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The following is a list of notable people presently or previously associated with the city of

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

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Joseph Addison Alexander Joseph Addison Alexander (April 24, 1809 – January 28, 1860) was an American clergyman and biblical scholar. Early life He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 24, 1809, the third son of Archibald Alexander and Janetta Waddel Alexa ...

(1809–1860), former

clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

and

biblical scholar Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible (the Old Testament and New Testament).''Introduction to Biblical Studies, Second Edition'' by Steve Moyise (Oct 27, 2004) pages 11–12 Fo ...

* E. Digby Baltzell (1915–1996), former sociologist, author, and professor at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Ellen Bass Ellen Bass (born June 16, 1947) is an American poet and co-author of '' The Courage to Heal''. Life Bass grew up in Pleasantville, New Jersey, where her parents owned a liquor store. Her family later moved to Ventnor City, New Jersey. She atte ...

(born 1947), professor,

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

, and author * Leon Bass (1925–2015), former educator and Benjamin Franklin High School principal *

Aaron Beck Aaron Temkin Beck (July 18, 1921 – November 1, 2021) was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

(1921–2021), former psychiatrist, inventor of

cognitive therapy Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck. CT is one therapeutic approach within the larger group of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) and was first expounded by Beck in the 1960s. Co ...

, and Penn School of Medicine professor * Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), former lawyer and

Penn Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and oldes ...

professor *

Ray Birdwhistell Ray L. Birdwhistell (September 29, 1918 – October 19, 1994) was an American anthropologist who founded kinesics as a field of inquiry and research.Danesi, M (2006). Kinesics. ''Encyclopedia of language & linguistics''. 207-213. Birdwhistell c ...

(1918–1994), former anthropologist,

professor, and inventor of

kinesics Kinesics is the interpretation of body motion communication such as facial expressions and gestures, nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the body or the body as a whole. The equivalent popular culture term is body language, a t ...

Atherton Blight Atherton Blight (November 10, 1834 – November 4, 1909) was a Philadelphia lawyer, businessperson, author, diarist, and philanthropist who traveled extensively in the middle of the 19th century to Europe and the Middle East. Blight was also a fou ...

(1834–1909), former lawyer, businessperson, author,

diarist A diary is a written or audiovisual record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. Diaries have traditionally been handwritten but are now also often digital. A personal d ...

, philanthropist, and

Art Club of Philadelphia The Art Club of Philadelphia, often called the Philadelphia Art Club, was a club in Philadelphia, founded on February 7, 1887, to advance the arts.

founding member *

Alfred Bloom Alfred H. Bloom is an American psychologist and linguist. He was the executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University from 2020 to 2021. Before that, he was the vice chancellor of New York University Abu Dhabi from 2008 to 2019 and the presid ...

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

, professor, and

Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...

president *

Francis Bohlen Francis Hermann Bohlen (July 31, 1868 – December 9, 1942) was an American legal scholar from Pennsylvania who specialized in tort law and served as the Algernon Sydney Biddle professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biog ...

(1868–1942), former

professor *

Derek Bok Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University. Life and career Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Following his parents' divorce, he, his mother, brother and siste ...

(born 1930), lawyer, former

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

dean, and former

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

president *

Lisa Bowleg Lisa Bowleg (née: Ingrid Alisa Bowleg) is an applied social psychologist known for conducting research on intersectionality in social and behavioral science and the relationship between social-contextual factors and stress, resilience, and HIV ...

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

social psychology professor *

Ruby Chappelle Boyd Ruby Chappelle Boyd (born March 18, 1919) was the first African-American librarian in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also worked to preserve the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Early life and work in libraries R ...

(born 1919), former librarian * David D. Burns (born 1942), psychiatrist, author, Penn School of Medicine psychiatry professor *

Noam Chomsky Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is ...

(born 1928),

, Far-left political activist,

anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

, and professor *

Gordon Clark Gordon Haddon Clark (August 31, 1902 – April 9, 1985) was an American philosopher and Calvinist theologian. He was a leading figure associated with presuppositional apologetics and was chairman of the Philosophy Department at Butler Univer ...

(1902–1985), former Christian theologian and professor * C. Everett Coop (1916–2013), former

U.S. Surgeon General The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. Th ...

* Leda Cosmides (born 1957),

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

, helped develop

evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify human psychological adaptations with regards to the ancestral problems they evolv ...

field * Philip D. Curtin (1922–2009), former

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

historian on

Atlantic slave trade The Atlantic slave trade, transatlantic slave trade, or Euro-American slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and i ...

* Steven Drizin, lawyer and professor *

Drew Gilpin Faust Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18, 1947) is an American historian and was the 28th president of Harvard University, the first woman to serve in that role. She was Harvard's first president since 1672 without an undergraduate or gradu ...

(born 1947), historian,

administrator, and

president * R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), former architect,

systems theorist Systems theory is the interdisciplinary study of systems, i.e. cohesive groups of interrelated, interdependent components that can be natural or human-made. Every system has causal boundaries, is influenced by its context, defined by its structu ...

, author,

design professor *

Andrew Gelman Andrew Eric Gelman (born February 11, 1965) is an American statistician and professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University. Gelman received bachelor of science degrees in mathematics and in physics from MIT, where he was ...

(born 1965),

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

professor, statistics and political science * Gaylord P. Harnwell (1903–1982), former

professor and president *

Earl G. Harrison Earl Grant Harrison (April 27, 1899 – July 28, 1955) was an American attorney, academician, and public servant. He worked on behalf of displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War, when he brought attention to the plight of Jewish ...

(1899–1955), former

dean and former

INS INS or Ins or ''variant'', may refer to: Places * Ins, Switzerland, a municipality * Creech Air Force Base (IATA airport code INS) * Indonesia, ITF and UNDP code INS Biology *'' Ins'', a New World genus of bee flies * INS, the gene for the insul ...

commissioner *

Marc Lamont Hill Marc Lamont Hill (born December 17, 1978) is an American academic, author, activist, and television personality. He is a professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hill is the host of '' Up ...

(born 1978), professor, journalist, activist, and

BET Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los A ...

News correspondent * Agnes Irwin (1841–1914), former

Agnes Irwin School The Agnes Irwin School is a non-sectarian college preparatory day school for girls from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. It was founded in 1869 by Agnes Irwin in Philadelphia. Irwin, a great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, later beca ...

founder and first dean of

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College. Considered founded in 1879, it was one of the Seven Sisters colleges and he ...

Seymour S. Kety Seymour S. Kety (August 25, 1915 – May 25, 2000) was an American neuroscientist who was credited with making modern psychiatry a rigorous and heuristic branch of medicine by applying basic science to the study of human behavior in health and ...

(1915–2000), former neuroscientist and

schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis. Major symptoms include hallucinations (typically hearing voices), delusions, and disorganized thinking. Other symptoms include social withdra ...

researcher *

Lawrence Klein Lawrence Robert Klein (September 14, 1920 – October 20, 2013) was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Penn ...

(1920–2013), former economist,

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

economics professor * Byard Lancaster (1942–2012), former

avant-garde jazz Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz and experimental jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s. Orig ...

saxophonist and flutist *

Alain LeRoy Locke Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect ...

(1885–1954), former writer, philosopher, educator, and first African-American

Rhodes Scholar The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...

Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard Co ...

(1901–1978), former

cultural anthropologist Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The portman ...

and author *

William Augustus Muhlenberg William Augustus Muhlenberg (September 16, 1796April 8, 1877) was an Episcopal clergyman and educator. Muhlenberg is considered the father of church schools in the United States. An early exponent of the Social Gospel, he founded St. Luke's Ho ...

(1796–1877), considered father of

parochial schools A parochial school is a private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathematics and language arts. The wo ...

John Pittenger John C. Pittenger (May 23, 1930 – December 6, 2009) was an American lawyer, academic and former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, serving two non-consecutive terms in the State House. He was appointed the Secr ...

(1930–2009), former lawyer, academic, and former

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

member *

Philip Rieff Philip Rieff (December 15, 1922 – July 1, 2006) was an American sociologist and cultural critic, who taught sociology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1961 until 1992. He was the author of a number of books on Sigmund Freud and his legacy, ...

(1922–2006), former sociologist, cultural critic, and

professor * Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), former

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

law professor * Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873-1962), educator, writer * Jacob Soll (born 1968), historian and

MacArthur Fellow The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

Lawrence H. Summers Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist who served as the 71st United States secretary of the treasury from 1999 to 2001 and as director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010. He also served as pres ...

(born 1954), economist, former

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

and

president *

Howard M. Temin Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was an American geneticist and virologist. He discovered reverse transcriptase in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, for which he shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Phy ...

(1934–1994), former

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

co-laureate in physiology or medicine *

Cornelius Van Til Cornelius Van Til (May 3, 1895 – April 17, 1987) was a Dutch-American reformed philosopher and theologian, who is credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics. A graduate of Calvin College, Van Til later received ...

(1895–1987), former Christian theologian, professor, originator of modern

presuppositional apologetics Presuppositionalism is an epistemological school of Christian apologetics that examines the presuppositions on which worldviews are based, and invites comparison and contrast between the results of those presuppositions. It claims that apart from ...

Lawrence Venuti Lawrence Venuti (born 1953) is an American translation theorist, translation historian, and a translator from Italian, French, and Catalan. Career Born in Philadelphia, Venuti graduated from Temple University. In 1980 he completed a Ph.D. in ...

(born 1953), translation theorist and

translation historian Translation studies is an academic interdiscipline dealing with the systematic study of the theory, description and application of translation, interpreting, and localization. As an interdiscipline, translation studies borrows much from the vari ...

Andrew Weil Andrew Thomas Weil (, born June 8, 1942) is an American celebrity doctor who advocates for alternative medicine including the 4-7-8 breathing technique. Early life and education Early years Andrew Thomas Weil was born in Philadelphia on June 8 ...

(born 1942),

celebrity doctor Celebrity doctors include physicians, medical professionals, people with the title doctor, and some with the nickname "doctor" who have extensive media exposure. Some may have a secondary role as an entertainer. Examples of celebrity doctors inclu ...

and alternative medicine advocate * Gayraud Wilmore (1921–2020), former writer, historian, ethicist, educator, and theologian *

Walter E. Williams Walter Edward Williams (March 31, 1936December 1, 2020) was an American economist, commentator, and academic. Williams was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, as well as a syndicated columnist ...

(1936–2020), former economist, commentator, and academic *

Harris Wofford Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of na ...

(1926–2019), former

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order of President John F. ...

director,

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...

president, U.S. Senator appointee *

Bernard Wolfman Bernard Wolfman (July 8, 1924 – August 20, 2011) was the Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School as well as its Gemmill Professor of Tax Law and Tax Policy, and the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Biography Wolfma ...

(1924–2011), former

law professor and dean * Josh Wurman (born 1960),

meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while t ...

on ''

Storm Chasers ''Storm Chasers'' is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2007, on the Discovery Channel. Produced by Original Media, the program follows several teams of storm chasers as they attempt to intercept ...

Art and architecture

Julian Abele Julian Francis Abele (April 30, 1881April 23, 1950) was a prominent Black American architect, and chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer. He contributed to the design of more than 400 buildings, including the Widener Memorial Library at ...

(1881–1950), former architect who contributed to the design of over 400 buildings *

Robb Armstrong Robb Armstrong is an African American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip '' Jump Start''. His comic strip '' Jump Start'' is the most widely syndicated daily strip by an African American in the world. Early life and education Ar ...

(born 1962), African American

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

, creator of '' Jump Start'' *

Edmund Bacon Edmund Bacon may refer to: *Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet, of Redgrave (c. 1570–1649), English MP for Eye and for Norfolk in 1593 and 1625 *Sir Edmund Bacon, 2nd Baronet, of Gillingham (c. 1660–1683), see Bacon baronets *Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th B ...

(1910–2005), urban planner, architect, educator, and author * Bill Bamberger (born 1956), documentary photographer and photojournalist * Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951), former creator of the Barnes Collection of Art and Argyrol inventor *

Cecilia Beaux Eliza Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942) was an American society portraitist, whose subjects included First Lady Edith Roosevelt, Admiral Sir David Beatty and Georges Clemenceau. Trained in Philadelphia, she went on to study in ...

(1855–1942), former portrait painter * William Bell (1830–1910), photographerWill Stapp, John Hannavy (ed.)
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography
Vol. 1 (Routledge, 2007), pp. 142–143, Google Books *

Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and hi ...

(1898–1976), former sculptor *

Alexander Milne Calder Alexander Milne Calder (August 23, 1846 – June 4, 1923) (MILL-nee) was a Scottish American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandson, Alexander "San ...

(1846–1923), former sculptor *

Alexander Stirling Calder Alexander Stirling Calder (January 11, 1870 – January 7, 1945) was an American sculptor and teacher. He was the son of sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and the father of sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder. His best-known works are ''George Washi ...

(1870–1945), former sculptor *

Mary Cassatt Mary Stevenson Cassatt (; May 22, 1844June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh's North Side), but lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar De ...

(1844–1926), former

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

painter and printmaker *

Florence Van Leer Earle Coates Florence Van Leer Earle Nicholson Coates (July 1, 1850 – April 6, 1927) was an American poet, whose prolific output was published in many literary magazines, some of it set to music. She was mentored by the English poet Matthew Arnold, with wh ...

(1850–1927), former poet *

Robert Crumb Robert Dennis Crumb (; born August 30, 1943) is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contem ...

(born 1943),

underground comics Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, ...

artist, writer * Heather Dewey-Hagborg (born 1982), information artist and bio-hacker *

Thomas Eakins Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists. For the length ...

(1844–1916), former realist painter, photographer, sculptor,

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryl ...

professor *

Frank Heyling Furness Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 - June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often unordinarily scaled b ...

(1839–1912), former architect who designed over 600 buildings *

Sonia Gechtoff Sonia Gechtoff (September 25, 1926 – February 1, 2018) was an American abstract expressionist painter. Her primary medium was painting but she also created drawings and prints. Early life and education Sonia Gechtoff was born in Philadelphia t ...

(1926–2018), former

abstract expressionist Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the ...

painter *

Ginger Gilmour Ginger Gilmour (born Virginia Hasenbein; January 19, 1949) is an American artist, sculptor, and author. Between 1975 and 1990, she was married to Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. Since their divorce, she has lived in England. Personal life ...

(born 1949), sculptor and first wife of

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...

guitarist

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...

Phoebe Gloeckner Phoebe Louise Adams Gloeckner (born December 22, 1960), is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist. Early life Gloeckner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a librarian and her father, David Gloeckner, was ...

(born 1960), cartoonist, illustrator, painter, novelist *

Elizabeth Shippen Green Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as ''The Ladies' Home Journal'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'' and ''Harper's Magazine''. ...

(1871–1954), former children's books illustrator * Donelson Hoopes (1932–2006), former art historian *

Ian Hornak Ian Hornak (January 9, 1944 – December 9, 2002) was an American draughtsman, painter and printmaker. He was one of the founding artists of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements; credited with having been the first Photor ...

(1944–2002), former

draughtsman A draughtsman (British spelling) or draftsman (American spelling) may refer to: * An architectural drafter, who produced architectural drawings until the late 20th century * An artist who produces drawings that rival or surpass their other types ...

, painter, and printmakerStephen Bennett Phillips, Eric Ian Hornak Spoutz, "Ian Hornak Transparent Barricades," exhibition catalogue, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Fine Art Program, Washington D.C., 2012Joan Adan, Eric Ian Hornak Spoutz, "Transparent Barricades: Ian Hornak, A Retrospective," exhibition catalogue, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, California, May 2012 * Amy Ignatow (born 1977), illustrator, cartoonist, and author *

Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

(1901–1974), former architect *

Bil Keane William Aloysius "Bil" Keane (October 5, 1922 – November 8, 2011) was an American cartoonist most notable for his work on the newspaper comic '' The Family Circus''. It began in 1960 and continues in syndication, drawn by his son Jeff Kea ...

(1922–2011), former cartoonist, ''

The Family Circus ''The Family Circus'' (originally ''The Family Circle'', also ''Family-Go-Round'') is a syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist Bil Keane and, since Bil's death in 2011, is currently written, inked, and rendered (colored) by his son, Jef ...

'' *

Walt Kelly Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip ''Pogo (comic strip), Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at The Walt ...

(1913–1973), former cartoonist, '' Pogo'' * Henry P. McIlhenny (1910–1986), former art and antique connoisseur, philanthropist, curator, and

Philadelphia Museum of Art The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Fr ...

chairman * John Moran (1831–1902), former photographer and artist * Alice Neel (1900–1984), former painter *

Albert Newsam Albert Newsam (May 20, 1809 – November 20, 1864) was an American artist. Born deaf and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he created paintings and drawings, including portraits. Early life Albert Newsam was born in Steubenville, Ohio Unit ...

(1809–1864), born deaf and former artist *

Linda Nochlin Linda Nochlin (''née'' Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and writer. As a prominent feminist art h ...

(1931–2017), former feminist art historian and

professor *

Martin Nodell Martin Nodell (November 15, 1915 – December 9, 2006) was an American cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern. Some of his work appeared under the pen name Mart Dellon. Biography E ...

(1915–2006), former comic book artist and creator of the original

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

Charles Willson Peale Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American Painting, painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolu ...

(1741–1827), former artist and progenitor of the Peale family of American artists *

William H. Rau William Herman Rau (January 19, 1855 – November 19, 1920) was an American photographer, active primarily in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for his stereo cards of sites around the world, and for ...

(1855–1920), former photographer]Sarah Weatherwax, John Hannavy (ed.)
William Herman Rau
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Concord Art Association Concord Art Association is a membership-based arts center in Concord, Massachusetts that conducts exhibits, lectures, classes, and tours. It was founded in 1917 by Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts and moved into its permanent location, the former John ...

* Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), former visual experimental artist on

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

and gender *

Mary B. Schuenemann Mary B. Schuenemann (September 5, 1898 – June 15, 1992) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her life was dedicated to the arts, in particular the painting of watercolors. She was influenced by the artistic trends of the East Coast of ...

(1898–1992), former painter *

Denise Scott Brown Denise Scott Brown (née Lakofski; born October 3, 1931) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, ...

(born 1931), architect, planner, writer, and educator *

Sarai Sherman Sarai Sherman (September 2, 1922 – October 24, 2013) was a Pennsylvania-born Jewish American artist whose work, both in America and Europe shaped international views of women and abstract expressionism. She was a significant twentieth century pa ...

(1922–2013), former painter and sculptor *

Grover Simcox Grover Simcox (1867–1966) was an American illustrator, natural history, naturalist and polymath in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early life and education Simcox was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1867. He initially worked in several unremarkabl ...

(1867–1966), former illustrator, naturalist, and

polymath A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific pro ...

Jessie Wilcox Smith Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 – May 3, 1935) was an American illustrator during the Illustration#Golden age of illustration, Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators". A contribut ...

(1863–1935), former illustrator *

Willi Smith Willi Donnell Smith (February 29, 1948 – April 17, 1987) was an American fashion designer. At the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry. His company, WilliW ...

(1948–1987), former fashion designer *

Zoe Strauss Zoe Strauss (born 1970) is an American photographer"Zoe Strauss: 10 Years"

(born 1970), photographer * William Strickland (1788–1854), former architect and civil engineer *

Thomas Sully Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783November 5, 1872) was a portrait painter in the United States. Born in Great Britain, he lived most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He painted in the style of Thomas Lawrence. His subjects included nationa ...

(1783–1872), former portrait painter of national political leaders *

Henry Ossawa Tanner Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in Fren ...

(1859–1937), one of first

African-American painters African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensla ...

* Daniel Traub (born 1971), photographer and filmmaker *

Horace Trumbauer Horace Trumbauer (December 28, 1868 – September 18, 1938) was a prominent American architect of the Gilded Age, known for designing residential manors for the wealthy. Later in his career he also designed hotels, office buildings, and much of ...

(1868–1938), former architect *

Robert Venturi Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major architectural figures of the twentieth century. Together with h ...

(1925–2018), former architect *

Thomas Ustick Walter Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 – October 30, 1887) was an American architect of German descent, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was ...

(1804–1887), former architect and

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

co-founder and president *

Andrew Wyeth Andrew Newell Wyeth ( ; July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was an American visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century. In his ...

(1917–2009), former visual artist *

Jamie Wyeth James Browning Wyeth (born July 6, 1946) is an American realist painter, son of Andrew Wyeth, and grandson of N.C. Wyeth. He was raised in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, and is artistic heir to the Brandywine School tradition — painter ...

(born 1946), painter *

N.C. Wyeth Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator. He was the pupil of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 ...

(1882–1945), former artist and illustrator *

Lily Yeh Lily Yeh (born 1941, Guizhou, China) is an artist whose work has taken her to communities throughout the world. She grew up in Taiwan and moved to the United States in 1963 to attend the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts. ...

(born 1941), artist

Business

* Frank Baldino Jr. (1953–2010), former

pharmacologist Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemic ...

, scientist, and Cephalon co-founder * John C. Bogle (1929–2019), former investor, money manager, and

Vanguard The vanguard (also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy and securing ground in advance of the main force. History The vanguard derives fr ...

founder *

Amar Bose Amar Gopal Bose (November 2, 1929 – July 12, 2013) was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years. He was also the found ...

(1929–2013), former founder and chairman,

Bose Bose may refer to: * Bose (crater), a lunar crater * ''Bose'' (film), a 2004 Indian Tamil film starring Srikanth and Sneha * Bose (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name) * Bose, Italy, a ''frazioni'' in Magnano, Province of Biella ...

David L. Cohen David L. Cohen (born 1955) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Canada. He previously served as the senior advisor to the CEO of Comcast Corporation. Until January 1, 2020, he was ...

(born 1955), senior executive vice president and chief lobbyist for

Comcast Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...

, former chief of staff to Philadelphia Mayor, U.S. ambassador to Canada nominee *

Pat Croce Pasquale "Pat" Croce (born November 2, 1954) is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality. He served as team president of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Philadelphia 76ers from 1996 to 2001 ...

(born 1954), entrepreneur,

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...

executive and part-owner, author, and television personality * George Dashnau (1923–2001), former advertising executive who started first

mail order Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as: * Sending an order form in the mail * Placing a telephone call * Placing a ...

delivery service to supply

human skulls The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of four types of bone i.e., cranial bones, facial bones, ear ossicles and hyoid bone. However two parts are more prominent: the cranium and the mandible. In humans, th ...

Charles Henry Davis Charles Henry Davis ( – ) was an American rear admiral of the United States Navy. While working for the U.S. Coast Survey, he researched tides and currents, and located an uncharted shoal that had caused wrecks off of the coast of New Yor ...

(1865–1951), former businessperson, civil engineer, philanthropist; founded World Peace Movement *

Warren Lyford DeLano Warren Lyford DeLano (June 21, 1972 – November 3, 2009) was an advocate for the increased adoption of open source practices in the sciences, and especially drug discovery, where advances which save time and resources can also potentially save liv ...

(1972–2009), former advocate for increased open sourcing and

PyMol PyMOL is an open source but proprietary molecular visualization system created by Warren Lyford DeLano. It was commercialized initially by DeLano Scientific LLC, which was a private software company dedicated to creating useful tools that becom ...

creator * George H. Earle Jr. (1856–1928), former attorney *

Maria Anna Fisher Maria Anna Fisher (1819–1911), also known as Anna Maria Fisher, was an African American baker, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Beginning around 1834, at the age of 15, she sold homemade biscuits door to door in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 12. ...

(1819–1911), former African American baker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist *

Kenneth Frazier Kenneth Carleton Frazier (born December 17, 1954) is an American business executive. He is executive chairman and former CEO of the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. (known as MSD outside of North America). After joining Merck & Co. as general ...

(born 1954), Merck & Co. chief executive officer *

A. O. Granger Arthur Otis Granger (February 14, 1846July 30, 1914) was an American industrialist and soldier. He manufactured and installed gasworks in Philadelphia and served as general manager of the United Gas Improvement Company, before serving as presi ...

(Arthur Otis Granger; 1846–1914), former industrialist and soldier * Albert M. Greenfield (1887–1967), former local realty magnate, philanthropist, and political activist *

Solomon R. Guggenheim Solomon Robert Guggenheim (February 2, 1861 – November 3, 1949) was an American businessman and art collector. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Guggen ...

(1861–1949), former Yukon Gold Company founder and philanthropist who established

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1937 by philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim and his long-time art advisor, artist Hilla von Rebay. The foundation is a leading institution for the collection, preserv ...

and

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...

Richard Hayne Richard Hayne (born May 26, 1947) is the president and CEO of Urban Outfitters, an American chain of clothing retailers. Hayne has served as chairman and president since 1976. In 2012, he became CEO following the retirement of Glen Senk. According ...

(born 1947),

Urban Outfitters Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) is a multinational lifestyle retail corporation headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operating in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, select Western European countries, Poland the United Arab Emirates, Kuw ...

founder and chief executive officer * Michael Johns (born 1964), healthcare executive and former White House presidential speechwriter *

Eldridge R. Johnson Eldridge Reeves Johnson (February 6, 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware – November 14, 1945 in Moorestown, New Jersey) was an American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901 and built it into the leading A ...

(1867–1945), former

Victor Talking Machine Company The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer that operated independently from 1901 until 1929, when it was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America and subsequently operated as a subsidia ...

founder *

Tom Knox Tom Knox is an American businessman and politician. Knox became a millionaire through businesses in software, banking and health insurance. A Democrat, Knox ran for Mayor of Philadelphia in 2007 and briefly for Governor of Pennsylvania in 201 ...

UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational managed healthcare and insurance company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. It offers health care products and insurance services. UnitedHealth Group is the world's seventh largest c ...

of Pennsylvania chief executive officer and former Philadelphia mayoral candidate * John Leamy (1757–1839), former

Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire ( es, link=no, Imperio español), also known as the Hispanic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Hispánica) or the Catholic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Católica) was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its prede ...

trade pioneer * J. Howard Marshall (1905–1995), former oil businessman,

Koch Industries Koch Industries, Inc. ( ) is an American privately held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas and is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, after Cargill. Its subsidiaries are involved in th ...

stakeholder, husband of Anna Nicole Smith *

George Meade George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate States Army, Confederate Full General (CSA), General Robert E. Lee at the Battle ...

(1741–1808), former merchant * Richard W. Meade (1778–1828), former merchant and art collector * Samuel Meeker (1763–1831), former merchant * Jim Murray,

Ronald McDonald House Charities Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent American nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. RMHC has a global network of c ...

co-founder and former

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...

general manager *

Joel Myers Joel N. Myers is an American businessman who is the founder, CEO, and chairman of AccuWeather, an American commercial weather service and media company. Background Myers is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He founded AccuWeather in State ...

(born 1939),

AccuWeather AccuWeather Inc. is an American media company that provides commercial weather forecasting services worldwide. AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Pennsylvania State University graduate student working on a master's degree i ...

founder, chairman, and chief executive officer *

Pat Olivieri Pat Olivieri (died 1970) was an American restaurateur. He is credited, along with his brother, Harry Olivieri, as the 1930 co-creator of the cheesesteak. The brothers opened Pat's King of Steaks in 1930, one of the best known purveyors of steak s ...

(1910–1970), former founder of

Pat's King of Steaks Pat's King of Steaks (also known as Pat's Steaks) is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, and located at the intersection of South 9th Street, Wharton Street and East Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia, directly across the ...

and reputed creator of the

cheesesteak A cheesesteak (also known as a Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak, cheesesteak sandwich, cheese steak, or steak and cheese) is a sandwich made from thinly sliced pieces of beefsteak and melted cheese in a long hoagie roll. A popular ...

William S. Paley William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) from a small radio network into ...

(1901–1990), former

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

chief executive *

Randal Pinkett Randal D. Pinkett (born 1971) is an American business consultant who in 2005 was the winner of season four of the reality television show ''The Apprentice''. Pinkett is the first African American to win the US version of ''The Apprentice''. Wit ...

(born 1971), entrepreneur and '' The Apprentice 4'' winner *

Felix Rappaport Felix D. Rappaport (November 7, 1952 – June 18, 2018) was an American businessman in the casino industry. He was a casino executive in Las Vegas, Nevada, for two decades. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the chief executive officer of Foxwoods R ...

(1952–2018), former Foxwoods Resort and Casino chief executive officer * Lynda Resnick (born 1943), co-owner of Roll International, which owns POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, and

Teleflora Teleflora is a floral wire service company which brokers orders to local florists for delivery.Teleflora Web ...

Brian L. Roberts Brian L. Roberts (born June 28, 1959) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Comcast, an American company providing cable, entertainment, and communications products and services which was founded by his father, Ralph ...

(born 1959),

Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...

chairman and chief executive officer * Michael G. Rubin (born 1972), Kynetic founder and chief executive officer,

part owner, and

GSI Commerce eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.) was a multinational e-commerce corporation that specialized in creating, developing and running online shopping sites for brick and mortar brands and retailers. The company also provided a varie ...

founder and former chief executive officer * Stephen A. Schwarzman (born 1947),

The Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate bu ...

founder and chief executive officer *

Ed Snider Edward Malcolm Snider (January 6, 1933 – April 11, 2016) was an American business executive. He was the chairman of Comcast Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company that owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Ho ...

(1933–2016), former

Comcast Spectacor Comcast Spectacor is a Philadelphia-based American sports and entertainment company. It owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Maine Mariners of the ECHL, the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League, the Phi ...

chairman * Justus Strawbridge (1838–1911), former department store founder *

Brian Tierney Brian P. Tierney (born 1957) is an American advertising and public relations executive and former publisher of ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Born in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, Tierney is chief executive officer of Brian Communications ...

(born 1957), ''

The Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsy ...

'' publisher *

John Wanamaker John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a ...

(1838–1922), former department store founder *

(1936–2020), former economist, commentator, and academic *

James Hood Wright James Hood Wright (known professionally as J. Hood Wright; November 4, 1836 – November 12, 1894) was an American banker, financier, corporate director, business magnate, and reorganizer of US railroads. He began as a bookkeeper but his mana ...

(1836–1894), former banker, financier, and corporate director,

J. P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known ...

and

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventio ...

William Wrigley Jr. William Mills Wrigley Jr. (September 30, 1861 – January 26, 1932) was an American chewing gum industrialist. He was founder of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in 1891. Biography William Mills Wrigley Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Penns ...

(1861–1932), former

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, known as the Wrigley Company, is an American multinational chewing gum (Wrigley's gum) company, based in the Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Goose Island, Chicago, Illinois. Wrigley's is wholly owned by Mars, In ...

founder

Criminals

* Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), escort service proprietor known as "The Mayflower Madam" *

Antuan Bronshtein Antuan Bronshtein is a Russian immigrant to the United States, convicted murderer, and reputed associate of the Russian mafia. Crimes and convictions Bronshtein, 19 years old at the time, was stopped near his apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

, convicted murderer, reputed

Russian Mafia Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (, ), otherwise known as Bratva (), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. The initialism OPG is Organized Criminal (''prestupnaya'' in Russian) Gr ...

associate *

Angelo Bruno Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro; ; (May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980) was a Sicilian-American mobster, notable for being boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno was known as "the Gentle Don" due to ...

(1910–1980), former

Philadelphia crime family The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob or Philly Mafia, the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed and ...

boss *

Legs Diamond Jack "Legs" Diamond (possibly born John Thomas Diamond, though disputed; July 10, 1897 – December 18, 1931), also known as Gentleman Jack, was an Irish American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. A bootle ...

(1897–1931), former nemesis of mobster

Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901October 24, 1935) was an American mobster. Based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, he made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the nu ...

known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld" *

Ira Einhorn Ira Samuel Einhorn (May 15, 1940 – April 3, 2020), known as "The Unicorn Killer", was an American convicted murderer and environmental activist. He was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux. On September 9, 1977, Maddux di ...

(1940–2020), former environmental and anti-war activist, convicted murderer, and speaker at first

Earth Day Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 b ...

event in Philadelphia *

Mary Jane Fonder Mary Jane Fonder (July 5, 1942 – June 4, 2018) was an American criminal who murdered Rhonda Smith, a fellow congregant, inside their church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 2008. Fonder had also been the prime suspect in the possible homicide of ...

(1942–2018), former convicted murderer of Rhonda Smith *

Kermit Gosnell Kermit Barron Gosnell (born February 9, 1941) is an American former physician and serial killer. He provided abortions at his clinic in West Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using ...

(born 1941), convicted of 21 felony counts of illegal

late-term abortion Late termination of pregnancy, also referred to as late-term abortion, describes the termination of pregnancy by induced abortion during a late stage of gestation. In this context, ''late'' is not precisely defined, and different medical publicati ...

Gary Heidnik Gary Michael Heidnik (November 22, 1943 – July 6, 1999) was an American criminal who kidnapped, tortured, and raped six women (murdering two of them), while holding them captive in a self-dug pit in his basement floor, in Philadelphia, Pennsyl ...

(1943–1999), former convicted murderer * Philip Leonetti (born 1953),

underboss Underboss ( it, sottocapo) is a position within the leadership structure of certain organized crime groups, particularly in Sicilian, Greek, and Italian-American Mafia crime families. The underboss is second in command to the boss. The underbo ...

and government informant *

Nicodemo Scarfo Nicodemo Domenico "Little Nicky" Scarfo Sr. (March 8, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a member of the American Mafia who became the boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the deaths of Angelo Bruno and Phil Testa. During his criminal car ...

(1929–2017), former mafioso and head of

Scarfo crime family The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob or Philly Mafia, the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Italian-American Mafia, Mafia Crime family, family based in ...

Film, television, and theater

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Joe Augustyn Joe Augustyn (born ) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and author. Early life Born in Philadelphia, Augustyn was the son of a factory worker and a hairdresser. Raised in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Augustyn attended ...

, writer and producer *

Kevin Bacon Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film '' Footloose'' (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller '' JFK'' (1991), the legal drama '' A Few Good Men'' (1992), t ...

(born 1958), actor and half of

The Bacon Brothers The Bacon Brothers is an American music duo consisting of brothers Michael Bacon and Kevin Bacon. Although they have played music together since they were boys, the brothers have only been a working band since 1994. Having heard the brother's ...

* Jim Bailey (1938–2015), former singer, film, television, and stage actor *

Chuck Barris Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) was an American game show creator, producer, and host. Barris was known for hosting ''The Gong Show'' and creating ''The Dating Game'' and ''The Newlywed Game''. He was also a songwrite ...

(1929–2017), former actor, composer, writer, director, producer, and game show host *

Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...

(1879–1959), former actress *

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

(1882–1942), former actor *

Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...

(1878–1954), former actor,

Mr. Potter Henry F. Potter (commonly referred to as Mr. Potter or just Potter) is a fictional character, a villainous robber baron and the main antagonist in the 1946 Frank Capra film ''It's a Wonderful Life.'' He was portrayed by the veteran actor Lione ...

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...

's ''

It's a Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas by medium#Films, Christmas Fantasy film, fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern se ...

'' *

Eddie Barth Eddie Barth (September 29, 1931 – May 28, 2010; born Edward Michael Bartholetti) was an American actor. Barth earned the nickname Mr. Gravel for his raspy vocals in his voiceover work. Biography Early life Barth was born Edward Michael Barthol ...

(1931–2010), former actor and voiceover artist *

Jules Bass Julius Bass (September 16, 1935 – October 25, 2022) was an American director, producer, lyricist, composer, and author. Until 1960, he worked at a New York advertising agency, and then co-founded the film production company Videocraft Interna ...

(born 1935), director and composer *

Laurie Beechman Laurie Hope Beechman (April 4, 1953 – March 8, 1998) was an American actress and singer, known for her work in Broadway musicals. She also had a career as a cabaret performer and recording artist. After her death, the West Bank Cafe Downstairs T ...

(1953–1998), former Broadway singer and actress *

Willam Belli Willam Belli (, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber. Willam came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of '' ...

(born 1982), actor, drag queen, model, and recording artist *

Maria Bello Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include '' Permanent Midnight'' (1998), '' Payback'' (1999), '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), '' A History of Violence'' (2005), '' The Mumm ...

(born 1967), actress and writer *

Ed Bernard Ed Bernard (born July 4, 1939) is an American actor best known for his roles as Detective Joe Styles on '' Police Woman'', Principal Jim Willis on '' The White Shadow'', and as Lieutenant Bill Giles on ''Hardcastle and McCormick''. Career Be ...

(born 1939), actor * John Biddle (1925–2008), former yachting cinematographer and lecturer *

Edward Binns Edward Binns (September 12, 1916 – December 4, 1990) was an American actor. He had a wide-spanning career in film and television, often portraying competent, hard working and purposeful characters in his various roles. He is best known for hi ...

(1916–1990), former actor *

Joey Bishop Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk ...

(1918–2007), former entertainer *

Danny Bonaduce Dante Daniel Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959) is an American radio personality, actor, television personality, and professional wrestler. Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', '' One Da ...

(born 1959), actor *

David Boreanaz David Paul Boreanaz ( born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, television producer, and director known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel on The WB/UPN ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' supernatural drama (1997–2003 ...

(born 1969), actor * Jim Boyd (1933–2013), former actor * Peter Boyle (1935–2006), former actor *

El Brendel Elmer Goodfellow "El" Brendel (March 25, 1890 – April 9, 1964) was an American vaudeville comedian turned movie star, best remembered for his dialect routine as a Swedish immigrant. His biggest role was as "Single-0" in the sci-fi musical ' ...

(1890–1964), former vaudeville comedian and actor *

David Brenner David Norris Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and author. The most frequent guest on '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in the 1970s and 1980s, Brenner "was a pioneer of obser ...

(1936–2014), former stand-up comedian, actor, and author *

Richard Brooks Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, Oscars in his career, he was best known for ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), ''Cat on a ...

(1912–1992), former screenwriter, film director, novelist, and film producer * Matt Bush (born 1986), actor, '' Adventureland'' *

Eugene Byrd Eugene Byrd (born August 28, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Wink in the film '' 8 Mile'' and Dr. Clark Edison on the FOX series '' Bones''. Early life Byrd was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gre ...

, (born 1975), actor *

Michael Callan Michael Callan (born Martin Harris Calinieff; November 22, 1935 – October 10, 2022) was an American actor best known for originating the role of Riff in ''West Side Story'' on Broadway, and for his film roles for Columbia Pictures, notably ' ...

(1935-2022), former actor * Gia Marie Carangi (1960–1986), former

supermodel A supermodel, also spelled super-model or super model, is a highly paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in ''haute couture'' and commercial modeling. The term ''supermodel'' became prominent in the po ...

Joan Carroll Joan Carroll (born Joan Marie Felt, January 18, 1931 – November 16, 2016) was an American child actress who appeared in films until retiring in 1945. Childhood career Carroll was born Joan Marie Felt to Wright and Freida Felt on January ...

(born 1932),

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills. The term '' coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, which is a typical component o ...

Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting ''American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 198 ...

(1929–2012), former host, ''

American Bandstand ''American Bandstand'', abbreviated ''AB'', is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the pro ...

'' and ''

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' (''NYRE'') is an annual New Year's Eve television special broadcast by ABC. The special broadcasts primarily from New York City's Times Square and prominently features coverage of its annual ball drop ev ...

'', game show host, and producer *

Bessie Clayton Bessie Clayton (c. 1875 – July 16, 1948)Staff. ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1948, p. 15. Accessed October 25, 2015. "Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Allison, former wife of Roger Pryor, movie actor and band leader, and a granddaughter, ...

(1875–1948), former Broadway, vaudeville, and burlesque specialty dancer and choreographer *

Imogene Coca Imogene Coca (born Emogeane Coca; November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on ''Your Show of Shows''. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wishe ...

(1908–2001), former actress and comedian * Nathan Cook (1950–1988), former actor *

Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...

(born 1975), actor *

Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and media personality. He made significant contributions to American and African-American culture, and is well known in the United States for his eccentric ...

(born 1937), comedian, actor, and author * David Crane (born 1957), writer and producer * Broderick Crawford (1911–1986), former actor * Susan Webb Cushman (1822–1859), former stage actress * Blythe Danner (born 1943), actress *

Mildred Davis Mildred Hillary Davis (February 22, 1901The reference book ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory'' gives Davis's birth date as January 1, 1900.August 18, 1969) was an American actress who appeared in fifteen of Harold Lloyd's cla ...

(1901–1969), former actress *

Bruce Davison Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. Davison is well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film '' Willard'' (1971) and his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning perfor ...

(born 1946), actor *

John de Lancie John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor, television director, director, film producer, producer, writer, and comedian, best known for his role as Q (Star Trek), Q in various ''Star Trek'' series (1987–present); ...

(born 1948), actor *

Francis De Sales Francis de Sales (french: François de Sales; it, Francesco di Sales; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to ...

(1912–1988), former actor *

Kim Delaney Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961) is an American actress known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series ''NYPD Blue'', for which she won an Emmy Award. Early in her career, she played the role of Je ...

(born 1961), actress *

Kat Dennings Katherine Victoria Litwack (born June 13, 1986), known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom '' 2 Broke Girls'' (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel ...

(born 1986), actress *

Curly Joe DeRita Joseph Wardell (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of Curly Joe DeRita. Early life DeRita wa ...

(1909–1993), former comedian, actor, and member of

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appeared ...

John Doman John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor best known for playing Maryland State Police Superintendent, Deputy Police Commissioner and Major William Rawls on HBO series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Colonel Edward Galson on '' Oz'' (2 ...

(born 1945), actor, ''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American Crime film, crime drama Television show, television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The ...

'' * Mike Douglas (1920–2006), former singer and television talk show host * Gary Dourdan (born 1966), actor * Rel Dowdell, filmmaker *

Ja'net Dubois Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5 – February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (), was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood g ...

(c. 1932–2020), former actress and singer *

Cheryl Dunye Cheryl Dunye (; born May 13, 1966) is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress. Dunye's work often concerns themes of race, sexuality, and gender, particularly issues relating to black lesbians. She is known ...

(born 1966), director, writer, and producer *

Kevin Eubanks Kevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957) is an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer. He was the leader of The Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno from 1995 to 2010. He also led the Primetime Band on the short lived ''The Jay Le ...

(born 1957), musician and leader of

The Tonight Show Band The Tonight Show Band is the house band that plays on the American television variety show '' The Tonight Show''. From 1962 until 1992, when the show was known as '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'', the band was a 17-piece big band, and ...

Lola Falana Loletha Elayne Falana or Loletha Elaine Falana (born September 11, 1942), better known by her stage name Lola Falana, is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Early life Lola Falana was born in Camden, New Jersey. She was the third of si ...

(born 1942), dancer and actress *

Norman Fell Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off, ''The Ropers'', and his fi ...

(1924–1998), former actor *

Tina Fey Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006) and for creating the ...

(born 1970), actress and comedian *

W. C. Fields William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathe ...

(1880–1946), former actor and comedian * Mademoiselle Fifi (1890-1982), former dancer *

Larry Fine Louis Feinberg (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975), known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges. Early life Fine was born to a Russian Je ...

(1902–1975), former comedian, actor, and member of

Linda Fiorentino Clorinda "Linda" Fiorentino (born March 9, 1958 or 1960) is an American former actress. Fiorentino made her screen debut with a leading role in the 1985 coming-of-age drama film ''Vision Quest'', followed that same year with a lead role in the ac ...

(c. 1958), actress *

Kate Flannery Kate Destiny Flannery (born June 10, 1964) is an American actress. Following her early theatre work, Flannery had her screen breakthrough playing Meredith Palmer on the NBC series ''The Office'', which won her two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Sh ...

(born 1964), actress * Jeremy Gable (born 1982), playwright and game designer *

John Gallaudet John Beury Gallaudet (August 23, 1903 – November 5, 1983) was an American film and television actor. Career Gallaudet was born in Philadelphia and attended Williams College. His Broadway credits included ''Good Men and True'' (1935), ''Lost ...

(August 23, 1903 - November 5, 1983), former actor * Ralph Garman (born 1964), actor and radio personality *

Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later ...

(1906–1984), former actress *

Richard Gere Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). He came to prominence with ...

(born 1949), actor *

Todd Glass Todd Steven Glass (born December 16, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian. Life and career Glass was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He first began performing stand-up comedy in Philadelphia in 1982 while attendi ...

(born 1964), comedian * Adam F. Goldberg (born 1976), television and film producer *

Robert X. Golphin Robert X. Golphin (born Robert Bennett Xavier Golphin), is an American actor, writer/director, author, speaker and journalist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his role as Dunbar Reed in ''The Great Debaters.'' Education Go ...

(born 1982), actor and filmmaker * Kate Gosselin (born 1975), reality television personality, '' Jon and Kate Plus Eight'' *

Bruce Graham Bruce John Graham (December 1, 1925 – March 6, 2010) was a Peruvian-American architect. Graham built buildings all over the world and was deeply involved with evolving the Burnham Plan of Chicago. Among his most notable buildings are the ...

(1925–2010), former playwright * Seth Green (born 1974), actor *

Grayson Hall Grayson Hall (September 18, 1922 – August 7, 1985) was an American television, film, and stage actress. She was widely regarded for her avant-garde theatrical performances from the 1960s to the 1980s. Hall was nominated for an Academy ...

(1922–1985), former television, film, and stage actress * Chief Halftown (1917–2003), former children's television personality *

Veronica Hamel Veronica Hamel (born November 20, 1943) is an American actress and model. She was nominated five times for an Emmy Award for her role as attorney Joyce Davenport in the TV police drama ''Hill Street Blues''. Biography The daughter of a Philade ...

(born 1943), actress and model *

Kevin Hart Kevin Darnell Hart (born July 6, 1979) is an American comedian and actor. Originally known as a stand-up comedian, he has since starred in Hollywood films and on TV. He has also released several well-received comedy albums. After winning se ...

(born 1979), comedian and actor *

Rodney Harvey Rodney Michael Harvey (July 31, 1967 – April 11, 1998) was an American actor, model, and dancer. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harvey was discovered by director Paul Morrissey in 1984. Morrissey cast Harvey in two of his fi ...

(1967-1998), former actor *

Sherman Hemsley Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series ''All in the Family'' (1973–1975; 1978) and ''The Jeffersons'' (1975–1985), Dea ...

(1938–2012), former actor *

Emmaline Henry Emmaline Henry (November 1, 1928 – October 8, 1979) was an American actress best known for playing Amanda Bellows, the wife of Dr. Alfred Bellows, on the hit 1960s situation comedy ''I Dream of Jeannie''. Career Henry first appeared duri ...

(1928–1979), former actress, ''

I Dream of Jeannie ''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marrie ...

'' *

(born 1978), television host * Tigre Hill, producer and director *

Paul Hipp Paul Hipp (born July 16, 1963) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and filmmaker. Early life Paul Hipp was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Warminster. He left Pennsylvania for New York City immediately after high school, st ...

(born 1963), actor, musician, and producer * Wendell Holland (born 1984), '' Survivor: Ghost Island'' winner *

Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop si ...

(1915–1959), former singer *

Kevin Hooks Kevin Hooks (born September 19, 1958) is an American actor, and a television and film director; he is notable for his roles in ''Aaron Loves Angela'' and '' Sounder'', but may be best known as Morris Thorpe from TV's '' The White Shadow''. Ear ...

(born 1958), actor and director *

Abby Huntsman Abigail Haight Huntsman (born May 1, 1986) is an American journalist and television personality. The daughter of former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mary Kaye Huntsman, Huntsman rose to prominence as a host on MSNBC and NBC News. She then ...

(born 1986), co-host of '' The View'' *

Mark Indelicato Mark Indelicato (born July 16, 1994) is an American actor, singer, fashion blogger, and photographer best known for his role in the ABC comedy series '' Ugly Betty'', as Justin Suarez, the fashion-obsessed nephew of series protagonist Bett ...

(born 1994), actor, singer (

Justin Suarez Justin Suarez is a fictional character on the American comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty'' (2006–2010). Portrayed by actor Mark Indelicato, Justin is raised by his single mother Hilda, both of whom live with his aunt Betty and grandfather Ign ...

on ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian t ...

'') * Abbi Jacobson (born 1984), actress, comedian, and co-creator of ''

Broad City ''Broad City'' is an American television sitcom created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. It was developed from their independent web series of the same name, which was produced between 2009 and 2011. The sitcom, like the web series ...

'' *

Barry Jenner Barry Francis Jenner (January 14, 1941 – August 9, 2016) was an American actor. Early life Jenner was born January 14, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began acting during his college years at West Chester University, in Pennsylvania. A ...

(1941–2016), former actor *

Clark Johnson Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954), is an American-Canadian actor and director who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson in ''Night Heat'' (1985–1988), Clark Roberts in ''E.N.G.'' (1989� ...

(born 1954), actor and director *

Nicole Kassell Nicole Kassell (born 1972) is an American film director, film and television director who is noted for her work on films such as ''The Woodsman (2004 film), The Woodsman'' and on TV in series such as ''Vinyl (TV series), Vinyl'', ''The Leftovers ...

(born 1972), director and writer * George Kelly (1887–1974), former playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor *

Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly ...

(1929–1982), former actress and Princess of Monaco * Michael Kelly (born 1969), actor *

Irvin Kershner Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner; April 29, 1923November 27, 2010) was an American film director, actor, and producer of film and television. He gained notice early in his career as a filmmaker for directing quirky, independent drama films ...

(1923–2010), former director, ''

The Empire Strikes Back ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'') is a 1980 American epic film, epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based o ...

'' *

Taylor Kinney Taylor Jackson Kinney (born July 15, 1981) is an American actor and model. He has played Mason Lockwood in ''The Vampire Diaries'', Jared in ''Zero Dark Thirty'', Phil in '' The Other Woman'', and Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Kelly Severi ...

(born 1981), actor, ''

Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW on September 10, ...

'' and '' Chicago Fire'' *

Jack Klugman Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. He began his career in 1950 and started television and film work with roles in '' 12 Angry Men'' (1957) and '' Cry Terror!'' (1958). ...

(1922–2012), former actor, ''

The Odd Couple Odd Couple may refer to: Neil Simon play and its adaptations * ''The Odd Couple'' (play), a 1965 stage play by Neil Simon ** ''The Odd Couple'' (film), a 1968 film based on the play *** ''The Odd Couple'' (1970 TV series), a 1970–1975 televisi ...

'', ''

Quincy, M.E. ''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that aired on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles County med ...

'', and ''

You Again? ''You Again?'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for two seasons on NBC from February 27, 1986, to January 7, 1987. It was based on the British show ''Home to Roost''. Synopsis Jack Klugman stars as Henry Willows, a man still em ...

L-Z

Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman. LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul". She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...

(born 1944), R&B and soul musician, actress, and entrepreneur *

Michael Landon Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in ''Bonanza'' (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in ''Little House on the Pr ...

(1936–1991), former actor, producer, and director *

Mario Lanza Mario Lanza (, ; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza ; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at ...

(1921–1959), former singer and actor * Stan Lathan (born 1945), film producer, television producer, and director * Andrew Lawrence (born 1988), actor * Joey Lawrence (born 1976), actor *

Matthew Lawrence Matthew William Lawrence (born February 11, 1980) is an American actor and singer, known for his roles in ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' and ''Boy Meets World''. Lawrence also starred in the series '' Brotherly Love'' with his real-life brothers Joey and An ...

(born 1980), actor *

Raw Leiba Raw Leiba is an American actor, producer, stunt coordinator, former athlete and model. Career Leiba played Stringer Bell's bodyguard in three episodes of ''The Wire'': "Reformation", " Middle Ground" and " Mission Accomplished". He was named ...

(born 1975), actor, stuntman, and sports model *

Aaron Levinson Aaron Levinson (born July 2, 1963) is a Grammy award-winning producer, musician, composer and record label owner He has produced and released dozens of albums since starting his career with Inner City Records in 1981Range Recording Studios, Staf ...

, producer, musician * Brooke Lewis (born 1975), actress, producer and television personality *

Shari Lewis Shari Lewis (born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, singer, actress, author, and symphonic conductor. She wa ...

(1933–1998), former children's television personality * Gene London (1931–2020), former artist and local children's television personality *

Lisa Lopes Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper and singer. She was a member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Besid ...

(1971–2002), former rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer *

Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), ''Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976), ...

(1924–2011), former film director *

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...

(born 1946), film director *

Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and Actor, actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (''The Love Parade'', ''Love Me Tonight'', ''The Merry Widow (1934 ...

(1903–1965), former actress and singer * Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor *

Abby Mann Abby Mann (December 1, 1927 – March 25, 2008) was an American film writer and producer. Life and career The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Mann was born as Abraham Goodman in Philadelphia. He grew up in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. D ...

(1927–2008), former film writer and producer *

Melanie Mayron Melanie Joy Mayron is an American actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for her role as photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama ''thirtysomething'' for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Su ...

(born 1952), actress *

Adam Mazer Adam Mazer (born ) is an American screenwriter. He is the writer of HBO film’s biopic, '' You Don't Know Jack'', about the life of assisted-suicide advocate, Jack Kevorkian. Mazer was the co-writer of the 2007 Universal Pictures feature film ...

, writer and

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

winner *

Bob McAllister Robert C. "Bob" McAllister (June 2, 1935 – July 21, 1998) was an American television personality, magician, and children's entertainer and a host of ''Wonderama''. Early career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Bob first made h ...

(1935–1998), former children's television personality *

Andrea McArdle Andrea McArdle is an American singer and actress best known for originating the role of Annie in the Broadway musical '' Annie''. Career McArdle was born in Philadelphia. While studying dance as a child, she was spotted by a talent agent who got ...

(born 1963), singer, actress, Broadway's original ''

Annie Annie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress * Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer The ...

'' *

Joan McCracken Joan Hume McCracken (December 31, 1917 – November 1, 1961) was an American dancer and actress who became famous for her role as Sylvie ("The Girl Who Falls Down") in the original 1943 production of ''Oklahoma!'' She also was noted for her per ...

(1917–1961), former dancer and actress *

Paul McCrane Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is an American film, television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and singer. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the 1980 film '' Fame'', Frank Berry in the 1984 fil ...

(born 1961), actor and musician *

Rob McElhenney Robert McElhenney III (; born April 14, 1977) is an American actor, producer, writer, podcaster and co-owner of Wrexham A.F.C. He is best known for his role as Ronald "Mac" McDonald on the FX/FXX comedy series ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelp ...

(born 1977), actor and creator of ''

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' is an American sitcom created by Rob McElhenney and developed by McElhenney and Glenn Howerton that premiered on August 4, 2005 on FX and later FXX beginning with the ninth season in 2013. It stars Charlie ...

'' *

Andrew Repasky McElhinney Andrew Repasky McElhinney (born 1978) is an American film and theater director, writer and producer born in Philadelphia. McElhinney's cinema work is in the permanent collection of MoMA-The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Early life and educa ...

(born 1978), film director, writer,

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

artist * Adam McKay (born 1968), director and writer *

Mary Lou Metzger Mary Lou Metzger (born November 13, 1950) is an American singer and dancer best known as a cast member on ''The Lawrence Welk Show''. Metzger was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the only child of Ernie and Helen Metzger. The family moved to Ha ...

(born 1950), singer, ''

The Lawrence Welk Show ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, from 1951 to 1955, then nationally for another 16 years on ABC from 195 ...

'' *

David Mirkin David Mirkin (born ) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer. Mirkin grew up in Philadelphia and intended to become an electrical engineer, but abandoned this career path in favor of studying film at Loyola Mar ...

(born 1955), writer and director * Silas Weir Mitchell (born 1969), actor *

Katherine Moennig Katherine Sian Moennig (; born December 29, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on ''The L Word'' (2004–2009), as well as Jake Pratt on ''Young Americans'' (2000). Moennig played the role of Lena in ...

(born 1977), actress *

Kelly Monaco Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American actress, model, and reality television personality, best known for her portrayal of Sam McCall on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' and as the first season winner of the reality TV com ...

(born 1976), model and actress *

Natalie Nevins Natalie Nevins (May 15, 1925 – August 23, 2010) was an American singer who appeared on television's ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' from 1965 to 1969. Early life Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nevins began singing when she was five ...

(1925–2010), former singer, ''

'' * J. J. North (born 1964), actress *

Clifford Odets Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdra ...

(1906–1963), former playwright, director, and screenwriter *

Leslie Odom Jr. Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. (; born August 6, 1981) is an American actor and singer. He made his acting debut on Broadway in 1998 and first gained recognition for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical ''Hamilton'', which earned him a Tony Award f ...

(born 1981), actor and singer * Ana Ortiz (born 1971), actress,

Hilda Suarez Hilda Suarez-Talercio is a fictional character in the American dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'', portrayed by Ana Ortiz.Silvio Horta has said that Hilda is based on his older sister who according to him was "outgoing and popular" Background Hilda ...

on ''

'' *

Daphne Oz Daphne Nur Oz (born February 17, 1986) is an American television host, food writer, and chef. She was one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talk show '' The Chew'' for the show's first six seasons and was a co-host of the syndicated talk/cook ...

(born 1986), author, television host on ''

The Chew ''The Chew'' is an American cooking-themed talk show that aired for seven seasons from September 26, 2011 to June 28, 2018, having replaced the soap opera ''All My Children'', on ABC as part of the network's weekday daytime lineup. The name wa ...

'' *

Holly Robinson Peete Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox police drama ''21 Jump Street'', Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', and ...

(born 1964), actress *

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(1950–2010), former R&B and soul musician, lead singer for

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Noam Pitlik Noam Pitlik (November 4, 1932February 18, 1999) was an American television director and actor. In 1979, Pitlik won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on the ABC sitcom ''Barney Miller''. Early life The son of D ...

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(1950–2016), former actor, ''

Miller's Crossing ''Miller's Crossing'' is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a ...

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Lisa Roma Lisa Roma (1892–1965) was an American soprano who toured in the United States with composer Maurice Ravel in 1928. She was chair of grand opera in the College of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles beginning in 1 ...

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J. D. Roth James David Weinroth (born April 20, 1968), known professionally as J.D. Roth, is an American television producer, actor, voice actor, game show host, and television personality. Roth is the co-creator of the reality show ''The Biggest Loser'' ...

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(born 1964), actor *

Nancy Walker Nancy Walker (born Anna Myrtle Swoyer; May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television. She was also a film and television director (lending her talents to ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', on wh ...

(1922–1992), former actress and director * Brendan Walter (born 1986), actor, director, and guitarist * Bruce Walsh, playwright *Jeff Ward (actor), Jeff Ward (born 1986), actor *Wee Willie Webber (1929–2010), former local radio and television personality *John Sylvester White (1919–1988), former television actor *Karen Malina White (born 1965), actress *Nafessa Williams, actress *Kenya D. Williamson, actress and screenwriter *Thomas F. Wilson (born 1959), actor and stand-up comic *Danny Woodburn (born 1964), actor and comedian *Ed Wynn (1886–1966), former actor and comedian, Uncle Albert in Walt Disney's ''Mary Poppins'' *John Zacherle (1918–2016), former actor, producer, and television horror host

Historical figures

*David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), former surgeon and teacher *Robert Aitken (publisher), Robert Aitken (1734–1802), former publisher of first Bible in North America *Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), novelist *Andrew Allen (Pennsylvania), Andrew Allen (1740–1825), former delegate to Continental Congress *Harrison Allen (1841–1897), former anatomist and physician *Joseph Anderson (Tennessee politician), Joseph Anderson (1757–1837), former United States Senator *Mary Stevens Beall (1854–1917), historian, writer, librarian *Charles John Biddle (1819–1873), former United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives member *Edward Biddle (1738–1779), American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, soldier, lawyer, statesman, and delegate to Continental Congress *Francis Biddle (1886–1968), former Solicitor General of the United States, U.S. Solicitor General, United States Attorney General, U.S. Attorney General, and Nuremberg trials principal judge *Nicholas Biddle (banker), Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844), former financier and Second Bank of the United States president *Nicholas Biddle (naval officer), Nicholas Biddle (1750–1778), Continental Navy original captain *Richard Biddle (1796–1847), former United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives member *John C. Bowers (1811–1873), former entrepreneur, organist, and vestryman, and founding member of first Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows *Thomas Bowers (singer), Thomas Bowers (c. 1823–1885), former concert artist *Ed Bradley (1941–2006), former CBS News radio journalist and television journalist *Henry Box Brown, Henry "Box" Brown (c.1815–1897), abolitionist who escaped to freedom by arranging to have himself mailed in crate to Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionists in Philadelphia *William C. Bullitt, Jr. (1891–1967), former diplomat who conducted special mission to negotiate with Vladimir Lenin on behalf of the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and first U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union and U.S. ambassador to France during World War II. *Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), former author, journalist, and teacher *Samuel Carpenter (1649–1714), first Pennsylvania Treasurer and deputy governor to William Penn *Octavius Catto, Octavius Valentine Catto (1839–1871), former educator, civil rights activist, and baseball player *Emilie Davis (1839–1889), former writer who kept American Civil War diary *Emma V. Day (1853–1895), former missionary to Liberia *Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), former author and illustrator *Branson DeCou (1892-1941), photographer and traveler *Harriet Schneider French (1824–1906), former physician and Temperance movement in the United States, temperance movement activist *Henry George (1839–1897), former political economist and author, inspired economic philosophy known as Georgism *T. Adelaide Goodno (1858-1931), social reformer *Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), former abolitionist, poet, and educator *Benjamin Guggenheim (1865–1912), former businessman who died aboard the RMS Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'' *Thomas Hall (mechanic), Thomas Hall (1834-1911), former inventor, mechanic, patent attorney. Invented the first portable typewriter. *John von Sonnentag de Havilland (1826–1886), former American officer of arms in England *A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. (1928–1998), former Kerner Commission commissioner, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient *John A. Hostetler (1918–2001), former author, educator, and Amish and Hutterite scholar *Rebecca Jones (Quaker), Rebecca Jones (1739-1818), former Quaker minister and educator *

(1929–1982), former princess of Monaco and actress *George Lippard (1822–1854), former novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, and labor organizer *

(1885–1954), former writer, Harlem Renaissance figure, and first African American Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes Scholar *Henry C. McCook (1837–1911), former entomologist, clergyman, author, and Philadelphia city flag designer *Joseph McKenna (1843–1926), former Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, United States Attorney General, U.S. Attorney General, and United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives member *Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800), Continental Army major general, fifth president of U.S. Congress, first Pennsylvania governor, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father *Anna Balmer Myers (1884–1972), former author *Robert N. C. Nix Jr. (1928–2003), former chief justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania *George W. Pepper (1867–1961), former attorney and U.S. Senator *William Pepper (1843–1898), former Free Library of Philadelphia founder and

provost *Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837), former physician known as father of American surgery *Marcus Aurelius Root (1808–1888), leading daguerreotypist and author *Betsy Ross (1752–1836), sewed first American flag known as the Betsy Ross flag *Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), former physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence *Peggy Shippen (1760–1804), former to American Revolution traitor Benedict Arnold and highest-paid spy in the American Revolution *Leon Sullivan (1922–2001), former Baptist minister and social activist *Manuel Torres (diplomat), Manuel Torres (1762–1822), first Colombian ambassador to the U.S. *Thomas Truxton (1755–1822), former American naval officer who rose to Commodore (United States), commodore *Frank J. Webb (1828–c. 1894), former novelist, poet, essayist, and writer

Media and literature

*Isaac Ashmead (1790–1870), former printer who served in the War of 1812 *Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), former science fiction author *Tony Auth (1942–2014), former editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize and Herblock Prize winner *Doug Banks (1958–2016), former nationally syndicated morning radio host *Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959–2011), former author *Donald Barthelme (1931–1989), former author *Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005), former children's writing and illustration couple *Evelyn Berckman (1900–1978), former author *Ben Bova (1932–2020), former science fiction author *Mary D. R. Boyd (1809–1893), former children's book author *Ed Bradley (1941–2006), former journalist, ''60 Minutes'' *Tony Bruno (born 1952), sports radio talk show host *Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954), former novelist, poet, and author *Nathaniel Burt (1913–2003), former novelist, poet, composer, and author *Francesca Anna Canfield (1803–1833), former linguist and writer *Angelo Cataldi (born 1951), sports radio host *Renee Chenault-Fattah (born 1957), WCAU-TV news anchor and wife of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah *Mary M. Cohen (1854–1911), former Social economy, social economist, journalist, Belles-lettres, belletrist, and educator *Michael Connelly (born 1956), author *Benjamin De Casseres (1873–1945), former journalist, critic, essayist, and poet *Joseph Dennie (1768–1812), former essaysist, ''The Lay Preacher'', and ''The Port Folio'' founding editor *Pete Dexter (born 1943), journalist, novelist, and National Book Award-winner *Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897), former hymn writer and poet *Courtney Friel (born 1980), KTLA-TV news anchor and reporter *Charles Fuller (born 1939), playwright, Pulitzer Prize for Drama recipient, and Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play winner *Jim Gardner (broadcaster), Jim Gardner (born 1948), WPVI-TV news anchor *Mike Golic (born 1962), ESPN radio and television personality, former

professional football player *David Goodis (1917–1967), former author *Terry Gross (born 1951), radio host and co-executive producer, ''Fresh Air'' *Harvey (announcer), John Harvey (born 1951), radio and television personality *Aries Keck, author and radio reporter *Suzy Kolber (born 1964), television sportscaster *Andrea Kremer (born 1959), television sportscaster *Bob Lassiter (1945–2006), former Left-wing politics, left-wing radio host *Mark Levin (born 1957), lawyer, author, and radio personality *Rachel Levin (influencer), Rachel Levin (born 1995), YouTuber, and beauty guru *Jonathan Maberry (born 1958), suspense author, anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator, writing teacher and lecturer *Michelle Malkin (born 1970), political commentator *Chris Matthews (born 1945),

and MSNBC journalist and talk show host *Edith May (poet), Edith May (1827–1903), former writer and poet *Brian McDonough, medical editor, author, and physician *Jim McKay (1921–2008), former American Broadcasting Company, ABC sports journalist *Chris McKendry (born 1968), ESPN ''SportsCenter'' anchor *Larry Mendte (born 1957), KYW-TV news anchor *James A. Michener (1907–1997), former author *Aubertine Woodward Moore (1841–1929), former musician, writer, musical critic, translator, and lecturer *Christopher Morley (1890–1957), former novelist, short-story writer, and poet *Wesley Morris (born 1975), film critic and podcast host *Thom Nickels, author and journalist *Joe Queenan (author), Joe Queenan (born 1950), author and humorist *Matthew Quick (born 1973), author, ''The Silver Linings Playbook'' *Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), former novelist and short-story writer *Chaim Potok (1929–2002), former novelist and author, ''The Chosen (Potok novel), The Chosen'' and ''The Promise (Potok novel), The Promise'' *Richard P. Powell (1908–1999), former novelist *Beasley Reece (born 1954), KYW-TV sports journalist and former professional football player,

*Dave Roberts (David Thomas Boreanaz), Dave Roberts (born 1936), WPVI-TV meteorologist and former co-host, ''AM Philadelphia'' *Lisa Scottoline (born 1955), author and attorney *Peter Shellem (1960–2009), former ''The Patriot-News, Patriot News'' journalist who obtained release of five wrongfully convicted innocent people *Vai Sikahema (born 1962), WCAU-TV sports journalist and former professional football player,

*Michael Smerconish (born 1962), WPHT, WPHT-AM radio talk show host, ''Philadelphia Daily News'' columnist, and MSNBC political analyst *Anna Bustill Smith (1862–1945), author, genealogist, and suffragist *Stephen A. Smith (born 1967), ESPN radio and television personality, former ''The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Inquirer'' sports columnist *Arthur R. G. Solmssen (1928–2018), former attorney and novelist *Kristie Lu Stout (born 1974), journalist *Duane Swierczynski (born 1972), author and former ''Philadelphia City Paper'' editor *Omar Tyree (born 1969), author *Jeannette Walworth (1835–1918), former novelist and journalist *Ukee Washington (born 1958), KYW-TV news anchor *Jesse Watters (born 1978), political commentator and author *Jennifer Weiner (born 1970), author *Kristen Welker (born 1976), television journalist and NBC News White House correspondent *Walt Whitman (1819–1892), former poet, essayist, and journalist *William Wharton (author), William Wharton (1925–2008), former author, ''Birdy (novel), Birdy''

Military figures

*Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1886–1950), former U.S. Army general, Air Force general, and World War I hero known as father of the U.S. Air Force *Albert Blithe (1923–1967), former U.S. Army paratrooper featured in ''Band of Brothers (TV miniseries), Band of Brothers'' *Louis H. Carpenter (1839–1916), former Brigadier general (United States), Brigadier General, Medal of Honor recipient and veteran, Civil War, American Indian War, and Spanish–American War *George F. Good Jr. (1901–1991), former U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general, commanded Marine defense battalions during World War II *William Guarnere (1923–2014), former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, staff sergeant featured in ''Band of Brothers'' *Alexander Haig (1924–2010), former U.S. military officer, diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State *Edward Heffron (1923–2013), former U.S. Army Private (rank), Private featured in ''Band of Brothers' *John Lawson (Medal of Honor), John Lawson (1837–1919), former United States Navy, U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *George B. McClellan (1826–1885), former Union Army general and presidential candidate *H. R. McMaster (born 1962), major general and presidential chief of staff *John J. McVeigh (1921–1944), former Medal of Honor recipient for actions during Battle for Brest *George Gordon Meade (1815–1872), former Union army general and victor at the Battle of Gettysburg *Thomas H. Neill (1826–1885), former Union Army general *John C. Pemberton (1814–1881), former Commander of Confederate defenders at Siege of Vicksburg *Charles Sutherland (Surgeon General), Charles Sutherland (1831–1895), former Surgeon General of the United States Army, Surgeon General of U.S. Army

Music

*Andrew Adgate (1762–1793), former musician, founder of music schools, and choir director *Al Alberts (1922–2009), former singer, The Four Aces *Marian Anderson (1897–1993), former opera singer and alto, contralto *Frankie Avalon (born 1940), singer and actor *Baauer (born 1989), DJ and producer *Rachel Bagby, author, composer, singer, and composer *Bahamadia (born 1966), rapper known as Bahamadia *Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), former singer, dancer, and actress *Charli Baltimore (born 1974), hip hop artist *Samuel Barber (1910–1981), former composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, music educator, and composer *Len Barry (1942–2020), former recording star, vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, record producer, author, and poet *Toni Basil (born 1943), singer, "Mickey (Toni Basil song), Mickey" *Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960), concert organist, teacher, and church musician *Steve Berlin, (born 1955), keyboardist and saxophone player, Los Lobos *Emile Berliner (1851–1929), former inventor of the flat disc record, the gramophone, founder of

, and Gramophone Company *Frankie Beverly (born 1946), R&B singer and musician, founder and lead singer of Maze (band), Maze featuring Frankie Beverly *Charlie Biddle (1926–2003), former jazz bassist *Bilal (musician), Bilal (born 1979), neo-soul singer and musician *Cindy Birdsong (born 1939), founding member, Labelle, and replacement member, The Supremes, Diana Ross & the Supremes *Joe Bonsall (born 1948), country music singer and member of The Oak Ridge Boys *Dante Bucci (1980–2014), former handpan musician *Lil dicky (born 1988), rapper known as "Lil dicky" *Solomon Burke (c. 1936 or 1940–2010), former R&B singer *Uri Caine (born 1956), composer, arranger, and jazz pianist *Cassidy (rapper), Cassidy (born 1982), rapper *Sarah Chang (born 1980), child prodigy violinist with major orchestras *Chubby Checker (born 1941), singer *

(born 1928), progressive activist *Stanley Clarke (born 1951), bassist *Alice Cohen (born 1958), singer and songwriter known as Alice Desoto *John Coltrane (1926–1967), former jazz saxophonist *Norman Connors (born 1947), singer *Tommy Conwell (born 1962), guitarist, songwriter, and performer *Cool C (born 1969), rapper *Jim Croce (1943–1973), former singer *James Darren (born 1936), singer and actor *Rick DeJesus (born 1983), lead singer, Adelitas Way *James DePreist (1936–2013), former orchestra conductor *Dieselboy (born 1972), drum and bass DJ and producer *Fred Diodati, lead singer, The Four Aces *Diplo (born 1978), DJ and producer *Bill Doggett (1916–1996), former jazz and R&B organist and pianist *Gail Ann Dorsey (born 1962), bassist *Charles Earland (1941–1999), former organist *Nathan East (born 1955), jazz, R&B, rock bass player, and vocalist *

(born 1957), jazz guitarist *Robin Eubanks (born 1955), jazz trombonist *Duane Eubanks (born 1969), jazz trumpeter *Eve (entertainer), Eve (born 1978), rapper and actress *Fabian (entertainer), Fabian (born 1943), singer and actor *Nick Falcon (born 1968), guitarist, composer, lyricist, and singer *Sheila Ferguson (born 1947), singer, The Three Degrees *Wilhelmenia Fernandez (born 1949), opera singer and soprano *Rachelle Ferrell (born 1961), jazz vocalist *Eddie Fisher (singer), Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), former singer and actor *Sam Fogarino (born 1968), rock music drummer, Interpol (band), Interpol *Freeway (rapper), Freeway (born 1978), rapper *Kenny Gamble (born 1943), producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records *Melody Gardot (born 1985), jazz singer *Stan Getz (1927–1991), former jazz saxophonist *Benny Golson (born 1929), jazz saxophonist *Charlie Gracie (born 1936), rock singer *Gogi Grant (1924–2016), former singer, "The Wayward Wind" *Anthony Green (musician), Anthony Green (born 1982), singer, Saosin and Circa Survive *Vivian Green (born 1979), R&B singer *Daryl Hall (born 1946), singer and half of Hall & Oates duo *Joseph Hallman (born 1979), composer, arranger, singer, and producer *Rufus Harley (1936–2006), former jazz musician and first jazz musician to use Great Highland bagpipe as primary instrument *Robert Hazard (1948–2008), former new wave musician and composer *Albert Heath (born 1935), jazz drummer *Jimmy Heath (1926–2020), former jazz saxophonist *Percy Heath (1923–2005), former jazz bassist *Leon Huff (born 1942), producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records *Phyllis Hyman (1949–1995), former R&B and jazz vocalist *DJ Jazzy Jeff (born 1965), hip-hop DJ, neo-soul producer, and half DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince duo *Joan Jett (born 1958), rock musician *Philly Joe Jones (1923–1985), former jazz drummer *Kitty Kallen (1921–2016), former pop singer *Jason Karaban, singer and songwriter *Tom Keifer (born 1961), glam metal vocalist, Cinderella (band), Cinderella *Keith (singer), Keith (born 1949), singer who wrote "98.6 (song), 98.6" *Bill Kenny (singer), Bill Kenny (1914–1978), former singer *Khia (born 1977), rapper *King Britt (born 1968), house DJ and producer *Kurupt (born 1972), rapper *

(born 1944), R&B & soul singer and actress *

(1921–1959), former operatic singer *Lil Uzi Vert (born 1995), rapper and hip hop artist *Lynda Laurence (born 1949), part of Stevie Wonder's backup group The Third Generation and part of The Supremes *Amos Lee (born 1977), folk and blues singer *Lisa Lopes, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971–2002), former member, TLC (band), TLC *Monie Love (born 1970), rapper and radio personality *Leonard MacClain (1899–1967), former theatre organist *Al Martino (1927–2009), former singer and actor, Johnny Fontane in ''The Godfather'' *Pat Martino (1944–2021), former jazz guitarist *Barbara Mason (born 1947), R&B singer and composer *Christian McBride (born 1972), jazz bassist *Marian Anderson (1897–1993), former gospel singer *Marshmello (born 1992), DJ and producer *Meek Mill (born 1987), rapper *Lizzy McAlpine (born 1999), singer and songwriter. *Ms. Jade (born 1979), hip hop artist *Lee Morgan (1938–1972), former jazz trumpeter and composer *James Mtume (1946-2022), former R&B and jazz musician and founder of Mtume *Musiq Soulchild (born 1977), R&B and neo-soul singer *James E. Myers (1919–2001), former songwriter, actor, and co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock" *Marc Nelson (born 1971), R&B singer, Boyz II Men and Az Yet *Lobo Nocho (1919–1997), jazz singer *John Oates (born 1948), singer and half of Hall & Oates duo *Maurie Orodenker (1908–1993), former journalist, music critic, and advertising agency executive who coined the term "rock and roll" *Hugh Panaro (born 1964), tenor singer, Broadway and opera *Billy Paul (1934–2016), former Grammy Award-winning soul singer *Vinnie Paz (born 1977), rapper, founder of Jedi Mind Tricks and Army of the Pharaohs *Peedi Peedi (born 1977), rapper *

(1950–2010), former R&B singer,

*Christina Perri (born 1986), singer *Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), former composer and music educator *Pink (singer), Pink (born 1979), R&B and rock music singer *Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), former singer, The Three Degrees *Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), former jazz keyboardist *Princess Superstar (born 1971), hip hop performer *Questlove (born 1971), drummer, producer, DJ, writer, journalist, and photographer *Sun Ra (1914–1993), former jazz pianist and band leader *Danny Rapp (1941–1983), former singer, Danny & the Juniors *

, guitarist and Oscar Award winner *Res (singer), Res, R&B singer *RJD2 (born 1976), producer *Paul Robeson (1898–1976), former singer, activist, attorney, and All-American collegiate athlete *PnB Rock (1991–2022) rapper *Jack Rose (guitarist), Jack Rose (1971–2009), former guitarist *Todd Rundgren (born 1948), musician, singer, songwriter, and producer *Bobby Rydell (born 1942-2022), former singer and actor *Santigold (born 1976), punk singer *John Sebastian (classical harmonica player), John Sebastian (1914–1980), former classical harmonica player and composer *Danny Sembello (1963-2015), R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist *Michael Sembello (born 1954), R&B singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriter *Schoolly D (born 1962), rapper *Jill Scott (singer), Jill Scott (born 1972), R&B and neo-soul singer *Shirley Scott (1934–2002), former organist *Musiq Soulchild (born 1977), R&B and neo-soul singer *Dee Dee Sharp (born 1945), singer and actress *Gene Shay (1935–2020), former folk music musician *Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000), former violinist and conductor *Beanie Sigel (born 1974), rapper *Bunny Sigler (1941–2017), former R&B singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer *Steady B (born 1969), rapper *Jazmine Sullivan (born 1987), R&B and soul vocalist, 12-time Grammy Award nominee, and two-time BET Awards, BET Award-winner *William Takacs (born 1973), trumpet player *Tammi Terrell (1945–1970), former soul, R&B, and Motown singer *Russell Thompkins Jr. (born 1951), soul and R&B singer *Black Thought, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter (born 1973), lead MC and co-founder, The Roots *Robbie Tronco, DJ *Ira Tucker (1925–2008), former lead singer, The Dixie Hummingbirds *McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), former jazz pianist and composer, John Coltrane quartet *Charlie Ventura (born 1916), tenor saxophonist and band leader *Kurt Vile (born 1980), guitarist and vocalist *Lee Ving (born 1950), singer and songwriter, frontman of hardcore punk band Fear (band), Fear *Johannes von Trapp (born 1939), singer and member of Trapp Family *E-Dubble, Evan Sewell Wallace (1982–2017), former singer, songwriter, and rapper known as "E-Dubble" *Clara Ward (1924–1973), former gospel singer *Grover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), former jazz saxophonist and founder of smooth jazz genre *Crystal Waters (born 1961), dance and house music singer *Ethel Waters (1896–1977), former blues singer and actress *André Watts (born 1946), pianist *Pamela Williams (born 1963), jazz saxophonist *Josh Wink (born 1970), DJ and electronic music producer *Karen Young (American singer), Karen Young (1951–1991), former disco singer

Politics

*Leon Abbett (1836–1894), former Governor of New Jersey, New Jersey governor *Lynne Abraham (born 1941), Philadelphia district attorney *William Allen (loyalist), William Allen (1704–1780), former Philadelphia mayor *Chris Bartlett (activist), Chris Bartlett (born 1966), LGBT activist *Raj Bhakta (born 1975), Congressional candidate and contestant, ''The Apprentice (U.S. Season 2), The Apprentice Season 2'' *Michael J. Bradley (politician), Michael J. Bradley (1897–1979), former U.S. House of Representatives member *Winfield S. Braddock (1848–1920), former Wisconsin State Assembly member *Bob Brady (born 1945), member, U.S. House of Representatives, Philadelphia mayoral candidate, NBCUniversal, NBC Universal and Independence Blue Cross lobbyist *Raymond J. Broderick (1914–2000), former U.S. federal judge *William T. Cahill (1912–1996), former New Jersey governor *Ashton Carter (born 1954), physicist, Harvard University professor, and United States Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Defense *Augusta Clark (1932–2013), former librarian, politician, lawyer, and second African-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council *Joseph S. Clark (1901–1990), former Philadelphia mayor and U.S. Senator *Mark B. Cohen (born 1949), member,

, Democratic leader of Pennsylvania House, and chairman, House Labor Relations Committee *Henry Conner (1837–died), former member, Wisconsin State Senate *George M. Dallas (1792–1864), former U.S. vice president *Richardson Dilworth (1898–1974), former attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney of Philadelphia, district attorney, and Philadelphia mayor *Dwight E. Evans (born 1954), member,

and former Philadelphia mayoral candidate *George Hussey Earle Sr., George H. Earle Sr. (1823–1907), founder of the Republican Party, abolitionist, and lawyer who represented fugitive slaves *Chaka Fattah (born 1956), member, U.S. House of Representatives and former Philadelphia mayoral candidate *Douglas J. Feith (born 1953), Undersecretary of Defense and Iraq policy adviser *Tom Feeney (born 1958), Florida politician *James Forten (1766–1842), former African-American businessman, abolitionist leader, and sailmaker *Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father,

, writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, political philosopher *Shirley Franklin (born 1945), former Atlanta major *Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823–1915), former lawyer, judge, diplomat, and banker *Wilson Goode, W. Wilson Goode (born 1938), former Philadelphia mayor *W. Wilson Goode Jr. (born 1965), former Philadelphia City Council at-large member *Oscar Goodman (born 1939), attorney and former Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas mayor *James P. Gourley, former Pennsylvania House of Representatives member *William H. Gray (congressman), William H. Gray (1941–2013), former Baptist minister, former U.S. House of Representatives member, and former United Negro College Fund president *William J. Green, III, William J. Green III (born 1938), former Philadelphia major and U.S. House of Representatives member *Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), former U.S. Senator and philanthropist *Alexander Haig (1924–2010), former U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff *Richard Helms (1913–2002), former Central Intelligence Agency director *Charles W. Heyl (1857–1936), former businessman, fire chief, and politician * Michael Johns (born 1964), former White House presidential speechwriter *Joseph L. Kun (1882–1961), former judge, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas *George Landenberger (1879–1936), former Governor of American Samoa, American Samoa governor *Frank J. Larkin (born 1955), Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, U.S. Senate sergeant at arms *John J. McCloy (1895–1989), former Chase Manhattan Bank and Ford Foundation chairman, Assistant U.S Secretary of War during World War II, and Allies' high commissioner of Germany *Robert F. McDonnell (born 1954), former Governor of Virginia, Virginia governor *Kathleen McGinty, Katie McGinty (born 1963), U.S. Senate nominee, chair, Council on Environmental Quality, and former chief of staff to Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf (politician), Tom Wolf *J. Whyatt Mondesire (1949–2015), former president, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP Philadelphia chapter *Cecil B. Moore (1915–1979), former Philadelphia city council member and civil rights activist *Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania politician), Patrick Murphy (born 1973), former member, U.S. House of Representatives *Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949), former Prime Minister of Israel *Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (1898–1987), former member, U.S. House of Representatives *Michael Nutter, Michael A. Nutter (born 1957), former Philadelphia mayor and member, Philadelphia City Council *Dennis M. O'Brien (born 1952), former member,

and

speaker *Tony Payton, Tony J. Payton Jr. (born 1981), former member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives *Boies Penrose (1860–1921), former U.S. Senator and party boss *Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), abolitionist leader *Charles H. Ramsey (born 1950), former Philadelphia police commissioner *Samuel J. Randall (1828–1890), former U.S. House of Representatives member and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House *Ed Rendell (born 1944), former Pennsylvania governor, Philadelphia mayor, and Philadelphia district attorney *Frank Rizzo (1920–1991), former Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner *John Robbins (congressman), John Robbins (1808–1880), former U.S. House of Representatives member *Allyson Schwartz (born 1948), member, U.S. House of Representatives *Thomas Smith (Indiana judge), Thomas Smith (born 1805), former Indiana Supreme Court justice, Pennsylvania General Assembly member, and writer *Arlen Specter (1930–2012), former U.S. Senator and Philadelphia district attorney *Ben Stahl (activist), Ben Stahl (1915–1998), former labor leader and activist *John F. Street (born 1943), former Philadelphia mayor *Milton Street (born 1941), entrepreneur, former Pennsylvania state legislator, and Philadelphia City Council candidate *Norman Sussman (1905–1969), former Wisconsin state senator *Joel Barlow Sutherland (1792–1861), former member, U.S. House of Representatives *Al Taubenberger (born 1953), former Philadelphia mayoral candidate *John Timoney (police officer), John Timoney (1948–2016), former Philadelphia police commissioner and Miami police chief *Gregory Tony (born 1978), Broward County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff of Broward County, Florida *C. Delores Tucker (1927–2005), former civil rights activist and Pennsylvania Secretary of State *Anna C. Verna (1931–2021), former Philadelphia City Council member and president *Charles A. Waters (1892–1972), Pennsylvania Auditor General, State Treasurer, and president judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas *R. Seth Williams (born 1967), Philadelphia district attorney *Fernando Wood (1812–1881), former Mayor of New York

Sports

*Chris Achuff (born 1975), defensive line coach, Syracuse Orange football, Syracuse University *John Abadie (1854–1905), former professional baseball player, Brooklyn Atlantics and Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876), Philadelphia Athletics *Cal Abrams (1924–1997), former professional baseball player, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and Pittsburgh Pirates *Chris Albright (born 1979), Major League Soccer, MLS defender, FC Cincinnati *Dick Allen (1942–2020), former professional baseball player, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, National League Rookie of the Year, and seven-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star *Doug Allison (1846–1916), first professional baseball player ever to use a baseball glove *Eddie Alvarez (born 1984), mixed martial artist, ONE Championship *Rubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), former professional baseball player, general manager, and coach *Paul Arizin (1928–2006), former professional basketball player, Camden Bullets and Golden State Warriors#1946–1962: Philadelphia Warriors, Philadelphia Warriors *Charles Barkley (born 1963), former

professional basketball player, NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA MVP, 11-time List of NBA All-Stars, All-Star, and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member *Deion Barnes (born 1993), former professional football player, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets *Reds Bassman (1913–2010), former professional football player,

*Bert Bell (1895–1959), founder of

football team and former National Football League, NFL commissioner *Barney Berlinger (1908–2002), former 1928 Summer Olympics decathlete *Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), former 2004 Summer Olympics gymnast *Tyrell Biggs (born 1960), former boxer, 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist *Audrey Bleiler (1933–1975), former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, South Bend Blue Sox * Chaim Bloom (born 1983), Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer *Tom Brennan (ice hockey), Thomas Brennan (1922–2003), former professional hockey player, Boston Bruins *Charles Brewer (boxer), Charles Brewer (born 1969), former boxer and International Boxing Federation, IBF super middleweight champion *Derek Bryant (boxer), Derek Bryant (born 1971) former heavyweight boxer *Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), former professional basketball player and five-time NBA Finals champion *Michael Brooks (basketball), Michael Brooks (1958–2016), former professional basketball player *Roy Campanella (1921–1993), former professional baseball player, three-time Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, National League Most Valuable Player *Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), former professional basketball player and two-time NBA champion *Ben Clime (1891–1973), former professional football player *Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), former boxer and actor *Tim Cooney (baseball), Tim Cooney (born 1990), professional baseball player *Don Cohan (1930–2018), 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, sailing *Brian Cohen (boxer), Brian Cohen (born 1976), professional boxer *Julia Cohen (born 1989) professional tennis player *Steve Coleman (American football), Steve Coleman (born 1950), former professional football player *Bobby Convey (born 1983), professional soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes and the United States Men's National Soccer Team, U.S. Men's National Soccer team *Tyrone Crawley (1958–2021), former boxer *Fran Crippen (1984–2010), former professional swimmer *Maddy Crippen (born 1980), swimmer in 2000 Olympics *Ray Culp (born 1941), Phillies right-handed pitcher and runner-up to Dick Allen for National League Rookie of the Year *Steve Cunningham (born 1976), boxer and cruiserweight champion *Brandon Davies (born 1991), American-born Ugandan professional basketball player *Matthew "Super" DeLisi (born 2000), esports player *Ollie Dobbins (born 1941), football player *Buster Drayton (born 1952), former boxer and light middleweight (super welterweight) champion *Jon Drummond (born 1968), former track and field athlete, 1996 and 2000 Olympic medalist *Dave Dunaway (1945–2001), former professional football player *Angelo Dundee (1921–2012), former boxing trainer *Fred Dunlap (1859–1902), former professional baseball player *John Edelman (born 1935), former professional baseball player *Gary Emanuel (born 1958), defensive line coach, Atlanta Falcons *Julius Erving (born 1950), Philadelphia 76ers 11-time All-Star, 2-time NBA champion, two-time ABA champion, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member *Jahri Evans (born 1983), former professional football player * D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player, Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League * Craig Fitzgerald (American football), Craig Fitzgerald, professional football coach *Joe Flacco (born 1985), professional football player *Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestling valet, Extreme Championship Wrestling *Joe Frazier (1944–2011), former boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medalist and former world heavyweight champion *Marvis Frazier (born 1960), boxer *Harry Fritz (baseball), Harry Fritz (1890–1974), former baseball player *The Sandman (wrestler), Jim "Sandman" Fullington (born 1963), former professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE *Mark Gerban (born 1979), first world champion rower, State of Palestine, Palestine *Eddie George (born 1973), former professional football player and Heisman Trophy winner *Kerry Getz (born 1975), professional skateboarder *Joey Giardello (1930–2008), former professional boxer and middleweight champion *Tom Gola (1933–2014), former professional basketball player, La Salle University men's basketball head coach, and Philadelphia mayoral candidate *Brent Grimes (born 1983), former professional football player *Randy Grossman (born 1952), former professional football player and four-time Super Bowl Champion *Mark Gubicza (born 1962), former professional baseball player *Drew Gulak (born 1987), professional wrestler *Matt Guokas (born 1944), former professional basketball player and coach *Brendan Hansen (born 1981), Olympic swimmer *Eric Harding (born 1972), boxer *Marvin Harrison (born 1972), former professional football player *Kirk Hershey (1918–1979), former professional football player *Bill Holland (1907–1984), 1949 Indianapolis 500 winner and three-time second place finisher *Bernard Hopkins (1965), former boxer and world middleweight champion *Demetrius Hopkins (1980), boxer *Allen Iverson (born 1975), Philadelphia 76ers professional basketball player, 11-time All-Star, NBA MVP, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member *Michael Iaconelli (born 1972) professional bass angler and winner of 2003 Bassmaster Classic *Reggie Jackson (born 1946), former Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame baseball player *Judith Jamison (born 1943), dancer; choreographer, and artistic director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater *Joe Judge (American football), Joe Judge (born 1981), professional football head coach, New York Giants * Gabe Kapler (born 1976), professional baseball player and manager *John B. Kelly Sr. (1889–1960), former triple gold medal, Olympic gold medal winner, Rowing (sport), rowing *John B. Kelly Jr. (1927–1985), former champion rower *Florian Kempf (born 1956), former football player *Matt Kilroy (1866–1940), former professional baseball player *Sam Kimber (1854–1925), former professional baseball player *Bart King (1873–1965), former cricket bowling (cricket), bowler *Kenny Koplove (born 1993), former baseball player *Mike Koplove (born 1976), former professional baseball pitcher *Julian Krinsky, tennis player *Rick Lackman (1910–1990), former professional football player *Dave LaCrosse (born 1955), former professional player *Sonny Liston (c.1930–c. 1970), former boxer and world heavyweight champion *Tommy Loughran (1902–1982), former boxer and light heavyweight champion *Harry Luff (1856-1916), Major League Baseball player *John Macionis (1916–2012), former Olympic swimmer, 1936 silver medalist *Brooke Makler (1951–2010), former Olympic fencer *Paul Makler Jr. (born 1946), former Olympic fencer *Paul Makler Sr. (1920–2022), former Olympic fencer *Donovan McNabb (born 1976), former professional football player,

*Dick McBride (baseball), Dick McBride (1847–1916), former baseball player and manager *John McDermott (golfer), John McDermott (1891–1971), former professional golfer *Benny McLaughlin (1928–2012), former professional soccer player and member, United States Soccer Hall of Fame, U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame *Jake Metz (born 1991), football player *Levi Meyerle (1849–1921), former professional baseball player *Nate Miller (boxer), Nate Miller (born 1963), former boxer and cruiserweight champion *Alvin Mitchell (defensive back), Alvin Mitchell (born 1943), former football player *Tony Morgano (1913–1984), former boxer *Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), former professional billiards player *Matthew Saad Muhammad (1954–2014), former boxer and light heavyweight champion *Browning Nagle (born 1968), former professional football player *Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1952), Jim O'Brien (born 1952), NBA coach *Vince Papale (born 1946), former professional football player, inspiration for the movie ''Invincible (2006 film), Invincible'' *Kyle Pitts (born 2000), professional football player, Atlanta Falcons *Mike Powell (athletics), Mike Powell (born 1963), former track and field athlete, 1988 and 1992 Olympic silver medalist and current long jump world record holder *Zahir Raheem (born 1976), boxer and 1996 Olympian *Jack Ramsay (1925–2014), former basketball coach, Saint Joseph's University, Saint Joseph's College men's team, NBA coach, general manager, television commentator, and Hall of Famer *Merrill Reese (born 1942),

radio broadcaster *David Reid (boxer), David Reid (born 1973), former boxer, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, light middleweight *Stevie Richards (born 1971), professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE *Robin Roberts (baseball), Robin Roberts (1926–2010), former Phillies right-handed pitcher, Cy Young Award recipient, and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame *Ivan Robinson (born 1971), boxer *Allen Rosenberg (rower), Allen Rosenberg (1931–2013), former rower and rowing coach *Mike Schmidt (born 1949), former Phillies Golden Glove third baseman and member of Baseball Hall of Fame *Vic Seixas (born 1923), former tennis player *Kirk Shelmerdine (b 1958), former NASCAR driver and crew chief *Steve Slaton (born 1986), NFL player *Gunboat Smith (1887–1974), former boxer turned actor and boxing referee *Frank Spellman (1922–2017), former Olympic champion weightlifter *David Starr (wrestler), David Starr (born 1991), professional wrestler *Harry Stovey (1856–1937), former professional baseball player *Joe Sugden (baseball), Joe Sugden (1870–1959), former professional baseball player *Eric Tangradi (born 1989), professional hockey player *Meldrick Taylor (born 1966), former boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, welterweight and junior welterweight champion *Aaron Torres (born 1978), boxer and contestant on ''The Contender 2'' *Najai Turpin (1981–2005), former boxer and contestant on ''The Contender (TV series), The Contender'' *Harp Vaughan (1903–1978), former professional football player *Iosif Vitebskiy (born 1938), former Soviet/Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion fencer and fencing coach *John Waerig (born 1976), former professional football player *Steve Wagner (field hockey), Steve Wagner (born 1967), former Olympic field hockey player *Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts, Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts (born 1949), former boxer *Charles Way (born 1972), former professional football player *Reece Whitley (born 2000), swimmer and former ''Sports Illustrated'' Kid of the Year *Erik Williams (born 1968), former professional football player, Dallas Cowboys *Ike Williams (boxer), Ike Williams (1923–1994), former boxer and lightweight champion *Joe Williams (defensive end), Joe Williams (born 1942) former football player *Stevie Williams (born 1979), professional skateboarder *Brad Wanamaker (born 1989), professional basketball player, Boston Celtics *Ned Williamson (1857–1894), former professional baseball player *George Winslow (American football), George Winslow (born 1963), former professional football player *Jimmy Young (boxer), Jimmy Young (1948–2005), former boxer

Philadelphia native basketball players

*Ryan Arcidiacono (born 1994), professional basketball player, New York Knicks *Mike Bantom (born 1951), former professional basketball player, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets,

, Phoenix Suns, and Seattle Seahawks *Gene Banks (born 1959), former professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs *Joe Bryant, Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, former professional basketball player, Houston Rockets,

, and Los Angeles Clippers, San Diego Clippers *Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), former professional basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers *Rasual Butler (1979–2018), former professional basketball player *Tony Carr (basketball), Tony Carr (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League *Fred Carter (born 1945), NBA *Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), former professional basketball player *Dionte Christmas (born 1986), NBA *Bryan Cohen (born 1989), American-Israeli - Israel Basketball Premier League *Mardy Collins (born 1984), NBA *Dallas Comegys (born 1964), NBA *Mark Davis (basketball, born 1960), Mark Davis (born 1960), National Basketball League (Australia), NBL (Australia) – Adelaide 36ers *Wayne Ellington (born 1987), NBA *Tyreke Evans (born 1989), NBA *D'or Fischer (born 1981) *Eddie Griffin (basketball), Eddie Griffin (1982–2007), former professional basketball player *Gerald Henderson Jr. (born 1987), NBA *Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (born 1995), professional basketball player *De'Andre Hunter (born 1997), current NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks *Marc Jackson (born 1975), NBA *Amile Jefferson (born 1993), NBA G League *Wali Jones (born 1942), NBA *Bo Kimble (born 1966), NBA *Red Klotz (1920–2014), former American Basketball League basketball player * Howard Lassoff (1955–2013), former American-Israeli basketball player * Ryan Lexer (born 1976), American-Israeli former basketball player, Israeli Basketball Premier League *Kyle Lowry (born 1986), NBA *Aaron McKie (born 1972), NBA *Cuttino Mobley (born 1975), NBA *Earl Monroe (born 1944), NBA *Marcus Morris (basketball), Marcus Morris (born 1989), NBA *Markieff Morris (born 1989), NBA *Ronald Murray, Ronald "Flip" Murray (born 1979), NBA *Jameer Nelson (born 1982), NBA *Aaron Owens (born 1974), *Red Rosan (1911–1976), former American Basketball League professional basketball player *Malik Rose (born 1974), NBA *John Salmons (born 1979), NBA *Art Spector (1920–1987), former professional basketball player *Dawn Staley (born 1970), WNBA *Dion Waiters (born 1991), NBA *Rasheed Wallace (born 1974), NBA *Hakim Warrick (born 1982), NBA *Mike Watkins (basketball), Mike Watkins (born 1995), professional basketball player, Antwerp Giants in the BNXT League *Maurice Watson (born 1993), Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball), Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Maalik Wayns (born 1991), NBA *Alvin Williams (born 1974), NBA *Khalif Wyatt (born 1991), NBA G League

Other

*Richard Allen (bishop), Richard Allen (1760–1831), former African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop and abolitionist *Gloria Allred (born 1941), women's rights attorney *Hart O. Berg (1865–1941), former engineer and businessman *Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby (c. 1810–c. 1870), former midwife, frontier doctor, dentist, herbologist, and scientist who discovered cause of milk sickness *Guion Bluford (born 1942), astronaut and first African-American in space *Frank Erdman Boston (1890-1960), former physician *Stanley Branche (1933–1992), former civil rights activist and Philadelphia night club owner *Pete Conrad (1930–1999), former astronaut, third man to walk on the Moon with Apollo 12 *Percy Crawford (1902–1960), former clergyman and religious broadcaster *Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003), former engineer and scientist *Steve DeAngelo (born 1958), social activist *Katherine Drexel (1858–1955), former Roman Catholic saint *William Duane (physicist), William Duane (1872–1935), former physicist *Daniel Faulkner (1955–1981), former Philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty; Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of his murder *Christopher Ferguson (born 1961), former astronaut *Jackie Frazier-Lyde, Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde (born 1961), Philadelphia municipal court judge and boxer *Barbara Harris (bishop), Barbara Harris (1930–2020), former Anglican Communion bishop *Paul B. Higginbotham (born 1954), judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals *Ruth Malcomson (1906–1988), former Miss America *James Martin (Jesuit writer), James Martin (born 1960), Jesuit priest, writer, and commentator on modern Catholicism *Seamus McCaffrey (born 1950), former justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and presiding judge, "Philadelphia Eagles, Eagles Court" *Carol McCain (c. 1938), ex-wife of U.S. presidential candidate John McCain *Silas Weir Mitchell (physician), Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), former physician, scientist, novelist, and poet considered father of neurology *Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (?–1986), Sufism, Sufi Mysticism, mystic * Clarence Charles Newcomer (1923–2005), former U.S. district judge, U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania *John O'Connor (cardinal), John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000), former Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop, Archdiocese of New York *George A. Palmer (1895–1981), former clergyman and religious broadcaster *David L. Reich (born 1960), academic anesthesiologist, professor, Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan), Mount Sinai Hospital president *Marjorie Rendell (born 1947), former judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and First Lady of Pennsylvania *Amber Rose (born 1983), model and actress *Charles Sanna (1917–2019), former Swiss Miss creator), director *Samuel Gilbert Scott (c. 1813–1841), former daredevil *Lester Shubin (1925–2009), former inventor, Kevlar bulletproof vest *Nancy Spungen (1958–1978), girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious *Michael Tollin, film producer *Floyd W. Tomkins (1850–1932), former Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia rector *

(1936–2020), former economist, commentator, and academic *Jeremiah Wright (born 1941), former pastor Trinity United Church of Christ *Joshua Wurman (born 1960), meteorologist and VORTEX2 leader

References

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External links

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