List of Famous people born in United States of America
Frank Zamboni
Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr. was an American inventor and engineer, whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer, with his surname being registered as a trademark for these devices.
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Loren Friedman is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who is a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.
Denzel Whitaker
Denzel Dominique Whitaker is an American actor.
Martin López-Zubero
Martín López-Zubero Purcell, also known as Martin Zubero, is a former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. López-Zubero was born in the United States, swam in international competition for Spain, and holds dual Spanish-American citizenship.
Kathleen Rose Perkins
Kathleen Rose Perkins is an American actress.
Emil Ferris
Emil Ferris is an American writer, cartoonist, and designer. Ferris debuted in publishing with her 2017 graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. The novel tells a coming-of-age story of Karen Reyes, a girl growing in 1960s Chicago, and is written and drawn in the form of the character's notebook. The graphic novel was praised as a "masterpiece" and one of the best comics by a new author.
George Macready
George Peabody Macready Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains.
Alan J. Heeger
Alan Jay Heeger is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry.
Melissa Bank
Melissa Bank is an American author. She has published two books—The Wonder Spot, a volume of short stories; and The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, a novel—which have been translated into over 30 languages. Bank was the winner of the 1993 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction. She currently teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
Joey Silvera
Joey Silvera is an American director and former pornographic actor.