This list includes people with natural red hair. Red or ginger hair may come in different shades - from strawberry blond to auburn.^[1] With only 2% of each country's population having red hair,^[2] red is the rarest natural hair-coloration.^[1] The list includes people who have dyed their red hair into another color or whose red hair has gone grey with age but not people who have dyed their hair of other colors red (such as Tori Amos, Amanda Blake, David "Ziggy Stardust" Bowie, Ann-Margret, Lucille Ball, Rita Hayworth, Debby Ryan, and Sophie Turner). Biblical figures (such as Esau and Judas Iscariot) or characters in classical mythology appear in the list, but characters from modern fiction, such as Anne Shirley from the Canadian novel series Anne of Green Gables and Ginger Hebblethwaite from the Biggles novels, do not.

A

• Abd al-Rahman I – First Emir of Cordoba^[3]
• Abdullah of Córdoba – Seventh Emir of Cordoba^[4]
• Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir – Last Lakhmid king of Al-Hirah^[5]
• Alexander II of Scotland – King of Scotland^[6][7]
• Sasha Alexander – American actress^[8]
• Canelo Álvarez – Mexican boxer^[9]
• Lauren Ambrose – American actress^[10]
• Jane Asher – English actress^[11]
• Red Auerbach – Basketball coach who won eight straight NBA Championships^[8] and was the first coach to win 1,000 games
• Melissa Auf der Maur – Canadian musician^[12]

B

• Bob Backlund – American pro wrestler
• Ginger Baker – British rock drummer (Cream, Blind Faith)
• Stine Ballisager Pedersen — Danish footballer
• Marina Ruy Barbosa – Brazilian Model and actress^[13]
• Helena Barlow – English actress
• Annalise Basso – American actress
• Mario Batali – American chef^[14]
• Ciara Baxendale – English actress
• Boris Becker – Tennis player^[1]
• Jordie Benn – Professional Canadian ice-hockey player, as of 2021^[update] signed to play for NHL-based team, Minnesota Wild^[15][8]
• Saint Bernard of Clairvaux – 11th–12th-century Cistercian saint and a Catholic Doctor of the Church^[16]
• Caitlin Blackwood – Northern Irish actress who played Amelia Pond in Doctor Who (a role shared by her older cousin).
• Danny Bonaduce – American radio and television personality, former child actor, and pro wrestler
• Anne Bonny – Irish pirate^[17]
• Katharina von Bora – wife of Martin Luther and former nun
• Boudicca – Queen of the Iceni, destroyed Roman Londinium^[18]
• Isabelle Boulay – French-Canadian singer
• Clara Bow – Jazz Age actress and Hollywood movie star. She had thick auburn hair dyed "a flaming orange-red"^[19]
• Brendan Bracken – British Minister of Information from 1941 to 1945.^[20]: 222
• Saint Brigid – 5th–6th-century Patron Saint of Ireland^[21]
• Louise Burfitt-Dons – British former politician
• Carol Burnett – American actress, comedian, singer, and writer^[8]
• Lucy Burns – American suffragist^[22]
• Bill Burr – American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster
• Brian Byrne – Canadian singer and songwriter^[8]
• Jonny Bairstow – English cricketer^[23]

C

• Louis C.K. – Actor and comedian^[24]
• James Cagney – Actor^[25]
• The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) – Professional wrestler^[8]
• Darby Camp – Actress^[26]
• William Campbell (missionary)^[27]
• Francesca Capaldi – American actress
• Spike Carlyle – American mixed martial artist (MMA)
• Carrot Top – Comedian^[28]
• David Caruso – Actor^[1]
• Anna Cathcart – Actress^[29][30]
• Catherine of Aragon – Queen Consort of England, daughter of Isabella I ^[31]
• Jessica Chastain – Actress^[10]
• Tyler Childers – American country singer-songwriter
• Winston Churchill – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author^[1][8]
• Nicky Clarke – Celebrity hairdresser^[32]
• Lily Cole – Actress and model^[1]
• Christopher Columbus – Explorer, first recorded European navigator to arrive in the West Indies^[33]
• Kit Connor – Actor
• Robin Cook – Politician^[34]
• Danny Cooksey – Actor and musician^[35]
• Calvin Coolidge – U.S. President^[8]
• Adrienne Corri – Actress^[36]
• Oliver Cromwell – English general and statesman^[2]
• Abigail Cowen – Actress^[13]
• Marcia Cross – Actress^[37]
• Benedict Cumberbatch – Actor

D

• Andy Dalton – NFL quarterback^[38]
• Leonardo da Vinci – Italian polymath^[2]
• Charles Dance – English actor^[13]
• Arthur Darvill – English actor
• Sam Darnold – NFL quarterback^[39]
• David – Biblical king of Israel^[40][41]
• Felicia Day – American actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer^[10]
• Arlene Dahl – American actress
• Kevin De Bruyne – Belgian footballer; plays in national teams; and with Manchester City F.C. since 2015, and continuing there as of 2024^[update][8]
• Ryan Deitsch – Jewish American Human Rights Organizer, Video Creator; March For Our Lives Co-Founder^[42]
• Juan Ponce de León – Spanish explorer^[2]
• Marquis de Sade – French politician^[2]
• Cintia Dicker – Brazilian model, actress and philanthropist^[43]
• Saint Dominic de Guzman – Founder of the Dominican Order^[44]
• Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri – Vice President of Iraq^[45]
• André van Duin – Dutch comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, author, television presenter, television director, television producer and screenwriter.^[46]

E

• Cody Eakin – Canadian ice hockey player
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. – American race car driver
• Katja Ebstein – German singer ^{[citation needed]}
• Rojo Edwards – Chilean politician.^[47]
• Danny Elfman – Composer and singer^[48]
• Elizabeth I – Queen of England^[1]
• Elizabeth of York – Queen Consort of England^[49]
• Karen Elson – British model
• Erik the Red – Eiríkr Thorvaldsson, the Viking coloniser of Greenland, known also as Eirik Raude^[50][51]
• Esau – Biblical figure, also known as Edom, meaning red; twin of Jacob^[52]
• Angie Everhart – Actress and model^[8]

F

• Stephen Farrelly – Irish professional wrestler signed to the WWE under the ring name Sheamus
• Michael Fassbender – Actor^[13]
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson – American actor
• Sarah Ferguson – Duchess of York^[1][8]
• Isla Fisher – Actress^[53]
• Noel Fisher – Actor^[54]
• Kate Flannery – Actress
• Rhonda Fleming - Actress, nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor"
• Redd Foxx – Comedian; also known as "Chicago Red"^[55] In Harlem, he worked with and befriended Malcolm X; both men were described as "having reddish hair"; Malcolm X was nicknamed "Detroit Red" in this period.^[56][57]
• Diane Franklin – Actress^[1]
• Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor – nicknamed "Barbarossa", meaning Redbeard^[58]
• Loni von Friedl – Actress
• Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme – Notorious member of the Manson Family who tried to assassinate President Ford^[8][59]
• Hannah Fry - British mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter^[60]

G

• Jessica Gagen – English beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss England 2022
• Courtney Gains – Actor^{[citation needed]}
• Galileo Galilei – Italian astronomer^[2]
• James A. Garfield − 20th President of the United States^[8]
• Orla Gartland – Irish singer-songwriter
• John Paul Getty III – Heir to a great fortune; known for being kidnapped^[61]
• Karen Gillan – Scottish actress^[62]
• Julia Gillard – 27th prime minister of Australia
• Claude Giroux – Canadian ice hockey player
• Yehudah Glick — American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician
• Brendan Gleeson — Irish actor
• Domhnall Gleeson — Irish actor
• Alexina Graham – English model^[63]
• Red Grammer – American singer-songwriter; especially for children^[8]
• Seth Green – American actor and comedian^[64]
• Lilli Gruber – Journalist and former politician
• Rupert Grint – English actor^[58]
• Guinevere – Queen consort to King Arthur (hair colour sometimes described as "a very light strawberry-blonde")
• Martin Guptill – International cricketer^[65]
• Nell Gwynne – Actress and courtesan^[1]

H

• Ursula Halligan – Irish broadcaster
• Tarja Halonen – the 11th President of Finland^[66]
• Alexander Hamilton – 1st US Secretary of the Treasury, Founding Father^[67]
• Lady Hamilton – English maid, model, dancer and actress.^[68]
• Natasha Hamilton lead singer of Atomic Kitten
• John Hancock – President of the 2nd Continental Congress and first signer of the Declaration of Independence^{[citation needed]}
• Pauline Hanson − Australian politician^[8]
• Prince Harry – Soldier, son of Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales; grandson of Elizabeth II^[8]
• Lucas Hedges – American actor^[13]
• Henry II – King of England^[69][70]
• Henry VIII – King of England^[71]
• Hera Hilmar – Icelandic actress
• Chris Hipkins – 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand^[8]
• James Hoban – Designer of the White House.^[20]: 78
• Lauren Holly – American-Canadian actress^[1]
• Bryce Dallas Howard – American actress^[10][72]
• Ron Howard – Actor and director^[1][8][58]
• Chlöe Howl – British singer-songwriter^[8]
• L. Ron Hubbard – Science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology^[1]
• Mick Hucknall – English lead singer of Simply Red^[8]
• Hurrem Sultan – Haeseki Sultan and wife of Suleiman the Magnificent.
• Karoline Herfurth – German actress

I

• Isabella I – Queen of Spain^[2]
• Ismail I – King of Persia^[73]
• Gianni Infantino – President of FIFA
• Muhammad Ibn Ismail VI – Tenth sultan of the Emirate of Granada^[74]

J

• Andrew Jackson – U.S. general and president.^[8][75]
• Laurence Jalbert – Singer
• Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States^[1][8][58]
• Neil Jenkins – All-time record points scorer for the Welsh Rugby Union^[8] national team
• James Joyce – Irish author^[8]
• Joanna Hausmann – Actress and author
• Juana of Castile – Heiress to the House of Trastámara, also known as "Juana la Loca" or "Joanna the Mad"^[76]

K

• Madeline Kahn – American broadway star, actress, and comedienne^[77]
• Lena Katina – Russian singer/songwriter; former member of t.A.T.u.
• Luke Kelly – Irish singer-songwriter; member of The Dubliners^[8]
• Erin Kellyman – English actress
• Ellie Kemper – American actress and comedy writer^[10]
• Phil Kessel – professional ice-hockey player, NHL Pittsburgh Penguins^[8]
• Joe Kennedy III – American politician^[78]
• Nicole Kidman – Actress^[79][13]
• King Krule – English singer-songwriter
• Neil Kinnock – Leader of the Labour Party^[34]
• Lettice Knollys – Duchess of Leicester and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I ^[8][80]
• Kennedy McMann – American actress
• Priscilla Kelly – American Professional Wrestler signed to the WWE under the name Gigi Dolin

L

• Alexi Lalas – American soccer analyst and retired player^[81]
• William Lamport – Irish Catholic adventurer and the inspiration for Zorro.^[20]: 44
• Lillie Langtry – British actress^[1]
• Tommi Läntinen – Finnish singer-songwriter^[82]
• Jeff Larentowicz – American soccer player^[81]
• Rod Laver – Australian tennis player; holds all-time record for singles titles^[8]
• Lucy Lawless
• Rachelle Lefevre – Canadian actress^[10]
• D. H. Lawrence – English author^[8]
• Laurel Lawson – Dancer, choreographer, engineer, sled(ge) hockey player^[83] (natural redhead)
• Vladimir Lenin – Bolshevik leader, founder of the USSR^[8]
• Rula Lenska – British actress^[8]
• Rose Leslie – Scottish actress^[10][72]
• Damian Lewis – British actor^[84]
• Cameron Ling – Australian rules footballer and sportscaster
• Robyn Lively – American actress^[8]
• Lindsay Lohan – American actress^[1] and singer
• Tina Louise – American actress^[8]
• Myrna Loy – American actress^[8]
• Monique Luiz – Girl featured in the Daisy ad.^[85]
• Kitty Lunn – Wheelchair ballerina and disability activist^[86]
• Sophia Lillis – American actress

M

• Rob Roy MacGregor – Famous highlander, derives his name from Scottish Gaelic word for "red"^[87]
• Aoife Mannion – Irish footballer
• Nico Manion – Professional basketball player
• St Mary Magdalene – Biblical figure traditionally portrayed with red hair^[88][89]
• Shirley Manson – Scottish musician and actress^[10]
• Kate Mara – American actress
• Henri Matisse – Impressionist painter^[8]
• Jayma Mays – American actress^[10]
• Ginger McCain – English horse racing trainer with the most Grand National wins ever^[8]
• Dax McCarty – American soccer player^[81]
• Craig McDermott – Australian cricketer and coach^[8]
• Lanny McDonald – Canadian hockey player
• John McEnroe — American tennis player^[90]
• Reba McEntire – American singer and actress
• Mary I - Queen of England
• Mary, Queen of Scots - Queen of Scotland
• Gates McFadden – American actress^[8]
• Ewan McGregor – Scottish actor^[13]
• Mark McGwire – Baseball player^[8]
• Barbara Meier – German model
• Dash Mihok – American actor^[1]
• Julianne Moore – American actress^[1]
• Agnes Moorehead – American actress
• Jon Moxley – American professional Wrestler
• Barbara Murray – English actress
• Dave Mustaine – American guitarist and vocalist for Megadeth^[91]
• Gordon Murphy – Bowler^[1]

N

• Diane Neal - Actress, model

• Willie Nelson – Singer-songwriter; known as the Red Headed Stranger^[8][58]
• Nero – Roman emperor
• Michel Ney – Napoleonic general known as le rougeaud^[8][92]
• Alexei Romanov – Tsarevich of Russia^[93]: 144
• Chuck Norris – Actor and martial artist^[8]

O

• Conan O'Brien – Comedian^[1][58]
• Michaela Odone – co-inventor of Lorenzo's oil.^{[citation needed]}
• Red Hugh O'Donnell – King of Tír Chonaill who led a rebellion against English Rule in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I^[94]
• Catherine O'Hara – Actress^[13]
• Maureen O'Hara – Known as "The Queen of Technicolor" for her bright-red hair and green eyes^[95]
• Grace O'Malley – Legendary Irish 16th century pirate
• Otto II – Holy Roman Emperor known as "Rufus" and also "Bloody"^[96][97]
• Silvina Ocampo^[98] – Argentine poet and short story writer
• Kevin O'Brien, Former Irish cricketer^[99]

P

• Palina Rojinski – Actress, DJ and activist
• Patsy Palmer – EastEnders actress who portrays Bianca Jackson
• Robert Peel – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom^[8]
• Cassandra Peterson – Actress; known for her stage persona Elvira, Mistress of the Dark^[8]
• Madelaine Petsch – Actress^[10]
• Sylvia Plath – Author and poet^[8]
• Shaun Pollock − Cricketer and sportscaster^[8]
• Scarlett Pomers – Actress
• Ezra Pound – Poet^[8]
• Laura Prepon – Actress^[10][13]

Q

• Molly Quinn – Actress^[10]
• Muqan Qaghan – Third khagan of the Göktürks who expanded their khaganate.^[100][101]
• Rebecca Quin – Irish professional wrestler popularly known as Becky Lynch signed to WWE

R

• Charlotte Rae – Actress^[102]
• Yitzhak Rabin – Israeli Prime Minister^[103]
• Sarah Rafferty – Actress^[8]
• Bonnie Raitt – Blues musician^[104]
• Rameses II – Pharaoh^[105]
• Bridget Regan – Actress^[10][13]
• Marissa Ribisi – Actress^[8]
• Richard the Lionheart – King of England, leader of the Third Crusade^[106]
• Ann Robinson – Actress
• Red Rodney – jazz trumpeter with the Charlie Parker Quintet
• Holland Roden – Actress^[10]
• Mark Rolston – Actor^[8]
• Tatiana Romanov – Grand Duchess of Russia^{[93]: 133 [107][108]}
• Axl Rose – Lead singer of Guns N' Roses^[8][109]
• Ashleigh Ross – Australian actress
• Marion Ross – Actress^[8]
• William Rufus – King of England^[110]
• Rurik – Viking founder of Rurik Dynasty in Russia^[111]
• Emily Rudd – American Actress

S

• Margaret Sanger – Advocate for birth control^[112][113]
• Innokenty Smoktunovsky – Soviet and Russian actor
• Sadie Sink – American actress
• Andrew Santino – American comedian
• Susan Sarandon – American actress^[10][114]
• Adam Savage – Special effects designer and television personality^[115]
• Brian Scalabrine – Former NBA player/champion.^[116]
• Hannie Schaft – Dutch resistance member
• Ulrich Schindler
• Mike Schmidt – Baseball Hall of Fame 1995 Inductee^[117]
• Paul Scholes – English footballer
• Patti Scialfa – American singer and guitarist; E Street Band member^[118]
• Moira Shearer – Scottish ballerina and actress; star of Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes
• Ed Sheeran – English singer and songwriter^[119]
• Stav Shaffir – Israeli politician
• George Bernard Shaw – Irish author and playwright^[8]
• Sheamus – Irish professional wrestler^[8]
• William Tecumseh Sherman – Union Army general in the American Civil War^[8]
• Renee Short – British politician^[120]
• Elizabeth Siddal – Artists' model and poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood^[121]
• Beverly Sills – American opera singer^[122]
• Jannik Sinner – Italian tennis player
• Sarah Snook – Australian actress
• Sissy Spacek – American actress^[123]
• Lisa Stansfield – English singer
• Vivian Stanshall – English singer^[124]
• Kaye Stevens – American actress
• Bram Stoker – Irish author, best known for the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula^[8]
• Eric Stoltz – American actor, director and producer^[1]
• Ben Stokes – English cricketer and current test captain of the England Cricket Team^[125]
• Paul Stirling, Irish cricketer and current captain of the Ireland Cricket Team^[126]

T

• William Howard Taft – 27th President of the United States^[1][8]
• Catherine Tate – English actress and comedian^[8]
• Corey Taylor – American singer-songwriter
• Christian Tessier – Canadian Actor
• Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom^[8]
• Mark Twain – American author^[1][8]

U

• Liv Ullmann – Norwegian actress

V

• Martin Van Buren – 8th U.S. president known as the "Red Fox of Kinderhook"^[8][127]
• Vincent van Gogh – Dutch artist^[1]
• Paul Vautin – Rugby league player and sportscaster^[8]
• André Villas-Boas – Portuguese football player and manager, known in his youth as Cenourinho ('baby carrot')^[128]
• Antonio Vivaldi – Italian composer, known as il prete rosso ('the red priest')^[8][129]

W

• Bill Walton – Basketball player and commentator.^[130]
• Zack Ward – Canadian actor
• George Washington – First U.S. president and General^[8]
• Margot Werner – Austrian ballerina
• Samantha Weinstein – Canadian actress
• Carson Wentz – NFL Quarterback
• Shaun White – Professional snowboarder and skateboarder, known as The Flying Tomato^[131]
• Mary Wiseman – American actress
• Ellen Wilkinson – British Socialist minister known as "Red Ellen"^[132]
• Alicia Witt – American actress^[10]
• James Wolfe – British soldier^[133]
• Tom Wolfe – American author^[8]
• Bonnie Wright – English actress^[10]

X

• Malcolm X – African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.^[57] In 1940s Harlem, where he worked with and befriended Red Foxx, he had the nickname "Detroit Red" to distinguish him from Foxx, known as "Chicago Red"; both men were described as "having reddish hair".^[56]

Y

• Amy Yasbeck – American actress^[10][134]
• Thom Yorke – English singer^{[citation needed]}
• Brigham Young – Religious leader^[135]

Z

• Sami Zayn – Canadian professional wrestler^[136]
• Adolfo Zaldívar – Chilean politician.^[137]