Biographical Records
Notable People from Pennsylvania
7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 60 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.
George Aloysius Carrell
1803 – 1868
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
George May Keim
1805 – 1861
politicianlawyer
George Nicholas Eckert
1802 – 1865
politician
Henry Darwin Rogers
1808 – 1866
botanistgeologist
James Irvin
1800 – 1862
metallurgistpolitician
James K. Moorhead
1806 – 1884
politician
George Cadwalader
1806 – 1879
military officer
George Middleton
1809 – 1888
politician
Taylor Webster
1800 – 1876
journalisteditorpolitician
Daniel Ziegler
1804 – 1876
entomologistzoologist
William Holmes McGuffey
1800 – 1873
teacher
William Henry Kurtz
1804 – 1868
politicianlawyer
William S. Derrick
1802 – 1852
politician
William Swan Garvin
1806 – 1883
journalisteditorpolitician
James Blythe Rogers
1802 – 1852
chemist
Thomas Williams
1806 – 1872
politicianlawyer
Ann Sophia Towne Darrah
1819 – 1881
artistpainter
Edwin Pearce Christy
1815 – 1862
songwritercomposeractor
Francis Wolle
1817 – 1893
phycologistlichenologistbotanist
George Van Eman Lawrence
1818 – 1904
politician
Henry Kinney
1814 – 1862
politician
James Landy
1813 – 1875
politician
Tobias A. Plants
1811 – 1887
journalistpoliticianlawyer
Washington Townsend
1813 – 1894
botanistpoliticianlawyer
William Thaw
1818 – 1889
executive
Thomas Birch Florence
1812 – 1875
newspaper proprietorjournalistpolitician
Godlove Stein Orth
1817 – 1882
diplomatpoliticianlawyer
George A. Bicknell
1815 – 1891
politicianlawyerwriter
Robert M. Riddle
1812 – 1858
newspaper editoreditorjournalist
William Moore
1810 – 1878
politicianlawyerjudge
James Clarke
1812 – 1850
librariangovernorpolitician
James Craig
1818 – 1888
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Alexander Cummings
1810 – 1879
publisherjournalistgovernor
Shepherd Leffler
1811 – 1879
politicianlawyer
William Thompson
1813 – 1897
military officerpoliticianlawyer
Alfred Gilmore
1812 – 1858
politicianlawyer
Augustus Drum
1815 – 1858
politicianlawyer
Charles Denison
1818 – 1867
politicianlawyer
Charles G. Dahlgren
1811 – 1888
military personnel
Charles J. Albright
1816 – 1883
journalistpolitician
Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge
1811 – 1890
nurse
John Bryson
1819 – 1907
bankerpolitician
John Hickman
1810 – 1875
politicianlawyer
John Littleton Dawson
1813 – 1870
politicianlawyer
John Martin Broomall
1816 – 1894
juristpoliticianlawyer
John McClintock
1814 – 1870
university teacherarchivisttheologian
John Rufus Edie
1814 – 1888
politicianlawyer
John Weiss Forney
1817 – 1881
journalistwriter
Lemuel Todd
1817 – 1891
politicianlawyer
Joseph K. Barnes
1817 – 1883
meteorological observersurgeonmilitary officer