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.
Pat Kelly (infielder)
Born 1967
Jerome Jaffe
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Ann Sophia Towne Darrah
1819 - 1881
George A.H. Blake
1810 - 1884
Doug Banks
1958 - 2016
Ari Wolfe
Born 1971
John Idzik
1928 - 2013
Gordon Brown (running back)
Born 1963
Gerald Feehery
Born 1960
Charles D. Griffin
1906 - 1996
Louis Robertshaw
1912 - 2003
John McMullin
1849 - 1881
Mike Schneider (news anchor)
Born 1952
Mike Pasquella
1898 - 1965
Peggy Rae Sapienza
1944 - 2015
Dan Sweeney
1868 - 1913
Joe Faragalli
1929 - 2006
William Newhall
1883 - 1950
Melissa Noriega
Born 1954
Fred Tappert
1940 - 2002
L. W. Riess
1887 - 1946
George F. Good Jr.
1901 - 1991
Simon Belasco
1918 - 1999
Shenita Landry
Born 1987
Bill Henderson (publisher)
Born 1941
Jane Hunt
1812 - 1889
Lance W. Lord
Born 1946
Leah Cevoli
Born 1974
Ed Sheridan
Born 1957
John Butler (American football coach)
Born 1973
Johnny Ryan (baseball)
1853 - 1902
Ira Davis (athlete)
Born 1936
Harvest Smith
Born 1963
Richard B. Teitelman
1947 - 2016
Joseph Shallit
1915 - 1995
Edward Arnett
Born 1922
Ric Edelman
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Tryon Reakirt
1844 - 1871
Joe McKeown
Born 1956
E. Richard Cohen
Born 1922
Joe Senser
Born 1956
George W. Cutter
Born 1849
Michael McGeehan
Born 1960
Jim O'Neil (American football)
Born 1978
George Pocheptsov
Born 1992
Mario Civera
Born 1946
Troy Roberts (journalist)
Born 1962
Arnold Stiefel
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Thomas A. Scully
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Adrian R. Morrison
Born 1935
Ralph Caldwell
1884 - 1969
Harrison Graham
Born 1959
Barbara Bry
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Anye Elite
Born 1987
Heinrich Harry Deierling
1894 - 1989
Tierra Whack
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Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton
1858 - 1953
Mahlon Duckett
1922 - 2015
Barclay H. Warburton III
1922 - 1983
Stan Javie
1919 - 2002
William Demko
Born 1895
Frank DiCicco
Born 1946
Louis J. Gross
Born 1952
Scott Forster
Born 1971
Perry Lopez (Musiker)
Born 1924
Martin Levey
1913 - 1970
Arthur Alan Wolk
Born 1943
Mike Loan
1894 - 1966
William Mervine
1791 - 1868
Walter Otto Grimm
1897 - 1919
Walter Rand
1919 - 1995
Kirby Mack
Born 1983
Jesus Martinez (fighter)
Born 1983
John Richmond (shortstop)
1855 - 1898
Thomas Bowers (singer)
1823 - 1885
Jerry Crawford
Born 1947
Upton Bell
Born 1938
Myrka Dellanos
Born 1965
Philip Fishbourne Wharton
1841 - 1880
Colby Corino
Born 1996
Anthony R. Ierardi
Born 1960
Bill Straub
Born 1957
Bob Rice
1899 - 1986
Charles R. Weiner
1922 - 2005
Vic Frank
1927 - 2010
John A. Rocco
1936 - 2020
Charles Stewart McCauley
1793 - 1869
Larry Miller (sports executive)
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Stanley A. Weiss
Born 1926
Dawud Anyabwile
Born 1965
Frank Modell
1917 - 2016
Father John D’Amico
1939 - 2013
Edmund Haffee
Born 1832
Charlie Bates (baseball)
1907 - 1980
Frank Coonelly
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Larry Marshall (American football)
Born 1950
Joe Gunson
1863 - 1942
Jud Birchall
1855 - 1887
Edwin J. Hill
1894 - 1941
Harry Hawk
1837 - 1916
Susan Denin
1835 - 1875
David M. Buchanan
1862 - 1936
James Hood Wright
1836 - 1894
Kevin Stefanski
Born 1982
Marguerite McBey
1905 - 1999
Tom Gannon
Born 1943
Nicole Henry
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Phil Slosburg
1926 - 2018
Al Spohrer
1902 - 1972
Amy Gladfelter
Born 1974
Will Martinez
Born 1980
Ben T. Elliott
Born 1944
Dan Hirschhorn
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Edward C. Hugler
Born 1950
Jim Braude
Born 1949
Joan Moore
Born 1954
Alexander Henry Hoff
1822 - 1876
Planetary (rapper)
Born 1978
Bob Bell (American football)
Born 1948
Anthony Taylor (Medal of Honor)
1837 - 1894
Henry Goddard Leach
1880 - 1970
Paris Horne
Born 1987
Charlie Nyce
1870 - 1908
Margaret Wallace
Born 1967
Mark Dobies
Born 1959
Frank L. Oliver
1922 - 2018
Richard Hamilton (Medal of Honor)
1836 - 1881
Robert Enders (Regisseur)
1919 - 2007
Richard Longstreet Tea
1840 - 1911
Douglas Baird
Born 1953
Speedy Morris
Born 1942
Fred Lutkefedder
1910 - 1986
Stanhope Wood Nixon
1894 - 1958
John Bigelow IV
Born 2001
Joey Vento
1939 - 2011
Nicholas Micozzie
1928 - 2020
John Radcliff
1848 - 1911
Barry Lee Myers
Born 1989
Albert J. Neri
1952 - 2011
Gil Boyne
1924 - 2010
Peter Camiel
1910 - 1991
Mike Jackson (auto)
Born 1949
Charles John Hexamer
1862 - 1921
Michael Horsey
Born 1949
Joseph A. Steger
1937 - 2013
Ann Fetter Friedlaender
1938 - 1992
Nat Bonx
1900 - 1950
Scott Harrison (charity founder)
Born 1975
Barry Beckham
Born 1944
Fred Warner (baseball)
1855 - 1886
Mary Elitch Long
1850 - 1936
Martin R. Steele
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Brooks Tegler
Born 1954
Deesha Dyer
Born 1978
Cliff Ross
1928 - 1999
Miguel Cartagena
Born 1992
George T. Faust
1908 - 1985
James Patrick Rossiter
1890 - 1943
Amelia Smith Calvert
1876 - 1965
Hugh Miller (Medal of Honor)
Born 1859
Louis Fred Pfeifer
1876 - 1949
Matthias Kannengiesser
Born 1974
Bill McCloskey
1854 - 1924
Clifford S. Perlman
1926 - 2016
William E. Ashton
1859 - 1933
Clifton Maloney
1937 - 2009
Alice Lord (diver)
1902 - 2000
Karen Czarnecki
Born 1956
Tony Morgano
1913 - 1985
Maurice S. Campbell
1869 - 1942
Jamie Howarth
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Elwood Geiges
1895 - 1977
Frank D'Agostino
1934 - 1997
Monté Ross
Born 1970
Lou Rell
1940 - 2014
Clifford Scott Green
1923 - 2007
Paul F. Keene Jr.
1920 - 2009
George T. Kenney
Born 1957
Samuel Howell Ashbridge
1848 - 1906
Tim Wendel (writer)
Born 1956
Jimmy Hope
1836 - 1905
John Riddle (baseball)
1864 - 1931
Ray Errol Fox
Born 1939
Susan Hoffman Williams
Born 1960
Charles L. Thomas (Medal of Honor, 1865)
1843 - 1923
Henry Easterday
1864 - 1895
Charles Smith (basketball, born October 1975)
Born 1975
Richard F. Whiten
Born 1967
Frank Du Moulin
Born 1850
Harry Prime
1920 - 2017
Darmani Rock
Born 1996
Wilma B. Liebman
Born 1950
Lawrence Townsend
1860 - 1954
Randy Monroe
Born 1962
John H. Carrington
Born 1934
Tod Brynan
1863 - 1925
Harry L. MacNeal
1875 - 1950
Christopher Wogan
Born 1950
George Fazio
1912 - 1986
Sam Weaver (baseball)
1855 - 1914
Dick Wilson (golf course architect)
1904 - 1965
Bill Carney
1925 - 2017
Dick Whittington (acteur)
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Robert Garland
Born 1961
Fran Smith Jr.
Born 1952
Jake Bronstein
Born 1978
George Martorano
Born 1948
James Louis Schad
1917 - 2002
Bert Yeabsley
1893 - 1961
Chuck Zapiec
Born 1949
Edward T. Welburn
Born 1950
Mike Evans (offensive lineman)
Born 1946
Mike Faragalli
Born 1958
Tom Miller (catcher)
1850 - 1876
Bill Green IV
Born 1965
J Farell
Born 1982
Edith Houghton
1912 - 2013
Frank J. Lynch
1922 - 1987
Bill Haeffner
1894 - 1982
Doc Landis
Born 1854
Lou Nolan
Born 1945
H. Jack Seltzer
1922 - 2011
Nancy Kominsky
1915 - 2011
Ronald Donatucci
Born 1948
Nanette M. DeRenzi
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Herbert Fineman
1920 - 2016
Timothy Huang
Born 1974
Carl Grubbs
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George Baldi III
Born 1970
Maje McDonnell
1920 - 2010
Jerry Ross (record producer)
1933 - 2017
Jerry McCormick
1861 - 1905
Marilyn Lewis
Born 1931
D'Andre Swift
Born 1999
Dick Carter
1916 - 1969
Alan Strange
1906 - 1994
Doug Fitch
Born 1959
Peter Ponzol
Born 1938
Jerry Segal
Born 1941
Irving Guyer
1916 - 2012
Alfred Ryors
1812 - 1858
Carol Campbell (politician)
1936 - 2009
Patricia McGuire
Born 1952
Pete Loos
1878 - 1956
Nancy Maybin Ferguson
1872 - 1967
Sheena Howard
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Andrew John Kauffman
1920 - 2002
Margaret Ralston Gest
1900 - 1965
Chris Bartlett (activist)
Born 1966
Hal Kelleher
1914 - 1989
Jason Sherman (videographer)
Born 1976
David Miller (baseball)
Born 1973
John Steinbruck
1930 - 2015
Sam Lowry
1920 - 1992
Michael Lerner (angler)
1890 - 1978
Gary Bryan
Born 1952
Harry Hinchman
1878 - 1933
Harry Olivieri
1916 - 2006
Fang Mitchell
Born 1948
Stan Sanders
Born 1939
Jody Gerson
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Harry Jacoby (baseball)
Died 1900
Harold Miller Null
1916 - 1996
John P. Robertson
1913 - 1998
James S. Forrester (cardiologist)
Born 1937
Charles Strine
1867 - 1907
Eddie Fusselback
1856 - 1926
M. S. Bennett
Born 1881
John Edelman
Born 1935
Albert O. Vorse Jr.
1914 - 1979
Taylor Shafer
1866 - 1945
Tom Nicholas
Born 1938
Kevin Negandhi
Born 1976
Forrester L. Taylor
1833 - 1907
Andrew J. Weaher
1842 - 1920
Pete Childs
1871 - 1922
Horace Owens
Born 1961
Walter J. Sheldon
1917 - 1996
Herbert Allan Fogel
Born 1929
Tom Walker (1900s pitcher)
1881 - 1944
James McGirr Kelly
1928 - 2005
Eli Kirk Price II
1860 - 1933
William J. Spahr
1921 - 2011
Alison Harmelin
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William Creighton (bishop)
1909 - 1987
Frank Ursomarso
Born 1942
Harvey Silver
Born 1976
Tom Fleming (baseball)
1873 - 1957
Sid Simmons
1946 - 2010
Kevin McGeehan
Born 1973
Louis Johanson
1929 - 2004
Joseph Daning
Born 1942
David Hershel Alpers
Born 1935
Robert S. Barnett
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Charlie Barber
1854 - 1910
Dave Schwartz
1953 - 2016
Charlie Eckert
1897 - 1986
Anthony Fera
Born 1991
Joe Green (baseball, born 1897)
1897 - 1972
George Shoch
1859 - 1937