Biographical Records
Notable People from Pennsylvania
7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 53 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.
Edward J. Bonin
1904 – 1990
politicianlawyer
Jessica Dragonette
1900 – 1980
radio personalityvoice actorsinger
Lester Lanin
1907 – 2004
jazz musicianbandleaderconductor
Ted Weems
1901 – 1963
jazz musiciansongwriterbandleader
Burke Jones
1903 – 1983
association football player
Carroll D. Kearns
1900 – 1976
politicianteacher
Beveridge Webster
1908 – 1999
piano teachermusic teacheruniversity teacher
Richard Henry Ackerman
1903 – 1992
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Margaret Shaw
1903 – 2004
musicologistfolklorist
Philip J. Darlington
1904 – 1983
scientific collectormuseologistentomologist
Joe Dougherty
1901 – 1981
rower
Malcolm C. Bert
1902 – 1973
scenographer
George Glenn Cameron
1905 – 1979
philologisthistorian
Herbert Gentry
1919 – 2003
graphic artistpainterartist
Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
1910 – 1989
art historianexhibition curatorarchitect
Joe Stydahar
1912 – 1977
American football playerAmerican football coach
Herman Stein
1915 – 2007
composer
John Sylvester White
1919 – 1988
television actoractor
Joe Page
1917 – 1980
baseball player
John Hyland
1912 – 1998
military officer
John Joseph Graham
1913 – 2000
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Sally Cairns
1919 – 1965
film actoractor
Sheri Martinelli
1918 – 1996
painterartistpoet
Ted Harris
1919 – 2005
mathematician
Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
1912 – 2001
juristgovernorpolitician
James Dugan
1912 – 1967
journalisthistorianwriter
Walt Miller
1915 – 2001
basketball player
Althea Henley
1911 – 1996
film actoractor
Frank M. Clark
1915 – 2003
military officerpolitician
Ziggy Elman
1914 – 1968
jazz musiciansaxophonisttrumpeter
Charles W. Thayer
1910 – 1969
diplomatwriter
Lawrence Michael De Falco
1915 – 1979
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
James Grier Miller
1916 – 2002
university teacherbiologistpsychologist
Morris Weiss
1915 – 2014
cartoonistcomics artist
Edwin Bell Forsythe
1916 – 1984
politician
Elliott Waters Montroll
1916 – 1983
university teacherphysicistmathematician
Jimmy Preston
1913 – 1984
musician
Lavinia Williams
1916 – 1989
dancer
John Barr
1918 – 2002
basketball player
Gordon Merrick
1916 – 1988
television editornovelistliterary critic
Hannah Williams
1911 – 1973
stage actorcomediansinger
Joseph De Pasquale
1919 – 2015
violist
Walter Seltzer
1914 – 2011
producerfilm producer
Edmund Bacon
1910 – 2005
urban plannerarchitect
Jimmy Nelson
1919 – 2007
musiciansinger-songwritersinger
Skip Alexander
1918 – 1997
golfer
Florence Parry Heide
1919 – 2011
children's writerwriter
John Earl Henderson
1917 – 1994
politicianlawyerjudge
Aaron Stell
1911 – 1996
film editorfilm producerfilm director
Myer Feldman
1914 – 2007
literary criticjournalistlawyer