Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 33 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

James Pollard Espy

American meteorologist

1785 – 1860

meteorologistteacherlawyer

Jeremiah N. Reynolds

American explorer

1799 – 1858

explorereditordiscoverer

James Biddle

American commodore 1783-1848

1783 – 1848

naval officersoldiermilitary officer

Henry Marie Brackenridge

American politician

1786 – 1871

juristwriterpolitician

Tench Coxe

American economist (1755-1824)

1755 – 1824

economistpolitician

Franklin Wharton

United States Marine Corps Commandant

1767 – 1818

military officer

John Wise

American pioneer in the field of ballooning (1808-1879)

1808 – 1879

meteorological observerballoonist

William F. Johnston

American politician (1808-1872)

1808 – 1872

governorpolitician

John Adolphus Dahlgren

United States Navy admiral (1809–1870)

1809 – 1870

naval officerinventormilitary officer

Charles Ferguson Smith

Union Army General

1807 – 1862

soldiermilitary officer

George Pope Morris

American publisher (1802-1864)

1802 – 1864

publisherjournalistpoet

Thomas Bellerby Wilson

American ornithologist, entomologist and naturalist (1807-1865)

1807 – 1865

entomologistornithologistzoologist

Jane Hunt

American Quaker (1812-1889)

1812 – 1889

women's rights activist

Harriet Forten Purvis

American abolitionist (1810–1875)

1810 – 1875

suffragistabolitionist

Herman Haupt

Union United States Army general (1817-1905)

1817 – 1905

railway engineercivil engineermilitary officer

John Peter Lesley

United States geologist (1819–1903)

1819 – 1903

mineralogistuniversity teachergeologist

Benjamin Matlack Everhart

American mycologist (1818-1904)

1818 – 1904

mycologistbotanistbiologist

Charles Ellet, Jr.

American civil engineer

1810 – 1862

civil engineerengineermilitary personnel

Joseph A. Wright

American ambassador (1810-1867)

1810 – 1867

diplomatgovernorambassador

Jonas Wendell

American Christian evangelist (1815–1873)

1815 – 1873

missionary

Stephen Miller

American politician (1816-1881)

1816 – 1881

politician

Charles Deas

painter from United States of America (1818-1867)

1818 – 1867

painter

Jane Swisshelm

American journalist (1815–1884)

1815 – 1884

newspaperpersoneditorjournalist

George W. Morgan

Union Army general, politician

1820 – 1893

diplomatmilitary officerpolitician

James Sheakley

American politician (1829-1917)

1829 – 1917

juristgovernorpolitician

George Lippard

Novelist, journalist (1822-1854)

1822 – 1854

novelistjournalistwriter

George M. Chilcott

American politician (1828-1891)

1828 – 1891

politician

John Scott

American lawyer and Republican party politician, Pennsylvania (1824-1896)

1824 – 1896

politicianlawyer

Alfred Sully

American Civil War officer (1821–1879)

1820 – 1879

history painterwatercoloristartist

Septimus Winner

American songwriter, lyricist, composer, music publisher (1827–1902)

1827 – 1902

lyricistmusic publishersongwriter

Frank Furness

Philadelphia architect and United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1839-1912)

1839 – 1912

architect

George Washington Tryon

U.S. malacologist and zoologist (1838–1888)

1838 – 1888

malacologistzoologist

Joshua G. Newbold

Union Army officer and politician (1830-1903)

1830 – 1903

governorpoliticianmayor

Charlton Thomas Lewis

US lexicographer (1834–1904)

1834 – 1904

linguistlexicographerclassical scholar

Edmund Darch Lewis

American artist (1835-1910)

1835 – 1910

painter

Thomas A. Osborn

American politician (1836-1898)

1836 – 1898

diplomatjuristgovernor

Leon Abbett

American politician (1836–1894)

1836 – 1894

politicianlawyerjudge

Francis J. Herron

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

1837 – 1902

military officer

William More Gabb

American paleontologist (1839-1878)

1839 – 1878

botanical collectorpaleontologistgeologist

Strong Vincent

Union Army general (1837–1863)

1837 – 1863

military officer

Washington Gladden

American pastor (1836-1918)

1836 – 1918

hymnwriterjournalistparson

Ginnie Wade

seamstress, was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg (1843-1863)

1843 – 1863

tailor

Horatio Curtis Wood Jr.

American physician and naturalist (1841–1920)

1841 – 1920

myriapodologistscientific illustratorarachnologist

Andrew Ryan McGill

American politician (1840-1905)

1840 – 1905

juristgovernorpolitician

Letitia Stevenson

Second Lady of the United States (1843-1913)

1843 – 1913

politician

Ada Bittenbender

American lawyer, feminist activist

1848 – 1925

suffragettelawyer

Emilie Davis

American diarist (1838 or 1842–1899)

1842 – 1899

diaristmodistedressmaker

William Ziegler

American businessman (1843-1905)

1843 – 1905

businesspersonphotographer

Helen Abbott Michael

American chemist (1857-1904)

1857 – 1904

chemist

Anna Sarah Kugler

American missionary

1856 – 1930

missionaryphysician

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