Biographical Records
Notable People from Pennsylvania
7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 48 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.
Richard Vaux
1816 – 1895
politicianlawyer
James Blair Steedman
1817 – 1883
military officerpolitician
Abraham Herr Smith
1815 – 1894
politicianlawyer
Alexander Hays
1819 – 1864
military officer
Samuel Galloway
1811 – 1872
politicianlawyerjudge
Samuel Sloan
1815 – 1884
architect
Johnson K. Duncan
1827 – 1862
engineermilitary personnel
Samuel Steel Blair
1821 – 1890
politicianlawyer
Stephen Fowler Wilson
1821 – 1897
politicianlawyerjudge
Thomas H. Neill
1826 – 1885
military officer
Benjamin Markley Boyer
1823 – 1887
politicianlawyerjudge
Divie Bethune McCartee
1820 – 1900
diplomat
Alexander McClure
1828 – 1909
journalisteditorpolitician
Amos Townsend
1821 – 1895
politician
Hiram Corson
1828 – 1911
literary criticjournalistwriter
James Bowen Everhart
1821 – 1888
politicianlawyer
James S. Negley
1826 – 1901
horticulturistmilitary officerpolitician
Mathew Carey Lea
1823 – 1897
chemistphotographer
William Louis Sonntag, Sr.
1822 – 1900
painter
William Millward
1822 – 1871
politician
Charles N. Lamison
1826 – 1896
politicianlawyer
Henry Mills Fuller
1820 – 1860
politicianlawyer
Jonathan Letterman
1824 – 1872
military physician
Francis Wharton
1820 – 1889
university teacherAnglican priestjurist
Edward Clark
1822 – 1902
architect
James Williams
1825 – 1899
politician
Robert T. Van Horn
1824 – 1916
journalistpoliticianlawyer
William Adam Piper
1826 – 1899
politician
Hiester Clymer
1827 – 1884
politicianlawyer
Absalom Baird
1824 – 1905
military officer
H. Clay Evans
1843 – 1921
diplomatpolitician
Benson Wood
1839 – 1915
politicianlawyer
Charles Morris
1833 – 1922
novelistjournalisteducator
Thomas McKee Bayne
1836 – 1894
politicianlawyer
Joseph William Drexel
1833 – 1888
bibliophilebook collectorphilanthropist
Horace Howard Furness
1833 – 1912
literary historianliterary criticjournalist
John C. Smith
1832 – 1910
military officerpolitician
John Meredith Read, Jr.
1837 – 1896
authorhistoriandiplomat
Lucy Hamilton Hooper
1835 – 1893
journalistplaywrightwriter
Clement Studebaker
1831 – 1901
entrepreneur
John L. Gibbs
1838 – 1908
politicianlawyer
Abraham Arnold
1837 – 1901
military personnel
Fairman Rogers
1833 – 1900
non-fiction writerengineer
Frederick Gutekunst
1831 – 1917
war photographerphotographer
J. Hale Sypher
1837 – 1905
politicianlawyer
Lewis Wolfley
1839 – 1910
civil engineergovernorpolitician
David B. Brunner
1835 – 1903
politician
Edward McPherson
1830 – 1895
journalistpoliticianlawyer
Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly
1838 – 1917
biographerpoetwriter
Horace B. Strait
1835 – 1894
politician