List of Famous people born in United States of America
Jerry Paris
William Gerald Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Tony Meola
Antonio Michael "Tony" Meola is an American retired soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the United States national team at the 1990, 1994, and 2002 World Cups. From 1996 to 2006, he played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer division, where he obtained multiple honors. Meola is currently a radio host on SiriusXM FC.
Douglass Montgomery
Robert Douglass Montgomery was an American film actor.
Eugene M. Zuckert
Eugene Martin Zuckert was the seventh United States Secretary of the Air Force from January 23, 1961 to September 30, 1965. During his service as secretary, he witnessed the shifting of decision-making powers from the military departments to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a process that continued throughout the 1960s. He observed that the Air Force ought to investigate technologies that would have some bearing on future aerospace military operations, leading to "Project Forecast," a study initiated in March 1963.
Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2006 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical Spring Awakening.
G. Mennen Williams
Gerhard Mennen "Soapy" Williams was the 41st Governor of Michigan, elected in 1948 and serving six two-year terms in office. He later served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Richard N. Cabela
Richard Neil "Dick" Cabela was an American entrepreneur, best known as a co-founder of Cabela's, a leading outfitter of outdoor sporting and recreational goods. He stated that his business was inspired by his bout with poliomyelitis and a deep love of hunting and fishing. He was also described as "a vocal supporter of the National Rifle Association" and a hunter who decorated his home with taxidermic wildlife.
Richard M. Schulze
Richard Michael Schulze is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Best Buy and was chairman and CEO. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked number 722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.
Susannah Hunnewell
Susannah Gordon Hunnewell was an American editor and publisher. She was the publisher of The Paris Review. Hunnewell was born in Boston and spent much of her life in Paris. In 2018 she was named as a Chevalier of the French order of arts and letters.
Richard Kinder
Richard Kinder is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Kinder Morgan Inc., an energy and pipeline corporation.