List of Famous people born in United States of America
Michael Carter
Michael D'Andrea Carter is an American former professional football player and track and field athlete. He played pro football as a nose tackle with the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). Carter was a three-time Pro Bowl and four-time All-Pro selection, including three times on the first-team. He helped the 49ers win three Super Bowls. He was also an Olympic athlete, winning a silver medal in the shot put in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Greg Daniels
Gregory Martin Daniels is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director. He has worked on several television series, including The Office, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Parks and Recreation, and King of the Hill, four of which were named among James Poniewozik's "All Time 100 TV Shows" list in 2007. Daniels attended Harvard University where he became friends with Conan O'Brien. His first writing credit was for Not Necessarily the News, before they were laid off due to budget cuts. He eventually became a writer for two long-running series: Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.
Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered a planet, but was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids, and called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.
Bianca Lawson
Bianca Jasmine Lawson is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her regular roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior, Pretty Little Liars, and Rogue. She has also had recurring roles in the series Sister, Sister, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Steve Harvey Show, Dawson's Creek, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, and Witches of East End. In 2016, Lawson began starring in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Queen Sugar.
Wayne Static
Wayne Richard Wells, known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for metal band Static-X. He released his only solo studio album, Pighammer, on October 4, 2011. Static was recognizable for his unusual hairstyle; his hair was held up in a vertical position, a process that took about 20 minutes to complete. He was also known for his signature "chintail" beard.
O.T. Genasis
Odis Oliver Flores, better known by the stage name O.T. Genasis, is an American rapper and songwriter.
Wynter Gordon
Diana Gordon, previously known by her stage name Wynter Gordon, is an American singer-songwriter. She began her career writing music for other artists, later singing with Atlantic Records where she started to work on her own album. Gordon has performed backing vocals in the studio and she continues to collaborate on writing. Her debut album With the Music I Die was released in 2011.
C. W. Post
Charles William "C. W." Post was an American innovator, breakfast cereal and foods manufacturer and a pioneer in the prepared-food industry. He was the founder of what is now Post Consumer Brands.
Celeste
Celeste Epiphany Waite is a British singer and songwriter. In 2019, she became the fifth artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Rising Star Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. Her debut album Not Your Muse was released in 2021 and debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
Mitch Lucker
Mitchell Adam "Mitch" Lucker was an American vocalist and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist for the American deathcore band Suicide Silence.