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.
Evelyn Mattern
1941 - 2003
Clifford Gray (politician)
Born 1940
John R. Hamilton (photographer)
1923 - 1997
Joe Kracher
1913 - 1981
Willard Graham
1882 - 1958
Joseph Wiley
1857 - 1926
Eddie Feinberg
1917 - 1986
Charles G. Nicholson
1919 - 2003
John Hanna (baseball)
1863 - 1930
Bill Dugan (rower)
1913 - 1996
Donald McCurdy
Born 1930
Joseph Parker (fencer)
1889 - 1951
Arthur Redner
1879 - 1973
Rucyl
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J. Hinckley Clark
1835 - 1889
Jacques Michael Swaab
1894 - 1963
Phillip Price Jr.
Born 1934
Adolph Otto Niedner
1863 - 1954
Bill Fouser
1855 - 1919
Charles Nahill
1938 - 2009
Ed Roetz
1905 - 1965
Lawrence S. Margolis
1935 - 2017
Paul E. Zeltner
1925 - 2018
Minnie M. Kenny
1929 - 2005
Tammy Tiehel
Born 1964
Damian D. Pitts
Born 1969
Charles E. Warburton
1837 - 1896
B. Mitchell Simpson
1932 - 2019
Roderick Edwards
1909 - 1987
Howard Lohr
1892 - 1977
George Dahm
1916 - 1980
Cindy Marano
1947 - 2005
Perry Milou
Born 1967
Thomas Rienzi
1919 - 2010
Michael Moore (rowing)
Born 1970
Bill Yancey
1902 - 1971
Donald S. Bethune
Born 1948
Francis English
1910 - 1984
Vincent Deeney
1915 - 1999
Reggie Schell
1941 - 2012
Ken Reeves (meteorologist)
1961 - 2012
Bill Hoffman (baseball)
1918 - 2004
Art Wheeler
1872 - 1917
Maurice Watson
Born 1993
Frank Erdman Boston
1891 - 1960
Andrew Ponzi
1903 - 1950
E. Raymond Lynch
1922 - 2013
Joe O'Rourke
1904 - 1990
Christian Alfonsi
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John H. Dialogue
1828 - 1898
Tom Curran (rower)
1910 - 1990
John Houser (rower)
1909 - 1991
George Trenwith
1851 - 1890
John McCosker (rower)
1910 - 1965
Mitchell Harry Cohen
1904 - 1991
Frances Feldman
1912 - 2008
John McIntyre (American rower)
Born 1928
Horace Helmbold
1867 - 1939
George Mattson (rower)
1908 - 1997
Daniel Beren
1929 - 2014
James P. O'Donnell (Pennsylvania politician)
1920 - 1997
Al Duncan
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Harry Sharkey
1916 - 2002
Stuart B. Carter
1906 - 1983
Matthew Coppolino
1929 - 2000
Eleanor Caines
1880 - 1913
William Wise III
Born 1992
A. J. Pardini
1932 - 2011
Thomas J. Stapleton
Born 1947
Brett Shapiro
Born 1955
Joseph Braig
Born 1937
Tony Martin (rower)
1947 - 2005
May Beenken
1901 - 1988
Merritt Hulburd
1903 - 1939
Henry J. Wilson
1793 - 1872
Francis Rush
1921 - 1985
Samuel Ovenshine
1843 - 1932
Mabel Marks Bacon
1876 - 1966
Eugene Gelfand
1919 - 1987
Warner Norton Grubb
1900 - 1947
Henry J. Muller
Born 1917
Vada Azeem
Born 1983
Max Pievsky
Born 1925
Emmett McCann
1902 - 1937
George Durning
1898 - 1986
Andrew Owens
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Edwin Augustus Rigg
1822 - 1882
Amy Malkoff
Born 1966
G. Davis Greene Jr.
1931 - 2012
William H. Brown III
Born 1928
Edward McNichol
1895 - 1930
William G. Piper
1906 - 1976
Kevin Gillespie (academic)
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Margaret Lowengrund
1902 - 1957
Thomas S. McMurry
1855 - 1918
Sylvanus William Godon
1809 - 1879
Novar Gadson
Born 1989
Sean J. Kennedy
Born 1971
Francis Gleeson (politician)
1937 - 2015
Ramzee Stanton
Born 1980
Harry Ellis Kalodner
1896 - 1977
Joseph Freeman (fencer)
Born 1948
Frances St John Chappelle
1897 - 1936
Johnny Hendren
1897 - 1964
Tod Dennehey
1899 - 1977
Ida B. Wise
1871 - 1952
John Greenig
1848 - 1913
Edward Hagen
1908 - 1963
Morgan Cephas
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Charles Sutherland (Surgeon General)
1831 - 1895
Marty Kutyna
Born 1932
John Baptist Minder
1923 - 2009
Rob Denton
1907 - 1997
Bradford Fraley
1878 - 1942
Laura H. Carnell
1867 - 1929
Ernestine Bayer
1909 - 2006
Jonathan Haynes
Born 1971
Butch Kellem
Born 1944
Joseph Greer
1754 - 1831
Carlos Bradley
Born 1960
Gerald McMonagle
Born 1936
Chauncey McPherson
1892 - 1977
New Born (rapper)
Born 1985
Edward Adam Strecker
1896 - 1959
I. Harry Checchio
1922 - 2003
Willy Renz
1916 - 1981
Walt Hunter
Born 1949
Edward C. Bosbyshell
1822 - 1894
John Sytek
Born 1943
Renée Jacobs
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Arrah Lee Gaul
1888 - 1980
Woody Hartman
Born 1954
I. Newton Baker
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John F. Byrne Jr.
Born 1935
Malcolm Musser
1889 - 1969
Robert T. Clifford
1835 - 1873
Gil Cohen (artist)
Born 1931
John Galloway (Medal of Honor)
1843 - 1904
Edward Walter Clark Jr.
1858 - 1946
Joe Segal
1926 - 2020
John Brazell
1837 - 1866
Alfonso Hoggard
Born 1989
John Bond Trevor
1822 - 1890
Joe Damiano
Born 1934
Leonard Buschel
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A. Grove Day
1904 - 1994
Daiquan Walker
Born 1994
Bill Sharsig
1855 - 1902
James R. Caldwell
1778 - 1804
Gustave Maurice Heckscher
1884 - 1967
Robert Singleton (activist)
Born 1936
Sylvia Wene
Born 1930
Frank J. Sciulli
Born 1938
James J. Toner
Born 1940
Joe Scott (businessman)
1908 - 2002
Jack Clowes
1866 - 1927
Charles James Barclay (U.S. Navy officer)
Born 1843
Thomas Ambrose Masterson
1927 - 2000
Andy Rymarczuk
1951 - 1997
George A. May
1872 - 1948
William H. Paul
1844 - 1911
Jock Gibson (footballer)
1898 - 1974
Carl Powis
1928 - 1999
Rich Gunning
Born 1966
David C. Weiss
Born 1956
Lew Meehl
Born 1946
Austin M. Purves Jr.
1900 - 1977
Benjamin Alman
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Richard Floyd (California)
1931 - 2011
Harry L. Cooper
1870 - 1935
Francis B. Foley
1887 - 1973
Jack Burke Sr.
1888 - 1943
Edgar M. Church
Born 1874
Robert S. Cutler
Born 1956
Oscar Schmidt Jr.
1896 - 1973
Benny Culp
1914 - 2000
Isaac Guggenheim
1854 - 1922
Barbara Zucker
Born 1940
Helen Chapman
1882 - 1947
Josephine Beall Willson Bruce
1853 - 1923
Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey
1914 - 1994
John Russell Young Blakely
1872 - 1942
Mario De Pillis
Born 1926
John Rhea Barton Willing
1864 - 1913
Amanda L. Sullivan
1936 - 2009
Laurence Salzmann
Born 1944
George Hussey Earle Sr.
1823 - 1907
Tom Foley (Pennsylvania politician)
Born 1953
Vince McNally
1902 - 1997
William R. Fox
1837 - 1888
Leroy Looper
1924 - 2011
Carol Lloyd (American singer)
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Larry Douglas
1914 - 1996
Ree Dragonette
1918 - 1979
Lana Z Caplan
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Aristide Rodrigue
1809 - 1857
Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell
1828 - 1879
Mike Kilroy
1869 - 1960
William Whelan (surgeon)
1808 - 1865
Alan L. Cohen
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Terry Connell
1855 - 1924
Harold Kosoff
1930 - 1995
Brooks Cryder
Born 1955
Harry Thayer (American football)
1873 - 1936
Mary K. Trotter
1859 - 1925
George B. Cooper (historian)
1916 - 1995
Daniel McGarry
Born 1987
Thomas M. Madden
1907 - 1976
William Francis (baseball)
1879 - 1942
Studs Bancker
1853 - 1888
Dan K. Williams
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Aaron Lemonick
1923 - 2003
Harry Shuman
1915 - 1996
George Lesyw
1957 - 2005
Anne Mary Lawler
1908 - 1980
Joseph DeFelice
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Samuel A. Krasney
Born 1922
Dewey prueba
Born 1982
Frances Sussna
Born 1933
Johann Wagner (Politiker, 1916)
1916 - 1976
Ed Blaney
Born 1951
Margaret Redmond
1867 - 1948
Anthony J. Calio
1929 - 2011
Archibald Randall
1797 - 1846
James C. Crumlish Jr.
1920 - 1992
Andy Carter (baseball)
Born 1968
Henry Brutsche
1846 - 1880
Niem Green
Born 1982
Charles Henry Alden
1836 - 1906
Olive Wyndham
1886 - 1971
Louis Graff
1866 - 1955
Joseph Modeste Sweeney
1920 - 2000
William Coon
1855 - 1915
Charles H. Clausen
1842 - 1922
John B. Van Meter
1842 - 1930
Henry S. Horn
Died 2019
Francesca Anna Canfield
1803 - 1833
Joe Orseno
Born 1955
I. Raymond Kremer
1921 - 1999
Vance A. Funk III
Born 1942
William Beck Sr.
Born 1934
Robert L. Ord III
Born 1940
Allen Rosenberg (rowing)
1931 - 2013
Frank E. Weiss
Born 1951
Alex Ferson
1866 - 1957
Katherine M. Cohen
1859 - 1914
Edward Francis Joseph Schlotterback
1912 - 1994
Mike Dennery
Born 1950
Arthur Donaldson
1734 - 1797
William M. Clayton
1824 - 1892
Frederick Taylor Pusey
1872 - 1936
Bert Conn
1879 - 1944
William Esling
1868 - 1946
Richard L. Fox
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Danielle Green
Born 1986
William Wainwright (land developer)
1836 - 1904
Larry Sullivan (soccer)
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Charles William Nassau
1804 - 1878
Bill Ricchini
Born 1974
Fatima Togbe
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Curtin Winsor Jr.
Born 1939
Barney Bircham
1924 - 2007
John O'Hara (soccer, born 1959)
Born 1959
John E. Clopp
1845 - 1866
Jack McTamney
Born 1963
Charles C. Schrader
1893 - 1967
P. Frederick Rothermel
1850 - 1929
Daniel Stewart
Born 1992
Bill Leinhauser
1893 - 1978
John Howard (optical physicist)
1921 - 2015
William Smith (golfista)
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Ian Checcio
Born 1975
Annabella Wistar
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D. Herbert Lipson
1929 - 2017
Arabella Fields
1879 - 1932
Charles William Kraft Jr.
1903 - 2002
George Ewell
1850 - 1910
Ad Swigler
1895 - 1975
Charles E. Colahan
1849 - 1904
Joseph Leo McGlynn Jr.
1925 - 1999
J. Brooke Mosley
1915 - 1988
Joseph Fisher (soldier)
1843 - 1903
Harry Connaughton
1905 - 1969
Jacob R. Snyder
1812 - 1878
George Thayer
1905 - 1952
Allan C. Kelton
1846 - 1928
Ellen Giles
1874 - 1914
John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1839)
Born 1839
Ike Richman
1913 - 1965
Wilson Reiff Stearly
1869 - 1941
Lydia Panas
Born 1958
Howard G. Kelley
1858 - 1928
William Jones (sailor)
Born 1831
Walter M. Jeffords Sr.
1883 - 1960
Georgiana Klingle Holmes
1841 - 1940
Bill Peterman
1921 - 1999
Paul Wallace (basketball)
1925 - 1998
William E. Goodman
1838 - 1912
John B. Fassett
1843 - 1905
Princess White
1881 - 1976