The Wright Brothers.
Allison 'Watch the Fingers' Hanigan - the only kinky looking sexy red-head with a killer smile.
As said earlier, Aerosmith for their music, and Mr Mrs Tyler giving the World one beautiful elf.
Guns and Roses, excluding the 'Bucket-head' years.
John Fogarty,
The Doors,
'Uncle Jimmy' aka Jimmy Hendrix
- Although theoretically he chose to accept to be a honoury Brit - as at the time then, the US public didn't seem to like him as much as we did - alledgedly).
B26 Marauder,
NASA (Space Agency subordinate engineers machinsts) generally seen as the truely 'can do' guys (and gals), distillation of near engineering personification of the often vaunted US(A) national ethos.
My US likes, with some unfortunate irony attatched to them though...
M1911A1 M14/M14-1A/Socom CQBR-II (names?) Beautiful, long standing and nearly idiot proof reliabilty, design and battle ergonomics.
- Except when said (and other) firearms are used by delluded/bullied/unstable idiots whom never should've had such easy access to them to commit attrocities with (although for balance, those weapons are usually stolen and/or 'borrowed' from unsecured storage).
Werner Von Braun, sold/told as the great 'American' of Space Engineering.
- He never should have deserved any 'freedom' for his connection to attrocities irrespective of his skills - he was the 'space' equivelent of Jimmy Saville, like Saville was to kids charities, Werner was to space - he should've been worked to death upon his later creations IMHO for karma reasons).
F-111, Polaris also perhaps also Trident, for threatening things to dis-appear quickly, and being much more expensive than initally thought they'd be while yet ensuring peace through MAD.
- For being at-least part of the reasons why Labour of '56, got rid of many advanced projects, including near total destruction down to the plans and jigs of the TSR2 (except for some parts sections that were stolen and hidden by staff - which became the cobbled together museum piece), most likely due to some un-disclosable contract promises /or long-term mutual support agreements which we still both share.