List of Famous people born in United States of America

Bruce E. Karatz is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is noted for his role as Chairman and CEO of KB Home, and for his philanthropic efforts to help re-build both Los Angeles after the L.A. Riots and New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. During the 20 years Karatz served as CEO, KB Home grew revenues from $491 million to $11 billion and grew annual home deliveries from 4,500 homes in 1986 to over 39,000 homes in 2006. Karatz now operates BK Capital LLC and is based in Beverly Hills, California. In March 2013, Karatz was a recipient of The Malibu Times' 23rd Annual Dolphin Awards.

David LeRoy Anderson is an American makeup artist who has won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, first was at the 69th Academy Awards for the film The Nutty Professor, then the following year at the 70th Academy Awards for Men in Black. Both wins were shared with Rick Baker. He received his 3rd Oscar nomination at the 2005 ceremony for the film Cinderella Man, a nomination he shared with his father, Lance Anderson.

Michael Samuel Wallace is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports. Born in Fenton, Missouri, he is the younger brother of Rusty Wallace, older brother of Kenny Wallace, and uncle of Steve Wallace. His daughter, Chrissy Wallace, and son, Matt Wallace, are also active in racing competition.

Dennis O'Keefe was an American actor and writer,

Morgan Lewis Livingston, was an American heir and member of the prominent Livingston family from New York.

Michael Bacon is an American singer-songwriter, musician and film score composer. He is the older brother of actor Kevin Bacon. He is a faculty member in music at Lehman College.

Jeremiah Jordan Rivers is an American former professional basketball player.

Samuel "Sam" Wesley Hall was an American Olympic silver medalist diver and politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.

John Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and businessman. He is known for leading the first draft sequence of the human genome and assembled the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. Venter founded Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), where he currently serves as CEO. He was the co-founder of Human Longevity Inc. and Synthetic Genomics. He was listed on Time magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Craig Venter at 14th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010". In 2012, Venter was honored with Dan David Prize for his contribution to genome research. He is a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.