- U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
- U.S. playwright, actor, and director.
- Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–98, US naval officer; first US astronaut in space (1961)
- Sam original name Samuel Shepard Rogers. born 1943, US dramatist, film actor, and director. His plays include Chicago (1966), The Tooth of Crime (1972), and Buried Child (1978): films as actor include Days of Heaven (1978) and The Right Stuff (1983); films as director include Far North (1989) and Silent Tongue (1994)
