Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 17 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood
American politician (1812-1881)
1812 - 1881
politician
Joseph Wharton
Joseph Wharton
American industrialist (1826–1909)
1826 - 1909
metallurgistindustrialistbusiness magnate
William Chauvenet
William Chauvenet
American academic 1820-1870
1820 - 1870
university teachermathematicianastronomer
William B. Franklin
William B. Franklin
Union Army general (1823–1903)
1823 - 1903
military officermajor generalentrepreneur
Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
American actor and painter (1829–1905)
1829 - 1905
film actorstage actorpainter
Daniel Ridgway Knight
Daniel Ridgway Knight
American artist (1839-1924)
1839 - 1924
painter
John Young Brown
John Young Brown
19th-century American politician in Kentucky (1835-1904)
1835 - 1904
politicianlawyer
George L. Shoup
George L. Shoup
American politician (1836–1904)
1836 - 1904
politician
Washington Roebling
Washington Roebling
American civil engineer (1837–1926)
1837 - 1926
civil engineerbusinesspersonengineer
Franklin MacVeagh
Franklin MacVeagh
American politician (1837-1934)
1837 - 1934
politicianlawyer
May French Sheldon
May French Sheldon
Novelist and translator
1847 - 1936
linguistnovelistexplorer
George Henry Horn
George Henry Horn
U.S. entomologist (1840-1897)
1840 - 1897
military physicianentomologistbotanical collector
Rebecca Cole
Rebecca Cole
American physician (1846-1922)
1846 - 1922
physician
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
American painter (1850-1936)
1850 - 1936
painterartist
Joseph Pennell
Joseph Pennell
American artist and author (1857-1926)
1857 - 1926
watercoloristdraftspersonlithographer
Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland
American writer and poet (1857–1945)
1857 - 1945
autobiographershort story writernovelist
Mary Dimmick Harrison
Mary Dimmick Harrison
second wife of the 23rd United States president Benjamin Harrison (1858–1948)
1858 - 1948
politician
Susan Macdowell Eakins
Susan Macdowell Eakins
American photographer (1851-1938)
1851 - 1938
painterartistphotographer
L. Birge Harrison
L. Birge Harrison
American artist (1854-1929)
1854 - 1929
painter
Daniel Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
American mining magnate and philanthropist (1856–1930)
1856 - 1930
patron of the artsphilanthropistentrepreneur
Granville Redmond
Granville Redmond
American artist (1871-1935)
1871 - 1935
painteractor
John Grieb
American gymnast and decathlete (1879–1939)
1879 - 1939
decathleteartistic gymnast
Frank Conrad
Frank Conrad
American electrical engineer (1874–1941)
1874 - 1941
radio personalityinventorengineer
Russell van Horn
boxer (1885–1970)
1885 - 1970
boxer
Jam Handy
Jam Handy
American swimmer and water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist, educational film producer (1886–1983)
1886 - 1983
water polo playerswimmerfilm producer
Carey Wilson
Carey Wilson
American screenwriter, voice actor and film producer (1889-1962)
1889 - 1962
producerfilm screenwriterfilm actor
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Charles Wakefield Cadman
American composer (1881-1946)
1881 - 1946
criticjournalistmusic critic
Stan Coveleski
Stan Coveleski
American Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1910s and 1920s who primarily threw the spitball (1889–1984)
1889 - 1984
baseball player
Olive Dennis
Olive Dennis
American engineer (1885-1957)
1885 - 1957
railway engineercivil engineerinventor
Franz Federschmidt
American rower (1894–1956)
1894 - 1956
rower
Erich Federschmidt
American rower
1895 - 1962
rower
Charles Karle
American rower (1898–1946)
1898 - 1946
rower
Roy Coffin
field hockey player (1898–1982)
1898 - 1982
field hockey player
Doris Mable Cochran
Doris Mable Cochran
American herpetologist (1898-1968)
1898 - 1968
scientific collectorherpetologistbotanical collector
Hobey Baker
Hobey Baker
American amateur athlete (1892-1918)
1892 - 1918
ice hockey playerAmerican football playeraircraft pilot
Malcolm Cowley
Malcolm Cowley
American novelist (1898–1989)
1898 - 1989
novelistliterary criticjournalist
Mary Cover Jones
Mary Cover Jones
American psychologist (1897–1888)
1897 - 1987
developmental psychologistpsychologist
Vivian Reed
Vivian Reed
silent film actress (1894-1989)
1894 - 1989
film actoractor
Paul Wyatt
Paul Wyatt
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1907-1970)
1907 - 1970
swimmer
Harry Bates
American writer (1900–1981)
1900 - 1981
science fiction writernovelisteditor
Nelson S. Bond
American writer (1908–2006)
1908 - 2006
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Betty Garde
Betty Garde
actress (1905-1989)
1905 - 1989
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Nancy Hamilton
Nancy Hamilton
American actress, playwright, lyricist, director and producer (1908-1985)
1908 - 1985
librettistfilm editortheatre director
Al Bates
American long Jumper (1905–1999)
1905 - 1999
athletics competitor
John Kennedy
American coxswain
1900 - 1971
coxswain
Tommy Loughran
Tommy Loughran
American boxer (1902–1982)
1902 - 1982
boxer
Paul McDowell
American rower (1905–1962)
1905 - 1962
rower
Edward Mitchell
American rower
1901 - 1970
rower
Ned Washington
American lyricist (1901-1976)
1901 - 1976
lyricistsongwritermusician
Gerard Hallock
Gerard Hallock
American ice hockey player (1905–1996)
1905 - 1996
ice hockey player
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