Post by ndrthl on Nov 7, 2005 17:12:49 GMT -5
There were several famous Cherokees in American history, including Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee writing system. Sequoyah may be the only known person in history to invent a widely used writing system singlehandedly. Sequoyah never learned to speak, read or write the English language.
Famous Cherokee politicians include Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Wilma Mankiller and Ross Swimmer. The American blues-rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix was of Cherokee descent via his paternal grandmother, Nora Rose Moore. Oral Roberts, a Pentecostal evangelist in the 1950's through the 1990's, is also of Cherokee descent. Others who have identified aspects of their bloodline as Cherokee, while not wholly ethnic Cherokee, include:
Tori Amos, singer (maternal grandfather was part Eastern Cherokee - an Eastern Cherokee with some European ancestry)
Kim Basinger, actress (Swedish, German, Cherokee)
James Brown, singer (Black, Cherokee)
Rita Coolidge, singer
Kevin Costner, actor (Cherokee, Irish, German)
Johnny Depp, actor (mother half-Irish/half-Cherokee, father German)
Carmen Electra, actress (Irish, German, Cherokee)
Jerry Ellis, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his 1991 book Walking the Trail, One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Shannon Elizabeth, actress (Syrian-Lebanese father and mixed Cherokee mother)
James Garner, actor
Jimi Hendrix, guitarist, singer (Black, Caucasian, Cherokee)
Val Kilmer, actor (Mongolian, Irish, Scottish, Cherokee, German, Sephardic, Swedish ancestors, paternal great-grandmother was Cherokee)
Eartha Kitt, singer (Caucasian father & Black-Cherokee mother)
Sonny Landham, Hollywood and pornographic actor (Cherokee and Seminole)
Karen McDougal, model, Playboy Playmate of the Year 1998 (Cherokee and Irish ancestors)
Joe Nichols, country singer
Chuck Norris, actor and martial artist (both parents are half Cherokee and half Irish)
Elvis Presley, singer, actor (Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Jewish and Cherokee ancestors)
Burt Reynolds, actor (Cherokee, Irish, Italian)
Salli Richardson, actress (Black-Cherokee mother & Italian-Irish father)
Robert Rauschenberg, painter (German, Cherokee)
Ronnie Spector, singer (Caucasian father & Black-Cherokee mother)
Tina Turner, singer (Black, Cherokee)
Liv Tyler, actress (father Steven Tyler is Cherokee, Russian, and Italian, mother Bebe Buell is of French descent)
Steven Tyler, singer of Aerosmith (Cherokee, Russian, Italian)
Tony Joe White, singer (Caucasian, Cherokee)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee
Famous Cherokee politicians include Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Wilma Mankiller and Ross Swimmer. The American blues-rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix was of Cherokee descent via his paternal grandmother, Nora Rose Moore. Oral Roberts, a Pentecostal evangelist in the 1950's through the 1990's, is also of Cherokee descent. Others who have identified aspects of their bloodline as Cherokee, while not wholly ethnic Cherokee, include:
Tori Amos, singer (maternal grandfather was part Eastern Cherokee - an Eastern Cherokee with some European ancestry)
Kim Basinger, actress (Swedish, German, Cherokee)
James Brown, singer (Black, Cherokee)
Rita Coolidge, singer
Kevin Costner, actor (Cherokee, Irish, German)
Johnny Depp, actor (mother half-Irish/half-Cherokee, father German)
Carmen Electra, actress (Irish, German, Cherokee)
Jerry Ellis, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his 1991 book Walking the Trail, One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Shannon Elizabeth, actress (Syrian-Lebanese father and mixed Cherokee mother)
James Garner, actor
Jimi Hendrix, guitarist, singer (Black, Caucasian, Cherokee)
Val Kilmer, actor (Mongolian, Irish, Scottish, Cherokee, German, Sephardic, Swedish ancestors, paternal great-grandmother was Cherokee)
Eartha Kitt, singer (Caucasian father & Black-Cherokee mother)
Sonny Landham, Hollywood and pornographic actor (Cherokee and Seminole)
Karen McDougal, model, Playboy Playmate of the Year 1998 (Cherokee and Irish ancestors)
Joe Nichols, country singer
Chuck Norris, actor and martial artist (both parents are half Cherokee and half Irish)
Elvis Presley, singer, actor (Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Jewish and Cherokee ancestors)
Burt Reynolds, actor (Cherokee, Irish, Italian)
Salli Richardson, actress (Black-Cherokee mother & Italian-Irish father)
Robert Rauschenberg, painter (German, Cherokee)
Ronnie Spector, singer (Caucasian father & Black-Cherokee mother)
Tina Turner, singer (Black, Cherokee)
Liv Tyler, actress (father Steven Tyler is Cherokee, Russian, and Italian, mother Bebe Buell is of French descent)
Steven Tyler, singer of Aerosmith (Cherokee, Russian, Italian)
Tony Joe White, singer (Caucasian, Cherokee)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee