List of Famous people born in United States of America

James Griffith

First Name James
Last Name Griffith
Born on February 13, 1916
Died on September 17, 1993 (aged 77)

James Jeffrey Griffith was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter.

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The Amazing Criswell

First Name The
Died on October 4, 1982 (aged 12)

Jeron Criswell King, known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell, was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.

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Albert Parker

First Name Albert
Last Name Parker
Born on May 11, 1885
Died on August 10, 1974 (aged 89)

Albert Parker was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He directed 36 films between 1917 and 1938. In the early 1930s Parker left Hollywood for England where he continued to direct films and also opened an actors' agency office. One of his later clients in the 1960s was a young actress named Helen Mirren. He was born in New York City, USA, and died in London, England.

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Wayne Grayson

Vincent Penna Jr.
First Name Wayne
Last Name Grayson
Born on September 22, 1974 (age 52)

Vincent "Vinnie" Penna Jr., also known as Wayne Grayson, is an American voice actor and director primarily known for his work at 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video.

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John Archibald Wheeler

First Name John
Last Name Wheeler
Died on April 13, 2008 (aged 38)

John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist. He was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission. Together with Gregory Breit, Wheeler developed the concept of the Breit–Wheeler process. He is best known for using the term "black hole" for objects with gravitational collapse already predicted during the early 20th century, for inventing the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator", "wormhole" and "it from bit", and for hypothesizing the "one-electron universe".

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Aurelius Battaglia

First Name Aurelius
Last Name Battaglia
Born on January 16, 1910
Died on May 22, 1984 (aged 74)

Aurelius Battaglia was an American illustrator, muralist, writer, and director. He was born in Washington, D.C., in 1910 and he died in Provincetown, MA in May 1984. He was the son of Giuseppe and Concetta Battaglia, who had emigrated from Cefalù, Italy. Aurelius attended the Corcoran School of Art. He graduated as one of the Corcoran's most promising students, winning $50 in a Corcoran-sponsored art contest.

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Ray Rennahan

First Name Ray
Last Name Rennahan
Born on May 1, 1896
Died on May 19, 1980 (aged 84)

Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. was a motion picture cinematographer.

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Forrest Griffin

First Name Forrest
Last Name Griffin
Born on July 1, 1979 (age 47)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Forrest Griffin is an American retired mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013 and currently serves as the Vice President of Athlete Development at the UFC Performance Institute. Griffin, a former Georgia police officer, first rose to prominence after winning the first season of The Ultimate Fighter. In the tournament finals, he defeated Stephan Bonnar, which is widely credited as sparking the success of the UFC.

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Silas Weir Mitchell

First Name Silas
Last Name Mitchell
Born on September 30, 1970 (age 56)

Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor. He is known for starring as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik in the Fox television series Prison Break (2005–2007) and as Monroe in the NBC television series Grimm (2011–2017).

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Matt Grevers

First Name Matt
Last Name Grevers
Born on March 26, 1985 (age 41)
Height 203 cm | 6'8

Matthew Grevers is an American competition swimmer who competes in the backstroke and freestyle events, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. He has won a total of thirty-three medals in major international competition, fourteen gold, twelve silver, and seven bronze spanning the Olympics, World Championships, and the Universiade. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Grevers won gold medals as a member of the U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relays, and a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4×100-meter medley relay, and a silver medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

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