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Here's all 2760 authors with nationality analphabetically ordered:

Aaliyah (1979-2001)
Cher (1946-)
Eminem (1972-)
Jewel (1974-)
Ludacris (1977-)
Madonna (1958-)
Pink (1979-)
Usher (1978-)
Omar Bradley (Nelson) (1893-1981) - commanded US ground forces in Normandy invasion in World War II.
Diane Keaton (orig. Diane Hall) (1946-)
David Porter (US Navy) (1813-1891)
Artemus Ward (writer) (1834-1867)
Betty Smith (writer) (1896-1972)
Hank Aaron (1934-) - US baseball player
Edward Abbey (1927-1989) - whose works, set primarily in the southwestern United States, reflect an uncompromising environmentalist philosophy.
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-) - US sports basketball
Ralph Abernathy (1926-1990) - US religious leader
Bella Abzug (1920-1998) - US pol
Jane Sherwood Ace (1900-1974) - US comic radio perso
Dean Acheson (1893-1971) - US lawyer
Diane Ackerman (1948-)
Abigail Adams (1744-1818) - (1797-1801), wife of John Adams, 2nd US president, and mother of John Quincy Adams, 6th US president.
Ansel Adams (1902-1984) - US photographer
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881-1960)
Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) - US writer
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) - US historian
Joey Adams (1911-1999) - US comic
Joey Lauren Adams (1968-)
John Adams (1735-1826) - (1797-1801).
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) - (1825-29), eldest son of John Adams, 2nd US president.
Samuel Adams (1722-1803) - of the American Revolution.
Scott Adams (1957-)
Jane Addams (1860-1935) - of Hull House in Chicago, one of the first social settlements in North America. Nobel Prize for Peace in 1931.
George Ade (1866-1944) - US writer
Felix Adler (1851-1933)
Larry Adler (1914-2001) - US music
Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) - US philosopher
Polly Adler (1899-1962) - US madam
Richard P. Adler (1921-) - US composer
Ben Affleck (1972-)
John Agar (1921-2002) - US military, actor
Andre Agassi (1970-)
James Agee (1909-1955) - US writer
Spiro Agnew (1918-1996) - under Richard M. Nixon (1969-73).
Spiro T. Agnew (1918-1996) - US VP (39)
Christina Aguilera (1980-)
Bruce Aidells
Clay Aiken (1978-)
Howard Aiken (1900-1973) - US engineer
Jessica Alba (1981-)
Edward Albee (1928-) - US playwright
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888)
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) - known for her children's books, especially the classic Little Women.
Alan Alda (1936-) - US actor
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) - US writer
Lloyd Alexander (1924-)
Shana Alexander (1925-2005)
Kim Alexis (1960-) - US model
William R. Alger (1822-1905)
Nelson Algren (1909-1981) - US writer
Muhammad Ali (1942-)
Saul Alinsky (1909-1972) - US political activist
Fred Allen (1894-1956) - US writer comic
George Allen (1922-1990) - Noted for his hard-driving work ethic.
Gracie Allen (1906-1964) - US comic actor
Harvey Allen (1889-1949)
Hervey Allen (1889-1949) - US writer
Joan Allen (1956-) - US actor
Karen Allen (1951-)
Paula Gunn Allen (1939-)
Steve Allen (1921-2000) - US comic actor composer
Tim Allen (1953-)
Woody Allen (1935-)
Kirstie Alley (1951-)
Bob Allisat
Gloria Allred (1941-)
Stewart Alsop (1914-1974) - US journalist
Robert Altman (1925-) - US director
Lyle Alzado (1949-1992) - US sports football
Oscar Ameringer (1870-) - US Gov. candidate WI
Cleveland Amory (1917-1998) - US writer
Tori Amos (1963-)
Morey Amsterdam (1908-1996) - US actor
Trey Anastasio (1964-)
Bill Anderson (1937-) - US singer songwriter
Gillian Anderson (1968-) - US actor, X-Files
Greg Anderson (1964-) - and founder of the American Wellness Project., b.
Laurie Anderson (1947-) - US singer artist
Marian Anderson (1902-1993) - one of the finest contraltos of her time.
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) - US playwright
Poul Anderson (1926-1994) - US writer
Robert Anderson (1861-1939)
Sparky Anderson (1934-) - US manager
Barbara De Angelis
Maya Angelou (1928-)
Kurt Angle (1968-)
Jennifer Aniston (1969-)
Minna Antrim (1861-1950)
Fiona Apple (1977-)
Christina Applegate (1971-)
Diane Arbus (1923-1971) - US photographer
Eddie Arcaro (1916-1997) - who was the first to ride five Kentucky Derby winners and two US Triple Crown champions.
Elizabeth Arden (1884-1966) - Canadian-US cosmetologist
Joan Armatrading (1950-) - US singer
Richard Armour (1906-1989) - US writer
Billie Joe Armstrong (1972-)
Lance Armstrong (1971-)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) - US singer trumpet
Neil Armstrong (1930-) - the first man to set foot on the Moon, b.
Peter Arno (1904-1968) - US cartoonist
Roseanne Arnold (1952-)
Patricia Arquette (1968-)
Rosanna Arquette (1959-) - US actor
Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886)
Mary Kay Ash (1915-2001) - US entrepreneur
John Ashbrook (1928-1982) - US Rep., R- OH
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) - the first black winner of a major men's singles championship.
Danni Ashe (1968-)
Elizabeth Ashley (1939-) - US actor
Fred Astaire (1899-1987) - best known for a number of highly successful musical comedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers.
Sean Astin (1971-)
Mary Astor (1906-1987) - US actor
Chet Atkins (1924-2001) - US music guitarist
Brooks Atkinson (1894-1984) - US writer
Dave Attell (1965-) - US actor
Louis Auchincloss (1917-) - US writer
Richard Avedon (1923-2004) - US photographer
Sasha Azevedo
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963)
Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-)
Roger Babson (1875-1967)
Lauren Bacall (1924-)
Richard Bach (1936-)
Burt Bacharach (1928-)
Jim Backus (1913-1989) - US actor
Kevin Bacon (1958-)
Joan Baez (1941-)
Alley Baggett (1973-)
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) - notable for her sultry singing and mischievous humour.
Thomas Andrew Bailey (1902-1983)
Anita Baker (1958-)
Buddy Baker (1941-)
James Baker (1930-) - US pol
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) - US singer entertaine
Russell Baker (1925-) - US writer
Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-) - US bimbo
Alec Baldwin (1958-) - US actor
Daniel Baldwin (1960-)
Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) - US writer
James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987) - US writer
Roger Baldwin (1884-1981)
George Wildman Ball (1909-1994) - US UN rep
Lucille Ball (1911-1989) - US comic actor
Hank Ballard (1927-2003) - US singer songwriter
J. G. Ballard (1930-)
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) - US clergy
Anne Bancroft (1931-2005)
George Bancroft (1800-1891) - US historian
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922)
Lester Bangs (1948-1982) - US writer
Tallulah Bankhead (1903-1968) - US actor
Tyra Banks (1973-)
Margaret Culkin Banning
Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934-)
Ellen Barkin (1955-) - US actor
Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) - (35) (1949-1953).
Charles Barkley (1963-) - US basketball player
Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) - US writer
Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) - US writer
P.T. Barnum (1810-1891)
Rosanne Barr (1952-) - US comc actor
Roseanne Barr (1952-)
Rona Barrett (1936-) - since 1957 wrote Rona Barrett's Gossip 1974 which sold over one million copies. b.
Tim Barrett (1953-) - US writer, educator
Sydney Biddle Barrows (1952-) - (mayflower madam), b.
Dave Barry (1947-) - best known for his weekly newspaper column. b.
Jr. Marion Barry (1936-) - US Mayor (DC)
Lynda Barry (1956-)
Philip Barry (1896-1949)
Drew Barrymore (1975-)
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) - US actor
John Barrymore (1882-1942) - US actor
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954) - US actor
John Barth (1930-) - US writer
Bruce Barton (1886-1967) - US ad man
Clara Barton (1821-1912) - Founder of the American National Red Cross.
Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965) - financier and adviser to US presidents.
Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-) - Latvian-US dancer
Count Basie (1904-1984) - US bandleader
Kim Basinger (1953-)
James Baskett (1904-1948)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Mario Batali (1960-)
Phyllis Batelle (1922-)
Laura Baugh (1955-)
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) - US writer
Peter S. Beagle (1939-)
Bob Beamon (1946-1946) - best known for his long
Charles Austin Beard (1874-1948) - US historian
Henry Beard
James Beard (1903-1985) - US chef
Bill Beattie
Warren Beatty (1937-)
Walter Becker (1950-) - US musician (Steely Dan
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) - US writer
Harry Belafonte (1927-)
George Bell (1959-) - US White Sox player
Maria Bello (1967-)
Eleanor Robson Belmont (1915-1983) - English-US actor writer
John Belushi (1949-1982) - US comic actor (SNL)
Johnny Bench (1947-) - US baseball player
Robert Benchley (1889-1945) - US writer
Betty Bender
Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) - US anthropologist
Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) - US writer
Ingrid Bengis (1915-1982)
Constance Bennett (1904-1965) - US actor
Joan Bennett (1910-1990) - US actor
William Bennett (1943-)
Jack Benny (1894-1974) - whose unusual comedic method and expert timing made him a legendary success in US radio and television for more than 30 years.
Dierks Bentley (1975-)
Jon Bentley (1951-) -
Lloyd Bentsen (1921-) - US Rep (TX)
Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) - Lithuania-US historian
Candice Bergen (1946-) - US actor
Thomas Berger (1924-) - US writer
Elizabeth Berkley (1974-)
Milton Berle (1908-2002) - US comic actor
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) - who played a leading role in the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals.
William Bernbach (1911-1982)
Sandra Bernhard (1955-) - US comic actor
Al Bernstein (1950-)
Carl Bernstein (1944-) - US writer
Jeremy Bernstein (1929-)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) - US music conductor
Yogi Berra (1925-)
Chuck Berry (1926-)
Halle Berry (1966-)
Mary Frances Berry (1938-) - US writer
John Berryman (1914-1972)
Alfred Bester (1913-1987) - US writer
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) - and adviser to US president Franklin D. Roosevelt on the problems of minority groups.
Jessica Biel (1982-)
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - US writer
William E Bill Vaughan (1915-)
Josh Billings (1818-1885) - US writer
George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) - whose work depicts American life in the frontier lands, along the Missouri River.
Louis Binstock - one of the most prominent Reform rabbis
Thora Birch (1982-)
Larry Bird (1956-)
Rose Elizabeth Bird (1936-1999) - US chief justice (CA)
Claudia Lady Bird Johnson (1912-) - (wife of Lyndon B. Johnson), b.
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) - known for her polished and descriptive verse. Pulitzer Prize in 1956.
Jim Bishop (1907-1987) - US writer
Stephen Bishop (1951-)
Bill Bixby (1934-1993)
Hugo Black (1886-1971)
Jack Black (1969-) - US actor, singer
Harry A. Blackmun (1908-1999) - US Supreme Court
Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950) - US suffragist
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) - English-US physician, writer
Mr. Blackwell (192-) - US fashion maven
David Blaine (1973-) - US magician
Linda Blair (1959-)
Eubie Blake (1883-1983) - of ragtime music and show tunes.
Mel Blanc (1908-1989) - US voice artist
Bill Blass (1922-2002) - US fashion designer
Alexis Bledel (1981-)
Yasmine Bleeth (1968-)
Robert Bloch (1917-1994)
Ron Blomberg (1948-)
Joan Blondell (1909-1979) - US actor
Louise Bogan (1897-1970) - who served as poetry critic for The New Yorker from 1931 until 1969.
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) - who became a preeminent motion picture tough guy and was a top box office attraction during the 1940s and 50s.
David Bohm (1917-)
Big Boi (1975-)
Derek Bok (1930-) -
Tommy Bolt
Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) - US writer comic
Julian Bond (1940-) - US Rep (GA)
Chastity Bono (1969-)
Sonny Bono (1935-1998) - US singer actor pol
Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - frontiersman and legendary hero who helped blaze a trail through Cumberland Gap, a notch in the Appalachian Mountains near the juncture of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Pat Boone (1934-) - US singer
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-)
Elayne Boosler (1952-)
Edwin Booth (1833-1893) - US actor
Hal Borland (1900-1978) - US journalist
Frank Borman (1928-)
Kate Bosworth (1983-)
Rob Bourdon (1979-)
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) - US photojournalist
Caprice Bourret (1971-)
Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) - US writer
Bobby Bowden (1929-)
Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) - US writer
Paul Bowles (1910-1999) - US writer
Barbara Boxer (1940-) - US politician (Rep-CA)
Lara Flynn Boyle (1970-)
Ray Bradbury (1920-) - US writer
Ben Bradlee (1921-) - US newspaper editor
Bill Bradley (1943-) - ran for President in 2000, b.
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) - US writer
Omar Bradley (1893-1981)
Preston Bradley (1888-1983)
John Bradshaw (1933-) - US philosopher
Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) - US Supreme Court
Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003)
Marlon Brando (1924-2004) - US actor
Jacob Braude
Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) - US writer
Toni Braxton (1968-)
David Brenner (1945-) - US comic
Jimmy Breslin (1929-) - US writer
Jr. Kingman Brewster (1919-1988) - US educator, diplomat
Fanny Brice (1891-1951) - US comic actor
David Brin (1950-)
Christie Brinkley (1954-) - US model
David Brinkley (1920-2003) - US newsman
Arthur Brisbane (1864-1880) - US writer
Alice May Brock (1941-) -
Lou Brock (1939-) - US baseball player
David Broder
Matthew Broderick (1962-) - US actor
Tom Brokaw (1940-) - US telejournalist
Charles Bronson (1921-2003) - US actor
Albert Brooks (1947-) - US actor, writer
Garth Brooks (1956-) - US singer
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) - US writer
Louise Brooks (1906-1985) - US actor
Mel Brooks (1926-)
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) - English-US religion
Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963) - whose Finders and Makers series traces American literary history in rich biographical detail from 1800 to 1915.
Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928-)
James Broughton (1913-)
Heywood C. Broun (1888-1939) - US writer
Ben Browder (1962-)
A. Whitney Brown (1952-) - US writer actor (SNL)
Clarence Brown (1890-1987)
Dan Brown (1964-) - of detective thrillers, b.
Helen Gurley Brown (1922-) - US writer
James Brown (1928-) - US music singer
Jerry Brown (1938-) - US pol
John Mason Brown (1900-1969) - US critic
Larry Brown (1969-) - US comic
Les Brown (1912-2001) - US bandleader
Louise Brown (1906-1996)
Rita Mae Brown (1944-)
Ruth Brown (1928-) - US singer
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Dave Brubeck (1920-) - born in Concord, California, b.
Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) - of the 1950s and 60s.
Avery Brundage (1887-1975) - of the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) from 1952 to 1972.
Robert Brustein (1927-) - US educator critic
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) - US statesman
Anita Bryant (1940-) - US singer, model
Bear Bryant (1913-1983)
Jeffrey Bryant
Paul Bryant (1913-1983)
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Bill Bryson (1946-)
Buck Buchanan (1940-)
James Buchanan (1791-1868) - (1857-61).
Pat Buchanan (1938-)
Art Buchwald (1925-)
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) - US writer
James Buckley (1923-) - US Senate candidate
Jeff Buckley (1966-1997)
William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-)
Frederick Buechner (1926-)
Jimmy Buffett (1946-)
Warren Buffett (1930-) - US investor
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) - US writer
Sandra Bullock (1964-) - US actor
Ralph Bunche (1904-1971)
Luther Burbank (1849-1926) - US science botanist
Abigail van Buren (1918-) - US writer columnist
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) - (1837-41) and one of the founders of the Democratic Party.
Arleigh Burke (1901-1996) - of the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War.
Billie Burke (1885-1970) - US actor
Brooke Burke (1971-)
Delta Burke (1956-)
Dana Burnet (1888-1962)
Carol Burnett (1933-) - US comic actor
Leo Burnett (1891-1971) - US ad man
Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912)
George Burns (1896-1996) - US comic actor
George F. Burns (1896-1996)
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
John Burroughs (1837-1921) - US naturalist, writer
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) - US writer
Ellen Burstyn (1932-) - US actor
Leo F. Buscaglia
Steve Buscemi (1957-)
Barbara Bush (1925-) - US First Lady (42)
George Bush (1924-1924) - (
George W. Bush (1946-) - since 2001. b.
Laura Bush (1946-) - wife of George W. Bush, b.
Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) - US engineer
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) - US educator
Red Buttons (1919-) - US comic actor
Amanda Bynes (1986-)
Robert Byrne (1930-) - US quotemonger
James F. Byrnes (1879-1972) - US politician
James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) - US writer
Eileen Caddy
Herb Caen (1916-1997) - US writer
John Cage (1912-1992) - US composer
Nicolas Cage (1964-)
Sammy Cahn (1913-1993)
Herman Cain
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) - US sculptor
Sarah Caldwell (1924-) - US opera conductor
John Cale (1940-)
Hortense Calisher (1911-)
Maria Callas (1923-1977) - US singer
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Simon Cameron (1799-1889) - US senator (FL)
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
Naomi Campbell (1970-)
Neve Campbell (1973-)
Robert Campbell (1927-2000) - US writer
Tony Campolo
Vincent Canby (1924-2000) - US movie critic
Dyan Cannon (1937-1937) - (ex
Mario Cantone (1960-)
Eddie Cantor (1892-1964)
Eddy Cantor (1892-1964)
Al Capone (1899-1947) - US gangster
Truman Capote (1924-1984) - US writer
Al Capp (1909-1979) - who created the popular comic strip Li'l Abner.
Jennifer Capriati (1976-)
Kate Capshaw (1952-)
Orson Scott Card (1951-) - of numerous genres, especially science fiction. b.
Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938) - US Supreme Court
Drew Carey (1958-)
Mariah Carey (1970-)
Mary Carey (1981-) - US actor, gubernatorial
George Carlin (1937-)
Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) - US activist
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) - US writer
Art Carney (1918-2003) - US actor
Charisma Carpenter (1970-)
Don Carpenter (1931-1995) - US writer
Karen Carpenter (1950-1983) - US singer
Liz Carpenter (1920-) - US writer, pol
David Carradine (1936-) - US actor
Jon Carroll (1957-)
Jack Carson (1910-1963) - (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce).
Johnny Carson (1925-2005)
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) - US writer
Aaron Carter (1987-)
Betty Carter (1929-1998) - US singer
Hodding Carter (1935-) - US
Jack Carter (1910-1963) - US actor
Jimmy Carter (1924-2002) - (
Lillian Carter (1898-1983) - US pol
Nick Carter (1980-) - US singer (Bkstreet Boy
Nancy Cartwright (1957-)
George Washington Carver (1864-1943) - US chemist, educator
Raymond Carver (1938-1988) - whose realistic writings about the working poor mirrored his own life.
Dana Carvey (1955-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Jack Casady (1944-)
Johnny Cash (1932-2003) - US singer songwriter
John Cassavetes (1929-1989) - US actor director
Shaun Cassidy (1958-)
Dan Castellaneta (1958-)
Carlos Casteneda (1925-1998)
Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) - winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
General George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959)
Nick Cave (1957-) - US singer
Dick Cavett (1936-) - US actor
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945)
Bennett Cerf (1898-1971) - of Random House.
Exene Cervenka (1956-) - US singer (X)
Lacey Chabert (1982-)
Alan Chadwick (1909-)
Gower Champion (1921-1980) - noted for his successful Broadway musical comedies.
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) - author of detective fiction.
Lon Chaney (1883-1930) - US actor
Carol Channing (1921-) - US actor
William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)
Edwin Hubbel Chapin (1814-1880) - and pastor.
Harry Chapin (1942-1981) - US singer
John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) - US writer
Tracy Chapman (1964-)
Dave Chappelle (1973-)
Ray Charles (1930-2004) - US singer
Chevy Chase (1943-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Ilka Chase (1903-1978) - US actor
Mary Ellen Chase (1887-1973)
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981) - US writer
John Cheever (1912-1982) - US writer
Dick Cheney (1941-) - under George W. Bush since 2001. b.
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) - US writer, lawyer
Tecumseh Shawnee Chief
Julia Child (1912-2004) - US chef
Alice Childress (1920-1994) - US writer
Alex Chilton (1950-)
Shirley Chisholm (1924-1924) - the first African
Anna Chlumsky (1980-)
Margaret Cho (1968-)
Rufus Choate (1799-1859) - US Senator (MA)
Avram Noam Chomsky (1928-)
Rae Dawn Chong (1962-)
Kate Chopin (1851-1904) - US writer
Larry Christenson
Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854-1921)
John Ciardi (1916-1986) - US writer
Tom Clancy (1947-) - US writer
Dick Clark (1929-) - US entrepreneur
Eugenie Clark (1922-)
James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888) - US theologian
John Clarke (1857-1945)
Kelly Clarkson (1982-)
Henry Clay (1777-1852) - US congressman (1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25) and US senator (1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52).
Les Claypool (1963-) - US bassist, Primus
Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989)
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn (1876-1959)
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) - US President (22,24)
Montgomery Clift (1920-1966) - US actor
Patsy Cline (1932-1963) - US singer
Bill Clinton (1946-) - (
George Clinton (1940-) - US paliament/funkadelic
Hillary Clinton (1947-2001) - (
George Clooney (1961-)
Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002) - US singer, actor
Glenn Close (1947-) - US actor
Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893-1986) - US writer
Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) - of the grunge rock band Nirvana.
Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944)
Ty Cobb (1886-1961) - US baseball plaer
Tony Coelho (1942-) - US Rep (CA)
Andrew Cohen
Frank Moore Colby (1865-1926) - US encyclopedia editor
Nat King Cole (1919-1965) - US singer
Jerry Coleman (1924-) - US sportscaster
Ornette Coleman (1930-) - US musician
Robert Collier (1885-)
Doug Collins (1951-) - US sportscaster
Eileen collins (1956-)
Judy Collins (1939-) - US singer
Marva Collins (1936-)
John Coltrane (1926-1967) - US music
Holly Marie Combs (1973-)
Barry Commoner (1917-) - US environmentalist
Eddie Condon (1904-1973) - US jazz musician
Jennifer Connelly (1970-)
Jimmy Connors (1952-)
Pat Conroy (1945-)
Russel H. Conwell (1843-1925)
Barbara Cook (1927-)
Mary Lou Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (1979-)
Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) - English writer
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) - of the United States.
Joan Ganz Cooney (1929-)
Alice Cooper (1948-) - US music singer
Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964)
Gary Cooper (1901-1961) - US actor
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) - first to achieve worldwide fame.
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) - US composer
David Copperfield (1956-)
Francis Ford Coppola (1939-) - US director
Irwin Corey (1912-) - US comic
Billy Corgan (1967-) - US singer
Chris Cornell (1964-) - US music
Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby
Gregory Corso (1930-2001) - US writer
Bill Cosby (1937-)
Erika Cosby - daughter of comedic performer Bill Cosby
Howard Cosell (1918-1995)
Kevin Costner (1955-) - US actor
Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) - best known for his performances in several film classics of the 1940s, particularly those directed by Orson Welles.
Ann Coulter (1961-) - US lawyer, writer, twit
Katie Couric (1957-)
Norman Cousins (1912-1990) - long associated with the Saturday Review.
Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) - and editor of The New Republic (1929-44).
Chris Cox (1952-) - US Congressman
Courteney Cox (1964-)
Courtney Cox (1964-)
Harvey Cox (1929-) - US theologian
Kenyon Cox (1856-1919) - US artist
Nikki Cox (1978-) - US actor
Frank Crane (1861-1928)
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) - US writer
Cindy Crawford (1966-)
Joan Crawford (1908-1977) - US actor
Bishop Creighton
Ben Crenshaw (1952-)
Harry Crews (1935-) - US writer
Michael Crichton (1942-)
Judith Crist (1922-) - US writer
Davy Crockett (1786-1836) - who became a legendary figure.
Walter Cronkite (1916-) - well known for his role as a television news anchor, b.
Bing Crosby (1904-1977) - US singer
Cathy Lee Crosby (1944-)
David Crosby (1941-) - US singer
Amanda Cross (1926-) - (pseud of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun), b.
Sheryl Crow (1962-)
Tom Cruise (1962-)
Denny Crum (1937-)
Robert Crumb (1943-) - US artist
Billy Crystal (1947-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Barbara Cubin (1946-)
Macaulay Culkin (1980-)
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) - US writer
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) - US poet writer
Kaley Cuoco (1985-)
Mario Cuomo (1932-) - US NY Governor
Will Cuppy (1884-1949) - US writer
Cyrus Curtis (1850-1933)
George William Curtis (1824-1892)
Jamie Lee Curtis (1958-)
Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) - US director
Joan Cusack (1962-) - US actor (SNL)
John Cusack (1966-)
Charlotte Saunders Cushman (1816-1876) - .
Willem Dafoe (1955-) - US actor
Arlene Dahl (1928-) - US actor
Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977)
Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) - US Chicago Mayor
Tyne Daly (1946-)
Bertha Damon
Derek Damon (1980-)
Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
Claire Danes (1979-)
Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) - US actor comic
Ted Danson (1947-) - US actor
Bobby Darin (1936-1973) - whose quest for success in several genres made him a ubiquitous presence in pop entertainment in the late 1950s and 60s.
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
Duffy Daugherty (1915-1987) - US sports coach
Larry David (1947-) - US comic writer (SNL)
Arthur Powell Davies
Marion Davies (1897-1961) - US actor
Adelle Davis (1904-1974) - US writer
Angela Davis (1933-) - US political activist
Bette Davis (1908-1989) - US actor
David Davis (1815-1886)
Elmer Davis (1890-)
Geena Davis (1957-) - US actor
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) - US political leader
Jim Davis (1915-1981)
Kristin Davis (1965-)
Marvin Davis (1925-)
Miles Davis (1926-1991) - US music
Ossie Davis (1917-2005)
Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910) - US writer
Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)
Clarence Day (1874-1935) - US biographer
Doris Day (1924-) - US actor
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) - of the Catholic Worker.
J. Edward Day (1914-)
Zack de la Rocha (1970-) - of Rage Against the Machine, b.
Robert de Niro (1943-)
Peter de Vries (1910-1993) - US writer
Dizzy Dean (1911-1974) - US baseball announcer
Howard Dean (1948-)
James Dean (1931-1955)
Eugene Debs (1855-1926) - US labor organizer
Stephen Decatur (1779-1820) - who held important commands in the War of 1812.
Midge Decter (1927-)
Ellen deGeneres (1958-)
Tom DeLay (1947-)
Don Delillo (1936-) - US writer
Jimmy DeMaret (1910-1983)
W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) - US educator
Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) - US sports boxer
Jan Denise
Bob Denver (1935-) - US actor
John Denver (1943-1997) - US singer
Chauncey Depew (1834-1928) - US senator
Johnny Depp (1963-)
Bo Derek (1956-)
Laura Dern (1967-)
C. C. deVille (1962-) - US guitarist (Poison)
John Dewey (1859-1952) - US educator philosopher
Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) - US Gov., NY
Neil Diamond (1941-) - US singer songwriter
Cameron Diaz (1972-)
David Diaz (1976-)
Leonardo DiCaprio (1974-)
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
Bill Dickey (1907-1993)
Angie Dickinson (1931-) - US actor
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) - US writer
Gardner Dickinson (1912-1998)
Harry Ellis Dickson (1908-2003) - US conductor
Bo Diddley (1928-)
Joan Didion (1934-)
Dan Dierdorf (1949-)
Vin Diesel (1917-)
Howard Dietz (1896-1983) - US actor
Ani diFranco (1970-)
Annie Dillard (1945-) - US writer
Phyllis Diller (1917-) - US comic
Matt Dillon (1964-) - US actor
Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) - ex-husband of Marilyn Monroe.
David Dinkins (1927-) - US Pol mayor NYC
David N. Dinkins (1990-1927) - of New York (
Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) - US pol senator
Roy Disney (1930-) - son of Walt Disney's brother, Roy Oliver Disney. b.
Walt Disney (1901-1966) - pioneer of animated cartoon films.
Mike Ditka (1939-)
Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) - and social reformer.
Dorothy Dix (1870-1951)
Willie Dixon (1915-1992) - US singer
William C. Doane (1832-1913)
E. L. Doctorow (1931-)
John Doe (1954-) - US musician (X)
Chris Doelle (1964-)
Snoop Dogg (1972-)
Bob Dole (1923-) - and Republican congressional leader, b.
Fats Domino (1928-)
David Herbert Donald
J. P. Donleavy (1926-) - US writer
Mark van Doren (1894-1972)
Thomas Aloysius Dorgan (1877-1929) - US writer
Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) - US music bandleader
Ann Douglas
Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980)
Justice William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) - US Supreme Court
Kirk Douglas (1916-) - US actor
Michael Douglas (1944-) - US actor
Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) - US writer
Maureen Dowd (1952-) - She is an opinion editor columnist for The New York Times, b.
Karl Menninger, Dr. (1893-)
Ruth Draper (1884-1957) - English monologuist
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) - who was the outstanding American practitioner of naturalism.
Elizabeth Drew (1935-)
Richard Dreyfuss (1947-)
Minnie Driver (1971-)
Peter Drucker (1909-)
Peter F. Drucker (1909-)
Don Drysdale (1936-1993)
David Duchovny (1960-1960) - most famous for playing the character of Fox Mulder on The X
Hilary Duff (1987-)
Michael Dukakis (1933-) - presidential candidate (1988) , American b.
David Duke (1950-)
Patty Duke (1946-) - US actor
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) - of state (1953-59). Architect of many major elements of US foreign policy in the Cold War with the Soviet Union after World War II.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) - whose reputation rests upon his verse and short stories written in black dialect.
Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) - best known as one of the founders of modern dance.
Katherine Dunham (1912-) - US dancer
Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) - Irish writer
Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)
John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003) - US writer
Kirsten Dunst (1982-) - US actor
Pierre S. DuPont IV (1935-)
Will Durant (1885-1981) - collaborator of his wife, Ariel Durant.
Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) - US entertainer
Leo Durocher (1905-1991) - US sports baseball
Will Durst (1952-) - US comic
Eliza Dushku (1980-)
Robert Duvall (1931-)
Wayne Dyer (1940-1940) - of self
Dick Van Dyke (1925-)
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)
Bob Dylan (1941-) - US music singer
Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) - US pilot
Dale Earnhardt (1951-2001) - US NASCAR driver
Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) - US western lawman
George Eastman (1854-1932) - US Kodak founder
Max Eastman (1883-1969) - US writer
Clint Eastwood (1930-)
Roger Ebert (1942-) - winner of the Pulitzer Prize for film criticism in 2003, b.
Buddy "Jed Clampett" Ebsen (1908-2003) - US actor
David Eddings (1931-)
Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) - of the religious faith known as Christian Science.
Marian Wright Edelman (1939-) - US social reformer
Barbara Eden (1934-) - US actor
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) - who, singly or jointly, held a world record 1.093 patents. In addition, he created the world's first industrial research laboratory.
Bob Edwards (1947-) - US TV person
John Edwards (1953-)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Jennifer Ehle (1969-) - US actor
Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) - US writer
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) - (1953-61).
Larry Elder (1952-)
Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) - US writer
Carmen Electra (1972-)
Erika Eleniak (1969-)
Danny Elfman (1953-) - US musician composer
Jenna Elfman (1971-)
Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) - of Harvard University for 40 years.
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Shannon Elizabeth (1976-)
Black Elk (1863-1950) - and thinker.
Linda Ellerbee (1944-) - US Journalist
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) - One of the originators of big band jazz.
Walter Elliot
Harlan Ellison (1934-) - US writer
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - US writer
Douglas Engelbart (1925-)
Paul Engle (1908-1991) - US writer
Nora Ephron (1941-) - US writer
Louise Erdrich (1954-) - US native american writ
John Erskine (1879-1951) - US writer, musician
Sam Ervin (1896-1985) - (1954-74).
Evan Esar (1899-)
Sheila Escovedo (1959-)
Gloria Estefan (1957-) - US singer
Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1979-)
Emilio Estevez (1962-) - US actor
Melissa Etheridge (1961-)
Bergen Evans (1904-1978)
Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Dan Evans (1925-) - US Sen, Gov (WA)
Walker Evans (1903-1975)
Edward Everett (1794-1865) - US president of Harvard
Angie Everhart (1969-)
Chris Evert (1954-)
Clifton Fadiman (1955-1999) - US writer
Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999)
Donald Fagen (1948-) - US music singer
Jr. Douglas Fairbanks (1883-2000) - US actor
Jimmy Fallon (1974-)
Susan Faludi (1959-) - US feminist writer
Jerry Falwell (1933-) - of the Moral Majority. b.
Frances Farmer (1914-1970) - US actor
Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham (1815-1864) - US social reformer
Louis Farrakhan (1933-) - US religious (Islam)
James T. Farrell (1904-1979) - US writer
Perry Farrell (1959-) - US singer (NIN)
Mia Farrow (1945-) - US actor
William Faulkner (1897-1962) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.
William Feather (1889-1981) - US writer
James Feibleman
Jules Feiffer (1929-) - US cartoonist
Russ Feingold (1953-)
Dianne Feinstein (1933-)
Barbara Feldon (1941-)
Bob Feller (1918-) - (pitcher), b.
Millicent Fenwick (1910-1992) - US Rep (NJ)
Edna Ferber (1887-1968) - US writer
Doug Ferrari (1956-) - US comic
Geraldine Ferraro (1935-) - US candidate
Will Ferrell (1967-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Tina Fey (1970-) - US writer, comic (SNL)
Richard Feynman (1918-1988)
Arthur Fiedler (1894-1979)
Eugene Field (1850-1895) - US writer
Marshall Field (1834-1906)
Sally Field (1946-)
Dorothy Fields (1905-1974) - who collaborated with a number of Broadway's top composers during the heyday of American musical theatre.
Mrs. Debbi Fields (1956-) - US entrepreneur
Totie Fields (1930-1978) - US actor
W. C. Fields (1880-1946) - US comic actor
Ralph Fiennes (1962-) - (English Patient), b.
Harvey Fierstein (1954-) - US playwright
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) - (1850-53).
David Harold Fink
Harvey S. Firestone (1868-)
Bobby Fischer (1943-) - US chess master
Laurence Fishburne (1961-) - US actor
Carrie Fisher (1956-)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) - US writer
Irving Fisher (1867-1947) - Economics prof
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) - who became world famous for the wide range and rare sweetness of her voice.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) - US writer
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) - of The Great Gatsby.
Paul Fix (1901-1983) - US actor
Joe Flaherty (1940-)
Ric Flair (1949-)
Janet Flanner (1892-1978) - US journalist
Calista Flockhart (1964-)
Larry Flynt (1942-) - and head of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP), producing over twenty sex magazines, including Hustler. b.
Ben Folds (1966-)
Bridget Fonda (1964-) - US actor
Henry Fonda (1905-1982) - US actor
Jane Fonda (1937-)
Peter Fonda (1939-) - US actor
Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983) - US actor
Betty Ford (1918-2011) - US First Lady (39)
Gerald R. Ford (1913-1913) - (
Harrison Ford (1942-) - US actor
Henry Ford (1863-1947) - US industrialist
John Ford (1895-1973) - US director
Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) - US singer
Willa Ford (1981-)
George Foreman (1949-)
Lee De Forest (1873-1961) - of the Audion vacuum tube.
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) - US religion
Sam Walter Foss
Alan Dean Foster (1946-1946) - of Science
Jodie Foster (1962-)
Dan Fouts (1951-)
Gene Fowler (1890-1960) - US writer
Emmet Fox (1886-1951)
Jorja Fox (1968-)
Michael J. Fox (1961-)
Jeff Foxworthy (1958-) - US comic
Jamie Foxx (1967-)
Redd Foxx (1922-1991) - best known for his starring role on the television situation comedy Sanford and Son.
Al Franken (1951-)
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) - US Supreme Court
Aretha Franklin (1942-) - US music singer
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) - writer and inventor.
Brendan Fraser (1968-) - US actor
Joe Frazier (1944-2011)
Pauline Frederick (1906-1990)
Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr. (Bull) (1882-1959) - who led vigorous campaigns during World War II.
Morgan Freeman (1937-)
Marilyn French (1929-)
Betty Friedan (1921-) - US feminist
William Friedkin (1939-) - best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. b.
David Friedman (1945-)
Kinky Friedman (1944-)
Milton Friedman (1912-)
Fred Friendly (1915-1998) - US producer
Joe Frisco (1899-1958) - US actor
Jenny Frost (1978-)
Robert Frost (1874-1963) - US writer
David Frye (1934-) - US comic
J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) - US Senator (Arkansas)
Robert Fulghum (1937-) - US writer
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) - US writer
Annette Funicello (1942-) - she gained fame in 'The Mickey'. b.
Kenny G (1956-)
Admiral David G. Farragut (1801-1870)
Clark Gable (1901-1960) - who epitomized the American ideal of masculinity and virility for three decades.
Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-) - one of the glamorous Gabor sisters, b.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-) - Canadian-US economist
Kirsty Gallacher (1976-)
Terry Galloway (1950-)
Dr. George H. Gallup (1901-1984) - US poller
James Gandolfini (1961-) - US actor
Joe Garagiola (1926-) - US baseball player
Leah Garchik (1945-) - US columnist (SF)
Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) - US singer guitarist
Ava Gardner (1922-1990) - of the 1940s and 50s who, despite her renowned beauty and sensuality, successfully resisted being typecast as a sex symbol.
Dave Gardner (1926-1983)
Ed Gardner (1901-1963) - US actor
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) - who wrote nearly 100 detective and mystery novels.
John W. Gardner (1912-2002) - of Health, Education and Welfare.
Martin Gardner (1914-)
James A. Garfield (1831-1881) - (20).
Judy Garland (1922-1969) - US actor
John Nance Garner (1868-1967) - (32).
Janeane Garofalo (1964-)
Teri Garr (1949-) - US actor
William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) - US writer
Willie Garson (1964-)
Jennie Garth (1972-)
Ana Gasteyer (1967-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Bill Gates (1955-) - of Microsoft Co., b.
David Gates (1940-)
Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) - US music singer
Rebecca Gayheart (1972-)
David Gayson
Larry Gelbart (1928-) - US writer
Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977-) - US actor
Harold S. Geneen (1910-1997) - who was president and CEO of ITT.
Bobbie Gentry (1944-)
Phyllis George (1949-) - US actor
Richard Gephardt (1941-) - was one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, D.C. b.
Richard Gere (1949-)
David R. Gergen
David Gerrold (1944-)
George Gershwin (1898-1937) - US songwriter
Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)
Estelle Getty (1923-) - US actor
Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) - of the Getty Oil Company.
A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938-1989) - US educator, baseball c
Billy Gibbons (1949-) - rock guitarrist, b.
Wolcott Gibbs (1902-1958) - US writer
Althea Gibson (1927-2003) - who dominated women's competition in the late 1950s.
Bob Gibson (1935-1996) - US baseball player
Debbie Gibson (1970-) - US singer
Don Gibson (1917-2003) - US songwriter
Mel Gibson (1956-)
William Gibson (1948-)
Jonathan Gilbert (1946-)
Brendan Gill (1914-1997) - US writer
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) - US trumpeter
Terry Gilliam (1940-) - US animator, director
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) - an early theorist of the feminist movement.
Dorothy Gilman (1923-) - US writer
Robby Ginepri (1982-)
Newt Gingrich (1943-) - US political nuisance
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) - US writer
Dana Gioia (1950-)
Aria Giovanni (1977-)
Nikki Giovanni (1943-)
Lillian Gish (1896-1993) - regarded as one of the most creative cinema artists.
Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) - US writer
Carter Glass (1858-1946)
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) - US comic actor
John Glenn (1921-)
George Gobel (1919-1991) - US comic
Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983) - US actor
Gail Godwin (1937-) - US writer
Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990) - US attorney
Whoopi Goldberg (1955-)
Emma Goldman (1869-1940) - US writer
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) - US composer
Olivia Goldsmith (1949-2004) - US writer
Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) - US Senator (AZ)
Ace Goodman (1899-1982) - US comic radio person
Ellen Goodman (1941-) - US journalist
John Goodman (1952-)
Paul Goodman (1911-1972) - US writer
Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) - US writer
Lori Gordon (1929-)
Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) - US actor
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981-)
Al Gore (1948-2001) - under Bill Clinton (
Tipper Gore (1948-) - US second lady
Edward Gorey (1925-2000) - US artist
David Gottesman - President of IP Analytics
Gilbert Gottfried (1955-) - US comic actor (SNL)
John Gotti (1940-2002)
Chester Gould (1900-1985) - who created Dick Tracy, the detective action comic strip that became the first popular cops-and-robbers series.
Curt Gowdy (1919-) - US sports announcer
Betty Grable (1916-1973) - US actor
Sue Grafton (1940-) - US writer
Billy Graham (1918-)
Heather Graham (1970-)
Katherine Graham (1917-2001) - US newspaper exec
Martha Graham (1894-1991) - of modern dance.
Ronald Graham (1935-1950)
Sheilah Graham (1904-1988) - US writer
Gloria Grahame (1923-1981) - US actor
Phil Gramm (1942-) - US Senator (TX)
Jennifer M. Granholm (1959-)
Cary Grant (1904-1986) - US actor
General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - (1869-77), famous commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War.
Lee Grant (1927-)
Barry Gray (1916-) - regarded as the father of talk radio, b.
Spalding Gray (1941-2004) - US monologuist
Horace Greeley (1811-1872) - who is known especially for his articulation of the North's vigorous antislavery sentiments during the 1850s.
Al Green (1946-)
Bette Greene (1934-) - of 'Summer of My German Soldier', b.
Jeff Greenfield (1943-) - US journalist
Benji Gregory (1978-)
Dick Gregory (1932-) - US comic activist
Zane Grey (1872-1939)
Merv Griffin (1925-) - US zillionaire
Andy Griffith (1920-) - US actor, singer
Melanie Griffith (1957-)
David Grimes
Angelina Grimke (1805-1879) - US abolitionist suffrag
Sarah Moore Grimke (1792-1873) - US abolitionist suffrag
Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906-1963) - US educator
Lewis Grizzard (1946-1994) - US comic
Matt Groening (1954-) - creator of The Simpsons. b.
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-)
Bob Guccionne (1930-)
Christopher Guest (1948-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Edgar Guest (1862-1959)
Judith Guest (1936-) - US writer
Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979)
John Gunther (1901-1970)
Adrienne Gusoff (1953-) - US telegram
Arlo Guthrie (1947-) - US singer songwriter
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) - US singer songwriter
A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901-1991)
Jake Gyllenhaal (1980-) - US actor
Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977-) - US actor
Dr. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945)
Buddy Hackett (1924-2003)
Gene Hackman (1930-)
Ellis Hadlock (1960-)
Sammy Hagar (1947-) - US singer
Walter Hagen (1892-1969) - US golfer
Merle Haggard (1937-) - US singer songwriter
Larry Hagman (1931-) - US actor
Frank Hague (1876-1956) - of Jersey City 1917-1947.
Alexander Haig (1924-)
George Halas (1895-1983) - US football coach
H. R. Haldeman (1926-1963) - Watergate co-conspirator.
Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) - US clergy
Nathan Hale (1755-1776) - and Revolutionary officer who attempted to spy on the British and was hanged.
Sarah J. Hale (1788-1879)
Alex Haley (1921-1992) - whose works of historical fiction and reportage depicted the struggles of African Americans. Pulitzer Prize in 1977.
Anthony Michael Hall (1968-) - US actor (SNL)
Bridget Hall (1977-)
Jerry Hall (1956-)
Margaret Halsey (1910-1997) - US writer
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) - US activist
Mark Hamill (1952-)
Pete Hamill (1935-) - US journalist
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) - of the Treasury of the United States (1789-95).
Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) - Known for popularizing classical Greek and Roman literature.
Mia Hamm (1972-)
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) - (ex-husband of Lillian Hellman).
Brenda Hammond
Lionel Hampton (1909-2002) - US music
John Hancock (1737-1793) - US founding father
Billings Learned Hand (1872-1961) - US federal judge
Jack Handey (1949-)
Jack Handy (1991-2003) - and cast member of Saturday Night Live from
Tom Hanks (1956-)
Daryl Hannah (1960-)
Alyson Hannigan (1974-)
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) - whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
Taylor Hanson (1983-)
E. Y. Harburg (1896-1981) - US songwriter
Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) - US President (29)
Warren Harding (1865-1923)
Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) - US actor
Jean Harlow (1911-1937) - who was the original Blonde Bombshell.
Frances Watkins Harper (1825-1911)
Woody Harrelson (1961-)
Edward H. Harriman (1848-1909) - US railroad executive
Michael Harrington (1928-1989) - US writer
Barbara Harris (1935-)
Emmylou Harris (1947-) - US singer, songwriter
Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) - US writer, cartoonist
Sydney J. Harris (1917-)
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) - (1889-93) who signed into law the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), the first legislation to prohibit business combinations in restraint of trade.
Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927)
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) - (1841).
Deborah Harry (1945-) - US singer
Gary Hart (1936-)
Moss Hart (1904-1971) - US writer
Bret Harte (1836-1902) - who helped create the local-colour school in American fiction.
Phil Hartman (1948-1998) - US comic actor (SNL)
Paul Harvey (1918-) - US radio person
David Hasselhoff (1952-) - US actor
Teri Hatcher (1964-)
Anne Hathaway (1982-)
Cole Hauser (1975-)
Vance Havner
Coleman Hawkings
Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969)
Ronnie Hawkins (1935-) - US music
Goldie Hawn (1945-)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) - master of the allegorical and symbolic tale. One of the greatest fiction writers in American literature.
Louise L. Hay
Helen Hayes (1900-1993) - US movie actor
Isaac Hayes (1942-) - US singer composer
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893)
Woody Hayes (1913-1987) - US football coach
Lee Hays (1914-1981) - of the folksinging group of the late 1940s and 50s, The Weavers.
Rita Hayworth (1919-1987) - who rose to glamorous stardom in the 1940s and 50s.
Edith Head (1907-1981) - US costume designer
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) - US publisher
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
Anne Heche (1969-) - most know for having a lesbian relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. b.
Ben Hecht (1893-1964) - who, as a newspaperman in the 1920s, perfected a type of human interest sketch that was widely emulated.
Chic Hecht (1928-) - (Bahamas), b.
Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005)
Frederick Henry Hedge (1805-)
Tippi Hedren (1931-) - US actor
Hugh Hefner (1926-) - US publisher
Carolyn Heilbrun (1926-) - US writer, critic
Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) - US writer
Robert Heinlein (1907-)
Henry John Heinz (1844-1919)
John Heisman (1869-1936) - US football coach
Richard Hell (1949-) - US music singer
Joseph Heller (1923-1999) - US writer
Robert Heller (1919-)
Lillian Hellman (1905-1984) - US writer
Jesse Helms (1921-)
Leona Helmsley (1920-) - US hotel magnate
Hinton Helper (1829-1909) - US writer, SF visitor
Mark Helprin (1947-)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) - US writer
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) - who fused American traditions of blues, jazz, rock, and soul with techniques of British avant-garde rock to redefine the electric guitar in his own image.
Don Henley (1947-) - original member of The Eagles, b.
Robert Henri (1865-1929) - one of the most influential teachers of art in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
Buck Henry (1930-) - US actor writer
O. Henry (1862-1910) - US writer
Patrick Henry (1736-1799) - US pol
Jim Henson (1936-1990) - US entertainer
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) - US actor
Frank Herbert (1920-1986) - US writer
Oliver Herford (1863-1935) - US writer
Barbara Hershey (1948-) - US actor
Lewis B. Hershey (1893-1977)
Charlton Heston (1924-) - US actor
James Hetfield (1963-) - US singer (Metallica)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979-)
Carl Hiaasen (1953-)
John Hiatt (1952-) - US music singer
Bill Hicks (1961-1994)
George V. Higgins (1939-1999) - US writer
Thomas W. Higginson (1823-1911)
Gilbert Highet (1906-1978) - US writer, educator
Jim Hightower (1926-) - US ag commissioner (TX)
Anita Hill (1956-) - former colleague of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, b.
Faith Hill (1967-)
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
Anne Hillman
Conrad Hilton (1887-1979) - US hotelier
Paris Hilton (1981-)
Gordon B. Hinckley (1910-)
Gregory Hines (1945-2003) - US dancer actor
Alger Hiss (1904-1996)
Shere Hite (1942-) - US reserarcher
Russell Hoban (1925-) - US writer
A. A. Hodge (1823-1886) - one of the Princeton greats, son of protestant theologian Charles Hodge.
Charles Hodge (1894-1964) - and leader of the Princeton School of Reformed theology.
Edward Hodnett
James R. Hoffa (Jimmy) (1913-1975)
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) - US writer
Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989) - US writer
Dustin Hoffman (1937-) - US actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-) - US actor
Susanna Hoffs (1959-) - US singer
Ben Hogan (1912-1997)
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) - US singer
Ernest F. Hollings (1922-)
Buddy Holly (1936-1959) - and songwriter, who produced some of the most distinctive and influential work in rock music.
Ernest Holmes (1887-)
Katie Holmes (1978-)
Larry Holmes (1949-)
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
Lou Holtz (1937-)
Benjamin L. Hooks (1925-) - US juirst, minister
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) - US President (31)
J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) - US FBI director
John Hope (1868-1936) - US educator
Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) - US actor
Tom Hopkins
Art Hoppe (1925-2000) - US writer
Dennis Hopper (1936-) - US actor
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) - who strongly influenced the Pop art and New Realist painters of the 1960s and 1970s.
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) - of COBOL.
Hedda Hopper (1890-1966) - US gossip
Lena Horne (1917-)
Rogers Hornsby (1896-1963) - generally considered the game's greatest right-handed hitter.
Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) - Russian music pianist
Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970)
David F. Houston (1866-1940)
David Houston (1866-1940) - US secty treasury
Sam Houston (1793-1863) - US politician
Whitney Houston (1963-)
Curly Howard (1903-1952) - US comic actor
Jane Howard (1935-1996) - US writer
Moe Howard (1897-1975) - US stooge
Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937) - US writer
Irving Howe (1920-1993)
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) - US writer
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) - US writer
Barbara Marx Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) - US writer
Kin Hubbard (1868-1930)
L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) - US religious leader
Kate Hudson (1979-)
Rock Hudson (1925-1985) - US actor
Dolores Huerta (1930-) - US activist
Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) - US Supreme Court
Howard Hughes (1905-1976) - US zillionaire
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) - US writer
Cordell Hull (1871-1955) - of state (1933-44). Nobel Prize for Peace in 1945 for his part in organizing the United Nations.
Josephine Hull (1886-1957) - English English? actor
Hubert H Humphrey (1911-1978)
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) - under Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69) and US Senator from Minnesota (1949-64, 1971-78).
James Gibbons Huneker (1860-1921) - US criti
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984) - US singer
Holly Hunter (1958-) - US actor
Kim Hunter (1929-1982)
Samuel P. Huntington (1821-1900)
Chet Huntley (1911-1974) - NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report),.
Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) - US writer
Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960) - US writer
William Hurt (1950-) - US actor
Anjelica Huston (1951-) - US actor
John Huston (1906-1987) - whose taut dramas were some of the most popular films from the 1940s on.
Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977) - US educator
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977)
Betty Hutton (1921-) - US actor
Lauren Hutton (1943-)
Chrissie Hynde (1951-) - US music singer
Lee Iacocca (1924-) - US businessman
Harold L. Ickes (1874-1952) - US social activist
Frank Iero (1981-)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) - influential in the development of musical comedy.
Pete Incaviglia (1964-) - US Texas Ranger
Robert Inchausti (1952-)
Jean Ingelow (1829-1897) - US writer
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) - noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of atheism.
Lux Interior (1946-)
Kathy Ireland (1963-) - US model, actress
John Irving (1942-) - US writer
Washington Irving (1783-1859) - called the first American man of letters. Best known for the short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
Wallace Irwin (1875-1959) - US writer
Allen Iverson (1975-)
Molly Ivins (1944-) - US writer
LL Cool J (1968-)
Alexander Jablokov
Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher (1885-1973)
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) - US President (7)
Helen Hunt Jackson (1963-1885)
Janet Jackson (1966-) - (sister of Michael Jackson), b.
Jesse Jackson (1941-)
Joe Jackson (1955-) - US singer songwriter
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) - US singer
Michael Jackson (1958-) - (bother of Janet Jackson). b.
Phil Jackson (1945-2004) - of the Chicago Bulls (1989-98) and Los Angeles Lakers (
Rachel Donelson Jackson (1767-1828) - The wife of Pres Andrew Jackson.
Reggie Jackson (1946-) - US sports baseball
Samuel Jackson (1948-)
Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) - US writer
Wanda Jackson (1937-)
Jr. Henry James (1843-1916) - US writer
William James (1842-1910) - leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism.
Jenna Jameson (1974-) - US porn actress
Judith Jamison (1943-) - US dancer
Gerald Jampolsky
Elizabeth Janeway (1913-)
Byron Janis (1928-)
Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) - US writer
John Jay (1745-1829) - US postmaster
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
Margo Jefferson (1947-)
Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) - of the Declaration of Independence.
Richard Jeni
Bruce Jenner (1949-)
Peter Jennings (1938-) - US telejournalist
Waylon Jennings (1937-2002)
David Jeremiah (1941-)
George Jessel (1898-1981) - US actor
Joan Jett (1958-) - US singer
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) - US writer
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Billy Joel (1949-) - US singer
David Johansen (1950-) - US singer
Scarlett Johansson (1984-) - US actor
Geoff Johns (1973-)
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) - (1865-69).
Barbara Johnson
Beverly Johnson (1952-) - US model
Diane Johnson (1934-) - US writer
Don Johnson (1949-) - US actor
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880-1966)
Hiram Johnson (1866-1945) - US Governor (CA)
Jack Johnson (1975-1946) - US boxer
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
Jimmy Johnson (1943-) - and broadcaster. b.
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) - US President (36)
Michael Johnson (1967-) - one of the greatest sprinters of all time. b.
Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) - English writer
Philander Johnson (1866-1939)
Phillip Johnson (1906-) - US architect
Wendell Johnson (1906-1965) - US semantician
Angelina Jolie (1975-) - US actor
Al Jolson (1886-1950) - US actor
Bobby Jones (1902-1971)
Charley Jones (1930-) -
Chuck Jones (1912-2002) - US cartoonist
Franklin P. Jones (1887-1929) -
James Earl Jones (1931-) - US actor
Jennifer Jones (1919-) - US actor
Mother Jones (1830-1930) - a fiery agitator for the union rights of coal miners and other workers.
Quincy Jones (1933-) - US music producer
Rickie Lee Jones (1954-)
Shirley Jones (1933-) - US actor
Tommy Lee Jones (1962-) - US actor
Erica Jong (1942-) - US writer
Janis Joplin (1943-1970) - The premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s, who dazzled listeners with her fierce and uninhibited musical style.
Barbara Jordan (1936-) - US lawyer
David Starr Jordan (1851-)
June Jordan (1936-) - US writer
Louis Jordan (1908-1975) - US singer music
Michael Jordan (1963-) - US basketball player
Jon Bon Jovi (1962-)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962-) - one of the best female athletes in the world, b.
Don Williams, Jr (1968-)
Berry Gordy Jr. (1929-)
Don Williams, Jr. (1968-)
Jason Robards Jr. (1922-2000) - (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday).
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-)
Roy Blount, Jr. (1941-)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990)
Vine Deloria, Jr. (1933-)
Ashley Judd (1968-)
Naomi Judd (1946-)
Jane Kaczmarek (1955-) - US actor
Joshua Kadison (1963-)
Pauline Kael (1919-2001)
Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967) - US industrialist
Garson Kanin (1912-1999) - US writer actor directo
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Alex Karras (1935-) - US football
Irvin Kauffman (1936-)
Stanley Kauffmann (1916-)
Andy Kaufman (1949-1984) - US comic actor (SNL)
George S. Kaufman (1889-1961) - US writer
Philip Kaufman (1936-)
Alan Kay
Danny Kaye (1913-1987) - US actor
Susanna Kaysen (1948-)
Elia Kazan (1909-2003) - US director
Alfred Kazin (1915-1998) - US critic
Bil Keane (1922-) - creator of the comic strip "Family Circus" b.
Edward Keating
Buster Keaton (1895-1966) - US actor
Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907)
Howard Keel (1917-2004)
Maynard James Keenan (1964-)
Barnaby C. Keeney
Garrison Keillor (1942-) - US monologuist
Brian Keith (1921-1997) - US actor
Clarence B. Kelland (1881-1964)
Father James Keller (1900-)
Helen Keller (1880-1968) - who was blind and deaf.
Klete Keller (1982-)
Will Kellogg (1860-1951) - US cereal magnate
Gene Kelly (1912-1996) - whose athletic style did much to change the American public's conception of male dancers.
Grace Kelly (1928-1982) - of Monaco.
Michael Kelly (1957-2003) - US journalist
Patsy Kelly (1910-1981) - US actor
Walt Kelly (1913-1973) - notable for his comic strip Pogo.
Edward Kennedy (1932-)
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) - (1961-63).
Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) - US zillionaire
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) - US pol candidate
Robert Kennedy (1925-1968)
Rose F. Kennedy (1890-1995) - mother of John F. Kennedy & Robert Kennedy; daughter of John Francis Fitzgerald.
William Kennedy (1928-) - whose novels feature elements of local history, journalism and supernaturalism. b.
Corita Kent (1918-1986) - US artist
Jane Kenyon (1947-1995)
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) - Leader and spokesman of the Beat movement.
Deborah Kerr (1921-) - US actor
Jean Kerr (1923-2003) - US humorist
Walter Kerr (1913-1996) - US critic
Senator John Kerry (1943-)
Larry Kersten
Ken Kesey (1935-2001) - who was a hero of the countercultural revolution and the hippie movement of the 1960s.
Hank Ketcham (1920-2001) - US cartoonist
Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) - US engineer
Ken S. Keyes jr. (1921-1995)
Alicia Keys (1981-)
Victor Kiam (1926-2001) - US Boston Patriots owne
Jason Kidd (1973-) - US sports baseball
Nicole Kidman (1967-)
Anthony Kiedis (1962-) - US singer
Laura Kightlinger (1969-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Jewel Kilcher (1974-) - US singer
Harmon Killebrew (1936-)
Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) - US writer
Val Kilmer (1959-) - US actor
Spencer W. Kimball (1895-1985)
Alan King (1927-2004)
B. B. King (1925-) - US guitarist
Billie Jean King (1943-) - considered to be one of the greatest female tennis players in history. b.
Carole King (1942-) - US singer, songwriter
Earl King (1934-2003) - US singer songwriter
Larry L. King (1957-)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) - US civil rights leader
Michael Patrick King (1954-)
Stephen King (1947-) - best known for his horror novels. b.
William P. King (1798-1837)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Barbara Kingsolver (1955-)
Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956) - US sociologist
Jack Kirby (1917-1994)
Lisa Kirk (1925-1990) - US actor
Lane Kirkland (1922-1999) - US union spokesman
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1926-)
Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) - US impresario
Henry Kissinger (1923-)
Robert Kiyosaki (1947-)
Carolyn Kizer (1925-)
Calvin Klein (1942-)
Grenville Kleiser
Kevin Kline (1947-)
Fletcher Knebel (1911-1993) - US writer
Bobby Knight (1940-)
Shirley Knight (1936-)
Beyoncé Knowles (1981-)
Chuck Knox (1932-) - US football coach
Johnny Knoxville (1971-)
Edward Koch (1924-)
Dean Koontz (1945-)
Sheldon Kopp
Ted Koppel (1940-) - US telejournalist
Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950)
Brian Koslow
Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962) - US TV pioneer
Stanley Kramer (1913-)
Ray Kroc (1902-1984) - of McDonald's.
Louis Kronenberger (1904-1980) - US writer
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970) - US naturalist writer
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) - US director
Lisa Kudrow (1963-) - on TV Show 'Friends', b.
Richard Kuehn (1970-)
Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995) - US gray panther
Alan Kulwicki (54-93)
Maxine Kumin (1925-) - US writer
Irv Kupcinet (1912-2003)
Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) - US telejournalist
Ashton Kutcher (1978-)
Louis L'Amour
Alan Ladd (1913-1964) - US actor
Bert Lahr (1895-1967)
Ricki Lake (1968-) - US actor
Veronica Lake (1922-1973) - US actor
Jack LaLanne (1914-) - US fiitness guru
Mike Lalonde (1980-)
Anne Lamott (1954-)
Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) - US actor
Burt Lancaster (1915-1994) - US actor
Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986) - US actor
Ann Landers (1918-2002) - US advice columnist
Michael Landon (1936-1991)
Ali Landry (1973-)
Tom Landry (1924-2000) - US sports football coac
Diane Lane (1965-)
K. D. Lang (1961-)
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) - US photographer
Jaron Lanier (1960-)
Sherry Lansing (1944-) - US movie exec
Bruce Lansky
Adair Lara (1952-)
Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
Gary Larson (1950-) - US cartoonist
Christopher Lasch
Tommy Lasorda (1927-)
Estee Lauder (1908-2004) - US cosmetician
Matt Lauer (1957-)
Cyndi Lauper (1953-) - US singer, songwriter
Ralph Lauren (1939-)
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
Frank Leahy (1908-1973) - of the University of Notre Dame. His career winning percentage of .864 (107-13-9) ranks second in the history of first-division college football.
Norman Lear (1922-)
Denis Leary (1957-)
Timothy Leary (1920-1996) - who was a leading advocate for the use of LSD and other psychoactive drugs.
Matt LeBlanc (1967-)
Fran Lebowitz (1950-)
Amy Lee (1981-)
Bill Lee (1946-) - (Boston Red Sox), b.
Bruce Lee (1940-1973) - and martial arts expert. Born in San Francisco, California, USA
General Robert E. Lee (1918-1870) - US military
Gypsy Rose Lee (1914-1970) - US dancer, actor
Harper Lee (1926-) - US writer
Spike Lee (1957-) - US filmmaker
Ursula K. LeGuin (1929-) - best known for tales of science fiction, b.
Tom Lehrer (1928-) - US songwriter
Carol Leifer (1956-) - US comic
Janet Leigh (1927-2004) - US actor
Rachael Leigh (1979-)
Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) - US actor
Abe Lemons (1922-2002)
Annie Lennox (1954-)
Jay Leno (1950-)
Elmore Leonard (1925-)
George B. Leonard (1923-)
Gloria Leonard (1940-) - US publisher
Sugar Ray Leonard (1956-) - US boxer
Tea Leoni (1966-) - US actor
Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) - US conservationist
Nathan Leopold (1904-1971)
Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) - best remembered for the many Broadway musicals he wrote with long-time collaborator Frederick Loewe.
Max Lerner (1902-1992) - US political columnist
David Letterman (1947-)
Oscar Levant (1906-1972) - US pianist
Sam Levenson (1911-1980) - US comic writer
Monica Lewinsky (1973-) - US intern
Drew Lewis (1931-1931) - of Transportation.
Huey Lewis (1950-) - US singer
Jerry Lewis (1926-) - US comic actor
Joe E. Lewis (1902-1971) - US comic actor
Jon Peter Lewis (1979-)
Juliette Lewis (1973-) - US actor
Richard Lewis (1947-)
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) - US writer
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) - who was a founder and foremost practitioner of Pop art.
G. Gordon Liddy (1930-)
A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) - US writer
Wendy Liebman (1961-) - US comic
Doris Lilly (1926-1991) - US writer
Rush Limbaugh (1951-) - US buffoon
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) - (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves.
Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) - (wife of Abraham Lincoln).
Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001) - US writer
Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) - remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, in 1927.
Mark Lindsay (1942-) - US singer
George Lindsey (1929-)
Art Linkletter (1912-) - US TV person
Ray Liotta (1955-) - US actor
Walter J. Lippmann (1889-1974)
Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) - US writer
Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
Sonny Liston (1932-1970)
John Lithgow (1945-)
Lucy Liu (1968-)
Mary Ashton Livermore (1820-1905) - US social reformer
Heather Locklear (1961-) - US actor
Belva Lockwood (1830-1917) - US lawyer
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985) - Candidate for Vice President of the United States.
Lindsay Lohan (1986-)
Alan Lomax (1915-2002) - US musicologist
Carole Lombard (1908-1942) - US actor
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) - national symbol of single-minded determination to win.
Jack London (1876-1916) - whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. One of the most extensively translated of American authors.
Huey Long (1893-1935) - of Louisiana.
Shelley Long (1949-)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - in the 19th century.
Eva Longoria (1975-)
Anita Loos (1893-1981) - celebrated for her novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which became the basis of a popular play, two musicals and two films.
Barry Lopez (1945-)
Jennifer Lopez (1970-)
Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
Traci Lords (1968-) - US actor
George Lorimer (1867-1937)
Peter Lorre (1904-1964) - Aust-hungary actor
J.P. Losman (1981-)
Joe Louis (1914-1981) - US sports boxer
Courtney Love (1964-)
H. P Lovecraft (1890-1937) - of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th century masters of the Gothic tale of terror.
Jon Lovitz (1957-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) - of Harvard.
Amy Lowell (1874-1925) - US writer
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) - and diplomat.
Victor Lownes (1929-)
Myrna Loy (1905-1993) - born in Raidersburg, Montana.
George Lucas (1944-) - famous for his epic Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies. b.
Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) - US writer critic
Henry R. Luce (1898-1967) - US publisher (Time)
Robert Ludlum (1927-2001) - US writer
Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)
Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Charles Lynch
Paul Lynde (1926-1982) - US actor, comic
J. Russell Lynes (1910-1991)
Loretta Lynn (1935-) - US singer
Hamilton Wright Mabie
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) - who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II.
Jeanette MacDonald (1965-1965)
Ross MacDonald (1915-1983) - US writer
Andie MacDowell (1958-) - US actor
Shirley MacLaine (1934-) - US actor
Archibald Macleish (1892-1982) - US writer
Ken MacLeod (1954-)
William H. Macy (1950-) - US actor
John Madden (1936-) - US sports announcer coa
James Madison (1751-1836) - (1809-17), and one of the founding fathers of his country.
John Gillespie Magee (1922-1941)
Bill Maher (1956-)
Norman Mailer (1923-) - US writer
Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) - who made parables out of Jewish immigrant life.
Karl Malden (1919-)
John Malkovich (1953-)
David Mamet (1947-)
William Manchester (1922-2004) - US historian
Og Mandino (1923-1996)
Barry Manilow (1943-) - US singer
Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897-1953) - US writer, producer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) - Polish-US director
Horace Mann (1796-1859) - US educator
Marya Mannes (1904-1990) - US writer
Jayne Mansfield (1932-1967) - and sex symbol.
Mike Mansfield (1903-2001) - US Sen (MT)
Charles Manson (1934-) - US crazy person
Mickey Mantle (1931-1995) - US baseball
Marla Maples (1963-)
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) - noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities and male nudes.
Josie Maran (1978-)
Elisabeth Marbury (1856-1933) - US agent
Vanessa Marcil (1969-)
Rose Marie (1923-) - US actor
Roger Maris (1934-1985) - US baseball player
Edwin Markham (1852-1940) - US writer
Donald Marquis (1878-1937) - US writer cartoonist
John Marshall (1755-1835) - constitutional law and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) - US Supreme Court
Peter Marshall (1927-1949) - Scottish-US religious leader
Thomas R. Marshall (1854-1925)
Dean Martin (1917-1995)
Demetri Martin (1973-)
Mary Martin (1913-1990) - US actor
Ricky Martin (1971-)
Lee Marvin (1924-1987) - US actor
Chico Marx (1887-1961)
Groucho Marx (1890-1977) - US comic actor
Harpo Marx (1888-1964)
Joseph Mascis (1965-)
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) - US educator
Jackie Mason (1931-)
Jerry Mathers (1948-) - US actor
Christy Mathewson (1880-1925) - One of the first five players admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Kathy Mattea (1959-)
Walter Matthau (1920-2000) - Polish-US actor
James Brander Matthews (1852-1929) - US writer
Don Mattingly (1961-) - US baseball
Victor Mature (1913-1999) - US actor
Bill Mauldin (1921-)
William H. Mauldin (1921-)
Cedric Maxwell (1955-)
Elsa Maxwell (1883-1963) - US writer
Rollo May (1909-1994) - US psychoanalyst
John Mayer (1977-)
Louis B. Mayer (1882-1957)
Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999) - US music singer
Benjamin E. Mays (1895-1984) - US educator, clergy
Willie Mays (1931-) - US baseball player
Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) - US teacher astronaut
Charles McCabe (1915-1983) - US columnist
John McCain (1936-) - from Arizona since 1987. b.
Irish McCalla (1929-2002) - US actor
Mercedes McCambridge (1918-2004) - US actor
Cormac McCarthy (1933-) - US writer
Eugene J. McCarthy (1916-)
Eugene McCarthy (1916-) - US Senator (MN)
Jenny McCarthy (1972-)
Joseph R. McCarthy (1908-1957)
Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) - US writer critic
Bill McCartney (1940-) - at the University of Colorado, and President of Promise Keepers , b.
Linda Eastman McCartney (1942-1998) - US music wife
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1983.
Matthew McConaughey (1949-)
David McCord (1897-1997) - US writer
Anne O'Hare McCormick
Carson McCullers (1917-1967) - US writer
David C. McCullough
Frances McDormand (1958-) - US actor
John McEnroe (1959-)
Reba McEntire (1955-) - US singer
William McFee (1881-1966) - US writer
Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978) - US writer
George McGovern (1922-)
Rose McGowan (1973-) - Italian-US actor
Mary McGrory (1918-2004) - US columnist
Al McGuire (1931-2001) - US basketball coach
Mark McGwire (1963-)
John McKay (1923-) - US football coach
Michael McKean (1947-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Danica McKellar (1975-)
Bethania McKenstry
Patricia McKillip (1948-) - US writer
William McKinley (1843-1901) - US President (25)
Karla Mclaren
Mignon McLaughlin (1915-) - US writer
AJ McLean (1977-1901)
Jim McMahon (1959-)
Terry McMillan (1951-)
Larry McMurtry (1936-) - US writer
Robert McNamara (1916-) - US secty defense pol
Butterfly McQueen (1911-1995) - US actor
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) - US anthropologist
Donella Meadows (1941-)
John (Cougar) Mellencamp (1951-)
Mike Melvill - of the first privately funded SpaceShipOne
Herman Melville (1819-1891) - Best known for his novels of the sea, including his masterpiece, Moby Dick.
Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) - of American life who influenced US fiction through the 1920s.
Eva Mendes (1974-)
Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) - who contributed to many Broadway musical productions and Hollywood films.
Ethel Merman (1908-1984) - who is remembered for her strong and clear voice.
David Merrick (1912-)
Robert Merrill (1921-1998)
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) - French Monk
Grace Metalious (1924-1964) - US writer
Tammy Lynn Micheals (1974-)
Phil A Mickelson (1970-)
Phil Mickelson (1970-)
Bette Midler (1945-)
Alyssa Milano (1972-)
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) - US writer
Alice Miller (1874-1942) - known for her entertaining novels for the upper classes.
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
Dennis Miller (1953-)
Henry Miller (1891-1980) - US writer
Joaquin Miller (1841-1913) - US poet
Mitch Miller (1911-) - US bandleader
Roger Miller (1936-1992) - US singer songwriter
Shannon Miller (1977-)
Teresa A. Miller (1963-)
Kate Millett (1934-) - An early and influential figure in the women's liberation movement. b.
Robert Millikan (1968-1953) - US physicist
Ronnie Milsap (1946-) - US singer
Sal Mineo (1939-1976) - US actor
Charles Mingus (1922-1979) - US musician
Liza Minnelli (1946-) - US actor, singer
Marvin Minsky (1927-) - science
Beverly Mitchell (1981-)
Joni Mitchell (1943-) - US music singer
Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) - US writer
Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) - in the United States.
Martha Mitchell (1918-1996) - US pol wife
Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) - US movie actor
Wilson Mizner (1876-1933) - US writer
Art Modell (1925-) - US coach Balt. Ravens
Walter F. Mondale (1928-)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) - US poet
James Monroe (1758-1831) - (1817-25), who issued an important contribution to United States foreign policy in the Monroe Doctrine, a warning to European nations against intervening in the Western Hemisphere.
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) - who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s.
Thomas S. Monson (1927-)
Joe Montana (1956-)
Alfred A. Montapert
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) -
Demi Moore (1962-) - US actor
Jackie Moore (1939-) - US baseball (Toronto)
Julianne Moore (1960-)
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) - US poet
Mary Tyler Moore (1936-)
Michael Moore (1954-)
Thurston Moore (1958-) - US Sonic Youth
Tom Morello (1964-) - US singer (Rage Against
Henry Morgan (1915-1994) - US actor
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)
Robin Morgan (1942-) - US editor (Ms)
Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) - Pulitzer Prize in 1942 and 1959.
Christopher Morley (1890-1957) - US writer
Molly Morris (1972-) - US friend of quote-keep
Jim Morrison (1943-1971) - Member of the American band The Doors and one of rock music's mythic figures.
Toni Morrison (1931-) - US writer
Van Morrison (1945-) - Irish Irish-US singer
Dwight Morrow (1873-1931) - US lawyer, statesman
Lance Morrow (1939-)
Viggo Mortensen (1958-)
Jelly Roll Morton (1885-1941)
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) - US artist
John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877)
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880)
Bill Moyers (1934-) - US telejournalist
Bridget Moynahan (1972-)
Daniel P. Moynihan (1927-2003)
Jason Mraz (1977-)
Martin Mull (1943-)
Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) - US historian
Thornton T. Munger
Brittany Murphy (1977-)
Eddie Murphy (1961-)
Bill Murray (1950-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Chad Michael Murray (1981-)
David Murray (1955-)
Jim Murray (1919-1998) - US columnist
Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) - US journalist
Dave Mustaine (1961-) - US Megadeth
Jim Nabors (1930-) - US singer, actor
Stephen Nachmanovitch
Ralph Nader (1934-)
Joe Namath (1943-) - US football player
David Nasaw
Ogden Nash (1902-1971) - of humorous poetry who won a large following for his audacious verse.
George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) - US writer
Robert Nathan (1894-1985) - He is best known for Portrait of Jennie.
Carry Nation (1846-1911) - US religious fanatic
Gloria Naylor (1950-) - US writer
Patricia Neal (1926-) - US actor
Scott Nearing (1883-1983)
Richard J. Needham (1939-)
Bill Nelson (1942-)
Byron Nelson (1912-)
Gene Nelson (1920-1996)
Rick Nelson (1940-1985) - US singer
Willie Nelson (1933-) - US singer
Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) - US writer
Kent Nerburn
Al Neuharth (1924-) - US editor, USA Today
Bebe Neuwirth (1958-) - US actor
Simon Newcomb (1835-1909)
Ingrid Newkirk (1949-) - US activist, PETA Pres
Paul Newman (1925-)
Wayne Newton (1942-) - US singer
Jack Nicholson (1937-)
Jack Nicklaus (1940-)
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) - US theologian
Harry Nilsson (1941-1994) - US singer songwriter
Leonard Nimoy (1931-) - US actor
Cynthia Nixon (1966-)
Pat Nixon (1912-1993) - US First Lady (38)
Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) - (1969-74).
Gena Lee Nolin (1971-)
Chuck Noll (1932-)
Nick Nolte (1941-) - US actor
Peggy Noonan (1950-) - US speechwriter
Marsha Norman (1947-)
Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf (1934-)
Mabel Normand (1894-1930) - a class="mu" href="/birthday/november_16/">1894
Chuck Norris (1940-) - US actor
Frank Norris (1870-1902) - US writer
Kathleen Norris (1880-1966) - US writer
Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937-) - US legislator
Ivor Novello (1893-1951) - US actor
Ted Nugent (1948-) - US musician
Bill Nye (1955-1896) - US journalist
Jerry O'Connell (1974-)
Flannery O'Connor
Michael O'Donoghue (1940-1994)
Ryan O'neal (1941-)
Shaquille O'Neal (1972-)
Ed O'Neill (1946-)
P. J. O'Rourke (1947-)
John Oates (1949-) - US singer
Joyce Carol Oates (1938-) - twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature, b.
Conor Oberst
Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935)
Tillie Olsen (1912-) - (Tell Me a Riddle), b.
Ken Olson (1926-) - US DEC founder
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994)
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) - US science
Robert Orben (1927-) - US comic writer
Roy Orbison (1936-1988) - US music singer
Adam Osborne (1939-2003)
Haley Joel Osment (1988-) - US actor
Donny Osmond (1957-) - (brother of Marie Osmond), b.
Marie Osmond (1959-) - (sister fo Donny Osmond), b.
Herbert A. Otto - leader of the human potential movement
David Owens
Jesse Owens (1913-1980) - 4 time Gold Medalist in Track and Field at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Terrell Owens (1973-) - US football player
Alexander O´Neal (1953-)
Jack Paar (1916-2004) - US tv person
Al Pacino (1940-) - US actor
Vance Packard (1914-1996) - US writer
Clementine Paddleford (1900-1967) - US writer
Joy Page (1924-)
Walter H(ines) Page (1855-1918)
Camille Paglia (1947-) - US writer
Satchel Paige (1906-1982) - US sports baseball
Nam June Paik (1932-2006)
Chuck Palahniuk (1961-)
Grace Paley (1922-)
William S. Paley (1901-1990) - US radio/TV magnate
Arnold Palmer (1929-)
Gwyneth Paltrow (1972-)
Bill Parcells (1941-)
Charlie Parker (1920-1955) - Principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop.
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) - US writer critic
Mary-Louise Parker (1964-)
Sarah Jessica Parker (1965-)
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
Dolly Parton (1946-) - US singer actor
Ed Paschke (1939-2004)
John Dos Passos (1896-1970)
Joe Paterno (1924-)
Floyd Patterson (1935-)
General George S. Patton (1885-1945) - in World War I and II.
Alice Paul (1885-1977) - US lawyer
Jane Pauley (1950-)
Dr. Linus Pauling (1901-1994)
Pat Paulsen (1927-1997) - US comic actor
Walter Payton (1954-1999) - US football player
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) - US religious leader
Minnie Pearl (1912-1996) - US comic actor
M. Scott Peck (1936-2005)
Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) - US director
Amanda Peet (1972-)
Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969) - US writer
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)
Sean Penn (1960-) - US actor
Little Richard Penniman (1932-)
Boies Penrose (1860-1921) - US Senator (PA)
Piper Perabo (1977-) - , b.
Walker Percy (1916-1990) - who wrote of the New South transformed by industry and technology.
S. J. Perelman (1904-1979) - US writer
Louie Perez (1953-) - US drummer (Los Lobos)
Anthony Perkins (1932-1992) - who was best remembered for his portrayal of murderous motel owner Norman Bates in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho (1960).
Frances Perkins (1880-1965) - US educator
Ron Perlman (1950-) - US actor
H. Ross Perot (1930-) - US pol
Joe Perry (1950-) - US musician (Aerosmith)
Luke Perry (1966-) - US actor
Dr. Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) - US writer
Bernadette Peters (1948-) - US actor singer
Thomas J. Peters (1942-)
Wilferd A. Peterson (1933-)
Tom Petty (1950-)
Sarah Pezdek-Smith (1980-)
Michelle Pfeiffer (1958-) - US actor
Reed Markham, PhD (1957-)
Austin Phelps (1820-1890)
Michael Phelps (1985-)
William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) - US scholar critic
Dr. Phil (1950-)
Emo Philips (1956-) - US comic
Bum Phillips (1923-) - US football coach
John Phillips (1935-2001) - US singer songwriter
Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) - whose eloquence helped fire the antislavery cause during the period leading up to the American Civil War.
T. Boone Pickens (1928-) - US businessman
Charles Pierce (1926-1999) - US actor
Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) - (14).
Marge Piercy (1936-) - US writer
Jimmy Piersall (1921-)
Albert Pike (1809-1891)
Kenneth L. Pike (1912-)
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981) - and Peace Prophet.
Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) - US environmentalist
Brad Pitt (1963-)
Marilyn Pittman
Jeremy Piven (1965-)
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) - whose best known works are preoccupied with alienation, death and self-destruction.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - US writer
Sidney Poitier (1924-) - US actor
James Knox Polk (1795-1849) - (1845-49). Under his leadership the United States fought the Mexican War (1846-48) and acquired vast territories along the Pacific coast and in the Southwest.
John G. Pollard (1871-1937) - US Governor (VA)
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) - US artist
Iggy Pop (1947-) - US singer
Faith Popcorn (1947-) - US mgt consultant
Letty Cottin Porgrebin (1939-) - US editor, writer
Belva Porter (1946-)
Cole Porter (1893-1964) - US songwriter
David Porter (1813-1891)
Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) - US writer
Sylvia Porter (1913-1991) - US economist
Natalie Portman (1981-)
Emily Post (1872-1960) - US etiquette authority
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) - US writer
Paula Poundstone (1959-)
Colin Powell (1937-)
Dick Powell (1904-1963) - US actor
Jane Powell (1929-) - US actor
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)
Michael Powell (1905-1990) - US director
Stefanie Powers (1942-)
Hugh Prather
Steve Roland Prefontaine (1951-1975)
George Dennison Prentice (1802-1870) - US writer
Elvis Presley (1935-1977) - widely known as the "King of Rock and Roll".
Lisa Marie Presley (1968-) - US celeb daughter
Jaime Pressly (1977-)
Leontyne Price (1927-) - US singer
Nick Price (1957-)
Vincent Price (1911-1993) - US actor
Ivy Baker Priest (1905-)
Anthony J. Principi (1944-)
Emily Procter (1968-)
Phil Proctor (1940-) - US comic actor
William Proxmire (1915-) - (VVI), b.
Richard Pryor (1940-)
P. Diddy, Puff Daddy (1969-)
Bill Pullman (1953-) - US actor
Mario Puzo (1921-1999) - US writer
Dennis Quaid (1954-) - US actor
Suzi Quatro (1950-) - US singer
Dan Quayle (1947-1947) - under George Bush (
Joe Queenan (1950-) - US writer
Anna Quindlen (1953-)
Anthony Quinn (1915-)
Jane Bryant Quinn (1939-) - US economist
Dan Quisenberry (1950-1998) - US baseball player
Robin Quivers (1952-) - US cohost
Chris Raab (1980-)
Gilda Radner (1946-1989) - US comic actor (SNL)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939) - US singer
Bonnie Raitt (1949-)
Estelle Ramey (1917-)
Harold Ramis (1944-) - US writer actor produce
Joey Ramone (1951-2001) - US musician Ramones
Tony Randall (1920-2004) - US actor
John Randolph (1915-2004) - US actor
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) - US First female rep
Anthony Rapp (1971-)
Dan Rather (1931-) - US journalist anchor
Johnnie Ray (1927-1990)
Man Ray (1890-1976) - who was the only American to play a major role in both the Dada and Surrealist movements.
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) - He was responsible for passage of New Deal legislation.
Maureen Reagan (1941-2001) - US first family
Nancy Reagan (1921-)
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) - (1981- 89).
Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942-)
Robert Redford (1937-)
Gabrielle Reece (1970-) - US model
Donna Reed (1921-1986)
Jerry Reed (1937-) - US music singer
John Reed (1887-1920)
Lou Reed (1942-) - US music singer
Rex Reed (1938-) - US critic
Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902)
Willis Reed (1942-)
Betty Reese
Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)
George Reeves (1914-1959)
William H. Rehnquist (1924-)
Robert Reich (1946-) - US politician
Kate Reid (1930-1993)
Tara Reid (1975-)
Theodor Reik (1888-1969) - Austrian-US psychoanalyst
Carl Reiner (1922-) - US comic actor
Rob Reiner (1947-) - US actor director
Rachel Naomi Remen
Lee Remick (1935-1991) - US actor
Agnes Repplier (1858-1950) - US writer
Walter Reuther (1907-1970)
Charles Revson (1906-1975) - US fashion
Burt Reynolds (1936-) - US actor
Debbie Reynolds (1932-) - US actor
Quentin Reynolds (1902-1965) - US writer
Rick Reynolds (1952-) - US comic
Ryan Reynolds (1976-)
Trent Reznor (1965-) - US musician (NIN)
Christina Ricci (1980-)
Anne Rice (1941-) - of horror and fantasy stories. b.
Grantland Rice (1880-1954) - US writer
Jerry Rice (1962-) - US football phenomenon
Adrienne Rich (1929-) - US writer
Ann Richards (1933-1933) - of Texas (
Denise Richards (1971-) - US actor
Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911) - first woman admitted to MIT.
Archie M. Richards, Jr.
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973) - US aviator
Don Rickles (1926-) - US comic actor
Hyman George Rickover (1900-1986) - known as the father of the Nuclear Navy.
Bobby Riggs (1918-1995) - US tennis
Jacob Riis (1849-1914)
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979) - mother of Maya Rudolph.
Dennis Ritchie (1941-)
Guy Ritchie (1968-) - who married singer Madonna in 2000. b.
John Ritter (1948-2003) - US actor
Thelma Ritter (1905-1969) - US actor
Geraldo Rivera (1943-)
Joan Rivers (1933-) - US comic
Texas Ranger Mickey Rivers (1948-)
Frank Rizzo (1920-1991) - (Philadelphia) .
Hal Roach (1892-1992)
Max Roach (1925-) - US music jazz drummer
Jason Robards (1922-2000) - US actor
Anthony Robbins (1960-)
Harold Robbins (1916-1997)
Marty Robbins (1925-1982) - US music songwriter
Tim Robbins (1958-) - US actor
Tom Robbins (1936-)
Julia Roberts (1967-)
Pat Robertson (1930-) - US bigot
Paul Robeson (1898-1976) - US actor singer
Brooks Robinson (1937-)
Chris Robinson (1966-) - US singer (Black Crowes
Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) - Romanian actor
Edwin A. Robinson (1869-1935)
Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) - US baseball player
James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936) - US historian
Sugar Ray Robinson (1920-1989) - US boxer
Chris Rock (1966-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Kid Rock (1971-)
David Rockefeller (1915-)
Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) - under Gerald R. Ford (1974-77).
Sr. John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) - founder of the Standard Oil Company.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960)
Knute Rockne (1888-1931) - US football coach
Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) - creator of the popular science-fiction TV series Star Trek.
Bill Rodgers (1947-)
Buck Rodgers (1938-)
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) - US composer
Dennis Rodman (1961-) - US sports
Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)
Al Rogers
Dale Evans Rogers - known as the "Queen of the West".
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) - noted primarily as the partner of Fred Astaire in a series of motion-picture musicals.
Mister Fred Rogers (1928-2003) - US TV personality
Roy Rogers (1911-1998)
Will Rogers (1879-1935) - US humorist
Anne Roiphe (1935-)
Henry Rollins (1961-)
Ray Romano (1957-)
Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002)
Linda Ronstadt (1946-)
Andy Rooney (1919-)
Mickey Rooney (1920-) - US actor
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) - (1933-45), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) - (1933-45), cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) - (1901-09).
Elihu Root (1845-1937) - Nobel Prize for Peace in 1912.
Ned Rorem (1923-)
Poison Ivy Rorschach (1953-) - US music cramps
Richard Rorty (1931-)
Axl Rose (1962-) - US singer
Billy Rose (1899-1966) - US composer producer
Jim Rose (1956-) - US performance artist
Pete Rose (1941-) - US sports baseball
Harold Rosenberg (1906-1978) - US writer
Betsy Ross (1777-)
Diana Ross (1944-) - US music singer
Harold Ross (1892-1951) - New Yorker founder.
Judith Rossner (1935-) - US writer
David Lee Roth (1954-) - US singer (Van Halen)
Phillip Roth (1933-) - US writer
Karl Rove (1950-)
Carl T. Rowan (1925-2000) - born in Ravenscroft, Tennessee.
Helen Rowland (1876-1950) - US/English writer
Josiah Royce (1855-1916)
Mike Royko (1932-1997) - US writer
Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) - of the Youth International Party. He became famous for anti-Vietnam War protests.
Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923-)
Rita Rudner (1955-)
Maya Rudolph (1972-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) - to win three gold medals at a single Olympics.
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) - US poet
Jane Rule (1931-) - US writer
Donald Rumsfeld (1932-) - US executive, politico
Damon Runyon (1884-1946)
Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) - and political leader, member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Dean Rusk (1909-1994)
John Russell (1921-1991) - US actor?
Kurt Russell (1951-) - US actor
Mark Russell (1932-)
Rosalind Russell (1908-1976) - US actor
Bayard Rustin (1910-1987) - US civil rights leader
Babe Ruth (1895-1948) - one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and the first to hit over 50 home runs in one season.
Meg Ryan (1961-1961) - ex
Winona Ryder (1971-)
Ed Sabol (1916-)
Morley Safer (1931-)
William Safire (1929-)
Carl Sagan (1934-)
Dr. Carl Sagan (1934-1996) - US scientist
Mort Sahl (1927-) - Canadian-US comic
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941-) - US entertainer
Alberto Salazar (1958-)
J. D. Salinger (1919-)
Harrison E. Salisbury (1908-1993)
Jonas Salk (1914-1995) - US microbiologist
Jim Samuels (1948-1990) - US comic
Joan Benoit Samuelson (1957-)
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) - US writer
Colonel Harlan Sanders (1890-1980) - US chef
Adam Sandler (1965-)
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) - of the birth control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field.
Carlos Santana (1947-) - US guitarist
Alan Saporta
Susan Sarandon (1946-)
William Saroyan (1908-1981) - known for his stories celebrating the joy of living in spite of poverty.
May Sarton (1912-1995) - US writer
Virginia Satir (1916-)
Marilyn vos Savant (1946-) - and columnist of Ask Marilyn. Billed as the person with the highest IQ (228) ever recorded. b.
Charles Sawyer
Diane Sawyer (1945-)
Antonin Scalia (1936-) - US Supreme Court
Anne Schedeen (1949-)
Mike Schmidt (1949-) - regarded as having been the greatest third baseman in the history of baseball. b.
Rob Schneider (1963-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Liev Schreiber (1967-)
Pat Schroeder (1940-) - US Representative
Dr. Robert H. Schuller (1926-) - b. b.
Will Schultz (1902-1998)
Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) - US "Peanuts" cartoonist
Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939)
Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966) - US writer
H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1934-) - US military
David Schwimmer (1966-)
Willard Scott (1934-) - US buffoon
Winfield Scott (1786-1866) - US military
Zachary Scott (1914-1965) - US actor
Earl Scruggs (1924-) - US banjo player
John Sculley (1939-) - US entrepreneur
Briana Scurry (1971-)
Steven Seagal (1951-) - US actor
David Seamands
John Sebastian (1944-) - US singer, songwrite
Pete Seeger (1919-) - US songwriter
Erich Segal (1937-) - , author of 'Love Story', b.
Bob Seger (1945-)
Jerry Seinfeld (1954-)
Tom Selleck (1945-) - US actor
Maurice Sendak (1928-) - US writer
Mack Sennett (1880-1960) - who made a significant contribution to silent films in the United States with the frenetic slapstick comedy that he introduced and perfected.
Rod Serling (1924-1975) - US writer actor directo
Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) - best known for his collection of children's books.
Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) - US news
Joan Severance (1958-)
Anne Sexton (1928-1974) - US writer
Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) - US rapper
Tom Shales (1948-)
Garry Shandling (1949-)
Molly Shannon (1964-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Al Sharpton (1954-)
Artie Shaw (1910-2004) - US clarinetist
Irwin Shaw (1913-1984) - US writer
Ted Shawn (1891-1972) - of modern dance for men in America.
Harry Shearer (1943-)
Norma Shearer (1900-1983) - known for her glamour, charm, sophistication, and versatility.
Wilfred Sheed (1930-)
George Sheehan (1918-1993) - US physician, runner
Gail Sheehy (1937-)
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) - US religion
Charlie Sheen (1965-) - US actor
Martin (Ramon Estevez) Sheen (1945-) - US comic actor
Alfred Sheinwold
Bishop John Shelby Spong (1931-)
Barbara Sher
Bobby Sherman (1945-) - US music singer
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) - and a major architect of modern warfare.
Brooke Shields (1965-) - US actress model
Jenny Shimizu (1967-)
Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940)
Michelle Shocked (1962-) - US singer
Dinah Shore (1916-1994) - US actor
Will Shriner (1953-)
Maria Shriver (1955-) - US royalty
Elisabeth Shue (1963-)
Lisa Shue (1963-)
Don Shula (1930-)
George P. Shultz (1920-) - of State, b.
Beverly Sills (1929-) - US singer
Sarah Silverman (1970-) - US comic actor (SNL)
Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)
Alicia Silverstone (1976-)
Phil Simms (1956-) - (quarterback), b.
William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) - US writer
Carly Simon (1945-) - US music singer
Herbert Simon (1916-2001)
Neil Simon (1927-) - in the history of the American theatre, b.
Paul Simon (1941-)
Nina Simone (1933-2003) - US singer
Ashlee Simpson (1984-)
Homer J. Simpson (1955-) - US TV character
Jessica Simpson (1980-)
Zoot Sims (1925-1985) - US musician
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) - US singer
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) - and polemicist.
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) - Polish/US writer
Gary Sinise (1964-) - US actor
Red Skelton (1913-1997) - US comic
B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) - US psych writer
Cornelia Otis Skinner (1901-1979) - US writer actor
Mary Decker Slaney (1958-)
Christian Slater (1969-) - US actor
Grace Slick (1939-)
John Sloan (1871-1951) - US artist
Jane Smiley (1949-) - US writer
Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944)
Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) - US Gov (NY)
Anna Nicole Smith (1967-)
Barbara Smith (1846-) - US writer
Bessie Smith (1894-1937) - US singer
Betty Smith (1896-1972) - US writer
David Smith (1906-1965) - US sculptor
Dodie Smith (1896-1990) - US writer
Elinor Smith (1911-)
Elliott Smith (1969-2003)
H. Allen Smith (1906-1976) - US writer
Horace Smith (1913-1986)
Lillian Smith (1897-1966) - US writer
Liz Smith (1923-) - US writer
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) - English-US writer
Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) - US politician
Michael W. Smith (1957-)
Mike Smith (1943-) - pitcher, b.
Patti Smith (1946-)
Red Smith (1905-1982) - one of the United States most popular sportswriters. Pulitzer Prize in 1976.
Will Smith (1968-)
Sam Snead (1912-2002) - US golfer
William DeWitt Snodgrass (1926-)
Carrie Snodgress (1946-2004) - US actor
Helen Foster Snow (1907-1997)
Tom Snyder (1936-) - US talk show host
Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970) - US religious leader
Steven Soderbergh (1963-) - US director
Valerie Solanas (1936-1988) - of the SCUM manifesto.
Barry Sonenfeld (1953-)
Susan Sontag (1933-2004) - US writer
Aaron Sorkin (1961-)
Mira Sorvino (1967-)
Musiq Soulchild (1977-)
Thomas Sowell (1930-)
Kevin Spacey (1959-) - US actor
David Spade (1964-) - US comic actor (SNL)
John Lancaster Spalding (1840-1916)
Art Spander
Nicholas Sparks (1965-)
Grace Speare
Britney Spears (1981-)
Phil Spector (1940-)
Tori Spelling (1973-) - US actor
Steven Spielberg (1946-)
Mickey Spillane (1918-) - US writer
Leon Spinks (1953-)
Mark Spitz (1950-)
Dr. Benjamin Spock (1903-1998) - US medical
Bruce Springsteen (1949-)
Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894-1988)
Robert Stack (1919-2003)
Jean Stafford (1915-1979) - US writer
Layne Staley (1967-2002) - US singer
Sylvester Stallone (1946-)
Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867-1958) - US Senator (KY)
Bessie Stanley
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) - US feminist
Frank L. Stanton (1908-)
Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) - US actor
Kenneth Starr (1946-)
Danielle Steel (1947-) - US writer
Gwen Stefani (1969-)
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) - US photographer
Rod Steiger (1925-2002) - US actor
Ben Stein (1944-)
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) - among the first to appreciate and collect the works of major artists.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) - Nobel Prize for Literature for 1962.
David Steinberg (1942-) - US comic
Gloria Steinem (1935-)
Casey Stengel (1891-1975) - US sports baseball
Neal Stephenson (1959-) - US writer
Jan Sterling (1921-2004) - US actor
Rod Sterling (1924-1975) - for The Twilight Zone.
Daniel Stern (1957-)
Howard Stern (1954-)
Isaac Stern (1920-2001) - Russian-US violinist
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) - whose work explores the interaction of reality and what man can make of reality in his mind.
Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) - to the United Nations (1961-65).
James Stewart (1908-1997) - and motion picture star known for his portrayals of diffident but morally resolute characters.
Jon Stewart (1962-)
Martha Stewart (1922-)
Patrick Stewart (1940-)
Potter Stewart (1915-1985) - and associate justice of the US Supreme Court (1958-81).
Ben Stiller (1965-)
Stephen Stills (1945-)
Caskie Stinnett
Michael Stipe (1960-)
Alexandra Stoddard
Carl Stoddard (1969-)
Carl Stokes (1927-1996) - US mayor (Cleveland)
Eric Stoltz (1961-) - US actor
I. F. Stone (1907-1989) - US writer
Oliver Stone (1946-)
Sharon Stone (1958-)
W. Clement Stone (1902-2002) - of Combined Insurance Co (now a part of Aon Corp.).
William Wetmore Story (1819-1895)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) - author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
J. Michael Straczynski (1954-) - and director for the television industry, b.
Hank Stram (1923-)
Paul Strand (1890-1976)
Meryl Streep (1949-) - US actor
Barbra Streisand (1942-)
Ken Stringfellow (1968-)
Sherry Stringfield (1967-)
Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970)
Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) - US writer
William Styron (1925-) - US writer
Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
Ed Sullivan (1902-1974) - US TV host
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (1902-1988)
Donna Summer (1948-) - US singer
Lawrence Summers (1954-)
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) - dedicated to human equality during the American Civil War period.
Billy Sunday (1862-1935) - US evangelist
William A. Sunday (1863-1935)
Mena Suvari (1979-)
Jimmy Swaggart (1935-) - US televangelist
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) - US actor
D. B. Sweeney (1961-)
May Swenson (1919-1989) - US writer
Charles R. Swindoll (1934-)
Loretta Swit (1937-)
Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958) - US journalist
Ice T (1960-) - US rapper, actor
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) - (1909-13).
Gay Talese (1932-) - US writer
Amy Tan (1952-) - US writer
Deborah Tannen (1951-) - US sociologist
Chuck Tanner (1929-)
Quentin Tarantino (1963-) - US director actor
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) - US writer
Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921) -
Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915)
James Taylor (1948-)
John Taylor (1753-1824)
Niki Taylor (1975-)
Paul Taylor (1930-) - US dancer?
Phil Taylor (1954-) - US? music
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) - (1849-50).
Edwin Way Teale (1899-1980) - US naturalist
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) - US writer
Edward Teller (1908-)
Black Shirley Temple (1928-) - US actor, diplomat
Sir John Templeton (1912-)
Randall Terry - of the Christian pro
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) - Serbian-US inventor
Twyla Tharp (1941-) - US dancer choreographer
Charlize Theron (1975-)
Paul Theroux (1941-) - US writer
Tiffani Amber Thiessen (1974-)
Clarence Thomas (1948-) - US Supreme Court
Danny Thomas (1914-1991) - (father of Marlo Thomas).
Helen Thomas (1920-) - known especially for her coverage of U.S. presidents, who broke through a number of barriers to women reporters and won great respect in her field. b.
Isiah Thomas (1961-) - of the Indiana Pacers, b.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1981-) - US actor
Lewis Thomas (1913-1993) - US physician, writer
Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) - US writer, explorer
Marlo Thomas (1937-)
Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935) - feminist; She championed excellence in higher education for women.
Norman Thomas (1884-1968) - US social reformer
David Thompson (1954-) - US Denver Nuggets playe
Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) - US writer
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (1939-) - US writer
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) - US composer
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) - US writer
David Thornburg
Billy Bob Thornton (1955-) - US actor
George Thorogood (1952-) - US guitarist
James Thurber (1894-1961) - US writer
Howard Thurman (1900-1981)
Uma Thurman (1970-)
Wallace Henry Thurman (1902-1934) - US writer
Strom Thurmond (1902-2003) - US Sen (SC)
Cheryl Tiegs (1947-)
Gene Tierney (1920-1991) - US actor
Jennifer Tilly (1958-) - US actor
Meg Tilly (1960-) - US actor
Justin Timberlake (1981-) - US singer
Michael Todd (1909-1958) - US actor
Alvin Toffler (1928-) - US writer
Lily Tomlin (1939-) - Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2003.b.
LaDainian Tomlinson (1979-)
Tammy Townsend (1970-)
Brian Tracy
Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) - US actor
William Barrett Travis (1809-1836)
John Travolta (1954-)
Lee Trevino (1939-)
Calvin Trillin (1935-)
Lionel Trilling (1905-1975)
Elton Trueblood (1900-1994)
Clifford Truesdell (1919-2000) - US scientist
Harry S Truman (1884-1972) - of the United States.
Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976)
Donald Trump (1946-)
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) - and social reformer.
Paul Tsongas (1941-1997) - US senator
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) - US writer
Richard Tucker (1913-1975)
Christy Turlington (1969-)
Kathleen Turner (1954-) - US actor
Lana Turner (1920-1995) - known for her glamorous looks and sexual allure.
Ted Turner (1938-)
Tina Turner (1939-)
Mark Twain (1835-1910) - US Writer
Leeann Tweeden (1973-)
Anne Tyler (1941-)
John Tyler (1790-1862) - (1841-45).
Liv Tyler (1977-)
Steven Tyler (1948-) - US singer (Aerosmith)
Mike Tyson (1966-)
Morris K. Udall (1922-1998) - US congressman
Peter Ueberroth (1937-) - Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1984. b.
Brenda Ueland (1891-1985)
Ernestine Ulmer (1925-) -
Lars Ulrich (1963-) - (Metallica), b.
Skeet Ulrich (1970-) - US actor
Blair Underwood (1964-)
Gabrielle Union (1973-)
John Unitas (1933-2002)
Johnny Unitas (1933-2002) - US football player
Bobby Unser (1934-) - who won the Indianapolis 500 race three times (1968, 1975, 1981), b.
John Updike (1932-) - US writer
Robert Urich (1946-2002)
Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) - Italian-US actor
Jim Valvano (1946-1993) - Coach of North Carolina State U., 1980-1990; won NCAA championship, 1983
Amy Vanderbilt (1908-1974) - an acknowledged authority on manners and etiquette.
Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-) - US fashion designer
Bill Vaughan (1915-1977) - US writer
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990) - US musician
William E. Vaughan (1915-1977)
Bill Vaughn
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) - Norwegian economist
Eddie Vedder (1965-) - for the band Pearl Jam, b.
Bill Veeck (1914-1986) - US Chicago White Sox
Suzanne Vega (1959-) - US singer
Jesse Ventura (1952-) - of Minnesota, b.
Ken Venturi (1931-)
Gwen Verdon (1925-2000)
A. Lou Vickery
Gore Vidal (1948-) - US VP (45)
St. Edna Vincent Millay
Judith Viorst (1931-) - US writer
Dick Vitale (1939-) - US sportscaster
Diana Vreeland (1906-1989)
Charleszetta Waddles (1912-2001) - US nun
Cindi Wafstet (1950-)
Chuck Wagner (1958-)
Jane Wagner (1935-) - US writer
Rufus Wainwright (1973-)
Denis Waitley - of self
Tom Waits (1949-)
Christopher Walken (1943-) - US actor
Alice Walker (1944-) - US writer
Clint Walker (1927-)
Margaret Walker (1915-1998) - US writer
Mort Walker (1923-) - US cartoonist
Nancy Walker (1921-1992) - US comic actor
Robert Walker (1918-1951) - US actor
General Lew Wallace (1827-1905) - US military
George Wallace (1919-1998) - of Alabama who became a national symbol of resistance to racial integration during the 1960s.
Eli Wallach (1915-)
Fats Waller (1904-1943) - US pianist, singer
Ray Walston (1914-2001) - US actor
Barbara Walters (1931-) - US telejournalist
Bill Walton (1952-)
Sam Walton (1918-1992) - of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the largest retail sales chain in the United States.
John Wanamaker (1838-1922) - of one of the first American department stores.
Artemus Ward (1834-1867) - US writer
William Arthur Ward
Eugene F. Ware (1841-1911)
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) - Initiator of The Pop art.
Fred Waring (1900-1984)
Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) - US writer
Earl Warren (1891-1974) - US Supreme Court
Leonard Warren (1911-1960)
Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) - US writer
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) - US educator
Denzel Washington (1954-)
George Washington (1732-1799) - (1789-97).
Harold Washington (1922-1987) - of Chicago (1983-87).
Martha Washington (1732-1802) - (1789-97), wife of George Washington, 1st US president.
Nate Washington (1983-)
Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
John Waters (1946-) - US filmmaker
Muddy Waters (1915-1983) - US music singer
James D. Watson (1928-) - US geneticist
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)
Tom Watson (1949-)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874-1956) - of IBM .
Ben Wattenberg (1933-) - US columnist, commentat
Bill Watterson (1958-) - of the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, b.
Alan Watts (1915-1973) - of Zen Buddhism.
Mikey Way (1980-)
John Wayne (1907-1979) - who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era.
Earl Weaver (1930-)
Veronica Webb (1965-) - US model
Amy Weber (1972-)
Daniel Webster (1782-1852) - US Sen (MA)
Noah Webster (1758-1843) - and lexicographer, known for his American Spelling Book and his American Dictionary of the English Language.
David Weinbaum
Bob Weir (1947-) - US singer (Dead)
Raquel Welch (1940-) - US actor
Tuesday Weld (1943-) - US actor
Lawrence Welk (1903-1992) - music
Orson Welles (1915-1985) - English actor director
Bob Wells (1966-) - US magazine editor
Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) - US writer
Eudora Welty (1909-2001) - US writer
Jann Wenner (1946-) - US Rolling Stone editor
Peter Wentz (1979-)
Glenway Wescott (1901-1987)
Adam West (1928-) - US actor
Jessamyn West (1902-1984) - US writer
Kanye West (1977-)
Mae West (1892-1980) - and sex symbol.
Edward Noyes Westcott (1846-1898) - US writer
Paul Westerberg (1959-)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1928-) - German-US psychiatrist
Tina Weymouth (1950-) - US bassist
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) - and short-story writer.
Joss Whedon (1964-)
John Archibald Wheeler (1911-)
Edwin P. Whipple (1819-1886)
Edwin Whipple
Byron R. White (1917-) - US Supreme Court
E. B. White (1899-1985) - US writer
Jack White (1944-) - US comic
Mark White (1940-)
William Allen White (1868-1944) - known as the Sage of Emporia, whose mixture of tolerance, optimism, liberal Republicanism and provincialism made him the epitome of the thoughtful small-town American.
Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) - and bandleader, called the King of Jazz for popularizing a musical style that helped to introduce jazz to mainstream audiences during the 1920s and 1930s.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) - US writer
John Hay Whitney (1905-1982)
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) - US writer
Marcia Wieder
Jane Wiedlin (1958-) - US singer (Go-Gos)
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) - who led the kindergarten education movement in the United States.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) - US writer
Billy Wilder (1906-2002) - Austrian-US director
Gene Wilder (1935-)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) - of children's fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest.
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) - US writer
Michael Wilding (1912-1979) - US director
Roy Wilkins (1901-1981)
Bud Wilkinson (1916-1994)
George F. Will (1941-)
Bern Williams
Brian Williams (1969-)
Emlyn Williams (1905-1987) - Welsh actor writer directo
Esther Williams (1921-) - US actor, swimmer
Otis Williams (1939-)
Pat Williams (1941-) - US Orlando Magic GM
Robin Williams (1952-) - US comic actor
Rozz Williams (1963-1998)
Serena Williams (1981-) - Sister of Venus Williams. b.
Sr. Hank Williams (1923-1953) - US singer, songwriter
Ted Williams (1918-2002) - US baseball
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) - US writer
Venus Williams (1980-) - Sister of Serena Williams. b.
Wendy O. Williams (1949-1998) - US singer (Plasmatics)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) - US writer
Marianne Williamson (1952-) - spiritual leader of the Church of Today, b.
Mykelti Williamson (1960-)
Wendell L. Willkie (1892-1944)
August Wilson (1945-2005) - US writer
Brian Wilson (1942-) - US music singer
Earl Wilson (1907-1987) - US columnist
Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) - US critic
Edward O. Wilson (1929-) - US scientist
Flip Wilson (1933-1998) - US comic actor
Gary Wilson (1934-)
Gretchen Wilson (1973-)
Pete Wilson (1933-) - US California Governor
Robert Anton Wilson (1932-) - US writer
Sloan Wilson (1920-2003) - US writer
Tom Wilson (1959-)
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924) - of the United States
Walter Winchell (1897-1972) - US journalist
Oprah Winfrey (1954-)
Debra Winger (1955-) - US actor
Henry Winkler (1945-)
Lizz Winstead (1961-) - US comic
Johnny Winter (1944-) - US music guitar
Jonathan Winters (1925-)
Shelley Winters (1922-) - US actor
Estelle Winwood (1883-1984) - US actor
Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900) - whose goal of uniting American Jewry made him the greatest organizer of Reform Jewish institutions in the United States.
Forest E. Witcraft (1894-1967)
Reese Witherspoon (1976-)
Alicia Witt (1975-)
Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) - US writer
Tom Wolfe (1931-) - US writer
Stevie Wonder (1950-) - US music singer
Ed Wood (1924-1978) - US wrtier director
Elijah Wood (1981-) - US actor
Grant Wood (1892-1942) - one of the major exponents of Midwestern Regionalism, a movement that flourished in the United States during the 1930s.
Natalie Wood (1938-1981) - US actor
George E. Woodberry
John Wooden (1910-) - US basketball
James Woods (1947-) - US actor
Mark Woods (1969-)
Tiger Woods (1975-)
Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) - US historian
Jacqueline Woodson (1963-)
Joanne Woodward (1930-) - US actor
Chuck Woolery (1940-) - US game show host
Sheb Wooley (1921-2003) - US actor, singer, songw
Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) - US writer
Henry Clay Work (1832-1884)
Herman Wouk (1915-) - US writer
Steve Wozniak (1950-1976) - who designed electronic devices and games while still in his teens. In the 1970s he worked for Hewlett
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) - the most abundantly creative genius of American architecture. His Prairie style became the basis of 20th century residential design in the United States.
Max Wright (1943-)
Orville Wright (1871-1948) - and aviation pioneer. Brother of Wilbur Wright.
Richard Wright (1908-1960) - US writer
Stephen Wright (1955-)
Steven Wright (1955-)
Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) - and aviation pioneer. Brother of Orville Wright.
Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967-)
Ed Wynn (1886-1966) - US comic actor
Malcolm X (1925-1965) - US activist writer
Judge Leon R. Yankwich (1888-1975) - US judge (CA)
Chuck Yeager (1923-) - US supersonic pilot
Anzia Yezierska (1885-1970) - US writer
Andrew Young (1932-) - US mayor (Atlanta)
Brigham Young (1801-1877) - of the Mormon church, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West.
Coleman Young (1918-1997) - US mayor (Detroit)
Loretta Young (1913-2000) - US actor
Owen D. Young (1874-1962) - chairman of General Electric.
Sean Young (1959-) - US actor
Vash Young - of best
Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971)
Henny Youngman (1906-1998) - US comic
Catherine Zandonella (1920-)
Daryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) - born in Wahoo, Nebraska.
Frank Zappa (1940-1993) - US music singer compose
Renee Zellweger (1969-)
Warren Zevon (1947-2003) - US singer/songwriter
Zig Ziglar
Don Zimmer (1931-) - US sports baseball
Howard Zinn (1922-)
William Zinsser
Rob Zombie (1966-)
Gary Zukav