Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

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

Fernando Wood

American politician (1812-1881)

1812 – 1881

politician

Joseph Wharton

American industrialist (1826–1909)

1826 – 1909

metallurgistindustrialistbusiness magnate

William Chauvenet

American academic 1820-1870

1820 – 1870

university teachermathematicianastronomer

William B. Franklin

Union Army general (1823–1903)

1823 – 1903

military officermajor generalentrepreneur

Joseph Jefferson

American actor and painter (1829–1905)

1829 – 1905

film actorstage actorpainter

Daniel Ridgway Knight

American artist (1839-1924)

1839 – 1924

painter

John Young Brown

19th-century American politician in Kentucky (1835-1904)

1835 – 1904

politicianlawyer

George L. Shoup

American politician (1836–1904)

1836 – 1904

politician

Washington Roebling

American civil engineer (1837–1926)

1837 – 1926

civil engineerbusinesspersonengineer

Franklin MacVeagh

American politician (1837-1934)

1837 – 1934

politicianlawyer

May French Sheldon

Novelist and translator

1847 – 1936

linguistnovelistexplorer

George Henry Horn

U.S. entomologist (1840-1897)

1840 – 1897

military physicianentomologistbotanical collector

Rebecca Cole

American physician (1846-1922)

1846 – 1922

physician

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe

American painter (1850-1936)

1850 – 1936

painterartist

Joseph Pennell

American artist and author (1857-1926)

1857 – 1926

watercoloristdraftspersonlithographer

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

1857 – 1945

autobiographershort story writernovelist

Mary Dimmick Harrison

second wife of the 23rd United States president Benjamin Harrison (1858–1948)

1858 – 1948

politician

A. B. Frost

American artist; (1851-1928)

1851 – 1928

draftspersonhumoristcaricaturist

Susan Macdowell Eakins

American photographer (1851-1938)

1851 – 1938

painterartistphotographer

L. Birge Harrison

American artist (1854-1929)

1854 – 1929

painter

Daniel Guggenheim

American mining magnate and philanthropist (1856–1930)

1856 – 1930

patron of the artsphilanthropistentrepreneur

Granville Redmond

American artist (1871-1935)

1871 – 1935

painteractor

John Grieb

American gymnast and decathlete (1879–1939)

1879 – 1939

decathleteartistic gymnast

Frank Conrad

American electrical engineer (1874–1941)

1874 – 1941

radio personalityinventorengineer

Russell van Horn

boxer (1885–1970)

1885 – 1970

boxer

Jam Handy

American swimmer and water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist, educational film producer (1886–1983)

1886 – 1983

water polo playerswimmerfilm producer

Carey Wilson

American screenwriter, voice actor and film producer (1889-1962)

1889 – 1962

producerfilm screenwriterfilm actor

Charles Wakefield Cadman

American composer (1881-1946)

1881 – 1946

criticjournalistmusic critic

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

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

American herpetologist (1898-1968)

1898 – 1968

scientific collectorherpetologistbotanical collector

Hobey Baker

American amateur athlete (1892-1918)

1892 – 1918

ice hockey playerAmerican football playeraircraft pilot

Malcolm Cowley

American novelist (1898–1989)

1898 – 1989

novelistliterary criticjournalist

Mary Cover Jones

American psychologist (1897–1888)

1897 – 1987

developmental psychologistpsychologist

Vivian Reed

silent film actress (1894-1989)

1894 – 1989

film actoractor

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

actress (1905-1989)

1905 – 1989

film actortelevision actorstage actor

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

John Schmitt

American rower (1901-1991)

1901 – 1991

rower

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

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