The following is a list of notable people presently or previously associated with the city of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 2016
Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), clergyman and biblical scholar [1] E. Digby Baltzell (1915–1996), sociologist, author, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania Ellen Bass (born 1947), professor, poet , and authorLeon Bass (1925–2015), educator and Benjamin Franklin High School principalAaron Beck (1921–2021), psychiatrist, inventor of cognitive therapy , and Penn School of Medicine professorAlgernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), lawyer and Penn Law School professorRay Birdwhistell (1918–1994), anthropologist, University of Pennsylvania professor, and inventor of kinesics Atherton Blight (1834–1909), lawyer, businessperson, author, diarist , philanthropist, and Art Club of Philadelphia founding memberAlfred Bloom , linguist , professor, and Swarthmore College presidentFrancis Bohlen (1868–1942), Penn Law School professorDerek Bok (born 1930), lawyer, Harvard Law School dean, and former Harvard University presidentLisa Bowleg , George Washington University social psychology professorRuby Chappelle Boyd (born 1919), librarianDavid D. Burns (born 1942), psychiatrist, author, Penn School of Medicine psychiatry professorNoam Chomsky (born 1928), linguist , Far-left political activist , anarchist , and professorGordon Clark (1902–1985), Christian theologian and professorLeda Cosmides (born 1957), psychologist , helped develop evolutionary psychology fieldPhilip D. Curtin (1922–2009), Africa historian on Atlantic slave trade Steven Drizin , lawyer and professorDrew Gilpin Faust (born 1947), historian, University of Pennsylvania administrator, and Harvard University presidentR. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), architect, systems theorist , author, University of Pennsylvania design professorAndrew Gelman (born 1965), Columbia University professor, statistics and political scienceGaylord P. Harnwell (1903–1982), University of Pennsylvania professor and presidentEarl G. Harrison (1899–1955), Penn Law School dean and former INS commissionerMarc Lamont Hill (born 1978), professor, journalist, activist, and BET News correspondentAgnes Irwin (1841–1914), Agnes Irwin School founder and first dean of Radcliffe College Seymour S. Kety (1915–2000), neuroscientist and schizophrenia researcherLawrence Klein (1920–2013), economist, Nobel laureate , University of Pennsylvania economics professorC. Everett Koop (1916–2013), U.S. Surgeon General Byard Lancaster (1942–2012), avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flutistAlain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954), writer, philosopher, educator, and first African-American Rhodes Scholar Margaret Mead (1901–1978), cultural anthropologist and authorWilliam Augustus Muhlenberg (1796–1877), considered father of parochial schools John Pittenger (1930–2009), lawyer, academic, and former Pennsylvania House of Representatives memberPhilip Rieff (1922–2006), sociologist, cultural critic, and University of Pennsylvania professorLouis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), University of Pennsylvania Law School law professorDora Adele Shoemaker (1873-1962), educator, writerJacob Soll (born 1968), historian and MacArthur Fellow [2] Lawrence H. Summers (born 1954), economist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Harvard University presidentHoward M. Temin (1934–1994), Nobel Prize co-laureate in physiology or medicineCornelius Van Til (1895–1987), Christian theologian, professor, originator of modern presuppositional apologetics Lawrence Venuti (born 1953), translation theorist and translation historian Andrew Weil (born 1942), celebrity doctor and alternative medicine advocateGayraud Wilmore (1921–2020), writer, historian, ethicist, educator, and theologianWalter E. Williams (1936–2020), economist, commentator, and academicHarris Wofford (1926–2019), Peace Corps director, Bryn Mawr College president, U.S. Senator appointeeBernard Wolfman (1924–2011), University of Pennsylvania Law School law professor and deanJosh Wurman (born 1960), meteorologist on Storm Chasers
Julian Abele (1881–1950), architect who contributed to the design of over 400 buildingsRobb Armstrong (born 1962), African American cartoonist , creator of Jump Start Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), urban planner, architect, educator, and authorBill Bamberger (born 1956), documentary photographer and photojournalistAlbert C. Barnes (1872–1951), creator of the Barnes Collection of Art and Argyrol inventorCecilia Beaux (1855–1942), portrait painter[3] William Bell (1830–1910), photographer[4] Alexander Calder (1898–1976), sculptorAlexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), sculptorAlexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), sculptorJohn Carlin (1813-1891), painterMary Cassatt (1844–1926), impressionist painter and printmakerFlorence Van Leer Earle Coates (1850–1927), poetRobert Crumb (born 1943), underground comics artist, writerHeather Dewey-Hagborg (born 1982), information artist and bio-hacker Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), realist painter, photographer, sculptor, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts professorFrank Heyling Furness (1839–1912), architect who designed over 600 buildingsSonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), abstract expressionist painterGinger Gilmour (born 1949), sculptor and first wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour [5] Phoebe Gloeckner (born 1960), cartoonist, illustrator, painter, novelistElizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954), children's books illustratorDonelson Hoopes (1932–2006), art historianIan Hornak (1944–2002), draughtsman , painter, and printmaker[6] [7] Amy Ignatow (born 1977), illustrator, cartoonist, and authorLouis Kahn (1901–1974), architectBil Keane (1922–2011), cartoonist, The Family Circus Walt Kelly (1913–1973), cartoonist, Pogo Henry P. McIlhenny (1910–1986), art and antique connoisseur, philanthropist, curator, and Philadelphia Museum of Art chairmanJohn Moran (1831–1902), photographer and artistAlice Neel (1900–1984), painterAlbert Newsam (1809–1864), born deaf and former artist[8] Linda Nochlin (1931–2017), feminist art historian and Bryn Mawr College professorMartin Nodell (1915–2006), comic book artist and creator of the original Green Lantern Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), artist and progenitor of the Peale family of American artistsEdmund R. Purves (1897–1964), architectWilliam H. Rau (1855–1920), photographer][9] Seymour Remenick (1923–1999), artistElizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871–1927), painter and founder of Concord Art Association Judith Schermer (born 1941), artist and writer[10] Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), visual experimental artist on sexuality and genderMary B. Schuenemann (1898–1992), painterDenise Scott Brown (born 1931), architect, planner, writer, and educatorSarai Sherman (1922–2013), painter and sculptorGrover Simcox (1867–1966), illustrator, naturalist , and polymath Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863–1935), illustratorWilli Smith (1948–1987), fashion designerZoe Strauss (born 1970), photographerWilliam Strickland (1788–1854), architect and civil engineerThomas Sully (1783–1872), portrait painter of national political leadersHenry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), one of first African-American painters Daniel Traub (born 1971), photographer and filmmakerHorace Trumbauer (1868–1938), architectRobert Venturi (1925–2018), architectThomas Ustick Walter (1804–1887), architect and American Institute of Architects co-founder and presidentAndrew Wyeth (1917–2009), visual artistJamie Wyeth (born 1946), painterN.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), artist and illustratorLily Yeh (born 1941), artist
Frank Baldino Jr. (1953–2010), pharmacologist , scientist, and Cephalon co-founderJohn C. Bogle (1929–2019), investor, money manager, and Vanguard founderAmar Bose (1929–2013), founder and chairman, Bose David L. Cohen (born 1955), senior executive vice president and chief lobbyist for Comcast , chief of staff to Philadelphia Mayor , U.S. ambassador to Canada nomineePat Croce (born 1954), entrepreneur, Philadelphia 76ers executive and part-owner, author, and television personalityGeorge Dashnau (1923–2001), advertising executive who started first mail order delivery service to supply human skulls Charles Henry Davis (1865–1951), businessperson, civil engineer, philanthropist; founded World Peace MovementWarren Lyford DeLano (1972–2009), advocate for increased open sourcing and PyMol creatorGeorge H. Earle Jr. (1856–1928), attorneyMaria Anna Fisher (1819–1911), African American baker, entrepreneur, and philanthropistKenneth Frazier (born 1954), Merck & Co. chief executive officerA. O. Granger (Arthur Otis Granger; 1846–1914), industrialist and soldier[11] Albert M. Greenfield (1887–1967), local realty magnate, philanthropist, and political activistSolomon R. Guggenheim (1861–1949), Yukon Gold Company founder and philanthropist who established Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Richard Hayne (born 1947), Urban Outfitters founder and chief executive officerMichael Johns (born 1964), healthcare executive and former White House presidential speechwriterEldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), Victor Talking Machine Company founderTom Knox , UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania chief executive officer and former Philadelphia mayoral candidateJohn Leamy (1757–1839), Spanish Empire trade pioneer[12] J. Howard Marshall (1905–1995), oil businessman, Koch Industries stakeholder, husband of Anna Nicole Smith George Meade (1741–1808), merchant[13] Richard W. Meade (1778–1828), merchant and art collector[14] Samuel Meeker (1763–1831), merchantJim Murray , Ronald McDonald House Charities co-founder and former Philadelphia Eagles general managerJoel Myers (born 1939), AccuWeather founder and executive chairmanPat Olivieri (1910–1970), founder of Pat's King of Steaks and reputed creator of the cheesesteak William S. Paley (1901–1990), CBS chief executiveRandal Pinkett (born 1971), entrepreneur and The Apprentice 4 Felix Rappaport (1952–2018), Foxwoods Resort and Casino chief executive officerLynda Resnick (born 1943), co-owner of Roll International, which owns POM Wonderful , FIJI Water , and Teleflora Brian L. Roberts (born 1959), Comcast Corporation chairman and chief executive officerMichael G. Rubin (born 1972), Kynetic founder and chief executive officer, Philadelphia 76ers part owner, and GSI Commerce founder and former chief executive officerStephen A. Schwarzman (born 1947), The Blackstone Group founder and chief executive officerEd Snider (1933–2016), Comcast Spectacor chairmanJustus Strawbridge (1838–1911), department store founderBrian Tierney (born 1957), The Philadelphia Inquirer John Wanamaker (1838–1922), department store founderWalter E. Williams (1936–2020), economist, commentator, and academicJames Hood Wright (1836–1894), banker, financier, and corporate director, associate of J. P. Morgan and Thomas Edison William Wrigley Jr. (1861–1932), Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company founder
Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), escort service proprietor known as "The Mayflower Madam"Grover Bergdoll (1893–1966) draft dodger and escaped convict; brother of Erwin Bergdoll Antuan Bronshtein , convicted murderer, reputed Russian Mafia associateAngelo Bruno (1910–1980), Philadelphia crime family bossLegs Diamond (1897–1931), nemesis of mobster Dutch Schultz known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld"Ira Einhorn (1940–2020), environmental and anti-war activist, convicted murderer, and speaker at first Earth Day event in PhiladelphiaMary Jane Fonder (1942–2018), convicted murderer of Rhonda SmithKermit Gosnell (born 1941), convicted of 21 felony counts of illegal late-term abortion Gary Heidnik (1943–1999), convicted murdererPhilip Leonetti (born 1953), underboss of Philadelphia crime family and government informantNicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), mafioso and head of Scarfo crime family
Joe Augustyn , writer and producerKevin Bacon (born 1958), actor and half of The Bacon Brothers Jim Bailey (1938–2015), singer, film, television, and stage actorChuck Barris (1929–2017), actor, composer, writer, director, producer, and game show hostEthel Barrymore (1879–1959), actressJohn Barrymore (1882–1942), actorLionel Barrymore (1878–1954), actor, Mr. Potter in Frank Capra 's It's a Wonderful Life Eddie Barth (1931–2010), actor and voiceover artist[15] Jules Bass (1935–2022), director and composerLaurie Beechman (1953–1998), Broadway singer and actress[16] Willam Belli (born 1982), actor, drag queen, model, and recording artistMaria Bello (born 1967), actress and writerEd Bernard (born 1939), actorJohn Biddle (1925–2008), yachting cinematographer and lecturerEdward Binns (1916–1990), actorJoey Bishop (1918–2007), entertainerDanny Bonaduce (born 1959), actorDavid Boreanaz (born 1969), actorJim Boyd (1933–2013), actorPeter Boyle (1935–2006), actorEl Brendel (1890–1964), vaudeville comedian and actorDavid Brenner (1936–2014), stand-up comedian, actor, and authorRichard Brooks (1912–1992), screenwriter, film director, novelist, and film producerQuinta Brunson , (born 1989), creator Abbott Elementary Matt Bush (born 1986), actor, Adventureland Eugene Byrd , (born 1975), actorMichael Callan (1935-2022), actorGia Marie Carangi (1960–1986), supermodel Joan Carroll (born 1932), coloratura soprano Dick Clark (1929–2012), host, American Bandstand Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Bessie Clayton (1875–1948), Broadway, vaudeville, and burlesque specialty dancer and choreographer[17] Imogene Coca (1908–2001), actress and comedianNathan Cook (1950–1988), actorBradley Cooper (born 1975), actorBill Cosby (born 1937), comedian, actor, and author[18] David Crane (born 1957), writer and producerBroderick Crawford (1911–1986), actorSusan Webb Cushman (1822–1859), stage actressBlythe Danner (born 1943), actressMildred Davis (1901–1969), actressBruce Davison (born 1946), actorJohn de Lancie (born 1948), actorFrancis De Sales (1912–1988), actorKim Delaney (born 1961), actressKat Dennings (born 1986), actressCurly Joe DeRita (1909–1993), comedian, actor, and member of The Three Stooges John Doman (born 1945), actor, The Wire Mike Douglas (1920–2006), singer and television talk show hostGary Dourdan (born 1966), actorRel Dowdell , filmmakerJa'net Dubois (c. 1932–2020), actress and singerCheryl Dunye (born 1966), director, writer, and producerKevin Eubanks (born 1957), musician and leader of The Tonight Show Band Lola Falana (born 1942), dancer and actressNorman Fell (1924–1998), actorTina Fey (born 1970), actress and comedianW. C. Fields (1880–1946), actor and comedianMademoiselle Fifi (1890-1982), dancerLarry Fine (1902–1975), comedian, actor, and member of The Three Stooges Linda Fiorentino (c. 1958), actressKate Flannery (born 1964), actressJeremy Gable (born 1982), playwright and game designerJohn Gallaudet (August 23, 1903 - November 5, 1983), actorRalph Garman (born 1964), actor and radio personalityJanet Gaynor (1906–1984), actressRichard Gere (born 1949), actorTodd Glass (born 1964), comedianAdam F. Goldberg (born 1976), television and film producerRobert X. Golphin (born 1982), actor and filmmakerKate Gosselin (born 1975), reality television personality, Jon and Kate Plus Eight Bruce Graham (1925–2010), playwrightSeth Green (born 1974), actorGrayson Hall (1922–1985), television, film, and stage actressChief Halftown (1917–2003), children's television personalityVeronica Hamel (born 1943), actress and modelKevin Hart (born 1979), comedian and actorRodney Harvey (1967-1998), actorSherman Hemsley (1938–2012), actorEmmaline Henry (1928–1979), actress, I Dream of Jeannie Marc Lamont Hill (born 1978), television hostTigre Hill , producer and directorPaul Hipp (born 1963), actor, musician, and producerWendell Holland (born 1984), Survivor: Ghost Island Billie Holiday (1915–1959), singerKevin Hooks (born 1958), actor and directorAbby Huntsman (born 1986), co-host of The View Mark Indelicato (born 1994), actor, singer (Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty Abbi Jacobson (born 1984), actress, comedian, and co-creator of Broad City Barry Jenner (1941–2016), actorAleeza Ben Shalom , matchmaker, relationship coach, and authorClark Johnson (born 1954), actor and directorNicole Kassell (born 1972), director and writerGeorge Kelly (1887–1974), playwright, screenwriter, director, and actorGrace Kelly (1929–1982), actress and Princess of MonacoMichael Kelly (born 1969), actorIrvin Kershner (1923–2010), director, The Empire Strikes Back Taylor Kinney (born 1981), actor, Vampire Diaries Chicago Fire Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor, The Odd Couple Quincy, M.E. You Again? Da'Vine Joy Randolph (born 1986), Oscar-winning actress.
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Patti LaBelle (born 1944), R&B and soul musician, actress, and entrepreneurMichael Landon (1936–1991), actor, producer, and directorMario Lanza (1921–1959), singer and actorStan Lathan (born 1945), film producer, television producer, and directorAndrew Lawrence (born 1988), actorJoey Lawrence (born 1976), actorMatthew Lawrence (born 1980), actorRaw Leiba (born 1975), actor, stuntman, and sports modelAaron Levinson , producer, musicianBrooke Lewis (born 1975), actress, producer and television personalityShari Lewis (1933–1998), children's television personalityGene London (1931–2020), artist and local children's television personalityLisa Lopes (1971–2002), rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancerDonja R. Love , playwrightSidney Lumet (1924–2011), film directorDavid Lynch (born 1946), film directorJeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), actress and singerStephen Macht (born 1942), actorAbby Mann (1927–2008), film writer and producerMelanie Mayron (born 1952), actressAdam Mazer , writer and Emmy winnerBob McAllister (1935–1998), children's television personalityAndrea McArdle (born 1963), singer, actress, Broadway's original Annie Joan McCracken (1917–1961), dancer and actressPaul McCrane (born 1961), actor and musicianRob McElhenney (born 1977), actor and creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Andrew Repasky McElhinney (born 1978), film director, writer, Museum of Modern Art artist[19] Adam McKay (born 1968), director and writerMary Lou Metzger (born 1950), singer, The Lawrence Welk Show David Mirkin (born 1955), writer and directorSilas Weir Mitchell (born 1969), actorKatherine Moennig (born 1977), actressKelly Monaco (born 1976), model and actressGeorge W. Munroe (1857-1932), actor famous for female impersonation Natalie Nevins (1925–2010), singer, The Lawrence Welk Show J. J. North (born 1964), actressClifford Odets (1906–1963), playwright, director, and screenwriterLeslie Odom Jr. (born 1981), actor and singerAna Ortiz (born 1971), actress, Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty Daphne Oz (born 1986), author, television host on The Chew Holly Robinson Peete (born 1964), actressLisa Peluso (born 1964), actress, Saturday Night Fever Gervase Peterson (born 1969), contestant, original season of Survivor Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), R&B and soul musician, lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Robert Picardo (born 1953), actorS. Henry Pincus (d. 1915), actor, impresario, and inventorNoam Pitlik (1932–1999), actor, television director, and producerJack Polito (born 1941), animatorJon Polito (1950–2016), actor, Miller's Crossing Joe Renzetti , musician, Oscar -winning film composer, The Buddy Holly Story Adele Ritchie (1874–1930), singerMatt Robinson (1937–2002), Sesame Street James Rolfe (born 1980), creator and star of Angry Video Game Nerd internet series and film directorLisa Roma (1892–1965), operatic soprano and music educatorJ. D. Roth (born 1968), actor and game show hostBob Saget (1956–2022), actor, comedian, and game show hostMathew St. Patrick (born 1968), actorDiane Salinger (born 1951), actressCamillia Sanes , actress, The Shield Jessica Savitch (1947–1983), local and national news broadcaster, NBC Bill Scott (1920–1985), voice actor, voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose , Mr. Peabody , and Dudley Do-Right Vivienne Segal (1897–1992), actressSusan Seidelman (born 1952), film director, television director, Desperately Seeking Susan Sex and the City Howard Merrill Shelley (1879-1956), playwrightCraig Shoemaker (born 1962), stand-up comedian and film and television producerJimmy Shubert , stand-up comedianM. Night Shyamalan (born 1970), film director, The Sixth Sense Signs Penny Singleton (1908–2003), radio, film, and voice actressJack Thomas Smith (born 1969), horror filmmaker[20] Toukie Smith (born 1952), model and actressWill Smith (born 1968), actor, hip-hop recording artist, half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince , record producer, four time Grammy -winner[21] David Smyrl (1935–2016), actor and television writer, Sesame Street [22] Harry Snodgrass (born 1963), sound designer, supervisor, and editor, Alien 3 Napoleon Dynamite Hot Shots! Part Deux Robin Hood Men in Tights Tom Snyder (1936–2007), news and entertainment personality, NBC Sally Starr (1923–2013), children's television personalityJoey Stefano (1968–1994), dancer, actor, and gay porn starParker Stevenson (born 1952), actorCharles Stone III (born 1966), film director and creator of Budweiser 's "Whassup? " advertising campaignHolland Taylor (born 1943), actressTeller (born 1948), magician and half of Penn & Teller Frank Tinney (1878–1940), vaudeville comedianPaul F. Tompkins (born 1968), actor and comedianJean Vander Pyl (1919–1999), actress, voice of Wilma Flintstone and Rosie the Robot Maid Tom Verica (born 1964), actorNancy Walker (1922–1992), actress and directorBrendan Walter (born 1986), actor, director, and guitaristBruce Walsh , playwrightJeff Ward (born 1986), actorWee Willie Webber (1929–2010), local radio and television personalityJohn Sylvester White (1919–1988), television actorKaren Malina White (born 1965), actressNafessa Williams , actressKenya D. Williamson , actress and screenwriterThomas F. Wilson (born 1959), actor and stand-up comicDanny Woodburn (born 1964), actor and comedianEd Wynn (1886–1966), actor and comedian, Uncle Albert in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins John Zacherle (1918–2016), actor, producer, and television horror host
David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon and teacher[1] Robert Aitken (1734–1802), publisher of first Bible in North America[1] Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), novelist[1] Andrew Allen (1740–1825), delegate to Continental Congress [1] Harrison Allen (1841–1897), anatomist and physician[1] Joseph Anderson (1757–1837), United States Senator [1] Henry Graham Ashmead (1838–1920), historian of Delaware County, Pennsylvania Mary Stevens Beall (1854–1917), historian, writer, librarianCharles John Biddle (1819–1873), U.S. House of Representatives memberEdward Biddle (1738–1779), American Founding Father , soldier, lawyer, statesman, and delegate to Continental Congress Francis Biddle (1886–1968), U.S. Solicitor General , U.S. Attorney General , and Nuremberg trials principal judgeNicholas Biddle (1786–1844), financier and Second Bank of the United States presidentNicholas Biddle (1750–1778), Continental Navy original captainRichard Biddle (1796–1847), U.S. House of Representatives memberJohn C. Bowers (1811–1873), entrepreneur, organist, and vestryman , and founding member of first Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Thomas Bowers (c. 1823–1885), concert artistEd Bradley (1941–2006), CBS News radio journalist and television journalistHenry "Box" Brown (c.1815–1897), abolitionist who escaped to freedom by arranging to have himself mailed in crate to abolitionists in PhiladelphiaWilliam C. Bullitt, Jr. (1891–1967), diplomat who conducted special mission to negotiate with Vladimir Lenin on behalf of the 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), author, journalist, and teacherSamuel Carpenter (1649–1714), first Pennsylvania Treasurer and deputy governor to William Penn Octavius Valentine Catto (1839–1871), educator, civil rights activist, and baseball playerEmilie Davis (1839–1889), writer who kept American Civil War diaryEmma V. Day (1853–1895), missionary to LiberiaMarguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), author and illustratorBranson DeCou (1892-1941), photographer and travelerSarah Jane Corson Downs (1822-1891), president, New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790), American Founding Father and polymath Harriet Schneider French (1824–1906), physician and temperance movement activistHenry George (1839–1897), political economist and author, inspired economic philosophy known as Georgism T. Adelaide Goodno (1858-1931), social reformerCharlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), abolitionist, poet, and educatorBenjamin Guggenheim (1865–1912), businessman who died aboard the RMS Titanic Andrew Harris , abolitionist and minister; first African American to graduate from the University of Vermont[23] John von Sonnentag de Havilland (1826–1886), American officer of arms in EnglandA. Leon Higginbotham Jr. (1928–1998), Kerner Commission commissioner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipientAntonija Höffern (1803–1871), Slovenian noblewoman and educator, first Slovenian woman to immigrate to the United States[24] John A. Hostetler (1918–2001), author, educator, and Amish and Hutterite scholarRebecca Jones (1739-1818), Quaker minister and educator[25] Grace Kelly (1929–1982), princess of Monaco and actressGeorge Lippard (1822–1854), novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, and labor organizerAlain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954), writer, Harlem Renaissance figure, and first African American Rhodes Scholar Henry C. McCook (1837–1911), entomologist , clergyman, author, and Philadelphia city flag designerJoseph McKenna (1843–1926), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, U.S. Attorney General , and U.S. House of Representatives memberThomas Mifflin (1744–1800), Continental Army major general, fifth president of U.S. Congress, first Pennsylvania governor, and Founding Father [1] Anna Balmer Myers (1884–1972), authorRobert N. C. Nix Jr. (1928–2003), chief justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Mrs. A. M. Palmer (1848-1923), clubwoman and civic leaderAnne Parrish (1760–1800), Quaker philanthropistGeorge W. Pepper (1867–1961), attorney and U.S. SenatorWilliam Pepper (1843–1898), Free Library of Philadelphia founder and University of Pennsylvania provostHenry L. Phillips (1847–1947), African American social reformer and Episcopal priest; born in Jamaica Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837), physician known as father of American surgery[1] Marcus Aurelius Root (1808–1888), leading daguerreotypist and authorBetsy Ross (1752–1836), sewed first American flag known as the Betsy Ross flag [1] Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence Peggy Shippen (1760–1804), to American Revolution traitor Benedict Arnold and highest-paid spy in the American Revolution Leon Sullivan (1922–2001), Baptist minister and social activistManuel Torres (1762–1822), first Colombian ambassador to the U.S.[26] Thomas Truxton (1755–1822), American naval officer who rose to commodore Frank J. Webb (1828–c. 1894), novelist, poet, essayist, and writer
Isaac Ashmead (1790–1870), printer who served in the War of 1812 Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), science fiction author[27] Tony Auth (1942–2014), editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize and Herblock Prize winnerDoug Banks (1958–2016), nationally syndicated morning radio host[28] Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959–2011), authorDonald Barthelme (1931–1989), authorStan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005), children's writing and illustration coupleEvelyn Berckman (1900–1978), authorBen Bova (1932–2020), science fiction authorMary D. R. Boyd (1809–1893), children's book authorEd Bradley (1941–2006), journalist, 60 Minutes Tony Bruno (born 1952), sports radio talk show hostMaxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954), novelist, poet, and authorNathaniel Burt (1913–2003), novelist, poet, composer, and authorFrancesca Anna Canfield (1803–1833), linguist and writerAngelo Cataldi (born 1951), sports radio hostRenee Chenault-Fattah (born 1957), WCAU-TV news anchor and wife of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah Mary M. Cohen (1854–1911), social economist , journalist, belletrist , and educatorFritz Coleman (born 1948), KNBC chief meteorologistMichael Connelly (born 1956), authorBenjamin De Casseres (1873–1945), journalist, critic, essayist, and poetJoseph Dennie (1768–1812), essaysist, The Lay Preacher , and The Port Folio Pete Dexter (born 1943), journalist, novelist, and National Book Award -winnerCatharine H. Esling (1812–1897), hymn writer and poetJohn Facenda (1913-1984), broadcaster and sports announcerCourtney Friel (born 1980), KTLA-TV news anchor and reporterCharles Fuller (1939–2022), playwright, Pulitzer Prize for Drama recipient, and Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play winnerJim Gardner (born 1948), WPVI-TV news anchorMike Golic (born 1962), ESPN radio and television personality, Philadelphia Eagles professional football playerDavid Goodis (1917–1967), authorTerry Gross (born 1951), radio host and co-executive producer, Fresh Air John Harvey (born 1951), radio and television personalityEvalena Fryer Hedley (1865-1943), journalist, editor, and authorAries Keck , author and radio reporterSuzy Kolber (born 1964), television sportscasterAndrea Kremer (born 1959), television sportscasterBob Lassiter (1945–2006), left-wing radio hostMark Levin (born 1957), lawyer, author, and radio personalityRachel Levin (born 1995), YouTuber , and beauty guruJonathan Maberry (born 1958), suspense author, anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator, writing teacher and lecturerMichelle Malkin (born 1970), political commentatorChris Matthews (born 1945), NBC and MSNBC journalist and talk show hostEdith May (1827–1903), writer and poetBrian McDonough , medical editor, author, and physicianJim McKay (1921–2008), ABC sports journalistChris McKendry (born 1968), ESPN SportsCenter Larry Mendte (born 1957), KYW-TV news anchorJames A. Michener (1907–1997), authorAubertine Woodward Moore (1841–1929), musician, writer, musical critic, translator, and lecturerFrances Trego Montgomery (1858 – 1925), American children's book writerChristopher Morley (1890–1957), novelist, short-story writer, and poetWesley Morris (born 1975), film critic and podcast hostThom Nickels , author and journalistJoe Queenan (born 1950), author and humoristMatthew Quick (born 1973), author, The Silver Linings Playbook Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), novelist and short-story writerChaim Potok (1929–2002), novelist and author, The Chosen The Promise Richard P. Powell (1908–1999), novelistBeasley Reece (born 1954), KYW-TV sports journalist and former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles Dave Roberts (born 1936), WPVI-TV meteorologist and former co-host, AM Philadelphia Lisa Scottoline (born 1955), author and attorneyPeter Shellem (1960–2009), Patriot News Vai Sikahema (born 1962), WCAU-TV sports journalist and former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles Michael Smerconish (born 1962), WPHT-AM radio talk show host, Philadelphia Daily News MSNBC political analystAnna Bustill Smith (1862–1945), author, genealogist, and suffragistStephen A. Smith (born 1967), ESPN radio and television personality, Philadelphia Inquirer Arthur R. G. Solmssen (1928–2018), attorney and novelistLouise Stockton (1838-1914), author, journalist, club organizerKristie Lu Stout (born 1974), journalistDuane Swierczynski (born 1972), author and former Philadelphia City Paper Omar Tyree (born 1969), authorJeannette Walworth (1835–1918), novelist and journalistUkee Washington (born 1958), KYW-TV news anchorJesse Watters (born 1978), political commentator and authorJennifer Weiner (born 1970), authorKristen Welker (born 1976), television journalist and NBC News White House correspondentWalt Whitman (1819–1892), poet, essayist, and journalistWilliam Wharton (1925–2008), author, Birdy
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1886–1950), U.S. Army general, Air Force general, and World War I hero known as father of the U.S. Air ForceAlbert Blithe (1923–1967), U.S. Army paratrooper featured in Band of Brothers Louis H. Carpenter (1839–1916), Brigadier General , Medal of Honor recipient and veteran, Civil War, American Indian War, and Spanish–American WarGeorge F. Good Jr. (1901–1991), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general, commanded Marine defense battalions during World War IIWilliam Guarnere (1923–2014), U.S. Army staff sergeant featured in Band of Brothers Alexander Haig (1924–2010), U.S. military officer, diplomat, U.S. Secretary of StateEdward Heffron (1923–2013), U.S. Army Private featured in Band of Brothers John Lawson (1837–1919), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipientGeorge B. McClellan (1826–1885), Union Army general and presidential candidateH. R. McMaster (born 1962), major general and presidential chief of staffJohn J. McVeigh (1921–1944), Medal of Honor recipient for actions during Battle for Brest George Gordon Meade (1815–1872), Union army general and victor at the Battle of Gettysburg Thomas H. Neill (1826–1885), Union Army generalJohn C. Pemberton (1814–1881), Commander of Confederate defenders at Siege of Vicksburg Charles Sutherland (1831–1895), Surgeon General of U.S. Army
Andrew Adgate (1762–1793), musician, founder of music schools, and choir director[1] Al Alberts (1922–2009), singer, The Four Aces Emily Yacina , singer-songwriterMarian Anderson (1897–1993), opera singer and contralto Frankie Avalon (born 1940), singer and actorBaauer (born 1989), DJ and producerRachel Bagby , author, composer, singer, and composerBahamadia (born 1966), rapper known as BahamadiaPearl Bailey (1918–1990), singer, dancer, and actressCharli Baltimore (born 1974), hip hop artistSamuel Barber (1910–1981), composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, music educator, and composerLen Barry (1942–2020), recording star, vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, record producer, author, and poetToni Basil (born 1943), singer, "Mickey "Eric Bazilian (born 1953), singer and musician, co-founder of The Hooters Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960), concert organist, teacher, and church musicianSteve Berlin , (born 1955), keyboardist and saxophone player, Los Lobos Emile Berliner (1851–1929), inventor of the flat disc record, the gramophone, founder of Victor Talking Machine Company , and Gramophone Company Frankie Beverly (1946–2024, R&B singer and musician, founder and lead singer of Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Charlie Biddle (1926–2003), jazz bassistBilal (born 1979), neo-soul singer and musicianCindy Birdsong (born 1939), founding member, Labelle , and replacement member, Diana Ross & the Supremes Joe Bonsall (born 1948), country music singer and member of The Oak Ridge Boys Dante Bucci (1980–2014), handpan musicianLil Dicky (born 1988), rapper known as "Lil Dicky"Solomon Burke (1940–2010), R&B singerUri Caine (born 1956), composer, arranger, and jazz pianistSabrina Carpenter (born 1999), singer, songwriter, actressCassidy (born 1982), rapperSarah Chang (born 1980), child prodigy violinist with major orchestrasChubby Checker (born 1941), singerStanley Clarke (born 1951), bassistAlice Cohen (born 1958), singer and songwriter known as Alice DesotoJohn Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz saxophonistNorman Connors (born 1947), singerTommy Conwell (born 1962), guitarist, songwriter, and performerCool C (born 1969), rapperJim Croce (1943–1973), singerDalex (born 1990), singerJames Darren (1936–2024), singer and actorRick DeJesus (born 1983), lead singer, Adelitas Way James DePreist (1936–2013), orchestra conductorDieselboy (born 1972), drum and bass DJ and producerFred Diodati , lead singer, The Four Aces Diplo (born 1978), DJ and producerBill Doggett (1916–1996), jazz and R&B organist and pianistGail Ann Dorsey (born 1962), bassistCharles Earland (1941–1999), organistNathan East (born 1955), jazz, R&B, rock bass player, and vocalistKevin Eubanks (born 1957), jazz guitaristRobin Eubanks (born 1955), jazz trombonistDuane Eubanks (born 1969), jazz trumpeterEve (born 1978), rapper and actressFabian (born 1943), singer and actorNick Falcon (born 1968), guitarist, composer, lyricist, and singerSheila Ferguson (born 1947), singer, The Three DegreesWilhelmenia Fernandez (born 1949), opera singer and soprano Rachelle Ferrell (born 1961), jazz vocalistEddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer and actorSam Fogarino (born 1968), rock music drummer, Interpol Freeway (born 1978), rapperKenny Gamble (born 1943), producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records Melody Gardot (born 1985), jazz singerStan Getz (1927–1991), jazz saxophonistBenny Golson (1929–2024), jazz saxophonistCharlie Gracie (1936–2022), rock singerGogi Grant (1924–2016), singer, "The Wayward Wind "Anthony Green (born 1982), singer, Saosin and Circa Survive Vivian Green (born 1979), R&B singerDaryl Hall (born 1946), singer and half of Hall & Oates duoJoseph Hallman (born 1979), composer, arranger, singer, and producerRufus Harley (1936–2006), jazz musician and first jazz musician to use Great Highland bagpipe as primary instrumentRobert Hazard (1948–2008), new wave musician and composerAlbert Heath (born 1935), jazz drummerJimmy Heath (1926–2020), jazz saxophonistPercy Heath (1923–2005), jazz bassistLeon Huff (born 1942), producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records Phyllis Hyman (1949–1995), R&B and jazz vocalistDJ Jazzy Jeff (born 1965), hip-hop DJ, neo-soul producer, and half DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince duoJoan Jett (born 1958), rock musicianPhilly Joe Jones (1923–1985), jazz drummerKitty Kallen (1921–2016), pop singerJason Karaban , singer and songwriterTom Keifer (born 1961), glam metal vocalist, Cinderella Keith (born 1949), singer who wrote "98.6 "Bill Kenny (1914–1978), singerKhia (born 1977), rapperKing Britt (born 1968), house DJ and producerKurupt (born 1972), rapperPatti LaBelle (born 1944), R&B & soul singer and actressMario Lanza (1921–1959), operatic singerLil Uzi Vert (born 1995), rapper and hip hop artistLynda 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 singerLisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971–2002), member, TLC Monie Love (born 1970), rapper and radio personalityLeonard MacClain (1899–1967), theatre organistAl Martino (1927–2009), singer and actor, Johnny Fontane in The Godfather Pat Martino (1944–2021), jazz guitaristBarbara Mason (born 1947), R&B singer and composerChristian McBride (born 1972), jazz bassistMarian Anderson (1897–1993), gospel singerMarshmello (born 1992), DJ and producerMeek Mill (born 1987), rapperLizzy McAlpine (born 1999), singer and songwriter.[29] Ms. Jade (born 1979), hip hop artistLee Morgan (1938–1972), jazz trumpeter and composerJames Mtume (1946-2022), R&B and jazz musician and founder of Mtume Musiq Soulchild (born 1977), R&B and neo-soul singerJames E. Myers (1919–2001), songwriter, actor, and co-writer of "Rock Around the Clock "Marc Nelson (born 1971), R&B singer, Boyz II Men and Az YetLobo Nocho (1919–1997), jazz singer[30] John Oates (born 1948), singer and half of Hall & Oates duoMaurie Orodenker (1908–1993), journalist, music critic, and advertising agency executive who coined the term "rock and roll "Hugh Panaro (born 1964), tenor singer, Broadway and operaBilly Paul (1934–2016), Grammy Award-winning soul singerVinnie Paz (born 1977), rapper, founder of Jedi Mind Tricks and Army of the Pharaohs Peedi Peedi (born 1977), rapperTeddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), R&B singer, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Christina Perri (born 1986), singerVincent Persichetti (1915–1987), composer and music educatorPink (born 1979), R&B and rock music singerFayette Pinkney (1948–2009), singer, The Three Degrees Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), jazz keyboardistPrincess Superstar (born 1971), hip hop performerQuestlove (born 1971), drummer, producer, DJ, writer, journalist, and photographerSun Ra (1914–1993), jazz pianist and band leaderDanny Rapp (1941–1983), singer, Danny & the Juniors Joe Renzetti , guitarist and Oscar Award winnerRes , R&B singerRJD2 (born 1976), producerPaul Robeson (1898–1976), singer, activist, attorney, and All-American collegiate athletePnB Rock (1991–2022) rapperJack Rose (1971–2009), guitaristTodd Rundgren (born 1948), musician, singer, songwriter, and producerBobby Rydell (born 1942–2022), singer and actorSantigold (born 1976), punk singerJohn Sebastian (1914–1980), classical harmonica player and composerDanny Sembello (1963-2015), R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalistMichael Sembello (born 1954), R&B singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and songwriterSchoolly D (born 1962), rapperJill Scott (born 1972), R&B and neo-soul singerShirley Scott (1934–2002), organistMusiq Soulchild (born 1977), R&B and neo-soul singerDee Dee Sharp (born 1945), singer and actressGene Shay (1935–2020), folk music musicianOscar Shumsky (1917–2000), violinist and conductorBeanie Sigel (born 1974), rapperBunny Sigler (1941–2017), R&B singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producerSteady B (born 1969), rapperJazmine Sullivan (born 1987), R&B and soul singer-songwriter, 2-time Grammy award winner, and 2-time BET Award -winnerTaylor Swift (born 1989), singer-songwriter, 14-time Grammy award winner, 2023 Apple Music Artist of the yearWilliam Takacs (born 1973), trumpet playerTammi Terrell (1945–1970), soul, R&B, and Motown singerRussell Thompkins Jr. (born 1951), soul and R&B singerTariq "Black Thought" Trotter (born 1973), lead MC and co-founder, The Roots Robbie Tronco , DJIra Tucker (1925–2008), lead singer, The Dixie Hummingbirds McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), jazz pianist and composer, John Coltrane quartetCharlie Ventura (born 1916), tenor saxophonist and band leaderKurt Vile (born 1980), guitarist and vocalistLee Ving (born 1950), singer and songwriter, frontman of hardcore punk band Fear Johannes von Trapp (born 1939), singer and member of Trapp Family Evan Sewell Wallace (1982–2017), singer, songwriter, and rapper known as "E-Dubble"Clara Ward (1924–1973), gospel singerGrover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), jazz saxophonist and founder of smooth jazz genreCrystal Waters (born 1961), dance and house music singerEthel Waters (1896–1977), blues singer and actressAndré Watts (1946–2023), pianistPamela Williams (born 1963), jazz saxophonistJosh Wink (born 1970), DJ and electronic music producerKaren Young (1951–1991), disco singer
Leon Abbett (1836–1894), New Jersey governor [1] Lynne Abraham (born 1941), Philadelphia district attorneyWilliam Allen (1704–1780), Philadelphia mayor[1] Chris Bartlett (born 1966), LGBT activistRaj Bhakta (born 1975), Congressional candidate and contestant, The Apprentice Season 2 Michael J. Bradley (1897–1979), U.S. House of Representatives memberWinfield S. Braddock (1848–1920), Wisconsin State Assembly memberBob Brady (born 1945), member, U.S. House of Representatives , Philadelphia mayoral candidate, NBC Universal and Independence Blue Cross lobbyistRaymond J. Broderick (1914–2000), U.S. federal judgeWilliam T. Cahill (1912–1996), New Jersey governorAshton Carter (born 1954), physicist, Harvard University professor, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Augusta Clark (1932–2013), librarian, politician, lawyer, and second African-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council [31] Joseph S. Clark (1901–1990), Philadelphia mayor and U.S. SenatorMark B. Cohen (born 1949), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives , Democratic leader of Pennsylvania House, and chairman, House Labor Relations CommitteeHenry Conner (1837–died[ when? ] Wisconsin State Senate George M. Dallas (1792–1864), U.S. vice president[1] Richardson Dilworth (1898–1974), attorney, Philadelphia district attorney , and Philadelphia mayorDwight E. Evans (born 1954), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives and former Philadelphia mayoral candidateGeorge H. Earle Sr. (1823–1907), founder of the Republican Party, abolitionist, and lawyer who represented fugitive slavesChaka Fattah (born 1956), member, U.S. House of Representatives and former Philadelphia mayoral candidateDouglas J. Feith (born 1953), Undersecretary of Defense and Iraq policy adviserTom Feeney (born 1958), Florida politicianJames Forten (1766–1842), African-American businessman, abolitionist leader, and sailmakerBenjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Founding Father , polymath , writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, political philosopherShirley Franklin (born 1945), Atlanta majorMifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823–1915), lawyer, judge, diplomat, and bankerBenjamin Goldman (born 1960), political advisorW. Wilson Goode (born 1938), Philadelphia mayorW. Wilson Goode Jr. (born 1965), Philadelphia City Council at-large memberOscar Goodman (born 1939), attorney and former Las Vegas mayorJames P. Gourley , Pennsylvania House of Representatives memberWilliam H. Gray (1941–2013), Baptist minister, U.S. House of Representatives member, and former United Negro College Fund presidentWilliam J. Green III (born 1938), Philadelphia major and U.S. House of Representatives memberSimon Guggenheim (1867–1941), U.S. Senator and philanthropistAlexander Haig (1924–2010), U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff Richard Helms (1913–2002), Central Intelligence Agency directorCharles W. Heyl (1857–1936), businessman, fire chief, and politicianMichael Johns (born 1964), White House presidential speechwriterJoseph L. Kun (1882–1961), judge, Philadelphia Court of Common PleasGeorge Landenberger (1879–1936), American Samoa governor Frank J. Larkin (born 1955), U.S. Senate sergeant at arms [32] John J. McCloy (1895–1989), Chase Manhattan Bank and Ford Foundation chairman, Assistant U.S. Secretary of War during World War II , and Allies' high commissioner of GermanyRobert F. McDonnell (born 1954), Virginia governor Katie McGinty (born 1963), U.S. Senate nominee, chair, Council on Environmental Quality , and former chief of staff to Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf J. Whyatt Mondesire (1949–2015), president, NAACP Philadelphia chapterCecil B. Moore (1915–1979), Philadelphia city council member and civil rights activistPatrick Murphy (born 1973), member, U.S. House of RepresentativesBenjamin Netanyahu (born 1949), current Prime Minister of Israel Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (1898–1987), member, U.S. House of RepresentativesMichael A. Nutter (born 1957), Philadelphia mayor and member, Philadelphia City Council Dennis M. O'Brien (born 1952), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania House of Representatives speakerTony J. Payton Jr. (born 1981), member, Pennsylvania House of RepresentativesBoies Penrose (1860–1921), U.S. Senator and party bossHarriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), abolitionist leaderCharles H. Ramsey (born 1950), Philadelphia police commissionerSamuel J. Randall (1828–1890), U.S. House of Representatives member and Speaker of the House [33] Ed Rendell (born 1944), Pennsylvania governor, Philadelphia mayor, and Philadelphia district attorneyFrank Rizzo (1920–1991), Philadelphia mayor and police commissionerJohn Robbins (1808–1880), U.S. House of Representatives member[34] Allyson Schwartz (born 1948), member, U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Smith (born 1805), Indiana Supreme Court justice, Pennsylvania General Assembly member, and writerArlen Specter (1930–2012), U.S. Senator and Philadelphia district attorneyBen Stahl (1915–1998), labor leader and activistJohn F. Street (born 1943), Philadelphia mayorMilton Street (1941–2022), entrepreneur, Pennsylvania state legislator, and Philadelphia City Council candidateNorman Sussman (1905–1969), Wisconsin state senatorJoel Barlow Sutherland (1792–1861), member, U.S. House of Representatives Al Taubenberger (born 1953), Philadelphia mayoral candidateJohn Timoney (1948–2016), Philadelphia police commissioner and Miami police chiefGregory Tony (born 1978), Sheriff of Broward County, Florida [35] C. Delores Tucker (1927–2005), civil rights activist and Pennsylvania Secretary of StateAnna C. Verna (1931–2021), Philadelphia City Council member and presidentCharles A. Waters (1892–1972), Pennsylvania Auditor General, State Treasurer, and president judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common PleasR. Seth Williams (born 1967), Philadelphia district attorneyFernando Wood (1812–1881), Mayor of New York
Chris Achuff (born 1975), defensive line coach, Syracuse University John Abadie (1854–1905), professional baseball player, Brooklyn Atlantics and Philadelphia Athletics [36] Cal Abrams (1924–1997), professional baseball player, Baltimore Orioles , Brooklyn Dodgers , Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds , and Pittsburgh Pirates Chris Albright (born 1979), MLS defender, FC Cincinnati Dick Allen (1942–2020), professional baseball player, Chicago White Sox , Oakland Athletics , Los Angeles Dodgers , Philadelphia Phillies , and St. Louis Cardinals , National League Rookie of the Year , and seven-time All-Star Doug Allison (1846–1916), first professional baseball player ever to use a baseball glove[36] Eddie Alvarez (born 1984), mixed martial artist, ONE Championship , UFC Lightweight ChampionRubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), professional baseball player, general manager, and coachPaul Arizin (1928–2006), professional basketball player, Camden Bullets and Philadelphia Warriors Deion Barnes (born 1993), professional football player, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets Reds Bassman (1913–2010), professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles Bert Bell (1895–1959), founder of Philadelphia Eagles football team and former NFL commissionerErwin Bergdoll (1890–1965) former auto racer and draft dodger; brother of Grover Bergdoll Barney Berlinger (1908–2002), 1928 Summer Olympics decathlete Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), 2004 Summer Olympics gymnastTyrell Biggs (born 1960), boxer, 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalistEd Blaney (born 1951), retired professional soccer player[37] Audrey Bleiler (1933–1975), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, South Bend Blue Sox Chaim Bloom (born 1983), Boston Red Sox chief baseball officerThomas Brennan (1922–2003), professional hockey player, Boston Bruins Charles Brewer (born 1969), boxer and IBF super middleweight championDerek Bryant (born 1971) former heavyweight boxer[38] Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), professional basketball player and five-time NBA Finals championMichael Brooks (1958–2016), professional basketball playerRoy Campanella (1921–1993), professional baseball player, three-time National League Most Valuable Player [36] Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), professional basketball player and two-time NBA championBen Clime (1891–1973), professional football playerRandall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), boxer and actorTim Cooney (born 1990), professional baseball playerDon Cohan (1930–2018), 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, sailingBrian Cohen (born 1976), professional boxerJulia Cohen (born 1989) professional tennis playerSteve Coleman (born 1950), professional football playerBobby Convey (born 1983), professional soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes and the U.S. Men's National Soccer team Tyrone Crawley (1958–2021), boxerFran Crippen (1984–2010), professional swimmerMaddy Crippen (born 1980), swimmer in 2000 OlympicsRay Culp (born 1941), Phillies right-handed pitcher and runner-up to Dick Allen for National League Rookie of the YearSteve Cunningham (born 1976), boxer and cruiserweight championBrandon Davies (born 1991), American-born Ugandan professional basketball playerMatthew "Super" DeLisi (born 2000), esports playerOllie Dobbins (born 1941), football playerBuster Drayton (born 1952), boxer and light middleweight (super welterweight) championJon Drummond (born 1968), track and field athlete, 1996 and 2000 Olympic medalistDave Dunaway (1945–2001), professional football playerAngelo Dundee (1921–2012), boxing trainerFred Dunlap (1859–1902), professional baseball player[36] John Edelman (born 1935), professional baseball playerGary 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 memberJahri Evans (born 1983), professional football playerPaul Felder (born 1984), mixed martial artist with UFC and Cage Fury Fighting Championships D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player, Israeli National League Craig Fitzgerald , professional football coachJoe Flacco (born 1985), professional football playerFrancine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestling valet, Extreme Championship Wrestling Joe Frazier (1944–2011), boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medalist and former world heavyweight championMarvis Frazier (born 1960), boxerHarry Fritz (1890–1974), baseball playerJim "Sandman" Fullington (born 1963), professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE Mark Gerban (born 1979), first world champion rower, Palestine Eddie George (born 1973), professional football player and Heisman Trophy winnerKerry Getz (born 1975), professional skateboarderJoey Giardello (1930–2008), professional boxer and middleweight championTom Gola (1933–2014), professional basketball player, La Salle University men's basketball head coach, and Philadelphia mayoral candidateBrent Grimes (born 1983), professional football playerRandy Grossman (born 1952), professional football player and four-time Super Bowl ChampionMark Gubicza (born 1962), professional baseball playerDrew Gulak (born 1987), professional wrestlerMatt Guokas (born 1944), professional basketball player and coachBrendan Hansen (born 1981), Olympic swimmerEric Harding (born 1972), boxerMarvin Harrison (born 1972), professional football playerKirk Hershey (1918–1979), professional football playerBill Holland (1907–1984), 1949 Indianapolis 500 winner and three-time second-place finisherBernard Hopkins (born 1965), boxer and world middleweight championDemetrius Hopkins (born 1980), boxerAllen Iverson (born 1975), Philadelphia 76ers professional basketball player, 11-time All-Star, NBA MVP, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member[39] Michael Iaconelli (born 1972) professional bass angler and winner of 2003 Bassmaster ClassicReggie Jackson (born 1946), Hall of Fame baseball playerJudith Jamison (born 1943), dancer; choreographer, and artistic director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Joe Judge (born 1981), professional football head coach, New York Giants Gabe Kapler (born 1976), professional baseball player and managerJohn B. Kelly Sr. (1889–1960), triple Olympic gold medal winner, rowing John B. Kelly Jr. (1927–1985), champion rowerFlorian Kempf (born 1956), football player[40] Matt Kilroy (1866–1940), professional baseball player[36] Sam Kimber (1854–1925), professional baseball playerBart King (1873–1965), cricket bowler Kenny Koplove (born 1993), baseball playerMike Koplove (born 1976), professional baseball pitcherJulian Krinsky , tennis playerRick Lackman (1910–1990), professional football playerDave LaCrosse (born 1955), professional playerSonny Liston (c.1930–c. 1970), boxer and world heavyweight championTommy Loughran (1902–1982), boxer and light heavyweight championHarry Luff (1856-1916), Major League Baseball playerJohn Macionis (1916–2012), Olympic swimmer, 1936 silver medalistBrooke Makler (1951–2010), Olympic fencerPaul Makler Jr. (born 1946), Olympic fencerPaul Makler Sr. (1920–2022), Olympic fencerDonovan McNabb (born 1976), professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles Dick McBride (1847–1916), baseball player and managerJohn McDermott (1891–1971), professional golferBenny McLaughlin (1928–2012), professional soccer player and member, U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame Jake Metz (born 1991), football playerLevi Meyerle (1849–1921), professional baseball player[36] Nate Miller (born 1963), boxer and cruiserweight championAlvin Mitchell (born 1943), football playerTony Morgano (1913–1984), boxerWillie Mosconi (1913–1993), professional billiards playerMatthew Saad Muhammad (1954–2014), boxer and light heavyweight championBrowning Nagle (born 1968), professional football playerJim O'Brien (born 1952), NBA coachVince Papale (born 1946), professional football player, inspiration for the movie Invincible Kyle Pitts (born 2000), professional football player, Atlanta Falcons Mike Powell (born 1963), track and field athlete, 1988 and 1992 Olympic silver medalist and current long jump world record holderZahir Raheem (born 1976), boxer and 1996 OlympianJack Ramsay (1925–2014), basketball coach, Saint Joseph's College men's team, NBA coach, general manager, television commentator, and Hall of FamerMerrill Reese (born 1942), Philadelphia Eagles radio broadcasterDavid Reid (born 1973), boxer, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, light middleweightStevie Richards (born 1971), professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE Robin Roberts (1926–2010), Phillies right-handed pitcher, Cy Young Award recipient, and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ivan Robinson (born 1971), boxerAllen Rosenberg (1931–2013), rower and rowing coachMike Schmidt (born 1949), Phillies Golden Glove third baseman and member of Baseball Hall of Fame Vic Seixas (1923–2024), tennis playerKirk Shelmerdine (born 1958), NASCAR driver and crew chiefEd Sheridan (born 1957), retired professional soccer playerSteve Slaton (born 1986), NFL playerGunboat Smith (1887–1974), boxer turned actor and boxing refereeFrank Spellman (1922–2017), Olympic champion weightlifterDavid Starr (born 1991), professional wrestlerJohn Sterling (1865–1908), professional baseball playerHarry Stovey (1856–1937), professional baseball player[36] Joe Sugden (1870–1959), professional baseball playerCavan Sullivan (born 2009), professional soccer player; youngest person to appear in a league match for a major professional league in the United StatesQuinn Sullivan (born 2004), professional soccer playerEric Tangradi (born 1989), professional hockey playerMeldrick Taylor (born 1966), boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, welterweight and junior welterweight championAaron Torres (born 1978), boxer and contestant on The Contender 2 Najai Turpin (1981–2005), boxer and contestant on The Contender Harp Vaughan (1903–1978), professional football playerIosif Vitebskiy (born 1938), Soviet/Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion fencer and fencing coachJohn Waerig (born 1976), professional football playerSteve Wagner (born 1967), Olympic field hockey playerBobby "Boogaloo" Watts (born 1949), boxerCharles Way (born 1972), professional football playerMaia Weintraub (born 2002), national champion and Olympic foil fencerReece Whitley (born 2000), swimmer and former Sports Illustrated Erik Williams (born 1968), professional football player, Dallas Cowboys Ike Williams (1923–1994), boxer and lightweight championJoe Williams (born 1942) former football playerStevie Williams (born 1979), professional skateboarder[ clarification needed ] Brad Wanamaker (born 1989), professional basketball player, Boston Celtics Ned Williamson (1857–1894), professional baseball player[36] George Winslow (born 1963), professional football playerJimmy Young (1948–2005), boxerPhiladelphia native basketball players
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