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.
List
Artists
Business and Philanthropy
John D. Rockefeller
Alexander Graham Bell David Dunbar Buick Alexander Graham Bell , founder of AT&T [1]
Philip Danforth Armour , founder of Armour and Company , a meatpacking firm[2]
William M. Blair
Glen Bell , founder of Taco Bell
David Dunbar Buick , founder of the Buick Motor Company [3]
William Wallace Cargill , son of a Scottish sea captain
Andrew Carnegie , philanthropist and steel
Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel , founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery ; Scottish-Welsh American; his grandmother, Elizabeth Callaway, was born in Scotland
David Eccles , Utah 's first ever millionaire
John Malcolm Forbes
John Murray Forbes
William Cameron Forbes
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
Ira O. McDaniel
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 , born in Ireland to Scottish parents
Arch West , executive; developer of Doritos [4]
Entertainment
Ben Affleck Jennifer Aniston Lucille Ball Kristen Bell Matt Damon Robert Downey Jr. Judy Garland Anna Kendrick Jay Leno Ray Liotta Marilyn Monroe Julianne Moore Julia Roberts Emma Stone Kate Upton Reese Witherspoon Jensen Ackles , Emmy-nominated actor, of part Scottish descent
Ben Affleck , actor, writer, director, small amount of Scottish ancestry[5]
Casey Affleck , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Richard Dean Anderson , actor, mother is of Scottish ancestry
Muriel Angelus
Jennifer Aniston , maternal grandfather of part Scottish ancestry[6]
Karen Allen , film and stage actress[7]
Andrew Arbuckle
Macklyn Arbuckle
Roscoe Arbuckle
Robert Armstrong
Samaire Armstrong ,[8] actress best known for her roles in The O.C. and Dirty Sexy Money ; father is Scottish
Mary Astor
Clara Bow , actress
Harry Belafonte , actor, singer[9]
Lucille Ball , actress and comedian; father was part Scottish American
Hailey Baldwin , model, television personality, small amount of Scottish ancestry[10]
Alison Brie , actress, of partial Scottish descent[11]
Tallulah Bankhead
Al Barr [12]
Cate Blanchett , actress
Patricia Breslin , actress[13]
Haley Bennett , actress, singer
John Barrowman , born and semi-raised in Scotland
Earl W. Bascom , descendant of John Alexander, Scottish settler who founded Alexandria, Virginia, worked with cowboy actor Roy Rogers
Catherine Bell , actress and model, father was of Scottish descent
Scott Clifton , actor, musician, of half Scottish ancestry
Kristen Bell , actress, of part Scottish descent[14]
Alexis Bledel , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jordana Brewster , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry[15]
James Brolin , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Samantha Brown , television host on the Travel Channel
James D. Brubaker , film producer, production manager and actor
Gina Carano , mixed martial artist, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jim Carrey , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Myra Carter
Lacey Chabert , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry[16]
Charles Coburn
Chris Connelly , born in Edinburgh
Miriam Cooper
Stewart Copeland , drummer in the band The Police
Laird Cregar
Matt Damon , actor, father is of partial Scottish ancestry[17]
Ted Danson , actor, of part Scottish descent[18]
Mona Darkfeather
Yvonne De Carlo , mother was of Italian and Scottish descent
James Dean , actor, of part Scottish descent
Laura Dern , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry[19]
Vin Diesel , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Matt Dillon , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Joanie Dodds , fashion model
Shannen Doherty , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Helen Douglas
Michael Douglas , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Gary Dourdan , African-American actor with some Scottish ancestors (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
Nancy Dow , actress, father was of part Scottish ancestry
Robert Downey Jr. , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry on mother's side[20]
Hilary Duff , actress and singer[21]
Minnie Driver
David Duchovny , actor (mother Scottish)
Daniel Ducovny , brother of David (note, no "h")
Robert Duvall , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Leslie Easterbrook , actor, of partial Scottish descent
Clint Eastwood , actor and instructor, of partial Scottish ancestry[22]
Aaron Eckhart , actor, mother is of partial Scottish ancestry
George Eldredge
Craig Ferguson , actor and comedian[23] [24]
George Ferguson
Jane Fonda , actress, writer, producer
Jimmy Finlayson
Scott Foley , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
China Forbes , lead singer of Pink Martini ; father Scottish American, mother African-American
Glenn Ford
Edwin Forrest
Drew Fuller
Judy Garland (Milne from Aberdeenshire), of part Scottish ancestry[25]
Lauren Graham , actress[26]
Greer Garson , actress
Ashlyn Gere
Paul Giamatti , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Isabel Gillies
Brian Austin Green
Andy Griffith , comedian, actor and singer best known for The Andy Griffith Show
Rebecca Hall , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Oliver Hardy , comedic actor, best known for Laurel and Hardy
Roy Ellsworth Harris , classical composer of Scottish , Irish , and Welsh ancestry
Colton Haynes , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Katharine Hepburn , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Charlton Heston , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Paris Hilton , actress, model, of partial Scottish ancestry
Edward Everett Horton [27]
Ron Howard , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Steve Howey
Felicity Huffman , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Anjelica Huston , her father, director John Huston , was of part Scottish descent
Josh Hutcherson , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jonathan Jackson ,[28] actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Caitlyn Jenner , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Kendall Jenner , of partial Scottish ancestry[29]
Kris Jenner , of partial Scottish ancestry[30]
Kylie Jenner , of partial Scottish ancestry[29]
Spike Jonze , director, producer, screenwriter and actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Khloé Kardashian , of partial Scottish ancestry[29]
Kim Kardashian , of partial Scottish ancestry[29]
Kourtney Kardashian , of partial Scottish ancestry[29]
Rob Kardashian , of partial Scottish ancestry[29]
Cody Kasch , television actor (Desperate Housewives )[31]
Max Kasch , television and film actor
Michael Keaton , small amount of Scottish ancestry
David Keith , actor
Anna Kendrick , actress, mother is of Scottish descent[32]
Deborah Kerr , actress
Val Kilmer , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Nancy Kwan , mother was of Scottish descent[33]
Sunny Lane , porn star[34]
Brie Larson , actress, filmmaker
Eva LaRue , actress, model[35]
Jennifer Lawrence , actress[36]
Jay Leno , comedian, former actor, host of The Tonight Show ; mother was from west lowland Scotland[37]
Hamish Linklater , best known for his role in the series The New Adventures of Old Christine ; son of Scottish vocal coach, dialect professor, actor and theater director Kristin Linklater
Ray Liotta , actor[38]
Marion Lorne , actress best known for her recurring role as Aunt Clara in the series Bewitched
Julia Louis-Dreyfus , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Chad Lowe , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Myrna Loy
Kate McKinnon , actress, comedian, of half Scottish ancestry
Karen McDougal , model, actress
Jeanette MacDonald , actress and singer
Andie MacDowell ,[39] small amount of Scottish ancestry
Seth MacFarlane , writer of Family Guy , of partial Scottish ancestry[40]
Ali MacGraw , father was of Scottish descent, mother was of Hungarian Jewish ancestry
Alexander Mackendrick
Kyle MacLachlan , actor (Twin Peaks ), paternal grandfather was of Scottish ancestry
Patrick Macnee , actor
Michael Madsen , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Virginia Madsen , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
John Malkovich , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Matthew McConaughey , of part Scottish descent[41]
Ross McCorkell , drag queen known as Rosé, born in Scotland
Gates McFadden , actress
Danica McKellar , actress
Benjamin McKenzie , of part Scottish ancestry
Kevin McKidd
Zoe McLellan
Wendi McLendon-Covey , actress
Steve McQueen , actor, mother and father both of Scottish descent
Steven R. McQueen , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Caroline McWilliams
Donald Meek , actor
Marian Mercer , actress
Andy Milligan
Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell , mother is native Scottish
Demi Moore , actress, mother is Scottish
Julianne Moore , actress, mother is from Scotland[42]
Agnes Moorehead
Marilyn Monroe , actress[43] [44]
Elizabeth Montgomery , actress
Robert Montgomery , film and television actor, director and producer; father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery
Jennifer Morrison , father is of Scottish descent
Jim Morrison , singer/songwriter of The Doors
Sean Murray , Australian mother and Australian-American father, both of Scottish ancestry
Timothy Olyphant , actor; his surname is a variant spelling of the Scottish Clan Oliphant
Mary-Louise Parker , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Aaron Paul , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Sara Paxton , father is of part Scottish ancestry
Nia Peeples , actress and singer
Lou Diamond Phillips , biological father was of mostly Scottish descent
Freddie Prinze Jr. , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Margaret Qualley , actress
Rachael Ray , television personality, chef[45]
Burt Reynolds , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jason Ritter , actor, small amount of Scottish ancestry
AnnaSophia Robb ,[46] of part Scottish descent
Amber Rose , model, actress, mother is of half Scottish descent[47]
Emma Roberts , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Julia Roberts , small amount of Scottish ancestry[48]
Sarah Roemer ,[49] small amount of Scottish ancestry
Ginger Rogers , actress; born Virginia Katherine McMath
Mickey Rooney , actor, father was Scottish-born
Brandon Routh , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jane Russell
George C. Scott , actor
Seann William Scott , actor, Steve Stifler of American Pie ,[50] of part Scottish ancestry
Brooke Shields , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Alicia Silverstone , actress, mother is Scottish
Barbara Stanwyck , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jimmy Stewart , actor, Brigadier General (USAFR)
John Stewart , musician
Emma Stone , actress, of part Scottish descent
David Strathairn , actor, The River Wild , of part Scottish ancestry
Donald Sutherland , actor, of part Scottish descent
Kiefer Sutherland , actor, of mostly Scottish descent
Michael Tait , musician
Kate Upton , actress, model, of partial Scottish ancestry, Great-grandmother is of Scottish ancestry[51]
Casper Van Dien , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Milo Ventimiglia , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Jurgen Vsych , film director, screenwriter and author
Christopher Walken , actor; mother was a Scottish immigrant[52]
Kerry Washington ,[53] actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
John Wayne , actor (both parents of part Scottish and Scots-Irish ancestry)
Sigourney Weaver , actress, father was of part Scottish ancestry[54]
Kristen Wiig , small amount of Scottish ancestry
Olivia Wilde , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry[55]
Michelle Williams , actress, small amount of Scottish ancestry
Patrick Wilson ,[56] small amount of Scottish ancestry
Katherine Waterston , actress
Reese Witherspoon , actress; Scottish ancestor John D. Witherspoon signed the Declaration of Independence[57]
Steven Wright , comedian, actor and writer; Scottish and Italian descent
Alan Young , Film and Television Actor and voice actor
Joe Yule , comedian, burlesque and motion pictures
Cyma Zarghami , current president of Nickelodeon and MTV 's Kids and Family Group (father Iranian, mother Scottish)[58]
Zendaya , actress, singer (mother is of part Scottish descent)[59]
Government and military
George W. Bush , 43rd President of the U.S. Jimmy Carter , 39th President of the U.S. Kirsten Gillibrand , U.S. Senator from New York Barack Obama , 44th President of the U.S. John C. Stennis , U.S. Senator from Mississippi Ted Stevens , U.S. Senator from Alaska Donald Trump , 45th President of the United States Creighton Abrams , U.S. Army general, commanded military operations in Vietnam from 1968–1972
John Adair
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
Neil Armstrong , Naval aviator and astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon in 1969 on Apollo 11. First mission into space was Gemini 8 in 1966.
Chester A. Arthur , American president
John S. Barbour Jr.
Maryanne Trump Barry , Judge[60]
Alan Bean , astronaut and fourth person to walk on the Moon in 1969 on Apollo 12
James B. Beck
Austin Blair
Sherrod Brown , Democratic Senator of Ohio
Jim Bowie , frontiersman and a defender of the Alamo
Omar N. Bradley , general
John Breathitt
George A. Bruce
Albert Bryant Jr.
Bay Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
Irvine Bulloch
Ambrose Burnside
Joseph R. Burton
George H. W. Bush , 41st president of the United States
George W. Bush , 43rd President of the United States[61]
Jeb Bush , former Republican governor of Florida
John C. Caldwell
Archibald Campbell
Bill Campbell
George W. Campbell
John B. T. Campbell III
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
William Joseph Campbell
Wooda Nicholas Carr
Kit Carson
Richard Caswell
Chris Christie , former Republican governor of New Jersey[62]
William Claflin , Governor of Massachusetts
George Rogers Clark
Grover Cleveland , 22nd and 24th President of the United States
Hillary Clinton , former U.S. Senator and First Lady of the United States, mother is of Scottish ancestry[63]
Jack Coghill
Merian C. Cooper
Samuel W. Crawford , U.S. Army surgeon and Union general in the American Civil War
Davy Crockett , frontiersman, U.S. Congressman and a defender of the Alamo
Marcus Henderson Cruikshank
Alexander J. Dallas
George M. Dallas , Vice president of the United States, US Senator from Pennsylvania, Mayor of Philadelphia and Secretary of the Treasury. US Minister to Court of St. James and Russia
Howard Dean , Governor of Vermont
John Edwards
James E. Ferguson
Millard Fillmore , 13th President of the United States
William Fleming
James Florio , Governor of New Jersey
John B. Frazier
John Kenneth Galbraith , economist
Alexander Garden , American Revolutionary War soldier
James Lorraine Geddes
James Gilfillan , 13th Treasurer of the United States
Henry Bell Gilkeson
Newt Gingrich , former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House.[64]
John Glenn , former U.S. Senator from Ohio, Marine Corps aviator and astronaut; first American to orbit the Earth, Mercury/Friendship 7
John B. Gordon , Confederate general
Arthur F. Gorham , World War II paratrooper and hero during the invasion of Sicily
Archibald Gracie III
Kirsten Gillibrand , U.S. Senator from New York [65]
Ulysses S. Grant , 18th President of the United States, Union Army General, 1864 promoted to Lieutenant General and Commander of all the Union armies in American Civil War.[66]
Charles McNeill Gray
Robert Gray
William Halsey Jr. , Fleet Admiral during World War II in the Pacific theater
Alexander Hamilton , first Secretary of the Treasury
John Hancock , president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and first signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence , known for his large signature
Steny Hoyer , Democratic House Majority leader in the 116th Congress, and a U.S. representative from Maryland's 5th congressional district[67]
Warren G. Harding , 29th President of the United States
Rutherford B. Hayes , 19th President of the United States. Colonel of the 23rd Ohio in the American Civil War, Later Brevetted to Brigadier General then Major General during the Civil War
George Hairston , politician[68] [69]
Robert Hairston , politician, military officer[68] [69]
John Hay , statesman and diplomat, private secretary to Abraham Lincoln , served under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt [70]
Patrick Henry , Revolutionary War officer, colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry, known for the "give me liberty, or give me death!" speech
Harold G. Hoffman , Governor of New Jersey
William Hooper
Sam Houston , 1st and 3rd president of Texas and later 7th governor of Texas, 6th Governor of Tennessee 1827–1829, US Congressman from Tennessee and US Senator from Texas. Major General in the Texas Revolution. Defeated Santa Anna at Battle of San Jacinto. Opposed secession and remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
John Houstoun
Rufus Ingalls
James Iredell Jr. , Governor of North Carolina
Thomas Jefferson , 3rd President of the United States
Samuel Johnston
John Paul Jones , Scottish-born, American Revolutionary War naval officer, American Admiral and Rear Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy
Tim Kaine , US Senator from Virginia
John Kerry , former US Senator from Massachusetts, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, US Secretary of State in Obama Administration
Daniel S. Lamont , United States Secretary of War during Grover Cleveland 's second term
Henry Latimer
Roberta Lawson
Hugh Swinton Legaré , lawyer and politician of Huguenot and Scottish ancestry
Edward Livingston
Matthew B. Lowrie
Dan Lungren
Nathaniel Lyon , American general, first Union general killed in the Civil War in 1861 at the Battle of Wilson's Creek
Arthur MacArthur Jr. , Union officer during the Civil War, American general, father of General Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur , five-star American Army General in the Pacific theater during World War II and commander of American forces in Korean War
John Lewis MacDonald
Clark MacGregor
Archibald T. MacIntyre , politician
George MacKinnon
Franklin MacVeagh
Duncan McArthur
Tom McClintock
Henry Dickerson McDaniel , Governor of Georgia
James McDivitt , Brig Gen, USAF, Ret., former astronaut, test pilot and aeronautical engineer who flew in the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions
Irvin McDowell , American general, commanded Union forces at the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
Samuel McDowell
George B. McClellan , Union major general during the American Civil War; Democratic presidential nominee in 1864; later Governor of New Jersey; organized the Army of the Potomac; served briefly (November 1861 to March 1862) as the general-in-chief of the Union Army
Robert Mueller , lawyer and government official
Scott McClellan , former White House press secretary
John J. McCloy
Lachlan McIntosh
Mike McIntyre
Kenneth McKellar
Alexander McKenzie
William McKinley , 25th President of the United States, 3rd US President to be assassinated in 1901 on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War.
John McLane
Mack McLarty
James C. McLaughlin
Robert McNamara , U.S. Defense Secretary and President of the World Bank
Dan K. McNeill , American general
David Brydie Mitchell , Governor of Georgia
Walter Mondale , U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1984 Democratic presidential nominee
James Monroe , 4th President of the United States
George Stephen Morrison , United States Navy rear admiral (upper half) and naval aviator, father of Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the rock band The Doors
Thomas Z. Morrow , Colonel of the 32nd Kentucky Infantry during the American Civil War
William Moultrie
Patty Murray Democratic United States Senator from Washington
Hugh Nelson
Francis G. Newlands
Gavin Newsom
Samuel D. Nicholson
Barack Obama , 44th President of the United States, first Black president of the United States, elected in 2008[71]
David Paterson
George S. Patton , American general, commanded troops in North Africa and in Europe during World War 2
Thomas Baldwin Peddie
James K. Polk , 11th president of the United States
Colin Powell , former U.S. general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Secretary of State[72]
Marilyn Quayle , lawyer, wife of former vice president of the United States Dan Quayle ; former second Lady of the United States[73]
William Wilson Quinn , Director of the Strategic Service Unit, American general
Samuel Ralston , Governor of Indiana and US Senator
Ronald Reagan , 40th president of United States, governor of California[74]
Jim Risch
Mitt Romney , Governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential nominee
Theodore Roosevelt , 26th president of the United States, Former vice president of the United States, Governor of New York
Winfield Scott , general, veteran of War of 1812, commanded American Army of Occupation during the Mexican–American War in battles, i.e. Cerro Gordo and Chapultepec
Alan Shepard , Naval aviator and astronaut; first American in space and fifth man to walk on the Moon, Apollo 14
George Spalding
John C. Stennis , U.S. Senator from Mississippi[75]
Ted Stevens , U.S. Senator from Alaska, U.S. Attorney and Solicitor of Interior
Jeb Stuart , Confederate cavalry general; commanded the cavalry corps in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia; killed at Battle of Yellow Tavern
William Howard Taft , 27th president of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States, United States Secretary of War, 1st Provisional Governor of Cuba, Governor-General of the Philippines, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, United States Solicitor General
Edward Telfair , Governor of Georgia
David P. Thompson
George Troup , Governor of Georgia
Donald Trump , 45th president of the United States[76] [77]
James Webb , U. S. Senator, author of Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America (2004)
Alexander White
Heather Wilson
Malcolm Wilson
Woodrow Wilson , 28th president of the United States
Henry A. Wise , Confederate Brigadier General and Governor of Virginia
John Witherspoon , Scots Presbyterian minister and signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
Inventors, engineers, and academics
Thomas Addis , physician and scientist
Sextus Barbour
Earl W. Bascom , inventor of rodeo equipment
Alexander Graham Bell , inventor of the telephone
Alexander Melville Bell
James Blair , founder of the College of William and Mary
Walter Houser Brattain , inventor of the transistor
George Harold Brown
James McGill Buchanan , economist
Nicholas Murray Butler
Joseph Campbell , professor of comparative mythology
William Wallace Campbell , astronomer
Allan McLeod Cormack
Donald J. Cram , shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen
Alexander Garden , botanist; namesake of gardenia flower; physician and zoologist
William Harkness
Irving Langmuir
David MacAdam , color scientist
James Ross MacDonald , physicist
Kevin B. MacDonald , psychology professor at California State University
Colin Munro MacLeod
Katherine McAlpine
Richard Sears McCulloh
Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin , historian
Robert Burns Woodward , Nobel Prize -winning chemist
Musicians and singers
David Gunn , rapper and singer songwriter for American band KING 810
Jeff Baxter Billie Eilish Johnny Cash Lana Del Rey Fergie Elvis Presley Jessica Simpson Taylor Swift Billie Joe Armstrong , singer and guitarist for Green Day
Billie Eilish , singer-songwriter
Tim Armstrong , lead singer and guitarist for Rancid
Emilie Autumn
Joan Baez , singer-songwriter and activist; her mother was born in Edinburgh
Jeff Baxter , guitarist for Steely Dan
Shannon Bex , former member of Danity Kane
Wes Borland , of the band Limp Bizkit
Roy Buchanan , guitarist and blues musician; a pioneer of the Telecaster sound
David Byrne , musician, singer-songwriter of the band Talking Heads, born in Dumbarton
David Campbell
Glen Campbell , singer
Aaron Carter , singer
Nick Carter , singer
Johnny Cash , singer[78]
Rosanne Cash , singer-songwriter; daughter of Johnny Cash
Kurt Cobain , American musician who was the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana , of partial Scottish ancestry
Alice Cooper , rock singer
Miley Cyrus , pop and country singer, songwriter, actress, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus , sister of Noah Cyrus and ex of Nick Jonas and Liam Hemsworth
Brann Dailor , drummer for Mastodon
Glen Danzig , singer known for work with Misfits and Danzig
Jonathan Davis , lead singer and songwriter for Korn
Stacy "Fergie " Ferguson, singer best known as part of The Black Eyed Peas [79]
Lana Del Rey , singer-songwriter; father and mother of Scottish descent/ancestry; family roots in Lanarkshire [80]
Brandon Flowers , singer and keyboardist of The Killers
Dan Fogelberg , singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Alison Fraser
G-Eazy , (born 1989), rapper
Lady Gaga , maternal grandfather was of partial Scottish descent
Kim Gordon , singer/guitarist for Sonic Youth
Kina Grannis
Debbie Harry , of English and Scottish descent
Langston Hughes , African-American musician with some Scottish ancestry[81]
Oscar Hammerstein II , writer of musicals of "Rodgers and Hammerstein " fame, Scottish grandparent[82]
Gil-Scott Heron , African-American musician with some Scottish ancestry
James Hetfield , singer/rhythm guitarist of Metallica
Faith Hill
John S. Hilliard , composer
Brent Hinds , singer/guitarist for Mastodon
David Homyk
Alan Hovhaness
Alicia Keys , mother of mostly Italian and English descent with some Scottish and Irish ancestry[83]
Chris Kirkpatrick , former member of N'Sync
Amy Lee , lead singer of Evanescence
Joanna Levesque, better known by her stage name JoJo
Tony MacAlpine , African American guitarist with Scottish ancestry
Adam MacDougall
Ian MacKaye , early hardcore and emo personality, noted for Minor Threat and Fugazi
Talitha MacKenzie , singer
Marshall "Eminem " Mathers, rapper
Mandy Moore , singer
Tim McAllister
Jesse McCartney , singer
Paul McCoy
Country Joe McDonald , lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish
Tim McGraw , country music singer; father is Scots-Irish, mother is Italian-Irish
Ray McKinley
Jon McLaughlin , singer-songwriter
Don McLean
Katharine McPhee , pop and R&B musician
Ed McTaggart
Meat Loaf
Johnny Mercer
Brian Molko , lead singer of Placebo (mother Scottish)
Jim Morrison , singer, poet; father and mother of Scottish descent
Michael Nesmith , musician, actor, The Monkees
Mike Ness , guitarist and songwriter in the band Social Distortion
Wayne Newton , singer
Brad Paisley , country music singer
Tom Petty , guitarist and vocalist in the band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Elvis Presley , singer[84] [85]
Bonnie Raitt , singer-songwriter
John Raitt , Broadway musical star
Doug Robb , musician and lead singer of rock band Hoobastank
Axl Rose , lead singer from Guns and Roses; of Scottish German descent
Ryan Ross , musician, previously with Panic! at the Disco and now with The Young Veins
Hillary Scott , singer-songwriter
Jessica Simpson , singer[86]
Layne Staley , original lead singer of Alice in Chains
Gwen Stefani , singer[87]
Izzy Stradlin , rock musician
Taylor Swift , country/pop singer[88] [89]
Carrie Underwood , singer-songwriter, and actress
Brendon Urie , lead singer of Panic! at the Disco
Gene Vincent , rockabilly singer
Kate Voegele , singer
Tom Waits , singer-songwriter
Sheila Walsh , Christian singer
Gerard Way , lead singer of My Chemical Romance
Mikey Way , bass guitarist for My Chemical Romance
Florence Welch , lead singer of Florence and the Machine
Jack White aka John Anthony Gillis , of The White Stripes
Native American leaders
Religion
Sports
Arnold Palmer Rube Waddell Robert Archibald , first Scottish NBA player
Tommy Armour III , professional golfer
Earl W. Bascom , rodeo pioneer, hall of fame inductee, "Father of Modern Rodeo"
Don Budge , tennis player
Gordon Burness
Roy Carlyle
Mickey Cochrane , Hall of Famer
Jason Castro , MLB player for Minnesota Twins
Meryl Davis , ice skater[90]
Walter Dick , soccer player
Julian Edelman , professional football player
Brandon Forsyth , ice skater
Patrick Galbraith
Tony Gonzalez , former professional football player, father is of part Scottish ancestry[91]
Jimmy Gallagher , soccer player who was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame [92]
Malcolm Goldie , soccer player who won one cap for the US national team
Drew Galloway , professional wrestler
Hulk Hogan , former professional wrestler
John Harkes
Dan Henderson ,[93] wrestler
Josh Hamilton , Texas Rangers outfielder
Jack Hobens , golfer
Euan Holden , American soccer player currently playing for Danish team Vejle BK
Stuart Holden , US international soccer player, currently playing for Houston Dynamo
April Hunter , professional wrestler
Jock Hutchison
Chris Jericho , professional wrestler
Dominic Kinnear , US international soccer player and current head coach of Houston Dynamo , born in Glasgow
Bob MacDonald , former Major League Baseball player
Danny MacFayden , baseball player
Arthur Matsu , football player
Mac McClung , basketball player[94]
Seth McClung
Charlie McCully , soccer player who won 11 caps for the US national team
Brandon McDonald
Shaun McDonald , American football player
Tommy McFarlane
Parker McLachlin
Jason McLaughlin , soccer player
Fred McLeod
Nate McLouth , baseballer currently playing for the Atlanta Braves
Doug McMillan
Jamie McMurray
Tommy Morrison , boxer
James Naismith , Canadian -born innovator, invented the game of basketball , member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame & FIBA Hall of Fame [95]
Joe Ogilvie
Arnold Palmer , golfer
Michael Phelps [96]
Roddy Piper , wrestler
Frank Ramsey
Aaron Rodgers
Jock Sutherland , American football player and coach
Bobby Thomson , baseball player
Lawrence Tynes , NFL Player[97]
J. J. Watt , NFL Player for Houston Texans [98]
Rube Waddell , Hall of Fame pitcher
Writers
Henry David Thoreau
Helen Adam
Louis Auchincloss
Paul Dayton Bailey
Lesley Bannatyne
Hugh Henry Brackenridge , writer
Quinn Bradlee , author
Carol Brink
Fredric Brown , short story writer
Erskine Caldwell
Taylor Caldwell
John Dickson Carr
Michael Crichton , author
Laurie York Erskine
William Faulkner , author
Alex Finlayson
B. C. Forbes , journalist and author who founded Forbes magazine[99]
Esther Forbes , novelist and children's writer
Robert Frost , poet
Cork Graham , author; imprisoned in Vietnam for trespassing while looking for treasure buried by Captain Kidd [100] [101]
Alex Haley , author of Roots [102] [103] [104]
Alice Henderson
Robert E. Howard , author of the Conan fantasy series
Washington Irving
Garrison Keillor , author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality; host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion
Steven Keillor
Will Leitch
Amy MacDonald
Sally MacKenzie
Norman Maclean , author of A River Runs Through It
Archibald MacLeish , modernist poet, Pulitzer Prize winner and Librarian of Congress
Sean McAdam
Helen McCloy
David McCullough
Richard McCulloch
Dennis McDougal
Al McIntosh , distinguished newspaper editor
Larry McMurty
Judith McNaught
James Alan McPherson
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe , short story writer, poet and critic
Sally Quinn , author
J. D. Salinger , writer of The Catcher in the Rye [105]
Phyllis Schlafly , politically conservative, anti-abortion activist and writer
Upton Sinclair , Pulitzer Prize–winning author
Mark Twain , author
Thomas Clayton Wolfe , author whose mother was Scots-Irish[106]
Other
Butch Cassidy Malcolm X Tom Bendelow
Alfred Blalock , surgeon
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Pat Buchanan , paleoconservative political commentator, nativist, author, syndicated columnist, politician, and broadcaster; former conservative host of CNN Crossfire
Erin Burnett , CNN news anchor; maternal great-grandfather was a Scottish immigrant[107]
Mary Katherine Campbell (1905–1990), Miss America titleholder 1922 and 1923, first runner-up in 1924[108]
Butch Cassidy
William Sloane Coffin
Virgil Earp
Wyatt Earp
Mary Baker Eddy , founder of the Christian Science movement
William Henry Farquhar
Jenna Bush Hager , journalist, news personality, author
Ilan Hall , chef
Arlo Hemphill
Doc Holliday , gambler,
Indiana Jones , fictional archeologist, associate dean, college professor, adventurer and soldier
Kennedy , political commentator for Fox News
Lincoln Loud , fictional character, main protagonist in the Nickelodeon animated series The Loud House
Barbour Lathrop
Malcolm X , militant and religious leader[109]
Flora MacDonald (emigrated to America after failure of Jacobite rising of 1745 )
Ranald MacDonald , first person to teach the English language in Japan
Catharine MacKinnon
Jane McCrea
George Henry Mackenzie
Lisa McPherson , Scientologist whose death was a source of much controversy for the Church of Scientology
Lee Miller
David Muir , television journalist. His paternal great-grandfather was Scottish
John Muir , naturalist
Charlie Rose , television journalist, talk show host
Trump Family
Barron , youngest child of Donald Trump
Don Jr , businessman, philanthropist
Eric , businessman, philanthropist
Ivanka , businesswoman, author, fashion designer[110]
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump , philanthropist and mother of Donald Trump[111]
Tiffany , socialite, model