Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 10 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Hugh Marlowe
Hugh Marlowe
American actor (1911–1982)
1911 – 1982
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Josephine McKim
Josephine McKim
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)
1910 – 1992
swimmeractor
Martin Gabel
Martin Gabel
American actor (1912-1986)
1912 – 1986
film actortelevision actordirector
Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
1918 – 1999
jazz pianistjazz musiciantelevision actor
James H. Billington
James H. Billington
13th Librarian of Congress (1929–2018)
1929 – 2018
university teacherhistorianlibrarian
Alexander Courage
American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primary for television and film (1919-2008)
1919 – 2008
music arrangerfilm score composerbandleader
Grayson Hall
Grayson Hall
American television, film and stage actress (1922-1985)
1922 – 1985
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Nicholas Katzenbach
Nicholas Katzenbach
American lawyer (1922–2012)
1922 – 2012
university teacherjuristpolitician
William Guarnere
William Guarnere
United States Army paratrooper during World War II (1923–2014)
1923 – 2014
soldierparatrooperveteran
Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
American baseball player and coach (1927–2021)
1927 – 2021
baseball playervoice actorbaseball manager
Robert Leckie
Robert Leckie
United States Marine and author (1920–2001)
1920 – 2001
journalisthistorianwriter
Bruce Harlan
Bruce Harlan
American diver (1926–1959)
1926 – 1959
competitive diver
Timmy Mayer
American racing driver
1938 – 1964
Formula One driverracing automobile drivermotorcycle racer
Barbara Bosson
Barbara Bosson
American actress (1939–2023)
1939 – 2023
film actortelevision actoractor
Sonny Clark
American jazz pianist (1931–1963)
1931 – 1963
recording artistjazz musicianpianist
Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist (1939–2018)
1939 – 2018
flautistjazz musiciansaxophonist
Maurice Stokes
American basketball player (1933–1970)
1933 – 1970
basketball player
Charles Hallahan
American actor (1943–1997)
1943 – 1997
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Sandra Bem
American psychologist
1944 – 2014
psychologist
Peter Ryan
U.S.-born Canadian racing driver (1940–1962)
1940 – 1962
Formula One driver
Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Hyman
American rhythm-and-blues singer (1949–1995)
1949 – 1995
songwritersingeractor
Joseph Augustus Zarelli
Joseph Augustus Zarelli
American formerly unidentified murder victim (1953 - 1957)
1953 – 1957
Gunning Bedford Jr.
Gunning Bedford Jr.
American politician (1747–1812)
1747 – 1812
revolutionaryjuristpolitician
Rembrandt Peale
Rembrandt Peale
American painter (1778-1860)
1778 – 1860
printmakerscientific collectorpainter
Thomas Willing
Thomas Willing
American politician (1731-1821)
1731 – 1821
art collectorbankermerchant
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
American abolitionist and suffragist (1842-1932)
1842 – 1932
suffragistfeministsuffragette
Anna Lea Merritt
Anna Lea Merritt
American painter (1844-1930)
1844 – 1930
botanical illustratoretchergraphic artist
Ira D. Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
American gospel singer and composer (1840-1908)
1840 – 1908
singercomposer
John White Alexander
John White Alexander
American illustrator (1856-1915)
1856 – 1915
visual artistillustratorpainter
Harry DeBaecke
Harry DeBaecke
American rower (1879-1961)
1879 – 1961
rower
Truxtun Hare
Truxtun Hare
American football player, track and field athlete (1878-1956)
1878 – 1956
American football playerathletics competitorlawyer
Henry Weed Fowler
American zoologist (1878–1965)
1878 – 1965
herpetologistichthyologistzoologist
Carlyle Blackwell
Carlyle Blackwell
American silent film actor, director, and producer (1884-1955)
1884 – 1955
film actorfilm producerstage actor
Eben Byers
Eben Byers
Industrialist, amateur golfer (1880-1932)
1880 – 1932
golferbusinessperson
Hervey Allen
Hervey Allen
American novelist, biographer (1889–1949)
1889 – 1949
literary criticnovelistpedagogue
Wanda Hawley
Wanda Hawley
American actress (1895-1963)
1895 – 1963
film actorsingeractor
Agnes von Kurowsky
Agnes von Kurowsky
American Nurse and Muse for Ernest Hemingway (1892–1984)
1892 – 1984
novelistnursewriter
Florence Barbara Seibert
Florence Barbara Seibert
American biochemist (1897–1991)
1897 – 1991
biochemistuniversity teacher
Lewis Hyde Brereton
Lewis Hyde Brereton
United States Army general (1890-1967)
1890 – 1967
aircraft pilot
Joseph Banks Rhine
Joseph Banks Rhine
American parapsychologist (1895-1980)
1895 – 1980
parapsychologistbotanistpsychologist
William Gilmore
William Gilmore
American rower (1895-1969)
1895 – 1969
rower
Penny Singleton
Penny Singleton
American actress (1908-2003)
1908 – 2003
film actorstage actorvoice actor
Aldo Donelli
American sportsman and administrator (1907–1994)
1907 – 1994
American football coachAmerican football playerassociation football player
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
American actor (1902-1996)
1902 – 1996
television actorstage actoractor
Charles McIlvaine
Charles McIlvaine
American rower
1903 – 1975
rower
Sidney Darlington
electrical engineer and inventor of a transistor configuration
1906 – 1997
electrical engineerinventorphysicist
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
American diplomat (1906-1983)
1906 – 1983
diplomatmilitary officerpolitician
Charles Kieffer
American rower (1910-1975)
1910 – 1975
rower
Eddie Sachs
American racing driver (1927-1964)
1927 – 1964
Formula One driverracing automobile driver
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
American biochemist (1925-1983)
1925 – 1983
biochemistbioinformaticianbiologist
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