List of Famous people born in United States of America

Norman Richard Spinrad is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. His fiction has won the Prix Apollo and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo Award and multiple Nebula Awards.

Charles Eli Guggenheim was an American documentary film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was the most honored documentary filmmaker in the Academy history, winning four Oscars from twelve nominations.

Alvy Ray Smith III is an American computer scientist who co-founded Lucasfilm's Computer Division and Pixar, participating in the 1980s and 1990s expansion of computer animation into feature film.

Robert Terrell Cummings is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg is an American physician and public health administrator, who is serving as the Chair of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from May 2009 to April 2015.

Robert Zigler Leonard was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.

Brian Patrick Herbert is an American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of science fiction author Frank Herbert.

Joel Dee "Jody" McCrea was an American actor. He was the son of actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee.

Tess Gallagher is an American poet, essayist, short story writer. Her many honors were a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts award, Maxine Cushing Gray Foundation Award.

Russell Rouse was an American screenwriter, director, and producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality" of his screenplays and for film noir movies and television episodes produced in the 1950s.