List of Famous people born in United States of America
Young Greatness
Theodore Joseph Jones III, better known by his stage name Young Greatness, was an American rapper best known for his 2015 single "Moolah", which peaked at number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He was shot and killed in 2018.
Danny Aiello III
Daniel Louis Aiello III was an American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor in film and television.
Lorenzo Gilyard
Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard, Jr. is an American serial killer. A former trash company supervisor, Gilyard is believed to have raped and murdered at least 13 women and girls from 1977 to 1993. He was convicted of six counts of murder on March 16, 2007.
Donald Malarkey
Technical Sergeant Donald George Malarkey was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II. Malarkey was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Scott Grimes.
Nigel Williams-Goss
Nigel Williams-Goss is an American professional basketball player for the Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League and the EuroCup. He was selected by the Utah Jazz, with the 55th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. He spent two seasons with the University of Washington's Huskies, before deciding to transfer before the 2015–16 season. At a height of 6'2" tall, his main position is point guard, but he can also play shooting guard.
Gene Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal was an American producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He was one of the producers of the TV series M*A*S*H.
Larry Fink
Laurence Douglas Fink is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation. BlackRock is the largest money-management firm in the world with more than US$9 trillion in assets under management, giving the firm enormous power over the global financial system. In April 2018, Fink's net worth was estimated at US$1 billion. He sits on the boards of the influential Council on Foreign Relations and World Economic Forum.
Katrina Leskanich
Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich is an American musician and the former lead singer of British-American pop rock band Katrina and the Waves. Their song "Walking on Sunshine" was an international hit in 1985. In 1997, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song "Love Shine a Light".
Andrew Zimmern
Andrew Scott Zimmern is an American culinary expert, chef, restaurateur, television personality, radio personality, director, producer, entrepreneur, food critic, journalist, teacher, and author. Considered one of the most influential celebrity chefs in the world, Zimmern is known for being the co-creator, host, and consulting producer of the Travel Channel television series Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods America, Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations, Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World, Dining with Death, The Zimmern List, and Andrew Zimmern's Driven by Food, as well as the Food Network series The Big Food Truck Tip. For his work on Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, he was presented the James Beard Foundation Award four times: in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2017. Zimmern also hosts a cooking webseries on YouTube titled Andrew Zimmern Cooks. Zimmern's new show, What's Eating America, premiered on MSNBC on February 16, 2020.
Rodney Harrison
Rodney Scott Harrison is a former American football safety and sports analyst who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons with the San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots. He was selected by the Chargers in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL Draft where he spent nine seasons. After being released by San Diego, Harrison was a member of the Patriots in his following six seasons until his 2009 retirement. Since leaving the NFL, he has served as a commentator for NBC's Football Night in America.