39.9528° N, 75.1636° W — 5,498 FAMOUS PEOPLE
PHILADELPHIA
Most Famous People Born in Philadelphia, USA
A comprehensive ledger of notable people across arts, science, politics, sport, and public life.
Grace Kelly
1929 - 1982
Will Smith
Born 1968
Bradley Cooper
Born 1975
Billie Holiday
1915 - 1959
Bill Cosby
Born 1937
Richard Gere
Born 1949
Kevin Bacon
Born 1958
Man Ray
1890 - 1976
Wilt Chamberlain
1936 - 1999
Sidney Lumet
1924 - 2011
Margaret Mead
1901 - 1978
Lionel Barrymore
1878 - 1954
Kobe Bryant
1978 - 2020
Joan Jett
Born 1958
John Barrymore
1882 - 1942
Seth Green
Born 1974
George B. McClellan
1826 - 1885
Robert K. Merton
1910 - 2003
Lauren Cohan
Born 1982
W. C. Fields
1880 - 1946
Marian Anderson
1897 - 1993
Stan Getz
1927 - 1991
Michael Connelly
Born 1956
Mario Lanza
1921 - 1959
Jack Klugman
1922 - 2012
Blythe Danner
Born 1943
Robert Crumb
Born 1943
Henry George
1839 - 1897
Patti LaBelle
Born 1944
Janet Gaynor
1906 - 1984
Eddie Fisher (singer)
1928 - 2010
Adam McKay
Born 1968
Alexander Haig
1924 - 2010
Pete Conrad
1930 - 1999
Bruce Davison
Born 1946
John de Lancie
Born 1948
Ethel Barrymore
1879 - 1959
Broderick Crawford
1911 - 1986
Thomas Eakins
1844 - 1916
Jill Scott
Born 1972
Solomon Burke
1940 - 2010
Jim Croce
1943 - 1973
Irvin Kershner
1923 - 2010
Lisa Lopes
1971 - 2002
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Born 1954
Arthur Penn
1922 - 2010
Jeanette MacDonald
1903 - 1965
Frankie Avalon
Born 1940
Nancy Meyers
Born 1949
Robert Venturi
1925 - 2018
Santigold
Born 1976
Holland Taylor
Born 1943
Meek Mill
Born 1987
Richard Brooks
1912 - 1992
Jon Polito
1950 - 2016
Steve McCurry
Born 1950
Tara Lipinski
Born 1982
Lee Daniels
Born 1959
Linda Fiorentino
Born 1958
James Rebhorn
1948 - 2014
Vera Rubin
1928 - 2016
Bob Saget
Born 1956
Christina Perri
Born 1986
Thomas F. Wilson
Born 1959
Robert Picardo
Born 1953
Al Martino
1927 - 2009
Gary Dourdan
Born 1966
Teddy Pendergrass
1950 - 2010
Stanley Clarke
Born 1951
Marshmello
Born 1992
Edward Drinker Cope
1840 - 1897
Joey Lawrence
Born 1976
Lee Morgan
1938 - 1972
Ash Carter
Born 1954
Elaine May
Born 1932
Paul R. Ehrlich
Born 1932
Michael Brecker
1949 - 2007
Richard Lester
Born 1932
McCoy Tyner
1938 - 2020
Toni Basil
Born 1943
Jacqueline Susann
1918 - 1974
Katherine Moennig
Born 1977
Ed Wynn
1886 - 1966
Michael Kelly (actor)
Born 1969
Mark Margolis
Born 1939
Donald Barthelme
1931 - 1989
George M. Dallas
1792 - 1864
Sara Shepard
Born 1977
Billy Paul
1934 - 2016
Caleb Deschanel
Born 1944
Benny Golson
Born 1929
Richard Helms
1913 - 2002
Dennis Christopher
Born 1955
Clifford Odets
1906 - 1963
Robert Prosky
1930 - 2008
Betsy Ross
1752 - 1836
Sam Wood
1884 - 1949
Scott Patterson
Born 1958
Milton Babbitt
1916 - 2011
Jazmine Sullivan
Born 1987
Tammi Terrell
1945 - 1970
Kim Delaney
Born 1961
Gia Carangi
1960 - 1986
Beanie Sigel
Born 1974
Jennifer Lynch
Born 1968
Sarah Chang
Born 1980
Paul McCrane
Born 1961
Nancy Walker
1922 - 1992
Amber Rose
Born 1983
John Doman
Born 1945
Whittaker Chambers
1901 - 1961
James Darren
Born 1936
Norman Fell
1924 - 1998
Henry Hazlitt
1894 - 1993
Annie Sprinkle
Born 1954
Ben Bova
1932 - 2020
Addison Timlin
Born 1991
John Backus
1924 - 2007
William Morris Davis
1850 - 1934
Marta Kauffman
Born 1956
Maxfield Parrish
1870 - 1966
Sherman Hemsley
1938 - 2012
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Born 1965
Roy Campanella
1921 - 1993
Amos Lee
Born 1978
Kurupt
Born 1972
James Bond (ornithologist)
1900 - 1989
Philly Joe Jones
1923 - 1985
Solomon R. Guggenheim
1861 - 1949
Stuart Pankin
Born 1946
Mary Ellen Mark
1940 - 2015
Fabian Forte
Born 1943
Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
Born 1970
John J. McCloy
1895 - 1989
Mae Clarke
1910 - 1992
J. Presper Eckert
1919 - 1995
Robert Leckie (author)
1920 - 2001
Audrey Landers
Born 1956
Baauer
Born 1989
Crystal Waters
Born 1964
Sam Loyd
1841 - 1911
Imogene Coca
1908 - 2001
Bobby Timmons
1935 - 1974
Walt Kelly
1913 - 1973
Hugh Marlowe
1911 - 1982
Hugh Glass
1783 - 1833
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
Born 1941
Phyllis Hyman
1949 - 1995
Andrew Bryniarski
Born 1969
Michael Buffer
Born 1944
Karl Barry Sharpless
Born 1941
Stuart Davis (painter)
1892 - 1964
Questlove
Born 1971
Gerald Levert
1966 - 2006
Charles Brockden Brown
1771 - 1810
Edwin Austin Abbey
1852 - 1911
Randal Kleiser
Born 1946
David Crane (producer)
Born 1957
John du Pont
1938 - 2010
Nathan East
Born 1955
Robert Cornelius
1809 - 1893
Clark Johnson
Born 1954
Francis Hopkinson
1737 - 1791
Martin Gabel
1912 - 1986
Parker Stevenson
Born 1952
Josh Singer
Born 1972
Jessica Barth
Born 1978
Cassidy (rapper)
Born 1982
Sean M. Carroll
Born 1966
Mike Powell (long jumper)
Born 1963
Howard Martin Temin
1934 - 1994
Holly Robinson Peete
Born 1964
Charles Sheeler
1883 - 1965
Kate DiCamillo
Born 1964
Edward Binns
1916 - 1990
Lois Duncan
1934 - 2016
I. F. Stone
1907 - 1989
Melanie Mayron
Born 1952
Amar Bose
1929 - 2013
Jack McDevitt
Born 1935
Eve Arnold
1912 - 2012
Tom Verica
Born 1964
Pat Martino
Born 1944
Michael Sembello
Born 1954
Richard Rush
1780 - 1859
Ed Bradley
1941 - 2006
Veronica Hamel
Born 1943
Jaeden Lieberher
Born 2003
Patricia Hill Collins
Born 1948
Lloyd Alexander
1924 - 2007
Paul Douglas (actor)
1907 - 1959
Walter Jackson Freeman II
1895 - 1972
Kevin Hooks
Born 1958
Kyle Lowry
Born 1986
Richard Garfield
Born 1963
H. R. McMaster
Born 1962
Ignatius L. Donnelly
1831 - 1901
William Wallace Denslow
1856 - 1915
Andy Hertzfeld
Born 1953
Ralph Linton
1893 - 1953
Earl Monroe
Born 1944
Katharine Drexel
1858 - 1955
Paul Motian
1931 - 2011
DJ AM
1973 - 2009
Bianca Ryan
Born 1994
Angelo Dundee
1921 - 2012
Rob McElhenney
Born 1977
Mildred Davis
1901 - 1969
Lil Uzi Vert
Born 1994
Deborah Harkness
Born 1965
George Bancroft (actor)
1882 - 1956
Jessie Willcox Smith
1863 - 1935
Margaret Whitton
1950 - 2016
Val Avery
1924 - 2009
David Riesman
1909 - 2002
Dan Trachtenberg
Born 1981
Nicholas Katzenbach
1922 - 2012
Bobby Rydell
Born 1942
Christian McBride
Born 1972
Samuel George Morton
1799 - 1851
John Wanamaker
1838 - 1922
Richard Deacon (actor)
1921 - 1984
Richard Allen (bishop)
1760 - 1831
John C. Pemberton
1814 - 1881
Eugene Byrd
Born 1975
Chaka Fattah
Born 1956
Charlotte Greenwood
1890 - 1977
Stephen Macht
Born 1942
Danny Woodburn
Born 1964
Musiq Soulchild
Born 1977
Chuck Barris
1929 - 2017
Steven E. de Souza
Born 1947
Jack Ramsay
1925 - 2014
Mathew St. Patrick
Born 1969
Bilal (American singer)
Born 1979
Charles Hallahan
1943 - 1997
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
1787 - 1851
Cecilia Beaux
1855 - 1942
Eddie George
Born 1973
Russell L. Ackoff
1919 - 2009
John Corabi
Born 1959
Joseph Leidy
1823 - 1891
Richard Harding Davis
1864 - 1916
Penny Singleton
1908 - 2003
Ilene Chaiken
Born 1957
Susan Seidelman
Born 1952
Thomas Mifflin
1744 - 1800
William Glackens
1870 - 1938
Alphonso Johnson
Born 1951
Ralph Garman
Born 1964
John Gibbon
1827 - 1896
Eleanor Boardman
1898 - 1991
Helene Hanff
1916 - 1997
Raven (wrestler)
Born 1964
F. Albert Cotton
1930 - 2007
Blossom Rock
1895 - 1978
Elisha Kane
1820 - 1857
Thomas Say
1787 - 1834
Marc Blitzstein
1905 - 1964
Andrew Weil
Born 1942
Khia
Born 1977
Abby Mann
1927 - 2008
Gail Ann Dorsey
Born 1962
Grayson Hall
1922 - 1985
Henry Charles Carey
1793 - 1879
David Raksin
1912 - 2004
Alexander Courage
1919 - 2008
Eddie Lang
1902 - 1933
Mark Indelicato
Born 1994
Jeremiah Wright
Born 1941
Julius Harris
1923 - 2004
Kelly Monaco
Born 1976
Bob McDonnell
Born 1954
Victor Bailey (musician)
1960 - 2016
Robert Yeoman
Born 1951
Freeway (rapper)
Born 1978
William Guarnere
1923 - 2014
Philip Casnoff
Born 1949
Larry Bishop
Born 1948
John B. Kelly Sr.
1889 - 1960
Vincent Persichetti
1915 - 1987
David Miscavige
Born 1960
Charles Yerkes
1837 - 1905
David Mirkin
Born 1955
Ro Khanna
Born 1976
William Wharton (author)
1925 - 2008
Eddie Quillan
1907 - 1990
Jack O'Halloran
Born 1943
Brad Wanamaker
Born 1989
John O'Connor (cardinal)
1920 - 2000
Charles Hodge
1797 - 1878
Black Thought
Born 1972
Ray Bryant
1931 - 2011
William Christian Bullitt Jr.
1891 - 1967
Albert C. Barnes
1872 - 1951
Kenny Barron
Born 1943
Joshua Fishman
1926 - 2015
David Tudor
1926 - 1996
Florence Kelley
1859 - 1932
Joe DeRita
1909 - 1993