Manx Americans

Updated on Jan 13, 2024

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Manx Americans are American citizens of full or partial Manx ancestry or Manx people who reside in the United States.

Notable Manx Americans

John Thomas Caine (1829-1911), politician in the state of Utah

Cannon family, prominent political family in Utah (see page for individual members)

William Christian (1743-1786), Virginia soldier and frontiersman

Leslie Cockburn (born 1952), writer and filmmaker

John Cubbins (1827-1894), businessman and politician in Tennessee

William Garrett (1842-1916), fought in the American Civil War

William Kennish (1799-1862), scientist and explorer

Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893-1993), psychologist

Jeremiah McGuire (1823-1889), politician and lawyer in New York

Ben Quayle (born 1976), former U.S. Congressman and son of Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle (born 1947), Vice President of the United States from 1989 until 1993

James C. Quayle (1921-2000), businessman and father of Dan Quayle

William Edward Quine (1847-1922)

Christopher Stott (born 1969), space entrepreneur

Kevin Teare (born 1951), artist

Letitia Christian Tyler (1790-1842), first wife of U.S. President John Tyler

Bill Watterson (born 1958), cartoonist and creator of Calvin and Hobbes

John Ambrose Watterson (1844-1899), Catholic bishop

Olivia Wilde (born 1984), actress and daughter of Leslie Cockburn

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