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