List of Famous people born in United States of America

Alfred Lee Loomis

First Name Alfred
Born on November 4, 1887
Died on August 11, 1975 (aged 87)

Alfred Lee Loomis was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System, and a lifelong patron of scientific research. He established the Loomis Laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, and his role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb contributed to the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities, contributed significantly to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project.

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Jack Hammer

Earl Solomon Burroughs
First Name Jack
Last Name Hammer
Born on September 16, 1925
Died on April 11, 2016 (aged 90)

Earl Solomon Burroughs, known professionally as Jack Hammer, was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter, credited as the co-writer of "Great Balls of Fire".

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Joan Feynman

First Name Joan
Last Name Feynman
Born on March 31, 1927
Died on July 22, 2020 (aged 93)

Joan Feynman was an American astrophysicist. She made important contributions to the study of solar wind particles and fields; sun-Earth relations; and magnetospheric physics. In particular, Feynman was known for developing an understanding of the origin of auroras. She was also known for creating a model that predicts the number of high-energy particles likely to hit a spacecraft over its lifetime, and for uncovering a method for predicting sunspot cycles.

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Collin Martin

First Name Collin
Last Name Martin
Born on November 9, 1994 (age 31)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Collin Martin is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for San Diego Loyal in the USL Championship. He has played for D.C. United and Minnesota United FC in Major League Soccer, and for Richmond Kickers and Hartford Athletic in the United Soccer League. He came out as gay in June 2018, making him at the time the only out man in any of the big five American sports leagues or any top-division professional men's national soccer leagues.

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Lori Singer

First Name Lori
Last Name Singer
Born on November 6, 1957 (age 68)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Lori Singer is an American actress, cellist, and model. The daughter of conductor Jacques Singer, she was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Portland, Oregon, where her father served as the lead conductor of the Oregon Symphony from 1962 to 1972. Singer was a musical prodigy, making her debut as a cellist with the Oregon Symphony at thirteen, and was subsequently accepted to the Juilliard School, where she became the institution's youngest graduate.

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Johnny Lewis

Jonathan Kendrick Lewis
First Name Johnny
Born on October 29, 1983
Died on September 26, 2012 (aged 28)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Jonathan Kendrick Lewis, also credited as Johnny K. Lewis, was an American film and television actor. Lewis is best known for playing Kip "Half-Sack" Epps in the first two seasons of the FX series Sons of Anarchy, and other tv roles such as Gilby in The Sausage Factory (2001-2002), Pearce Chase in Quintuplets (2004-2005), and Dennis "Chili" Childress in The O.C. (2005-2006). He also appeared in supporting roles in the films Underclassman (2005), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Felon (2008), and The Runaways (2010).

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Candi Carpenter

First Name Candi

Candi Carpenter is an American country music singer-songwriter who was born in Toledo, Ohio but raised in Lansing, Michigan. In 2016, Carpenter released her debut single "Burn the Bed", which was produced by Shane McAnally. The song charted on Country Airplay. Carpenter was named by Rolling Stone as one of ten new country artists to watch in 2017.

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Baddiewinkle

Born on July 18, 1928 (age 98)

Helen Ruth Elam, better known as Baddiewinkle or Baddie Winkle, is an American internet personality. Elam was born in Hazard, Kentucky. She became an Internet sensation at the age of eighty-five. Her social media tag line—"Stealing Your Man Since 1928"—has become a popular saying for teens and young adults. She is known for her humor and for fighting against ageism through her personal style and messaging, characterized by wearing eccentric clothes, promoting the legalization of medical marijuana, and her innuendo. Winkle is an activist and influencer whose self expression is a statement of disapproval of the beauty industry and the false limitations it imposes on individuals, and especially on women. She has millions of followers and views on social media, where she posts photos and videos of herself, often with suggestive clothing with peculiar prints, or little clothing in order to encourage body positivity and the celebration of the physiques of older adults.

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Pep Hamilton

First Name Pep
Born on September 19, 1974 (age 51)

Alfonza "Pep" Hamilton is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Chargers and served as the head coach and general manager of the DC Defenders of the XFL.

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Roberta Flack

Roberta Cleopatra Flack is an American singer. She is known for her No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love"; and "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway.

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