List of Famous people born in United States of America

Joie Chitwood

First Name Joie
Born on April 14, 1912
Died on January 3, 1988 (aged 75)

George Rice Chitwood, nicknamed "Joie", was an American racecar driver and businessman. He is best known as a daredevil in the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show.

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Sam Hanks

First Name Sam
Last Name Hanks
Born on July 13, 1914
Died on June 27, 1994 (aged 79)

Sam Hanks was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Championship cars.

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Jim Hall

First Name Jim
Last Name Hall
Born on July 23, 1935 (age 91)

Jim Hall is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the greatest American racing drivers of his generation, capturing consecutive United States Road Racing Championships, two Road America 500s, two Watkins Glen Grands Prix for sports cars, the 1965 Canadian Grand Prix for sports cars, the 1965 Pacific Northwest Grand Prix, and scoring a massive upset at the 1965 12 Hours of Sebring over a contingent of factory-backed Ford GTs, Shelby Daytona Coupes and Ferrari entries. If anything Hall's accomplishments behind the wheel have been overshadowed by his pivotal contributions to race car design through his series of Chaparral sports racing and Indy cars. Hall's cars won in every series in which they competed: USRRC, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000, World Sportscar Championship, Autoweek Championship, Canadian Sports Car Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.

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Anthony G. Brown

First Name Anthony
Last Name Brown
Born on November 21, 1961 (age 64)

Anthony Gregory Brown is an American lawyer and politician, who is serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district. The district covers most of the majority-black precincts in Prince George's County, as well as a sliver of Anne Arundel County.

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Nesmith Ankeny

First Name Nesmith
Last Name Ankeny
Born on January 1, 1927
Died on August 4, 1993 (aged 66)

Nesmith Cornett Ankeny was an American mathematician specialising in number theory.

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David Caspe

First Name David
Last Name Caspe
Born on October 20, 1978 (age 48)

David Herbert Caspe is an American film and television writer. As a writer-producer, he is best known for his work in television as creator of sitcoms such as ABC's Happy Endings, the Showtime comedy Black Monday, and the NBC sitcoms Kenan and Marry Me. Other work includes writing the 2012 film That's My Boy and co-creating the YouTube Premium series Champaign ILL.

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David Driskell

First Name David
Last Name Driskell
Born on June 7, 1931
Died on April 1, 2020 (aged 88)

David C. Driskell was an American artist, scholar and curator; recognized for his work in establishing African-American Art as a distinct field of study. In his lifetime, Driskell was cited as one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of African-American Art. Driskell held the title of Distinguished University Professor of Art, Emeritus, at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Troy Ruttman

First Name Troy
Last Name Ruttman
Born on March 11, 1930
Died on May 19, 1997 (aged 67)

Troy Ruttman was an American race car driver. He was the older brother of NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman, Jerry Ruttman, and Jimmie Ruttman.

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Fredric M. Frank

First Name Fredric
Born on July 9, 1911
Died on May 9, 1977 (aged 65)

Writer Fredric M. Frank was a favourite scribe of Cecil B. deMille and worked with him on several of his epic productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s including Unconquered, Samson and Delilah, The Greatest Show on Earth for which he won an Academy Award for Best Story, and The Ten Commandments.

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Edmund Szoka

First Name Edmund
Last Name Szoka
Born on September 14, 1927
Died on August 20, 2014 (aged 86)

Edmund Casimir Szoka was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President Emeritus of the Governorate of Vatican City State, having previously served as Bishop of Gaylord from 1971 to 1981 and Archbishop of Detroit from 1981 to 1990. Szoka was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.

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