List of Famous people born in United States of America

John Coleman Moore was an American mathematician. The Borel−Moore homology and Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence are named after him.

Roy Owen Haynes is an American jazz drummer. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 75 years he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered the father of modern jazz drumming. "Snap Crackle" was a nickname given to him in the 1950s.

Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Archambault is married with three children. His hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey. Archambault has received numerous awards and honors throughout his life. He has also flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009. Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year career with the agency in order to become a test pilot for Sierra Nevada Corporation on their Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane project.

Terry W. Virts is a retired NASA astronaut, International Space Station Commander and colonel in the United States Air Force.

Thomas Schippers was an American conductor. He was highly regarded for his work in opera.

Ronald Brooks Kitaj was an American artist with Jewish roots who spent much of his life in England.

James W. Payne was an American set decorator. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction.