Notable People from Pennsylvania

Wallace Stevens

American poet (1879–1955)

Edward B. Lewis

American biologist (1918–2004)

Robert K. Merton

American sociologist (1910–2003)

Stephanie L. Kwolek

American chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)

J. Michael Bishop

American immunologist and microbiologist who specialized in cancer research

Thomas Eakins

American painter (1844–1916)

Howard Temin

American geneticist

David O. Selznick

American film producer (1902–1965)

Perry Como

American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001)

Poul Anderson

American science fiction writer (1926–2001)

Haldan Keffer Hartline

American neuroscientist

Albert Ellis

American psychologist (1913–2007)

Bill Tilden

American tennis player (1893–1953)

David Bohm

American theoretical physicist

Joe Flaherty

American actor, writer, and comedian (1941–2024)

Robert Venturi

American architect (1925-2018)

Edward Drinker Cope

American paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)

Charles Taze Russell

Founder of the Bible Student movement (1852–1916)

James A. Michener

American author (1907-1997)

Samuel Barber

American composer (1910-1981)

Stan Getz

American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)

William Powell

American actor (1892–1984)

James Irwin

American astronaut (1930-1991)

Lil Peep

American rapper and singer (1996–2017)

Mario Lanza

American tenor and actor (1921-1959)

Arthur Penn

American producer and director (1922–2010)

W. C. Fields

American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946)

Steve Ditko

American comics artist (1927–2018)

George Brinton McClellan

American soldier and politician (1826–1885)

Frank Gorshin

American actor and comedian (1933-2005)

Mac Miller

American rapper (1992–2018)

Peter Boyle

American actor (1935–2006)

Alan Perlis

American computer scientist (1922–1990)

Alexander Haig

former U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Army general (1924-2010)

Lee Iacocca

American businessman (1924–2019)

Arnold Palmer

American golfer (1929–2016)

H.D.

American Imagist poet (1886–1961)

Edward Abbey

American author and essayist (1927-1989)

Gia Carangi

American model (1960–1986)

Hedda Hopper

American gossip columnist and actress (1885–1966)

Ash Carter

25th United States Secretary of Defense

Andrew Wyeth

American visual artist (1917–2009)

Jaco Pastorius

American jazz bassist (1951–1987)

Tom Regan

American philosopher (1938–2017)

Daniel Boone

American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)

Orrin Hatch

American politician (1934–2022) – Former United States Senator and Former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (2015-2019)

Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)

Solomon Burke

American singer (1940–2010)

Art Blakey

American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)

William Morris Davis

American geographer (1850–1934)