Post by Oath Breaker on Sept 29, 2016 2:11:38 GMT -5
I'm in good company with a great bloodline. How about you?
Famous Cherokee from the Modern Era
ACTIVISTS / POLITICIANS
Sir Winston Churchill
President Bill Clinton (who claims to be one-sixteenth Cherokee, although no documentation has been found to support this).
John Nance Garner (nicknamed Cactus Jack), 32nd Vice President of the US under Roosevelt
Wilma Mankiller was the first female Cherokee Principal Chief and a well known native american activist.
Rosa Parks, who wouldn't give up her seat on a bus, the incident that started racial reform in the 60s for blacks.
John Leak Springston
ACTORS:
Monte Blue, appeared in 278 television and movie roles.
Walter Brennan
Cher
Victor Daniels (stage name Chief Thundercloud), played Tonto in the early Lone Ranger films.
Johnny Depp, famous for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Charisma Carpenter
David Carradine
Iron Eyes Cody
Kevin Costner, became famous for Dances With Wolves, went on to become superstar
James Garner
Clu Gulager was Deputy, later Sheriff, Ryker on the long-running television series The Virginian.
James Earl Jones
Christopher Judge
Arthur Junaluska, Eastern Cherokee, was an actor, playwright, and theatrical director.
Tom Mix
Chuck Norris
Lou Diamond Philips
Burt Reynolds
Will Rogers was a performer in Wild West shows and on stage, later becoming a film actor, radio personality, and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist.
Liv Tyler
Wes Studi is full-blood Cherokee, and has received critical acclaim for his portrayals of Magua in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and Geronimo (1994).
Dennis Weaver was known for his Emmy-winning role as Chester on the long-running television series Gunsmoke, and in the McCloud television series.
ATHLETES:
Jack Dempsey, boxing champion
ARTISTS:
Robert Rauschenberg, painter.
MUSICIANS:
Tori Amos also shares Cherokee ancestry.
Anita Bryant, singer, beauty queen, and celebrity spokesperson who became best known for her work in favor of bigotry against gays and lesbians.
Johnny Cash, country-western legend.
Cher, the actress and singer.
Rita Coolidge, country western legend.
Billy Ray Cyrus, country western singer
Miley Cyrus
Crystal Gayle, country western singer.
Jimi Hendrix, rock legend, was of Cherokee heritage through his maternal grandmother, Nora Rose Moore.
Eartha Kitt
Loretta Lynn, country western superstar.
Willie Nelson, country-western legend, folk hero.
John Phillips of the singing group,The Mamas and the Papas, famous in the 1970-80s.
Elvis Presley, singer, musician and actor, maybe the biggest musical legend of the 20th century.
Tiffany, singer.
Steven Tyler, singer in the rock band called Aerosmith.
Famous Cherokee from the Modern Era
ACTIVISTS / POLITICIANS
Sir Winston Churchill
President Bill Clinton (who claims to be one-sixteenth Cherokee, although no documentation has been found to support this).
John Nance Garner (nicknamed Cactus Jack), 32nd Vice President of the US under Roosevelt
Wilma Mankiller was the first female Cherokee Principal Chief and a well known native american activist.
Rosa Parks, who wouldn't give up her seat on a bus, the incident that started racial reform in the 60s for blacks.
John Leak Springston
ACTORS:
Monte Blue, appeared in 278 television and movie roles.
Walter Brennan
Cher
Victor Daniels (stage name Chief Thundercloud), played Tonto in the early Lone Ranger films.
Johnny Depp, famous for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Charisma Carpenter
David Carradine
Iron Eyes Cody
Kevin Costner, became famous for Dances With Wolves, went on to become superstar
James Garner
Clu Gulager was Deputy, later Sheriff, Ryker on the long-running television series The Virginian.
James Earl Jones
Christopher Judge
Arthur Junaluska, Eastern Cherokee, was an actor, playwright, and theatrical director.
Tom Mix
Chuck Norris
Lou Diamond Philips
Burt Reynolds
Will Rogers was a performer in Wild West shows and on stage, later becoming a film actor, radio personality, and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist.
Liv Tyler
Wes Studi is full-blood Cherokee, and has received critical acclaim for his portrayals of Magua in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and Geronimo (1994).
Dennis Weaver was known for his Emmy-winning role as Chester on the long-running television series Gunsmoke, and in the McCloud television series.
ATHLETES:
Jack Dempsey, boxing champion
ARTISTS:
Robert Rauschenberg, painter.
MUSICIANS:
Tori Amos also shares Cherokee ancestry.
Anita Bryant, singer, beauty queen, and celebrity spokesperson who became best known for her work in favor of bigotry against gays and lesbians.
Johnny Cash, country-western legend.
Cher, the actress and singer.
Rita Coolidge, country western legend.
Billy Ray Cyrus, country western singer
Miley Cyrus
Crystal Gayle, country western singer.
Jimi Hendrix, rock legend, was of Cherokee heritage through his maternal grandmother, Nora Rose Moore.
Eartha Kitt
Loretta Lynn, country western superstar.
Willie Nelson, country-western legend, folk hero.
John Phillips of the singing group,The Mamas and the Papas, famous in the 1970-80s.
Elvis Presley, singer, musician and actor, maybe the biggest musical legend of the 20th century.
Tiffany, singer.
Steven Tyler, singer in the rock band called Aerosmith.
