List of Famous people born in United States of America
Richard Irving
Irving Israel was an American actor, director and producer. He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Television Movie for his work on the television programs The Name of the Game and Quincy, M.E.. Irving died in December 1990 of a heart surgery at the hospital in San Diego, California, at the age of 73. He was buried in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery.
Adam Nelson
Adam McCright Nelson is an American shot putter and Olympic gold medalist. Nelson competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition to his gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, Nelson won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics.
George Papp
George Edward Papp was an American comics artist best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running Superboy feature for DC Comics. Papp also co-created the Green Arrow character with Mort Weisinger and co-created Congo Bill with writer Whitney Ellsworth.
Fred Giannelli
Fred Giannelli is an American electronic musician. He began experimenting with electronics in the 1970s as Turning Shrines. In 1984, Giannelli met Psychic TV's Genesis P. Orridge while the group was in Boston for a gig. This led to Giannelli eventually travelling to London to join the band in 1988, arriving just in time for the acid house craze. He then left Psychic TV for the Plus 8 label, working with Detroit DJ and producer Richie Hawtin as Spawn. Continuing under the Plus 8 label, he formed the Telepathic label for his own industrial/techno recordings as the Acid Didj, Giannelli, Deneuve and Mazdaratti. The 1990s saw him release a number of records, including 1997's Unpopular Science under the alias of the Kooky Scientist.
Colby O'Donis
Colby O'Donis Colón is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is perhaps best known as the featured artist in the Lady Gaga single "Just Dance", which spent more than eleven months on the Billboard Hot 100. He is also well known for his lead single on his debut album Colby O titled "What You Got" featuring Akon, which peaked at number 14 on the Hot 100, and being featured on Akon's song "Beautiful", which peaked at number 19 on the Hot 100.
Will Brittain
Will Brittain is an American actor. He has had roles in the films A Teacher (2013), Lila & Eve (2015), and Everybody Wants Some!! (2016).
Brad Carter
David Bradley Carter is an American film and television actor, guitarist, painter, sculptor, and photographer, known for playing Charlie Lange in True Detective and Leland Gruen in Sons of Anarchy.
Adam Putnam
Adam Hughes Putnam is an American politician and a Republican who served as Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture from 2011 to 2019. He served in Congress for five terms, representing the Central Florida-based 12th Congressional district. He was the House Republican Conference Chair from 2007 to 2009.
Adam Rankin Alexander
Adam Rankin Alexander was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
Meyer Dwass
Meyer Dwass was an American mathematical statistician known for his contributions to applied probability. Dwass was a professor of statistics at Northwestern University.