Biographical Records
Notable People from Pennsylvania
7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 27 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.
Edward C. Meyer
1928 – 2020
military personnel
Francis J. Myers
1901 – 1956
politicianlawyerteacher
Ethel Smith
1902 – 1996
organistmusician
Frank Klaus
1887 – 1948
boxer
Richie Kamuca
1930 – 1977
recording artistjazz musiciansaxophonist
John Fritz
1822 – 1913
metallurgistinventor
Julian Abele
1881 – 1950
architect
Leonard Carmichael
1898 – 1973
university teacherpsychologist
Bob Kortman
1887 – 1967
actor
Wilson Brown
1882 – 1957
military officer
Gail Kane
1885 – 1966
stage actoractor
George Kauffman
1930 – 2020
chemisthistorian
Richard A. Snelling
1927 – 1991
governorpolitician
Henry Appenzeller
1858 – 1902
Bible translatortranslatorpreacher
Eusebius J. Beltran
1934 – 2025
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Jack Dodson
1931 – 1994
television actorstage actoractor
Phil Baker
1896 – 1963
songwriterauthoraccordionist
W. W. Bartley III
1934 – 1990
philosopheruniversity teacherwriter
Anna Keichline
1889 – 1943
inventorarchitect
Richard Sharpe Shaver
1907 – 1975
science fiction writernovelistartist
Joseph S. Clark Jr.
1901 – 1990
politicianlawyer
Marge
1904 – 1993
cartoonistcomics artist
Samuel Nicholas
1744 – 1790
military officer
Gilbert Carlton Walker
1833 – 1885
bankergovernorpolitician
Robert F. Marx
1936 – 2019
non-fiction writercompetitive diveranthropologist
John Henry Kinkead
1826 – 1904
finance ministergovernorpolitician
William Gambel
1823 – 1849
botanistornithologistzoologist
Milton Frome
1909 – 1989
television actoractor
Henry Steele Commager
1902 – 1998
historian of Modern Ageuniversity teacherpedagogue
John Milton Miller
1882 – 1962
inventorphysicistengineer
Philip Van Doren Stern
1900 – 1984
historianwriterscreenwriter
Anthony Eisley
1925 – 2003
film actortelevision actoractor
Florence Goodenough
1886 – 1959
university teachereducatorpsychologist
Francis W. Pennell
1886 – 1952
scientific collectorbotanistbotanical collector
Theodore Fitz Randolph
1826 – 1883
governorpoliticianbusinessperson
John I. Mitchell
1838 – 1907
politicianlawyerjudge
Ollie Kirkby
1886 – 1964
film actorstage actoractor
Charles Sheaffer
1904 – 1989
field hockey player
Emanuel Haldeman-Julius
1889 – 1951
thinkerpublisherwriter
John Brown Francis
1791 – 1864
politician
Joe Schmidt
1932 – 2024
American football coachAmerican football player
Terry McGovern
1880 – 1918
boxer
Jack Luden
1902 – 1951
actor
William Utermohlen
1933 – 2007
painter
Marty Schottenheimer
1943 – 2021
American football coachAmerican football player
Susan Jane Cunningham
1842 – 1921
mathematician
James M. Robinson
1924 – 2016
biblical scholartheologianuniversity teacher
Agnes Christine Johnston
1896 – 1978
film screenwriterwriterscreenwriter
Homer S. Ferguson
1889 – 1982
ambassadorjuristdiplomat
Paul Schultz Martin
1928 – 2010
paleontologistuniversity teacherzoologist