Abbey, Edward (Home)
Author of The Monkey Wrench Gang
Famous People from Pennsylvania
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Alcott, Louisa May (Germantown)
The author of Little Women -
Anderson, Marian (Philadelphia)
The Black contralto who sang at the Lincoln Memorial -
Bacon, Kevin (Philadelphia)
Star of the films Footloose and Hollow Man -
Barris, Chuck (Philadelphia)
Host of TV's The Gong Show -
Bechdel, Alison (Lock Haven)
The cartoonist who did Fun Home -
Benét, Stephen Vincent (Bethlehem)
He wrote "The Devil And Daniel Webster" -
Berry, Albert (Philadelphia)
The first man to parachute out of an airplane -
Biden, Joseph (Scranton)
President of the United States, 2021-present -
Blakey, Art (Pittsburgh)
Drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers -
Bluford, Guion (Philadelphia)
The first Black American to fly in space -
Bly, Nellie (Cochran's Mills)
Woman journalist who went around the world in 1889 -
Bonaduce, Danny (Broomall)
Danny Partridge on TV's The Partridge Family -
Boone, Daniel (Berks County)
The frontiersman who settled Kentucky -
Bork, Robert H. (Pittsburgh)
President Reagan's rejected Supreme Court pick -
Bradley, Ed (Philadelphia)
The black guy with the earring on 60 Minutes -
Bronson, Charles (Ehrenfield)
Star of the 1974 action movie Death Wish -
Bryant, Kobe (Philadelphia)
The retired LA Lakers superstar who died in a helicopter crash -
Buchanan, James (Mercersburg)
President of the United States, 1857-61 -
Burns, Steve (Boyertown)
Host of the children's TV show Blue's Clues -
Byck, Samuel (Philadelphia)
The guy who plotted to assassinate President Nixon with a plane -
Calder, Alexander (Lawnton)
The abstract artist who originated the mobile -
Carson, Rachel (Springdale)
The author of Silent Spring -
Cassatt, Mary (Allegheny City)
Painter of 1891's The Bath -
Chamberlain, Wilt (Philadelphia)
The NBA legend who scored 100 points in a game in 1962 -
Chomsky, Noam (Philadelphia)
Creator of the theory of generative grammar -
Como, Perry (Canonsburg)
Smooth crooner of "Catch a Falling Star" -
Cooper, Bradley (Philadelphia)
The star of the 2018 melodrama A Star Is Born -
Cosby, Bill (Philadelphia)
The controversial star of the hit 1980s sitcom The Cosby Show -
Cox, Harvey (Malvern)
The Harvard professor who wrote The Secular City -
Crater, Judge (Easton)
The New York judge who vanished in 1930 -
Crumb, R. (Philadelphia)
Creator of Mr. Natural and "Keep on Truckin'" -
Cuban, Mark (Pittsburgh)
The owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks -
Cullen, Bill (Pittsburgh)
The game show host with the horn-rimmed glasses -
Daniels, Lee (Philadelphia)
The director of Precious -
Darren, James (Philadelphia)
Moondoggie the surfer in Gidget -
Deep Blue (Pittsburgh)
The computer that beat Kasparov -
DeHaan, Dane (Allentown)
The Green Goblin in 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -
Dennings, Kat (Philadelphia)
Norah in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist -
Eakins, Thomas (Philadelphia)
American realist painter who did Max Schmitt in a Single Scull -
Eve of Destruction (Philadelphia)
"The First Lady" of Ruff Ryders Entertainment -
Fey, Tina (Upper Darby)
The star of TV's 30 Rock -
Frakes, Jonathan (Bethlehem)
Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation -
Fulton, Robert (Little Britain (now Fulton))
The man who made steamships successful -
Gallner, Kyle (Philadelphia)
The icky "Beaver" on TV's Veronica Mars -
Garner, Erroll (Pittsburgh)
The guy who wrote the song "Misty" -
Gere, Richard (Philadelphia)
The star of An Officer and A Gentleman -
Getz, Stan (Philadelphia)
The jazz saxophonist who did "The Girl From Ipanema" -
Gingrich, Newt (Harrisburg)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1995-1999 -
Goldblum, Jeff (Pittsburgh)
The star of Jurassic Park and Independence Day -
Gosselin, Jon (Wyomissing)
The husband from TV's Jon & Kate Plus 8 -
Gosselin, Kate (Hershey)
The wife and mother from TV's Jon & Kate Plus 8 -
Graham, Martha (Allegheny )
The modern dance choreographer who did Appalachian Spring -
Grodin, Charles (Pittsburgh)
Robert DeNiro's co-star in 'Midnight Run' and the dad in 'Beethoven' -
Haig, Alexander (Philadelphia)
Four-star general and U.S. Secretary of State, 1981-82 -
Haring, Keith (Reading)
The 'Radiant Baby' graffiti artist who died of AIDS in 1990 -
Harris, Barbara C. (Philadelphia)
The world's first female Anglican bishop -
Hart, Kevin (Philadelphia)
The comedian in 'Let Me Explain' and 'Ride Along' -
Hatch, Orrin (Pittsburgh)
U.S. Senator from Utah, 1976-2019 -
Hines, Earl (Duquesne)
Influential jazz pianist -
Jackson, Lisa P. (Philadelphia)
Administrator of the EPA, 2009-2013 -
Jones, Shirley (Charleroi)
Mom on TV's The Partridge Family -
Kabibble, Ish (North East)
Comic cornetist who chanted 'boop boop' in Three Little Fishies -
Kasich, John (McKees Rocks)
Host of The Heartland with John Kasich -
Keane, Bil (Philadelphia)
The creator of the comic strip 'The Family Circus' -
Keaton, Michael (Coraopolis)
Star of Beetlejuice and Batman -
Kelly, Gene (Pittsburgh)
The dancing star of Singin' In The Rain -
Kelly, Grace (Philadelphia)
The actress who became Princess of Monaco -
Klugman, Jack (Philadelphia)
Oscar Madison in TV's The Odd Couple -
Koons, Jeff (York)
The conceptual pop artist who did Michael Jackson and Bubbles -
Koontz, Dean (Everett)
The horror novelist who wrote Watchers -
Kopechne, Mary Jo (Forty Fort)
The woman killed in Ted Kennedy's crash on Chappaquiddick Island -
Landis, Floyd (Lancaster)
2006 Tour de France winner who lost his title -
Locke, Alain LeRoy (Philadelphia)
The African-American editor called "the father of the Harlem Renaissance" -
Lopes, Lisa (Philadelphia)
Rapper/singer for the group TLC -
Mansfield, Jayne (Bryn Mawr)
The Hollywood bombshell killed in a 1967 car crash -
Margera, Bam (West Chester)
Skateboarding star of Jackass and Viva La Bam -
Marshall, George C. (Uniontown)
World War II-era U.S. General and Secretary of State -
McClellan, George (Philadelphia)
The Civil War general Lincoln replaced in 1862 -
McKay, Adam (Philadelphia)
The director of Anchorman and The Big Short -
Mead, Margaret (Philadelphia)
The anthropologist author of Coming of Age in Samoa -
Miller, Dennis (Pittsburgh)
That Saturday Night Live guy who's a conservative now -
Mitchell, Silas Weir (Philadelphia)
The lycanthropic Monroe from TV's Grimm -
Mix, Tom (Mix Run)
Fancy-dressin' silent film cowboy -
Monaco, Kelly (Philadelphia)
Samantha "Sam" McCall on General Hospital -
Montana, Joe (New Eagle)
The quarterback who won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers -
Namath, Joe (Beaver Falls)
The flashy NFL quarterback known as "Broadway Joe" -
Narin, Francis (Philadelphia)
Scientometrics pioneer who started CHI Research -
Norquist, Grover (Sharon)
The lobbyist who initiated the GOP's anti-tax pledge -
Odets, Clifford (Philadelphia)
The author of the play Waiting for Lefty -
O'Hair, Madalyn Murray (Pittsburgh)
Head of American Atheists -
Omarr, Sydney (Philadelphia)
Syndicated horoscope columnist from Los Angeles -
Palance, Jack (Lattimer)
The creepy trail boss Curly in City Slickers -
Palmer, Arnold (Latrobe)
The great golfer who led "Arnie's Army" -
Papale, Vince (Glenolden)
The aging NFL rookie who inspired the movie Invincible -
Parrish, Maxfield (Philadelphia)
1920s painter of luminous fantasy posters -
Paul, Rand (Pittsburgh)
U.S. senator from Kentucky, 2010-present -
Paul, Ron (Pittsburgh)
Famously conservative Texas Congressman, 1997-2013 -
Peary, Robert E. (Cressen)
North Pole expedition leader -
Piazza, Mike (Norristown)
The hard-hitting catcher named to the Hall of Fame in 2016 -
Pink (Doylestown)
The singer of "Get This Party Started" -
Powell, William (Pittsburgh)
The star of The Thin Man series of films -
Punxsutawny Phil (Punxsutawney)
The top-dog groundhog of Groundhog Day -
Quinlan, Karen Ann (Scranton)
Controversial coma patient of the 1970s -
Quinto, Zachary (Pittsburgh)
The new Spock in the feature film series Star Trek -
Reznor, Trent (Mercer)
The Oscar winner who performs and records as Nine Inch Nails -
Rockwell, Rick (Pittsburgh)
The "multi-millionaire" who married a stranger on TV -
Rogers, Fred (Latrobe)
Host of the children's TV series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood -
Ross, Betsy (Philadelphia)
The creator of the American flag -
Russell, Charles T. (Allegheny )
Founder of the Watchtower Society -
Rustin, Bayard
Organizer behind Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington -
Sandusky, Jerry (Washington)
The former Penn State football coach who was convicted of child abuse -
Scaife, Richard (Pittsburgh)
Financial backer of U.S. conservative political causes -
Schiavo, Terri
The brain-damaged woman at the center of the Schiavo legal case -
Seyfried, Amanda (Allentown)
Ditzy Karen, Regina's friend in Mean Girls -
Skinner, B.F. (Susquehana)
The behaviorist who invented the Skinner Box -
Smarty Jones (New Hope)
Winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby -
Smith, Will (Philadelphia)
Popular rapper and star of the film Men in Black -
Stein, Gertrude (Allegheny )
Ex-patriate author of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas -
Stevens, Wallace (Reading)
The poet and insurance man who wrote "The Emperor of Ice Cream" -
Stewart, Jimmy (Indiana)
The lanky, aw-shucks star of It's A Wonderful Life -
Stone, Sharon (Meadville)
Femme fatale star of Basic Instinct -
Strayed, Cheryl (Spangler)
The author of the memoir Wild -
Sundance Kid, The (Mont Clare)
Outlaw of the old west and partner of Butch Cassidy -
Swift, Taylor (Reading)
The pop superstar who sang the 2009 hit "You Belong With Me" -
Teller, Miles (Downington)
The star of The Spectacular Now and Whiplash -
Tyner, McCoy (Philadelphia)
The piano player in The John Coltrane Quartet in the 1960s -
Unitas, Johnny (Pittsburgh)
Baltimore Colts quarterback, 1956-72 -
Updike, John (Reading)
The author of the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run -
Vilsack, Thomas (Pittsburgh)
U.S Secretary of Agriculture, 2009-2017 -
Warhol, Andy (Pittsburgh)
The pop artist who painted a Campbell's Soup can -
Wilson, August (Pittsburgh)
Pulitzer-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson -
Wolf, Michelle (Hershey)
The 'Daily Show' comedian who spiced up the 2018 White House reporters' dinner -
Wright, Jeremiah (Philadelphia)
Estranged former pastor of Barack Obama -
Wyeth, Andrew (Chadds Ford)
The American painter who did the Helga series