Hundreds of European entertainers (singers and actors) are very popular in the USA. From English speaking countries in Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland), there are just too many famous singers and actors to mention on the list below. But other European entertainers are also very well known by American people.

Below is a list of some of the people that are well known by Americans. Listed with their names are the names of some of their more popular movies or songs.

Austria:
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator, Predator (now serves as the Governor of the state of California)

Belgium:
Jean Claude Van Damme - Bloodsport, Universal Soldier

Denmark:
Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Cobra

England & Ireland
Victoria Beckham - Posh Spice - Spice Girls
Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings
Catherine Zeta Jones - Zorro, Entrapment
Anthony Hopkins - Zorro, Silence of the Lambs
Simon Cowell - American Idol
Sean Connery - James Bond, A Bridge Too Far, Medicine Man
Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean, Bend it Like Beckham
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond, Remington Steele
Bono / U2 - Vertigo

France:
Gerard Depardieu - Green Card, Cyrano de Bergerac
Sophie Marceau - Braveheart, The World is Not Enough

Germany:
Wolfgang Petersen - Film Director - Das Boot, Outbreak, Air Force One
Heidi Klum - supermodel, actress
Nastassja Kinski - Tess, Paris, Texas

Italy:
Luciano Pavarotti - opera singer
Sophia Loren - Houseboat, The Pride and the Passion

Netherlands:
Rutger Hauer - Nighthawks, LadyHawke

Spain:
Antonio Banderas - Zorro, Spy Kids, Evita
Penelope Cruz - Vanilla Sky, Sahara

Sweden:
Maud Adams - James Bond filsm - Octopussy, Man with the Golden Gun
Abba - one of first mainland Europe singing groups to become popular in America