French Canadian Americans

Notable French Canadian Americans

• John C. Frémont, first Republican nominee for President of the United States, former United States senator from California, former Military Governor of California, former Governor of the Arizona Territory
• Jack Kerouac, American Beat Generation novelist and poet
• John Cena, professional wrestler; has French-Canadian ancestry through his mother
• Ross Perot, business magnate, politician, and philanthropist
• Bugs Moran, crime boss and former leader of the North Side Gang in Chicago; had French-Canadian ancestry through his mother while his father immigrated from France.
• Alex Trebek, former host of Jeopardy!
• Annie Proulx, prolific writer, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her first novel, Postcards. Her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Her short story "Brokeback Mountain" was adapted as an Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning motion picture released in 2005.
• Madonna, singer; has French-Canadian ancestry through her mother