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PHILADELPHIA
Most Famous People Born in Philadelphia, USA
- Notable people
- 5,575
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1928
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 6.0×
The original American capital, then the capital of nothing in particular, then a sports town. Philadelphia's notables run thick through the 18th century — lawyers, philanthropists, financiers — and then settle into a long, steady output of baseball players, basketball players, jazz bandleaders, and character actors. The city has one of the highest shares of notables in organized labor of the early 20th century and one of the deepest benches of soul singers of the late 20th.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Philadelphia Is Known For
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Politician is Philadelphia's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (482).
Philadelphia over-indexes on baseball — 6.0× the global rate.
Philadelphia under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Philadelphia's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
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- Field: Boxer Clear ×
Angelo Dundee
1921 - 2012
Bernard Hopkins
Born 1965
Jimmy Young (boxer)
1948 - 2005
Meldrick Taylor
Born 1966
Tommy Loughran
1902 - 1982
Battling Levinsky
1891 - 1949
Danny García
Born 1988
Steve Cunningham
Born 1976
Tim Witherspoon
Born 1957
Tyrell Biggs
Born 1960
Gabriel Rosado
Born 1986
Bert Schneider (boxer)
1897 - 1986
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
1878 - 1942
Matthew Saad Muhammad
1954 - 2014
Bryant Jennings
Born 1984
Lew Tendler
1898 - 1970
Lou Savarese
Born 1965
Harold Johnson (boxer)
1928 - 2015
Yusaf Mack
Born 1980
Gunboat Smith
1887 - 1974
David Reid (boxer)
Born 1973
Jeff Chandler (boxer)
Born 1956
Eddie Chambers
Born 1982
Julian Williams (boxer)
Born 1990
Midget Wolgast
1910 - 1955
Mike Rossman
Born 1955
Chazz Witherspoon
Born 1981
George Benton
1933 - 2011
Jack Egan (boxer)
1878 - 1950
Malik Scott
Born 1980
Jesse Ferguson
Born 1957
James Wallington
1944 - 1988
Nate Miller (boxer)
Born 1963
Zahir Raheem
Born 1976
Tevin Farmer
Born 1990
Jesse Hart
Born 1989
Ivan Robinson
Born 1971
Steve Little (boxer)
1965 - 2000
William Guthrie
Born 1967
Buster Drayton
Born 1954
Rock Allen
Born 1981
David Bey
1957 - 2017
Freddie Pendleton
Born 1963
Tyrone Brunson (boxer)
Born 1985
Charles Brewer (boxer)
Born 1969
Robert Hawkins (boxer)
Born 1970
Johnny Jadick
1908 - 1970
Eric Harding
Born 1972
Hank Lundy
Born 1984
José Antonio Rivera
Born 1973
Mike Jones (boxer)
Born 1983
Charlie Brown (boxer)
Born 1958
Anthony Thompson (boxer)
Born 1981
Robert Hines (boxer)
Born 1961
Randy Griffin
Born 1976
Gerald Nobles
Born 1971
Tyrone Everett
1953 - 1977
Teon Kennedy
Born 1986
Jimmy Lyggett Sr
1897 - 1955
Najai Turpin
1981 - 2005
Karl Dargan
Born 1985
Miguel Jiménez (boxer)
Born 1970
Demetrius Hopkins
Born 1980
Lajuan Simon
Born 1979
Miguel Cartagena
Born 1992
Tony Morgano
1913 - 1985
Darmani Rock
Born 1996
Roy Simmons Sr.
1901 - 1994
Young Jack O'Brien
Born 1894
Dan Bucceroni
1927 - 2008
Gil Turner
1930 - 1996
Frankie Sodano
1931 - 2015