List of Famous people born in United States of America

Ina Donna Coolbrith was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of California", she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state.

Rachel Specter is an American writer, producer and actress. She has written episodes of One Tree Hill, Cougar Town, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Indebted. She is also known for being the writer, producer, and director of the television show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Nelson George is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Shalom "Sam" Jaffe was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and appeared in other classic films such as Ben-Hur (1959) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He is also remembered for other outstanding performances such as the title role in Gunga Din (1939) and the High Lama in Lost Horizon (1937).

Ruth Harriet Louise was an American professional photographer, the first woman photographer active in Hollywood; she ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930.

Phil Bronstein is an American journalist and editor. He serves as executive chair of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, California. He is best known for his work as a war correspondent and investigative journalist. In 1986, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Later, he held leadership positions with The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and Hearst Newspapers Corporation.

Ilene Chaiken is an American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions. Chaiken is best known as being the co-creator, a writer and executive producer on the television series The L Word and was recently an executive producer on the hit television series Empire.

Jean Parker was an American film and stage actress. A native of Montana, Parker's parents were indigent during the Great Depression, and she was adopted by a family in Pasadena, California at age 10. She initially aspired to have a career as an illustrator and artist, and was discovered at age 17 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Louis B. Mayer after a photograph of her was published in a Los Angeles newspaper following her winning a poster contest.

Hortense Calisher was an American writer of fiction and the second female president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.