- U.S. novelist noted for stark, often brutal depictions of the human condition.
- U.S. senator whose fervor for rooting out communist sympathizers was associated with highly divisive and controversial practices.
- U.S. baseball manager: Baseball Hall of Fame 1957.
- U.S. novelist and memoirist.
- Cormac. born 1933, US writer; his novels include Suttree (1979), Blood Meridian (1985), All the Pretty Horses (1992), No Country for Old Men (2005) and The Road (2006)
- Joseph R (aymond). 1908–57, US Republican senator, who led (1950-54) the notorious investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government
- Mary (Therese). 1912–89, US novelist and critic; her works include The Group (1963)
