This list includes people with natural red hair. Red or ginger hair may come in different shades, from strawberry blond to auburn.[1] With only 2% of the world's population having red hair,[2] red is the rarest natural hair-coloration.[1] The list includes people who have dyed their red hair into another color or whose red hair has gone grey with age, but not people who have dyed their hair of other colors red.[a] Biblical figures (such as Esau and Judas Iscariot) or characters in classical mythology appear in the list, but characters from modern fiction, such as Anne Shirley from the Canadian novel series Anne of Green Gables and Ginger Hebblethwaite from the BigglesPelagia novels, do not.
André van Duin – Dutch comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, author, television presenter, television director, television producer and screenwriter[148]
William the Conqueror - invaded England, leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces and becoming the first Norman king of England
Malcolm X – African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.[61] In 1940s Harlem, where he worked with and befriended Red Foxx, he had the nickname "Detroit Red" to distinguish him from Foxx, known as "Chicago Red"; both men were described as "having reddish hair".[60]
^In Harlem, he worked with and befriended Malcolm X; both men were described as "having reddish hair"; Malcolm X was nicknamed "Detroit Red" in this period.[60][61]
^ابن عذاري, أبو العباس (2013). "البيان المغرب". Retrieved 25 October 2022. أبيض مشرب بحمرة، أصهب، أزرق، أقنى الأنف، ربعة، يخضب بالحناء،ربعة إلى الطول، عظيم الكراديس.
^Paris, Matthew (1991) [First published 1908; republished 1991]. "Chronica Majora (excerpt)". In Anderson, Alan Orr; Anderson, Marjorie O (eds.). Scottish annals from English chroniclers A.D.500 to 1286. 1991 reissue edited by Marjorie Anderson. Stamford: Paul Watkins. p. 332. ISBN9781871615456. Chronica Majora excerpt from Volume II, pp. 641–642. [King John] taunted King Alexander, and because he was red-headed, sent word to him, saying, 'so shall we hunt the red fox-cub from his lairs'
^Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: From Columba to the Union. Vol. 1. p. 41.
^Miles, Barry (2009). The British Invasion. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 196. ISBN9781402769764. ...the sister of Peter Asher (one half of Peter and Gordon) and like him a distinctive redhead, Jane Asher dated Paul McCartney for five years. She was an experienced actress... In the mid-sixties her style inspired a million girls to be proud of their red hair ....
^Auf der Maur, Melissa; Erlandson, Eric; Schemel, Patty (2011). Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel (DVD). Peccadillo Pictures. PPD263.
^Williams, Carolyn D. (2009). Boudica and her stories: narrative transformations of a warrior queen. University of Delaware Press. p. 62. ISBN9780874130799. Boudica's hair color xanthos, is translated in the Greek-English Lexicon (1996) as "yellow of various shades, freq. with a tinge of red." The Revised Supplement (1996) renders xanthotrichos as "tawny-haired," so that seems the best option
^Stenn, David (1988). Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Doubleday. pp. 1, 10. ISBN9780385241250. Clara was a robust child with auburn hair, high cheekbones, translucent coloring, and blackish-brown eyes that were alive and expressive as her father's were deadened and dull.
^Wade, Mary Dodson (2007). Christopher Columbus: Famous Explorer. p. 1507. No pictures of Columbus were painted during his life. People who knew him said he was tall with a long nose, red hair, and light-colored eyes. His hair turned completely white by the time he was 30 years old.
^ abJones, Bill; Kavanagh, Dennis; Moran, Michael; Norton, Philip (2007). Politics UK. Pearson Education. p. 225. ISBN9781405824118. Some say Kinnock's red hair (when he had any) and abundant freckles turned people off.
^Roach, Marion (2008). The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning, and Sexual Power of Red Hair. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 45. To find what had been written in the Bible about the hair color prior to the appearance of the New Testament Judas, we look to Esau and, later, King David, both viewed throughout history as redheads.
^Fishburg, Maurice (2017). Jews, Race, and Environment. Taylor & Francis. p. 68. Erythrism, or Red Hair.—Red hair appears not to be of recent origin among the Jews. It was known among the ancient Hebrews, for Esau was said to have been "red all over, like a hairy garment." The Biblical reference to King David as "ruddy" is explained by some as meaning that he had red hair.
^"Cintia Dicker". ReebokClub.com.br (in Portuguese). March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2016. Redheaded a natural red, with green eyes, freckles on her face and girlish, Cintia Dicker conquered space in the competitive world of supermodels.
^Weir, Alison (2011). The Princes in the Tower. Random House Publishing. p. 202. ISBN978-0345391780.
^Brewster, David (1832). "Eiríkr Thorvaldsson". The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Vol. 10. p. 88.
^Mills, William J. (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. p. 218. Eiríkr Thorvaldsson, generally known as Erik the Red or Eirik Raude from the color of his hair
^Chiffolo, Anthony F.; Hesse, Rayner W. (2006). Cooking With the Bible. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN9780313334108.
^"Isla Fisher weds Sacha Baron Cohen in Jewish ceremony". The Times. 2010-03-22. Fisher likes to keep a low profile by putting her trademark red hair up
^Christensen, Lawrence O. (1999). Dictionary of Missouri Biography. p. 665. ... Sanford began using the name Redd Foxx, which he apparently developed by combining the nickname "Chicago Red," given him because of his hair color, with the surname of the baseball great Jimmy Foxx.
^ abRavo, Nick (13 October 1991). "Redd Foxx, Cantankerous Master of Bawdy Humor, Is Dead at 68". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022. In Harlem Mr. Foxx got the nickname 'Red' because of his hair color and light skin, and he later added another 'd'. Sometimes he was called 'Chicago Red' to differentiate him from his friend, 'Detroit Red', the young Malcolm X.
^Behrman, Carol H. (2004). Andrew Jackson. Lerner Publications. p. 19. ISBN0822515431. Andy was tall and handsome, with striking blue eyes and thick red hair.
^Bergenroth, G A, ed. (1862). "Spain: June 1505". Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 1, 1485-1509. London: british-history.ac.uk. pp. 353–361. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
^Atteridge, Andrew Hilliard (1912). The bravest of the brave, Michel Ney. p. 310. 'There goes le rougeaud!' – his old nickname when he was a private in the 4th Hussars – a word equivalent to 'red head' or 'carrots'
^O'Connor, Maureen (2011). Life Stories. p. 76. 'The Queen of Technicolor', so called because of her bright-red hair and green eyes ... Maureen O'Hara started young
^Easton, Robert (2006). Fat, Bald and Worthless: Stories Behind Noble Nicknames. Penguin. p. 18. ISBN9780140515404.
^Adams, David; Wadeson, Jacki (1998). "Redheads". The Art of Hair Colouring. Cengage Learning. p. 6. ISBN9781861528940.
^Wall, Mick (2008). W. Axl Rose: The Unauthorized Biography. Pan Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN978-0330448567. the oddball with red hair who studied 'sissy' piano
^"William Rufus". Encyclopaedia Americana. Vol. 13. p. 185. William II, surnamed Rufus, from his red hair
^Rurik, the Viking. p. 1292. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^Sanger, Margaret (2004). Margaret Sanger: an Autobiography. Kessinger. p. 14. ISBN9780766181434. we all had red hair, shading from carrot to bronze
^Wattumull, Ellen (1966). "Margaret Sanger". The Journal of Family Welfare. 13 (1): 4. She was petite and feminine with beautiful red hair piled high on her head.
^Savage, Adam (2010-04-28). "No Pain, No Gain". Mythbusters. Season 2010. Discovery. Look at the redheads. They kicked the butt of everybody else we tested!" "Well those are your peeps. Are you proud?" "I am proud to be one of them, yes.
^Hodge, Carl; Nolan, Cathal (2007). US Presidents and Foreign Policy. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 73. ISBN9781851097906. ...from his red hair and lifelong habit of concealing a shrewd mind behind impeccable manners, he garnered the nickname "The Red Fox of Kinderhook."
^White, Duncan (25 June 2011). "Andre Villas-Boas". Daily Telegraph. London. the normally reserved cenourinho ("baby carrot", because of his red hair)
^Heller, Karl (1997). Antonio Vivaldi: The Red Priest of Venice. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 269. ISBN1574670158. Abbe Vivaldi, who is called il prete rosso (the red priest) because of his red hair.
^Routledge, Paul (2003). The Bumper Book of British Lefties. Politico's. p. 240. ISBN9781842750643. But she was best known as 'Red Ellen', the firebrand socialist with red hair...
^Turner, John G. (2012). Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet. Harvard University Press. p. 31. ISBN9780674049673. Brigham Young was thirty-one years old, barrel-chested and of medium height, with sandy-red hair, a clean-shaven face, and blue-gray eyes.