List of Famous people born in United States of America
Lance Ito
Lance Allan Ito is an American retired judge best known for presiding over the criminal trial for the O. J. Simpson murder case, held in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1995.
Maggie Q
Margaret Denise Quigley, professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress and model.
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise Goldsberry is an American actress, singer and songwriter, known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include Nettie Harris in the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, and Mimi Marquez in Rent. She has portrayed many roles on television, including Geneva Pine on The Good Wife, and Evangeline Williamson on One Life to Live, for which she received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Curtis Marsh, Sr.
Curtis Joseph Marsh Sr. is a former gridiron football wide receiver who played for three seasons in the National Football League and two seasons in the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 1995 NFL Draft, and played for the team for two seasons. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1997. He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 2000−2001, and was named a CFL All-Star following the 2000 season. He played college football at Utah. He attended Royal High School in Simi Valley, California.
Margaret Cuomo
Margaret I. Cuomo is an American radiologist, author, philanthropist, advocate, and blogger on health issues, especially those related to cancer prevention. She is the oldest child of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and former New York First Lady Matilda Cuomo, and sister to current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and journalist Chris Cuomo. She resides in New York.
Matthew Modine
Matthew Avery Modine is an American actor, activist and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket. His other film roles include the title character in Birdy, the high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest, Joe Slovak in Gross Anatomy, Drake Goodman in Pacific Heights and Dr. Ralph Wyman in Short Cuts. On television, Modine portrayed Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things, the oversexed Sullivan Groff on Weeds, Dr. Don Francis in And the Band Played On and Ivan Turing in Proof.
Trinity Rodman
Trinity Rodman is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She is the youngest player ever drafted in NWSL history.
Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. She was a commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Cassandre and Didon by Berlioz and Bartók's Judith. The New York Times music critic Edward Rothstein described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound", and wrote that "it has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous halls."
JuJu Smith-Schuster
John Sherman "JuJu" Smith-Schuster is an American football wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC, where he was a Rose Bowl champion in his junior year, before declaring for the 2017 NFL Draft. He was selected by the Steelers in the second round of the draft.
Aaron Donald
Aaron Charles Donald is an American football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Pittsburgh, where he was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was drafted by the Rams with the thirteenth pick in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He has been selected to seven Pro Bowls in his seven years into the league, won the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and has twice been named as the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, having won it back-to-back in 2017 and 2018. Donald has been cited as one of the greatest defensive tackles of all time.