List of Famous people born in United States of America

Charles Ellet Jr. was an American civil engineer from Pennsylvania who designed and constructed major canals, suspension bridges and railroads. He built the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world from 1849 to 1851. He conducted the first ever Federal survey of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Mabel Adrienne Morrison was an American stage actress of the early 20th century. She married actor Richard Bennett, with whom she had three daughters who later would become actresses.

Elizabeth Hardwick was an American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer.

Robert Eugene Bass was an American basketball coach and executive who worked in college basketball, the American Basketball Association (ABA), and the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Mitch Seavey is an American dog musher, who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S. state of Alaska in 2004, 2013 and 2017. At age 57, Seavey is the oldest person to win the Iditarod in 2017. His son, Dallas Seavey, won the 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Iditarod; his 2012 win made him the youngest winner ever.

William Milton Asher was an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.

Richard John Kerry was an American Foreign Service officer and lawyer. He was the father of politicians John Kerry and Cameron Kerry.

Nelle Clyde Wilson Reagan was the mother of United States President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his older brother Neil Reagan (1908–1996).

James Robert Flynn FRSNZ was a New Zealand intelligence researcher. Originally from Washington, D.C. and educated at the University of Chicago, Flynn emigrated to New Zealand in 1963, where he taught political studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Widely respected by colleagues and students, who knew him as "Jim Flynn", he ultimately achieved the position of Emeritus Professor. He was noted for his publications about the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores throughout the world, which is now referred to as the Flynn effect. In addition to his academic work, he championed social democratic politics throughout his life. He died at Yvette Williams Retirement Village in Dunedin on 11 December 2020, aged 86.

William Austin Dickinson was an American lawyer. Known to family and friends as "Austin", he was the older brother of the poet Emily Dickinson.