List of Famous people born in United States of America
Elvis Grbac
Elvis M. Grbac is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) and currently serves as the head football coach, Marianist Urban Student Program director, and athletic director at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School in Cleveland. During his career he was a starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Baltimore Ravens. In college, at the University of Michigan, he was the 1992 NCAA Division I passing efficiency leader, and a three time efficiency leader in the Big Ten Conference, the 1992 Sammy Baugh Trophy winner, and the quarterback for 1991 Heisman Trophy award winner Desmond Howard. Drafted by the 49ers in 1993, and serving in his rookie year as the backup to Steve Young, he went on to play seven more seasons, starting 70 of the 106 games he played for San Francisco (1993–96), Kansas City (1997–2000) and Baltimore (2001).
George Lindsey
George Smith Lindsey was an American comedian and character actor, best known for his role as Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. and his subsequent tenure on Hee-Haw.
Chinanu Onuaku
Chinanu Michael Onuaku is an American professional basketball player for Zadar in the Croatian League and ABA League. He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.
Amy Walter
Amy Walter is an American political analyst, currently serving as national editor of The Cook Political Report and as a host of The Takeaway. From July 2010, she was the political director of ABC News, based in Washington, DC.
Don Ed Hardy
Don Ed Hardy is an American tattoo artist born in Southern California, known for his tattoos, strong influence in the development of modern tattoo styles, and his eponymous apparel and accessories brand.
Don Thompson
Donald Thompson is an American engineer and business executive who was the president and chief executive of McDonald's Corporation from 2012 until 2015. He announced on January 28, 2015 that he would retire from the company and leave his position on March 1, 2015 and was succeeded by Steve Easterbrook, the senior executive vice president and chief brand officer. He is currently the CEO of Cleveland Avenue, an investment group and accelerator that focuses on building new food, beverage, and restaurant concepts, which he founded in 2015. Cleveland Avenue has invested in Beyond Meat and Taste 222, among other food industry companies, and Thompson has served as a member of the board of directors at Beyond Meat since October 2015.
Jen Selter
Jennifer Leigh "Jen" Selter is an American Internet celebrity and fitness model. She attracted significant media attention for her debut at a young age, initially on the photo-sharing app Instagram. As of May 2020, Jen Selter had 12.8 million followers on Instagram.
Gerri Whittington
Geraldine Whittington was the personal executive secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was the first African-American secretary in the White House.
Mark S. Granovetter
Mark Sanford Granovetter is an American sociologist and professor at Stanford University. Granovetter was recently recognized as a Citation Laureate by Thomson Reuters and added to that organization’s list of predicted Nobel Prize winners in economics for the year 2014. Data from the Web of Science show that Granovetter has written both the first and third most cited sociology articles. He is best known for his work in social network theory and in economic sociology, particularly his theory on the spread of information in social networks known as "The Strength of Weak Ties" (1973).
Fred Ball
Frederick Henry Ball was an American movie studio executive, and younger brother of Lucille Ball.