Famous Irish-Americans
The following is a list of some of just a few famous Americans who were blessed enough to have Irish forefathers.
This list is a work in progess, if you know of any people that I have forgotten, please feel free to e-mail me and I will add them to the list.
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Nellie Bly (1864-1922) Journalist and adventuress
Matthew Brady (1823-1896) Civil War photographer
William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906-1997) Supreme Court Justice
Jean Butler (1971-) Star of Riverdance
James Cagney (1904- 1986) Oscar-winning actor
Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917) Western scout and rodeo showman
Geaorge M. Cohan (1872-1942) Composer of musical comedy
Davy Crockett (1786-1836) Frontiersman and congressman
Bing Crosby (1904-1977) Singer and Actor
Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) Mayor of Chicago
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Novelist
John Ford (1895-1973) Oscar-winning film director
Henry Ford (1863-1947) Automobile manufacturer
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) Actor
Helen Hayes (1900-1993) Actress
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) Editor and newspaper publisher
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) 7th President of the United States
Buster Keaton (1895-1966) Vaudevillian and actor
Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Dancer/actor
Grace Kelly (1928-1982) Actress-Princess Grace of Monaco.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) 35th President of the United States
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-) First Female Supreme Court justice
Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) Painter
Eugene O'neill (1888-1953) Nobel Prize winning playwright
Gregory Peck (1916-2003) Oscar Winning actor
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) Birth-control advocate
Ed Sullivan (1902-1974) Entertainer and tv producer
John L. Sullivan (1858-1918) World champion boxer
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