This is a list of notable Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants. For more information see also: List of Americans of Irish descent.
List
"To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Irish American or must have references showing they are Irish American and are notable."
Actors
Arts
Mathew Brady – photographer
Kurt Cobain – songwriter and musician, lead singer of Nirvana
Jerome Connor – sculptor
Thomas Crawford – sculptor
Michael Flatley – dancer
William Harnett – painter, Irish immigrant best known for trompe-l'œil renderings of still life George Peter Alexander Healy – portrait painter Thomas Hovenden – painter Carrie Ann Inaba – dancer, actress; mother of Chinese and Irish descent Gene Kelly – dancer, actor, singer, director, choreographer James E. Kelly – sculptor and illustrator Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt – artist, activist Edward McCartan – sculptor Samuel Murray – sculptor Jim Morrison – singer, frontman of the Doors John Neagle – painter William Rudolf O'Donovan – sculptor Georgia O'Keeffe – painter Timothy H. O'Sullivan – photographer Maurice J. Power – sculptor, politician, foundry owner John Ramage – miniaturist George Reynolds – painter, student of Eakins, Civil War Medal of Honor Christopher Ross, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens – sculptor Louis Saint-Gaudens – sculptor, brother of Augustus Saint-Gaudens John Talbott Donoghue – sculptor
Business
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. – former ambassador to the UK and father of President JFK. Diamond Jim Brady – financier and philanthropist Dawn Fitzpatrick – Global Head of Equities, Multi-Asset and O'Connor at UBS Asset Management John L. Flannery – former CEO of General Electric Henry Ford – founder of Ford Motor Company Paul Galvin – inventor of the car radio; founder of Motorola Franklin B. Gowen – lawyer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, prosecuted the trial against the Molly Maguires Herb Kelleher – Southwest Airlines chairman John Leahy – COO of Airbus; commercial pilot John C. Malone – American billionaire businessman, landowner, and philanthropist Mike McGrath – Chief Justice of Montana Supreme Court Shane McMahon – minority owner of WWE Stephanie McMahon – CBO of WWE Vince McMahon – CEO of WWE Dan and Frank Carney – founder of pizza Hut Charles Elmer Doolin – founder of Frito-Lay John Holahan – creator of Lucky Charms Tom Monaghan – founder of Domino's Pizza Ivar "Pop" Coulson – inventor of the Milkshake Richard and Maurice McDonald – founders of McDonald's Edward Creighton – Omaha businessman and philanthropist John A. Creighton – Omaha businessman and philanthropist Michael J. Cullen – founder of King Kullen, inventor of the supermarket Marcus Daly (1841–1900) – A "Copper King" of Butte, Montana, United States William Russell Grace (1832–1904) – mayor of New York City and founder of W. R. Grace and Company Pat Powers – businessman and film producer Bill Rancic – entrepreneur Joseph F. Sinnott – owner of Moore and Sinnott, the largest rye whiskey distillery in the United States prior to Prohibition. Jack Welch – former CEO of General Electric George Croghan – fur trader Edmund McIlhenny – inventor of hot sauce Bill Gates – co-founder of Microsoft Thomas Mellon Louis Sullivan – inventor of the skyscraper Charles Stark Draper – Anglo-Irish George Bryan
Educators
Mary Harris Jones – "Mother Jones", educator and labor organizer
Joseph S. Murphy (1933–1998) – President of Queens College, President of Bennington College, and Chancellor of the City University of New York Victoria Leigh Soto – educator who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting; hid students and died trying to protect them