Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 34 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Fred Dunlap

Major League Baseball second baseman (1859-1902)

1859 – 1902

baseball player

Guy Hecker

American pitcher in Major League Baseball

1856 – 1938

baseball player

Franklin Pierce Geyer

(1853-1918) American police detective

1853 – 1918

detective

Ida Waterman

American actress (1852-1941)

1852 – 1941

stage actoractor

Thomas S. Butler

U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

1855 – 1928

politicianlawyerjudge

John Patton Jr.

American politician (1850-1907)

1850 – 1907

politicianlawyer

George Foot Moore

American scholar (1851–1931)

1851 – 1931

orientalisttheologianhistorian

Daniel Hale Williams

African American cardiologist who performed the first documented, successful pericardium surgery in the world

1858 – 1931

cardiologistsurgeon

Edgar Fahs Smith

American chemist (1854-1928)

1854 – 1928

chemisthistorian

Samuel Walker McCall

American politician (1851–1923)

1851 – 1923

governorpoliticianlawyer

Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer

American artist (1873-1943)

1873 – 1943

painterartist

Edwin Sydney Stuart

American politician (1853-1937)

1853 – 1937

governorpolitician

William P. Biddle

11th Commandant of the Marine Corps

1853 – 1923

military officer

Joseph Carl Breil

American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor (1870–1926)

1870 – 1926

directoropera singerfilm score composer

Bobby Wallace

American baseball player, manager, umpire, and scout (1873–1960)

1873 – 1960

baseball player

Craig Biddle

US tennis player and socialite (1879–1947)

1879 – 1947

tennis playersocialite

Lulu Glaser

American actress (1874-1958)

1874 – 1958

stage actorsingeractor

Selene Johnson

American actress (1876-1960)

1876 – 1960

stage actoractor

Jerold T. Hevener

American actor, film director

1873 – 1947

film directoractor

Dora Keen

American mountain climber (1871-1963)

1871 – 1963

mountaineer

Anna Whelan Betts

American illustrator and art teacher (1875-1959)

1875 – 1959

painter

William Draper Harkins

American chemist (1873-1951)

1873 – 1951

nuclear physicistuniversity teacherchemist

Louis Payne

American actor (1873-1953)

1873 – 1953

stage actoractor

Harry Kendall Thaw

American playboy (1871–1947)

1871 – 1947

architect

Andrew James Louis Brennan

American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (1877-1956)

1877 – 1956

Catholic bishopCatholic priest

Laura Nelson Hall

American actress (1876-1936)

1876 – 1936

film actorstage actoractor

James Ramsay Hunt

American neurologist (1872–1937)

1872 – 1937

neurologistmilitary physician

William Cameron Sproul

American politician (1870-1928)

1870 – 1928

governorpolitician

Lillian Genth

American artist (1876–1953)

1876 – 1953

painterartist

Vera Katharine Charles

American mycologist (1877-1954)

1877 – 1954

mycologistbotanistbotanical collector

Dorothy Harrison Eustis

American dog breeder and philanthropist; founder of The Seeing Eye (1886-1946)

1886 – 1946

dog breeder

Albert Eugene Gallatin

American artist and art collector (1881-1952)

1881 – 1952

art collectorart historianpainter

Sophie Drinker

American musicologist (1888–1967)

1888 – 1967

musicologistchoir directorwriter

Arthur Lange

composer of popular music (1889–1956)

1889 – 1956

film score composerlyricistbandleader

George S. Messersmith

American diplomat (1883-1960)

1883 – 1960

consul generaldiplomatcivil servant

Anna Rosemond

American actress (1886-1966)

1886 – 1966

film actoractor

William Francis Gibbs

naval engineer, designer of the Liberty ships (1886-1967)

1886 – 1967

shipbuildermarine engineerlawyer

Florence Crawford

American actress (1880-1954)

1880 – 1954

film actoractor

J. Morris Foster

silent film actor (1881-1966)

1881 – 1966

actor

Eleanora Knopf

American geologist

1883 – 1974

petrologistgeologist

Arthur James

American politician (1883-1973)

1883 – 1973

prosecutorgovernorpolitician

Robert C. Giffen

United States Navy admiral, college athletics administrator

1886 – 1962

military officer

Rae Sloan Bredin

American painter and teacher, 1881-1933

1880 – 1933

painterartistteacher

Betty Brice

American actress (1888–1935)

1888 – 1935

actor

Ruby Hoffman

American actor

1886 – 1973

film actoractor

Bill McKechnie

American baseball player, coach, manager (1886–1965)

1886 – 1965

baseball player

Mary Louisa Willard

American forensic scientist (1898-1993)

1898 – 1993

university teacherchemist

Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher

American architect

1892 – 1975

architect

Elva Lawton

American botanist and bryologist (1896-1993)

1896 – 1993

bryologistscience writermycologist

George Howard Earle III

American diplomat (1890-1974)

1890 – 1974

governordiplomatmilitary officer

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