List of Famous people born in United States of America
Kirk Cox
Marvin Kirkland Cox is an American politician and retired educator. A Republican and a former high school teacher, he has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1990. He also served as the 55th Speaker of the House of Delegates. Cox served as House Majority Leader from 2010 to 2018 and House Majority Whip from 2004 to 2010.
Joe Carter
Joseph Chris Carter is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, and San Francisco Giants. Carter is best known for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays, their second consecutive championship. Carter is one of only two players to end a World Series with a home run, the other being Bill Mazeroski.
Markus Wheaton
Markus Levonte Wheaton is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for Oregon State University and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles.
Jurrell Casey
Jurrell Juel Casey is an American football defensive end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
J.G. Quintel
James Garland Quintel is an American animator, voice actor, television writer, producer and director best known as the creator of the Cartoon Network series Regular Show, in which he voiced the characters Mordecai and High Five Ghost, and the HBO Max series Close Enough, which he also voiced the character Josh. He was formerly the creative director for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, an animated series that aired on Cartoon Network from June 2008 to August 2010 and a writer and storyboard artist on Camp Lazlo from 2006 to 2008.
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture", as well as the father of electro-funk. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Universal Zulu Nation, he has helped spread hip hop culture throughout the world. On May 6, 2016, Bambaataa left his position as head of The Zulu Nation due to multiple child sexual abuse allegations dating as far back as the 1970s.
Gary Fencik
John Gary Fencik is a former professional American-football free safety and an executive with Adams Street Partners. Fencik played 12 seasons with the Chicago Bears and is their all-time leader in interceptions and total tackles.
Brix Smith
Brix Smith is an American singer and guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a major songwriter for the English post-punk band The Fall during two stints in the band.
Kelly Cutrone
Kelly Cutrone is an American publicist, television personality, and author.
Taylor Trammell
Taylor Walter-Lee Trammell is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).