Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 8 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Charles Yerkes
Charles Yerkes
American banker and art collector (1837-1905)
1837 – 1905
art collectorart historianentrepreneur
Edward Goodrich Acheson
Edward Goodrich Acheson
American chemist (1856–1931)
1856 – 1931
chemistinventorengineer
Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson
American Major League baseball player, manager (1880-1925)
1880 – 1925
baseball playerAmerican football player
Marion Lorne
Marion Lorne
American actress (1883–1968)
1883 – 1968
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Charles Sheeler
Charles Sheeler
American artist (1883-1965)
1883 – 1965
draftspersonsculptorfilm director
Harold Rainsford Stark
Harold Rainsford Stark
American admiral (1880-1972)
1880 – 1972
military officer
Louis Fischer
Louis Fischer
American journalist (1896-1970)
1896 – 1970
journalistwriter
Nathan Homer Knorr
Nathan Homer Knorr
American Watch Tower Society president (1905–1977)
1905 – 1977
preacher
Allan Jones
Allan Jones
American actor and tenor (1907-1992)
1907 – 1992
film actorstage actorsinger
Bill Holland
Bill Holland
American racecar driver (1907-1984)
1907 – 1984
Formula One driverracing automobile driverengineer
Eve Arnold
American photojournalist (1913–2012)
1912 – 2012
journalistphotojournalistartist
Francis Schaeffer
Francis Schaeffer
American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
1912 – 1984
Protestant theologianphilosophertheologian
Ellen Albertini Dow
American actress (1913–2015)
1913 – 2015
film actortelevision actortheatre director
Harry Frankfurt
Harry Frankfurt
American philosopher (1929–2023)
1929 – 2023
philosopheruniversity teacherwriter
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Herschell Gordon Lewis
American filmmaker (1929–2016)
1926 – 2016
producerfilm screenwriterfilm actor
Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson
American actress (1925–2016)
1925 – 2016
television actorfilm actorfilm producer
Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin
American poet and author (1925-2014)
1925 – 2014
novelistchildren's writerpoet
Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine
Greek-American actor (1927-2021)
1927 – 2021
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Janet Asimov
author, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst (1926–2019)
1926 – 2019
science fiction writernovelistchildren's writer
Horace Ashenfelter
Horace Ashenfelter
American athletics competitor (1923-2018)
1923 – 2018
athletics competitor
Helen Murray Free
Helen Murray Free
American chemist and educator (1923–2021)
1923 – 2021
chemistinventor
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American jazz saxophonist and record producer (1934–2000)
1934 – 2000
recording artistjazz musiciansaxophonist
Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann
American visual experimental artist (1939–2019)
1939 – 2019
object artistvideo artistinstallation artist
R. C. Sproul
R. C. Sproul
American theologian and pastor (1939–2017)
1939 – 2017
non-fiction writerphilosopheruniversity teacher
Bill Nunn
Bill Nunn
American actor (1953–2016)
1952 – 2016
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Timothy J. Keller
Timothy J. Keller
American pastor (1950–2023)
1950 – 2023
non-fiction writeruniversity teachertheologian
Thomas Doughty
American artist and lithographer (1793-1856)
1793 – 1856
lithographerpainter
Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron
American businessman and politician (1799–1889)
1799 – 1889
bankerdiplomatpolitician
George Clymer
George Clymer
American politician (1739-1813)
1739 – 1813
politician
William Bradford
William Bradford
American judge and second United States Attorney General (1755-1795)
1755 – 1795
politicianlawyerjudge
Samuel George Morton
Samuel George Morton
American physician and naturalist (1799–1851)
1799 – 1851
botanistanthropologistethnologist
John Cassin
John Cassin
U.S. ornithologist (1813–1869)
1813 – 1869
botanistornithologistzoologist
Charles Godfrey Leland
Charles Godfrey Leland
American folklorist (1824-1903)
1824 – 1903
folkloristjournalisteditor
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick
American industrialist (1849-1919)
1849 – 1919
patron of the artsindustrialistart collector
George Washington Williams
George Washington Williams
American Civil War soldier, Christian minister, Ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer
1849 – 1891
explorersoldierhistorian
Samuel Garman
Samuel Garman
American zoologist (1843–1927)
1843 – 1927
herpetologistscientific collectorichthyologist
Katharine Drexel
Katharine Drexel
American Catholic sister and saint
1858 – 1955
religious sistereducatormissionary
Robert Yerkes
Robert Yerkes
American psychologist (1876–1956)
1876 – 1956
university teacherzoologistpsychologist
Harold L. Ickes
Harold L. Ickes
American politician (1874–1952)
1874 – 1952
journalistcivil servantpolitician
John Geiger
John Geiger
American rower (1873–1956)
1873 – 1956
rower
James Juvenal
James Juvenal
American rower (1874–1942)
1874 – 1942
rowing coachrower
Albert Jay Nock
Albert Jay Nock
American journalist (1870-1945)
1870 – 1945
autobiographeressayistsociologist
Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger
American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941)
1888 – 1941
film producerdirectorfilm director
Leon Schlesinger
Leon Schlesinger
American film producer (1884–1949)
1884 – 1949
film producertelevision produceractor
Charles Darrow
Charles Darrow
American board game designer (1889-1967)
1889 – 1967
publisherpatent inventorinventor
Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher
American actor (1894-1979)
1894 – 1979
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel
actor, film director (1891-1954)
1891 – 1954
film actordirectorfilm director
Lyman Lemnitzer
Lyman Lemnitzer
American general (1899–1988)
1899 – 1988
military personnel
Donald Lippincott
Donald Lippincott
American sprinter (1893–1962)
1893 – 1962
athletics competitorathlete
Richard Hartshorne
Richard Hartshorne
American Geographer (1899–1992)
1899 – 1992
geographeruniversity teacher
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