List of Famous people born in United States of America
Jordan Ladd
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. The daughter of actress Cheryl Ladd and producer David Ladd, she initially worked with her mother in several made-for-television films, before making her big screen debut at 19, in the vampire film Embrace of the Vampire (1994). She subsequently appeared in the drama Nowhere (1997) and the comedy Never Been Kissed (1999). Ladd became known as a scream queen, having appeared in several successful horror films, including Cabin Fever (2002), Club Dread (2004), Death Proof (2007), and Grace (2009). Ladd is also known for work with director David Lynch appearing in his films Darkened Room (2002) and Inland Empire (2006).
Sean Frye
Sean Anthony Frye is an American former child actor. His best-known role was as Steve, the sunglass-toting friend of Elliot's older brother in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Sam Bobrick
Sam Bobrick was an American author, playwright, television writer, and lyricist.
Guy Boyd
Guy Boyd is an American character actor. Boyd has starred in more than fifty films from the late 1970s to the present. He is probably best known for his role as Detective Jim McLean in Body Double (1984) and for the pivotal role of Frank Hackman on two episodes of Miami Vice.
Arthur Schmidt
Arthur Robert Schmidt is an American film editor with about 27 film credits between 1977 and 2005. Schmidt has had an extended collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis from Back to the Future (1985) to Cast Away (2000).
George Stevens
George Cooper Stevens was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.
G. David Low
George David Low was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut. He was born in 1956 to Dr. George Low, the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office. With undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics, he worked in the JPL at the California Institute of Technology in the early 80's, before being picked as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1984. In addition to holding some technical assignments, he logged more than 700 hours in space, before he left NASA in 1996 to pursue a career in the private sector.
Harry Coover
Dr. Harry Wesley Coover Jr. is the inventor of Eastman 910, commonly known as Super Glue.
Herbert Ross
Herbert David Ross was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in theater and film.
Arlene Klasky
Arlene Klasky Csupo is an American animator, graphic designer, producer and co-founder of Klasky Csupo with Gábor Csupó. In 1999, she was named one of the “Top 25 Women in Animation” by Animation Magazine. She is most known for her work with Nickelodeon in the 1990s and early 2000s. She, along with her ex-husband Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain, co-created the animated series Rugrats.