List of people of self-identified Cherokee ancestry

This list of self-identified people of Cherokee ancestry includes notable people who claim to have some Cherokee ancestry but are not enrolled citizens of any of the three Cherokee tribes.

A

 * Tori Amos

B

 * Cayden Boyd, actor
 * Jenna Boyd, actor

C

 * Asa Earl Carter, speechwriter and member of the Ku Klux Klan, attempted to reinvent himself as "Cherokee" author under the name "Forrest Carter"
 * Johnny Cash, singer; believed he had Cherokee heritage but dropped the claim after he had his genealogy checked and none was found
 * Cher, actor and singer; actually of Armenian descent by father, Cherokee descent claim by mother dubious.
 * Ward Churchill, author and professor; claims to be Cherokee-Muscogee Creek
 * Kenneth Copeland, televangelist
 * Kevin Costner, actor

D

 * Johnny Depp, actor; has "guessed" that he has Cherokee, "or maybe Creek," heritage, despite his genealogy showing no Native ancestry
 * Cameron Diaz, actor
 * Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author, used to claim to be Cheyenne
 * Jimmie Durham, artist

F

 * Micki Free (born 1955), musician, also claims Comanche descent
 * Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs, born 1946), professor, writer

G

 * James Garner, actor
 * Crystal Gayle, country singer
 * Andrew Graham, musician of The Phantom (band)
 * Aaron Graham, rapper and singer of Vampires (band)
 * Stephanie Graham, singer-songwriter
 * Superstar Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman), professional wrestler and fine artist

H

 * Ben Harper, musician
 * Allison Hedge Coke, poet, author, claims to be of "of Cherokee, Creek, Huron, Metis, French Canadian, Lorraine, Portuguese, Irish, English, and Scottish heritage"
 * Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), musician, singer, and songwriter.
 * Jamake Highwater, author; claimed to be Cherokee-Blackfeet

L

 * Sylvester Clark Long (Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, 1890–1932), actor, author, journalist
 * Loretta Lynn, country singer

J

 * James Earl Jones, actor; identifies as being of Choctaw descent

K

 * Thomas King, American-born novelist and broadcaster in Canada

N

 * Willie Nelson, singer and songwriter.
 * Joseph Noonan "Waáno-Gano," artist
 * Chuck Norris, actor

P

 * Nathan Parker (actor), actor
 * Mark Parker (actor), actor
 * Hannah Parker, actor
 * Laurie Parker, actor
 * Landon Parker, actor
 * Dolly Parton, country singer
 * John Phillips, musician/singer
 * Lou Diamond Phillips, actor

R

 * Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), Modern artist;
 * Heather Rae (born 1966), film producer, director, and actress
 * Della Reese (born 1931), actress, singer
 * Burt Reynolds (born 1936), actor, director
 * Bob Ross (1942–1995), painter and television personality

S

 * Selena (1971–1995), singer
 * Andrea Smith, associate professor, author
 * Leon Polk Smith, Modernist painter
 * Willard Stone, Art Deco sculptor

T

 * Quentin Tarantino, film director

V

 * Sarah Vowell (born 1969), author and journalist

W

 * Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, also claimed Delaware descent