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Famous Pennsylvanians List

Edward Goodrich Acheson  Inventor

Louisa May Alcott Author

Maxwell Anderson Playwright

Samuel Barber Composer

John Barrymore Actor

Donald Barthelme Author

Stephen Vincent Benet  Poet, Author

Daniel Boone Frontiersman

Ed Bradley Broadcast journalist

James Buchanan U.S. president

Pearl Buck Author

Alexander Calder Sculptor

Rachel Carson  Biologist, Author

Mary Cassatt  Artist

George Catlin  Indian Expert, Poet

Henry Steele Commager  Historian 

Bill Cosby  Actor

Stuart Davis  Painter

Walter E. Diemer  Inventor

Jimmy Dorsey Band Leader

Tommy Dorsey Band Leader

Dwight David Eisenhower General, President

Julius Erving Basketball Player

Oliver Evans Inventor

W. C. Fields Comedian

Stephen Foster Composer

Henry Clay Frick Industrialist

Robert Fulton Inventor

Henry George Economist

Martha Graham Choreographer

Charles Goodyear Inventor

Alexander Haig Secretary of State

William Edward Hanford inventor

Oscar Hammerstein Lyricist

Henry J. Heinz Industrialist

Milton Hershey Philanthropist, Businessman 

Marilyn Horne Mezzo-soprano

Lee Iacocca Auto Executive

Reggie Jackson Baseball Player

Robinson Jeffers Poet

Gene Kelly  Dancer, Actor

Grace Kelly Actress

Jim Kelly Football player

Gelsey Kirkland  Ballerina

Stephanie Louise Kwolek  Inventor

S. S. Kresge  Merchant

Mario Lanza Actor, Singer

Tara Lipinski Figure Skater

Dan Marino Football Player

George C. Marshall Five-Star General

George McClellan General 

General George G. Meade - Civil War General

Margaret Mead Anthropologist

Andrew Mellon Financier

Tom Mix Actor

Joe Montanna Athlete

Lucretia Mott  Antislavery and Women's Rights Leader

Stan Musial Athlete

Joe Namath Athlete

 

Hezekiah Niles Journalist

Arnold Palmer Golfer

Joe Paterno Football Coach

Robert E. Peary Explorer

Oliver Perry Naval Captain War of 1812

General George E. Pickett Civil War General

Gifford Pinchot Conservationist

Molly Pitcher Revolutionary War Heroine

William Penn Father of Pennsyvania

Man Ray Painter, Photographer

Mary Roberts Rinehart Author

Betsy Griscom Ross Flagmaker

Dr. Benjamin Rush Father of American Psychiatry

Dr. Jonas Salk Founder of the Polio Vaccine

Jerry Spinelli Author

Jimmy Stewart Actor

Julius Sturgis Pretzel Baker

B. F. Skinner psychologist

John Sloan Painter

Gertrude Stein Author

James Stewart Actor

George R. Stibitz  Inventor

Jim Thorpe Athlete

John Updike Author

Honus Wagner Baseball Player

Fred Waring Band Leader

Ethel Waters Singer, Actress

Anthony Wayne Military Officer

Andrew Wyeth Painter

August Wilson Playwright

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