Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 30 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Eddie Barry
Eddie Barry
American actor
1887 – 1966
film actoractor
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy
baseball manager, managed New York Yankees 1931-1946
1887 – 1978
baseball player
Johnny Arthur
Johnny Arthur
actor (1883-1951)
1883 – 1951
actor
George Chip
George Chip
American boxer (1888-1960)
1888 – 1960
boxer
Paul E. Burns
Paul E. Burns
American film and television actor (1881-1967)
1881 – 1967
television actoractor
Lewis Ferry Moody
American engineer
1880 – 1953
engineer
T. Hayes Hunter
T. Hayes Hunter
film director (1884-1944)
1884 – 1944
directorfilm producerfilm director
Francis Bowes Sayre
Francis Bowes Sayre
American judge
1885 – 1972
juristdiplomatambassador
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States
1898 – 1989
suffragistlawyer
Vivienne Segal
Vivienne Segal
American actress (1897-1992)
1897 – 1992
film actortelevision actorZiegfeld girl
D. Ross Lederman
American film and television director (1894-1972)
1894 – 1972
directorfilm producerfilm director
David Howard
American film director (1896-1941)
1896 – 1941
directorfilm directoractor
Douglas MacLean
Douglas MacLean
American actor (1890–1967)
1890 – 1967
film produceractorscreenwriter
Audrey Chapman
Audrey Chapman
American actress (1899-1993)
1899 – 1993
film actoractor
Bert Bell
Bert Bell
American football player, coach, and executive (1895–1959)
1895 – 1959
American football coachAmerican football playermusician
Betty Bouton
Betty Bouton
American actress (b. 1891)
1891 – 1965
film actoractor
Herb Pennock
Herb Pennock
American baseball player and coach (1894–1948)
1894 – 1948
baseball player
Ira S. Webb
film producer, set decorator (1899-1971)
1899 – 1971
film producerproduction designerfilm director
Harold Frederick Pitcairn
Harold Frederick Pitcairn
American aviation pioneer (1897-1960)
1897 – 1960
aircraft pilotinventor
Edwin Byrne
Roman Catholic archbishop (1891-1963)
1891 – 1963
Catholic bishopmilitary officerCatholic priest
Naomi Childers
Naomi Childers
American actress (1892–1964)
1892 – 1964
stage actoractor
Michael Musmanno
Michael Musmanno
United States admiral (1897-1968)
1897 – 1968
military officerjuristpolitician
Alfred C. Redfield
Alfred C. Redfield
American oceanographer (1890–1983)
1890 – 1983
oceanographer
Legs Diamond
Legs Diamond
(1897-1931) American gangster
1897 – 1931
criminal
Jackie Saunders
Jackie Saunders
American actress (1892–1954)
1892 – 1954
film actoractor
John H. Church
John H. Church
United States Army officer (1892-1953)
1892 – 1953
military personnel
Kelly Petillo
Kelly Petillo
American racing driver
1903 – 1970
racing automobile driverengineer
Robert Leslie Bellem
American writer (1902-1968)
1902 – 1968
novelistscreenwriter
Charles Emmett Mack
Charles Emmett Mack
American actor
1900 – 1927
film actoractor
Joseph Kramm
Joseph Kramm
playwright, actor, director (1907-1991)
1907 – 1991
writerscreenwriteractor
Herb Magidson
American popular lyricist (1906-1986)
1906 – 1986
lyricist
Howard Wendell
Howard Wendell
American actor (1908-1975)
1908 – 1975
television actoractor
J. Howard Marshall
American billionaire businessman (1905–1995)
1905 – 1995
association football playerentrepreneurlawyer
Wallace John Eckert
American astronomer (1902-1971)
1902 – 1971
university teachermathematicianastronomer
Doggie Julian
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1901-1967)
1901 – 1967
American football playerbaseball playerbasketball coach
Fred Waring
Fred Waring
American musician (1900–1984)
1900 – 1984
bandleaderconductorcomposer
Peggy Shaw
Peggy Shaw
American film actress of the silent era
1905 – 1990
film actor
Angelo Musi
American basketball player (1918–2009)
1918 – 2009
baseball playerbasketball player
Teddy Yarosz
American boxer (1910–1974)
1910 – 1974
boxer
Jackie Ormes
cartoonist (1911-1985)
1911 – 1985
activistjournalistcartoonist
Richard Ward
African-American actor (1915–1979)
1915 – 1979
television actoractor
Bill Harris
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist (1916–1973)
1916 – 1973
jazz musiciantrombonistmusician
Paul Birch
Paul Birch
American basketball player and coach (1910–1982)
1910 – 1982
basketball coachbasketball player
Tom Kelley
Tom Kelley
American photographer (1914-1984)
1914 – 1984
photographer
Richard Neustadt
Richard Neustadt
American political scientist (1919–2003)
1919 – 2003
political scientisthistorian
Nathan S. Kline
American psychiatrist
1916 – 1983
pharmacologistpsychiatristpsychologist
Sidney Dancoff
American physicist (1913–1951)
1913 – 1951
theoretical physicistnuclear physicistphysicist
W. Allen Wallis
W. Allen Wallis
American economist (1912–1998)
1912 – 1998
statisticianpolitical economistuniversity teacher
Raymond P. Shafer
Raymond P. Shafer
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal and Governor of Pennsylvania (1917-2006)
1917 – 2006
military officerpoliticiangovernor
Billie Seward
Billie Seward
American actress (1912-1982)
1912 – 1982
film actorZiegfeld girlactor
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