amerikan kültürü ne demek?

Amerikan kültürü (İngilizce: Folklore of the United States), Amerika Birleşik Devletlerinde yaşayan halka ve vatandaşlık bağıyla bağlı olan herkese ve bu kültürü yaşayanlara verilen addır.

Amerikan kültür figürleri

Uydurulmuş kişiler

• Paul Bunyan
• Cordwood Pete
• Iron John
• John the Conqueror
• John Henry
• Roy Hobbs
• Johnny Kaw
• Joe Magarac
• Molly Pitcher
• Pecos Bill
• Zorro
• Stagger Lee
• Henry "Ole Pete" Peterson
• Casey Jones

Tarihsel kişiler

Başkanlar

• Aaron Burr (1756–1836)
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
• Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804)
• Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
• Bob Dole (born 1923)
• Charles Sumner (1811–1874)
• Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
• Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945)
• George Wallace (1919–1998)
• George Washington (1732–1799)
• Henry Clay (1777–1852)
• Huey Long (1893–1935)
• Jefferson Davis (1808–1889)
• John C. Calhoun (1780–1850)
• John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)
• John Hancock (1737–1793)
• John Jay (1745–1829)
• Jonathan Moulton (1726–1787)
• Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957)
• Patrick Henry (1736–1799)
• Preston Brooks (1819–1857)
• R. Budd Dwyer (1939–1987)
• Ralph Nader (born 1934)
• Richard Nixon (1913–1994)
• Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968)
• Robert La Follette (1855–1925)
• Ron Paul (born 1935)
• Sam Houston (1793–1863)
• Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836)
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
• William Bradford (1590–1657)
• William M. Tweed (1823–1878)
• William Penn (1644–1718)

Eski batı figürleri

• Annie Oakley (1860–1926)
• Bat Masterson (1853–1921)
• Belle Starr (1848–1889)
• Big Nose George (died 1881)
• Big Nose Kate (1850–1940)
• Bill Doolin (1858–1906)
• Billy the Kid (1859–1881)
• Brushy Bill Roberts (c. 1859 – 1950)
• Butch Cassidy (1866 – c. 1908)
• Calamity Jane (1852–1903)
• Charles Bolles (1829 – c. 1888)
• Charles Goodnight (1836–1929)
• Cole Younger (1844–1916)
• Cowboy Morgan Evans (1903–1969)
• The Dalton Gang (1890–1892)
• Doc Holliday (1851–1887)
• James W. Marshall (1810–1885)
• Jesse James (1847–1882)
• Joaquin Murrieta (1829 – c. 1853)
• John Sutter (1803–1880)
• John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895)
• Johnny Ringo (1850–1882)
• Jose Chavez y Chavez (1851–1924)
• Juan Cortina (1824–1894)
• Kit Carson (1809–1868)
• Mysterious Dave Mather (1851–?)
• Pancho Villa (1878–1923)
• Pat Garrett (1850–1908)
• Reno Gang (1866–1868)
• Robert Ford (1862–1892)
• Roy Bean (c. 1825 – 1903)
• Soapy Smith (1860–1898)
• Tom Horn (1860–1903)
• James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837–1876)
• William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917)
• Wyatt Earp (1848–1929)
• Black Bart (1829 – c. 1888)

Kaşifçiler ve sınırlarda yaşayanlar

• Henry Hudson (died c. 1611)
• John Smith (c. 1580 – 1631)
• Daniel Boone (1734–1820)
• Simon Kenton (1755–1836)
• Mike Fink (c. 1770 – c. 1823)
• "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman (1774–1845)
• Zebulon Pike (1778–1813)
• Davy Crockett (1785–1836)
• Jedediah Smith (1798 – c. 1831)
• Lewis & Clark (1804–1806)
• James "Grizzly" Adams (c. 1807 – 1860)
• John C. Frémont (1813–1890)
• "Liver Eating" John Johnson (c. 1824 – 1900)

Aktivistler

Kölelik karşıtları

• Dred Scott (1799–1858)
• John Brown (1800–1859)
• Nat Turner (1800–1831)
• Henry Highland Garnet (1815–1882)
• Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
• Harriet Tubman (1822–1913)

Sivil hak liderleri

• Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
• Marcus Garvey (1887–1940)
• Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975)
• Rosa Parks (1913–2005)
• Medgar Evers (1925–1963)
• Malcolm X (1925–1965)
• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
• Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998)
• Bobby Seale (born 1936)
• Huey P. Newton (1942–1989)
• Jesse Jackson (born 1941)
• H. Rap Brown (born 1943)
• Al Sharpton (born 1954)
• Freedom Riders (1961)

Kadın hakları destekçileri

• Sojourner Truth (1797–1883)
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
• Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
• Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

İşçi Hareketi

• Mary Harris Jones (1837–1930)
• Big Bill Haywood (1869–1928)
• Sid Hatfield (1893–1921)
• Molly Maguires (c. 1861 – 1878)
• Fannie Sellins (1872–1917)
• Frank Little (1879–1917)
• Ginger Goodwin (1887–1918)
• Wesley Everest (1890–1919)
• Cesar Chavez (1927–1993)

Skandalcılar

• Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911)
• Jacob Riis (1849–1914)
• Julius Chambers (1850–1920)
• Ida M. Tarbell (1857–1944)
• Charles Edward Russell (1860–1941)
• William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951)
• Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936)
• David Graham Phillips (1867–1911)
• Ray Stannard Baker (1870–1946)
• William Henry Irwin (1873–1948)
• William English Walling (1877–1936)
• Upton Sinclair (1878–1968)

Savaş karşıtları

• Ron Paul (born 1935)
• Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
• Alice Herz (1882–1965)
• Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005)
• Howard Zinn (1922–2010)
• Tom Laughlin (born 1931)
• Norman Morrison (1933–1965)
• Ralph Nader (born 1934)
• Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989)
• Jane Fonda (born 1937)
• Jerry Rubin (1938–1994)
• John Kerry (born 1943)
• Sandra Lee Scheuer (1949–1970)
• Jeffrey Glenn Miller (1950–1970)
• William Knox Schroeder (1950–1970)
• Allison Krause (1951–1970)
• Michael Moore (born 1954)
• Cindy Sheehan (born 1957)
• Students for a Democratic Society (1962–1969)

Amerikan Yerlileri Hareketi

• Dennis Banks (born 1932)
• Vine Deloria (1933–2005)
• Clyde Bellecourt (born 1936)
• Russell Means (born 1939)
• Leonard Peltier (born 1944)
• Sacheen Littlefeather (born 1947)

Beyazların üstünlüğü öğretisi

• Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877)
• Virgil Effinger (1873–1955)
• William J. Simmons (1880–1945)
• Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966)
• William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965)
• D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966)
• Robert Edward Chambliss (1904–1985)
• George Lincoln Rockwell (1916–1967)
• Samuel Bowers (1924–2006)
• Tom Metzger (born 1938)
• David Duke (born 1950)
• Alex Linder (born 1966)

Çevreciler

• Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
• John Muir (1838–1914)
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
• Aldo Leopold (1887–1948)
• Rachel Carson (1907–1964)
• Edward Abbey (1927–1989)
• Smokey Bear (c. 1940s-1976)
• Al Gore (born 1948)

Askeri kişilikler

• Francis Marion (c. 1732 – 1795)
• Ethan Allen (1738–1789)
• Stephen Decatur (1779–1820)
• John Paul Jones (1747–1792)
• Henry Knox (1750–1806)
• William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)
• Zachary Taylor (1784–1850)
• Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)
• William B. Travis (1809–1836)
• William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891)
• Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)
• Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863)
• William Quantrill (1837–1865)
• George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876)
• Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966)
• George Marshall (1880–1959)
• Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)
• George S. Patton (1885–1945)
• Alvin C. York (1887–1964)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
• The Rough Riders (1898)*
• Audie Murphy (1924–1971)
• Tuskegee Airman (1940–1946)
• William Calley (born 1943)
• David Petraeus (born 1952)

Atletler

• Cap Anson (1852–1922)
• John L. Sullivan (1858–1918)
• Jack Johnson (1876–1946)
• Ty Cobb (1886–1961)
• Jim Thorpe (1888–1953)
• Shoeless Joe Jackson (1888–1951)
• Babe Ruth (1895–1948)
• Jack Dempsey (1895–1983)
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941)
• Red Grange (1903–1991)
• Satchel Paige (1906–1982)
• Vince Lombardi (1913–1970)
• Jesse Owens (1913–1980)
• Paul Bear Bryant (1913–1983)
• Joe Louis (1914–1981)
• Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999)
• Gorgeous George (1915–1963)
• Ted Williams (1918–2002)
• Jackie Robinson (1919–1972)
• The Harlem Globetrotters (1926–)
• Mickey Mantle (1931–1995)
• Johnny Unitas (1933–2002)
• Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999)
• Evel Knievel (1938–2007)
• Billy Mills (born 1938)
• Bob Knight (born 1940)
• Pete Rose (born 1941)
• Muhammad Ali (born 1942)
• Joe Namath (born 1943)
• Pete Maravich (1947–1988)
• Julius Erving (born 1950)
• Steve Prefontaine (1951–1975)
• Dale Earnhardt (1951–2001)
• Joe Montana (born 1956)
• Michael Jordan (born 1963)
• Brett Favre (born 1969)
• Lance Armstrong (born 1971)
• Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972)
• Tiger Woods (born 1975)
• Peyton Manning (born 1976)
• Tom Brady (born 1977)
• Kobe Bryant (born 1978)
• LeBron James (born 1984)
• Michael Phelps (born 1985)
• Tim Tebow (born 1987)

Edebiyatçılar

• Parson Weems (1756–1825)
• Washington Irving (1783–1859)
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1951)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
• Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891)
• Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
• Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899)
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
• Mark Twain (1835–1910)
• L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957)
• Robert Frost (1874–1963)
• Jack London (1876–1910)
• H. L. Mencken (1880–1956)
• Uncle Remus (1881–1905)
• T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
• Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
• Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
• John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
• Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
• Dr. Seuss (1904–1991)
• Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
• William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010)
• Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
• Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964)
• Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
• Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)
• Stephen King (born 1947)
• Beat Generation (1948-early 1960s)
• William Faulkner (1897–1962)

Artistler

• Thomas Cole (1801–1848)
• Grandma Moses (1860–1961)
• Frederic Remington (1861–1909)
• Norman Rockwell (1894–1978)
• Jackson Pollock (1912–1956)
• Andy Warhol (1928–1987)

Müzisyenler

• Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862)
• Dan Emmett (1815–1904)
• Stephen Foster (1826–1864)
• John Philip Sousa (1854–1923)
• Scott Joplin (1867–1917)
• W. C. Handy (1873–1958)
• George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1885–1941)
• Al Jolson (1886–1950)
• Leadbelly (1888–1949)
• Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933)
• George Gershwin (1898–1937)
• Emmett Miller (1900–1962)
• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
• Fats Waller (1904–1934)
• Robert Johnson (1911–1938)
• Woody Guthrie (1912–1967)
• Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
• Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
• Hank Williams (1923–1953)
• Ray Charles (1930–2004)
• Johnny Cash (1932–2003)
• Elvis Presley (1935–1977)
• Buddy Holly (1936–1959)
• Bob Dylan (born 1941)
• Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970)
• Jim Morrison (1943–1971)
• Bruce Springsteen (born 1949)
• Michael Jackson (1958–2009)
• The Rat Pack (1950–1980s)
• Kurt Cobain (1967–1994)
• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996)
• The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997)

Aktör ve film yapımcıları

• Edwin Forrest (1806–1872)
• Edwin Booth (1833–1892)
• D. W. Griffith (1875–1948)
• Will Rogers (1879–1935)
• Tom Mix (1880–1940)
• John Barrymore (1882–1942)
• Lon Chaney, Sr. (1883–1930)
• Roscoe Arbuckle (1887–1933)
• John Ford (1894–1973)
• Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926)
• Walt Disney (1901–1966)
• John Wayne (1907–1979)
• Marx Brothers (1905 – c. 1950)
• Orson Wells (1915–1985)
• Marlon Brando (1924–2004)
• Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
• The Three Stooges (1925–1970)
• Laurel and Hardy (1926–1957)
• Abbott and Costello (1929–1965)
• Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
• Clint Eastwood (born 1930)
• James Dean (1931–1955)
• Bruce Lee (1940–1973)
• George Carlin

Amerikan yerlileri

• Hiawatha (12th century)
• Squanto (1580–1625)
• Pocahontas (1595–1617)
• Sequoyah (1767–1843)
• Tecumseh (1768–1813)
• Sacagawea (1788 – c. 1812)
• Red Cloud (1822–1909)
• Geronimo (1829–1909)
• Sitting Bull (1831–1890)
• Liliuokalani (1838–1917)
• Chief Joseph (1840–1904)
• Crazy Horse (1840–1877)
• Black Elk (1863–1950)
• Ira Hayes (1923–1955)

Havacılık ve uzay kaşifçileri

• Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973)
• Amelia Earhart (1897-?)
• Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974)
• The Wright Brothers (1903)
• Howard Hughes (1905–1976)
• John Glenn (born 1921)
• Alan Shepard (1923–1998)
• Chuck Yeager (born 1923)
• Neil Armstrong (born 1930)
• Buzz Aldrin (born 1930)
• Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986)
• Sally Ride (1951–2012)
• Chesley Sullenberger (born 1951)

Suçlular

• Al Capone (1899–1947)'
• Baby Face Nelson (1908–1934)
• Blackbeard (c. 1680 – 1718)
• Bonnie Parker (1910–1934
• Charles Ponzi (1882–1949)
• Clyde Barrow (1909–1934)
• D.B. Cooper (died c. 1971)
• Jimmy Hoffa (1913-?)
• John Dillinger (1903–1934)
• John Gotti (1940–2002)
• John Wilkes Booth (1836–1865)
• Lizzie Borden (1860–1927)
• Lucky Luciano (1897–1962))
• Pretty Boy Floyd (1904–1934)
• Stagger Lee Shelton (1865–1912)
• Tommy Lucchese (1899–1967)
• Willie Sutton (1901–1980)

Hukukçular

• Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884)
• J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972)
• Melvin Purvis (1903–1960)
• Eliot Ness (1903–1957)

Dini kişilikler

• Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643)
• Roger Williams (1603–1683)
• Increase Mather (1639–1723)
• Cotton Mather (1663–1728)
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
• George Whitefield (1714–1770)
• Brigham Young (1801–1877)
• Joseph Smith (1805–1844)
• Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910)
• Billy Sunday (1862–1935)
• Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944)
• Charles Coughlin (1891–1979)
• Billy Graham (born 1918)

Mucitler ve Girişimciler

• Charles Goodyear (1800–1860)
• Eli Whitney (1765–1825)
• John Deere (1804–1886)
• Samuel Morse (1791–1872)
• P. T. Barnum (1810–1891)
• Levi Strauss (1829–1902)
• Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)
• John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937)
• Jack Daniel (1846–1911)
• Thomas Edison (1847–1931)
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922)
• Henry Ford (1863–1947)
• Colonel Sanders (1890–1980)
• Walt Disney (1901–1966)

Amerikan Devriminin Devlet Adamları

• Paul Revere (1735–1818)
• Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
• Abigail Adams (1744–1818)
• Betsy Ross (1752–1836)

Diğer

• Leif Ericson (c. 970 – c. 1020)
• Oceanus Hopkins (1620 – c. 1623)
• Sally Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835)
• Marie Laveau (1801–1881)
• Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874)
• Emperor Norton I (1819–1880)
• Abner Doubleday (1819–1893)
• General Tom Thumb (1838–1883)
• The Leatherman (c. 1839 – 1889)
• Isaac W. Sprague (1841–1887)
• Jumbo (1861–1885)
• Casey Jones (1863–1900)
• Fedor Jeftichew (1868–1904)
• Mary Mallon (1869–1938)
• Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944)
• Harry Houdini (1874–1936)
• Helen Keller (1880–1968)
• Abraham Zapruder (1905–1970)
• Colonel Tom Parker (1909–1997)
• Timothy Leary (1920–1996)
• Black Dahlia (1924 – c. 1947)
• Wavy Gravy (born 1936)
• Wolfman Jack (1939–1995)
• Christopher McCandless (1968–1992)

Efsanevi ve Kültürel kişilikler

• Babe the Blue Ox
• Bigfoot
• Bloody Mary
• Cardiff Giant
• Champ
• Christmas elf
• Chupacabra
• Fur-bearing trout
• Goatman
• Grey aliens
• Hodag
• Jackalope
• Jersey Devil
• La Llorona
• Mothman
• Nain Rouge
• Rabbit's foot
• Santa Claus
• Skunk Ape
• Squonk
• Wendigo
• The White Lady
• The Michigan Dogman
• Zombie

Dış bağlantılar

• American Folklore Society
• AmericanFolklore.net
• American Myth Today: O Brother, Where Art Thou? American Studies at the University of Virginia

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