List of Famous people born in United States of America
Fred Moore
Robert Fred Moore, was an American artist and character animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Often called "Freddie," he was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Despite limited formal art training, he rose to prominence at Disney very quickly in the early 1930s, due to his great natural talent and the tremendous appeal of his drawings. His drawings are still greatly admired by animators and animation fans.
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald Mayer Rubin is an American biologist, notable for pioneering the use of transposable P elements in genetics, and for leading the public project to sequence the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Related to his genomics work, Rubin's lab is notable for development of genetic and genomics tools and studies of signal transduction and gene regulation. Rubin also serves as a Vice President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Executive Director of the Janelia Research Campus.
Natalie Shaw
Natalie Shaw is an American actress from Topanga Canyon, California currently living in Venice, California. She played the character Shane Fusco on the television series Under Suspicion, earning her a nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Series for the Young Artist Awards, Tally in Just One Night with Timothy Hutton, Rachel Kaplan on the House MD episode "Babies & Bathwater", and more. She was also in a Roman Coppola-directed Levis commercial. She is the daughter of actress Susan Damante and the sister of actress Vinessa Shaw.
Bernard James
Bernard Ronald James is an American professional basketball player who last played for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for Florida State University. He is also the oldest player ever to be drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) at 27 years and 148 days old.
Sheldon Mayer
Sheldon Mayer was an American comics artist, writer, and editor. One of the earliest employees of Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications, Mayer produced almost all of his comics work for the company that would become known as DC Comics.
John Wingate Weeks
John Wingate Weeks was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as the Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts from 1902 to 1903, a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925.
George Herbert Walker III
George Herbert "Bert" Walker III was an American businessman, diplomat and philanthropist. He served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2003 to 2006. He was the first cousin of President George H. W. Bush, and first cousin once removed of President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
David Kennedy
David Kennedy was an American film producer and talent agent. His work includes Saving Milly and Dark Shadows, based on the popular gothic soap opera created by Dan Curtis. Kennedy coincidentally ran Dan Curtis Productions until Curtis' death in March 2006.
John E. Blaha
John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.
Lala Sloatman
Lala Cassandra Sloatman is an American model, actress and costumer. Her uncle was musician Frank Zappa; her cousins are Ahmet, Diva, Moon and Dweezil Zappa. She is frequently billed by her first name only, and sometimes as Lala Zappa.