List of Famous people born in United States of America

Alan Lightman

First Name Alan
Last Name Lightman
Born on November 28, 1948 (age 77)

Alan Paige Lightman is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He has served on the faculties of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently a Professor of the Practice of the Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was one of the first people at MIT to have a joint faculty position in both the sciences and the humanities. In his thinking and writing, Lightman is known for exploring the intersection of the sciences and the humanities, especially the dialogue between science, philosophy, religion, and spirituality.

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Thomas Campbell Clark

First Name Thomas
Last Name Clark
Born on September 23, 1899
Died on June 13, 1977 (aged 77)

Thomas Campbell Clark was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967.

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Peter Tolan

First Name Peter
Last Name Tolan
Born on July 5, 1958 (age 68)

Peter James Tolan III is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter.

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Jesse L. Greenstein

First Name Jesse
Last Name Greenstein
Born on October 15, 1909
Died on October 21, 2002 (aged 93)

Jesse Leonard Greenstein was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold.

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Arnold Gingrich

First Name Arnold
Last Name Gingrich
Born on December 5, 1903
Died on July 9, 1976 (aged 72)

Arnold W. Gingrich was the editor of, and, along with publisher David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson, co-founder of Esquire magazine. Among his other projects was the political/newsmagazine Ken.

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W. W. Bartley III

William Warren Bartley III
First Name W.
Last Name III
Born on October 2, 1934
Died on February 5, 1990 (aged 55)

William Warren Bartley III, known as W. W. Bartley III, was an American philosopher specializing in 20th century philosophy, language and logic, and the Vienna Circle.

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Timothy Kopra

First Name Timothy
Last Name Kopra
Born on April 9, 1963 (age 63)

Timothy Lennart "Tim" Kopra is an engineer, a Colonel in the United States Army and a retired NASA astronaut. He served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 20, returning to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-128 mission on September 11, 2009. He returned to the ISS for the second time in December 2015, as part of Expedition 46 and as the Commander of 47.

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John Ducey

First Name John
Last Name Ducey
Born on January 21, 1969 (age 57)

John Joseph Ducey is an American actor who has appeared in over 20 television shows, mainly sitcoms.

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Jon Barwise

First Name Jon
Last Name Barwise
Born on June 29, 1942
Died on March 5, 2000 (aged 57)

Kenneth Jon Barwise was an American mathematician, philosopher and logician who proposed some fundamental revisions to the way that logic is understood and used.

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James Cruze

First Name James
Last Name Cruze
Born on March 27, 1884
Died on August 3, 1942 (aged 58)

James Cruze was a silent film actor and film director.

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