List of Famous people born in United States of America
Barbara Minty
Barbara Minty, also known as Barbara Minty McQueen, is a former fashion model who was the third wife and widow of American film star Steve McQueen.
Nannie Doss
Nannie Doss was an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between some time in the 1920s and 1954. Nannie Doss was referred to as the Giggling Granny, the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard. She was called a "self-made widow" by a newspaper.
Frank Santillo
Frank Santillo was an American film editor who won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Grand Prix in 1966. He was an associate of Slavko Vorkapich and Peter Ballbusch at MGM during the 1930s and 1940s and was known for his creative montage work. He was under contract as an editor at MGM from 1956 to 1966. He worked with director Sam Peckinpah on three films, and was interviewed at length about the production of Ride the High Country (1962).
Kevin Bernhardt
Kevin Bernhardt is an American screenwriter, film actor, television actor, and producer. Bernhardt started as an actor in TV, with contract roles on Dynasty in 1989 and General Hospital (1985–1988). Following that, he had a dozen lead film roles until the mid-1990s - when he began seeing his screenplays produced - and decided to focus on writing. He had over 30 screenplays produced, before returning to a lead role opposite Amy Redford in Hate Crime. And most recently - to a major supporting role opposite Michael Caine and Ben Foster in 2020's Medieval.
Paul Herget
Paul Herget was an American astronomer and director of the Cincinnati Observatory, who established the Minor Planet Center after World War II.
Jim Gillette
James Gillette is an American singer, notable for being the frontman of glam metal band Nitro. Originally a member of the band Tuff, Gillette released a solo album in 1987 and then formed Nitro with guitarist Michael Angelo Batio.
John Gavin Nolan
John Gavin Nolan was a Roman Catholic bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Madison Smartt Bell
Madison Smartt Bell is an American novelist. While established as a writer with several novels, he is especially known for his trilogy of novels about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, published 1995–2004.
Barbara Richardson
Barbara Richardson is the wife of Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico and 9th United States Secretary of Energy.
David E. Jeremiah
David Elmer Jeremiah was a United States Navy admiral who served as Vice Chairman and also acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After his retirement from the Navy in February 1994, he worked in the field of investment banking. He served as partner and President, CEO and later Chairman of Technology Strategies & Alliances Corporation, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm engaged primarily in the aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and electronics industries. During his military career Jeremiah earned a reputation as an authority on strategic planning, financial management and the policy implications of advanced technology.