List of Famous people born in United States of America
James Anderson
James Anderson, sometimes billed as Kyle James, was an American television and film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. He is probably best known for his role as Bob E. Lee Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
Emma Vyssotsky
Emma Vyssotsky was an American astronomer.
Hamilton Fish III
Hamilton Fish III was a soldier and Republican politician from New York State. Born into a family long active in the state, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1945 and during that time was a prominent opponent of United States intervention in foreign affairs and was a critic of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. When Fish celebrated his 102nd birthday in 1990, he was the oldest living American who had served in Congress.
Owen Bradley
William Owen Bradley was an American musician and record producer who, along with Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson, Bill Porter, and Don Law, was one of the chief architects of the 1950s and 1960s Nashville sound in country music and rockabilly.
Lili Francks
David Price
David Eugene Price is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district since 1997, previously holding the position from 1987 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, he represents a district covering much of the heart of the Triangle, including all of Orange County and parts of Wake and Durham counties. It includes most of Raleigh, parts of Durham, and all of Cary and Chapel Hill. He is dean of North Carolina's congressional delegation.
Anne Wiggins Brown
Anne Brown was an American soprano who created the role of "Bess" in the original production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. She was also a radio and concert singer. She settled in Norway in 1948 and later became a Norwegian citizen.
Samuel Bell
Samuel Bell may refer to:
- Samuel Bell (architect) (1739–1813), Scottish architect
- Samuel Bell (1770–1850), American jurist, Governor of and U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
- Samuel Dana Bell (1798–1868), Chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court
- Samuel Bell, 19th-century Controller of California
- Samuel Newell Bell (1829–1889), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire
- Sam Hanna Bell (1909–1990), Scottish novelist
- Sam Bell (1909–1982), English football forward
- Samuel H. Bell (1925–2010), U.S. Federal judge for the northern district of Ohio
- Sam Bell (politician), American politician
- Sam Bell, English football midfielder
- Samuel Bell (lifesaver), Australian competitor in the Lifesaving at the 2017 World Games - Men's 100m Manikin Carry Fins competition
Stephen Piscotty
Stephen Edward Piscotty is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college baseball for Stanford and was the St. Louis Cardinals' first-round selection in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He made his major league debut on July 21, 2015, and was the Cardinals' organization Player of the Year that season. The Cardinals traded him to the Athletics after the 2017 season.
James Lapine
James Elliot Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.