- John Ericsson
John Ericsson was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. He was born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, but primarily came to be active in the United States - Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 - April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age. Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1955 Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances" and was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. - Carl Sandburg
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 - July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois of Swedish parents and died at his home, named Connemara, in Flat Rock, North Carolina. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat." He was a successful journalist, poet, historian, biographer, and autobiographer. During the course of his career, Sandburg won two Pulitzer Prizes, … - Joe Hill
Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström was a radical songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also known as the Wobblies. He was executed for murder after a controversial trial. After his death, he became the subject of a folksong. - Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a five-time Golden Globe Award-winning, Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy-nominated American actress, singer and dancer. - Barbro Osher
Barbro Osher (born May 21,1940 in Stockholm) is the Swedish Consul General in San Francisco and a well-known philanthropist, chairman of the Bernard Osher Foundation and of the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. Together with her husband Bernard Osher she gave the third largest contribution to charity in 2006, according to the online magazine Slate. Barbro Osher is also the owner and publisher of Vestkusten, a Swedish-American newspaper. - Arnold Barton
H. Arnold Barton, professor emeritus of history, was born in Los Angeles in 1929. Of Swedish descent, he has devoted his research to the history of Scandinavia, especially Sweden, and of Swedes and other Scandinavians in North America. He received his B.A. degree at Pomona College and his doctorate at Princeton University. He taught at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, the University of California at Santa Barbara, … - Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 - 26 August 1974), known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle," was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY to Paris in 1927 in the "Spirit of St. Louis." In the ensuing deluge of notoriety, Lindbergh became the world's best-known aviator. Charles Lindbergh is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. In the years prior to World War II, … - Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. She shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy, "Pretty Woman", opposite Richard Gere. Since then, Roberts has become the highest-paid actress in the world, topping the "Hollywood Reporter's" annual power list of top-earning female stars for four consecutive years (2002-2005). - Astrid Varnay
Ibolyka Astrid Maria Varnay (April 25 1918 - September 4 2006) was an operatic soprano of Hungarian heritage and Swedish birth, who did most of her work in the United States and Germany. Both her parents were Hungarian, but she was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother Maria Javor was a noted coloratura soprano with acoustic recordings to her credit, and her father Alexander was a spinto tenor. - Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and pianist best known for the single "A Thousand Miles" from her debut album, "Be Not Nobody" (2002), which was certified platinum in the U.S. The commercial failure of Carlton's second album, "Harmonium" (2004), led her to part company from her record label A&M, though she still holds a dedicated fanbase. - Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson, was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific during the silent film era, but her career declined with the advent of "talkies." She is now best known for her comeback role in the film "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), in which—mirroring her own life—she portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day. - Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980 as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age eleven, and his short career has seen performances in diverse roles. He has received an Academy Award nomination and won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award. - Haddon Sundblom
Haddon Hubert "Sunny" Sundblom was a United States artist best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for The Coca-Cola Company. Sundblom was born in Muskegon, Michigan to a Swedish-speaking family. His father, Karl Wilhelm Sundblom, came from the farm Norrgårds in the village of Sonboda in Föglö of the Swedish-speaking Åland Islands, then part of the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, and his mother Karin Andersson was from Sweden. - Mc Lars
Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6 1982) is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. He is the self-proclaimed originator of "post-punk laptop rap". He has collaborated with many different artists, including Non-Phixion's Ill Bill and nerdcore rapper mc chris, and was one of the first underground rappers to sample and reference emo bands. Lars has toured with many different bands, including Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Gym Class Heroes, … - Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader (July 16 1925-May 5 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. - Eric Jansson
Eric or Erik Jansson or Janson (21 December 1808 —13 May 1850) was the leader of a Swedish pietist sect that emigrated to the United States in 1846. Jansson was born in Biskopskulla in Uppland, near Uppsala, the son of Jan Mattsson, a farmer, and his wife, Sarah Eriksdotter. After believing that he was miraculously cured of rheumatism, he became devoutly religious, and developed beliefs that were contrary to the Lutheran Church of Sweden. - Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29 1970) is an American film actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action thrillers. She is best known for her films directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her most popular films include "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Gattaca" (1997) and the two "Kill Bill" movies (2003–04). - Ozzie Nelson
Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 - June 3, 1975) was an American entertainer who originated and starred in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" radio and television series with his wife and two sons. The second son of Swedish parents, he was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in the affluent suburb of Ridgefield Park, where the street of the high school he attended is now named after him. - Jennifer Granholm
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Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 - October 25, 1995), better known under her professional name of Viveca Lindfors, was a Swedish and later American stage and film actress. She was born in Uppsala, Sweden, and trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm. Soon after, she became a theater and film star in Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1946 after being signed by Warner Bros. and began working in Hollywood films. - Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson was born in Brooklyn and grew up in it's Bushwick section. "The two brightest moments were when I saw the guy shot in the neck with the zip gun. When I was about nine, almost ten, And then after that my mother, sister and I were beaten up by a gang of black girls, a youth gang, in Brooklyn. The next spring we left town." -- Harry Nilsson - Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, known for her roles in "Interview with the Vampire", "The Virgin Suicides", "Marie Antoinette", and "Bring It On", as well as Mary Jane Watson in the "Spider-Man" film series. - Warner Oland
Warner Oland (October 3, 1879 - August 6, 1938) was a Swedish actor most remembered for his role as "Charlie Chan." - Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an influential American country music songwriter, singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole author of most of his songs, but he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein and Fred Foster. - Mitch Hedberg
Mitchell Lee Hedberg was an American stand-up comedian known for his stylistic elocution and routines that often consisted of a string of one-line non sequiturs. - John Morton
John Morton was born in Delaware in 1724. In his youth he was noted for his quick intelligence and his habit of hard work. His stepfather, a well educated surveyor from England, gave him a sound education in practical matters and in surveying. In 1756 Morton was elected to the Provincial Assembly, and was elected president of the Assembly in 1775. He attended the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. - Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Glenn Seaborg worked his way through UCLA in a variety of ways - as stevedore, night watchman, apricot picker and linotype mechanic apprentice, earning his B.A. degree in 1934. Later he attended UC Berkeley where he became a faculty member and chancellor. Seaborg talked about the influence of "John Mead Adams of UCLA who taught a course in atomic physics in which I learned about nuclear physics. After that course, I knew that I wanted to get into nuclear research." - Quincy Jones III
Quincy Delight Jones III (aka QD3 aka Snoopy) is a Swedish-American composer, music producer, film producer and author. - Susan Lucci
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide. Lucci attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York, graduating in 1964. She then attended Marymount College at Fordham University, and graduated from Marymount in 1968. - Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for "The Martian Chronicles", a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451". - Mark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5 1971) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, and television producer. Also known as Marky Mark in his earlier days, he had become famous in his debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He also enjoyed great fame as a sought-after advertising icon. - Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom and was famous for her "soft and cool" singing style. Though she recorded dozens of hit songs (many of which she wrote or cowrote), Lee might be best known for her interpretation of the Davenport/Cooley composition "Fever" and the song written by her and Dave Barbour, "It's a Good Day." - Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York City) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress. She is married to actor/director, Antonio Banderas. - Edie Falco
Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American television, film and stage actress best known for her lead role as Carmela Soprano on HBO's award winning hit series "The Sopranos", as well as Diane Wittlesey on the HBO show "Oz". - Walter Johnson
Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 - December 10, 1946), nicknamed "The Big Train", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball between 1907 and 1927. One of the most celebrated players in baseball history, he attained legendary status with his record achievements which remained unbroken for more than a half-century. - Inger Stevens
Inger Stevens was a Golden Globe-winning, Emmy-nominated Swedish-American movie and TV actress. Stevens, born Inger Stensland, in Stockholm, Sweden, was an insecure and often ill child. Her parents divorced while living in Sweden and she moved with her father to the United States. She attended high school in Manhattan, Kansas. At 16 she left home and started to work in New York City as a showgirl in low-budget performances. - William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1 1924 - September 3 2005) was an American lawyer, jurist, and a political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States. Considered a conservative, Rehnquist favored a federalism under which the states meaningfully exercised governmental power. Under this view of federalism, the Supreme Court of the United States, for the first time since the 1930s, … - Earl Warren
Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 - July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 20th Attorney General of California, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). As Chief Justice, his term of office was marked by numerous rulings affecting, among other things, the legal status of racial segregation, civil rights, separation of church and state, and police arrest procedure in the United States. - Harry Nyquist
Harry Nyquist, (February 7, 1889 – April 4, 1976) was an important contributor to information theory. He was born in Nilsby, Sweden. He emigrated to the USA in 1907 and entered the University of North Dakota in 1912. He received a Ph.D. in physics at Yale University in 1917. He worked at AT&T's Department of Development and Research from 1917 to 1934, and continued when it became Bell Telephone Laboratories in that year, until his retirement in 1954.
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