List of Famous people born in United States of America

Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. Howard Rollins was best known for his role as Andrew Young in 1978's King, George Haley in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the 1981 film Ragtime, Captain Davenport in the 1984 film A Soldier's Story, and as Virgil Tibbs on the TV crime drama In the Heat of the Night. In the fall of 1996, Rollins was diagnosed with AIDS. Six weeks later, he died at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York at the age of 46, from complications from AIDS-related lymphoma. As was typical at the time, his publicist issued a statement claiming he suffered from lymphatic cancer. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in his native Baltimore.

Christopher Daniel Barnes, also known professionally as C. D. Barnes, C. B. Barnes and Chris Barnes, is an American actor. He is best known for his voice role as the title superhero of the 1994 animated series Spider-Man and as Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid, as well as his on-screen portrayal of Greg Brady in the films The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel.

Anthony Michael Ruivivar is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of paramedic Carlos Nieto in Third Watch, as the voice of Bruce Wayne / Batman in Beware the Batman, and as Chief Alex Longshadow in the Cinemax original series Banshee. He often plays characters working in law enforcement.

Anthony Michael Pilla is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland from 1979 to 1980 and Bishop of Cleveland from 1980 to 2006.

Michael J. Rogers is a former U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Rogers served from 2001 to 2015. From 2011 to 2015, he was Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Preston Lacy is an American stunt performer, actor, and one of the stars of the reality stunt show Jackass.

Dawn Harper-Nelson is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles. She was the gold medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the silver medalist in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2017 World Championships. Dawn Harper is the first American 100-meter hurdler to ever win gold at an Olympics and medal in the following Olympics. She is trained by Bob Kersee, husband of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, six time Olympic medalist also from her hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois.

Wolfgang Zilzer was a German-American stage and film actor, often under the stage name Paul Andor.

Carl Jefferson was an American jazz record producer, and was the founder of the Concord Records label.