List of Famous people born in United States of America
Sandra Lerner
Sandy Lerner, is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She co-founded Cisco Systems, and used the money from its sale to pursue interests in animal welfare and women's writing. One of her main projects, Chawton House, is in England, but most of her work remains in the United States.
Kingman Brewster
Kingman Brewster Jr. was an American educator, president of Yale University, and diplomat.
Chris Warren
Chris Warren Jr. is an American actor who is best known as Zeke Baylor in the High School Musical franchise. He also has roles in The Fosters and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. In 2019 he plays the role of Jason Parker in the ABC series Grand Hotel.
Joe F. Edwards
Joe Frank Edwards Jr., , is an American aerospace engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut.
Edith Peters
Edith Peters was an American singer and actress. She appeared in more than sixteen films from 1957 to 1981.
Ray Patterson
Raymond Albert Patterson, Jr. was general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets from 1972 to 1990. He was named NBA Executive of the Year in 1977, and his Rockets appeared in the NBA Finals in 1981 and 1986. Among his most notable player acquisitions were Ralph Sampson in 1983 and Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984. He left the Rockets in 1990 with hopes of becoming co-owner of an NHL team in Houston, and was succeeded by his son, Steve. Ray Patterson's NHL dreams never materialized, but he helped found an International Hockey League franchise, the Houston Aeros, in 1994.
Reed Birney
Reed Birney is an American actor. He has worked both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Tracey Adams
Debra Blaisdell, known professionally as Tracey Adams, is an American former pornographic film actress who has also appeared in mainstream films. She is an AVN Hall of Fame founding inductee.
Frank Stanton
Frank Nicholas Stanton was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973. He also served as the chairman of the Rand Corporation from 1961 until 1967.
Adam Horowitz
Adam Horowitz is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-creating the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time with his writing partner Edward Kitsis. Days after the show ended in 2018, Kitsis and Horowitz were announced as showrunners for Apple TV's Amazing Stories.