List of Famous people born in United States of America
Leonard Nitz
Leonard Harvey Nitz is a retired track cyclist from the United States. He won the silver medal in the 4000m team pursuit and bronze in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Nitz was the bronze medalist in the Amateur Points Race at the 1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Norman Braman
Norman Braman is an American billionaire car dealer, art collector, and former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Mary Jo Catlett
Mary Jo Catlett is an American actress. She is a main cast member on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, providing the voice of Mrs. Puff. She is also known for originating the role of Ernestina in the 1964 Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! and for playing Pearl Gallagher, the third housekeeper on Diff'rent Strokes.
Ernest Dickerson
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson, A. S. C. also known as Ernest R. Dickerson, Roscoe, and Ernest Dickerson, is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos.
William David Coolidge
William David Coolidge was an American physicist and engineer, who made major contributions to X-ray machines. He was the director of the General Electric Research Laboratory and a vice-president of the corporation. He was also famous for the development of "ductile tungsten", which is important for the incandescent light bulb.
William B. Saxbe
William Bart "Bill" Saxbe was an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, and as the U.S. Ambassador to India.
Dudley Nichols
Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.
Leigh Scott
Ernest Palmer
Ernest George Palmer was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of Ivanhoe.
Nora Denney
Nora Denney, also credited as Dodo Denney, was an American stage, television, and film actress.