List of Famous people born in United States of America
Meinhardt Raabe
Meinhardt Frank Raabe was an American actor. He was one of the last surviving Munchkin-actors in The Wizard of Oz, and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogue in the film. He portrayed the coroner who certified the death of the Wicked Witch of the East.
Cindy Axne
Cynthia Lynne Axne is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican David Young in the 2018 election. The district is anchored in the state capital, Des Moines; it includes much of the state's southwest quadrant, including Council Bluffs. Following the defeat of Abby Finkenauer and the retirement of Dave Loebsack from Congress, Axne became the sole Democrat in Iowa's delegation in 2021. She currently is the dean of Iowa's delegation to the House of Representatives.
Angie Craig
Angela Dawn Craig is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican Jason Lewis in the 2018 election. The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities, such as Burnsville, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights, Apple Valley, Lakeville, and Savage.
Charles Victor Grahmann
Charles Victor Grahmann was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served as the sixth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas.
John Marshall Harlan II
John Marshall Harlan was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. Harlan is usually called John Marshall Harlan II to distinguish him from his grandfather John Marshall Harlan, who served on the Supreme Court from 1877 to 1911.
George Bassman
George Bassman was an American composer and arranger.
Charles Yerkes
Charles Tyson Yerkes Jr. was an American financier. He played a part in developing mass-transit systems in Chicago and London.
Larry Bucshon
Larry Dean Bucshon is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Richard S. Wright
George Baxt
George Baxt was an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction, best remembered for creating the gay black detective, Pharaoh Love.