Notable People from Pennsylvania

Norman T. Whitaker

American chess player (1890-1975)

Oakley George Kelly

United States Air Force officer

Walter B. Gibson

Pulp writer and magician (1897–1985)

Francis Eugene Walter

Banker and politician

George Atlee Goodling

American politician

George M. Rhodes

American politician (1898–1978)

Gill Robb Wilson

American pilot (1892-1966)

Hal Skelly

actor, playwright, director, Broadway producer (1891-1934)

Harold S. Tolley

American politician (1894-1956)

Rodman Wanamaker

American polo player

Albert Hay Malotte

American musician (1895–1964)

John D. MacArthur

American businessman and philanthropist

Thomas K. Finletter

American diplomat (1893–1980)

Robert Armbruster

American conductor (1897–1994)

Louise Tracy

founder of the John Tracy clinic (1896-1983)

Kathryn E. Granahan

American politician (1894-1979)

John Crain Kunkel

U.S. American politician (1898-1970)

Otho Lovering

American film editor (1892–1968)

Jerome Daniel Hannan

Catholic bishop (1896-1965)

Charles F. Wagner

American engineer

Charles L. Gerlach

American politician (1895-1947)

Julian Cunningham

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Kempton Greene

American actor

Ailsa Mellon Bruce

American art collector (1901-1969)

Susan Laird

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, former world record-holder (1908-1933)

Vera Buchanan

American politician (1902-1955)

Francis Henry Taylor

American curator, museum director (1903-1957)

Leon Edel

Canadian writer (1907–1997)

Justin Herman

screenwriter, film producer, film director (1907-1983)

Kermit Murdock

American actor (1908–1981)

Harry Farrell

American soccer player (1902-1980)

John W. Murphy

American politician, Pennsylvania

Homer Bigart

American journalist

Virginia Livingston

American cancer researcher (1906–1990)

Abraham Sinkov

Signals Intelligence Service cryptographer (1907–1998)

Christiane Delyne

French actress

Dan Gordon

animator

James G. Stewart

audio engineer (1907-1997)

William C. Krumbein

American geologist (1902–1979)

Max Fisher

American businessman and philanthropist (1908-2005)

Mona Ray

American actress (1905-1986)

Ray Crist

chemist (1900–2005)

Helen Shipman

American actress (1899–1984)

Adelaide Hawley Cumming

vaudeville performer, radio host, teacher (1905-1998)

Albert W. Johnson

American politician; U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1906-1998)

Gregory Ain

American architect (1908–1988)

Hardie Scott

American politician (1907-1999)

Dorothy Burr Thompson

American classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines (1900–2001)

Dorothy Norman

American photographer, writer and editor (1905-1997)

Earle K. Bergey

American illustrator