List of Famous people born in United States of America

William M. Jennings

First Name William
Last Name Jennings
Born on December 14, 1920
Died on August 17, 1981 (aged 60)

William M. Jennings was an executive in the National Hockey League.

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Mel Shaw

Melvin Schwartzman
First Name Mel
Last Name Shaw
Born on December 19, 1914
Died on November 22, 2012 (aged 97)

Mel Shaw was an American animator, design artist, writer, and artist. Shaw was involved in the animation, story design, and visual development of numerous Disney animated films, beginning with Bambi, which was released in 1942. His other animated film credits, usually involving animation design or the story, included The Rescuers in 1977, The Fox and the Hound in 1981, The Black Cauldron in 1985, The Great Mouse Detective in 1986, Beauty and the Beast in 1991, and The Lion King in 1994. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004 for his contributions to the Walt Disney Company.

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Conrad W. Hall

First Name Conrad
Last Name Hall
Born on November 13, 1958 (age 67)

Conrad Winchester Hall is an American cinematographer. He is the son of the Oscar-winning cinematographer Conrad L. Hall.

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Guy L. Steele

First Name Guy
Last Name Steele
Born on October 2, 1954 (age 72)

Guy Lewis Steele Jr. is an American computer scientist who has played an important role in designing and documenting several computer programming languages and technical standards.

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Alden B. Dow

First Name Alden
Last Name Dow
Born on April 10, 1904
Died on August 20, 1983 (aged 79)

Alden B. Dow was an American architect based in Midland, Michigan, and known for his contributions to the style of Michigan Modern. During a career that spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, he designed more than 70 residences and dozens of churches, schools, civic and art centers, and commercial buildings. His personal residence, the Midland Center for the Arts, and the 1950s Grace A. Dow Memorial Library are among numerous examples of his work located in his hometown of Midland, Michigan. The son of Herbert Henry Dow and philanthropist Grace A. Dow, Dow is known for his prolific architectural designs.

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Leib Groner

First Name Leib
Last Name Groner
Born on April 24, 1931
Died on April 7, 2020 (aged 88)

Yehuda Leib "Leibel" Groner was an American Hasidic Jewish teacher, scholar, and author. He is best known for having served as the personal secretary to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, for 44 years.

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Karl Makinen

Karl Edward Makinen, Jr.
First Name Karl
Last Name Makinen
Born on December 15, 1970 (age 55)
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Theodore Hesburgh

First Name Theodore
Last Name Hesburgh
Born on May 25, 1917
Died on February 26, 2015 (aged 97)

Rev. Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC was a native of Syracuse, New York, who became an ordained priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and is best known for his service as the president of the University of Notre Dame for thirty-five years (1952–1987). In addition to his career as an educator and author, Hesburgh was a public servant and social activist involved in numerous American civic and governmental initiatives, commissions, international humanitarian projects, and papal assignments. Hesburgh received numerous honors and awards for his service, most notably the United States's Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964) and Congressional Gold Medal (2000). As of 2013, he also held the world's record for the individual with most honorary degrees with more than 150.

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Johnnie Wright

First Name Johnnie
Born on May 13, 1914
Died on September 27, 2011 (aged 97)

Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of country music star Kitty Wells.

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Adam Bernstein

First Name Adam
Last Name Bernstein
Born on May 7, 1960 (age 66)

Adam Bernstein is an American film director, music video director and television director. For his work on the television show Fargo in 2014, he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. In 2007, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on 30 Rock.

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