People of Pennsylvania
| Louisa May Alcott |
Germantown |
1832-1888 |
Author |
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| Richard Allen |
Philadelphia |
1760-1831 |
Religious leader |
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| Marian Anderson |
Philadelphia |
1902-1993 |
Vocalist |
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| Maxwell Anderson |
Atlantic |
1888-1959 |
Playwright |
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| Samuel Barber |
West Chester |
1910-1981 |
Composer |
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| James Buchanan |
Cove Gap |
1791-1868 |
U.S. President |
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| Charles Wakefield Cadman |
Johnstown |
1881-1946 |
Composer |
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| Simon Cameron |
Maytown |
1799-1889 |
Public official, poitical leader |
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| Mary Cassatt |
Allegheny, now Pittsburgh |
1844-1926 |
Painter |
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| W.C. Fields |
Philadelphia |
1880-1946 |
Entertainer |
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| Stephen Collins Foster |
Lawrenceville |
1827-1864 |
Composer |
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| Henry Clay Frick |
West Overton |
1849-1919 |
Industrialist, philanthropist |
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| Henry John Heinz |
Pittsburgh |
1845-1919 |
Industrialist |
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| Milton Snavely Hershey |
Dauphin County |
1857-1945 |
Industrialist, philanthropist |
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| Lido Anthony (Lee) Iacocca |
Allentown |
1924- |
Industrialist |
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| Harold LeClair Ickes |
Blair County |
1874-1952 |
Public official |
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| Gene Kelly |
Pittsburgh |
1912-1996 |
Actor, dancer |
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| Grace Kelly |
Philadelphia |
1929-1982 |
Actress, princess of Monaco |
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| Walter Crawford Kelly |
Philadelphia |
1913-1973 |
Cartoonist, illustrator |
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| George Catlett Marshall |
Uniontown |
1880-1959 |
Soldier, public official |
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| George Brinton McClellan |
Philadelphia |
1826-1885 |
Soldier |
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| William Holmes McGuffey |
Near Claysville |
1800-1873 |
Educator |
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| Andrew William Mellon |
Pittsburgh |
1855-1937 |
Financier, art collector |
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| Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin |
Edgeworth |
1862-1901 |
Composer |
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| Maxfield Frederick Parrish |
Philadelphia |
1870-1966 |
Artist |
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| Robert Edwin Peary |
Cresson |
1856-1920 |
Explorer |
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| Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Pittsburgh |
1876-1958 |
Author |
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| Washington Augustus Roebling |
Saxonburg |
1837-1926 |
Engineer |
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| Charles Michael Schwab |
Williamsburg |
1862-1939 |
Industrialist |
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| James Stewart |
Indiana |
1908-1997 |
Actor |
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| William Tatem (Big Bill) Tilden, Jr. |
Germantown |
1893-1953 |
Tennis player |
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| John Wanamaker |
Philadelphia |
1838-1922 |
Merchant |
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| Anthony Wayne |
Wayneboro |
1745-1796 |
Soldier |
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| Benjamin West |
Springfield |
1738-1820 |
Painter |
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Source:
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.
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