List of Famous people born in United States of America

Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights.

Bernard Sylvester Addison was an American jazz guitarist.

Jeremy Robert Powell is an American former professional baseball player. He is currently the pitching coach for the AAA New Orleans Baby Cakes. He played for the Montreal Expos in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Francis Joseph Gossman was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh in North Carolina from 1975 to 2006.

Francis Strother Lyon was a prominent Alabama attorney and politician. He served two terms in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War after being an antebellum member of the United States Congress.

Bernard Louis Kowalski was an American film and television director of Polish descent, nominated for two Primetime Emmys.

Bernard Jules Brillstein was an American film and television producer, executive producer, and talent agent. He began his career in the 1950s at the William Morris Agency before founding his own company in 1969 and later joining forces with Brad Grey to helm Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, one of the most important and influential Hollywood talent management and production companies. He is remembered for producing successful TV programs like Hee Haw, The Muppet Show, and The Sopranos, and hit films including The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters and Happy Gilmore.

Paul Gerard Hawken is an American environmentalist, entrepreneur, author, and activist.

Stephen Dwoskin was an accomplished experimental filmmaker whose work had a decisive effect on the British film theorists of the early 1970s. His films are held at the BFI and distributed by LUX. His archive is held at The University of Reading.