List of Native Americans

This is a list of notable Native Americans (first nations and descendants)

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Native American or must have references showing they are Native American and are notable.

List

Athletes

• Notah Begay III Diné- PGA Tour golfer
• Rod Curl - PGA Tour golfer
• Louis Sockalexis - Major League Baseball player
• Jim Thorpe - Olympic Gold Medalist and Football / Baseball player
• Johnny Bench - Hall of Fame Catcher
• Joba Chamberlain - Pitcher, New York Yankees
• Jacoby Ellsbury - Outfielder, Boston Red Sox
• Mickie James - Professional wrestler

Historic figures

See List of Native American leaders

• Indian Will
• Ishi
• Pocahontas
• Sacagawea
• Touch the Clouds
• Sequoyah (Cherokee)
• Squanto
• White Eyes (Lenape)
• Chief G. Anne Richardson (Chief of the Rappahannock tribe - first female chief in Virginia since the 1700s)

Politicians

• Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Cheyenne)- former senator from Colorado
• Chad 'Corntassel' Smith- Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
• Peterson Zah Diné
• Tom Cole (Chickasaw) Congressman from Oklahoma
• Charles Curtis (Ka) Senator from Kansas; Vice President under Herbert Hoover
• Hiawatha- Iroquois Native American Chief

Artists and Entertainers

See also List of Native American musicians

• Aaliyah- Singer
• Tori Amos - pianist and singer-songwriter (part Cherokee)
• Jessica Biel, actress (part Choctaw)
• Brandon Boyd, lead singer of Incubus
• Wilford Brimley - actor
• Tonantzin Carmelo- actress
• Johnny Depp, actor (part Cherokee)
• Fergie (Stacy Ferguson), singer with The Black Eyed Peas
• Megan Fox, actress
• Jack Hoxie, actor (Nez Perce mother)^[1]
• Vanessa Hudgens, actress
• Angelina Jolie, actress and humanitarian (Mother of Iroquois descent)
• Jonas Brothers
• Taylor Lautner - actor
• William Least Heat-Moon, author
• Litefoot - actor/hip hop artist
• Charles Mingus - jazz composer, band leader, and bass player
• R. Carlos Nakai - Navajo Musician
• Nampeyo- Hopi potter
• Wayne Newton singer and entertainer
• Nikki Nova - adult film actress (part Cherokee)
• Oscar Pettiford - bebop jazz bass player
• Chuck Norris, actor
• Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
• Nikki Reed - actress, (part Cherokee)
• Brandon Routh - actor, has a small amount of Native-American ancestry
• Will Rogers (Cherokee)
• Mackenzie Rosman
• Tura Satana, dancer/actress (Cheyenne descent)
• Jay Silverheels, actor (Canadian Mohawk Indian)
• Taboo (Jaime Luis Gómez) - Rapper (part Shoshone)
• Maria Tallchief - ballerina
• Tina Turner, singer
• Liv Tyler- actress (part Cherokee)
• Carrie Underwood - singer (Muscogee)
• Pete Wentz, bassist for Fall Out Boy (German/Native American father and Hawaiian mother)
• Ray Young Bear - poet
• Rudy Youngblood - actor (Comanche)

Academics

• Fred Begay Nuclear Scientist
• Joe Medicine Crow Anthropologist

See also

List of Native Americans of the United States

References