This is a list of notable Scottish Americans, including both immigrants who obtained U.S. citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Scottish American or must have references showing they are Scottish American and are notable.
Artists
Alexander Anderson, illustrator Earl W. Bascom, cowboy artist and sculptor Alexander Calder, sculptor Herbert A. Collins, landscape and portrait painter John M. Donaldson, artist and architect Leslie Erganian, artist and author John Mackie Falconer, etcher, painter, and watercolorist Joseph Glasco, abstract expressionist painter, draftsman and sculptor Tim Gunn, author, academic, and television personality who served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer Jackson Pollock, artist Christopher Ross, sculptor, designer and collector Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, artist
Business and philanthropy
Alexander Graham Bell, founder of AT&T Philip Danforth Armour, founder of Armour and Company, a meatpacking firm William M. Blair, financier Glen Bell, founder of Taco Bell David Dunbar Buick, founder of the Buick Motor Company William Wallace Cargill, businessman and founder of Cargill Incorporated Andrew Carnegie, philanthropist and steel Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel, founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery David Eccles, Utah's first millionaire John Malcolm Forbes, businessman and sportsman John Murray Forbes, railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist William Cameron Forbes, investment banker and diplomat Jay Gould, railroad developer Archibald Gracie, shipping magnate W.K. Kellogg, industrialist, founder of the Kellogg Company James Lenox, philanthropist, bibliophile whose books became part of the founding collection of the New York Public Library Malco(l)m McLean, 'Father of Containerization' Cyrus McCormick, International Harvester Harold Fowler McCormick, businessman Ira O. McDaniel, cotton merchant, farmer and newspaper man Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born chairman and director of NewsCorp Allan Pinkerton, detective and director of a security business Ross Perot, entrepreneur, founder of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems Alexander Turney Stewart, dry goods entrepreneur Arch West, executive; developer of Doritos"Archibald Clark West was born in Indianapolis to Scottish Immigrants."
Entertainment
Jensen Ackles, actor Ben Affleck, actor, writer, director Casey Affleck, actor Richard Dean Anderson, actor Muriel Angelus, actor Jennifer Aniston, actor Karen Allen, film and stage actress"She is of Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh descent". Andrew Arbuckle, actor Macklyn Arbuckle, actor Roscoe Arbuckle, actor, director, screenwriter Robert Armstrong, actor Samaire Armstrong, actress best known for her roles in The O.C. and Dirty Sexy Money Mary Astor, actor Clara Bow, actress Harry Belafonte, actor, singer Lucille Ball, actress and comedian Hailey Baldwin, model, television personality Alison Brie, actress"Alison Brie – biography". Tallulah Bankhead, actor Al Barr, musician Luna Blaise, actress Cate Blanchett, actress Patricia Breslin, actress"She was one of three children born in New York to an Irish Catholic father and a mother whose family came from Scotland". Haley Bennett, actress, singer John Barrowman, actor Earl W. Bascom, painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and actor Catherine Bell, actress and model Scott Clifton, actor, musician Kristen Bell, actress Alexis Bledel, actress Jordana Brewster, actress James Brolin, actor Samantha Brown, television host on the Travel Channel James D. Brubaker, film producer, production manager and actor Gina Carano, actor and mixed martial artist Jim Carrey, actor Myra Carter, actor Lacey Chabert, actress"Lacey Chabert – Biography". Charles Coburn, producer Chris Connelly, musician Miriam Cooper, silent film actress Stewart Copeland, drummer in the band The Police Laird Cregar, actor Matt Damon, actor Ted Danson, actor Mona Darkfeather, actor Yvonne De Carlo, actor James Dean, actor Laura Dern, actress"Her great uncle was the Scottish-American poet, writer and librarian of Congress Archibald Macleish". Vin Diesel, actor Matt Dillon, actor Joanie Dodds, fashion model Shannen Doherty, actress Helen Douglas, actress and politician Michael Douglas, actor and film producer Gary Dourdan, actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) Nancy Dow, actress Robert Downey Jr., actor Hilary Duff, actress and singer Minnie Driver, actor David Duchovny, actor Daniel Ducovny, director Robert Duvall, actor Leslie Easterbrook, actor Clint Eastwood, actor and instructor"His father, Clint Eastwood Sr, was of Scottish and English ancestry". Aaron Eckhart, actor George Eldredge, actor Craig Ferguson, actor and comedian George Ferguson, stage and silent film actor Jane Fonda, actress, writer, producer Jimmy Finlayson, actor Scott Foley, actor China Forbes, lead singer of Pink Martini Glenn Ford, actor Edwin Forrest, Shakespearean actor Laura Fraser, born in Glasgow; actress Drew Fuller, actor and former model Judy Garland, actress and singer Lauren Graham, actress"Lauren has Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry". Gloria Grahame, actress Greer Garson, actress Ashlyn Gere, actress Paul Giamatti, actor Isabel Gillies, author and actor Karen Gillan, born in Inverness; actress Michelle Gomez, born in Glasgow; actress Brian Austin Green, actor Andy Griffith, comedian, actor and singer best known for The Andy Griffith Show Rebecca Hall, actress Oliver Hardy, comedic actor, best known for Laurel and Hardy Roy Ellsworth Harris, classical composer Colton Haynes, actor Katharine Hepburn, actor Charlton Heston, actor Paris Hilton, actress, model Edward Everett Horton, actor Ron Howard, actor and director Steve Howey, actor Felicity Huffman, actress Anjelica Huston, actor Ashley Jensen, born in Annan, Dumfriesshire; actress Caitlyn Jenner, media personality and former athlete Kendall Jenner, model and businesswoman "Their mother has a mixture of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry". Kris Jenner, media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner, media personality and businesswoman Spike Jonze, director, producer, screenwriter and actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry Khloé Kardashian, media personality and businesswoman Kim Kardashian, media personality and businesswoman Kourtney Kardashian, media personality and businesswoman Rob Kardashian, media personality Cody Kasch, television actor (Desperate Housewives) "Cody Kasch, who plays Zach Young on Desperate Housewives, wore an argyle sweater with a burgundy tie. "I wore the sweater because I'm Scottish", he said." Max Kasch, television and film actor Michael Keaton, actor Riley Keough, actress David Keith, actor Anna Kendrick, actress"The 29 year old actress was born in Portland, Maine in the United States and is of Irish, Scottish, and English Ancestry". Deborah Kerr, actress Nicole Kidman, actress Val Kilmer, actor Nancy Kwan, actress Sunny Lane, porn star Brie Larson, actress, filmmaker Eva LaRue, actress, model Jennifer Lawrence, actress Jay Leno, comedian, former actor, host of The Tonight ShowLeno – "he's Italian and Scottish" "KING: Who had the chin, mom or dad? J. LENO: I guess that's from the Scotch side of the family. Yeah, that would probably be more of the Scotch side, my mom. My mom was Scottish. My father was Italian. Which is a wonderful area for comedy as a kid..." Hamish Linklater, best known for his role in the series The New Adventures of Old Christine Ray Liotta, actor Marion Lorne, actress best known for her recurring role as Aunt Clara in the series Bewitched Chad Lowe, actor Myrna Loy, actor Chloé Lukasiak, actress and dancer Kate McKinnon, actress, comedian Karen McDougal, model, actress Jeanette MacDonald, actress and singer Andie MacDowell, actor Seth MacFarlane, writer of Family Guy Ali MacGraw, actor Alexander Mackendrick, director and professor Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Twin Peaks) Patrick Macnee, actor Michael Madsen, actor Virginia Madsen, actress John Malkovich, actor Ross McCorkell, drag queen known as Rosé Gates McFadden, actress Danica McKellar, actress Benjamin McKenzie, actor and author Kevin McKidd, actor and director Zoe McLellan, actor Wendi McLendon-Covey, actress Steve McQueen, actor Steven R. McQueen, actor Caroline McWilliams, actor Donald Meek, actor Marian Mercer, actress Andy Milligan, playwright, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker Cameron Mitchell, actor John Cameron Mitchell, actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director Demi Moore, actress Julianne Moore, actress"She decided to claim her British heritage in memory of her Scottish-born mother Anne, a psychiatric social worker who died suddenly two and a half years ago". Agnes Moorehead, actress Marilyn Monroe, actress Elizabeth Montgomery, actress Robert Montgomery, film and television actor, director and producer Jennifer Morrison, actress, director, producer, and former child model Jim Morrison, singer/songwriter of The Doors Sean Murray, actor Timothy Olyphant, actor Mary-Louise Parker, actress Aaron Paul, actor and producer Sara Paxton, actress and singer Nia Peeples, actress and singer Lou Diamond Phillips, actor Ryan Potter, actor Freddie Prinze Jr., actor Margaret Qualley, actress Rachael Ray, television personality, chef Burt Reynolds, actor Jason Ritter, actor AnnaSophia Robb, actress, model, and singer Amber Rose, model, actress Emma Roberts, actor Julia Roberts, actor Sarah Roemer, actor Ginger Rogers, actress; born Virginia Katherine McMath Mickey Rooney, actor Brandon Routh, actor Christina Ricci, actress Jane Russell, actor George C. Scott, actor Seann William Scott, actor, Steve Stifler of American Pie, Brooke Shields, actor Kiernan Shipka, actress Alicia Silverstone, actress Barbara Stanwyck, actor Jimmy Stewart, actor, Brigadier General (USAFR) John Stewart, musician Emma Stone, actress David Strathairn, actor, The River Wild Donald Sutherland, actor Kiefer Sutherland, actor Michael Tait, musician Elizabeth Tulloch, actress Kate Upton, actress, model"can claim Scottish heritage from her 28th removed Great Grandmother in Dunfermline". Casper Van Dien, actor Milo Ventimiglia, actor Jurgen Vsych, film director, screenwriter and author Christopher Walken, actorCamillo Fracassini, 'White trash on menu as Macbeth gets meaty', Scotland on Sunday (13 January 2002). Kerry Washington, actress John Wayne, actor Sigourney Weaver, actress Kristen Wiig, actress Olivia Wilde, actress"Her ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Manx". Michelle Williams, actress Patrick Wilson, actor Katherine Waterston, actress Tuesday Weld, actress Reese Witherspoon, actress Steven Wright, comedian, actor and writer Alan Young, actor Joe Yule, comedian, burlesque and motion pictures Cyma Zarghami, current president of Nickelodeon and MTV's Kids and Family Group Zendaya, actress, singer
Government and military
Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general, commanded military operations in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972 John Adair, eighth governor of Kentucky Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, U.S. Air Force pilot and astronaut, second man to walk on the Moon in 1969 on Apollo 11. First mission into space was Gemini 12 in 1966. William Alexander, major-general during the American Revolutionary War John Anderson, colonial governor of New Jersey in 1736 Matthew Arbuckle, general, closely identified with the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) for the last thirty years of his life; commanded Fort Smith near Indian Territory; established Forts Gibson and Towson in Indian Territory