Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 59 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Robert Harris
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1768-1851)
1768 – 1851
politician
Robert Waln
Robert Waln
American politician
1765 – 1836
politician
Benjamin Stephenson
Benjamin Stephenson
American politician (1769-1822)
1769 – 1822
politician
Magnus Miller Murray
Magnus Miller Murray
American mayor (1787-1838)
1787 – 1838
politicianlawyer
John Nixon
John Nixon
American banker (1733-1808)
1733 – 1808
banker
John Patterson
American politician born 1771
1771 – 1848
politicianjudge
John Schwartz
Anti-Lecompton Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
1793 – 1860
politician
William Rawle
William Rawle
American writer
1759 – 1836
juristpoliticianlawyer
James Woodhouse
James Woodhouse
American surgeon and chemist (1770-1809)
1770 – 1809
surgeonchemist
John Bell
American politician (1796-1869)
1796 – 1869
politicianlawyerjudge
John D. Cummins
American politician
1791 – 1849
politicianlawyer
Robert Mitchell
American politician from Ohio
1778 – 1848
politicianjudge
Andrew Buchanan
American politician
1780 – 1848
politicianlawyer
Thomas Hartley Crawford
American politician (1786-1863)
1786 – 1863
politicianlawyerjudge
Isaac Darlington
Isaac Darlington
American politician
1781 – 1839
politicianlawyerjudge
John Hamilton
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
1754 – 1837
politicianlawyerjudge
Henry Horn
American politician
1786 – 1862
politicianlawyer
John Conrad Bucher
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
1792 – 1844
politicianlawyerjudge
John Dick
John Dick
American politician (1794-1872)
1794 – 1872
politicianjudge
John Findlay
American politician
1766 – 1838
politician
John Gilmore
American politician
1780 – 1845
politicianlawyer
John Hoge
American politician
1760 – 1824
politician
John Laporte
American politician (1798-1862)
1798 – 1862
bankerpoliticianlawyer
John M. Read
John M. Read
American politician, Pennsylvania
1797 – 1874
juristpoliticianlawyer
John Morgan
John Morgan
physician and professor in colonial Pennsylvania, United States (1735–1789)
1735 – 1789
military physicianuniversity teacherphysician
Samuel Edwards
Samuel Edwards
American politician
1785 – 1850
politicianlawyer
Samuel Sitgreaves
Samuel Sitgreaves
American politician (1764-1827)
1764 – 1827
politicianlawyer
Jacob Green
Jacob Green
American physician and scientist
1790 – 1841
botanistpaleontologistzoologist
Edward Williams Clay
American artist (1799-1857)
1799 – 1857
visual artistillustratorpainter
John Buchanan
John Buchanan
American frontiersman (1759-1832)
1759 – 1832
settlerfarmer
Sarah Ewing Hall
Sarah Ewing Hall
American educator, poet, and essayist
1761 – 1830
essayisteducatorpoet
James Hall
James Hall
American writer, born 1793 (1793–1868)
1793 – 1868
lawyerwriterjudge
Moses Williams
Moses Williams
African American artist (1777–1825)
1777 – 1825
silhouette artistvisual artist
Neville B. Craig
Neville B. Craig
American newspaper editor, politician, historian, and lawyer (1787–1863)
1787 – 1863
newspaper editorjournalisteditor
James Bowman
James Bowman
American painter (1793–1842)
1793 – 1842
painter
Alexander Cassatt
Alexander Cassatt
seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1839–1906)
1839 – 1906
civil engineer
Alexander Colwell White
lawyer and politician (1833-1906)
1833 – 1906
politicianlawyer
Alfred H. Love
Alfred H. Love
American peace activist
1830 – 1913
peace activistpolitical activistpolitician
Jesse Lazear
Jesse Lazear
American politician (1804–1877)
1804 – 1877
politician
Jesse Miller
American politician (1800–1850)
1800 – 1850
politician
John Covode
John Covode
American politician
1808 – 1871
politician
Thomas Ritchey
American politician (1801–1863)
1801 – 1863
politician
John Robbins
John Robbins
American congressperson from Pennsylvania
1808 – 1880
politician
Charles Sitgreaves
Charles Sitgreaves
Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey (1803-1878)
1803 – 1878
politicianlawyer
John H. B. Latrobe
John H. B. Latrobe
American lawyer and inventor
1803 – 1891
inventor
John Clarke Young
John Clarke Young
American educator, pastor, academic administrator, and fourth president of Centre College (1803–1857)
1803 – 1857
educatorpastor
Daniel Duncan
politico
1806 – 1849
politician
Enos Hook
American politician
1804 – 1841
politicianlawyer
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
British politician
1800 – 1868
bankerpolitician
Gamaliel Bailey
Gamaliel Bailey
American physician, journalist, abolitionist (1807-1859)
1807 – 1859
abolitionistjournalistwriter
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