FAMOUS WELSH, & WELSH-AMERICANS

The Welsh have left an impact on much of the formation and continuing evolvement of the United States. The Declaration of Independence, that most famous of documents, was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, who spoke and wrote Welsh. He, and sixteen others of Welsh descent, signed the document ushering in a new era in the world.
This is a list based upon the criteria that one could be: A: Born in Wales, or B: Of Welsh heritage, but not born in Wales, . Please send in names to add.... Diolch yn fawr.



The Captain of the Mayflower was a Welshman


Signers of the Declaration of Independence:
  • John Adams, William Floyd, Button Gwinnett, Benjamine Harrison, Stephen Hopkins
  • Samuel Adams, John Penn, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
  • Robert Morris, John Morton, William Williams, Arthur Middleton, Francis Henry Lightfoot Lee

    Presidents of the United States:
  • John Adams
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison
  • James Monroe
  • John Q. Adams
  • William Harrison
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • James Garfield
  • Benjamin Harrison
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Richard Milhous Nixon

    Vice Presidents:
  • John Nance Garner
  • Richard Milhous Nixon
  • Hubert Horatio Humphrey

    Secretaries of State:
  • Daniel Webster
  • William H. Seward
  • George Catlett Marshall (also General of the Armies in WWII)

    Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court:
  • John Marshall
  • Charles Evans Hughes
  • Roger Brook Taney

    Some famous Welsh-Americans, and Welsh-Welsh:
    1. Samuel Adams, One of the founders of Harvard University
    2. Elihu Yale, One of the founders of Yale University
    3. Herman Humphreys, One of the founders of Amherst University
    4. Morgan Edwards, One of the founders of Brown University
    5. Samuel Jones, One of the founders of Brown University
    6. Morgan Lewis, One of the founders of New York University
    7. Rowland Ellis, One of the founders of Bryn Mawr College
    8. William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania
    9. Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island
    10. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy
    11. Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Armies
    12. Goronwy Owen, Poet & classical scholar, Headmaster William & Mary College
    13. Richard Price, Philospher and Actuary
    14. John Lloyd Stevens, Archaelogist, re-discoverer of the ancient Mayas
    15. Merriwether Lewis, Leader of Lewis and Clark Expedition
    16. William Dean Howells, Author, critic, and editor
    17. Henry M. Stanley, (Born John Rowlands), newspaper man who "found" Dr. Livingston
    18. Oliver Evans, One of the pioneers of Fulton's steamboat
    19. David Wark Griffiths, Pioneer motion picture producer
    20. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
    21. Luther Hammond Lewis, Founder of Big Brother Movement
    22. John L. Lewis, Pioneer Labor Movement leader
    23. Norman Thomas, Socialist Leader
    24. Lowell Thomas, Radio commentator and explorer
    25. John Hughson Jones M.B.E., Contemporary Welsh Culture leader
    26. Bob Hope, Hollywood and T.V. (son of Agnes Townes, Welsh concert singer)
    27. William George Fargo, Founder of Wells, Fargo Express Co.
    28. Daniel Protheroe, Composer of religious music
    29. Richard Burton, Actor and movie star
    30. Sir Anthony Hopkins, Actor and Director, (Silence of the Lambs)
    31. John Rhys Davies, Actor and movie star
    32. Dr. Joseph Parry, Composer (wrote hymn Aberystwyth)
    33. Daniel Boone, Frontiersman
    34. Harold Lloyd, Silent screen comedian
    35. Thomas L. Thomas, Baritone Concert singer
    36. David Elwyn Thomas, Singer and actor
    37. Ray Milland, Actor and Movie Star
    38. Jack Daniel, of Jack Daniel's Bourbon fame
    39. Evan Williams, maker of that famous bourbon
    40. Ellis Potter Earle, founder of Chase Manhatten Bank and financier of the Empire State Bldg. (Initials of E.S. on building refer to Earle & Smith) Contributed by his grandson.
    41. Catherine Zeta-Jones (from Swansea)
    42. Denise Levertov (Poet)
    43. Stanly Baker ("Zulu")
    44. John Cale ("Velvet Underground")
    45. Tom Jones (Singer)
    46. Shirley Bassey (Singer)
    47. Timothy Dalton ("oo7")
    48. John Evans (Prince Madoc discoverer)
    49. Dylan Thomas
    50. Sir Geriant Evans, Opera Singer
    51. Sir Harry Secombe,of the goons comiedians



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