List of Famous people born in United States of America

Dan Curtis was an American director, writer, and producer of television and film, known among fans of horror films for his afternoon TV series Dark Shadows and TV films such as Trilogy of Terror. Dark Shadows originally aired from 1966 to 1971 and has aired in syndication for nearly 40 years. Curtis was responsible for the 1991 remake of Dark Shadows, which was canceled because of low ratings.

Arne Oldberg was an American pianist, composer, and teacher. He spent his career on the faculty of Northwestern University (1897–1941), where he taught piano and composition and, from 1924 until his retirement in 1941, served as director of the graduate department of the Music School. Among his students were composers Howard Hanson, Cecilia Clare Bocard, and Ella May Walker.

Francis Marion Campbell was an American football defensive lineman and coach. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1949 until 1951, where he was appropriately nicknamed "Swamp Fox" because of his first and middle names. During his National Football League (NFL) playing career, he played for the San Francisco 49ers (1954–1955) and the Philadelphia Eagles (1956–1961), winning Pro Bowl honors in 1959 and 1960 and also being named 1st team All-Pro in 1960 as part of the Eagles' championship team that year. He was one of the last of the NFL's "two-way" players who played all offensive and defensive snaps in a game.

Marion McCorry is an American film and television actress.

John Randal Kleiser is an American actor, film and television director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing the 1978 musical romantic-comedy film Grease

Erin Morgenstern is an American multimedia artist and the author of two fantasy novels. The Night Circus (2011) was published in more than a dozen languages by 2013 and won the annual Locus Award for Best First Novel. She is a 2012 recipient of the Alex Awards. Her second book, The Starless Sea, was published in 2019.

Shawn Reaves is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Harrison Davies, the brother of the main character Tru Davies on the Fox television series, Tru Calling.

Marjorie Lee Eaton was an American painter, photographer and character actress who physically portrayed Emperor Palpatine in the original release of The Empire Strikes Back, though her face was masked and her voice dubbed. The 2004 DVD release of the film had her replaced by the best-known portrayer of the character, Ian McDiarmid.

Ted Sherdeman was an American radio producer, television writer and screenwriter. He was known for the films The Eddie Cantor Story (1953), Away All Boats (1956), St. Louis Blues (1958), A Dog of Flanders (1960) and Misty (1961); and the TV series Wagon Train (1958-1965), Hazel (1963-1966), My Favorite Martian (1964), Flying Nun (1968), Bewitched (1965). He died on 22 August 1987 in Santa Ana, California at aged 77.