List of Famous people born in United States of America
Meg Whitman
Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive, former political candidate, and philanthropist. She is a board member of Procter & Gamble and Dropbox. Whitman was previously president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. She was also the CEO of Quibi before its closure in October 2020. Whitman was a senior member of Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns in both 2008 and 2012 and ran for governor of California as a Republican in 2010, but supported Democrats Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020.
Richard V. Spencer
Richard Vaughn Spencer is an American politician and businessman who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy from August 3, 2017, to November 24, 2019. While serving as Secretary of the Navy, he also briefly served as Acting United States Secretary of Defense and Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Spencer served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 to 1981 as a Marine Aviator and also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Intercontinental Exchange from November 2001 to January 2008. Spencer served as Secretary of the Navy from August 3, 2017, to November 24, 2019, when Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requested his resignation over his handling of the Eddie Gallagher case. Spencer was displeased that the White House interfered and pressured him to let Gallagher retire as a Navy SEAL.
Ricardo Medina, Jr.
Ricardo Medina Jr. is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger on the TV series Power Rangers Wild Force, and later as Deker, the Half-Human cursed Nighlok in Power Rangers Samurai. He is currently in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of his roommate.
Michelle Carter
Michelle Denee Carter is an American shot putter, and the current Olympic women's champion. She is the current American record holder in the event with a distance of 20.63 m set at the 2016 Olympic Games. She was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2018.
Javon Wims
Javon Wims is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia.
Donnie Andrews
Larry Donnell "Donnie" Andrews was an American stick-up artist, murderer, and anti-crime advocate. He was the inspiration for the character Omar Little on the HBO series The Wire.
Andrew Wood
Andrew Patrick Wood was an American musician. He was the lead singer and lyricist for the alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. Wood formed Malfunkshun in 1980 with his older brother Kevin Wood on guitar and Regan Hagar on drums. The band used alter ego personas onstage, with Wood using the name Landrew the Love Child. Though the band only had two songs released, "With Yo' Heart " and "Stars-n-You", on the Deep Six compilation album, they are often cited as being among the "founding fathers" of the Seattle grunge movement. During his time in Malfunkshun, Wood started relying heavily on drugs, entering rehab in 1985.
Jen O'Malley Dillon
Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as the White House deputy chief of staff under President Joe Biden. She was the manager of Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. O'Malley Dillon previously served as the manager of Beto O'Rourke's 2020 presidential campaign. She is the first female presidential campaign manager for a winning Democratic ticket.
Mother Angelica
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA, also known as Mother Angelica, was a Catholic American Poor Clare nun best known for her television personality. She was also the founder of the international broadcast cable television network Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and the radio network WEWN. EWTN became a voice for Catholics worldwide.
Terrell Davis
Terrell Lamar Davis is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2001. Davis was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.