List of Famous people born in United States of America
James Ellsworth
James Ellsworth Morris, is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name James Ellsworth best known for his tenure with WWE.
Edward Herrmann
Edward Kirk Herrmann was an American actor, director, and writer, best known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt on television, Richard Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, Max in The Lost Boys and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova, and as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the 1990s.
Waka Flocka Flame
Juaquin James Malphurs, known professionally as Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper. Signing to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. Records in 2009, he became a mainstream artist with the release of his singles "O Let's Do It", "Hard in da Paint", and "No Hands", with the latter peaking at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100. His debut studio album Flockaveli was released in 2010. His second studio album Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family was released in 2012 and was preceded by the lead single "Round of Applause".
Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987.
Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio
Jeanette Christina Dousdebes Rubio is the wife of United States Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Marco Rubio.
Philip Hamilton
Philip Hamilton was the youngest child of Alexander Hamilton, who was the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was named in memory of his oldest brother, also Philip Hamilton.
Lil Eazy-E
Eric Lynn Wright, Jr., better known by his stage name Lil Eazy-E and Lil Eazy, is an American musician and HIV activist. He is CEO of NWA Entertainment, LLC, a music and media production company in which he is partners with his brother, Derrek Wright, and Lisa Marcum. He also manages Compton MoneyGang, a musical collaboration with his brother Derrek and members of his family. The oldest son of gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E was born and raised in the same Compton, California house his father grew up in.
Poppy
Moriah Rose Pereira, known professionally as Poppy and formerly That Poppy, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and YouTuber. In 2014, she rose to prominence by starring in performance art videos that presented her as an uncanny valley-like android entity who commented on and satirised internet culture and modern society. The videos achieved viral fame. In 2013, she signed a recording contract with Island Records and released Bubblebath, her debut EP.
E. Jean Carroll
Elizabeth Jean Carroll is an American journalist and advice columnist. Her "Ask E. Jean" column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019 and was ranked one of the five best magazine columns in 2003.
Mike Conley Jr.
Michael Alex Conley Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted as the fourth pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. Conley would spend 12 seasons there before being traded to the Utah Jazz in 2019 and is the team's all-time leading scorer. His father, Mike Conley Sr., was an Olympic gold and silver medalist in track and field.