List of Famous people born in United States of America

Elisabeth Fraser was an American actress, best known for playing brassy blondes.

James Gaines, birth name James Larry M. Gaines Jr., is a character actor, singer, musician, writer, director and producer born on May 18, in Maui, Hawaii. He was sometimes also credited as Jaimes Gaines, Jim Gaines, and James Gainers.

William McKinley "Red" Garland, Jr. was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of piano playing.

Kenneth Carroll Guinn, was an American academic administrator, businessman and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007 and interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 1994 to 1995. Originally a Democrat, he later joined the Republican Party prior to being elected governor.

Joseph Wharton was an American industrialist. He was involved in mining, manufacturing and education. He founded the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founded the Bethlehem Steel company, and was one of the founders of Swarthmore College.

John Amos Shea, better known as Jack Shea or The Chief, was an American double-gold medalist in speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics. He was the first American to win two gold medals at one Winter Olympics, and was the patriarch of the first family with three generations of Winter Olympians. Along with his compatriot Irving Jaffee, he was the most successful athlete at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Eliza Swenson is an American actress, producer, singer, and composer. She was born on July 28, 1982 in Quincy, California. She has 5 siblings and is the youngest of them. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Media and Sound Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2003.

Rocco Scott LaFaro was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. Despite his short career, he was ranked #16 on Bass Player magazine's top 100 bass players of all time.

Robert Francis "Bobby" Convey is an American former soccer player who most recently played for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.

Sanford "Sandy" Meisner was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his approach differed markedly in that he completely abandoned the use of affective memory, a distinct characteristic of method acting. Meisner maintained an emphasis on "the reality of doing", which was the foundation of his approach.