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"150 Famous Welsh Americans, W. Arvon Roberts, 2008

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"Bette Davis, just one of the many famous Welsh actors... Bette Davis has Welsh connections from her father Harlow Davies whose family hail from Wales. She even visited Wales when in Britain acting to trace her family roots". 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 actorThe Dragon Entertains ~100 Welsh Stars~; mentioned as one of "100 Welsh Stars" G-Eazy, (born 1989), rapper Carson Grant (born 1950), actor D. W. Griffith (1875–1948), early film director Mark Hamill (born 1951), actor, distant Welsh ancestry Teri Hatcher (born 1964), actress and writer, distant Welsh ancestry Sitara Hewitt (born 1981), actress Bob Hope (1903–2003), actor/comedian, mother was Welsh, Embassy of the Unite.d States, London, UK "Welsh Americans have helped settle the American frontier, build our cities, and defend our liberty... to the sharp wit of Bob Hope" Anthony Hopkins (born 1937), born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan; Academy Award-winning film/stage actor "classically trained and highly regarded Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins". Gewertz, Ken (February 15, 2001), "Anthony Hopkins hams it up for Hasty", Harvard University Gazette. "Later, at a brief press conference, Hopkins, who was born in Wales, was asked why he recently became an American citizen. 'I've lived here some years. I feel at home in America. I suppose it was a pretty bold decision, but America has been very generous to me. There was a bit of an outburst in the British press. I was branded as some sort of turncoat, but so be it. 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 "Mr Jones... discovered his father was half Welsh around 15 years ago...." "It's a very special occasion for me because... [it has been] discovered that my father was half-Welsh." 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 blakelewisfans.org : "I was wondering, what is your heritage? Blake: Welsh, German, and Irish. I'm a mutt." Juliette Lewis (born 1973), actress and singer "She often refers to her Welsh ancestry." Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), actor Myrna Loy (1905–1993), actress included in the book "100 Great Welsh Women" "Although she is of Scotch and Welsh descent, she has been accused of being Egyptian, Chinese, Eurasian and other nationalities." Marco Marenghi, animator, born in Rhondda Kelly McGillis (born 1957), actress, distant Welsh ancestry Ray Milland (1905–1986), actor "Welsh-born U.S. 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 Ryan Potter (born 1995), 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 "The illegitimate son of an astrologer and a Welsh farm girl" Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), poet/biographer/dramatist Hillary Monahan, author 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 (1941-2025), 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 D.W. Davis (1873–1959), Commissioner of the U.S Reclamation Service, Governor of Idaho, Idaho State Senator James J. Davis (1873–1947), Secretary of Labor and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania "James J. Davis, a Welsh-born puddler who served as US Secretary of Labor from 1921–1930" 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 ( "Of the four New York signatories, three were Welsh; Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis and William Floyd." James Garfield (1831–1881), President of the United States Nicholas Gilman (1755–1814), United States Senator from New Hampshire Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), Governor of Georgia, 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 Yorkmentioned as one of several "Welsh Americans" at , "The only child of a pious American Baptist mother and an immigrant Welsh minister" 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 John Edward Jones (1895–1896), Governor of Nevada Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), Confederate general "Robert E. Lee... also were Welsh Americans..." 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 mentioned as several people who were "Welsh" or "Welsh American" Noah M. Mason (1882–1965), United States Congressman from Illinois, Illinois State Senator 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), U.S. 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