List of Famous People From Pennsylvania

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Below is a list of famous people from Pennsylvania.

List of Famous Actors From Pennsylvania

F. Murray Abraham
Val Avery
Kevin Bacon
Carroll Baker
Ethel Barrymore
John Barrymore
Gene Kelley
Lionel Barrymore
Jayce Bartok
Blake Bashoff
Alan Beckwith
Maria Bello
Julie Benz
Larry Bishop
Janet Blair
Marc Blucas
Walter Bobbie
David Boreanaz
Christian Bowman
Jim Boyd
Peter Boyle
Rebecca Creskoff
John Davidson
Ann B. Davis
Bruce Davison
John de Lancie
Kim Delaney
Benicio del Toro
Patti Deutsch
Devon
Mia Dillon
Jack Dodson
John Doman
Heather Donahue
Omar Doom
Lisa Emery
Barbara Feldon
Tina Fey
W.C. Fields
Larry Fine
Bette Ford
Matthew Fox
Jonathan Frakes
Martin Gabel
Megan Gallagher
Kyle Gallner
Rita Gam
Janet Gaynor
Deborah Geffner
Richard Gere
Ileen Getz
Scott Glenn
Jeff Goldblum
Jon Gosselin-Berks County
Kate Gosselin-Berks County
Seth Green
Charles Hallahan
Pamela Payton-Wright
Robert Picardo
Joel Polis
Jon Polito
William Powell
Zachary Quinto
James Rebhorn
Krysten Ritter
Erica Rivera
Daniel Roebuck
Fred Rogers
George A. Romero
Norman Rose
Zelda Rubinstein
Bob Saget
Jennifer Sciole
Lizabeth Scott
David O. Selznick
Amanda Seyfried
Craig Sheffer
M. Night Shyamalan
Penny Singleton
Jonathan Slavin
Kerr Smith
Will Smith
Timothy Stack
James Stewart
Sharon Stone
Christine Taylor
Teller
Mary Testa
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Paul F. Tompkins
Tom Verica
Brendon Walsh
Lisa Waltz
Eric Wareheim
Fritz Weaver
Michael Willis
Thomas F. Wilson
Chris Young
Winter Ave Zoli

List of Famous Athletes From Pennsylvania

John Abramovic
Rubén Amaro, Jr. and general manager
Joe Amato, professional drag racer
John Andretti, NASCAR driver
Marco Andretti, auto racing driver
Michael Andretti, auto racing driver
Kurt Angle, professional wrestler
LaVar Arrington
Bob Babich, professional football coach
Kayla Bashore, olympic field hockey player Summer 2008- Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Charlie Batch
William Beatty
Joe Beimel
Stan Belinda
Fred Biletnikoff
Steve Bilko
Steve Blackman, professional wrestler
DeJuan Blair
George Blanda, professional football HOF player
Sam Bowie
Jerry Boyarsky
Kyle Brady
Sid Bream
Steve Breaston
Tom Brookens
Gary Brown
Kobe Bryant
Taylor Buchholz
Leroy Burrell, track and field
Rasual Butler
Ray Caldwell
John Calipari, college basketball coach
Roy Campanella, professional HOF baseball player
John Cappelletti
Pete Carril, professional basketball coach
Matt Carroll
Len Chappell
Wilt Chamberlain
Barry Church
Tom Clements, professional football coach
Joe Collins
Kerry Collins
Marques Colston
Dan Conners
Bill Cowher, professional football coach
Billy Cox
Mike Cox
Chuck Daly, professional basketball coach
Bob Davie, college football coach- Moon Township
Dorin Dickerson
Keir Dillon, professional snowboarder-East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Aaron Gray
Ken Griffey, Sr.
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Russ Grimm-Scottdale
Peter Gruner, professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Billy Kidman
Artrell Hawkins- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Richard Hamilton
Marvin Harrison
Gerald Henderson, Jr.
Chad Henne, college football player
Tom Herr and professional baseball manager
Eric Hicks
Shawn Hillegas
Larry Holmes, professional boxer
Joe Maddon, professional baseball manager
Bam Margera, professional skateboarder
Ryan Malone, professional hockey player
Greg Manusky
Dan Marino
Brandon Marshall
Donyell Marshall
Tim Masthay
Christy Mathewson
Pat McAfee
Mike McCarthy, professional football head coach
LeSean McCoy
Mike McCoyaul Posluszny
Andre Reed
Frank Reich
Nolan Reimold
Nicole Reinhart, professional cyclist
Darrelle Revis
Mike Richter, professional hockey player
Malik Rose
Tim Ruddy
Matt Ryan
John Salmons
Bob Sanders
Carl Sawatski-Shickshinny
Matt Schaub
Brian Schneider
Mike Scioscia, professional baseball manager
Mustafa Shakur
Dick Shiner
Greg Skrepenak
Steve Slaton
Kevin Slowey
Musa Smith
Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler
Jimmy Spencer, professional racecar driver
Larod Stephens-Howling
Tony Stewart
Bob Sura
Bruce Sutter
Jason Taylor
John Tewksbury, track and field olympiast
Jaimie Thomas
Jim Thorpe, various
Charley Trippi
Bob Tucker
R.J. Umberger, professional hockey player
Johnny Unitas
Honus Wagner
Neil Walker-Pittsburgh
Art Wall, Jr., professional golfer
Rasheed Wallace
Ed Walsh
Joe Walton professional football coach-Beaver Falls *Hakim Warrick
Kenny Watson
Reggie Wells
Josh Wilson
Kris Wilson
Tom Woodeshick
Frank Wycheck
Lee Woodall

List of Famous Authors From Pennsylvania

Louisa May Alcott
Lloyd Alexander
Poul Anderson
Janet Asimov
Donald Barthelme
John Batchelor
Ben Bova
Pearl S. Buck
Charles Brockden Brown
Bebe Moore Campbell
Rachel Carson
Stephen Chbosky
Annie Dillard
Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)
Tristan Egolf
Todd Gallagher
Kristin Hunter
Steve Johnson-St. Marys, Pennsylvania
Dean Koontz
John D. MacDonald
Henry Meyer
James A. Michener
James Morrow
John O’Hara
Ralph Peters
Ezra Pound
Conrad Richter
Mary Rinehart
Lisa Scottoline
Martin Cruz Smith
Jerry Spinelli- Norristown
Gertrude Stein
Gerald Stern
Wallace Stevens
Ida Tarbell
John Updike
Lauren Weisberger
John Edgar Wideman
Marianne Wiggins
August Wilson
Owen Wister
Calvin Ziegler

List of Famous Musicians From Pennsylvania

Christina Aguilera
Marian Anderson
Anti-Flag
Frankie Avalon
Franny Beecher-Norristown
George Benson
Bilal
The Bloodhound Gang
Boyz II Men
Glenn Branca
Breaking Benjamin
Vanessa Carlton
Cassidy
Danny Cedrone-Philadelphia
Chubby Checker
Lou Christie
Cinderella
CKY
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-Philadelphia
Stanley Clarke
The Clarks
John Coltrane
Jimmy DeGrasso
Perry Como
Jim Croce
Dead Milkmen
Esteban
Kevin Eubanks
Eve
Stephen Foster
Freeway
Fuel
G. Love & Special Sauce
Gamble & Huff
Stan Getz
Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein
Johnny Grande-Philadelphia
Anthony Green
Justin Guarini
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Halestorm
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Bill Haley & His Comets
Dan Hartman
The Hooters
Phyllis Hyman
Donnie Iris
Keith Jarrett
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Jedi Mind Tricks
Joan Jett
Allan Jones
Wiz Khalifa-Pittsburgh
Jason Karaban (Musician) – Norristown
Tom Keifer-Springfield
Kid Dynamite
Chris Kirkpatrick, ‘N Sync
Patti LaBelle
Live
Lisa Lopes
Al Martino
McFadden & Whitehead
Mirah
Dan McKeown
Irene Molloy-Doylestown
Pat Monahan (Train)-Erie
Musiq Soulchild-Philadelphia
The Ocean Blue
Paint It Black
Eden Park
Billy Paul
Teddy Pendergrass
Christina Perri
Pink
Poison
Matt Pond PA
Punchline
Sun Ra
Trent Reznor
Asher Roth–Morrisville
Todd Rundgren
Rusted Root
Santogold-Philadelphia
Schooly D
Jill Scott
Shanice
Beanie Sigel
Silvertide
Sister Sledge
Will Smith
Taylor Swift
Tammi Terrell
The Delfonics
The Juliana Theory
The Roots
The Stylistics
The Wonder Years (band)-Philadelphia
Nicole Tranquillo
McCoy Tyner
Bobby Vinton
Chris Vrenna
Ween
Syreeta Wright
Young Gunz
Jackie Evancho

List of Famous Politicians, Government Officials and Military Personel From Pennsylvania

Jack Agnew, inspiration for the novel and film The Dirty Dozen
Claude Allen, Assistant to the President of the United States for Domestic Policy under George W. Bush
Henry “Hap” Arnold, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General
Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator from Delaware
Robert Bork, Solicitor General, Attorney General, Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court nominee
James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States
Smedley Butler, U.S. Marine Corps General
Samuel Carpenter, First Treasurer 1704, Deputy Governor to William Penn
Bob Casey, Jr., current US Senator, son of former Governor
Robert P. Casey, former Governor
Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Tom Corbett, current Governor of Pennsylvania
George M. Dallas, 11th Vice President of the United States
James J. Davis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Senator
Benjamin Franklin, Scientist, Diplomat, Teacher, and Founding Father of the United States
Alexander Haig, Secretary of State, White House Chief of Staff, NATO Supreme Commander
Winfield Scott Hancock, Union Civil War commander
Orrin Hatch, Republican senator from Utah
Michael Hayden, Director of the CIA under President George W. Bush
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt
Michael Johns, U.S. Presidential speechwriter
John Kasich, U.S. Representative from Ohio, Republican Governor of Ohio
Donald Kohn, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Richard Marcinko, Notable Navy Seal, Commanded Seal Team Six
Betsy McCaughey, Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York
Royal Meeker, advisor to President Woodrow Wilson
Janet Napolitano, current U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Alexander Mitchell Palmer, U.S. Attorney General and director of the controversial Palmer Raids
Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton
Ed Rendell, former Pennsylvania Governor
George S. Rentz, World War II Navy Chaplain and Navy Cross awardee
Tom Ridge, former Pennsylvania Governor, first Secretary of Homeland Security
John Roll, federal judge slain in the 2011 Tucson shooting in Arizona
Dan Rooney, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland
Joe Sestak, Navy Admiral, former Congressman
Carl Andrew Spaatz, WWII general and first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator
Thaddeus Stevens, Constitutional activist
Michael Strank, U.S. Marine, Iwo Jima Flagraiser
Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford
Charlemagne Tower, Lawyer, Mining magnate and landowner
Tom Vilsack, current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former Governor of Iowa
Richard Winters, 101st Airborne, 506th E Company, World War II

List of Famous Radio and Television Personalities From Pennsylvania

Jodi Applegate, broadcast journalist
Ed Bradley
Chuck Barris, television host and producer
John Batchelor, radio talk show host
Neal Boortz, libertarian radio talk show host
Michael Buffer, ring announcer known for his trademarked catchphrase, “Let’s get ready to rumble!”
Steve Burns, original host of the kids show, Blue’s Clues
Myron Cope, former Pittsburgh Steelers radio personality
Jim Cramer, television host
Bill Cullen, television host
Debra Fox, television anchor
Alan Freed, radio disc jockey who coined the term “Rock and Roll”
Courtney Friel, entertainment reporter for Fox News
Louis Glackens, illustrator
Jon & Kate Plus 8, reality stars/family of ten with sextuplets and twins
Marc Lamont Hill, Columbia University professor and Fox News contributor
Marilyn Horne, opera singer
Suzy Kolber, professional football sideline reporter
Mark Levin, radio talk show host, conservative political commentator
Bam Margera Reality Television Personal and Professional Skateboarder – West Chester
Chris Matthews, broadcast journalist
Billy Mays, TV direct-response advertising salesman and star of Discovery Channel’s Pitchmen
Michael Medved, talk radio host, conservative commentator, film critic
Jeanne Moos, broadcast journalist
Clayton Morris, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend
Beth Ostrosky, model, judge on ABC’s True Beauty and host of G4′s Filter
Fred Rogers, television personality, Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood
Norman Rose, radio announcer (NBC’s Dimension X and CBS Radio Mystery Theater)
Ryan Sampson, host – The Morning Mash Up Sirius XM Hits 1 – Titusville
Dick Stockton, sportscaster for Fox Sports and Turner Sports

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