List of Famous people born in United States of America
Eric de Rothschild
Baron Éric Alain Robert David de Rothschild is a French banker and philanthropist.
Solomon W. Golomb
Solomon Wolf Golomb was an American mathematician, engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, best known for his works on mathematical games. Most notably, he invented Cheskers in 1948 and coined the name. He also fully described polyominoes and pentominoes in 1953. He specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory, and communications. His game of pentomino inspired Tetris.
Joanne Carole Schieble
William Rose Benét
William Rose Benét was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.
Lenore Blum
Lenore Carol Blum is an American computer scientist and mathematician, formerly a distinguished career professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. She is known for her contributions to the theory of real number computation, for her invention of a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator, and for her efforts to increase the diversity of mathematics and computer science.
Ella Stiller
Cornelis Cuyler
Cornelis Cuyler or Cornelius Cuyler was a prominent American of Dutch ancestry who served as the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1742 to 1746.
Quinn Dempsey Stiller
Robin Swicord
Robin Stender Swicord is an American screenwriter and film director. She is best known for literary adaptations. In 2009 the screenplay for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, credited to Swicord (story) and Eric Roth and based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Swicord also wrote the screenplay for the film Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden, for which she won a 2005 Satellite Award. Her other screenplay credits include Little Women, Practical Magic, Matilda, The Perez Family, and Shag.
Kim Stanley
Kim Stanley was an American actress, primarily in television and theatre, but with occasional film performances.