List of Famous people born in United States of America
Crystal Reed
Crystal Marie Reed is an American actress. She came to prominence for portraying Allison Argent in the series Teen Wolf from 2011 to 2014. Reed departed from the series after the third season, but made a guest appearance in the fifth season as Allison's ancestor Marie-Jeanne Valet.
Richard Ford
Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land and Let Me Be Frank With You, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories. Ford received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996 for Independence Day. Ford's novel Wildlife was adapted into a 2018 film of the same name.
Bruce Davis
Bruce McGregor Davis is a former member of the Manson Family who has been described as Charles Manson's "right-hand man".
Charles Goodyear
Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Ryan McPartlin
Ryan John McPartlin is an American actor, known for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on the NBC action-comedy series Chuck.
Andre Ware
Andre Trevor Ware is an American sports analyst and commentator and a former American football player. He was the 1989 Heisman Trophy winner as a quarterback for the University of Houston. He was the first African American quarterback to receive this honor. In the 1990 NFL Draft, Ware was the first round selection of the Detroit Lions. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
Max Strus
Max Strus is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Lewis Flyers and the DePaul Blue Demons.
William Bliss Baker
William Bliss Baker was an American artist who began painting just as the Hudson River School was winding down. Baker began his studies in 1876 at the National Academy of Design, where he studied with Bierstadt and de Haas. He later maintained studios in Clifton Park, New York; and New York City, where he painted in oils and watercolors. He completed more than 130 paintings, including several in black and white.
Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released five solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf.
Bob Wolff
Robert Alfred Wolff was an American radio and television sportscaster.