Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 35 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Benjamin Stoloff
American film director (1895–1960)
1895 – 1960
directorfilm producerfilm director
Frank R. Strayer
Frank R. Strayer
American actor, film writer, director and producer (1891–1964)
1891 – 1964
film directorscreenwriter
John McDermott
John McDermott
American professional golfer (1891–1971)
1891 – 1971
golfer
Pat Ballard
American composer (1899-1960)
1899 – 1960
songwritercomposer
Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist (1895–1985)
1895 – 1985
jazz musicianbandleadermusician
George Otto Gey
American cell biologist (1899–1970)
1899 – 1970
biologist
Ken Christy
Ken Christy
American actor (1894-1962)
1894 – 1962
film actortelevision actoractor
Raymond Pace Alexander
Raymond Pace Alexander
American civil rights leader (1898-1974)
1898 – 1974
judge
Dorothy Walcott Weeks
Dorothy Walcott Weeks
American mathematician
1893 – 1990
university teachermathematicianphysicist
Dorothy Green
Dorothy Green
US tennis player (1897-1964)
1897 – 1964
tennis player
Joseph Breen
Film censor, journalist (1890–1965)
1890 – 1965
censorjournalistscreenwriter
Edna Mayo
Edna Mayo
American actress (1895–1970)
1895 – 1970
film actorstage actor
Emile Santiago
American costume designer (1899–1995)
1899 – 1995
costume designer
Norman Reilly Raine
American screenwriter (1894-1971)
1894 – 1971
journalistwriterscreenwriter
Harry S. Webb
Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter (1892–1959)
1892 – 1959
film actorfilm producerfilm director
Vincent Carter
Vincent Carter
American politician (1891-1972)
1891 – 1972
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Joseph Auslander
American poet and novelist (1897–1965)
1897 – 1965
novelistpoet
Laurence B. Keiser
Laurence B. Keiser
American general (1895-1969)
1895 – 1969
military personnel
Leonard Carlitz
mathematician (1907-1999)
1907 – 1999
university teachermathematician
Mary Celine Fasenmyer
American mathematician (1906–1996)
1906 – 1996
religious sisternunmathematician
Bucky Walters
Bucky Walters
American Major League Baseball player, manager (1909-1991)
1909 – 1991
baseball player
Kathryn Crawford
Kathryn Crawford
American actress (1908-1980)
1908 – 1980
film actoractor
Kitty McHugh
Kitty McHugh
American actress (1902-1954)
1902 – 1954
film actoractor
David McMullin
field hockey player (1908-1995)
1908 – 1995
field hockey player
Sydney Boehm
American screenwriter (1908-1990)
1908 – 1990
screenwriter
Emerson Treacy
Emerson Treacy
actor (1900-1967)
1900 – 1967
actor
Frances Upton
Frances Upton
American actress (1904-1975)
1904 – 1975
film actordancerstage actor
Walter Diemer
American inventor (1904-1998)
1905 – 1998
accountantinventor
Ralph Dunn
Ralph Dunn
American actor (1900-1968)
1900 – 1968
television actorstage actoractor
James J. Stoker
American applied mathematician and engineer (1905-1992)
1905 – 1992
university teachermathematician
Murray Chotiner
Murray Chotiner
American political operative (1909-1974)
1909 – 1974
lawyer
Ham Fisher
Ham Fisher
American comic strip writer and cartoonist (1900–1955)
1900 – 1955
editorial cartoonistcomics artist
Helen Richey
Helen Richey
American aviator (1909–1947)
1909 – 1947
aircraft pilotflight instructor
Ed Earl Repp
Ed Earl Repp
American writer (1901–1979)
1901 – 1979
science fiction writernovelistscreenwriter
John West Wells
U.S. paleontologist, cnidariologist, and geologist (1907–1994)
1907 – 1994
cnidariologistpaleontologistgeologist
Joseph Andorfer Ewan
American botanist (1909–1999)
1909 – 1999
scientific collectorexplorerbotanist
William Goetz
William Goetz
American film producer (1903–1969)
1903 – 1969
producerart collectorfilm producer
William H. Ziegler
American film editor (1909-1977)
1909 – 1977
film editor
Antonio Guiteras
Antonio Guiteras
Cuban politician (1906–1935)
1906 – 1935
revolutionarypolitician
Florence P. Dwyer
Florence P. Dwyer
American politician (1902-1976)
1902 – 1976
politician
Warren Ingersoll
American field hockey player (1908-1995)
1908 – 1995
field hockey player
Harold F. Kress
Harold F. Kress
American film editor (1913-1999)
1913 – 1999
film editordirectorfilm director
Charley Burley
American boxer (1917–1992)
1917 – 1992
boxer
Sol Kaplan
American film and television music composer (1919-1990)
1919 – 1990
film score composerpianistcomposer
Eugene List
Eugene List
American musician
1918 – 1985
music educatoreditormusician
Del Roy
American auto racing official (1911–1978)
1911 – 1978
racing automobile drivermechanic
Midget Wolgast
American boxer
1910 – 1955
boxer
Sophie Masloff
American mayor (1917–2014)
1917 – 2014
politician
Jack Cole
cartoonist, creator of Plastic Man
1914 – 1958
watercoloristdraftspersoncomics writer
Joe Masteroff
American writer (1919-2018)
1919 – 2018
librettistplaywrightwriter
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