List of Famous people born in United States of America
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. He was the chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jerrod Carmichael
Jerrod Carmichael is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Carmichael co-created and starred in the semi-biographical NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show, which ran from 2015 to 2017.
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He also served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, he was often called "The Great Commoner".
Kylie Sonique Love
Kylie Sonique Love, formerly known as Sonique, is an American drag queen, singer, dancer, and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2010, and achieved further popularity by winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars in 2021. Kylie was also the show's first cast member to come out as transgender and eventually became the first trans woman to win RuPaul's Drag Race.
Ted Thompson
Ted Thompson was an American professional football player and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He was the general manager of the Green Bay Packers from 2005 to 2017. Thompson had a 10-year playing career in the NFL as a linebacker and special teams player with the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1984.
Minnie Pearl
Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl, was an American country comedian who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and on the television show Hee Haw from 1969 to 1991.
Mark Takai
Kyle Mark Takai was an American politician from the state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Hawaii's 1st congressional district, from 2015 to 2016. He previously served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014.
Wade Miley
Wade Allen Miley is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Miley in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with the Diamondbacks in 2011, and has also played for the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros. He played college baseball at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Dean Norris
Dean Joseph Norris is an American actor. He is well known for playing Drug Enforcement Administration agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which he received critical acclaim. He also portrayed town councilman James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–2015) and currently plays mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series Claws. He reprised his role as Hank Schrader in the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul (2020).
Lauren Berlant
Lauren Gail Berlant was an American scholar, cultural theorist, and author. Berlant was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Chicago, where they taught from 1984 until 2021. Berlant wrote and taught issues of intimacy and belonging in popular culture, in relation to the history and fantasy of citizenship.