wife; first graduate and valedictorian of Holy Cross College in Massachusetts Michael Healy – Captain of the Revenue Cutter Bear; defender of Alaska's Native Americans; inspiration for Jack London's The Sea Wolf; prominent figure in James Michener's Alaska; younger brother of James and Patrick Healy Patrick Healy – President of Georgetown University, considered its second founder; brother of James Healy; first African-American president of an American university; Priest in the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) James Hoban – Architect of the White House in Washington, DC Mary Jemison – frontierswoman Bat Masterson – lawman Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – former First Lady; her mother, Janet Lee Bouvier, was of mostly Irish descent Margaret McCarthy – migrant Marguerite Moore – orator, patriot, activist Paul Charles Morphy – chess player Coco Rocha – Canadian model of Irish, Welsh, and Russian descent Ellen Ewing Sherman – stepsister and wife of William Tecumseh Sherman. Because they would have needed to buy a slave to help with the children, Mrs. Sherman refused to accompany her husband to command at the Louisiana military academy, which later became LSU. During the Civil War, she and their children took up residence at Notre Dame University, with which her family was closely affiliated. David Steele – Presbyterian minister John L. Sullivan – last bare-knuckle boxing heavyweight champion of the world; first gloved heavyweight champion of the world; first American athlete to become a national celebrity and to earn over $1 million Andrew Anglin – Neo-Nazi, founder, and proprietor of The Daily Stormer; a white supremacist, anti-Semitic news and commentary website. Kathleen Willey – major figure in the Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky scandals involving President Bill Clinton; mother is of Irish descent Vince McMahon – professional wrestling promoter and executive American football executive Businessman (paternal grandmother is Irish descent) Seth Rollins – professional wrestler (Irish descent) Dana White – American businessman and current president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Kayleigh McEnany Bill Murray Mariah Carey Harrison Ford John C. Reilly Macaulay Culkin Susan Sarandon Anne Hathaway Billie Eilish References External links IrishAmerica.com The Irish-born signatories of the American Declaration of Independence Coffin ships The American Irish Historical Society Early Irish Immigration to USA Irish immigrant soldiers in the Civil War American Irish Americans Irish