User:Kestenbaum/List of Republican celebrities of the past
This list of Republican celebrities of the past includes deceased Americans widely renowned outside of politics who were supporters of the Republican Party.
- Roy Acuff - country singer, ran for governor of Tennessee (#4, #16)
- Pearl Bailey - singer and actress
- P.T. Barnum - circus operator, Connecticut legislator (#16)
- Rex Bell - actor, Lt. Governor of Nevada (#16)
- Ward Bond - actor
- Sonny Bono - singer, member of Congress (#16)
- Walter Brennan - actor
- Oscar Brown, Jr. - singer, actor, songwriter, media personality ([http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2749/Oscar_Brown_Jr_talent_with_ethics])
- James Cagney - actor (#7)
- Frank Capra - film director (#3)
- Nell Carter - actress (#9)
- Wilt Chamberlain - basketball player (#13)
- Nat King Cole - singer (#14)
- Perry Como - singer and television host
- Chuck Connors - actor
- Gary Cooper - actor (#7)
- Bing Crosby - singer and actor (#7)
- Sammy Davis Jr - singer and actor
- Cecil B. DeMille - film producer and director, Republican convention delegate (#16)
- Joe DiMaggio - baseball player (#25)
- Walt Disney - film producer, candidate for Republican presidential elector (#16)
- Frederick Douglass - abolitionist and orator (#22)
- Irene Dunne - actress (#7)
- Dale Earnhardt - race car driver (#21)
- Eazy-E - rapper (#29)
- Buddy Ebsen - actor (#2)
- Victor Fleming - director
- Errol Flynn - actor (#7)
- Glenn Ford - actor
- Clark Gable - actor (#7)
- Lillian Gish - actress
- Jackie Gleason - actor (#6)
- Samuel Goldwyn - film producer
- Cary Grant - actor
- Lorne Greene - actor
- D. W. Griffith - director
- Lionel Hampton - jazz musician (#11)
- Helen Hayes - actress
- Charlton Heston - actor
- William Holden - actor (#10)
- Bob Hope - actor and comedian (#7)
- Hedda Hopper - actress and gossip columnist, ran for City Council, campaigned for Nixon & GOP [http://www.mamievandoren.com/hedda.html]
- Rock Hudson - actor (#24)
- Walter Johnson - baseball pitcher, ran for Congress (#17)
- Al Jolson - singer
- Jack Kerouac - close friends with William F. Buckley
- Michael Landon - actor
- Tom Landry - football coach (#23)
- Harold Lloyd - actor, Republican convention delegate (#16)
- Victor McLaglen - actor
- Fred MacMurray - actor (#7)
- Dean Martin - singer and actor
- Raymond Massey - actor
- Victor Mature - actor [http://www.tacitus.org/story/2004/5/19/134142/030]
- Louis B. Mayer - motion picture executive, state Republican chairman (#16)
- Adolphe Menjou - actor (#7)
- George Mikan - basketball player, ran for Congress in 1956
- Robert Mitchum - actor
- Robert Montgomery - actor (#7)
- George Murphy - actor, U.S. Senator (#16)
- Jesse Owens - athlete (#12)
- Mary Pickford - actress, candidate for Republican presidential elector (#16)
- Elvis Presley - singer and actor
- Johnny Ramone - punk rocker (#18)
- Ronald Reagan - actor, U.S. President (#10, #16)
- Jackie Robinson - baseball player (#26)
- Ginger Rogers - actress (#5, #7)
- Roy Rogers - actor (#15)
- Cesar Romero - actor [http://www.tacitus.org/story/2004/5/19/134142/030] [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,826758-3,00.html]
- Lillian Russell - actress
- David O. Selznick - movie producer, Republican convention delegate (#16, #19)
- Frank Sinatra - singer and actor
- Jimmy Stewart - actor (#7)
- Robert Taylor - actor (#7)
- Booker T. Washington - famous educator (#8)
- John Wayne - actor (#1, #7)
- Ted Williams - baseball player (#20)
- Noble Willingham - actor, ran for Congress
- Cy Young - baseball pitcher, elected to Tuscarawas County GOP central committee in 1930
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- [http://www.silentera.com/books/mcbride-capraBK.html Silent Era]
- [http://www.gold-music.com/9091/Roy_Acuff.html Gold Music]
- [http://www.world-of-celebrities.com/ginger_rogers/ World of Celebrities]
- [http://www.presidentialufo.com/richardm.htm Presidential UFO site]
- [http://www.cincypost.com/2003/08/04/cloon080403.html Cincinnati Post]
- [http://www.skidmore.edu/~mstokes/227/BTW.html Skidmore College]
- [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/julia/gorin121803.asp Jewish World Review]
- [http://medialit.med.sc.edu/reagantv.htm Media Literacy Clearinghouse]
- [http://www.jazzhall.com/inductees/LionelHampton.asp Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]
- [http://www.indystar.com/multimedia/flashback/2003/0222.html Indianapolis Star]
- [http://www.russbaker.com/The%20Landmine%20Guy.htm RussBaker.com]
- [http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/caps4/00388.html Historic Photo Archive]
- [http://www.royrogers.com/roy_rogers_bio.html RoyRogers.com]
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- [http://musicstore.mymmode.com/artist.do?artistID=355542 Musica Store Biography]
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