List of Famous people born in United States of America
Florence Meyer
Florence Meyer Homolka was an American portrait photographer and socialite. She was the wife of the actor Oskar Homolka.
Francis Cleveland
Francis Grover Cleveland was an American stage actor, director and producer. He was the co-founder of the Barnstormers Theatre, a theatre company in Tamworth, New Hampshire. His parents were President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom.
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm, won the National Book Award, and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
Thelma Estrin
Thelma Estrin was an American computer scientist and engineer who did pioneering work in the fields of expert systems and biomedical engineering. She was one of the first to apply computer technology to healthcare and medical research. She was professor emerita in the Department of Computer Science, University of California at Los Angeles.
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Since the early 1990s, he has toured under his own name.
Leeza Gibbons
Leeza Kim Gibbons is an American talk show host. She is best known as a correspondent and co-host for Entertainment Tonight (1984–2000) as well as for having her own syndicated daytime talk show, Leeza (1993–2000). In 2013, her book Take 2 became a New York Times bestseller and she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel program for the PBS show, My Generation. On February 16, 2015, Leeza was named the winner of Celebrity Apprentice, having raised $714,000 for her charity Leeza's Care Connection.
Penny Pax
Penny Pax is an American pornographic actress and model.
Gordon Matta-Clark
Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist best known for his site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s.
Jeff Dwire
George Jefferson "Jeff" Dwire was an Arkansas small businessman and the third husband of Virginia Clinton Kelley, and a stepfather of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Roger Clinton Jr..
Bob Skoronski
Bob Skoronski was an American football player who played tackle in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers for 11 seasons.