Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

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

Joe Bryant
Joe Bryant
American basketball head coach and retired player (1954–2024)
1954 – 2024
basketball coachbasketball player
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne
Continental Army general (1745-1796)
1745 – 1796
soldiermilitary officerpolitician
Pat Crowley
Pat Crowley
American actress (1933–2025)
1933 – 2025
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Edith Windsor
Edith Windsor
American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM
1929 – 2017
activistprogrammermathematician
Sylvanus Morley
Sylvanus Morley
American archaeologist, epigrapher, Mayanist scholar, and WWI spy for the U.S. (1883–1948)
1883 – 1948
epigrapheranthropologistarchaeologist
Ted Cassidy
Ted Cassidy
American actor (1932-1979)
1932 – 1979
film actortelevision actorbasketball player
Martin Cruz Smith
Martin Cruz Smith
American writer
1942 – 2025
novelistjournalistwriter
Rose O'Neill
Rose O'Neill
American illustrator (1874-1944)
1874 – 1944
suffragistcomics artistcartoonist
Imogene Coca
Imogene Coca
American comic actress (1908–2001)
1908 – 2001
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Barney Ewell
Barney Ewell
athletics competitor (1918-1996)
1918 – 1996
sprinter
Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician (1914–1993)
1914 – 1993
jazz singerrecording artistjazz musician
Norman Fell
Norman Fell
American actor (1924–1998)
1924 – 1998
film actortelevision actoractor
Janet Blair
Janet Blair
actress (1921-2007)
1921 – 2007
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Billy Paul
Billy Paul
American singer-songwriter (1934-2016)
1934 – 2016
singer
Carl Robie
Carl Robie
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, lawyer
1945 – 2011
swimmerlawyer
Nancy Spungen
American girlfriend of Sid Vicious
1958 – 1978
prostitutedrug trafficker
Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman
American musician (1950–1994)
1950 – 1994
songwritermusicianrecord producer
Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks
American artist (1780-1849)
1780 – 1849
painter
George Ord
George Ord
American naturalist, ornithologist and writer
1781 – 1866
ornithologistzoologistwriter
Charlotte Greenwood
Charlotte Greenwood
(1890-1978) American dancer and actor
1890 – 1977
film actordancerstage actor
John Sloan
John Sloan
American painter (1871–1951)
1871 – 1951
draftspersonarchitectural drafteretcher
John Hodiak
John Hodiak
American actor of Ukrainian descent (1914–1955)
1914 – 1955
film actorradio personalitystage actor
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
American diver (1903-1989)
1903 – 1989
competitive diverathlete
Alice Catherine Evans
Alice Catherine Evans
American microbiologist
1881 – 1975
bacteriologistmicrobiologist
Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader (1926–2020)
1926 – 2020
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusic arranger
Mildred Davis
Mildred Davis
American actress (1901–1969)
1901 – 1969
film actoractor
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly
American politician (1831-1901)
1831 – 1901
suffragistscience fiction writernovelist
Helene Hanff
American screenwriter and writer (1916-1997)
1916 – 1997
novelistwriterscreenwriter
Irene Guest
Irene Guest
American swimmer
1900 – 1970
swimmer
Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh
American writer (1937–2025)
1937 – 2025
novelistpolice officerscreenwriter
John F. Reynolds
John F. Reynolds
United States Army general (1820-1863)
1820 – 1863
career officermajor general
Joseph Albert Walker
Joseph Albert Walker
American test pilot (1921–1966)
1921 – 1966
test pilotphysicistastronaut
Richard Rush
Richard Rush
former United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of the Treasury (1780-1859)
1780 – 1859
diplomatministerpolitician
Robert J. Walker
Robert J. Walker
American politician (1801-1869)
1801 – 1869
juristgovernorpolitician
William Wallace Denslow
William Wallace Denslow
American illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915)
1856 – 1915
children's writercomics artistillustrator
Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer (1935–2024)
1935 – 2024
jazz musicianmusic arrangerdrummer
Anna Coleman Ladd
Anna Coleman Ladd
American sculptor (1878–1939)
1878 – 1939
sculptorartist
Honus Wagner
Honus Wagner
American baseball player (1874-1955)
1874 – 1955
baseball player
John Kundla
American basketball player and coach (1916-2017)
1916 – 2017
basketball coachbasketball player
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy
American lawyer and banker (1895-1989)
1895 – 1989
army officerbankerhistorian
Michael Novak
Michael Novak
American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat (1933-2017)
1933 – 2017
religious studies scholarenvoysocial scientist
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner
African-American painter (1859–1937)
1859 – 1937
pastellistwatercoloristprintmaker
Debra Hill
American film producer (1950-2005)
1950 – 2005
producerfilm producerscreenwriter
Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
American politician, judge, and author 1737-1791
1737 – 1791
politiciancomposerlawyer
Frederick Muhlenberg
Frederick Muhlenberg
American politician and first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1750-1801)
1750 – 1801
politician
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean
American Founding Father and politician (1734–1817)
1734 – 1817
military officergovernorpolitician
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
American astronomer (*1732 – †1796)
1732 – 1796
geodesistsurveyorinventor
Titian Peale
Titian Peale
American ornithologist, entomologist, photographer, artist and explorer (1799-1885)
1799 – 1885
explorerscientific collectorscientific illustrator
Martin Johnson Heade
Martin Johnson Heade
American painter (1819-1904)
1819 – 1904
travelerpainter
Isaac Israel Hayes
Isaac Israel Hayes
United States explorer and physician (1832-1881)
1832 – 1881
explorerresearcherpolitician
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