List of Famous people born in United States of America
Billy Long
William Hollis Long II is an American auctioneer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2011. The district includes much of the southwestern quadrant of the state and is anchored in Springfield. The district also includes Joplin and Branson.
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher is an American-British journalist, and television presenter.
Winthrop Niles Kellogg
Winthrop Niles Kellogg was an American comparative psychologist who studied the behavior of a number of intelligent animal species.
Carlton Gary
Carlton Michael Gary was an American serial killer convicted of the murders of three elderly women in Columbus, Georgia, between 1977 and 1978, though he is suspected of at least four more. Gary was arrested in December 1978 for an armed robbery and sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Luke Heimlich
Luke Andrew Heimlich is an American baseball pitcher for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League. He attended Oregon State University and played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers. He was named the Collegiate Pitcher of the Year in 2018. In 2012, Heimlich pleaded guilty to a count of child molestation against his six-year-old niece; the crime occurred when he was 15.
Don LaFontaine
Donald Leroy LaFontaine was an American voice actor who recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers.
Kenny Britt
Kenneth Lawrence Britt is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Rutgers and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the 30th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. He has also played for the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots.
Lorenzo Henrie
Lorenzo James Henrie is an American actor. He is known for his role as Chris Manawa on the AMC television series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2016).
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams in 1973. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress.
Clayton Christensen
Clayton Magleby Christensen was an American academic and business consultant who developed the theory of "disruptive innovation", which has been called the most influential business idea of the early 21st century. Christensen introduced "disruption" in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma, and it led The Economist to term him "the most influential management thinker of his time." He served as the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School (HBS), and was also a leader and writer in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.