List of Famous people born in United States of America
Wendy Kilbourne
Wendy Kilbourne Read is an American attorney and former television actress.
Jeff Hephner
Jeffrey Lane Hephner is an American actor, best known for the role of Jeff Clarke, first on the NBC television series Chicago Fire and then on its sister show, Chicago Med. More recently, he co-starred with Jennifer Garner in the action thriller film Peppermint. He also appears in the 2016 National Geographic TV series MARS. In January 2019, he co-starred in the film An Acceptable Loss.
Ben L. Salomon
Benjamin Lewis Salomon was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon. When the Japanese started overrunning his hospital, he stood a rear-guard action in which he had no hope of personal survival, allowing the safe evacuation of the wounded, killing as many as 98 enemy troops before being killed himself during the Battle of Saipan. In 2002, Salomon posthumously received the Medal of Honor. He is one of only three dental officers to have received the medal, the others being Alexander Gordon Lyle and Weedon Osborne.
Candice LeRae
Candice Gargano is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Candice LeRae. She is signed to WWE's NXT brand. She is best known for her work on the American independent circuit, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). LeRae is a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion. This makes her the only female title holder in the promotion's history.
Gail Russell
Gail Russell was an American film and television actress.
Mary Mapes
Mary Alice Mapes is an American journalist, former television news producer, and author. She was a principal producer for CBS News, primarily the CBS Evening News and primetime television program 60 Minutes Wednesday. She is known for the story of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal, which won a Peabody Award, and the story of Senator Strom Thurmond's unacknowledged biracial daughter, Essie Mae Washington. In 2005, she was fired from CBS for her part in the Killian documents controversy.
Bob Ferry
Robert Dean Ferry is an American retired basketball player and executive.
Mary Margaret O'Reilly
Mary Margaret O'Reilly was an American civil servant who served as the Assistant Director of the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1924 until 1938. One of the United States government's highest-ranking female employees of her time, she worked at the Mint for 34 years, during which she often served as acting director during the Mint Director's absence.
Jamie Walters
James Leland Walters Jr. is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 and The Heights and his number one single "How Do You Talk to an Angel".
Bill Haslam
William Edward Haslam is an American billionaire businessman and politician, who served as the 49th Governor of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and was previously the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee from 2004 to 2011.