List of Famous people born in United States of America
Grace Wong
Grace Wong Kwan-hing is a Hong Kong television actress, best known for her role as Fa Man in the martial arts television drama A Fist Within Four Walls. She was the first runner up at the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant. She was contestant No. 9, an overseas delegate from New York City, United States. At the Miss International 2007 pageant, she also made top 15 at the pageant. Grace has publicly declared that she is a devout Christian. She is close friends with Linda Chung, Eliza Sam, Leanne Li and Christine Kuo. Grace's acting roles for the past 10 years have shown her to be in running for one of TVB's fadan titles.
Tina Chow
Tina Chow was an American model and jewelry designer who was considered an influential fashion icon of the 1970s and 1980s. She was the second wife of restaurateur Michael Chow, the founder and owner of the Mr. Chow restaurant chain.
Blanche Taylor Moore
Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore is an American convicted murderer from Alamance County, North Carolina. Moore is awaiting execution in North Carolina for the 1986 arsenic poisoning of her boyfriend. She is also suspected in the death of a mother-in-law and her first husband, and the attempted murder of her second husband in 1989.
Geoffrey Zakarian
Geoffrey Zakarian is an Armenian-American chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. He is the executive chef of several restaurants in New York City, Atlantic City and Miami. He is featured on several television programs on the Food Network, including Chopped and in 2011, The Next Iron Chef, where he won the right to join Iron Chef America.
Dorian Missick
Dorian Crossmond Missick is an American actor, known for his role as Damian in the television series Six Degrees and for voicing Victor Vance in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. He is also known for his starring role in the film Premium (2006) and his supporting roles in films such as The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and Lucky Number Slevin (2006).
Lyor Cohen
Lyor Cohen is an American music industry executive. Cohen has been actively involved in hip hop at various record labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Jam. After Def Jam, Cohen took on a leadership role at Warner Music Group. In September 2012, Cohen resigned from Warner and started his own independent label, 300 Entertainment. On September 28, 2016, Cohen was named YouTube's Global Head of Music.
Leon Ruff
Dartanyon Ruffin is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Leon Ruff, and is a one-time NXT North American Champion.
Marcus Davenport
Marcus Davenport is an American football defensive end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UTSA. He was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Darrell Horcher
Darrell Joseph Horcher is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Lightweight division of the UFC. A professional since 2010, he formerly competed for Bellator and the Cage Fury Fighting Championships, where he was the Lightweight Champion.
David Sheff
David Sheff is an American author of the books Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy, The Buddhist on Death Row and All We Are Saying: The Last Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In 2009, Sheff was included in Time Magazine's Time 100, The World's Most Influential People, and Beautiful Boy was named the best nonfiction book of the year by Entertainment Weekly. The book also won the Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers Award" for nonfiction and was an Amazon Best Book of the Year (2008). He received media awards from College of Problems on Drug Dependence (CPDD), American Society of Addiction Medicine, The Partnership for Drug-free Kids, College of Problems on Drug Dependence (CPDD), American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), and was the first recipient of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) Arts and Literature Award.