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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.
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.
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 .
An English presence in North America began with the Roanoke Colony and Colony of Virginia in the late-16th century, but the first successful English settlement was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown. By the 1610s, an estimated 1,300 English people had traveled to North America, the "first of many millions from the British ...
The loss of specific ancestral attachments among many white Americans also results from high patterns of intermarriage and ethnic blending among whites of different European stocks." [8] The response of American ancestry is addressed by the United States Census Bureau as follows: Some people identify their ancestry as American.
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.
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Pages in category "English people of American descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 288 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .