List of Famous people born in United States of America
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Kentucky; a U.S. Representative from 1885 to 1895. He was a scion of the Breckinridge political family: grandson of Senator John Breckinridge, and first cousin of Vice President John C. Breckinridge.
Jenny O'Hara
Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara is an American film, television, and stage actress.
Willow Shields
Willow Shields is an American actress. She played Primrose Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series, Grace in Beyond the Blackboard, Rachel in Into the Rainbow, Lorian in Woodstuck or Bust, and starred as Serena in the Netflix-original series Spinning Out.
Jake Bailey
Jacob "Jake" Bailey was an American make-up artist and photographer.
Don Was
Don Edward Fagenson, known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was. In later years he produced songs and albums for many popular recording artists. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records.
Eric Money
Eric Money is an American former professional basketball player.
Oliver Brown
In 1950, Oliver Brown was recruited to be part of the Topeka NAACP legal action to desegregate public elementary schools in the city. At the time, Brown was a welder for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and was studying to become a minister. Attorney Charles Scott, who was his childhood friend, asked him to join the roster of parents who would become plaintiffs in the organization’s case against the Topeka Board of Education.
Richard Aoki
Richard Masato Aoki was an American educator and college counselor, best known as a civil rights activist and early member of the Black Panther Party. He joined the early Black Panther Party and was eventually promoted to the position of Field Marshal. Although there were several Asian Americans in the Black Panther Party, Aoki was the only one to have a formal leadership position. Following Aoki's death, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's records on him were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, showing that, over a period of 15 years, he had been an informant for the government.
Ashley Iaconetti
Ashley Nicole Iaconetti Haibon is an American television personality and journalist notable for being a contestant on several series in The Bachelor television franchise, including The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise and The Bachelor Winter Games.
Dean O'Banion
Charles Dean O'Banion was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. The newspapers of his day made him better known as Dion O'Banion, although he never went by that first name. He led the North Side Gang until 1924, when he was shot and killed, reportedly by Frankie Yale, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi.