List of Famous people born in Nevada, United States of America
Kristoffer Polaha
Kristoffer Jon Polaha is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles on television as Jason Matthews in North Shore, Nathaniel "Baze" Bazile in Life Unexpected, and Henry Butler in Ringer. Since 2016, Polaha appeared in 6 Hallmark movies and a four-part series of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movies, saying "as an actor, I am leaning into Hallmark because it’s fun to sit with my seven-year-old and show him what I do for a living. These are family-friendly movies. I’m leaning in because my 91-year-old Nana finally thinks I’ve made it in Hollywood because I’m on Hallmark." Polaha had a minor but notable role in the superhero film Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) directed by Patty Jenkins.
David Wise
David Wise is an American freestyle skier. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a four-time X Games Gold Medalist. In 2014, Wise won his third consecutive gold medal at X Games XVIII in Aspen, Colorado, before heading to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics. There, he became the first Olympic gold medalist in the Men's Freeski Halfpipe, which debuted in the Winter Games that year. In 2018, after struggling both personally and professionally since his win in Sochi, Wise won his fourth gold medal at the X Games just before he left for PyeongChang to defend his Olympic title. After a sub-par qualifying competition that placed him in the fifth drop-in position for the finals, Wise failed to complete each of his first two runs due, in both cases, to a binding malfunction. On his third and final run, Wise completed a career-best run to take the gold medal, the second Olympic gold medal of his career, with a score of 97.20.
Charles Wright
Charles Wright, better known under his ring name The Godfather, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, and underwent several gimmick changes; the most notable were Papa Shango, Kama/Kama Mustafa and The Goodfather.
Meaghan Jette Martin
Meaghan Jette Martin is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Tess Tyler in the Disney Channel television films Camp Rock and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam and Jo Mitchell in Mean Girls 2. Martin starred in the ABC Family television series, 10 Things I Hate About You as Bianca Stratford. She has also had guest starring roles in House and Jessie, and played the recurring role of Julie #2 in multiple seasons of MTV's television series Awkward. Martin is also known for lending her voice for Naminé in the video game series Kingdom Hearts as well as voicing and motion-capturing Jessica from the video game Until Dawn. In 2019, Martin made her professional London stage debut in The Actor's Nightmare at the Park Theatre in London.
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American film actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and writer. Nicholas is best known for playing Henry Rowengartner in Rookie of the Year, Walt Disney in Walt Before Mickey and Kevin Myers in the American Pie film series.
Ronnie Radke
Ronald Joseph Radke is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, musician, and record producer. Radke found success as vocalist and co-founder for the post-hardcore band, Escape the Fate, in his early twenties but his career stalled when he was served a 2 1⁄2-year prison sentence due to a probation violation. After his release, Radke subsequently became the lead singer of a new band, Falling in Reverse. As a solo musician, Radke released a rap mixtape, Watch Me, in 2014, which included collaborations with Deuce, b.LaY, Tyler Carter, Sy Ari Da Kid, Jacoby Shaddix, Danny Worsnop, Andy Biersack, and Craig Mabbitt.
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Marie Cortez Masto is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015.
Adam Hicks
Adam Paul Nielson Hicks is an American former actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms. He was also known for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther and Wendell "Wen" Gifford in the film Lemonade Mouth.
Ross C. Goodman, Esq.
Ross Carl Goodman is an American attorney who is noted for handling high-profile cases. He is the son of Carolyn and Oscar Goodman, who have each served as mayor of his hometown, Las Vegas.
Jillian Bell
Jillian Leigh Bell is an American comedian, actress, and screenwriter. She stars in the 2019 film Brittany Runs a Marathon. She starred as Jillian Belk on Workaholics and had a recurring role as Dixie on the final season of Eastbound & Down, and appeared in 22 Jump Street, Fist Fight and Godmothered.