Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 26 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Agnes Christine Johnston

screenwriter (1896-1978)

1896 – 1978

film screenwriterwriterscreenwriter

Frank Klaus

American boxer (1887–1948)

1887 – 1948

boxer

John L. Balderston

American writer (1889-1954)

1889 – 1954

film screenwriterplaywrightwriter

Luckey Roberts

American pianist and composer (1887–1968)

1887 – 1968

music educatorjazz musiciandancer

Arthur Beecher Carles

American artist (1882-1952)

1882 – 1952

painter

David A. Reed

American senator for Pennsylvania (1880-1953)

1880 – 1953

politicianlawyer

Harry Vandiver

American mathematician (1882–1973)

1882 – 1973

mathematician

Harry Joe Brown

movie producer and supervisor who was also a theatre and film director (1890-1972)

1890 – 1972

producerfilm producerdirector

Lee Phelps

American actor (1893–1953)

1893 – 1953

actor

William C. McGann

film director (1893-1977)

1893 – 1977

directorfilm producerfilm director

Edmund Burns

American stage and film actor (1892–1980)

1892 – 1980

actor

Eyre de Lanux

American artist (1894-1996)

1894 – 1996

magazine writerdesignerchildren's writer

Gerald Patrick O'Hara

Roman Catholic archbishop (1895-1963)

1895 – 1963

Catholic bishopCatholic priest

Charles Meredith

American actor (1894-1964)

1894 – 1964

television actoractor

Matt McHugh

actor (1894-1971)

1894 – 1971

film actoractor

Pete Latzo

American boxer (1902–1968)

1902 – 1968

boxer

Robert Foulk

American actor (1908-1989)

1908 – 1989

television actoractor

John Gallaudet

American actor (1903-1983)

1903 – 1983

television actoractor

Horace Disston

field hockey player (1906-1982)

1906 – 1982

field hockey player

Hack Wilson

American baseball player (1900-1948)

1900 – 1948

baseball player

Michael Whalen

American actor (1902-1974)

1902 – 1974

television actoractor

Roy Smeck

American virtuoso guitarist, banjoist and ukulele player (1900–1994)

1900 – 1994

jazz musicianbanjoistjazz guitarist

Jack Luden

American actor (1902-1951)

1902 – 1951

actor

Charles Sheaffer

field hockey player (1904–1989)

1904 – 1989

field hockey player

Philip Van Doren Stern

American writer and historian (1900–1984)

1900 – 1984

historianwriterscreenwriter

Henry Steele Commager

American historian (1902–1998)

1902 – 1998

historian of Modern Ageuniversity teacherpedagogue

Milton Frome

American actor (1909-1989)

1909 – 1989

television actoractor

Marge

American cartoonist (1904–1993)

1904 – 1993

cartoonistcomics artist

Joseph S. Clark Jr.

American politician (1901–1990)

1901 – 1990

politicianlawyer

Richard Sharpe Shaver

American writer and conspiracy theorist (1907–1975)

1907 – 1975

science fiction writernovelistartist

Ethel Smith

American organist (1902-1996)

1902 – 1996

organistmusician

Francis J. Myers

American politician (1901-1956)

1901 – 1956

politicianlawyerteacher

Herbert Callen

American physicist (1919–1993)

1919 – 1993

physicist

Francis De Sales

American actor (1912-1988)

1912 – 1988

television actorfilm actorstage actor

Blanche Thebom

American opera singer (1915–2010)

1915 – 2010

talk show hostopera directoropera singer

Fritzie Zivic

American boxer (1913–1984)

1913 – 1984

boxer

Sheila Darcy

American actress (1914–2004)

1914 – 2004

film actoractor

Dorothy Short

American actress (1915-1963)

1915 – 1963

film actoractor

Richard Wilson

American actor, film producer and director (1915–1991)

1915 – 1991

directorfilm producerfilm director

Amos E. Joel, Jr.

American electrical engineer

1918 – 2008

electrical engineerengineer

James F. Crow

American geneticist (1916-2012)

1916 – 2012

entomologistgeneticistuniversity teacher

Morton DaCosta

American actor, writer and director (1914–1989)

1914 – 1989

film actorlibrettistdirector

Willie Mosconi

American pool player (1913–1993)

1913 – 1993

pool player

Glenn Doman

American physiotherapist (1919–2013)

1919 – 2013

physiotherapistphysician

James M. Robinson

American biblical scholar (1924-2016)

1924 – 2016

biblical scholartheologianuniversity teacher

Paul Schultz Martin

American geoscientist (1928-2010)

1928 – 2010

paleontologistuniversity teacherzoologist

Anthony Eisley

American actor (1925–2003)

1925 – 2003

film actortelevision actoractor

Richard A. Snelling

American politician (1927–1991)

1927 – 1991

governorpolitician

Edward C. Meyer

American military officer

1928 – 2020

military personnel

Forrest Compton

American actor (1925-2020)

1925 – 2020

television actoractor

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