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.
Albert Paley
Born 1944
Barbara Harris (bishop)
1930 - 2020
Joanna Pacitti
Born 1984
Florence Earle Coates
1850 - 1927
Res (singer)
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Lew Tabackin
Born 1940
Rudy Lewis
1936 - 1964
Adolph E. Borie
1809 - 1880
Paige Davis
Born 1969
Corey Hawkins (basketball)
Born 1991
Gabriel Rosado
Born 1986
Ava Lowle Willing
1868 - 1958
Albert Wynn
Born 1951
Charles Stone III
Born 1966
Malik Rose
Born 1974
David Landau (actor)
1879 - 1935
Marianna Török
1877 - 1968
Melinda Wagner
Born 1957
Elijah E. Myers
1832 - 1909
Ursula Rucker
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Jim Beard
Born 1960
Lem Winchester
1928 - 1961
Elliot Lawrence
Born 1925
Bert Schneider (boxer)
1897 - 1986
Eddie Barth
1931 - 2010
Jymie Merritt
1926 - 2020
Andrew M. Allen
Born 1955
Michael Hillegas
1729 - 1804
Horace Trumbauer
1868 - 1938
Ralph Landau
1916 - 2004
Allan Cole
1943 - 2019
Edgar Buckingham
1867 - 1940
Anshel Brusilow
1928 - 2018
Israel Charny
Born 1931
Rob Kurz
Born 1985
David Berkoff
Born 1966
Sean Singletary
Born 1985
Dawn Burrell
Born 1973
Arthur Lange
1889 - 1956
John Ore
1933 - 2014
Tom Kelley (photographer)
1914 - 1984
Leroy Kelly
Born 1942
Gogi Grant
1924 - 2016
Edward Colman (cinematographer)
1905 - 1995
Eric Reed (musician)
Born 1970
Matt Robinson (actor)
1937 - 2002
David Lewis (American actor)
1916 - 2000
Mike Green (basketball, born 1985)
Born 1985
David Gabai
Born 1954
Larry Tucker (screenwriter)
1934 - 2001
Ronald Grigor Suny
Born 1940
Miriam Allen deFord
1888 - 1975
Thomas Shimada
Born 1975
Mary Vaux Walcott
1860 - 1940
Nafessa Williams
Born 1989
Phil Stern
1919 - 2014
Laurie Beechman
1953 - 1998
Chuck Hughes
1943 - 1971
Lou Bennett
1926 - 1997
Stewart Culin
1858 - 1929
Marlene Zuk
Born 1956
Muhammad Ali (drummer)
Born 1936
Charles Stewart (1778–1869)
1778 - 1869
William Henry Fry
1813 - 1864
John Adler
1959 - 2011
Dawan Robinson
Born 1982
Dusolina Giannini
1902 - 1986
Edward Percy Moran
1862 - 1935
E. Michael Jones
Born 1948
Susan Heyward
Born 1982
Bert Bell
1895 - 1959
Colin Harrison (writer)
Born 1960
Bo Kimble
Born 1966
Benjamin De Casseres
1873 - 1945
Philip Atwell
Born 1974
Charlie Gracie
Born 1936
Barry Feinstein
1931 - 2011
Martha Wilson
Born 1947
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
1878 - 1942
Howard Roffman
Born 1953
Shawn Stockman
Born 1972
Larry Klayman
Born 1951
Sheldon Reynolds (producer)
1923 - 2003
Delirious (wrestler)
Born 1980
Shirley Franklin
Born 1945
Sharon Zukin
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John LaPorta
1920 - 2004
Glenn Doman
1919 - 2013
D. J. Newbill
Born 1992
Melissa Bank
Born 1961
Matthew Saad Muhammad
1954 - 2014
L. Birge Harrison
1854 - 1929
Victoria Cartagena
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Malcolm Nance
Born 1961
Jerome Lowenthal
Born 1932
Herman Frazier
Born 1954
Byard Lancaster
1942 - 2012
Fred Mascherino
Born 1975
Joseph Hergesheimer
1880 - 1954
Danny Fortson
Born 1976
Ralph Rucci
Born 1957
John Drew Jr.
1853 - 1927
Lisa Yuskavage
Born 1962
Karen Young (American singer)
1951 - 1991
Gene Banks
Born 1959
Francis J. Myers
1901 - 1956
Jim Lynam
Born 1941
James P. Bagian
Born 1952
Mabel Ballin
1887 - 1958
Otho Lovering
1892 - 1968
Sheldon Axler
Born 1949
Vivian Green
Born 1979
Thomas M. Foglietta
1928 - 2004
Bryant Jennings
Born 1984
Truxtun Hare
1878 - 1956
Henry R. Towne
1844 - 1924
Ed Bernard
Born 1939
Jay Caufield
Born 1960
Arthur Collins (singer)
1864 - 1933
Sue Randall
1935 - 1984
Thomas Green Clemson
1807 - 1888
Baynard Kendrick
1894 - 1977
Michael Joseph Bransfield
Born 1943
John Brown Francis
1791 - 1864
Sidney Dancoff
1913 - 1951
Douglas J. Feith
Born 1953
Charley Ross
1870 - 1874
Norman T. Whitaker
1890 - 1975
William Parker Foulke
1816 - 1865
Matt Bahr
Born 1956
Arnold Jacobs
1915 - 1998
Sydney Boehm
1908 - 1990
Michael Bacon (musician)
Born 1949
Rodman Wanamaker
1863 - 1928
Bertram Myron Gross
1912 - 1997
Ian Hornak
1944 - 2002
Jam Handy
1886 - 1983
Rubén Amaro Jr.
Born 1965
Theresa Bernstein
1890 - 2002
Keith Powell
Born 1979
Glenn Nye
Born 1974
Michael Anderson (basketball)
Born 1966
Todd Glass
Born 1964
Bob Haney
1926 - 2004
John C. Caldwell
1833 - 1912
Harrison Allen
1841 - 1897
Billy Mann
Born 1968
John William Harshberger
1869 - 1929
David Soyer
1923 - 2010
Lew Tendler
1898 - 1970
Sean Colson
Born 1975
Michael Rubin
Born 1971
Harry Stovey
1856 - 1937
William C. Preston
1794 - 1860
Gerry Brown
Born 1951
William Scott Vare
1867 - 1934
Askia Jones
Born 1971
Charles Klauder
1872 - 1938
Steve Davis (bassist)
1929 - 1987
Ralph Shapey
1921 - 2002
Paul Felder
Born 1984
Michael Worth
Born 1972
Abraham Sinkov
1907 - 1998
Richard Stites
1931 - 2010
Peter Temin
Born 1937
Frank A. Perret
1867 - 1943
Shafi Hadi
Born 1929
Marlyn Meltzer
1922 - 2008
Paul Costello
1894 - 1986
Barbara G. Walker
Born 1930
Paul Nordoff
1909 - 1977
Philip D. Curtin
1922 - 2009
Fred Dunlap
1859 - 1902
Arthur Milgram
1912 - 1961
Lou Savarese
Born 1965
John Gallaudet
1903 - 1983
Vincent Young (actor)
Born 1964
Eli Apple
Born 1995
John Cappelletti
Born 1952
Jeannine Gramick
Born 1942
Chaz Lamar Shepherd
Born 1977
Tom Phillips (wrestling)
Born 1989
Marie Noe
Born 1928
Gordon Merrick
1916 - 1988
Frank McCloskey
1939 - 2003
Dave Days
Born 1991
Charlie Biddle
1926 - 2003
Hal Lear
1935 - 2016
Jeffrey Shallit
Born 1957
Harry Davis (1900s first baseman)
1879 - 1947
Jay Hunt (director)
1855 - 1932
Martin Nicholas Lohmuller
1919 - 2017
Sonia Gechtoff
1926 - 2018
Sessilee Lopez
Born 1989
Emily Hagins
Born 1992
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Born 1977
James Campbell (postmaster general)
1812 - 1893
Joseph Ashbrook
1918 - 1980
Satyananda Stokes
1882 - 1946
Jerry Pinkney
Born 1939
Charles F. Manderson
1837 - 1911
Frederick Crews
Born 1933
Harry Vandiver
1882 - 1973
William Clothier
1881 - 1962
Deborah Twiss
Born 1971
Bill Melchionni
Born 1944
John Whitehead (singer)
1948 - 2004
Trina Schart Hyman
1939 - 2004
Tywain McKee
Born 1986
Henry H. Bingham
1841 - 1912
William Goetz
1903 - 1969
Richard H. Solomon
1937 - 2017
Thomas K. Finletter
1893 - 1980
Denny Dias
Born 1946
Joan McCracken
1917 - 1961
Paul Taylor (philosopher)
1923 - 2015
Stephanie Gatschet
Born 1983
Harold Johnson (boxer)
1928 - 2015
Kalenna Harper
Born 1982
Billy Butler (guitarist)
1925 - 1991
Jimmy Bruno
Born 1953
Giuseppi Logan
1935 - 2020
E. Newton Harvey
1887 - 1959
Lester Lanin
1907 - 2004
Jason BeDuhn
Born 1963
Mocean Worker
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Stanley Weintraub
1929 - 2019
Michael McCary
Born 1971
Nick Berg
1978 - 2004
Taylor Ellis-Watson
Born 1993
Herman Stein
1915 - 2007
Frank Bettger
1888 - 1981
Alvin Williams
Born 1974
Trudy Pitts
1932 - 2010
Paul Halpern
Born 1961
Larry Stewart (basketball)
Born 1968
Stanley Corrsin
1920 - 1986
Anna Claypoole Peale
1791 - 1878
David Howard (director)
1896 - 1941
George Washington Tryon
1838 - 1888
Fred Carter
Born 1945
Deborah Spungen
Born 1937
Ray Scott (basketball)
Born 1938
Brook Jacoby
Born 1959
Ernie Andrews
Born 1927
Adam F. Goldberg
Born 1976
Louise Fishman
Born 1939
Walter Diemer
1904 - 1998
Frederic L. Paxson
1877 - 1948
Charles Deas
1818 - 1867
Robert Kraichnan
1928 - 2008
Douglas Macgregor
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Julian Abele
1881 - 1950
Bob Malach
Born 1954
William Harris Ashmead
1855 - 1908
Erik Williams
Born 1968
Jack Ashford
Born 1934
Cass Daley
1915 - 1975
Horace Winchell Magoun
1907 - 1991
The Last Emperor (rapper)
Born 1973
George Pope Morris
1802 - 1864
Ted Malloch
Born 1952
Scott J. Horowitz
Born 1957
Eleanor Everest Freer
1864 - 1942
Stewart Wallace
Born 1960
Edward C. Stokes
1860 - 1942
Julia Cohen
Born 1989
Gamaliel Bailey
1807 - 1859
Jessica Dragonette
1900 - 1980
Yusaf Mack
Born 1980
Joseph Reed Ingersoll
1786 - 1868
Kathleen Willey
Born 1946
Eugene List
1918 - 1985
Frank Guarrera
1923 - 2007
William A. Gamson
Born 1934
John Tileston Edsall
1902 - 2002
Robert Hazard
1948 - 2008
Rick Leonardi
Born 1957
Reef the Lost Cauze
Born 1981
Moshe Greenberg
1928 - 2010
Persifor Frazer Smith
1798 - 1858
Allan Snyder
Born 1942
Arnold Roth
Born 1929
Ellery Schempp
Born 1940
Ramon Galloway
Born 1991
Charles Jared Ingersoll
1782 - 1862
John Sergeant (politician)
1779 - 1852
Samuel Austin Allibone
1816 - 1889
Ebenezer Hazard
1744 - 1817
Merrill Cook
Born 1946
John Exley
1867 - 1938
Elizabeth Russell (actress)
1916 - 2002
Michael Leib
1760 - 1822
Paul Murray Kendall
1911 - 1973
Walt Dickerson
1931 - 2008
Robert W. Edgar
1943 - 2013
Gunboat Smith
1887 - 1974
Alfred Irving Hallowell
1892 - 1974
Lewis Redner
1831 - 1908
Ethel Portnoy
1927 - 2004