Celebrities who claim to have Native American ancestry

Billy Bob Thornton - Billy Bob Thornton grew up in Arkansas, but his father was Irish-American and his mother is reportedly both Italian and Choctaw Indian.

Solange and Beyoncé - The incredibly talented sisters and solo acts have Native American ancestry through their mother Tina's family lineage.

Chuck Norris - The famed American action hero can thank his maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother for his slice of Native American heritage.

Tiger Woods - Tiger Woods has Native American roots through his late father Earl Woods, who once identified himself as “half-black, one-quarter American Indian, and one-quarter Chinese.”

Blake Lively - Blake Lively received a huge amount of backlash after claiming in a L’Oréal foundation makeup commercial that she was not only part German and Irish, but part Native American too.

Cher - By far one of the most controversial claims to Native American ancestry, Cher had always listed her father as being of Armenian heritage, while her mother was of Irish and German descent.

Cameron Diaz - People were quite dubious when Diaz claimed she has Native American ancestry on her mother's side.

Vivica A. Fox - The actress, producer, and television host is of Native American and African-American descent and is proud of her heritage, according to IMDb.

Kristin Chenoweth - On September 6, 2019, she tweeted in response to a photo of herself, “In this photo i very much see my Native American heritage. #choctaw #cherokee”

Ben Harper - Musician Ben Harper’s late father, Leonard Harper, was reportedly of African-American and Cherokee ancestry, and his paternal grandmother was part Cherokee.

Christian Keyes - The actor has described his ethnicity as a combination of African American, from his father's side, and Native American/French, from his mother.