List of Famous people born in United States of America

Milton Gray Campbell was an American decathlete of the 1950s. In 1956, he became the first African American to win the gold medal in the decathlon of the Summer Olympic Games.

Nancy Kahn Stanton is a professor emeritus of mathematics at University of Notre Dame. She is known for her research in complex analysis, partial differential equations, and differential geometry.

Jeffrey Ford is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humor, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales told within tales. He is a graduate of Binghamton University, where he studied with the novelist John Gardner.

Nancy Everhard is an American former actress. She became known for her roles in the films DeepStar Six (1989) and The Punisher (1989). She also appeared in television series such as Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993), The Untouchables (1993–1994), and Everwood (2002–2004).

Kage Baker was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

James Franklin Jeffrey aka Jim Jeffrey is an American diplomat who serves as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.

Thomas Lee Holland is an American screenwriter, actor, and director best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning the 1983 sequel to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho, directing and co-writing the first entry in the long-running Child's Play franchise, and writing and directing the cult vampire film Fright Night. He also directed the Stephen King adaptations The Langoliers and Thinner. He is a two-time Saturn Award recipient. Holland made the jump into children’s literature in 2018 when he co-wrote How to Scare a Monster with fellow writer Dustin Warburton.

Shane Brandon McMahon is an American businessman and professional wrestler. He is the executive vice-chairman of Ideanomics, formerly Seven Stars Cloud Group. He is also a minority owner and producer in WWE.

Patricia Elaine "Tricia" Baumhardt is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter raised in Dillsboro, Indiana. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the American Christian rock band Superchick. In 2011, she released her first full-length, solo studio album The Road as Tricia Brock. Her name was shortened to Tricia for her second album Radiate and its preview EP, Enough, in 2013.

John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician best known for development of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name. He is also credited with coining the term 'bit'.