Famous People from United States

97 notable historical figures from United States, including leaders, artists, scientists, and other influential people.

Barack Obama

1961 – Present

president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)

Born August 4

Donald Trump

1946 – Present

President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)

Born June 14

Albert Einstein

1879 – 1955

German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

Born March 14

Ronald Reagan

1911 – 2004

president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)

Born February 6

Abraham Lincoln

1809 – 1865

president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1865)

Born February 12

George W. Bush

1946 – Present

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Born July 6

Joe Biden

1942 – Present

46th President of the United States (2021–2025)

Born November 20

George Washington

1732 – 1799

Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)

Born February 22

Thomas Edison

1847 – 1931

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Born February 11

Mark Twain

1835 – 1910

American author and humorist (1835–1910)

Born November 30

John F. Kennedy

1917 – 1963

president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)

Born May 29

Martin Luther King Jr.

1929 – 1968

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

Born January 15

Bill Gates

1955 – Present

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

Born October 28

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1882 – 1945

president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)

Born January 30

Jimmy Wales

1966 – Present

co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

Born August 7

Marilyn Monroe

1926 – 1962

American actress and model (1926–1962)

Born June 1

Steve Jobs

1955 – 2011

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

Born February 24

Edgar Allan Poe

1809 – 1849

American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)

Born January 19

Thomas Jefferson

1743 – 1826

president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

Born April 13

Bill Clinton

1946 – Present

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

Born August 19

Neil Armstrong

1930 – 2012

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

Born August 5

Benjamin Franklin

1706 – 1790

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

Born January 17

Elvis Presley

1935 – 1977

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

Born January 8

Nikola Tesla

1856 – 1943

Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)

Born July 10

Walt Disney

1901 – 1966

American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)

Born December 5

Ernest Hemingway

1899 – 1961

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Born July 21

Marlene Dietrich

1901 – 1992

German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)

Born December 27

Jimmy Carter

1924 – 2024

president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)

Born October 1

Elon Musk

1971 – Present

businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)

Born June 28

Henry Ford

1863 – 1947

American business magnate (1863–1947)

Born July 30

Lady Gaga

1986 – Present

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

Born March 28

Harry S. Truman

1884 – 1972

president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)

Born May 8

George H. W. Bush

1924 – 2018

president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 (1924–2018)

Born June 12

Hillary Clinton

1947 – Present

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Born October 26

Theodore Roosevelt

1858 – 1919

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)

Born October 27

Richard Nixon

1913 – 1994

president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)

Born January 9

Madonna

1958 – Present

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

Born August 16

Kamala Harris

1964 – Present

Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

Born October 20

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1890 – 1969

president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)

Born October 14

Woodrow Wilson

1856 – 1924

president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 (1856–1924)

Born December 28

Noam Chomsky

1928 – Present

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

Born December 7

John Adams

1735 – 1826

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

Born October 30

Bob Dylan

1941 – Present

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Born May 24

Alfred Hitchcock

1899 – 1980

British filmmaker (1899–1980)

Born August 13

Andy Warhol

1928 – 1987

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

Born August 6

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867 – 1959

American architect (1867-1959)

Born June 8

Lyndon B. Johnson

1908 – 1973

president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)

Born August 27

Louis Armstrong

1901 – 1971

American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

Born August 4

Gerald Ford

1913 – 2006

president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)

Born July 14

James Madison

1751 – 1836

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)

Born March 16

Angelina Jolie

1975 – Present

American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)

Born June 4

Selena Gomez

1992 – Present

American singer and actress (born 1992)

Born July 22

Taylor Swift

1989 – Present

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

Born December 13

Mark Zuckerberg

1984 – Present

American Internet entrepreneur

Born May 14

John Quincy Adams

1767 – 1848

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

Born July 11

Helen Keller

1880 – 1968

American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)

Born June 27

Andrew Jackson

1767 – 1845

president of the United States from 1829 to 1837

Born March 15

Isaac Asimov

1920 – 1992

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

Born January 2

Thomas Mann

1875 – 1955

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

Born June 6

Igor Stravinsky

1882 – 1971

Russian composer (1882–1971)

Born June 17

Bruce Lee

1940 – 1973

Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

Born November 27

Robin Williams

1951 – 2014

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

Born July 21

Jackie Chan

1954 – Present

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

Born April 7

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 – 1922

Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)

Born March 3

Ulysses S. Grant

1822 – 1885

president of the United States from 1869 to 1877

Born April 27

Lana Del Rey

1985 – Present

American singer-songwriter

Born June 21

Woody Allen

1935 – Present

American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)

Born November 30

Marlon Brando

1924 – 2004

American actor (1924–2004)

Born April 3

Herbert Hoover

1874 – 1964

president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)

Born August 10

Calvin Coolidge

1872 – 1933

president of the United States from 1923 to 1929

Born July 4

James Monroe

1758 – 1831

president of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758–1831)

Born April 28

Richard Feynman

1918 – 1988

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

Born May 11

Stanley Kubrick

1928 – 1999

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

Born July 26

Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803 – 1882

American philosopher (1803–1882)

Born May 25

Arnold Schwarzenegger

1947 – Present

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

Born July 30

Boris Johnson

1964 – Present

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

Born June 19

Linus Torvalds

1969 – Present

Finnish software engineer (born 1969)

Born December 28

Judy Garland

1922 – 1969

American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian (1922–1969)

Born June 10

Jim Morrison

1943 – 1971

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

Born December 8

Vladimir Nabokov

1899 – 1977

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Born April 22

Leonardo DiCaprio

1974 – Present

American actor and producer (born 1974)

Born November 11

James A. Garfield

1831 – 1881

president of the United States in 1881

Born November 19

Brad Pitt

1963 – Present

American actor and filmmaker (born 1963)

Born December 18

William Howard Taft

1857 – 1930

27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 (1857–1930)

Born September 15

Walt Whitman

1819 – 1892

American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)

Born May 31

Grover Cleveland

1837 – 1908

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

Born March 18