List of Famous people born in United States of America

Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen.

Derek Richardson Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his TV roles on Men in Trees and Anger Management, and for starring as young Harry Dunne in the film Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker, Jr. was an American professional stock car racing driver and commentator. Over the course of his 33-year racing career, he won 19 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the 1980 Daytona 500. Known by the nickname "Gentle Giant," Baker was noted for his prowess at NASCAR's superspeedways, Daytona and Talladega, at which he won a combined six races. After his racing career, he worked as a broadcaster and co-hosted a number of radio shows on Sirius XM.

Richard Van Slater better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s, 1980s, and mid-1990s for various promotions including Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

Joann Marie Slater, known professionally as Ann Marie, is an American singer-songwriter, from Chicago, Illinois. She is signed to Interscope Records. She is best known for her single "Secret", which has garnered over 50 million views on YouTube and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart. Her debut EP Pretty Psycho was released on July 10, 2019.

Javon Kinlaw is an American football defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina, and was drafted by the 49ers in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Mitchell Kupchak is an American professional basketball executive and retired player. He is the current president of basketball operations and general manager of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a college player, Kupchak was an All-American at the University of North Carolina and a member of the gold medal-winning 1976 United States Olympic team. As a professional player, he won three NBA titles – one as a member of the Washington Bullets and two with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics, especially the Southern strategy.

Abigail Savage is an American actress, and sound editor. She played inmate Gina Murphy on Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, as well as roles in Brian De Palma’s Redacted (2007), Lee Daniel’s Precious (2009), and on Law & Order SVU. As of July 2015, she had twelve acting credits, and seventy-five sound credits including Half Nelson (2006), Inside Job (2010), Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me (2012), Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013), as well as all of Ramin Bahrani’s feature films.

Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 89th governor of Connecticut since January 9, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Greenwich selectman from 1987 to 1989. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006, defeating incumbent Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary, but losing to him in the general election, when Lieberman ran as a third-party candidate.