Biographical Records

Notable People from Pennsylvania

7,577 notable figures born in Pennsylvania, showing page 80 of 152, ranked by historical prominence.

Robert Jenkins
American politician, Pennsylvania
1769 - 1848
metallurgistpolitician
Roberts Vaux
Roberts Vaux
American judge (1786-1836)
1786 - 1836
philanthropistbiographerjurist
Benjamin Bennet
Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey (1764-1840)
1764 - 1840
politician
Thomas Wharton Jr.
Thomas Wharton Jr.
Pennsylvanian politician (1735-1778)
1735 - 1778
politician
Thomas Lee
American politician from New Jersey
1780 - 1855
politicianlawyerjudge
John Murray
member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
1768 - 1834
politician
John Payne Todd
John Payne Todd
stepson of U.S. president James Madison (1792-1852)
1792 - 1852
John Pugh
American politician
1761 - 1842
justice of the peacepolitician
John Rea
American politician
1755 - 1829
politician
John Rhea Barton
John Rhea Barton
American surgeon
1794 - 1871
surgeon
John Sloane
John Sloane
American politician
1779 - 1856
politicianmilitary officer
William Plunkett Maclay
American politician (1774-1842)
1774 - 1842
politician
William Shippen
William Shippen
(1736–1808); American physician, professor, and Continental Army officer
1736 - 1808
military physicianuniversity teacherphysician
Squire Boone
Squire Boone
American frontiersman
1744 - 1815
explorer
John Davis
U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
1788 - 1878
politician
John Edwards
American politician 1786-1843
1786 - 1843
politicianlawyer
Thomas Smith
member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
1799 - 1876
politician
Alexander Mebane
American politician
1744 - 1795
politician
John Banks
American politician from Pennsylvania
1793 - 1864
politicianlawyerjudge
John Bannister Gibson
John Bannister Gibson
American judge (1780–1853)
1780 - 1853
lawyerjudge
John Brown
American mill owner and statesman from Lewistown, Pennsylvania
1772 - 1845
politician
John Conard
American politician
1773 - 1857
politicianlawyerjudge
John Durang
American actor and dancer (1768-1822)
1768 - 1822
acrobatcircus performerchoreographer
John Galbraith
John Galbraith
American politician
1794 - 1860
politicianlawyerjudge
John Hahn
American politician
1776 - 1823
politician
John Hare Powel
John Hare Powel
American politician
1786 - 1856
politician
John Hoge Ewing
John Hoge Ewing
American politician
1796 - 1887
politicianlawyer
John Magee
John Magee
American politician from New York
1794 - 1868
politician
Roger Davis
American politician
1762 - 1815
politician
Sally Wister
Sally Wister
American writer (1761-1804)
1761 - 1804
diarist
Samuel A. Smith
American politician
1795 - 1861
justice of the peacepoliticianlawyer
Samuel Anderson
American politician
1773 - 1850
military officerpolitician
Samuel Bard
Samuel Bard
American physician
1742 - 1821
physician
Samuel Gross
American politician
1776 - 1839
politician
Samuel Miles
Samuel Miles
American military officer and politician
1740 - 1805
military officerpolitician
Alexander Graydon
American Revolutionary War officer and author (1752-1818)
1752 - 1818
electormilitary officerjurist
Rosalba Carriera Peale
Rosalba Carriera Peale
American painter (1799–1874)
1799 - 1874
lithographerpainter
James Milnor
American politician
1773 - 1844
Christian ministerpoliticianlawyer
John Ross
American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania (1770-1834)
1770 - 1834
politicianlawyerjudge
Benjamin Say
American politician
1755 - 1813
politician
Francis Julius LeMoyne
Francis Julius LeMoyne
American physician
1798 - 1879
physician
Isaac Norris
Isaac Norris
American politician
1701 - 1766
politician
John Henry Hobart
John Henry Hobart
Episcopal Bishop of New York (1775-1830)
1775 - 1830
Anglican priestChristian ministerbishop
David Hillis
American politician and judge (1785-1845)
1785 - 1845
politicianjudge
Stephen Simpson
American writer (1789-1854)
1789 - 1854
journalistbankerpolitician
Joseph Bonnell
American soldier
1802 - 1840
military personnel
Alfred L. Pearson
Alfred L. Pearson
Union Army general and Army Medal of Honor recipient
1838 - 1903
military officerlawyer
Job Roberts Tyson
American politician
1803 - 1858
politicianlawyer
John Gallagher Montgomery
American politician
1805 - 1857
politicianlawyer
John Hull Campbell
American politician (1800-1868)
1800 - 1868
politicianlawyer
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