List of Famous people born in United States of America

Dwier Brown is an American film and television actor. In the 1989 film Field of Dreams he played John Kinsella, the father of Kevin Costner's character, and he played Henry Mitchell in Dennis the Menace Strikes Again in 1998. Brown has appeared in several horror films, such as House (1986) and The Guardian (1990), the latter directed by William Friedkin, who also directed The Exorcist. He has also made appearances on several television series, including Firefly, Criminal Minds, and Ghost Whisperer. In 2014, he wrote a memoir entitled If You Build It... described as a book about "fathers, fate, and Field of Dreams."

Jason Randolph Scheff is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter. From 1985 to 2016, he was the bassist and singer for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago.

William D. Swenson is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor in a ceremony on October 15, 2013. He was the sixth living recipient in the War on Terror. Swenson, Thomas Payne and Matthew O. Williams are the only Medal of Honor recipients still on active duty.

Cassandra Jean Whitehead, also known as Cassandra Jean Amell, is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant queen from Houston, Texas. Jean attended Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.

Justin Jamal Coleman is an American football cornerback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He has also been a member of the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, winning Super Bowl LI with the Patriots over his hometown team, the Atlanta Falcons.

Christopher Paul Ilitch is president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc., a privately held entity with total revenues reported to be over $2 billion. Through Ilitch Holdings, he is the owner of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and MLB's Detroit Tigers, taking over ownership of both teams upon the death of his father Mike in 2017.

Justin Draper Wilcox is an American football coach and former player. Since 2017, he is the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley.

Britney Crystal Gallivan of Pomona, California, is best known for determining the maximum number of times that paper or other materials can be folded in half.

Ameer Abdullah is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska. In 2013, Abdullah rushed for 1,690 yards, fourth most for a single season in University of Nebraska history. He decided not to enter the NFL Draft at the end of his junior year, but instead to return for his senior season. He was considered a contender for the 2014 Heisman Trophy. He is a native of Homewood, Alabama.

Wilfred "Will" Downing is an American singer and songwriter. He is married to singer Audrey Wheeler, who was a member of the R&B group Unlimited Touch.