Which famous person were you surprised to learn that they are actually American?

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1. I was shocked to find out Jesus was born in Bethlehem, PA.

2. King Tut was born in Arizona

3. Tucker Carlson.

4. Elvis, always assumed he was French.

   More seriously though, TS Eliot was born an American

5. I was surprised to find out Marcus Mumford, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Saoirse Ronan were all born in the United States and didn’t renounce their American citizenship when they were back home.

6. Actual answer… Pro wrestler Chris Jericho. Being Canadian has always been a bit of his character but he was actually born in America.

7. Queen Elizabeth II was actually born in Delco Pennsylvania . Her English accent wasn’t real but the royal family thought she’d garner more respect from the public if she put one on.

   A little funny quip about her is that she was known as a huge birds fan. The general public always assumed that meant she was into watching and identifying different bird species. Actually she was a massive Eagles fan. It’s hard to find but they’re clips of her screaming “goooo biiiirds” in her private football watching chambers. You can hear a slight Delco accent come out.

   She also had Wawa hoagies flown over twice a week.

8. Johnny Depp

9. For some reason I had always assumed John Lithgow was British, I was surprised to learn that he was American.

10. Legally speaking, Borris Johnson was born in America.

11. Lady Gaga

    Chrissie Hynde

    (years ago, when the “Brass in Pocket” video came out, it had been filmed in the UK, and she and The Pretenders looked British to me. Recently saw a mini-series called “Pistol” (about the Sex Pistols) and Chrissie did spend time in the UK. So the British punk rock scene did have an influence on her (and on me, believing that she was a Brit).

12. Churchill. He’s our greatest American prime minister.

13. Daniel Davis (the actor who paid Niles on The Nanny) is, in fact, not British, but rather from Arkansas.

14. Not super-famous, but Jennifer Ehle, who played Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

15. We are a country full of immigrants, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn anyone is an American. My answer is Gary Busey, I always thought he was from another planet.

16. Edgar Allen Poe. The few works of his I was first familiar with felt English

17. Jon Hamm. When I first became aware of him, he was doing all the Canadian promotions, I remember seeing him at the Olympics dressed in the Canadian outfit, etc. so naturally I just assumed that he was from there, but it turns out he’s from St. Louis. I guess I missed the joke or whatever that was all about.

18. I loved Dinklage in Game of Thrones but I actually thought his accent was kind of bad.

19. I thought Mel Gibson was Australian.

20. Genghis Khan was from Myrtle Beach, SC

21. Winston Churchill’s mother was an American.

22. Kamala the Ugandan Giant was actually a Mississippi giant.

23. Not sure how famous he is today on his own, but Stewart Copeland, the former drummer of The Police (known for hits such as “Every Breath You Take” and “Roxanne”). The Police was a British band, as is its front man, Sting, so I assumed Copeland is British too. Nope, turns out he is American born and raised.

24. I think we were all surprised to learn about Hilaria Baldwin

25. Tosin Cole, he was born in the US till he was 8 and moved to the UK. So he’s a dual citizen.

26. Bruce Lee

27. Does Boris Johnson count?

28. In a different flow, I was surprised to learn that [Frasier’s dad](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mahoney) was British.

29. Eamon de Valera. It’s part of why he wasn’t executed for his part in the Easter Rising.

30. The Garden of Eden was in Jackson County, Missouri.

    For my real answer- the band The Killers seem so incredibly British, but they are from Nevada.

31. Obama. For the longest time I thought he was born in Hawaii.

32. I always thought The Ramones were a British band