United States
Historical figures born in United States
104,551 notable historical figures were born in United States. These are the most notable:
By era
- Early Modern: 3
- Modern: 37
By occupation
- Writer/Author: 27
- Politician: 19
- Head of State/President: 17
- Actor: 15
- Entrepreneur/Executive: 11
- Director/Producer: 10
- Singer/Musician: 10
- Lawyer: 9
- George Washington (1732 to 1799, Politics)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 to 1865, Politics)
- Thomas Edison (1847 to 1931, Science)
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 to 1826, Politics)
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 to 1790, Politics)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 to 1968, Politics)
- Barack Obama (born 1961, Politics)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 to 1945, Politics)
- Bill Clinton (born 1946, Politics)
- Bill Gates (born 1955, Business)
- Donald Trump (born 1946, Politics)
- George H. W. Bush (1924 to 2018, Politics)
- George W. Bush (born 1946, Politics)
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 to 1919, Politics)
- Leo XIV (born 1955, Religion)
- Muhammad Ali (1942 to 2016, Sports)
- John F. Kennedy (1917 to 1963, Politics)
- Jeffrey Epstein (1953 to 2019, Business)
- Diane Keaton (1946 to 2025, Entertainment)
- Tupac Shakur (1971 to 1996, Arts & Music)
- Angelina Jolie (born 1975, Entertainment)
- Richard Nixon (1913 to 1994, Politics)
- Jimmy Carter (1924 to 2024, Politics)
- Beyoncé (born 1981, Arts & Music)
- Taylor Swift (born 1989, Arts & Music)
- Ronald Reagan (1911 to 2004, Politics)
- James A. Garfield (1831 to 1881, Politics)
- Lady Gaga (born 1986, Arts & Music)
- Joe Biden (born 1942, Politics)
- Jennifer Lawrence (born 1990, Entertainment)
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984, Entertainment)
- Selena Gomez (born 1992, Entertainment)
- Kamala Harris (born 1964, Politics)
- Tiger Woods (born 1975, Sports)
- Serena Williams (born 1981, Sports)
- Venus Williams (born 1980, Sports)
- Britney Spears (born 1981, Arts & Music)
- Truman Capote (1924 to 1984, Literature)
- Tina Turner (1939 to 2023, Arts & Music)
- Emma Stone (born 1988, Entertainment)
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