Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 12 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Frank Spellman
Frank Spellman
American weightlifter
1922 – 2017
weightlifter
Chuck Cooper
American professional basketball player (1926–1984)
1926 – 1984
basketball player
Ernie Davis
Ernie Davis
American football player (1939–1963)
1939 – 1963
American football playerbasketball player
Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist (1932–2021)
1932 – 2021
jazz musicianmusic arrangermusic teacher
Bill Hinzman
Bill Hinzman
American actor (1936–2012)
1936 – 2012
film actorfilm directorcamera operator
John Heinz
John Heinz
American businessman and politician (1938–1991)
1938 – 1991
politicianbusinessperson
Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois
American actress (1932–2020)
1932 – 2020
television actorvoice actorsongwriter
Alice Rivlin
Alice Rivlin
American economist (1931–2019)
1931 – 2019
university teachereconomist
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist (1934–2002)
1934 – 2002
recording artistjazz organistbandleader
Ernie Beck
American basketball player
1931 – 2024
basketball player
Carole Caldwell Graebner
Carole Caldwell Graebner
American tennis player (1943–2008)
1943 – 2008
tennis player
Rodney Harvey
American actor and model (1967-1998)
1967 – 1998
film actortelevision actormodel
Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler
American basketball player (1979–2018)
1979 – 2018
basketball player
Eddie Griffin
American basketball player (1982-2007)
1982 – 2007
basketball player
PnB Rock
PnB Rock
American singer, rapper, and songwriter (1991–2022)
1991 – 2022
rappersongwritermusician
Douglas B. Lenat
Douglas B. Lenat
American entrepreneur and researcher in artificial intelligence
1950 – 2023
artificial intelligence researcherauthormathematician
Humphry Marshall
American botanist (1722-1801)
1722 – 1801
horticulturistbotaniststonemason
Samuel D. Ingham
Samuel D. Ingham
American politician (1779-1860)
1779 – 1860
businesspersonpolitician
Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge
American Presbyterian theologian (1797-1878)
1797 – 1878
university teachertheologian
John Morton
John Morton
farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania (1725–1777)
1725 – 1777
farmerpoliticianlawyer
Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson
American politician (1735-1819)
1735 – 1819
politician
Sidney Rigdon
Sidney Rigdon
American Mormon leader (1793–1876)
1793 – 1876
editor
Richard Allen
Richard Allen
American minister, educator, writer (1760-1831)
1760 – 1831
religious leaderabolitionisthuman rights defender
Henry Charles Lea
Henry Charles Lea
American historian (1825-1909)
1825 – 1909
church historianhistorianwriter
Silas Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell
American physician (1829–1914)
1829 – 1914
medical writerneurologistphysician
Elisha Kent Kane
Elisha Kent Kane
American explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)
1820 – 1857
explorerbotanical collectornaval surgeon
William A. Clark
William A. Clark
American mining magnate and politician (1839–1925)
1839 – 1925
art collectorMajorbanker
William Stanley Haseltine
William Stanley Haseltine
American painter (1835-1900)
1835 – 1900
painter
Emma Cooke
American archer (1848–1929)
1848 – 1929
archer
Joseph McKenna
Joseph McKenna
US Supreme Court justice from 1898 to 1925
1843 – 1926
juristpoliticianlawyer
Rachel Foster Avery
Rachel Foster Avery
American suffragist (1858–1919)
1858 – 1919
suffragist
James Flanagan
American rower (1878-1937)
1878 – 1937
rower
Májuska Puskás
Májuska Puskás
Hungarian noble lady and second spouse of the Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (1877-1968)
1877 – 1968
pianistpaintertranslator
Alma Kruger
Alma Kruger
Film and stage actress (1871-1960)
1871 – 1960
film actorstage actoractor
Mary Carr
Mary Carr
American actress (1874–1973)
1874 – 1973
film actoractor
Charles Hutchison
Charles Hutchison
actor, film director, screenwriter (1879-1949)
1879 – 1949
film actordirectorfilm director
Frank Schell
American rower (1884–1959)
1884 – 1959
rower
Frank Benford
Frank Benford
American electrical engineer & physicist best known for rediscovering Benford's Law (1883-1948)
1883 – 1948
physicistengineer
Harry Lott
American rower (1880–1949)
1880 – 1949
rower
Charles Armstrong
American rower (1881–1952)
1881 – 1952
rower
Harry McCoy
Harry McCoy
American actor (1889-1937)
1889 – 1937
film directoractorscreenwriter
Jack Thayer
Jack Thayer
Titanic Survivor (1894–1945)
1894 – 1945
vice presidentwriter
Philip Francis Nowlan
Philip Francis Nowlan
American science fiction writer who created Buck Rogers (1888–1940)
1888 – 1940
science fiction writernovelistcomics artist
Charles West
Charles West
American film actor of the silent era (1885-1943)
1885 – 1943
film actoractor
Emma Vyssotsky
Emma Vyssotsky
American astronomer (1894–1975)
1894 – 1975
astronomer
Frank McHugh
Frank McHugh
American actor (1898-1981)
1898 – 1981
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Edward Jennings
American coxswain
1898 – 1975
coxswain
Elaine Hammerstein
Elaine Hammerstein
American actress (1897-1948)
1897 – 1948
film actoractor
Harry Greb
Harry Greb
American boxer (1894–1926)
1894 – 1926
boxer
Giuseppe Enrici
Italian racing cyclist (1898–1968)
1898 – 1968
sport cyclist
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