List of Canadian Americans
This is a list of notable Americans of Canadian descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and were the principal founders of the United States, and their American descendants.
Americans of Canadian descent
- Earl W. Bascom, rodeo pioneer, inventor, actor, cowboy artist/sculptor, sports hall of fame inductee, father was Canadian citizen
- Drake Batherson, ice hockey player
- Max Baucus, politician, former long-time U.S. Senator from Montana, and former U.S. Ambassador to China
- Warren Beatty, actor and director
- Tucker Carlson Grandfather is from Nova Scotia
- Madonna, singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman also known as "The Queen of Pop"
- Lady Gaga, singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman also known as "The New Queen of Pop"
- John Cena, professional wrestler and actor
- Walter Chrysler, automotive industry executive and founder of the Chrysler Corporation
- Andrew Clyde, U.S. Representative from Florida
- Stephen Curry, basketball player, 2024 olympic gold medalist in basketball
- Ayesha Curry, actress and television personality
- Roy Edward Disney, Walt Disney Company executive
- Walt Disney, animator, film producer, voice actor, and businessman, and founder of The Walt Disney Company
- Landon Donovan, former professional soccer player
- Will Durant, historian and philosopher
- Thomas Edison, inventor
- Connor Fields, lacrosse player
- Marcus Foligno, ice hockey player
- Nick Foligno, ice hockey player; older brother of Marcus Foligno
- Sam Forster, writer, cultural critic, and war correspondent
- Jorja Fox, actress
- Freddie Freeman, baseball first baseman
- Missy Franklin, Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer
- Brendan Fraser, film and stage actor
- Elizabeth Furse, U.S. congresswoman from Oregon
- Kenny G, musician
- Rene Gagnon, U.S. Marine hero
- Robert Goulet, singer and actor
- Mike Gravel, politician, former U.S. Senator from Alaska, and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate
- Matt Groening, cartoonist, writer, producer, animator, voice actor, and creator of The Simpsons
- Edwin S. Grosvenor, editor, publisher, nonprofit manager
- Gene Hackman, retired actor and novelist
- Phil Hendrie, radio personality and comedian
- Amy Jo Johnson, actress
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, actor, semi-retired WWE wrestler, and producer
- Angelina Jolie, actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian; one-quarter Canadian through her maternal grandfather
- Jack Kerouac, poet and writer
- Emeril Lagasse, celebrity chef and restaurant entrepreneur ownership
- Paul LePage, 74th Governor of Maine
- Stephanie Lemelin, actress and animal rights activist; Canadian through her father
- Brie Larson, actress
- Paul "Triple H" Levesque, retired professional wrestler and business executive
- Shirley MacLaine, Hollywood actress and activist
- Josh Manson, ice hockey player
- Rachel Maddow, newscaster, journalist tv host
- Joel McHale, comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television host
- Grace Metalious, author
- Jeffrey Miron, economist and professor at Harvard University
- Walter Mondale, politician, 42nd vice president of the United States, and 1984 Democratic presidential nominee
- Lisa Murkowski, attorney and politician, US Senator from Alaska
- Elon Musk, inventor, engineer, owner of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity, founder of X Corp.
- Tyler Myers, ice hockey player
- Philip Nozuka, television actor
- Tyler Gregory Okonma, rapper, singer, writer and producer; famously known as "Tyler, the Creator"
- Matthew Perry actor, best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the long-running NBC television sitcom Friends.
- Lucas Pos professional football player who plays as a defender
- S. M. Stirling, French-born author whose father descends from Canada; well known for his Draka series and later his Nantucket series and Emberverse series
- Angus Sutherland, producer, actor and paternal half-brother of Kiefer Sutherland
- Sarah Sutherland, actress and daughter of Kiefer Sutherland
- Jake Tapper, author, journalist
- Robin Thicke, R&B singer-songwriter
- John Thune, Senate Majority Leader from South Dakota; mother and maternal grandfather were Canadian
- Rudy Vallée, saxophone player
- Vince Vaughn, actor
- Donnie Wahlberg, singer
- Mark Wahlberg, actor, and retired rapper
Born in/lived in Canada, with American citizenship
- Howie Mandel comedian, television personality, screenwriter, actor, producer, director, entrepreneur, game show host, and author
- Patrick J. Adams, actor, photographer and director
- Lights, singer, composer and rock star
- Neil Young, singer and guitarist
- James Naismith, inventor of basketball as a gym professor in Springfield Illinois in 1891
- John J. Adams, U.S. Congressman from New York
- Foluke Akinradewo, Volleyball player
- Stephen Amell, actor best known for playing Oliver Queen, the title character in the TV series Arrow
- Nida Allam, Durham County Commissioner
- Pamela Anderson, actress
- Paul Anka, singer-songwriter and actor
- David H. Armstrong, U.S. Senator from Missouri
- Will Arnett, actor and comedian
- Dan Aykroyd, actor and comedian
- Earl W. Bascom, rodeo pioneer, inventor, actor, artist/sculptor, hall of fame inductee, born in Utah and raised in Alberta, Canada
- David Baszucki, entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, and co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation
- Brian Burke, broadcaster
- Eric Bauza, comedian and voice actor
- Sugar Lyn Beard, actress, voice actress, television personality, and former host of YTV's The Zone from 2001–2007
- Justin Bieber, singer
- Samantha Bee, comedian, actress, writer, producer, political commentator, media critic and television host
- Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer especially notable for inventing and patenting the first practical telephone; co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885
- Frank Bell, Governor of Nevada, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- Manjul Bhargava, Fields Medal winning mathematician at Princeton University
- Marty Biron, ice hockey goaltender and commentator
- Joseph Edward Bland, former Michigan state senator and Michigan state representative
- Paul Boyd, reporter
- Len Blum, screenwriter, film producer, and film composer
- Azariah Boody, U.S. congressman from New York
- Brett Boyko, professional football player with the B.C. Lions
- Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
- Jim Carrey, comedian and actor
- Sarah Carter, actress, musician
- Kim Cattrall, British born Canadian-American actress, became an official U.S. citizen in 2020
- Rae Dawn Chong, actress and daughter of Tommy
- Tommy Chong, comedian, actor, writer, director, activist, musician, and contestant from Dancing with the Stars season 19
- Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress
- Kim Coates, actor, Tig Trager from Sons of Anarchy
- Adam Cohen, singer-songwriter, and son of Leonard
- Frank Henry Cooney, Governor of Montana, Lieutenant Governor of Montana
- Claire Corlett, actress and singer, daughter of Ian James Corlett
- Ian James Corlett, voice actor, musician, animator, and author providing voice work in both Vancouver and Los Angeles
- Nazneen Contractor, Indian-born Canadian American actress most notable as Layla Hourani in The Border and Ruby in The Loud House
- James Couzens, U.S. Senator from Michigan, 47th Mayor of Detroit, 7th Commissioner of the Detroit Police Department
- Laura Creavalle, Guyanese-born Canadian/American female professional bodybuilder
- Steven Crowder, political commentator
- Rafael Cruz, Cuban-born Canadian/American Christian preacher and public speaker; father of Ted
- Ted Cruz, politician, U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013, and 2016 Republican presidential candidate
- Ayesha Curry, actress and television personality
- Brian Daboll, head coach of the NFL's New York Giants since 2022
- Geoff Davis, politician and former U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Trevor Devall, voice actor and podcaster, migrated to Los Angeles since 2013
- Chris Diamantopoulos, actor and comedian, best known for his role as Green Arrow in the Batman Unlimited series, Unicorn in Go Away, Unicorn! and Mickey Mouse in the eponymous TV series
- Michael Donovan, voice actor and director for many animated series and feature films
- Marie Dressler, actress
- Charles Aubrey Eaton, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
- Jacob Falconer, U.S. Representative from Washington, Washington State Senator, Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives, Washington State Representative, 5th Mayor of Everett, Washington
- Feist, singer-songwriter
- Andrew Feustel, NASA geophysicist
- Nathan Fillion, actor
- Brent Fitz, musician and multi-instrumentalist
- Dave Foley, actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer, and writer working out of both Canada and America with dual citizenship
- Mike Foligno, former professional ice hockey player and coach; currently a scout for the Vegas Golden Knights; father of Nick and Marcus Foligno
- Sam Forster, writer, cultural critic, and war correspondent
- Michael Fougere, politician and Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan since 2012
- David Foster, arranger producer, songwriter, pianist, composer, musician and hitmaker
- Michael J. Fox, actor, author, producer, and advocate
- David Frum, speechwriter and journalist
- Baruch Frydman-Kohl, Canadian-American who serves as the Rabbi Emeritus of Beth Tzedec Congregation. In 2022, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.
- Jacob H. Gallinger, President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire, New Hampshire State Senator, New Hampshire State Representative
- John Garand, inventor of the M1 Garand rifle
- Victor Garber, actor and singer
- Frank Gehry, architect
- Giacomo Gianniotti, actor
- Ryan Gosling, actor
- Drake, rapper, singer-songwriter, and former actor
- Jennifer Granholm, former U.S. Secretary of Energy and former Governor of Michigan
- Wayne Gretzky, retired ice hockey player; considered the greatest ice hockey player of all time
- Jennifer Hale, voice actress for various film and television series
- Alexander M. Hardy, U.S. Congressman from Indiana
- Winnie Harlow, fashion model and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo
- Bret Hart, professional wrestler
- Owen Hart, professional wrestler
- Roland H. Hartley, Governor of Washington, Washington State Representative, Mayor of Everett, Washington
- Phil Hartman, actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist
- David Archibald Harvey, U.S. Delegate from the Oklahoma Territory's at-large congressional district
- S.I. Hayakawa, U.S. Senator from California
- Felix Hebert, Senate Minority Whip, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
- Tricia Helfer,, actress
- Richard Conn Henry,, astrophysicist
- Marieve Herington, voice actress for various television films, anime, and series
- Sitara Hewitt, actress
- Matt Hill, comedian and voice actor for various television/cartoon series
- Jevon Holland, American football safety for the Miami Dolphins
- Ernest "Tommy" Hughitt, professional football player
- Chris Irvine, professional wrestler known as Chris Jericho; lead singer of Fozzy
- Rick Jeanneret, sportscaster
- Peter Jennings, TV journalist and anchor for ABC
- Avan Jogia, Canadian-born actor raised in America
- Amy Jo Johnson, actress
- Jason Jones, actor and comedian known for The Daily Show with John Stewart
- Cory Joseph, basketball player
- Ash Kalra, California state assemblyman since 2016, former member of the San Jose City Council
- Stana Katic, actress
- David Kaye, voice actor most notable as Megatron in Beast Wars/Machines: Transformers, and in Transformers: Armada, Energon, and Cybertron
- John Kay singer and rock star
- Thomas Kearns, U.S. Senator from Utah
- Brittany Kennell, singer and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 10
- Donnie Keshawarz, actor
- Kiawentiio, actress and singer-songwriter
- Margot Kidder, actress and activist
- Ben Klassen, former Florida State Representative and white supremacist leader
- James L. Kraft, entrepreneur known for being the first to patent processed cheese
- Chris Kunitz, NHL ice hockey player
- Maurice LaMarche, voice actor and comedian
- Franklin Knight Lane, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Interstate Commerce Commissioner and San Francisco City Attorney
- Angela Lee, mixed martial arts female fighters
- Christian Lee, mixed martial arts male fighter
- Rachelle Lefevre, actress
- Ashley Leggat, actress best known for her role as Casey McDonald from Life with Derek
- Mario Lemieux, retired ice hockey player and current owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Rejean Lemelin, retired ice hockey goaltender and father of American actor, Stephanie Lemelin
- Stephanie Lemelin, actress and animal rights activist; holding dual citizenship in Canada and the U.S.
- Sydney Leroux, soccer player
- Alexander Lewis, 37th Mayor of Detroit
- Shin Lim, magician and winner of America's Got Talent season 13
- Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist
- Erica Luttrell, Canadian-born actor, although American through her father; returned to America in the early 2000s
- Rachel McAdams, actress
- William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-born Canadian/American journalist, politician, and the 1st Mayor of Toronto
- John C. Mackie, U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1965–1967, 9th Michigan State Highway Commissioner, 1957–1965
- Robert MacNeil, journalist, writer and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975. MacNeil co-anchored the program until 1995. The show eventually became the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
- Sean Patrick Maloney, politician and U.S. Representative from New York, 2013–2023
- Rizwan Manji, actor
- Louis B. Mayer, film producer
- Eric McCormack, actor, comedian, singer, voice actor
- Kevin McDonald, Canadian-born actor, voice actor and comedian best known for his roles as Agent Wendy Pleakley in Lilo & Stitch franchise, Waffle in Catscratch, and Almighty Tallest Purple in Invader Zim
- Norm Macdonald, stand-up comedian, writer and actor notable as Norm the Genie in The Fairly OddParents
- James McMillan, U.S. Senator from Michigan
- Tate McRae, singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
- Joseph Medill, Mayor of Chicago
- Shawn Mendes, singer-songwriter
- Burt Metcalfe, television and film producer, director, and writer
- Joseph Millard, U.S. Senator from Nebraska, Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
- Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter and painter
- Frank C. Moore, Lieutenant Governor of New York, Comptroller of New York
- Alanis Morissette, singer-songwriter
- Kirby Morrow, actor and voice actor best known for voicing Hot Shot in Transformers: Cybertron and Miroku in the Inuyasha anime series.
- Caroline Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician; Ontario's Minister of Francophone Affairs, Minister of Transportation and Attorney General, Member of Provincial Parliament for York—Simcoe ; daughter of 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney; American citizenship by marriage to investment banker Andrew Lapham
- Elon Musk, South African-born Canadian/American businessman, investor, engineer, and inventor; founder of Tesla Motors
- James E. Murray, politician and longtime U.S. Senator from Montana
- Mike Myers, Canadian-born British/American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer
- Timothy Naftali, historian
- James Naismith, inventor of basketball
- James Nesmith, U.S. Senator from Oregon, U.S. Congressman from Oregon, 4th Supreme Judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon
- Samuel D. Nicholson,, U.S. Senator from Colorado
- Leslie Nielsen, actor, comedian, and producer
- Justin Nozuka, singer-songwriter
- Catherine O'Hara, actress, writer and comedian
- Sandra Oh, actress
- Marie Owens, first female police officer in the US and in the Chicago Police Department who enforced child labor and welfare laws
- Elliot Page actor, film producer
- Dustin Penner, ice hockey player
- Barry Pepper, actor
- Frank Peppiatt, member of the variety show writing team Peppiatt and Aylesworth
- Mary Pickford, actress and film executive
- Jason Priestley, actor and director
- Jim Peebles, Winnipeg-born American/Canadian senior physicistian genius
- Jason Pominville, ice hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres
- Aram J. Pothier, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
- James Randi, Toronto-born Canadian/American stage magician and scientific skeptic.
- David Reale, actor, voice actor, and voice of Kai Hiwatari and Tsubasa Otori from the Beyblade anime series
- Leon Redbone, Cypriot-born Canadian-American singer
- Keanu Reeves, actor
- Charles Revson cosmetics pioneer, founder of Revlon
- Ryan Reynolds, actor
- John Roberts, journalist
- Alphonse Roy, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1938–1939, New Hampshire State Representative, 1925–1931
- Caroline Rhea, actor and comedian best known for her role as Hilda Spellman in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Eugenia Scrimmage in the Bruno & Boots movie franchise
- Rino Romano, actor
- Seth Rogen, actor, comedian and filmmaker
- Jon Ryan, professional football player with the Seattle Seahawks
- Joe Sakic, retired hockey player and current general manager of the Colorado Avalanche
- Andrew Scheer, politician, 35th Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, former Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Member of Parliament for
- Regina-Qu'Appelle, natural-born American citizen by descent from father
- Jack Scott, singer-songwriter
- Drew Scott, television personality; host of the various Property Brothers TV shows
- Jonathan Scott, television personality; host of the various Property Brothers TV shows
- Pablo Schreiber, actor
- Mack Sennett, film director
- Patrick Sharp, retired ice hockey player
- George Beverly Shea, gospel music singer-songwriter
- William Shatner, veteran actor
- Norma Shearer, actress
- Martin Short, actor, comedian, singer, voice actor
- Joe Shuster, comic book artist, co-creator of Superman
- Lilly Singh, YouTuber, actress, and current judge on Canada's Got Talent
- Vandana Slatter, Washington state senator since 2025, former Washington state representative
- Cobie Smulders,, actress
- Tyson Smith,, Professional wrestler known as Kenny Omega
- Hank Snow, country music singer-songwriter
- David Sobolov, voice actor and director most notable for his role as Drax the Destroyer
- Paul Stastny, ice hockey player with the Vegas Golden Knights
- Jerry Simpson, U.S. Congressman from Kansas
- Stan Stephens, politician, broadcaster, and former Governor of Montana, President of the Montana Senate
- Isaac Stephenson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Geoff Stirling, broadcaster and eccentric
- Tara Strong, actress and voice actress
- Cree Summer, voice actress for various film and television series, born in Los Angeles but raised in Toronto.
- Daniel Sutherland, U.S. Delegate from Alaska, President of the Alaska Territorial Senate, Alaska Territorial Senator
- Brad Swaile, voice actor best known for roles such as Light Yagami from Death Note, and Kicker Jones from Transformers: Energon
- John Swainson, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, Governor of Michigan, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, Michigan State Senator
- The Weeknd, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor
- Daniel Thompson, inventor of the automatic bagel maker and the folding ping pong table
- Chantal Thuy, actress
- Arthur H. Taylor, U.S. Congressman from Indiana
- Chris Taylor Video Game developer known for Total Annihilation, Dungeon Siege, and Supreme Commander
- Robert Tinkler, voice actor best known for roles such as Brooklyn Masefield and Gingka Hagane from the Beyblade anime series, Lync Volan from Bakugan: New Vestroia, and Crimson Rubeus from the DIC Entertainment dub of Sailor Moon
- Shania Twain, pop/country singer
- Alex Trebek, former long-time host of the game show Jeopardy! from 1984-2020
- Charles W. Upham, Massachusetts State Representative, 1849, 1859–1860, Massachusetts State Senator, 1850, 1857–1858, President of the Massachusetts Senate, 1857–1858, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, 1853–1855, Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853, 7th Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, 1852–1853
- Ali Velshi, television journalist, a senior economic and business correspondent for NBC News, and an anchor for MSNBC.
- Richard Verma, politician and former U.S. Ambassador to India
- Sam Vincent, voice actor best known for roles such as Double D from Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, and the titular character from Martin Mystery
- Weston E. Vivian, U.S. Congressman from Michigan, 1965–1967
- Sugith Varughese,, writer, director, and actor
- Jack L. Warner, film executive
- Marianne Meed Ward, politician, journalist
- Oswald West, Governor of Oregon
- Harland Williams, actor, comedian, author, artist, singer, musician, and radio personality
- Calum Worthy, actor, writer, and producer most notable as Dez on Austin & Ally
- Samantha Win, actress and wushu taolu athlete
- Katheryn Winnick, actress and director
- Chase G. Woodhouse, U.S. Congresswoman from Connecticut, 1945–1947, 1949–1951, Secretary of State of Connecticut, 1941–1943
- Fay Wray, actor and author, Wray became a naturalized American citizen in 1933
- Jason Wu, Taiwanese-born Canadian/American fashion designer; dress designer of former First Lady Michelle Obama