List of redheads
This is a list of notable people with natural red hair. Red or ginger hair may come in a variety of shades from strawberry blond to auburn.[1] With only 2% of the population having red hair,[2] it is the rarest natural hair colour.[1]
People who dyed their red hair into another colour or who went grey with age are included, but people with hair dyed red, such as Amanda Blake, David Bowie, Lucille Ball, Rita Hayworth, Debby Ryan, and Sophie Turner are not.
Figures from the Bible or classical mythology, such as Esau or Judas Iscariot, are included. Characters from modern fiction such as Anne of Green Gables or Ginger Hebblethwaite are not.
The term 'Redhead' is also popularized by the American Archie comics where the titular main character, teenager Archie Andrews, has red hair and a Scottish family background. He is often addressed as 'redhead' or 'redheaded junk' by his archrival Reggie Mantle.
A
- Adwoa Aboah – British model
- Ádám Bogdán – Football goalkeeper currently playing for Liverpool
- Adam Hicks – Actor
- Adam Peaty – UK Olympic gold medalist in 100 m breaststroke at Rio 2016 Olympics
- Adam Savage – Co-host of Mythbusters
- Adele – Singer-songwriter
- Agnes Moorehead – Actress
- Alan Ball, Jr. – Football player
- Amy Adams – Actress
- Anne Bonny – Irish 18th century r. pirate
- Annie Lööf - Politician
- Alan Kalter – Voice actor and announcer
- Alan Tudyk – Actor
- Alette Coble-Temple – Clinical psychologist and disability rights activist
- Alyson Hannigan - Actress
- Alyssa Campanella – Miss USA 2011, Fashion model
- Alyssa Sutherland – Actress
- Alexander Hamilton – U.S. founding father; first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Alexander II of Scotland – King of Scotland[3][4]
- Alex Howard – Councillor
- Alex McLeish – Football player and manager
- Alexei Romanov – Tsarevich of Russia[5]
- Alexei Zhamnov – Ice hockey player
- Alicia Witt – Actress
- Amy Diamond/Deasismont – Singer / Actress / Television presenter
- Amy Nuttall – Actress
- Amy Yasbeck – Actress
- Amybeth McNulty - Actress
- Anna Chapman – Russian spy
- Anna Trebunskaya – Dancer, (Dancing with the Stars)
- Anastasia Romanov – Grand Duchess of Russia "Anastasia grew into a vivacious and energetic child, described as short and inclined to be chubby, with blue eyes and strawberry-blonde hair."
- André Villas-Boas – Football player and manager, known in his youth as cenourinho ("baby carrot").[6]
- Andrea Sawatzki – Actress
- Andrew Jackson – U.S. general and president.[7][8]
- Andy Bell – Singer from electro duo, Erasure
- Andy Dalton – American football player; quarterback
- Angie Everhart – Actress and model[7]
- Annalise Basso – Actress
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad – Norwegian singer, (ABBA)
- Ann-Margret – Actress and singer
- Anne Meara – Actress
- Anne Robinson – Television presenter
- Annette O'Toole – Actress
- Annie Potts – Actress
- Anne of Brittany – Queen of France and Duchess of Brittany
- Anthony McGill – Snooker player
- Antonio Vivaldi – Composer known as "il prete rosso" ("the red priest")[7][9]
- Artemi Panarin – Russian ice hockey player [10]
- Aslaug – Queen of the Norse
- Audrey Fleurot – Actress
- Axelle Dauwens – Belgian Olympic sprinter
- Axelle Red – Singer
- Axl Rose – Lead singer of Guns N' Roses[7][11]
- Annie Oakley – Legendary American shooter
B
- Barbara Babcock - Actress
- Barbara Castle – (British) Labour Party politician
- Barbara Meier – Model
- Barbara Rhoades - Actress
- Barbarossa – Holy Roman Emperor, nicknamed Redbeard
- Belinda Carlisle – Singer
- Becky Lynch – WWE Diva (natural hair colour is dark auburn)
- Ben Ryan – Rugby union player and coach
- Ben Stokes – Cricket player
- Benedict Cumberbatch – Actor
- Bernardo O'Higgins – Chilean Father of Nation
- Beverly Sills – Opera singer[12]
- Bibi Baskin - Radio presenter
- Bijou Phillips – Actress, model, singer and socialite
- Bill Burr – Actor and comedian
- Bill Mumy – Actor, best known for playing Will Robinson in the 1960s television series Lost in Space
- Bill Walton – Sportscaster, former basketball player
- Bjørn Dæhlie – Skier and the most successful cross-country skier in history
- Blake Lindsley – Actress
- Bob Backlund – Professional wrestler
- Bonnie Franklin – Actress
- Bonnie Langford – Actress
- Bonnie Wright – Actress
- Boudicca – Queen of the Iceni, destroyed Roman Londinium[13]
- Bonnie Raitt – Blues musician[14]
- Boris Becker – Tennis player[1]
- Bram Stoker – Author of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'[7]
- Brendan Gleeson – Actor
- Brett Dennen - singer and songwriter
- Brian Jean – Politician
- Brian Campbell – Ice hockey player[15]
- Brian O'Driscoll – Rugby player
- Bridget Regan – Actress
- Brigham Young – Leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[16]
- Bryce Dallas Howard – Actress
C
- Caesonia – Empress consort to Caligula
- Carson Wentz – American football player; quarterback
- Catherine O'Hara – Canadian actress
- Caleb Landry Jones – American actor
- Calvin Coolidge – U.S. President[7]
- Calum Worthy – Actor
- Cameron Monaghan – Actor
- Canelo Alvarez – Boxer
- Carol Burnett – Actress, comedian, singer, and writer[7]
- Carol Decker – Lead singer of T'Pau (band)
- Caroline Manzo – former cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey
- Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson – Comedian
- Cassandra Peterson – Actress; known for her stage persona Elvira, Mistress of the Dark[7]
- Catherine of Alexandria – 3rd century Roman Egypt saint
- Catherine of Aragon – Queen of England, daughter of Isabella I[17]
- Catherine Tate – Actress and comedian[7]
- Cathy Cavadini – Voice actress
- Cathy Dennis – Singer and songwriter
- Cato the Elder – Roman senator and historian
- Camryn Grimes – Actress
- Cecile Sinclair – Model
- Chelsea Clinton – Daughter of former president Bill Clinton and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton. (Natural strawberry blonde. Shades vary.)
- Charlotte Rae – Actress
- Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer – Younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales
- Christy Hemme – Professional wrestler/valet
- Charles Dance – Actor
- Charles Kennedy – Politician
- Charlotte Arnold – Actress
- Charlotte McShane – Triathlete
- Chlöe Howl – Singer-songwriter[7]
- Chris Evans – Broadcaster
- Christopher Columbus – Explorer, discoverer of the West Indies[18]
- Chuck Norris – Actor and martial artist[7]
- Cilla Black – Singer and television presenter
- Cindy Parlow Cone – American association footballer
- Cintia Dicker – Brazilian Model, actress and philanthropist[19]
- Clara Bow – Jazz Age actress and Hollywood movie star. She had thick auburn hair dyed 'a flaming orange-red"[20]
- Clare Bowditch - musician, actor, radio presenter, and entrepreneur.
- Clara Hughes – Speed skater and cyclist
- Claude Giroux – Ice hockey player and captain of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers[21]
- Cody Eakin – Ice hockey player for the Dallas Stars[22]
- Colby Minifie – Actress
- Conan O'Brien – Comedian[1][23]
- Conchata Ferrell - Actress
- Connie Britton – Actress
- Constance McCashin – Actress and licensed clinical social worker
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner – Former president of Argentina
- Crystal Lewis – Singer
D
- D. H. Lawrence – Author[7]
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. – NASCAR Driver
- Damian Lewis – Actor[24]
- Dan Baker – Rugby union player
- Dana Delany – Actress
- Daniel Purvis – Gymnast
- Daniel Sedin – Ice hockey player[25]
- Daniel Wallace – Swimmer
- Danny Alexander – Politician
- Danny Bonaduce – Actor
- Danny Cooksey – Actor and musician
- Danny Elfman – Composer and singer[26]
- Danny Kaye – Actor and comedian[7]
- Danny Tamberelli – Actor
- Daphne du Maurier – Author
- Darby Stanchfield – Actress
- Darlene Conley – Soap opera actress
- Daryl Sabara – Actor and voice actor
- Dash Mihok – Actor[1]
- Dave Mustaine – Singer / Songwriter / Guitarist
- David Caruso – Actor[1]
- David Fairclough – Football player
- David Findlay - Afroman ‘The OG’
- David Moyes – Football player and manager.
- Deborah Ann Woll - Actress
- Deborah Kerr – Actress
- Debra Messing – Actress
- Debralee Scott – Actress
- Diane Franklin – Actress[1]
- Diane Neal – Actress
- Diego Klattenhoff – Actor
- Dmitry Klokov – Weightlifter
- Domhnall Gleeson – Actor
- Donald Trump - 45th President of the United States
- Donald Tusk - President of the European Council, Prime Minister of Poland in 2007-14
- Donny Most – Actor
- Doug Davidson – American soap opera actor
- Duncan Keith – Ice hockey player[27]
- Dwight Eisenhower – U.S. President and General, first Commander of NATO [7]
- Dylan Thomas – Poet
E
- Ed Clancy – Track cyclist
- Eleanor Parker - Actress
- Eleanor Tomlinson – Actress
- Ellen Wilkinson – Socialist minister known as "Red Ellen"[28]
- Elisa Donovan – Actress
- Eddie Redmayne – Actor
- Ed Sheeran – Singer-songwriter
- Edward VI – King of England[29]
- Elçin Sangu – Turkish actress
- Elizabeth I – Queen of England[1]
- Elizabeth Olsen – Actress
- Elizabeth of York – Queen of England[30]
- Elizabeth Siddal – Model and poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood[31]
- Elly Jackson – Lead singer of La Roux
- Ellie Bamber - English actress and model
- Ellie Kemper – Actress and comedy writer
- Emily Wilson – Actress
- Emma Kenney – Actress
- Eric Stoltz – Actor[1]
- Erik the Red – Eiríkr Thorvaldsson, the Viking coloniser of Greenland, known also as Eirik Raude[32][33]
- Esau – The Biblical twin of Jacob, also known as Edom, meaning red[34]
- Estelle Getty – Actress
- Esthero – Singer
- Ewan McGregor – Actor
- Ezra Pound – Poet[7]
F
- Faith Prince – Actress and singer
- Faye Hamlin – Singer; former member of Play
- Felicia Day – Actress, writer, director, violinist, and singer
- Fiona Bruce – Journalist, newsreader (BBC) and television presenter
- Florence Hoath
- Florence Nightingale – The founder of modern nursing, and icon of Victorian culture; 'The Lady of the Lamp'
- Florence Welch – Lead singer of the musical group Florence and the Machine
- France D'Amour – Singer
- Frances Fisher – Actress
- Francesca Capaldi – Child actress
- Francesco Yates – Singer
- Frederick Barbarossa – Holy Roman Emperor[23]
- Frederik Andersen – Danish ice hockey player [35]
G
- Galileo Galilei – Scientist
- Gary Holt – Musician
- Gary Megson – Football player and manager
- Gavin James — Irish Singer
- Gates McFadden – Actress[7]
- Genghis Khan – Conqueror[36]
- George Bernard Shaw – Author and playwright[7]
- George Washington – First U.S. President and General[7]
- Geraldine Somerville – Actress
- Geraldine Halliwell – Singer; former member of Spice Girls[7]
- Germán Riesco – President of Chile from 1901 to 1906
- Ginger Baker – Musician
- Ginger McCain – Horse racing trainer with the most Grand National wins ever[7]
- Giuseppe Garibaldi – General and politician, considered as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"
- Gordon Strachan – Football player and manager
- Grace O'Malley – Legendary Irish 16th century pirate
- Greg Rutherford – Athlete
- Guinevere – Queen consort to King Arthur (sometimes described as a very light strawberry blond)
- Gwilym Pugh – musician, social media influencer and model
H
- Hanna Schwamborn – Actress
- Prince Harry – Soldier, son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales; grandson of Elizabeth II[7]
- Harry Knowles – Film critic and writer
- Harold Grange – American footballer, known as the 'first superstar of American football' and named the best college football player of all time by ESPN in 2008
- Hayley Neessen - Voice Actress
- Hayreddin Barbarossa – Pirate
- Hazel Blears – Politician
- Heath Slater – Professional wrestler
- Hector Berlioz – Composer
- Helen Bamber – Human rights activist
- Helen Housby – Netball player
- Helge Schneider – Comedian and jazz musician
- Henri Matisse – Impressionist painter[7]
- Henrik Sedin – Ice hockey player[37]
- Henry II – King of England, famous for being loathed by all of his male children and his wife enough for them to rebel against him as king[38]
- Henry VIII – King of England[39]
- Holly Near – Actress, activist and musician
- Holland Roden – Actress
- Horatio Nelson – Naval officer and one of Britain's most heroic historic figures
I
- Inger Nilsson – Actress, notable for her portrayal of Pippi Longstocking
- Isabella I – Queen of Spain[2]
- Isabella Hofmann - Actress
- Isabelle Boulay – Singer
- Isabelle Huppert – French actress
- Isolda Dychauk - German actress
- Isla Fisher – Actress[40]
- Ismail I – King of Persia
J
- Jacquotte Delahaye – 17th century Caribbean pirate
- Jackie Earle Haley – Actor
- Jack Gallagher- English professional wrestler
- Jack Nicklaus – Golfer
- Jacqueline Emerson – Actress
- Jakob De la Gardie - Swedish Count, Field Marshal
- Jakub Voráček – Ice hockey player[41]
- James VI and I – King and longest serving King of Scotland in history[42]
- James Bright - Philologist
- James Cagney – Actor [43]
- James Collins – Football player
- James Joyce – Author[7]
- James Holmes – Mass murderer
- James Harry Lacey-British WWII flying ace, member of The Few and participant in Battle of Britain
- James Wolfe – Soldier [44]
- Jane Asher – Actress[45]
- Jason Zimbler – Actor and software designer
- Jayma Mays – Actress
- Jeanette MacDonald – Actress
- Jeannette Walls – Author
- Jean-Paul Sartre – Novelist and philosopher and leader of the Existentialism movement
- Jeff Lynne – Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, and Record producer
- Jennie McAlpine – Actress
- Jennifer Cihi – Singer
- Jennifer Finnigan – Canadian actress
- Jennifer Stone – Actress
- Jenny Lewis – Actress and musician
- Jérémy Mathieu – Football player
- Jerry Douglas – Actor
- Jesper Kyd – Composer
- Jess Glynne – Singer-songwriter
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Actor
- Jessica Chastain – Actress
- Jezebel – Biblical queen of Israel
- Joan of Arc – Heroine of France and Roman Catholic saint (is often depicted with blond or red hair. However, although there is no portrait made during her life, we have some basic physical descriptions of Joan. Everyone who personally knew her described her as short, stocky and muscular, with black hair and a distingtly dark complexion)
- Joan Leslie – Actress
- Jody Cundy – Paralympic athlete
- Joely Fisher – Actress
- Joe Kennedy III – Politician
- John Arne Riise – Football player
- John Glenn – Astronaut
- John Hartson – Football player
- John L. Gustafson - Scientist
- John Lydon – Lead singer of the bands Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited
- John Paul Getty III – Heir to a great fortune; known for being kidnapped[46]
- Jon Ryan – Football player (Punter, Seattle Seahawks)
- Jonny Bairstow – Cricket player
- Jordana Beatty – Actress
- Jordie Benn – Professional Canadian ice-hockey player currently playing for NHL[7]-based team Dallas Stars[7]
- Josefine Preuß – Actress
- Joseph Mazzello - American actor, director
- Josh Homme – Singer and guitarist of Queens of the Stone Age; former guitarist of Kyuss
- Josh Hezza – Campaign Leader of the Nathan for Prime Minister 2020 Campaign
- Joss Whedon – Film director
- Joy Behar – Comedian, writer and actress
- Juana of Castile – Heiress to the House of Trastámara, also known as "Juana la Loca" or "Joanna the Mad"[47]
- Judy Garland – Actress (Natural hair color was a dark brown-red. Hair was lightened to a light auburn shade until the 1950s. )[1]
- Jules Renard – Author of Poil de carrote
- Julia Gillard – Former Prime Minister of Australia
- Julianne Moore – Actress[1]
- Juliette Cummins – Actress
- Justin Turner - baseball player currently playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers
K
- Karen Elson – Model, musician
- Kate Flannery - Actress
- Kathy Lee Gifford – Television host and singer (Natural hair color was an auburn shade)
- Kathy Sinnott – Radio host
- Karen Gillan – Actress[48]
- Karen Strassman – Voice actress
- Karoline Jagemann – Actress
- Karyn Dwyer – Actress
- Kate Nash – Singer and actress
- Kate Walsh - American actress known for Grey's Anatomy
- Kate Williams – Television presenter
- Katherine Helmond - Actress
- Katherine Parkinson – Actress
- Katherine McNamara – Actress
- Kathleen Fortin – Actress
- Kathy Griffin – Comedian and actress
- Kane – Professional wrestler
- Kay Burley – Television presenter
- Keisuke Honda – Japanese football player
- Kelly Reilly – Actress
- Kelly O'Donnell – Journalist (MSNBC), (Meet the Press), (NBC Nightly News)
- Kevin De Bruyne- Footballer currently playing for Manchester City F.C.[7]
- Kevin Hagen – Actor
- Khrystyne Haje – Actress
- Kitty McGeever – Actress
- Kole Calhoun – American baseball player
- Kris Draper – Ice hockey player[49]
- Krista Tippett- Journalist, author and entrepereneur.
- Kristofer Hivju – Norwegian actor
- Kate Pierson – Singer; member of The B-52's
- Kenneth Branagh – Actor
- Kiki Dee – Singer-songwriter
- Kurtwood Smith – Actor
L
- L Ron Hubbard – Science fiction writer and founder of the Church of Scientology[1]
- Larry Fine – Comedian; member of The Three Stooges
- Laura Cayouette – Actress
- Laura Prepon - Actress
- Lauren Ambrose – Actress
- Lauren Holly – Actress[1]
- Laurence Jalbert – Singer-songwriter
- Lea Thompson – Actress
- Leif Erikson – Explorer and first European to discover Canada
- Lena Katina – Singer-songwriter
- Leon Trotsky – Russian leader, founder of the Red Army
- Lesley Nicol – British actress
- Les Paul – Blues guitarist and luthier
- Lettice Knollys – Duchess of Leicester and lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth I[7][50]
- Liam Farrell – Rugby league player
- Liliana Mumy – Actress
- Lillie Langtry – Actress[1]
- Lily Cole – Actress and model[1]
- Linda Kaye Henning - Actress
- Linda Kelsey - Actress
- Lindsay Lohan – Actress[1]
- Lindy Booth – Actress
- Lisa De Leeuw – Actress
- Lita – WWE wrestler
- Liz Claman – TV personality
- Lolita Davidovich – Actress
- Loreena McKennitt – Canadian singer and songwriter
- Lotte Verbeek – Dutch actress
- Louis C.K. – Actor and comedian
- Luciana Paluzzi - Italian actress
- Lucy Burns – Suffragist[51]
- Luke Kelly – Singer-songwriter; member of The Dubliners [7]
- Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme – Notorious member of the Manson Family who tried to assassinate President Ford[7][52]
- Lynsey Bartilson – Actress[1]
- Leon White (Vader) - American professional wrestler
M
- Macklemore – American R&B artist
- Madelaine Petsch - Actress
- Maggie Elizabeth Jones – Child actress
- Malcolm McLaren – Musician, artist and manager of the Sex Pistols
- Malcolm X – African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
- Marcia Cross – Actress
- Marcie Bolen – Musician, artist, and cosmetologist
- Marg Helgenberger – Actress
- Margaret Sanger – Advocate for birth control[53][54]*
- Marlène Jobert – Actress
- Marilu Henner – Actress
- Mark Gatiss – Actor, writer, comedian and producer
- Mark McGwire – Baseball player[7]
- Mark Twain – Author[1][7]
- Maria Carolina of Austria – Queen of Naples and Sicily
- Maria Petrova – Bulgarian rhythm gymnast
- Maria Thayer – Actress
- Marise Payne - Politician
- Marie-Denise Pelletier – Singer
- Marika Rökk – Singer
- Marina Ruy Barbosa - Brazilian Actress
- Mario Batali – Chef[55]
- Marion Ross – Actress[7]
- Marissa Ribisi – Actress[7]
- Martin Guptill – International cricketer[56]
- Martin Van Buren – U.S. President known as the "Red Fox of Kinderhook" and the first President to be born in the USA[7][57]
- Martyn Williams – Rugby union player
- Mary Magdalene – Biblical figure traditionally portrayed with red hair[58][59]
- Marilyn Milian – American judge. (The People's Court)
- Mary I - Queen of England and Ireland
- Mary, Queen of Scots – Queen of Scotland
- Mary Kate Wiles – Actress
- Mathew Waters – Actor
- Matt Murton - Baseball player
- Maureen Dowd – Author and columnist
- Maureen O'Hara – Known as "The Queen of Technicolor" for her bright-red hair and green eyes[60]
- Maurice, Prince of Orange – Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic.
- Melissa Auf der Maur – Musician [61]
- Melissa Gilbert – Actress
- Meryem Uzerli – Actress
- Michael Barnes – Lead singer of Red
- Michael Cudlitz – American actor. Known for the role of Abraham Ford on The Walking Dead
- Michael C. Hall – Actor
- Michael Fassbender – Actor
- Michael Kretschmer – Politician[62][63]
- Michael McEvoy – Cricketer
- Michel Ney – Napoleonic general known as le rougeaud[7][64]
- Michaela Odone – co-inventor of Lorenzo's oil.[65]
- Michelle Fairley – Irish actress
- Michelle Stafford – Actress
- Mick Hucknall – Lead singer of Simply Red[7]
- Mike Maronna – Actor
- Mindy Sterling – Actress
- Mireille Enos – Actress
- Mircea I of Wallachia – Romanian ruler
- Moira Shearer - Actress
- Molly Bernard - Actress
- Molly Quinn – Actress
- Molly Ringwald – Actress
- Myrna Loy – Actress[7]
- Marcia Wallace – Actress and comedian
N
- Natalie West – Actress
- Naomi Judd – Country music singer and activist; member of The Judds
- Neil Jenkins – Rugby player, and the all-time record points scorer for the Welsh Rugby Union[7] national team
- Neil Jones - British Dancer, Professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing
- Neil Kinnock – Leader of the Labour Party[66]
- Neil Lennon – Football manager and former player, most closely associated with Celtic F.C. and Leicester City F.C.
- Nell Gwynne – Actress and courtesan[1]
- Nick Bakay – Actor
- Nicky Clarke – Celebrity hairdresser[67]
- Nicole Fox – Model
- Nicole Kidman – Actress
- Nicola Roberts – Singer, former member of Girls Aloud
- Nicola White – Field hockey player
- Noel Fisher – Actor[68]
- Noonie Bao - Singer, songwriter, and musician
O
- Oliver Cromwell – Political leader; first and only person to overthrow the monarchy in England and rule as non-king
- Oliver Turvey – Racing driver
- Oliver Vanetta Lynn-country music manager and producer. Husband of Loretta Lynn
- Olivia Grant – Actress
- Olivia Hallinan – Actress
- Orla Gartland – Singer Songwriter, Youtuber
- Otto II – Holy Roman Emperor known as Rufus and also Bloody[69][70]
- Otto Sander – Actor
P
- Paddy Holohan – Mixed martial artist
- Pamela Courson – Girlfriend of The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison
- Patricia Blair – Actress
- Patrick Henry - American Founding Father
- Patrick J. Kennedy – Politician
- Patrika Darbo – Actress
- Patsy Palmer – Actress
- Patti Scialfa – Singer and guitarist; E Street Band member[71]
- Patricia Quinn – Irish actress
- Pamela Reed - Actress
- Paul Collingwood – Cricket player
- Paul O'Connell – Rugby union player
- Paul Scholes – Football player, nicknamed "Ginger Prince" by supporters
- Pedro de Alvarado – Spanish Conquistador.
- Peggy Morgan – Mixed martial artist
- Persephone – Queen of the underworld; daughter of Zeus and Demeter
- Phil Kessel – professional American ice-hockey player currently playing for the NHL[7]-based team Pittsburgh Penguins
- Piet Klocke – Cabaret artist
- Piper Laurie – Actress
- Poppy Montgomery – Actress
R
- Rachel Caine – Fantasy author
- Rachelle Lefevre – Actress
- Rameses II – Pharaoh[72]
- Reba McEntire – Country singer, actress
- Rebecca Holden – Actress, model and singer
- Rebecca Mader – Actress and model
- Red Auerbach – Basketball coach who won eight straight NBA[7] Championships and was the first coach to win 1,000 games
- Red Buttons – Actor and comedian
- Red Grammer – Singer-songwriter; especially for children[7]
- Red Hugh O'Donnell – King of Tír Chonaill who led a rebellion against English Rule in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I[73]
- Redd Foxx – Comedian; also known as "Chicago Red"[74]
- Ree Drummond - Chef, writer, blogger, photographer, and television personality
- Renee Olstead - Actress and singer
- Renee Short – Politician.[75]
- Rhys Patchell – Rugby union player
- Richard Burns – Racing driver; first Englishman to win the World Rally Championship
- Richard Elfman—Film Director
- Richard the Lionheart – King of England, leader of the Third Crusade[76]
- Richard Hillary – Poet, dancer, singer
- Richelle Mead – Author
- Rik Mayall – Comedian
- Rick Astley – Singer
- Ricky Carmichael – Motocross racer
- Rob Harley – Rugby union player
- Rob Roy MacGregor – Famous highlander, derives his name from Scottish Gaelic word for "red"[77]
- Robert Redford – Actor, producer and activist
- Robin Cook – Politician[66]
- Robyn Lively – Actress[7]
- Rod Laver – Tennis player; holds all-time record for singles titles [7]
- Roger Goodell – Commissioner of the NFL
- Ron Howard – Actor and director[1][7][23]
- Rose Leslie – Actress
- Roxelana – Chief Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent
- Rupert Grint – Actor[23]
- Rula Lenska – Actress[7]
- Rurik – Viking founder of Rurik Dynasty in Russia[78]
- Russell Schweickart - NASA Astronaut
- Rupert Grint - Actor and producer. Famous for portraying Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter Film Franchise.
- Ryan Murphy – American Olympic swimmer, gold medalist in the 100m backstroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics
S
- Sadie Sink – Actress
- Sally Jessy Raphael – Talk show host
- Salma Bennani – Princess consort of Morocco wife of King Mohammed VI
- Samantha Bond – British actress
- Samantha Stosur – Professional tennis player
- Sami Zayn – Professional wrestler
- Sarah Ferguson – Duchess of York[1][7]
- Sarah Bernhardt – Theater and silent film actress – The Divine Sarah
- Sarah-Jane Mee – Newsreader and TV presenter
- Sarah Rafferty – Actress[7]
- Sasha Alexander – Actress[7]
- Saúl Álvarez – Boxer
- Scott Dixon – Indycar racer
- Scott Grimes – Actor and singer
- Scott Hartnell – Ice hockey player[79]
- Shannon O'Donnell – Blogger and writer
- Shannon Purser – Actress, known as "Barb" on Stranger Things
- Shannon Richardson – Prisoner and former actress
- Shari Lewis – Actress and ventriloquist
- Sharon Osbourne – English TV personality and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
- Simonetta Vespucci - Model
- Sinbad – American stand-up comedian, actor and musician
- Sondra Currie – Actress
- Sean Dyche – Football player and manager
- Seth Green – Actor and comedian[80]
- Sharon Jordan – Actress and author
- Shaun Pollock – Cricketer and the most prolific bowler and batsman in history
- Shaun White – Snowboarder and skateboarder nicknamed the Flying Tomato
- Shea Kerry – Writer and producer
- Sheamus – Professional wrestler[7]
- Shirley MacLaine – Actress
- Shirley Manson – Musician and actress
- Simon Pegg – Actor
- Simone Simons - Singer
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan - Actress
- Siobhán Donaghy - Singer
- Siobhan Redmond - Actress
- Sissy Spacek – Actress[81]
- SoCal Val – Professional wrestling valet (Impact Wrestling, formerly TNA)
- Spencer Tracy – Actor
- Stacey Farber - Actress
- Stacey Dooley – TV presenter
- Stan Laurel – Actor
- Sterling Holloway – Actor, voice actor
- Stefanie Powers – Actress
- Steve Davis – Snooker player
- Steve Harley - Lead singer of Cockney Rebel
- Steve Hofstetter – Comedian
- Steve McClaren – Football player and manager
- Steve Staunton – Football player and manager
- Storme Toolis – Actress
- Sulla – Roman general and statesman who became Dictator of the Roman Republic.
- Susan Hayward – Actress
- Susan Sarandon – Actress
- Suzie Plakson – Actress
- Swoosie Kurtz – Actress
- Sylvia Plath – Author and poet[7]
T
- Tage Danielsson - Actor, comedian
- Tarja Halonen – the 11th President of Finland[82]
- Tatiana Romanov – Grand Duchess of Russia [83][84][85]
- Tawny Kitaen – Actress and model
- Tracey E. Bregman – Soap opera actress
- The Fabulous Moolah – Professional wrestler; first woman inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
- Thomas Jefferson – U.S. President[1][7][23]
- Thom Yorke – British musician
- Tiffany – Singer-songwriter
- Tilda Swinton – British actress (Natural hair colour was a light red shade)
- Tim Minchin - Australian comedian, singer and songwriter and composer
- Tina Louise – Actress[7]
- Tom Bailey – Singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer; former lead singer of Thompson Twins
- Tony Curran – Scottish actor
- Tom Bosworth – English race walker
- Tom Hiddleston – British actor
- Tom Wolfe – Author[7]
- Tommi Läntinen – Singer-songwriter[86]
- Tori Amos – Singer and songwriter[7]
- Travis T. Flory – Actor
- Travis Jackson – First person to coin the term "Spud" when referring to Idaho Potatoes
- Trey Anastasio – Musician; member of Phish
- Tim Minchin – Comedian
- Tyler McNeely – Ice hockey player[87]
U
- Una Healy – Singer; member of The Saturdays
- The Undertaker(Mark Calaway) – Professional wrestler[7]
V
- Van Johnson – Actor and dancer
- Viktor Tsyhankov – Ukrainian football player
- Vitorino Antunes – Portuguese football player
- Victoria Mitchell – Long distance runner
- Vera Baird – Politician
- Vera Blue − Singer, songwriter
- Victoria Borwick – Politician
- Vincent van Gogh – Artist[1]
- Antonio Vivaldi - Italian violinist, composer, nicknamed "Red Priest of Venice"
- Vivian Stanshall – Singer[88]
- Vladimir Lenin – Bolshevik leader, founder of the USSR[7]
W
- William Blake – Poet and a seminal figure in the history of poetry and the visual arts
- William Clark – Explorer
- William Rufus – King of England[89]
- Willie Nelson – Singer-songwriter; known as the Red Headed Stranger[7][23]
- Winston Churchill – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author[1][7]
- William Tecumseh Sherman – Civil War general[7]
- William Wallace – Scottish revolutionary; also known as Braveheart
- Wynonna Judd – Country singer; member of The Judds
Y
- Bird York – Actress and singer
- Yelena Shevchenko – Russian gymnast
Z
- Zarah Leander – Singer
- Zbigniew Boniek – Soccer player
See also
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Andy was tall and handsome, with striking blue eyes and thick red hair.
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Abbe Vivaldi, who is called il prete rosso (the red priest) because of his red hair.
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the oddball with red hair who studied 'sissy' piano
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Boudica's hair color xanthos, is translated in the Greek-English Lexicon (1996) as "yellow of various shades, freq. with a tinge of red." The Revised Supplement (1996) renders xanthotrichos as "tawny-haired," so that seems the best option
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Brigham Young was thirty-one years old, barrel-chested and of medium height, with sandy-red hair, a clean-shaven face, and blue-gray eyes.
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No pictures of Columbus were painted during his life. People who knew him said he was tall with a long nose, red hair, and light-colored eyes. His hair turned completely white by the time he was 30 years old.
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Redheaded a natural red, with green eyes, freckles on her face and girlish, Cintia Dicker conquered space in the competitive world of supermodels.
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Clara was a robust child with auburn hair, high cheekbones, translucent coloring, and blackish-brown eyes that were alive and expressive as her father's were deadened and dull.
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But she was best known as 'Red Ellen', the firebrand socialist with red hair...
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Eiríkr Thorvaldsson, generally known as Erik the Red or Eirik Raude from the color of his hair
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Fisher likes to keep a low profile by putting her trademark red hair up
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His earliest portrait shows ...his fair red hair.
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...the sister of Peter Asher (one half of Peter and Gordon) and like him a distinctive redhead, Jane Asher dated Paul McCartney for five years. She was an experienced actress... In the mid-sixties her style inspired a million girls to be proud of their red hair ....
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we all had red hair, shading from carrot to bronze
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She was petite and feminine with beautiful red hair piled high on her head.
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...from his red hair and lifelong habit of concealing a shrewd mind behind impeccable manners, he garnered the nickname "The Red Fox of Kinderhook."
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'The Queen of Technicolor', so called because of her bright-red hair and green eyes ... Maureen O'Hara started young
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'There goes le rougeaud!' – his old nickname when he was a private in the 4th Hussars – a word equivalent to 'red head' or 'carrots'
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Some say Kinnock's red hair (when he had any) and abundant freckles turned people off.
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Actually, I am also a ginger. It’s not quite the level of Cam’s, but it’s definitely got a whole lot of fire in it.
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... Sanford began using the name Redd Foxx, which he apparently developed by combining the nickname "Chicago Red," given him because of his hair color, with the surname of the baseball great Jimmy Foxx.
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William II, surnamed Rufus, from his red hair
Further reading
- Dietz, Uwe (2000), Redheads, ISBN 9783908163176
- Sacharov, Allen P (1985), The Redhead Book: A Book for and about Redheads, ISBN 9780910027045
- Douglas, Stephen (1996), The Redhead Encyclopedia, ISBN 9780964521605
- Roach, Marion (2006), The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning, and Sexual Power of Red Hair, ISBN 9781582345901