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According to the United States Census there are more German Americans, Irish Americans and African Americans than English descended Americans. All of those groups have lists and none need a generational limit. So I'm boldly removing the generational limitation on this list. Durova 15:58, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Why does the page "Category:English Americans" contain dozens of names not included on this list? 86.17.208.173 13:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) for current discussion of a potential policy to apply to all ethnicity lists on Wikipedia, including this one. JackO'Lantern 20:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I have sourced the list in accordance with Wikipedia's No Original Research and Verifiability policies. Basically, anyone described by a reliable source as "Finnish" or "Finnish-American" (i.e. as opposed to "of Finnish descent", "Finnish mother", etc.) is on the list. Here are the people I couldn't find anything for. If you have a reliable source that fits that please restore the names:
Mad Jack O'Lantern 08:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
This list is pretty worthless. It is woefully thin - the Finnish list is as big. The number of English-Americans is in eight figures: is this list the best we can do? An example of how all these lists are a mess: Tom Hanks' article basically says he is mostly of English descent, with some Welsh. Guess which list he is on? Yet on the category for actors he is listed as English. Which is it?! 86.17.246.75 22:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Isn't George W. Bush an English American?
Never put historical Normandy in the same sentence with French, Normans had a different ethnicity language and culture, the French could never conquer england, it's clear that the Normans were of Scandinavian stock when you look at their ability to trade and travel well across seas. Davido488 ( talk) 01:20, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Very true, the Normans (or Norsemen) had only settled in what is now France less than 100 years before The Battle Of Hastings so weren't that different ethnically than the English population (Anglo-Saxon/Viking). In any case as has been pointed out only a few mainly aristocrats came to England and amongst the English people their influence was not even sufficient to shift English from its place as the vernacular of the people. And eventually a couple of nundred years later even the Anglo-Norman court gave in and officially adopted English.
And you could apply the same standard to "Irish" Americans, a more recent immigration on the whole granted- but what's the difference?
I wonder if we should have a corollary list of American-English people like Henry James and T. S. Eliot.-- T. Anthony 10:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
" Talib Kweli - His mother was an English professor" I went to his article here at wikipedia. It says just this but "English" links to English studies, and there is no external reference. Davy Jones - "English" is sourced, "American" is not. He definitely seems to be an American resident but nothing mentions him being an American national. A Geek Tragedy 17:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
See this edit. Badagnani ( talk) 21:47, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I want create new section to talk about that, but you are in the point Im about to recreate " list of english americans" and then if any rejections in view will be posted here, thanks Its Immoral to recreate a page with re-editing it with a clear english persons. I'll create the true page with who hold english heritage in america —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.251.7.52 ( talk) 12:43, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
This page has been beset with repeated vandalism and massive blanking. I therefore propose that only referenced material be allowed for any new additions for this particular page. Without references, how are we to know who is genuinely English, and who is not? Trasel ( talk) 22:20, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
If you look at the Irish American article, you'll find that a very large number claim to be of Irish ancestry, even though in most cases it's very remote. But I imagine that nearly every one (except JFK) had some English blood. But they don't make an issue of it. Since the war, only Jimmy Carter visited his ancestral home (in north-east England). Mind you, most Americans don't use the word "English" much (except about muffins or the language), preferring the inaccurate use of the word "British". Millbanks ( talk) 13:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
This really needs massive sourcing. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 20:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
Sorry about the recent reversion that went back pretty far, but there was excessive removal of referenced entries without any explanation by
IP 98.15.137.71., who will be blocked from editing soon if this does not stop now.
—
.`^) Paine Ellsworth
diss`cuss (^`. 12:08, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
This is a list of notable English-Americans who do not appear on the original list. All those people considered by different sources like English-American (ie, people who are direct descendent of English, having a English father, to a closer ancestor English, etc...), excluded from the original list, on the this list. Please, if you have a reliable source to accept or reject these people as English-Americans indicate this:
-- Isinbill ( talk) 00:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
She's of English descent, she must be, Swift is an English name. 86.186.3.245 ( talk) 04:15, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
I have removed the citations to the WorldConnect project at Rootsweb. WorldConnect is a project where anyone, including your mad aunt Milly can upload their decent work or complete fantasy genealogy. The entries are not vetted, not edited, not checked, not approved in any way. The persons are amateur, previously unpublished, not expert in their field and it's not a third-party publication. Just a host. As such these works are not acceptable sources for Wikipedia. Wjhonson ( talk) 16:17, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
I added some American actors of English descent like Shannen Doherty, Garry Marshall, Beau Bridges or George Clooney but they have been removed from the list. May I know why ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.214.55.75 ( talk) 20:42, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
Why is this list not named "List of English Americans" to match all its sibling articles in Category:Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin? Hmains ( talk) 03:04, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
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Many names in this list aren't supported by verifiable claims in the person's target article. I'm going to tag the article for now, so it's clear to readers not to rely on it. Then, if I can gird myself for the tedium, I'm going to check each name. (If anyone else wants to join in, a caution: the claim of English descent in some BLPs were added unsourced and must also be checked against any cited refs.) Schazjmd (talk) 15:34, 5 December 2023 (UTC)