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.

Fine art

 * Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), western artist, sculptor, and inventor; "cowboy of cowboy artists"; "father of modern rodeo"
 * Grant Wood (1891–1942), painter known for American Gothic

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
 * Richmond Arquette (born 1963), movie actor, 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
 * Dean Cain (born 1966), actor, mother is of partial Welsh ancestry
 * Erika Christensen (born 1982), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Kelly Clarkson (born 1982), singer, distant Welsh ancestry
 * 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 (born 1929), jazz pianist / composer
 * Sara Evans (born 1971), country music singer
 * Glenn Ford (1916–2006), film actor
 * Drake Glover (born 2018), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Legend Glover (born 2016), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Carson Grant (born 1950), actor
 * D. W. Griffith (1875–1948), early film director
 * Teri Hatcher (born 1964), actress and writer, distant Welsh ancestry
 * 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 Huston (1906–1987), film director, screenwriter and actor, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Quincy Jones (born 1933), record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter, Welsh paternal grandfather
 * Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, Welsh paternal great-grandfather
 * 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
 * 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
 * Justin Pierce (1975–2000), English-born actor of Welsh descent; former husband of Gina Rizzo
 * Chris Pine (born 1980), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Shawn Pyfrom (born 1986), actor, paternal grandfather is of Welsh ancestry
 * Kim Richards (born 1964), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Kyle Richards (born 1969), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Monica Richards, author and musician
 * 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 (born 1930), 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 (born 1943), singer, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Tuc Watkins (born 1966), actor
 * Betty White (born 1922), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Michelle Williams (born 1980), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Robin Williams (1951–2014), actor, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Vanessa Williams (born 1963), actress, distant Welsh ancestry
 * Cassandra Wilson (born 1955), née Cassandra Fowlkes, jazz vocalist; distant Welsh ancestry through her father
 * Patrick Wilson (born 1973), actor, distant Welsh ancestry

Literature

 * Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), novelist/playwright
 * Jack London (1876–1916), author
 * Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), poet/biographer/dramatist
 * Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975), author and illustrator
 * Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet, humorist

Politics

 * John Adams (1735–1826), President of the United States, Vice President of the United States; traced his ancestry to Pembroke, Pembrokeshire and to Penybanc Farm at Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire
 * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), President of the United States, Secretary of State
 * John Henry Bowen (1780–1822), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
 * George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd President United States; distant Welsh ancestry
 * 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)
 * Dick Cheney (born 1941), 46th 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, candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination
 * Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 29th Vice President of the United States (1921–1923) and 30th President of the United States (1923–1929)
 * 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), soldier, politician, and first and only 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), 20th 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
 * Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), 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), third President of the United States; first Secretary of State; said his father came from the foothills of Snowdon
 * Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), Confederate general
 * Francis Lewis (1713–1802), United States Declaration of Independence signatory
 * James Madison (1751–1836), 4th 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), fifth 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
 * Barack Obama (born 1961), 44th President United States; distant Welsh ancestry
 * 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
 * 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

 * 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
 * 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

 * 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
 * Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966), Imperial Wizard of the "second" Ku Klux Klan from 1922 until 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 (1987), mother was Welsh
 * 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
 * Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904), journalist/explorer
 * George Henry Thomas (1816–1870), Union General during the American Civil War
 * 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