List of Famous people born in United States of America
Alvin Wiederspahn
Alvin Wiederspahn was an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1979–1984) and Wyoming Senate (1985–1988).
Slick Watts
Donald Earl "Slick" Watts is an American former basketball player. "Slick" Watts attended Xavier University of Louisiana from 1970 to 1973, where he would play under coach Bob Hopkins, and alongside his teammate, and future ABA and NBA star, Bruce Seals. For the 1972 season, Watts and Seals would lead the Gold Rush to its first NAIA District 30 Men's Basketball championship defeating Nicholls State University 85-83, but would go on to lose to Westmont in the 1972 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament semi-finals 71-59. During his final season, Watts lead the Gold Rush to their second consecutive NAIA District 30 Championship, defeating Dillard University 101-80. In the 1973 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament Watts and his teammates would upset Sam Houston State University, 67-60, in the second round. At the time, the Bearkats were ranked first in the country in all college division polls and had gone 34 games, over a two-year period, without a loss. The Xavier Gold Rush would eventually lose in the semi-finals to Maryland-Eastern Shore 87-80.
Jack Jenney
Truman Eliot "Jack" Jenney was a jazz trombonist.
Scott Bailey
Scott Michael Bailey is an American actor. He is known for playing the character of Sandy Foster on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light and the character of Roman Martin on the MyNetworkTV limited-run serial Saints & Sinners.
Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger is a mathematician. Cheeger is professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University in New York City. His main interests are differential geometry and its connections with topology and analysis.
Amos Beebe Eaton
Amos Beebe Eaton was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a general for the Union during the American Civil War.
Tim Minear
Timothy P. Minear is an American screenwriter and director. He has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for his role as an executive producer on American Horror Story and Feud.
David Rayfiel
David Rayfiel was an American screenwriter and frequent collaborator of director Sydney Pollack.
Jack Conte
Jack Conte is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is one half of the band Pomplamoose, along with his wife Nataly Dawn, and CEO and co-founder of Patreon.
Richie Guerin
Richard Vincent Guerin is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks franchise where he spent nine years. On February 15, 2013, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Guerin had been elected as one of its 2013 inductees.