List of Famous people born in United States of America
Brandon Roy
Brandon Dawayne Roy is an American basketball coach and former player. Roy played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves. He was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA draft, having completed four years playing for the Washington Huskies. His nickname was "B-Roy", but he was also referred to as "The Natural" by Trail Blazers announcer Brian Wheeler. On December 10, 2011, Roy announced his retirement from basketball due to a degenerative knee condition, though he returned in 2012 to play five games for the Timberwolves.
Toran Caudell
Lane Toran Caudell, better known as Lane Toran, is an American actor, musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as a voice actor on Disney's Recess and Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!.
Lydia Jacoby
Lydia Alice Jacoby is an American competitive swimmer specializing in breaststroke and individual medley events. She won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke on July 27, 2021 at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.
Lynda Lopez
Lynda Lopez is a journalist and author based in New York City. She is also a co-founder of Nuyorican Productions, an American production company founded in 2001 with Benny Medina which became active in 2006 with the release of South Beach. Lopez has anchored numerous media platforms. In 2020, Lynda Lopez authored and released the book AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, published by St. Martin's Press.
Marques Houston
Marques Barrett Houston is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. A member of the R&B group Immature/IMx from 1990 until 2001, Houston went solo in 2003. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Roger Evans in the television comedy Sister, Sister.
Lauren Duca
Lauren Duca is an American freelance journalist, feminist, and political columnist. Duca formerly worked at Teen Vogue, where she had a column called "Thigh High Politics". In September 2019, she released a book on young people and the future of American politics titled How to Start a Revolution.
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and producer. Hayes was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, playwright and essayist. His film roles have included those of Wally Shawn in the Louis Malle-directed drama My Dinner with Andre (1981), Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. James Hall in Clueless (1995) and the voice of Rex in the Toy Story franchise. He has also had roles in six of Woody Allen's films. His television work includes recurring roles as Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in Gossip Girl (2008–2012), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–).
Ray Sawyer
Ray Sawyer was an American singer and vocalist with the 1970s rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. Though primarily a backing vocalist and occasional percussionist on congas or maracas, he sang lead on their hit song "The Cover of Rolling Stone" and was a recognizable presence in the band owing to the eyepatch and cowboy hat he wore. He was also the uncle of the vocalist of Wild Fire, Zack Sawyer.
Melissa González
Melissa Gonzalez Creamer is a Colombian-American athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. Born in El Paso, Texas, she holds dual citizenship due to her father's Colombian origin, and she elected to represent Colombia in the international competitions. She won a gold medal at the South American Championships in 2019 where she also broke the 25 year old national record in the event. She won a silver medal at the 2018 South American Games and two medals at the 2017 South American Championships.