
 Lucky Luciano (1897–1962))
 Pretty Boy Floyd (1904–1934)
 Stagger Lee Shelton (1865–1912)
 Tommy Lucchese (1899–1967)
 Willie Sutton (1901–1980)

Hukukçular 
 Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884)
 J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972)
 Melvin Purvis (1903–1960)
 Eliot Ness (1903–1957)

Dini kişilikler 
 Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643)
 Roger Williams (1603–1683)
 Increase Mather (1639–1723)
 Cotton Mather (1663–1728)
 Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
 George Whitefield (1714–1770)
 Brigham Young (1801–1877)
 Joseph Smith (1805–1844)
 Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910)
 Billy Sunday (1862–1935)
 Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944)
 Charles Coughlin (1891–1979)
 Billy Graham (born 1918)

Mucitler ve Girişimciler 
 Charles Goodyear (1800–1860)
 Eli Whitney (1765–1825)
 John Deere (1804–1886)
 Samuel Morse (1791–1872)
 P. T. Barnum (1810–1891)
 Levi Strauss (1829–1902)
 Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)
 John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937)
 Jack Daniel (1846–1911)
 Thomas Edison (1847–1931)
 Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922)
 Henry Ford (1863–1947)
 Colonel Sanders (1890–1980)
 Walt Disney (1901–1966)

Amerikan Devriminin Devlet Adamları 
 Paul Revere (1735–1818)
 Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
 Abigail Adams (1744–1818)
 Betsy Ross (1752–1836)

Diğer 
 Leif Ericson (c. 970 – c. 1020)
 Oceanus Hopkins (1620 – c. 1623)
 Sally Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835)
 Marie Laveau (1801–1881)
 Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874)
 Emperor Norton I (1819–1880)
 Abner Doubleday (1819–1893)
 General Tom Thumb (1838–1883)
 The Leatherman (c. 1839 – 1889)
 Isaac W. Sprague (1841–1887)
 Jumbo (1861–1885)
 Casey Jones (1863–1900)
 Fedor Jeftichew (1868–1904)
 Mary Mallon (1869–1938)
 Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944)
 Harry Houdini (1874–1936)
 Helen Keller (1880–1968)
 Abraham Zapruder (1905–1970)
 Colonel Tom Parker (1909–1997)
 Timothy Leary (1920–1996)
 Black Dahlia (1924 – c. 1947)
 Wavy Gravy (born 1936)
 Wolfman Jack (1939–1995)
 Christopher McCandless (1968–1992)

Efsanevi ve Kültürel kişilikler 
 Babe the Blue Ox
 Bigfoot
 Bloody Mary
 Cardiff Giant
 Champ
 Christmas elf
 Chupacabra
 Fur-bearing trout
 Goatman
 Grey aliens
 Hodag
 Jackalope
 Jersey Devil
 La Llorona
 Mothman
 Nain Rouge
 Rabbit's foot
 Santa Claus
 Skunk Ape
 Squonk
 Wendigo
 The White Lady
 The Michigan Dogman
 Zombie

Dış bağlantılar 
 American Folklore Society 
 AmericanFolklore.net 
 American Myth Today: O Brother, Where Art Thou? American Studies at the University of Virginia

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