Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 20 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940)
1886 – 1940
electrical engineerengineerscientist
Joseph Hergesheimer
Joseph Hergesheimer
Novelist, short story writer (1880-1954)
1880 – 1954
novelistwriter
Howard M. Mitchell
Howard M. Mitchell
actor, film director (1883-1958)
1883 – 1958
film actordirectorfilm director
Mabel Ballin
Mabel Ballin
American actress (1887-1958)
1887 – 1958
film actoractor
Edwin Boring
Edwin Boring
American psychologist (1886–1968)
1886 – 1968
university teacherpsychologist
James H. Duff
James H. Duff
American politician (1883-1969)
1883 – 1969
governorpoliticianlawyer
John Wray
American character actor (1887-1940)
1887 – 1940
film actorstage actoractor
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff
American composer (1898-1980)
1898 – 1980
film score composerviolinistbandleader
Vivian Rich
Vivian Rich
actress (1893-1957)
1893 – 1957
film actoractor
Arthur Studenroth
Arthur Studenroth
American long-distance runner
1899 – 1992
athletics competitor
Russell Ohl
American engineer (1898-1987)
1898 – 1987
inventorphysicist
Kay Laurell
Kay Laurell
Ziegfeld girl, actress, model (1890-1927)
1890 – 1927
dancermodelstage actor
Malcolm Atterbury
Malcolm Atterbury
American actor (1907–1992)
1907 – 1992
television actorstage actoractor
Thomas Carr
Thomas Carr
American film and television director (1907-1997)
1907 – 1997
manufacturerdirectorfilm director
Amos Deacon
field hockey player (1904–1982)
1904 – 1982
field hockey player
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
American film producer (1905-1996)
1905 – 1996
producerfilm producer
Ray Keech
Ray Keech
racecar driver (1900–1929)
1900 – 1929
racing automobile driverengineer
Henry Welsford
American rower (1900–1974)
1900 – 1974
rower
Hardie Albright
Hardie Albright
American actor (1903–1975)
1903 – 1975
television actorstage actoractor
Philip Childs Keenan
American astronomer (1908–2000)
1908 – 2000
astronomer
Dusolina Giannini
Dusolina Giannini
American singer (1902-1986)
1902 – 1986
opera singer
Eddie Jefferson
Eddie Jefferson
American singer
1918 – 1979
jazz musicianmusiciansinger
David Goodis
Novelist, screenwriter (1917–1967)
1917 – 1967
novelistwriterscreenwriter
Harry Gold
Harry Gold
American chemist (1910–1972)
1910 – 1972
spychemist
Jean Vander Pyl
American voice actress (1919–1999)
1919 – 1999
dub actortelevision actorvoice actor
Pauline Moore
Pauline Moore
actress (1914-2001)
1914 – 2001
television actorfilm actorstage actor
William Eythe
William Eythe
American actor (1918-1957)
1918 – 1957
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Edward S. Aarons
American author (1916–1975)
1916 – 1975
novelistwriter
C. West Churchman
American philosopher and systems scientist (1913-2004)
1913 – 2004
philosopheruniversity teachereconomist
Morton Smith
Morton Smith
American historian and academic (1915–1991)
1915 – 1991
historian of classical antiquityuniversity teacherhistorian
Charles Coles
American tap dancer (1911-1992)
1911 – 1992
film actordancerchoreographer
Edward Norris
Edward Norris
American film actor (1911-2002)
1911 – 2002
film actortelevision actoractor
Emile de Antonio
American film director (1919-1989)
1919 – 1989
film actordirectorfilm producer
Robert Osterloh
Robert Osterloh
American actor (1918-2001)
1918 – 2001
film actortelevision actoractor
N. Richard Nash
American writer (1913–2000)
1913 – 2000
short story writerplaywrightwriter
Rudy Bond
American actor (1912-1982)
1912 – 1982
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Joan McCracken
Joan McCracken
American dancer and actress (1917–1961)
1917 – 1961
film actordancertelevision actor
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon
American actor and director (1913-1990)
1913 – 1990
film directoractor
Harold Johnson
Harold Johnson
American boxer (1928-2015)
1928 – 2015
boxer
Bob Cooper
Bob Cooper
West Coast jazz musician (1925–1993)
1925 – 1993
oboistjazz musiciansaxophonist
Bob Davies
Bob Davies
American basketball player-coach
1920 – 1990
basketball coachbasketball player
George Wetherill
American physicist (1925–2006)
1925 – 2006
nuclear physicistuniversity teacherdirector
Paul Wendkos
American film director (1925-2009)
1925 – 2009
television directorscreenwriter
Jack McCloskey
Jack McCloskey
American basketball player and coach (1925–2017)
1925 – 2017
basketball coachbasketball player
Tony Vaccaro
Tony Vaccaro
American photographer (1922-2022)
1922 – 2022
war photographerphotographer
W. D. Snodgrass
American poet (1926–2009)
1926 – 2009
university teachertranslatorwriter
Robert Craddock
American soccer player (1923-2003)
1923 – 2003
association football player
Joseph Stefano
American screenwriter (1922-2006)
1922 – 2006
television writerfilm screenwriterdirector
Nellie Fox
Nellie Fox
American baseball player and coach (1927–1975)
1927 – 1975
baseball player
James N. Rosenau
American political scientist (1924-2011)
1924 – 2011
university teacherschool teacherpolitical scientist
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