List of Famous people born in United States of America

John Joseph Gibbons was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and was later a partner at the law firm of Gibbons P.C.. After a spell with the US Navy he began his legal career at Crummy & Consodine and later became a partner of the firm, which incorporated his name into its title. He was nominated to the third circuit court of appeals by US President Richard Nixon in December 1969 and served on that court until his retirement in 1990. During the last three years he served as chief judge and during his tenure wrote more than 800 legal opinions. After retirement Gibbons returned to his original firm and worked on human rights cases, in commercial arbitration and intellectual property disputes. He received a lifetime achievement award from The American Lawyer in 2005 and in 2006 was named as one of the National Law Journal's "100 most influential lawyers".

Thomas Charles O'Halleran is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district since 2017. Beginning his political career as a Republican, he was the Arizona State Senator from the 1st district from 2007 to 2009. In 2015, he became a member of the Democratic Party. He also serves as the Chair of Communications for the Blue Dog Caucus.

David Russell Edgerton Jr. was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of the Burger King Corporation, in what would become the second largest burger chain after McDonald's. After serving as a manager of another restaurant, Howard Johnson's, on March 1, 1954 he opened a franchise outlet of the restaurant chain Insta Burger King in Miami, Florida. On June 1 of the same year, he met fellow restaurateur James McLamore and the two founded the Burger King Corporation. After leaving Burger King, he went on to start Bodega, a steakhouse restaurant.

Thomas Conrad Hoefling is an American activist and politician. He is the founder and national chairman of America's Party and was the party's 2012 and 2016 presidential nominee. Hoefling has served as political director for Alan Keyes' political group America's Revival, and as a representative for the American Conservative Coalition.

John Lavelle is an American stage, film, television actor, and playwright who is perhaps best known for his role as Benjamin Braddock in John Reid's 2002 Broadway adaptation of The Graduate, where he starred opposite Lorraine Bracco. and for his portrayal of Roy Reed in the film Selma. He is the author of several plays including Sinner's Laundry and Inhalation. He won a Drama Desk Award for his work in The Royale at the Lincoln Center Theatre.

Tom Dahlgren is an American actor. His professional acting career began in 1972, when he was almost 40. He has also worked as a stage actor with the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Theatre West in Los Angeles, and many other Los Angeles area theatres.

John Robert Ledford II is an American entrepreneur and producer in the anime industry. Most known for founding A.D. Vision, Anime Network, Newtype USA and Sentai Filmworks, Ledford has been an executive producer for hundreds of anime titles including Halo Legends, Appleseed Alpha, Short Peace, Sailor Moon, Hello Kitty, and the dubbing of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

David G. Heckel is an American entomologist.

Thomas Harold Gamboa is an American professional baseball coach and manager.

Robert Mearns Yerkes was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology.