List of Famous people born in United States of America

Alfred Daniel Williams King Sr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. He was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr.

Shawn Phillips is an American singer-songwriter and musician, primarily influential in the 1960s and 1970s. His work is rooted in folk rock but straddles other genres, including jazz fusion and funk. Phillips has recorded twenty-six albums and worked with musicians including Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J. Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bernie Taupin, Tim Hardin, Manos Hatzidakis and many others.

Lance Mackey is an American dog musher and dog sled racer from Fairbanks, Alaska, who is a four-time winner of the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest and four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Kevin Tighe is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theatre since the late 1960s. He is best known for his character, firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972-77 NBC series Emergency!

Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. was an American political official and college president. He was the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007. Before that, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs in the Clinton Administration (1993–95) and Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs in the Carter administration (1977–79), was the President and CEO of National Public Radio (1983–93), and ran the United States Agency for International Development under President Carter (1979–81).

Michael J. Reilly Jr. is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and previously played in the NHL for the Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators.