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This is a list of notable Americans of English descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are English American or must have references showing they are English American and are notable.
English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.In the 2020 United States census, English Americans were the largest group in the United States with 46.6 million Americans self-identifying as having some English origins (many combined with another heritage) representing (19.8%) of the White American population.
Pages in category "American people of English descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,962 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the 2020 United States census, English Americans (46.6 million), German Americans (45 million), Irish Americans (31.7 million), and Italian Americans (16.8 million) were the four largest self-reported European ancestry groups in the United States, forming 37.8% of the total population. [44]
Demographers regard current figures as a "serious under-count", as a large proportion of Americans of British descent have a tendency to simply identify as 'American' since 1980 where over 13.3 million or 5.9% of the total U.S. population self-identified as "American" or "United States", this was counted under "not specified". [5]
Anglo-Americans are a demographic group in Anglo-America. It typically refers to the predominantly European-descent nations and ethnic groups in the Americas that speak English as a native language, making up the majority of people in the world who speak English as a first language.
American people of British-Jewish descent (3 C, 39 P) M. American people of Manx descent (2 C, 31 P) American people of Montserratian descent (1 C, 9 P) N.
This category page lists sub-category pages that categorize citizens of the United States by any ethnicity they are of or descendent of, or previous nationality that they held or are descendent of.