Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856 - 1931) Notable engineer and inventor; born in Washington.
	Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) Novelist.  She wrote Little Women (1868-69); born in Germantown.
	James Buchanan (1791 - 1868) The 15th president of the U.S.; born in Mercersburg.
	Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) Famous sculptor; born in Philadelphia.
	Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) Biologist, author; born in Springdale.
	Bill Cosby (1937 - ) Actor.  He was a stand-up comedian and starred in his own sit-com; born in Philadelphia.
	Martha Graham (1895 - 1991) Dancer and choreographer. She choreographed and danced in the ballet Appalachian Spring; born in Allegheny.
	Robinson Jeffers (1887 - 1962) Poet; born in Pittsburgh.
	Tara Lipinski (1982 - ) Figure skater who won the 1998 women's figure skating gold medal at the Olympics in Nagano, becoming the youngest in history (15 yrs., 7 mos.); born in Philadelphia.
	Arnold Palmer (1929 - ) Famous golfer; born in Latrobe.
	Betsy Ross (1752 - 1836) She was reported to have made the first American Flag; lived in Philadelphia.
	Andrew Wyeth (1917 - ) Famous painter; born in Chadds Ford.

More Famous People of Pennsylvania

	Maxwell Anderson playwright, Atlantic
	Samuel Barber composer, West Chester
	John Barrymore actor, Philadelphia
	Donald Barthelme author, Philadelphia
	Stephen Vincent Benet poet, story writer, Bethlehem
	Daniel Boone frontiersman, Reading
	Mary Cassatt painter, Allegheny
	George Catlin indian expert, poet, Wilkes-Barre
	Henry Steele Commager historian, Pittsburgh
	Stuart Davis painter, Philadelphia
	Walter E. Diemer inventor, Philadelphia
	Jimmy Dorsey band leader, Shenandoah
	Tommy Dorsey band leader, Mahanoy Plane
	Oliver Evans inventor, Philadelphia
	W. C. Fields comedian, Philadelphia
	Stephen Foster composer, Pittsburgh
	Robert Fulton inventor, Lancaster County
	Henry George economist, Philadelphia
	Alexander Haig secretary of state, Bala-Cynwyd
	William Edward Hanford inventor, Bristol
	Marilyn Horne mezzo-soprano, Bradford
	Lee Iacocca auto executive, Allentown
	Reggie Jackson baseball player, Wyncote
	Gene Kelly dancer, actor, Pittsburgh
	Jim Kelly football player, East Brady
	Gelsey Kirkland ballerina, Bethlehem
	Stephanie Louise Kwolek inventor, New Kensington
	S. S. Kresge merchant, Bald Mount
	Mario Lanza actor, singer, Philadelphia
	Tara Lipinski figure skater, Philadelphia
	George C. Marshall five-star general, Uniontown
	George McClellan general, Philadelphia
	Margaret Mead anthropologist, Philadelphia
	Andrew Mellon financier, Pittsburgh
	Tom Mix actor, Mix Run
	Hezekiah Niles journalist, Jeffers Ford
	Arnold Palmer golfer, Youngstown
	Robert E. Peary explorer, Cresson
	Man Ray painter, photographer, Philadelphia
	Mary Roberts Rinehart author, Pittsburgh
	B. F. Skinner psychologist, Susquehanna
	John Sloan painter, Loch Haven
	Gertrude Stein author, Allegheny
	James Stewart actor, Indiana
	George R. Stibitz inventor, York
	John Updike author, Shillington
	Honus Wagner baseball player, Carnegie
	Fred Waring band leader, Tyrone
	Ethel Waters singer, actress, Chester
	Anthony Wayne military officer, Waynesboro