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List of people from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are called "Pennsylvanians".

The following is a list of notable Americans who were born in, or lived a significant portion of their lives in, Pennsylvania along with their primary Pennsylvania city or town of residence:

Actors

 * A–B

 * Erika Alexander—Philadelphia
 * Keith Andes—Philadelphia
 * Gerald Anthony—Pittsburgh
 * Aquaria—West Chester
 * Carmen Argenziano—Sharon
 * Malcolm Atterbury—Philadelphia
 * Frankie Avalon—Philadelphia
 * Val Avery—Philadelphia
 * Jack Avery (singer)—Susquehanna
 * Kevin Bacon—Philadelphia
 * Brian Baker—Philadelphia
 * Carroll Baker—Johnstown
 * Sue Ball—Philadelphia
 * Mabel Ballin—Philadelphia
 * George Bancroft—Philadelphia
 * George Barbier—Philadelphia
 * Vince Barnett—Pittsburgh
 * Eddie Barry—Philadelphia
 * Ethel Barrymore—Philadelphia
 * John Barrymore—Philadelphia
 * Lionel Barrymore—Philadelphia
 * Eddie Barth—Philadelphia
 * Jessica Barth—Philadelphia
 * Billy Barty—Millsboro
 * Blake Bashoff—Philadelphia
 * Toni Basil—Philadelphia
 * Victory Bateman—Philadelphia
 * Henry Bean—Philadelphia
 * Billy Beck—Philadelphia
 * Laurie Beechman—Philadelphia
 * Chris Beetem—Philadelphia
 * Beth Behrs—Lancaster
 * Willam Belli—Philadelphia
 * Maria Bello—Norristown
 * Julie Benz—Murrysville
 * Jeff Bergman—Philadelphia
 * Ed Bernard—Philadelphia
 * Lyle Bettger—Philadelphia
 * Marki Bey—Philadelphia
 * Edward Binns—Philadelphia
 * Joey Bishop—Philadelphia
 * Larry Bishop—Philadelphia
 * Janet Blair—Altoona
 * Billy Blanks—Erie
 * Marc Blucas—Butler
 * Eleanor Boardman—Philadelphia
 * Walter Bobbie—Scranton
 * Rudy Bond—Philadelphia
 * David Boreanaz—Philadelphia
 * Elizabeth Crocker Bowers—Philadelphia
 * Christian Bowman—Harrisburg
 * Jim Boyd—Philadelphia
 * Peter Boyle—Philadelphia
 * Glenn Branca—Harrisburg
 * Laura Breckenridge—Flourtown
 * El Brendel—Philadelphia
 * David Brenner—Philadelphia
 * Al Bridge—Philadelphia
 * Fran Brill—Chester
 * Charles Bronson—Ehrenfeld
 * Scott Martin Brooks—Philadelphia
 * Robert Curtis Brown—Bucks County
 * Quinta Brunson—Philadelphia
 * Andrew Bryniarski—Philadelphia
 * Bobby Burns—Philadelphia
 * Edmund Burns—Philadelphia
 * Steve Burns—Boyertown/Gilbertsville
 * Fritzi Burr—Philadelphia
 * Clarissa Burt—Philadelphia
 * Eugene Byrd—Philadelphia

 * C–D

 * Rachel Carson—Springdale
 * Sabrina Carpenter—East Greenville
 * Alexandra Chando—Bethlehem
 * Kitty Chen—Philadelphia
 * Dennis Christopher—Philadelphia
 * Brian Patrick Clarke—Gettysburg
 * Caitlin Clarke—Pittsburgh
 * Lauren Cohan—Philadelphia
 * Julia Cohen (born 1989)—Philadelphia
 * Jack Coleman—Easton
 * Marc Connelly—McKeesport
 * Michael Constantine—Reading
 * Josh Cooke—Philadelphia
 * Bradley Cooper—Jenkintown
 * Ellen Corby—Philadelphia
 * Bill Cosby—Philadelphia
 * Michael Cornacchia—Philadelphia
 * Dolores Costello—Pittsburgh
 * Maurice Costello—Pittsburgh
 * Erin Cottrell—Yardley
 * Broderick Crawford—Philadelphia
 * Rebecca Creskoff—Philadelphia
 * Pat Crowley—Olyphant
 * Jon Daly—Pittsburgh
 * James Darren—Philadelphia
 * John Davidson—Pittsburgh
 * Ann B. Davis—Erie
 * Bruce Davison—Philadelphia
 * John de Lancie—Philadelphia
 * Kim Delaney—Roxborough
 * Kat Dennings—Bryn Mawr
 * Joe DeRosa—Collegeville
 * Patti Deutsch—Pittsburgh
 * Devon—Hellertown
 * Mia Dillon—Newtown Township
 * Joanie Dodds—Beaver Falls
 * Jack Dodson—Pittsburgh
 * John Doman—Philadelphia
 * Heather Donahue—Upper Darby
 * Omar Doom—Easton
 * Ellen Albertini Dow—Mount Carmel
 * Ralph Dunn—Titusville

 * E–G

 * Lisa Eichhorn—Reading
 * Lisa Emery—Pittsburgh
 * Charles Esten—Pittsburgh
 * Patrick Fabian—Pittsburgh / New Cumberland
 * Tina Fey—Upper Darby
 * W.C. Fields—Philadelphia
 * Larry Fine—Philadelphia
 * Bette Ford—McKeesport
 * Meg Foster—Reading
 * Matthew Fox—Abington
 * Jonathan Frakes—Bellefonte
 * Martin Gabel—Philadelphia
 * Megan Gallagher—Reading
 * Kyle Gallner—West Chester
 * Rita Gam—Pittsburgh
 * Billy Gardell—Pittsburgh
 * Janet Gaynor—Philadelphia
 * Deborah Geffner—Pittsburgh
 * Richard Gere—Philadelphia
 * Ileen Getz—Bristol
 * Todd Glass—Philadelphia
 * Scott Glenn—Pittsburgh
 * Jeff Goldblum—Pittsburgh
 * Eve Gordon—Pittsburgh
 * Frank Gorshin—Pittsburgh
 * Seth Green—Philadelphia
 * Charles Grodin—Pittsburgh
 * Jonathan Groff—Lancaster

 * H–K

 * Kevin Peter Hall—Pittsburgh
 * Charles Hallahan—Philadelphia
 * Veronica Hamel—Philadelphia
 * Kevin Hart—Philadelphia
 * Tim Heidecker—Allentown
 * Sherman Hemsley—Philadelphia
 * Lauren Holly—Bristol
 * Gillian Jacobs—Mt. Lebanon
 * Anthony Jeselnik—Pittsburgh / Upper St. Clair
 * Cherie Johnson—Pittsburgh
 * Clark Johnson—Philadelphia
 * Russell Johnson—Ashley
 * Kendall Johnson—Lower Merion
 * Johnny Jolin—Montoursville
 * Angela Jones—Greensburg
 * Shirley Jones—Charleroi
 * Mario Joyner—Pittsburgh
 * James Karen—Wilkes-Barre
 * JP Karliak–Scranton
 * Tim Kazurinsky—Johnstown
 * Staci Keanan–Devon
 * Michael Keaton—Pittsburgh
 * Sheila Kelley—Greensburg
 * Gene Kelly—Pittsburgh
 * Grace Kelly (Princess of Monaco)—Philadelphia
 * Michael Kelly—Philadelphia
 * Jamie Kennedy—Upper Darby
 * Rya Kihlstedt—Lancaster
 * Daniel Dae Kim—Bethlehem
 * Taylor Kinney—Lancaster
 * Jack Klugman—Philadelphia
 * Eddie Korbich—Shamokin
 * Harley Jane Kozak—Wilkes-Barre
 * Nancy Kulp—Miffilintown
 * Jack Krizmanich—Phoenixville

 * L–M

 * Liz Larsen—Philadelphia
 * Andrew Lawrence—Philadelphia
 * Joey Lawrence—Philadelphia
 * Matthew Lawrence—Abington Township
 * Joshua Leonard—State College
 * Richard LeParmentier—Pittsburgh
 * David Lewis—Philadelphia
 * Gilbert Lewis—Philadelphia
 * Heather Lind—Upland
 * Jonathan Loughran—Philadelphia
 * Beverly Lynne—Sellersville
 * Jeanette MacDonald—Philadelphia
 * Aline MacMahon—Pittsburgh
 * Connor Maloney—Harrisburg
 * Joe Manganiello—Pittsburgh / Mt. Lebanon
 * Jayne Mansfield—Bryn Mawr
 * Bam Margera—West Chester
 * Mark Margolis—Philadelphia
 * Hugh Marlowe—Philadelphia
 * Adoni Maropis—Pittsburgh
 * Joe Maross—Barnesboro
 * Lynne Marta—Philadelphia
 * Kiel Martin—Pittsburgh
 * Al Martino—Philadelphia
 * Eric Martsolf—Harrisburg
 * Jackie Mason—Latrobe
 * Mark Matkevich—Philadelphia
 * Elaine May—Philadelphia
 * Melanie Mayron—Philadelphia
 * Mitzi McCall—Pittsburgh
 * Brooke McCarter—Philadelphia
 * Paul McCrane—Philadelphia / Richboro
 * Mary McDonnell—Wilkes-Barre
 * Rob McElhenney—Philadelphia
 * Matthew McGrory—West Chester
 * Frank McHugh—Allegheny County
 * Kate McNeil—Philadelphia
 * Larry Mendte—Lansdowne
 * Adolphe Menjou—Pittsburgh
 * Charles Meredith—Knoxville
 * Mary Lou Metzger—Philadelphia
 * James A Michener—Doylestown
 * Kate Micucci—Nazareth
 * Vic Mignogna—Pittsburgh
 * R. A. Mihailoff—Titusville
 * Dennis Miller—Pittsburgh
 * Jason Miller—Scranton
 * Lara Jill Miller—Allentown
 * Kristin Minter—Yardley
 * Cameron Mitchell—Dallastown
 * Tom Mix—Mix Run
 * Katherine Moennig—Philadelphia
 * Kelly Monaco—Philadelphia
 * Pauline Moore—Harrisburg
 * Jillian Murray—Reading

 * N–R

 * Kelly Neal—Philadelphia
 * Irene Ng—Allentown
 * Greg Nicotero—Pittsburgh
 * J. J. North—Philadelphia
 * Jay Oakerson—Philadelphia
 * Cheri Oteri—Upper Darby
 * Jerry Orbach—Wilkes-Barre
 * Beth Ostrosky—Pittsburgh
 * Jack Palance—Hazle Township
 * Stuart Pankin—Philadelphia
 * Sydney Park—Philadelphia
 * Adrian Pasdar—Powelton Village
 * Steven Pasquale—Hershey
 * Michele Pawk—Butler
 * Pamela Payton-Wright—Pittsburgh
 * Kelly Perine—State College
 * Robert Picardo—Philadelphia
 * Pink (Alecia Moore)—Doylestown
 * Joel Polis—Philadelphia
 * Jon Polito—Philadelphia
 * Billy Porter—Pittsburgh
 * William Powell—Pittsburgh
 * Robert Prosky—Philadelphia
 * Zachary Quinto—Pittsburgh
 * James Rebhorn—Philadelphia
 * Krysten Ritter—Bloomsburg/Shickshinny
 * Erica Rivera—Philadelphia
 * Keith Robinson—Philadelphia
 * Holly Robinson-Peete—Philadelphia
 * Daniel Roebuck—Bethlehem
 * Fred Rogers—Latrobe
 * George A. Romero—Pittsburgh
 * Norman Rose—Philadelphia
 * Zelda Rubinstein—Pittsburgh
 * Herbert Rudley—Philadelphia

 * S–Z

 * Bob Saget—Philadelphia
 * Diane Salinger—Philadelphia
 * Richard Sanders—Harrisburg
 * Tom Savini—Pittsburgh
 * Jennifer Sciole—Philadelphia
 * Lizabeth Scott—Scranton
 * David O. Selznick—Pittsburgh
 * Amanda Seyfried—Allentown
 * Craig Sheffer—York
 * M. Night Shyamalan—Philadelphia
 * Penny Singleton—Philadelphia
 * Emil Sitka—Johnstown
 * Jonathan Slavin—Wilkes-Barre
 * Kerr Smith—Exton
 * Will Smith—Philadelphia
 * Dana Snyder—Allentown
 * Timothy Stack—Doylestown
 * Robert Sterling—New Castle
 * James Stewart—Indiana
 * Sharon Stone—Meadville area
 * Joseph Sweeney—Philadelphia
 * Taylor Swift—West Reading
 * Christine Taylor—Allentown
 * Holland Taylor—Philadelphia
 * Teller—Philadelphia
 * Miles Teller—Downingtown
 * Jonathan Taylor Thomas—Bethlehem
 * Paul F. Tompkins—Philadelphia
 * William Tracy—Pittsburgh
 * Tom Verica—Philadelphia
 * Mike Vogel—Abington/Warminster
 * Brendon Walsh—Philadelphia
 * Lisa Waltz—Limerick
 * Eric Wareheim—Audubon
 * Fritz Weaver—Pittsburgh
 * Michael Willis—Lancaster
 * Thomas F. Wilson—Philadelphia/Wayne
 * Danny Woodburn—Philadelphia
 * Chris Young—Chambersburg
 * Winter Ave Zoli—New Hope

Artists

 * Julian Abele, architect—Philadelphia
 * Alice Aycock, sculptor—Harrisburg
 * Edmund Bacon, architect—Philadelphia
 * Paul Bartholomew, architect—Ligonier
 * Karen Bausman, architect—Allentown
 * Alison Bechdel, graphic novelist—Beech Creek
 * Cecilia Beaux, painter—Philadelphia
 * Alexander Calder, sculptor—Lawnton
 * Mary Cassatt, painter—Allegheny City
 * George Catlin, painter—Wilkes-Barre
 * Stuart Davis, painter—Philadelphia
 * Charles Demuth, painter—Lancaster
 * Steve Ditko, comic book artist—Johnstown
 * Thomas Eakins, painter—Philadelphia
 * William Glackens, painter—Philadelphia
 * Martha Graham, modern dancer and choreographer—Allegheny City
 * Keith Haring, painter—Kutztown
 * Jerry Harris, sculptor—Pittsburgh
 * William Stanley Haseltine, painter—Philadelphia
 * Mike Hawthorne, comic book artist, illustrator—York
 * Martin Johnson Heade, painter—Lumberville
 * Charleen Kinser, toy-designer—Boalsburg
 * Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina—Bethlehem
 * Franz Kline, painter—Wilkes-Barre
 * Jeff Koons, sculptor—York
 * Nate Lewis, visual artist—Beaver Falls
 * Thaddeus Mosley, sculptor—Pittsburgh
 * Alice Neel, painter—Colwyn
 * Violet Oakley, painter—Philadelphia
 * Maxfield Parrish, illustrator—Philadelphia
 * Philip Pearlstein, painter—Pittsburgh
 * Joseph Pennell, illustrator—Philadelphia
 * Man Ray, artist and photographer—Philadelphia
 * Charles Sheeler, painter, photographer—Philadelphia
 * Grover Simcox, illustrator—Philadelphia
 * John Sloan, painter—Lock Haven
 * Gary Mark Smith, global street photographer—Kutztown
 * Jeff Smith, cartoonist—McKees Rocks
 * Thomas Ustick Walter, architect—Philadelphia
 * Andy Warhol, pop culture artist—Pittsburgh
 * Neil Welliver, landscape artist—Millville
 * Andrew Wyeth, painter—Chadds Ford Township
 * Jamie Wyeth, painter (son of Andrew)—Chadds Ford Township
 * N.C. Wyeth, illustrator (father of Andrew)—Chadds Ford Township
 * Bunny Yeager, photographer—Wilkinsburg

Astronauts

 * Jerome Apt, NASA astronaut—Pittsburgh
 * Guion S. Bluford, astronaut, first African-American man in space—Philadelphia
 * Pete Conrad, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab astronaut, third man to walk on the Moon—Philadelphia
 * Michael Fincke—Pittsburgh
 * Theodore Freeman, Group 3 astronaut; killed in training jet accident—Haverford
 * Terry Hart, NASA astronaut—Pittsburgh
 * James Irwin, Apollo 15—Pittsburgh
 * Glynn Lunney, NASA engineer—Old Forge
 * David Medved, trained astronaut and physicist—Philadelphia
 * Paul W. Richards, Shuttle and ISS astronaut—Dunmore
 * Patricia Hilliard Robertson, 1998 Astronaut Group—killed in private airplane accident—Indiana
 * Daniel M. Tani, engineer, NASA astronaut—Ridley Park
 * Joseph A. Walker, USAF/NASA astronaut, United States' seventh man in space—Washington, Pennsylvania
 * Paul J. Weitz, Skylab and Shuttle astronaut—Erie

Athletes
A–B "HOF" = Hall of Fame
 * A–B

 * John Abramovic, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
 * Cal Abrams (1924–1997), Major League Baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Matt Adams, professional baseball player—Philipsburg
 * Herb Adderley, HOF professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Eddie Alvarez, professional mixed martial artist—Philadelphia
 * Rubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), Major League Baseball player, general manager, and coach—Philadelphia
 * Joe Amato, professional drag racer—Old Forge
 * John Andretti, NASCAR driver—Bethlehem
 * Marco Andretti, auto racing driver—Nazareth
 * Michael Andretti, auto racing driver—Bethlehem
 * Kurt Angle, professional wrestler, Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling—Pittsburgh
 * Paul Arizin, HOF professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * LaVar Arrington, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Cameron Artis-Payne, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Al Babartsky, professional football player—Shenandoah
 * Bob Babich, professional football coach—Aliquippa
 * Kayla Bashore, Olympic field hockey player—Hamburg
 * Ralph Baker, professional football player—Lewistown
 * Saquon Barkley, professional football player—Coplay
 * Charlie Batch, professional football player—Homestead
 * William Beatty, professional football player—York
 * Aaron Beasley, professional football player—Pottstown
 * Joe Beimel, professional baseball player—Kersey
 * Stan Belinda, professional baseball player—Huntingdon
 * Bert Bell, professional football commissioner—Philadelphia
 * Brad Benson, professional football player—Altoona
 * Norm Benning, NASCAR driver—Level Green
 * Jesse Biddle, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Fred Biletnikoff, HOF professional football player—Erie
 * Steve Bilko, professional baseball player—Nanticoke
 * Adam Bisnowaty (born 1993), professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Steve Blackman, professional wrestler—Annville
 * DeJuan Blair, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
 * George Blanda, HOF professional football player—Youngwood
 * Chaim Bloom (born 1983), Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox
 * Charlie Bolling, professional golfer—Rosemont
 * Sam Bowie, professional basketball player—Lebanon
 * Jerry Boyarsky, professional football player—Scott Township
 * Tyler Boyd, professional football player–Clairton
 * Jennifer Brady, professional tennis player—Harrisburg
 * Kyle Brady, professional football player—Camp Hill
 * Sid Bream, professional baseball player—Mount Holly Springs
 * Steve Breaston, professional football player—North Braddock
 * Gustave Brickner, extreme swimmer—Charleroi
 * Tom Brookens, professional baseball player—Chambersburg
 * Corey Brown, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Gary Brown, professional football player—Williamsport
 * John Brown, HOF college football player—Canton
 * Philly Brown, professional football player—Upper Darby
 * Scott Brunner, professional football player—Sellersville
 * Kobe Bryant, professional basketball player—Lower Merion Township
 * Taylor Buchholz, professional baseball player—Lower Merion Township
 * Ryan Buchter, professional baseball player—Reading
 * Marc Bulger, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Leroy Burrell, track and field—Lansdowne
 * Rasual Butler, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Nate Byham, NFL tight end—Franklin
 * Axtell J. Byles, NFL Player—Titusville

 * C–D

 * Alex Cabrera, professional baseball player—Lebanon
 * Ray Caldwell, professional baseball player—McKean County
 * John Calipari, college basketball coach—Moon Township
 * Roy Campanella, HOF professional baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Russ Canzler, professional baseball player—Berwick
 * John Cappelletti, professional football player—Upper Darby
 * P. J. Carlesimo, professional basketball coach—Scranton
 * Nate Carr, Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling—Erie
 * Tony Carr (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League-Philadelphia
 * Pete Carril, HOF college basketball coach—Bethlehem
 * Matt Carroll, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
 * Len Chappell, professional basketball player—Portage
 * Wilt Chamberlain, HOF professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Barry Church, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Nestor Chylak, professional baseball umpire—Olyphant
 * Bruce Clark, professional football player—New Castle
 * Bryan Cohen (born 1989), American-Israeli professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Colby Cohen (born 1989), professional ice hockey player—Villanova
 * Jake Cohen (born 1990), American-Israeli professional basketball player—Bryn Mawr
 * Julia Cohen (born 1989), tennis player—Philadelphia
 * Billy Conn, professional boxer—Pittsburgh
 * James Conner, professional football player—Erie, Pennsylvania
 * Harry Coveleski, professional baseball player—Shamokin
 * Stan Coveleski, HOF baseball player—Shamokin
 * Fran Crippen, swimmer—Conshohocken
 * Maddy Crippen, Olympic swimmer—Conshohocken
 * Tom Clements, professional football coach—McKees Rocks
 * Gary Collins, professional football player—Williamstown
 * Joe Collins, professional baseball player—Scranton
 * Kerry Collins, professional football player—Lebanon
 * Marques Colston, professional football player—Susquehanna Township
 * Dan Conners, professional football player—St. Mary's
 * Dan Connor, professional football player—Wallingford
 * Mark Corey, professional baseball player—Austin
 * Mike Costanzo, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Jim Covert, professional football player—Conway
 * Bill Cowher, professional football coach—Crafton
 * Billy Cox, professional baseball player—Newport
 * Mike Cox, professional football player—Lewisberry
 * Channing Crowder, professional football player—State College
 * Chris Culliver, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * David Curtiss, competitive swimmer—Yardley
 * Chuck Daly, HOF professional basketball coach—Kane
 * Bob Davie, college football coach—Moon Township
 * Ernie Davis, HOF college football player—New Salem-Buffington
 * Phil Davis, UFC fighter—Harrisburg
 * Darrell Dess, professional football player—New Castle
 * James Develin, professional football player—Boyertown
 * Dorin Dickerson, professional football player—Imperial
 * Keir Dillon, professional snowboarder—East Stroudsburg
 * Mike Ditka, HOF professional football player and coach—Aliquippa
 * Randy Dobnak, professional baseball player—South Park
 * Tim Donaghy, professional basketball referee—Havertown
 * Aaron Donald, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Jakim Donaldson (born 1983), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League–Pittsburgh
 * Keith Dorney, professional football player—Emmaus
 * Tony Dorsett, HOF professional football player—Hopewell Township
 * Forrest "Jap" Douds, professional football player and coach—Rochester
 * Shane Douglas, professional wrestler—Pittsburgh
 * Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953), former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics—Plymouth Meeting
 * Jeff Dugan, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Pete Duranko, professional football player—Johnstown
 * Jimmy Dykes, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Stanley Dziedzic, Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling—Allentown

 * E–G

 * Bill Eadie, professional wrestler—Brownsville
 * Kyle Eckel, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Josh Edgin, professional baseball player—Three Springs
 * Wayne Ellington, professional basketball player—Wynnewood
 * Cody Eppley, professional baseball player—Dillsburg
 * Jahri Evans, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Tyreke Evans, professional basketball player—Chester
 * Tim Federowicz, professional baseball player—Erie
 * Bill Ferrario, professional football player—Scranton
 * Randy Fichtner, professional football coach—Meadville
 * Frank Filchock, professional football player and coach—Greene County
 * D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League—Philadelphia
 * Joe Flacco, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Pat Flaherty, professional football coach—McSherrystown
 * Hali Flickinger, Olympic swimmer—York County
 * Andre Fluellen, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Tom Flynn, professional football player—Verona
 * Nellie Fox, HOF professional baseball player—St. Thomas Township
 * Terry Francona, professional baseball manager—New Brighton
 * Tito Francona, professional baseball player—New Brighton
 * John Frank (born 1962), professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Buck Freeman, professional baseball player—Catasauqua
 * Gus Frerotte, professional football player—Kittanning
 * Carl Furillo, professional baseball player–Stony Creek Mills
 * Jim Furyk, professional golfer—Lancaster
 * Rich Gannon, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Ryan Garko, professional baseball player—Pittsburgh
 * Jason Garrett, professional football coach—Abington
 * John Garrett, professional football coach—Danville
 * Eddie George, professional football player—Abington Township
 * Sam Gerson, Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling—Philadelphia
 * Sean Gilbert, professional football player—Aliquippa
 * Armen Gilliam, professional basketball player—Bethel Park
 * Garry Gilliam, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Kimberly Glass, professional volleyball player—Lancaster
 * Tom Gola, HOF basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Robbie Gould, professional football player—Jersey Shore
 * Bruce Gradkowski, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Gino Gradkowski, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Aaron Gray, professional basketball player—Emmaus
 * Dick Gray, professional baseball player—Jefferson
 * Al Gionfriddo, professional baseball player—Dysart
 * Ken Griffey Jr., professional baseball player—Donora
 * Ken Griffey Sr., professional baseball player—Donora
 * Russ Grimm, professional football player—Scottdale
 * Dick Groat, professional baseball player—Wilkinsburg
 * Randy Grossman (born 1952), professional football player—Haverford Township
 * Peter Gruner, professional wrestler, ring name Billy Kidman—Allentown
 * Brandon Guyer, professional baseball player—West Chester

 * H–K

 * Jack Ham, professional football player—Johnstown
 * Richard Hamilton, professional basketball player
 * Brendan Hansen, Olympic gold medal swimmer—Haverford Township
 * Marvin Harrison, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500—Titusville
 * Leon Hart, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Jim Haslett, professional football player and coach—Pittsburgh
 * Andrew Hawkins, professional football player—Johnstown
 * Artrell Hawkins, professional football player—Johnstown
 * Don Heffner, professional baseball player and manager—Rouzerville
 * Chris Heisey, professional baseball player—Mount Joy
 * John Heisman, football player, namesake of trophy—Titusville
 * Gerald Henderson Jr., professional basketball player—Merion
 * Chad Henne, professional football player—Wyomissing
 * Jake Herbert, Olympic freestyle wrestler—Pittsburgh
 * Tom Herr, professional baseball player and manager—Lancaster
 * Mark Herzlich, professional football player—Wayne
 * Cameron Heyward, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Eric Hicks, professional football player—Erie
 * Jordan Hill, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Shawn Hillegas, professional baseball player—South Fork
 * Darrun Hilliard, professional basketball player
 * Al Holbert, professional auto racer—Warrington
 * Larry Holmes, HOF professional boxer—Easton
 * J. J. Hoover, professional baseball player—Elizabeth
 * Bernard Hopkins, professional boxer—Philadelphia
 * Jeff Hostetler, professional football player—Hollsopple
 * Art Howe, professional baseball player and manager—Pittsburgh
 * Gene Huey, professional football player—Uniontown
 * Henry Hynoski, professional football player—Elysburg
 * Jerald Ingram, professional football coach—Beaver
 * Qadry Ismail, professional football player—Wilkes-Barre
 * Raghib Ismail, professional football player—Wilkes-Barre
 * Marc Jackson, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Marlin Jackson, professional football player—Sharon
 * Reggie Jackson, HOF professional baseball player—Wyncote
 * Brook Jacoby, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Hughie Jennings, professional baseball player—Pittston
 * Larry Johnson, professional football player—State College
 * Derrick Jones Jr., professional basketball player—Chester
 * Eddie Jones, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Kevin Jones, professional BMX rider—York
 * Sage Karam, professional racing driver—Nazareth
 * George Karl, professional basketball coach—Penn Hills
 * Nate Karns, professional baseball player—Franklin
 * Don Kelly, professional baseball player—Butler
 * Jim Kelly, HOF professional football player—Bradys Bend Township
 * Pat Kelly, professional baseball player—Philadelphia
 * Ray Kemp, professional football player—Cecil Township
 * Billy Kidman (ring name), professional wrestler—Allentown
 * Ethan Kilmer, professional football player—Wyalusing
 * Bucko Kilroy, professional football player and coach—Philadelphia
 * Betsy King, HOF professional golfer—Reading
 * Steve Kline, professional baseball player—Winfield
 * Cary Kolat, freestyle wrestler, two-time world medalist—Rices Landing
 * Dan Koppen, professional football player—Whitehall Township
 * Josh Koscheck, professional mixed martial artist—Waynesburg
 * Kristy Kowal, Olympic swimmer—Reading
 * Bruce Kozerski, professional football player—Plains Township
 * Erik Kratz, professional baseball player—Telford
 * Julian Krinsky, tennis player-Philadelphia
 * John Kuhn, professional football player—Dover

 * L–M

 * Floyd Landis, professional cyclist—Lancaster
 * Tom Lasorda, HOF professional baseball manager—Norristown
 * Howard Lassoff (1955–2013), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Ty Law, professional football player—Aliquippa
 * Sean Lee, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Don LeJohn, professional baseball manager—Daisytown
 * Matt Lengel, professional football player—Mechanicsburg
 * Chad Levitt, professional football player—Cheltenham
 * Dion Lewis, professional football player—Penn Hills
 * Grant Lewis, professional ice hockey player—Upper St. Clair
 * Ralph Lewis, professional basketball player and coach—Philadelphia
 * Ryan Lexer (born 1976), American-Israeli basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Tara Lipinski, Olympic gold medalist in figure skating—Philadelphia
 * Kyle Lowry, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Maurice Lucas, professional basketball player—Pittsburgh
 * Johnny Lujack, HOF professional football player—Connellsville
 * Chloe Lukasiak, actor, featured dancer on Dance Moms—Churchill (Pittsburgh/Mars)
 * Sparky Lyle professional baseball player—Reynoldsville
 * Joe Maddon, professional baseball manager—Hazleton
 * Brooke Makler (1951–2010), Olympic fencer
 * Paul Makler Jr. (born 1946), Olympic fencer
 * Paul Makler Sr. (1920-2022), Olympic fencer
 * Ryan Malone, professional hockey player—Upper St. Clair
 * Greg Manusky, professional football player—Dallas
 * Bam Margera, professional skateboarder—West Chester
 * Pete Maravich, HOF professional basketball player—Aliquippa
 * Dan Marino, HOF professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Brandon Marshall, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Donyell Marshall, professional basketball player—Reading
 * Tim Masthay, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Christy Mathewson, HOF professional baseball player—Factoryville
 * Michael R. Matz, Olympic equestrian and thoroughbred trainer—Collegeville
 * Pat McAfee, professional football player—Plum
 * Matt McBride, professional baseball player—Bethlehem
 * Ed McCaffrey, professional football player—Waynesboro
 * Joe McCarthy, HOF baseball manager—Philadelphia
 * Mike McCarthy, American football coach—Pittsburgh
 * John J. McDermott, professional golfer—Philadelphia
 * Jameel McClain, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Robert McClain, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * LeSean McCoy, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Mike McCoy, professional football player—Erie
 * Muffet McGraw, college basketball coach—Pottstown
 * Aaron Mckie, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Josephine McKim, Olympic swimming gold medalist—Oil City
 * Brandon McManus, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Rocco Mediate, professional golfer—Greensburg
 * Mike Mentzer, bodybuilder, 1979 Mr. Olympia—Ephrata
 * Devin Mesoraco, professional baseball player—Punxsutawney
 * Lou Michaels, professional football player—Swoyersville
 * Walt Michaels, pro football player and coach—Swoyersville
 * Matt Millen, professional football player—Whitehall Township
 * Abby Lee Miller, star of Pittsburgh-based Dance Moms and owner of Abby Lee Dance Company—Penn Hills
 * Eric Milton, professional baseball pitcher—Bellefonte
 * Cuttino Mobley, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Earl Monroe, HOF professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Joe Montana, HOF professional football player—New Eagle
 * Nick Moody, professional football player—Wyncote
 * Charles Morgan, professional football player—Allentown
 * Lenny Moore, HOF professional football player—Reading
 * Michael Moorer, professional boxer—Monessen
 * Marcus Morris, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Markieff Morris, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Mercury Morris, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Jamie Moyer, professional baseball player—Sellersville
 * Terry Mulholland, professional baseball player—Uniontown
 * Mike Munchak, professional football player—Scranton
 * Ryan Mundy, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * James Mungro, professional football player—East Stroudsburg
 * Flip Murray, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Stan Musial, HOF professional baseball player—Donora
 * Mike Mussina, professional baseball player—Montoursville

 * N–R

 * Joe Namath, HOF professional football player—Beaver Falls
 * Bridget Namiotka (born 1990), pair skater
 * Ryan Nassib, professional football player—West Chester
 * Jameer Nelson, professional basketball player—Chester
 * Lucas Nix, professional football player—Clairton
 * Jordan Norwood, professional football player—State College
 * Marty Nothstein, professional cyclist, 2000 Olympics gold medalist—Emmaus
 * Jared Odrick, professional football player—Lebanon
 * Bo Orlando, professional football player—Berwick
 * Ben Olsen, professional soccer player and coach—Middletown
 * Joe Ostrowski, professional baseball player—West Wyoming
 * Ed Ott, professional baseball player—Muncy
 * Doug Overton, professional basketball coach—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Billy Owens, professional basketball player—Carlisle
 * Arnold Palmer, HOF professional golfer—Latrobe
 * George Parros, professional hockey player—Washington
 * Sean Payton, professional football head coach for the New Orleans Saints—Philadelphia
 * Todd Peck, professional racing driver—Glenville
 * Corey Peters, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Zach Pfeffer (born 1995), soccer player—Dresher
 * Mike Piazza, HOF professional baseball player—Norristown
 * Bernard Pierce, professional football player—Ardmore
 * Jason Pinkston, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Lousaka Polite, professional football player—North Braddock
 * Paul Posluszny, professional football player—Hopewell Township
 * Abner Charles Powell, professional baseball player, owner, innovator—Shenandoah
 * Terrelle Pryor, professional football player—Jeannette
 * Justin Pugh, professional football player—Holland
 * Christian Pulisic, professional soccer player—Hershey
 * Andre Reed, HOF professional football player—Allentown
 * Dylan Reese (born 1984), NHL ice hockey player—Pittsburgh
 * Frank Reich, professional football player—Lebanon
 * Nolan Reimold, professional baseball player—Greenville
 * Nicole Reinhart, professional cyclist—Macungie
 * Rocky Reynolds, professional wrestler—Titusville
 * Darrelle Revis, professional football player—Aliquippa
 * Mike Richter, professional hockey player—Abington
 * Garth Rickards, professional racing driver—Mechanicsburg
 * Adam Rippon, Olympic bronze medalist in figure skating—Clarks Summit
 * Jon Ritchie, professional football player—Mechanicsburg
 * Bill Robinson, professional baseball player, coach—McKeesport
 * Ed Roebuck, professional baseball player—East Millsboro
 * Malik Rose, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Mike Rosenthal (born 1977), NFL football player—Pittsburgh
 * Tim Ruddy, professional football player—Dunmore
 * Bobby Ryan, professional ice hockey player—Philadelphia
 * Matt Ryan, professional football player—Exton

 * S–Z

 * Brandon Saad, professional hockey player—Pittsburgh
 * Jack Sack (1902–1980), football player and coach
 * John Salmons, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestler—Pittsburgh
 * Bob Sanders, professional football player—Erie
 * Jerry Sandusky, college football coach—Washington
 * Carl Sawatski, professional baseball player—Shickshinny
 * Matt Schaub, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Steve Schlachter (born 1954), American-Israeli basketball player—Plymouth Meeting
 * Allison Schmitt, Olympic swimmer–Pittsburgh
 * Brian Schneider, professional baseball player—Northampton
 * Marty Schottenheimer, professional football coach
 * Mike Scioscia, professional baseball player and manager—Morton
 * Coleman Scott, Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling—Waynesburg
 * Da'Rel Scott, professional football player—Conshohocken
 * Vic Seixas (born 1923), professional Hall of Fame tennis player
 * Nate Sestina (born 1997), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Mustafa Shakur, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Bobby Shantz, professional baseball player—Pottstown
 * Kirk Shelmerdine, NASCAR crew chief and driver—Philadelphia
 * Jean Shiley, Olympic track and field gold medalist—Harrisburg
 * Dick Shiner, professional football player—Lebanon
 * A. Q. Shipley, professional football player—Coraopolis
 * Tom Skladany, professional football player—Bethel Park
 * Greg Skrepenak, professional football player—Wilkes Barre
 * Steve Slaton, professional football player—Levittown
 * Kevin Slowey, professional baseball player—Upper St. Clair
 * Musa Smith, professional football player—New Bloomfield
 * Garrett Smithley, professional racing driver—Ligonier
 * Gene Snitsky, professional wrestler—Nesquehoning
 * Frank Spellman (1922–2017), Olympic champion weightlifter—Malvern, Philadelphia, York
 * Jimmy Spencer, professional racecar driver—Berwick
 * Shawntae Spencer, professional football player—Rankin
 * Eddie Stanky, professional baseball player and manager—Philadelphia
 * Larod Stephens-Howling, professional football player—Johnstown
 * Mark Stepnoski, professional football player—Erie
 * Tony Stewart, professional football player—Allentown
 * Devin Street, professional football player—Bethlehem
 * Ross Stripling, professional baseball player—Blue Bell
 * Big John Studd, professional wrestler—Butler
 * Joe Stydahar, professional football player and coach—Kaylor
 * Matt Suhey, professional football player—Bellefonte
 * Bob Sura, professional basketball player—Wilkes-Barre
 * Bruce Sutter, HOF professional baseball player—Lancaster
 * Chuck Tanner, professional baseball player and manager—New Castle
 * Jason Taylor, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Ray Tesser, professional football player—Titusville
 * Walter Tewksbury, Olympian track and field athlete—Ashley
 * Jaimie Thomas, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Myles Thomas, professional baseball player—State College
 * Carol Semple Thompson, amateur golfer—Sewickley
 * Jim Thorpe, various—Carlisle, only connected posthumously to Jim Thorpe
 * Jim Tomsula, professional football coach—Homestead
 * Wallace Triplett, professional football player—Cheltenham Township
 * Charley Trippi, HOF professional football player—Pittston
 * Bob Tucker, professional football player—Hazleton
 * Emlen Tunnell, HOF professional football player—Bryn Mawr
 * Dave Twardzik, professional basketball player—Middletown
 * R.J. Umberger, professional hockey player—Pittsburgh
 * Johnny Unitas, HOF professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Mickey Vernon, professional baseball player—Marcus Hook
 * Iosif Vitebskiy (born 1938), Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer and fencing coach—Philadelphia
 * Honus Wagner, HOF professional baseball player—Chartiers Township
 * Dion Waiters, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Christian Walker, professional baseball player—Norristown
 * Neil Walker, professional baseball player—Pittsburgh
 * Art Wall Jr., professional golfer—Honesdale
 * Rasheed Wallace, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Ed Walsh, HOF professional baseball player—Plains Township
 * Joe Walton, professional football coach—Beaver Falls
 * Hakim Warrick, professional basketball player—Philadelphia
 * Earl Watford, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Kenny Watson, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Ricky Watters, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Bobby Weaver, Olympic gold medal freestyle wrestler–Easton
 * Reggie Wells, professional football player—South Park
 * Johnny Weir, professional and Olympic figure skater—Coatesville
 * Randy White, HOF professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Brian Williams, professional football player—Mt. Lebanon
 * Early Williams (born 1951), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Lauryn Williams, Summer and Winter Olympic medalist—Rochester
 * —Wallingford
 * Josh Wilson, professional baseball player—Mt. Lebanon
 * Kris Wilson, professional football player—Harrisburg
 * Coy Wire, professional football player—Camp Hill—Cedar Cliff
 * Stefen Wisniewski, professional football player—Pittsburgh
 * Lee Woodall, professional football player—Carlisle
 * Tom Woodeshick, professional football player—Wilkes-Barre
 * John Woodruff, Olympic gold medalist in track and field—Connellsville
 * Blidi Wreh-Wilson, professional football player—Edinboro
 * Frank Wycheck, professional football player—Philadelphia
 * Michael Young (born 1994), basketball player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League—Pittsburgh
 * Stephen Zack (born 1992), basketball player
 * Maddie Ziegler, actor, featured dancer on Dance Moms—Murrysville
 * Mackenzie Ziegler, actor, featured dancer on Dance Moms—Murrysville

Authors, playwrights, and writers

 * Edward Abbey—Indiana
 * Louisa May Alcott—Germantown
 * Lloyd Alexander—Philadelphia
 * George Anastasia—Philadelphia
 * Maxwell Anderson-Atlantic
 * Poul Anderson—Bristol
 * Janet Asimov—Ashland
 * Mary Canfield Ballard—Troy
 * Samuel Barber—West Chester
 * Donald Barthelme—Philadelphia
 * Ellen Bass—Philadelphia
 * John Batchelor—Bryn Mawr / Lower Merion Township
 * Mary Temple Bayard—Waynesburg
 * Adaline Hohf Beery–Hanover
 * Stan and Jan Berenstain—Philadelphia
 * Ben Bova—Philadelphia
 * Mary D. R. Boyd—Philadelphia
 * Anna Braden—Montgomery
 * Pearl S. Buck—Perkasie
 * Charles Brockden Brown—Philadelphia
 * Bebe Moore Campbell—Philadelphia
 * Francesca Anna Canfield–—Philadelphia
 * Rachel Carson—Springdale
 * Diana Cavallo—Philadelphia
 * Stephen Chbosky—Pittsburgh
 * Helen Taggart Clark–Northumberland
 * Mary M. Cohen—Philadelphia
 * Marc Connelly—McKeesport
 * Michael Connelly—Philadelphia
 * Margaret Deland—Allegheny
 * Annie Dillard—Pittsburgh
 * Ella Hamilton Durley–Harrisville
 * Tristan Egolf—Lancaster
 * Robert Fagles—Philadelphia
 * Stephen Flaherty—Pittsburgh
 * Harvey Flink—Centre Hall
 * Tom Flynn—Erie
 * Nancy Friday—Pittsburgh
 * David Fulmer—Northumberland
 * Todd Gallagher—Greensburg
 * Walter B. Gibson—Philadelphia
 * Carmen Gentile—New Kensington
 * Jim Goad—Ridley Park
 * Jane Lewers Gray–Easton
 * H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)—Bethlehem
 * Oscar Hammerstein II—Doylestown
 * Lucy Hamilton Hooper—Philadelphia
 * Emeline Harriet Howe—West Hickory
 * Kristin Hunter—Philadelphia
 * Woody Jackson—Oil City
 * Thomas Allibone Janvier—Philadelphia
 * Robert T. Jeschonek—Johnstown
 * Kait Kerrigan—Kingston
 * Dean Koontz—Everett
 * David Leavitt—Pittsburgh
 * Marguerite St. Leon Loud-Wysox
 * Bree Lowdermilk—Wallingford
 * John D. MacDonald—Sharon
 * Edith May—Philadelphia
 * David McCullough—Pittsburgh
 * Henry Meyer—Centre County
 * James A. Michener—Doylestown
 * Jason Miller—Scranton
 * Susanne Vandegrift Moore–Bucks County
 * James Morrow—Philadelphia
 * Lance Morrow—Philadelphia
 * John O'Hara—Pottsville
 * Ralph Peters—Pottsville / Schuylkill Haven
 * Robert W. Peterson—Warren
 * Darryl Ponicsan—Shenandoah
 * Ezra Pound—Wyncote
 * Conrad Richter—Pine Grove
 * Mary Rinehart—Pittsburgh
 * Julia H. Scott–Sheshequin
 * Lisa Scottoline—Philadelphia
 * Sara Shepard—Downingtown
 * Dora Adele Shoemaker—Philadelphia
 * Luella Dowd Smith–Sheffield
 * Martin Cruz Smith—Reading
 * Stephen Sondheim—Doylestown
 * Jerry Spinelli—Norristown
 * Jerry Stahl—Pittsburgh
 * Gertrude Stein—Allegheny
 * Gerald Stern—Pittsburgh
 * Wallace Stevens—Reading
 * Ida Tarbell—Titusville
 * Bayard Taylor—Chester County
 * Eva Griffith Thompson–Jennersville
 * John Updike—Reading
 * Ellen Oliver Van Fleet—Troy
 * Judith Vollmer—Pittsburgh
 * Sarah Stokes Walton—Philadelphia
 * Jeannette H. Walworth–—Philadelphia
 * Joseph Wambaugh–—East Pittsburgh
 * Catharine H. Waterman—Philadelphia
 * Lauren Weisberger—Allentown
 * John Edgar Wideman—Pittsburgh
 * Marianne Wiggins—Lancaster
 * August Wilson—Pittsburgh
 * Owen Wister—Philadelphia
 * Jeffrey Zaslow—Broomall
 * Calvin Ziegler—Rebersburg

Computer scientists and mathematicians

 * Scott Aaronson—Philadelphia
 * John Backus—Philadelphia
 * David Bader—Bethlehem
 * Brendan Eich—Pittsburgh
 * Martin Charles Golumbic—Erie
 * Emil Grosswald—Narberth
 * William Draper Harkins—Titusville
 * Chad Hurley—Birdsboro
 * Oliver Dimon Kellogg—Linwood
 * Alan Kotok—Philadelphia
 * Michael L. Littman—Philadelphia
 * Alan Perlis—Pittsburgh
 * Hilary Putnam—Philadelphia
 * Jeffrey Shallit—Philadelphia
 * George Stibitz—York
 * E. Roy Weintraub—Philadelphia

Conservationists

 * Charles Babcock—Oil City
 * Rachel Carson—Springdale
 * Paul R. Ehrlich—Germantown
 * Inky Moore—Newville
 * Joseph Rothrock—McVeytown
 * Howard Zahniser—Franklin

Criminals

 * Mumia Abu-Jamal—Philadelphia
 * George Banks—Wilkes-Barre
 * Richard Baumhammers—Pittsburgh
 * Angelo Bruno—Philadelphia
 * Andrew Thomas DelGiorno—Philadelphia
 * Mickey Duffy—Philadelphia
 * Ira Einhorn—Philadelphia
 * Caleb Fairley—Gulph Mills
 * George Feigley—Harrisburg
 * Eric Frein—Canadensis
 * Kermit Gosnell—Philadelphia
 * Gary M. Heidnik—Philadelphia
 * Maxie "Boo Boo" Hoff—Philadelphia
 * Eddie James—Bristol
 * Joseph Kallinger—Philadelphia
 * Timothy Krajcir—West Mahanoy
 * Alec Devon Kreider—Lancaster County
 * Ignatius Lanzetta—Philadelphia
 * Leo Lanzetta—Philadelphia
 * John LaRocca—Indiana County
 * Joey Merlino—Philadelphia
 * Ryan Samsel-Bucks County
 * Jerry Sandusky—Washington
 * Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran—Darby
 * Sundance Kid—Mont Clare
 * Philip Testa—Philadelphia
 * Salvatore Testa—Philadelphia

Educators

 * Mary Alderson Chandler Atherton (1849-1934), founder, Chandler Normal Shorthand School, chiefly for the training of teachers, the first school of its kind in the world
 * Robert Balling, professor of geography, Arizona State University—Uniontown
 * Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Francis Bohlen (1868–1942), Algernon Sydney Biddle professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Derek Bok, 25th President of Harvard University—Bryn Mawr
 * Adda Burch (1869-1929), teacher-missionary at Concepción College, Concepción, Chile
 * Daniel Chamovitz, biologist, author of What a Plant Knows, and President of Ben Gurion University of the Negev
 * Harold W. Dodds, 15th President of Princeton University—Utica
 * Steven Drizin, lawyer and law professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
 * Thomas Messinger Drown, fourth President of Lehigh University—Philadelphia
 * C. Clement French, sixth president of Washington State University—Philadelphia
 * Thomas F. George, chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics, University of Missouri–St. Louis—Philadelphia
 * Leonard Hayflick, Professor of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco—Philadelphia
 * Susan Henking—Paoli, president of Shimer College
 * John W. Heston, second president of Washington State; third president of South Dakota State; fourth president of Dakota State—Bellefonte
 * John Heuser, Professor of Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine—Pittsburgh
 * John Honnold (1915-2011), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Andrew Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University—West Reading
 * Noyes Leech (1921–2010), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Philip Morrison, Institute Professor Emeritus and professor of physics emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology—Pittsburgh
 * Julia Anna Orum (1843-1904), principal, Philadelphia School of Elocution
 * Christopher Stuart Patterson (1842–1924), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Wendell Pritchett, Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden, Interim Dean and Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Provost of the University of Pennsylvania
 * Curtis R. Reitz (born 1929), Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School—Reading
 * Louis B. Schwartz (1913-2003), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School—Philadelphia
 * David Soll, biology professor, University of Iowa—Philadelphia
 * Clyde Summers (1918-2010), labor lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School—Germantown
 * Bernard Wolfman (1924–2011), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and law professor—Philadelphia
 * John Yoo, Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley—Philadelphia
 * Wendy Cadge, American sociologist and president-elect at Bryn Mawr College—Delaware County

Engineers and inventors

 * James Henry Carpenter—Reading, Berks County
 * Edgar Cortright—Hastings
 * Sidney Darlington—Pittsburgh
 * William C. Davis Jr.—Shinglehouse
 * Henry Deringer—Johnstown
 * Nance Dicciani—Philadelphia
 * J. Presper Eckert—Philadelphia
 * Jesse Fell—Wilkes-Barre
 * Matthias Forney—Hanover
 * Benjamin Franklin—Boston, Massachusetts
 * Daniel French—Brownsville and Philadelphia
 * Robert Fulton—Little Britain
 * Frank Hastings Griffin—Chester
 * Mary Hallock-Greenewalt—Philadelphia
 * George H. Heilmeier—Philadelphia
 * John Kanzius—Washington
 * Samuel Kier—Conemaugh Township
 * Thomas Midgley Jr.—Beaver Falls
 * William C. Pfefferle—Philadelphia
 * Alan Pritsker—Philadelphia
 * Henry Miller Shreve—Brownsville
 * Jacob Snider—Philadelphia
 * Frederick Winslow Taylor—Philadelphia
 * William Hultz Walker—Pittsburgh
 * Nathaniel Wyeth—Chadds Ford

Entrepreneurs, industrialists, and business executives

 * John Aglialoro—Philadelphia
 * Peter Angelos—Pittsburgh
 * James Ford Bell—Philadelphia
 * Manoj Bhargava—Philadelphia
 * Steve Bisciotti—Philadelphia
 * Mary Boone—Erie
 * Amar Bose—Philadelphia
 * Norman Braman—West Chester / Philadelphia
 * Washington Atlee Burpee—Philadelphia
 * Andrew Carnegie—Allegheny
 * Joan Carter—Pittsburgh
 * Kayla Collins—Reading
 * James Lindenberg –Pittsburgh
 * Henry Pomeroy Davison—Troy
 * Mark Donovan—–Pittsburgh
 * David Edgerton—–Lebanon
 * Ella M. George—–Beaver Falls
 * Alex Grass—–Scranton
 * Clement Griscom—–Philadelphia
 * Mahlon Haines—–York
 * Joe Hardy—–Pittsburgh
 * Maggie Hardy—–Pittsburgh
 * Richard Hayne—–Philadelphia
 * Milton S. Hershey—–Derry Church (Hershey)
 * George Washington Hill—–Philadelphia
 * Anna Morris Holstein—–Muncy
 * Alfred Hunt—–Bethlehem, Brownsville and Philadelphia
 * Lee Iacocca—Allentown
 * Bennett S. LeBow—Philadelphia
 * Larry Lucchino—Pittsburgh
 * David Montgomery—Philadelphia
 * Robert Nardelli—Old Forge
 * Amedeo Obici—Wilkes-Barre
 * Asa Packer—Jim Thorpe (originally called Mauch Chunk)
 * H.B. Reese—Derry Church (Hershey)
 * Frank Resnik—Unity Township
 * Brian Roberts—Philadelphia
 * Art Rooney—Coulterville
 * Art Rooney II—Pittsburgh
 * Richard Mellon Scaife—Pittsburgh
 * Charles M. Schwab—Williamsburg / Loretto
 * James Sinegal—Pittsburgh
 * Jeffrey Skilling—Pittsburgh
 * Jim Stamatis—Lehigh Valley
 * John Surma—Pittsburgh
 * David Tepper—Pittsburgh
 * Thomas Usher—Reading
 * Jerry Wolman—Shenandoah
 * Joseph Wharton—Philadelphia
 * Isaiah Vansant Williamson—Bensalem Township
 * Samuel Van Leer—Reading

Film directors, producers, and screenwriters

 * M. K. Asante—Philadelphia
 * Joe Augustyn—Philadelphia
 * Donald P. Bellisario—Cokeburg
 * Shane Black—Pittsburgh
 * Richard Brooks—Philadelphia
 * Chris Columbus—Spangler
 * Rusty Cundieff—Pittsburgh
 * Lee Daniels—Philadelphia
 * Brian De Palma—Philadelphia
 * Caleb Deschanel—Philadelphia
 * Neal Dodson—York
 * David M. Evans—Wilkes-Barre
 * Peter Farrelly—Phoenixville
 * Jonathan Frakes—Bellefonte
 * Antoine Fuqua—Pittsburgh
 * Todd Gallagher—Greensburg
 * Rowdy Herrington—Pittsburgh
 * Marshall Herskovitz—Philadelphia
 * Tigre Hill—Philadelphia
 * Tamar Simon Hoffs—Johnstown
 * Todd Holland—Meadville
 * David Hollander—Pittsburgh
 * Kevin Hooks—Philadelphia
 * David Howard—Philadelphia
 * Tamara Jenkins—Philadelphia
 * Clark Johnson—Philadelphia
 * Deborah Kaplan—Abington
 * Irvin Kershner—Philadelphia
 * Randal Kleiser—Philadelphia
 * Harold F. Kress—Pittsburgh
 * Charles Leavitt—Pittsburgh
 * Richard Lester—Philadelphia
 * Herschell Gordon Lewis—Pittsburgh
 * Steven Lisberger—Philadelphia
 * Sidney Lumet—Philadelphia
 * Abby Mann—Philadelphia / East Pittsburgh
 * Kathleen Marshall—Pittsburgh
 * Elaine May—Philadelphia
 * Melanie Mayron—Philadelphia
 * Adam McKay—Malvern
 * Nancy Meyers—Philadelphia
 * Jason Miller—Scranton
 * David Mirkin—Philadelphia
 * Clifford Odets—Philadelphia
 * Eric Red—Pittsburgh
 * James Rolfe—Philadelphia
 * Richard Rossi—Pittsburgh
 * Alvin Sargent—Philadelphia
 * Tom Savini—Pittsburgh
 * Edwin Sherin—Harrisburg
 * M. Night Shyamalan—Philadelphia
 * Jerry Stahl—Pittsburgh
 * Joseph Strick—Braddock
 * Andrew Kevin Walker—Altoona / Mechanicsburg
 * Paul Wendkos—Philadelphia
 * Sam Wood—Philadelphia
 * Bud Yorkin—Washington

Musicians
A–G

 * A–G

 * Christina Aguilera—Pittsburgh
 * Josh Balz ex keyboardist, Motionless in White
 * Marian Anderson—Philadelphia
 * Mark Andes—Philadelphia
 * Frankie Avalon—Philadelphia
 * Samuel Barber—West Chester
 * Gabby Barrett—Pittsburgh
 * Eric Bazilian, co-founder of The Hooters—Philadelphia
 * Franny Beecher—Norristown
 * George Benson—Pittsburgh
 * Les Brown—Lykens
 * Jordana Bryant—outside Philadelphia
 * Benjamin Burnley—Wilkes Barre
 * Bilal—Philadelphia
 * Joe Bonsall—Philadelphia
 * Glenn Branca—Harrisburg
 * Solomon Burke—Philadelphia
 * Vanessa Carlton—Milford
 * Sabrina Carpenter—Quakertown
 * Cassidy—Philadelphia
 * Danny Cedrone—Philadelphia
 * Chubby Checker—Philadelphia
 * Lou Christie—Moon Township
 * Todd Tamanend Clark—Greensboro
 * Stanley Clarke—Philadelphia
 * Vinnie Colaiuta—Brownsville
 * John Coltrane—Philadelphia
 * Perry Como—Canonsburg
 * Joey Covington—Johnstown
 * Crobot (rock band)—Pottsville
 * Jim Croce—South Philadelphia
 * Patrick Dahlheimer—York
 * Bobby Dall—Mechanicsburg
 * Lacy J. Dalton—Bloomsburg
 * Daya—Pittsburgh
 * Jimmy Dorsey—Shenandoah
 * Tommy Dorsey—Shenandoah
 * Jimmy DeGrasso—Bethlehem
 * Esteban—Pittsburgh
 * Kevin Eubanks—Philadelphia
 * Jackie Evancho—Pittsburgh
 * Eve—Philadelphia
 * Renée Fleming—Indiana
 * Stephen Foster—Pittsburgh
 * James Moyer Franks—Trappe
 * Freeway—Philadelphia
 * James Allen Gähres—Harrisburg
 * Joe Genaro, The Dead Milkmen—Wagontown
 * Stan Getz—Philadelphia
 * Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein—Philadelphia
 * Chad Gracey—York
 * Johnny Grande—Philadelphia
 * Anthony Green—Doylestown
 * Justin Guarini—Doylestown

 * H–M

 * Hair Rocket—Philadelphia indie rock band
 * Lzzy Hale—Red Lion
 * Daryl Hall—Pottstown
 * Mary Hallock-Greenewalt—Philadelphia
 * Dan Hartman—Harrisburg
 * Phyllis Hyman—Pittsburgh
 * Donnie Iris—Ellwood City
 * Keith Jarrett—Allentown
 * DJ Jazzy Jeff—Philadelphia
 * Joan Jett—Philadelphia
 * Allan Jones—Old Forge
 * Wiz Khalifa—Pittsburgh
 * Jason Karaban—Norristown
 * Tom Keifer—Springfield
 * Chris Kirkpatrick ('N Sync)—Clarion
 * Richie Kotzen—Reading
 * Ed Kowalczyk—York
 * Kurupt—Philadelphia
 * Jeff LaBar—Darby
 * Patti LaBelle—Philadelphia
 * Mario Lanza—Philadelphia
 * Rodney Linderman, The Dead Milkmen—Wagontown
 * Lil Peep (Gustav Elijah Åhr)—Allentown
 * Lil Skies—Waynesboro
 * Lil Uzi Vert—Philadelphia
 * Lisa Lopes—Philadelphia
 * Kellee Maize—Pittsburgh
 * Henry Mancini—Aliquippa
 * Fred Mascherino—Philadelphia, Coatesville
 * Al Martino—Philadelphia
 * Pat Martino—Philadelphia
 * Billy May—Pittsburgh
 * Dan McKeown—Philadelphia
 * Meek Mill—Philadelphia
 * Mac Miller—Pittsburgh
 * Garnet Mimms—Philadelphia
 * Bret Michaels—Butler
 * Mirah—Philadelphia
 * Modern Baseball—Philadelphia Indie Rock Band
 * Irene Molloy—Doylestown
 * Patrick Monahan—Erie
 * Chris Motionless—Scranton
 * Musiq Soulchild—Philadelphia

 * N–Z

 * Jaco Pastorius—Norristown
 * Billy Paul—Philadelphia
 * Teddy Pendergrass—Philadelphia
 * Christina Perri—Bensalem
 * Pink—Doylestown
 * Jack Pleis—Philadelphia
 * Questlove—Philadelphia
 * Sun Ra—Philadelphia
 * Trent Reznor—Mercer
 * PnB Rock—Philadelphia
 * Rikki Rockett—Mechanicsburg
 * Asher Roth—Morrisville
 * Todd Rundgren—Upper Darby
 * Bobby Rydell—Philadelphia
 * Ira D. Sankey—New Castle
 * Santogold—Philadelphia
 * Schooly D—Philadelphia
 * Jill Scott—Philadelphia
 * Shanice—Pittsburgh
 * Beanie Sigel—Philadelphia
 * Langhorne Slim (Sean Scolnick (Langhorne Slim)—Langhorne
 * Will Smith—Philadelphia
 * Ivy Sole—Philadelphia
 * Jack Stauber—Erie
 * Leopold Stokowski—Philadelphia
 * Taylor Swift—Reading
 * Ted Weems—Pitcairn
 * Tammi Terrell—Philadelphia
 * McCoy Tyner—Philadelphia
 * Bobby Vinton—Canonsburg
 * Chris Vrenna—Erie
 * John Walker—Johnstown
 * Dean Ween—New Hope
 * Gene Ween—Philadelphia
 * M. E. Willson—Penfield
 * Denison Witmer, Lancaster
 * Michael J. Woodard—Philadelphia
 * Syreeta Wright—Pittsburgh

Natural scientists and physicians

 * Edward Acheson—Washington
 * Anurag Agrawal—Allentown
 * Christian Anfinsen—Monessen
 * Alexander Dallas Bache—Philadelphia
 * Albert Barnes—Philadelphia
 * Michael Behe—Altoona
 * Elmer Bolton—Frankford
 * James Bond—Philadelphia
 * James Booth—Philadelphia
 * Herbert Boyer—Derry
 * Robert Breed—Brooklyn Township
 * Michael Stuart Brown—Wyncote
 * Sean M. Carroll—Philadelphia
 * Rachel Carson—Springdale
 * Daniel Chamovitz—Aliquippa
 * Britton Chance—Wilkes-Barre
 * Ralph Cicerone—New Castle
 * Edward Cope—Philadelphia
 * James F. Crow—Phoenixville
 * George Delahunty—Upper Darby
 * John Dorrance—Bristol
 * Alice Evans—Neath
 * John Frazer—Philadelphia
 * Frederick Genth—Philadelphia
 * Frederick Grinnell—Philadelphia
 * Robert Hare—Philadelphia
 * William Harkins—Titusville
 * Philip Hench—Pittsburgh
 * Berwind Kaufmann—Philadelphia
 * Charles Keeling—Scranton
 * John Kopchick—Punxsutawney
 * Stephanie Kwolek—New Kensington
 * Edward Lewis—Wilkes-Barre
 * Stephen Lippard—Pittsburgh
 * William Madia—Wilkinsburg
 * Daniel Mazia—Scranton
 * Samuel George Morton—Philadelphia
 * Jack Myers—Damascus Township
 * Charles Overberger—Barnesboro
 * Mary Pennington—Philadelphia
 * Anna M. Longshore Potts–Attleboro (now Langhorne)
 * George Prendergast—Philadelphia
 * John Quackenbush—Kingston
 * David L. Reich—Philadelphia
 * Theodore Richards—Germantown
 * Charles Rick—Reading
 * Anita Roberts—Pittsburgh
 * James Rogers—Philadelphia
 * William Rogers—Philadelphia
 * Henry Augustus Rowland—Honesdale
 * Beth Shapiro—Allentown
 * Alex Shigo—Duquesne
 * Lester Shubin—Philadelphia
 * Neil Shubin—Philadelphia
 * Daniel Simberloff—Wilson
 * Edgar Smith—York
 * Howard Temin—Philadelphia
 * Claude Alvin Villee Jr.—Lancaster
 * Bernardhus Van Leer (1687–1790), one of the first doctors in New York
 * William Walker—Pittsburgh
 * Michael Welner—Pittsburgh
 * Caspar Wistar—Philadelphia
 * Rake Yohn—West Chester
 * Roger Young—Burgettstown

Politics, government, and military
A–M

 * A–M

 * Claude Allen, assistant to the President for domestic policy under George W. Bush—Philadelphia
 * Jason Altmire, author and U.S. Representative—Lower Burrell
 * Henry "Hap" Arnold, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force General—Gladwyne
 * John C. Bell Jr., 33rd Governor of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
 * Joe Biden, current President of the United States, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), longtime U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009)—Scranton
 * Robert Bork, Solicitor General, Attorney General, Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court nominee—Pittsburgh
 * John Boyd, USAF fighter pilot and Pentagon consultant, developer of the OODA loop—Erie
 * Martin Grove Brumbaugh, 26th Governor of Pennsylvania—Huntingdon County
 * James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States—Cove Gap
 * Smedley Butler, U.S. Marine Corps General—West Chester
 * Frank Carlucci, U.S. Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan—Scranton
 * Samuel Carpenter, first Treasurer 1704, Deputy Governor to William Penn—Philadelphia
 * Ashton Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense under Barack Obama—Philadelphia
 * Bob Casey Jr., US Senator, son of former Governor—Scranton
 * Robert P. Casey, 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania—Scranton
 * Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, state Attorney General—Philadelphia
 * Joseph Clancy, Director of Secret Service under Barack Obama—Philadelphia
 * Mark B. Cohen, Democratic chairman, Human Services Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
 * William Coleman, U.S. Secretary of Transportation under Gerald Ford—Philadelphia
 * Tom Corbett, 46th Governor of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
 * George M. Dallas, 11th Vice President of the United States—Philadelphia
 * James J. Davis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Senator—Pittsburgh
 * James H. Duff, U.S. Senator and 34th Governor—Carnegie
 * R. Budd Dwyer, treasurer, State Senator and Representative—Harrisburg
 * George Howard Earle III, 30th Governor of Pennsylvania—Montgomery County
 * Peter Feaver, National Security Council member for Clinton and Bush administrations—Bethlehem
 * Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego—Pittsburgh
 * John Stuchell Fisher, 29th Governor of Pennsylvania—South Mahoning Twp.
 * Benjamin Franklin, scientist, diplomat, teacher, and founding father of the United States—Philadelphia
 * Frank Gaffney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan—Pittsburgh
 * Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives—Harrisburg
 * Alexander Haig, Secretary of State, White House Chief of Staff, NATO Supreme Commander—Philadelphia
 * Winfield Scott Hancock, Union Civil War commander—Montgomeryville
 * Orrin Hatch, Republican senator from Utah—Pittsburgh
 * Michael Hayden, Director of CIA under George W. Bush—Pittsburgh
 * William G. Hundley, criminal defense attorney—Pittsburgh
 * Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt—Altoona
 * Arthur James, 31st Governor of Pennsylvania—Plymouth
 * Michael Johns, U.S. presidential speechwriter—Emmaus
 * George Joulwan, U.S. Army General—Pottsville
 * John Kasich, Congressman from Ohio (1983–2001), 69th Governor of Ohio, presidential candidate in 2016 and 2000—Pittsburgh
 * Donald Kohn, Vice Chairman of Federal Reserve—Philadelphia
 * Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas and presidential candidate—West Middlesex
 * Andrew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan—Philadelphia
 * Richard Marcinko, Navy Seal, commanded Seal Team Six—Lansford
 * George Marshall, Secretary of Defense under Harry S. Truman—Uniontown
 * Edward Martin, U.S. Senator and 32nd Governor of Pennsylvania—Ten Mile
 * Betsy McCaughey, Lieutenant Governor of state of New York—Pittsburgh
 * John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War during World War II—Philadelphia
 * H. R. McMaster, National Security Advisor, U.S. Army Lt. General—Philadelphia
 * Royal Meeker, advisor to President Woodrow Wilson—Quaker Lake
 * Thomas Mifflin, first Governor of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia

 * N–Z

 * Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security—Pittsburgh
 * Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel—Cheltenham Township
 * Clarence Charles Newcomer (1923–2005), US District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
 * John Olver, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts—Honesdale
 * Alexander Mitchell Palmer, U.S. Attorney General, director of controversial Palmer Raids—White Haven
 * Rand Paul, U.S. Senator (R-KY)—Pittsburgh
 * Ron Paul, U.S. House of Representatives (R-TX)—Pittsburgh
 * Samuel W. Pennypacker, 23rd Governor of Pennsylvania—Phoenixville
 * Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton—Scranton
 * Ed Rendell, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
 * George S. Rentz, World War II Navy Chaplain and Navy Cross awardee—Lebanon
 * Tom Ridge, Governor, first Secretary of Homeland Security—Munhall
 * Alice Rivlin, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Bill Clinton, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve System—Philadelphia
 * John Roll, federal judge slain in 2011 Tucson shooting in Arizona—Pittsburgh
 * Dan Rooney, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland—Pittsburgh
 * Betsy Ross, credited maker of original American flag—Philadelphia
 * Bayard Rustin, activist, organizer of social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights—West Chester
 * Richard Schweiker, Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of Health and Human Services under Ronald Reagan—Norristown
 * Joe Sestak, Navy Admiral and Congressman—Secane
 * Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania—New Castle
 * Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire—Selinsgrove
 * Don Sherwood, U.S. Representative (R-PA)—Tunkhannock
 * D. Brooks Smith, federal judge on Court of Appeals—Altoona
 * Carl Andrew Spaatz, WWII general and first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force—Boyertown
 * Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator (R-PA)—Philadelphia
 * William Cameron Sproul, 27th Governor of Pennsylvania—Lancaster County
 * Thaddeus Stevens, Constitutional activist—Gettysburg
 * William A. Stone, 22nd Governor of Pennsylvania—Wellsboro
 * Edwin Sydney Stuart, 24th Governor of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
 * Lawrence Summers, Director of National Economic Council under Barack Obama—Penn Valley
 * Gregory Tony (born 1978), Sheriff of Broward County, Florida-Philadelphia
 * Charlemagne Tower, lawyer, mining magnate and landowner—Pottsville
 * Samuel Van Leer, Pennsylvania Irons works owner and a United States Army officer—Chester County
 * Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Governor of Iowa—Pittsburgh
 * Alfred L. Wilson, U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient—Fairchance
 * Curtin Winsor Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica under Ronald Reagan—Philadelphia
 * Richard Winters, 101st Airborne, 506th E Company, World War II—Lancaster

Radio and television

 * Jodi Applegate, broadcast journalist—Moon Township
 * Michael Barkann, radio talk show host, television host—Newtown Square
 * Chuck Barris, television host and producer—Philadelphia
 * John Batchelor, radio talk show host—Bryn Mawr / Lower Merion Township
 * Jaiden Nichols, YouTuber—Pittsburgh
 * Ron Bennington, radio personality and comedian, The Ron and Fez Show—Philadelphia
 * Jerry Blavat, disc jockey—Philadelphia
 * Neal Boortz, libertarian radio talk show host—Bryn Mawr
 * Michael Buffer, ring announcer known for his trademarked catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!"—Philadelphia / Roslyn
 * Steve Burns, original host of the kids' show Blue's Clues—Boyertown
 * Steve Capus, former president of NBC News—Bryn Mawr
 * Todd Christensen, sports broadcaster for the MountainWest Sports Network—Bellefonte
 * Myron Cope, former Pittsburgh Steelers radio personality—Pittsburgh
 * Regis Cordic, former radio personality; actor in Columbo, Gunsmoke—Pittsburgh
 * Jim Cramer, television personality—Wyndmoor
 * Bill Cullen, television personality—Pittsburgh
 * Sharon Epperson, correspondent for CNBC—Pittsburgh
 * Howard Eskin, Philadelphia-based sports radio personality—Philadelphia
 * Debra Fox, television anchor—Pittsburgh
 * Pauline Frederick, newspaper, TV, and radio journalist—Gallitzin
 * Alan Freed, radio disc jockey who coined the term "Rock and Roll"—Windber
 * Courtney Friel, entertainment reporter for Fox News—Norristown
 * Louis Glackens, illustrator—Philadelphia
 * Jon & Kate Gosselin, reality TV personalities (Jon & Kate Plus 8), family of 10 with sextuplets and twins—Wyomissing
 * Andy Gresh, talk show host, television host, color commentator—Brownsville
 * Rich Gunning, announcer—Philadelphia
 * Marc Lamont Hill, BET News correspondent, CNN political commentator—Philadelphia
 * Marilyn Horne, opera singer—Bradford
 * Abby Huntsman, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend—Philadelphia
 * Suzy Kolber, television sportscaster—Upper Dublin Township
 * Andrea Kremer, television sportscaster—Philadelphia
 * Carson Kressley, TV personality, Queer Eye, How to Look Good Naked—Allentown
 * Mark Levin, radio talk show host, conservative political commentator—Cheltenham Township
 * Joe Lunardi, college basketball analyst for ESPN—Philadelphia
 * Meredith Marakovits, New York Yankees clubhouse reporter for the YES Network—Walnutport
 * Bam Margera, reality television personality and skateboarder—West Chester
 * Chris Matthews, political commentator, MSNBC's Hardball—Philadelphia
 * Billy Mays, TV direct-response advertising salesman and star of Discovery Channel's Pitchmen—McKees Rocks
 * Michael Medved, talk radio host, conservative commentator, film critic—Philadelphia
 * Jeanne Moos, broadcast journalist for CNN—Pittsburgh
 * Clayton Morris, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend—Spring Township
 * Charlie O'Donnell, radio/TV announcer, primarily on game shows—Philadelphia
 * Beth Ostrosky, model, judge on ABC's True Beauty and host of G4's Filter—Pittsburgh
 * Victoria Pedretti, actress in The Haunting series and You — Fairless Hills
 * Billy Porter, actor in Pose and Broadway performer in Kinky Boots—Pittsburgh
 * Jack Posobiec, correspondent for One America News Network—Norristown
 * Fred Rogers, television personality, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood—Latrobe
 * Norman Rose, radio announcer (NBC's Dimension X and CBS Radio Mystery Theater)—Philadelphia
 * Ryan Sampson, radio personality, The Morning Mash Up Sirius XM Hits 1—Titusville
 * Ray Scott, sportscaster for the Green Bay Packers—Johnstown
 * Steve Scully, host of C-SPAN's Washington Journal—Erie
 * Paul Shannon, host of Adventuretime, WTAE Channel 4—Crafton
 * Dick Stockton, sportscaster for Fox Sports and Turner Sports—Philadelphia
 * Andrea Tantaros, political analyst and commentator on Fox News and Fox Business Network—Allentown
 * Jake Tapper, anchor for CNN, The Lead with Jake Tapper, State of the Union—Philadelphia
 * Jesse Watters, commentator for Fox News, host of Watters' World—Philadelphia
 * Kristen Welker, broadcast journalist for NBC News—Philadelphia
 * Maddie Ziegler, actor, featured dancer on Dance Moms—Murrysville

Religion

 * Tony Campolo—Philadelphia
 * Fanny DuBois Chase—Great Bend
 * Walter Ciszek—Shenandoah
 * Harvey Cox—Malvern
 * Mary Helen Peck Crane–Wilkes-Barre
 * Amy Eilberg—Philadelphia
 * Prince Demetrius Gallitzin—Cambria County
 * Washington Gladden—Pottsgrove
 * Lillian Resler Harford–Mount Pleasant
 * Barry Lynn—Harrisburg / Bethlehem
 * Jeanette DuBois Meech–Frankford
 * Bruce Metzger—Middletown
 * Mary A. Miller–Allegheny
 * David Miscavige—Bucks County
 * Joseph Murgas—Wilkes Barre / Slovakia
 * Michael Novak—Johnstown
 * Charles Taze Russell—Pittsburgh
 * Rev. Jeremiah Wright—Philadelphia
 * Gino Jennings—Philadelphia
 * Nathanyel Ben Israel—Philadelphia

Social scientists and academics

 * Russell L. Ackoff—Philadelphia
 * Clayton Alderfer—Sellersville
 * Gary Becker—Pottsville
 * Julian Bond—Philadelphia
 * Edwin Boring—Philadelphia
 * Leonard Burman—Philadelphia
 * Paul Cameron—Pittsburgh
 * John D. Caputo—Philadelphia
 * Henry Charles Carey—Philadelphia
 * Leonard Carmichael—Philadelphia
 * James McKeen Cattell—Easton
 * Noam Chomsky—Philadelphia
 * Randolph Cohen—Philadelphia
 * Leda Cosmides—Philadelphia
 * Robert Costanza—Pittsburgh
 * Albert Ellis—Pittsburgh
 * Joshua Fishman—Philadelphia
 * W. Nelson Francis—Philadelphia
 * Harry Frankfurt—Langhorne
 * Walter Freeman—Philadelphia
 * Howard Gardner—Scranton
 * Henry George—Philadelphia
 * Douglas Holtz-Eakin—Pittsburgh
 * Noel Ignatiev—Philadelphia
 * Jane Jacobs—Scranton
 * Jacob Kantor—Harrisburg
 * William Keen—Philadelphia
 * Sally Kohn—Allentown
 * Donald N. Levine—New Castle
 * Edward B. Lewis—Wilkes-Barre
 * Esther J. Trimble Lippincott–Kimberton
 * John McWhorter—Philadelphia
 * Margaret Mead—Philadelphia / Doylestown
 * Robert K. Merton—Philadelphia
 * Albert Jay Nock—Scranton
 * Hilary Putnam—Philadelphia
 * Robert Reich—Scranton
 * David Riesman—Philadelphia
 * Clinton Rossiter—Philadelphia
 * Michael Rubin—Philadelphia
 * B. F. Skinner—Susquehanna
 * Jude Wanniski—Pottsville
 * Walter Williams—Philadelphia
 * Alan Wolfe—Philadelphia
 * Michael Yates—Pittsburgh
 * Robert Yerkes—Breadysville, Bucks County

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Government debt

A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt ) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues. Government debt may be owed to domestic residents, as well as to foreign residents. If owed to foreign residents, that quantity is included in the country's external debt.

In 2020, the value of government debt worldwide was $87.4 US trillion, or 99% measured as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). Government debt accounted for almost 40% of all debt (which includes corporate and household debt), the highest share since the 1960s. The rise in government debt since 2007 is largely attributable to the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ability of government to issue debt has been central to state formation and to state building. Public debt has been linked to the rise of democracy, private financial markets, and modern economic growth.

Measuring government debt
Government debt is typically measured as the gross debt of the general government sector that is in the form of liabilities that are debt instruments. A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations.

International comparisons usually focus on general government debt because the level of government responsible for programs (for example, health care) differs across countries and the general government comprises central, state, provincial, regional, local governments, and social security funds. The debt of public corporations (such as post offices that provide goods or services on a market basis) is not included in general government debt, following the International Monetary Fund's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM), which describes recommended methodologies for compiling debt statistics to ensure international comparability.

The gross debt of the general government sector is the total liabilities that are debt instruments. An alternative debt measure is net debt, which is gross debt minus financial assets in the form of debt instruments. Net debt estimates are not always available since some government assets may be difficult to value, such as loans made at concessional rates.

Debt can be measured at market value or nominal value. As a general rule, the GFSM says debt should be valued at market value, the value at which the asset could be exchanged for cash. However, the nominal value is useful for a debt-issuing government, as it is the amount that the debtor owes to the creditor. If market and nominal values are not available, face value (the undiscounted amount of principal to be repaid at maturity) is used.

A country's general government debt-to-GDP ratio is an indicator of its debt burden since GDP measures the value of goods and services produced by an economy during a period (usually a year). As well, debt measured as a percentage of GDP facilitates comparisons across countries of different size. The OECD views the general government debt-to-GDP ratio as a key indicator of the sustainability of government finance.

Causes of government debt accumulation
An important reason governments borrow is to act as an economic "shock absorber". For example, deficit financing can be used to maintain government services during a recession when tax revenues fall and expenses rise (for unemployment benefits, say). Government debt created to cover costs from major shock events can be particularly beneficial. Such events would include a major war, like World War II; a public health emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic; or a severe economic downturn as with the financial crisis of 2007–2008. In the absence of debt financing, when revenues decline during a downturn, a government would need to raise taxes or reduce spending, which would exacerbate the negative event.

While government borrowing may be desirable at times, a "deficits bias" can arise when there is disagreement among groups in society over government spending. To counter deficit bias, many countries have adopted balanced budget rules or restrictions on government debt. Examples include the "debt anchor" in Sweden; a "debt brake" in Germany and Switzerland; and the European Union's Stability and Growth Pact agreement to maintain a general government gross debt of no more than 60% of GDP.

Historic benchmarks
The ability of government to issue debt has been central to state formation and to state building. Public debt has been linked to the rise of democracy, private financial markets, and modern economic growth. For example, in the 17th and 18th centuries England established a parliament that included creditors, as part of a larger coalition, whose authorization had to be secured for the country to borrow or raise taxes. This institution improved England's ability to borrow because lenders were more willing to hold the debt of a state with democratic institutions that would support debt repayment, versus a state where the monarch could not be compelled to repay debt.

As public debt came to be recognized as a safe and liquid investment, it could be used as collateral for private loans. This created a complementarity between the development of public debt markets and private financial markets. Government borrowing to finance public goods, such as urban infrastructure, has been associated with modern economic growth.

Written records point to public borrowing as long as two thousand years ago when Greek city-states such as Syracuse borrowed from their citizens. But the founding of the Bank of England in 1694 revolutionised public finance and put an end to defaults such as the Great Stop of the Exchequer of 1672, when Charles II had suspended payments on his bills. From then on, the British Government would never fail to repay its creditors. In the following centuries, other countries in Europe and later around the world adopted similar financial institutions to manage their government debt. In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, British government debt reached a peak of more than 200% of GDP, nearly 887 million pounds sterling. The debt was paid off over 90 years by running primary budget surpluses (that is, revenues were greater than spending after payment of interest).

In 1900, the country with the most total debt was France (£1,086,215,525), followed by Russia (£656,000,000) then the United Kingdom (£628,978,782); on a per-capita basis, the highest-debt countries were New Zealand (£58 12s. per person), the Australian colonies (£52 13s.) and Portugal (£35).

In 2018, global government debt reached the equivalent of $66 trillion, or about 80% of global GDP, and by 2020, global government debt reached $87US trillion, or 99% of global GDP. The COVID-19 pandemic caused public debt to soar in 2020, particularly in advanced economies that put in place sweeping fiscal measures.

Impacts of government debt
Government debt accumulation may lead to a rising interest rate, which can crowd out private investment as governments compete with private firms for limited investment funds. Some evidence suggests growth rates are lower for countries with government debt greater than around 80 percent of GDP. A World Bank Group report that analyzed debt levels of 100 developed and developing countries from 1980 to 2008 found that debt-to-GDP ratios above 77% for developed countries (64% for developing countries) reduced future annual economic growth by 0.017 (0.02 for developing countries) percentage points for each percentage point of debt above the threshold.

Excessive debt levels may make governments more vulnerable to a debt crisis, where a country is unable to make payments on its debt, and it cannot borrow more. Crises can be costly, particularly if a debt crisis is combined with a financial/banking crisis which leads to economy-wide deleveraging. As firms sell assets to pay off debt, asset prices fall which risks an even greater fall in incomes, further depressing tax revenue and requiring governments to drastically cut government services. Examples of debt crises include the Latin American debt crisis of the early 1980s, and Argentina's debt crisis in 2001. To help avoid a crisis, governments may want to maintain a "fiscal breathing space". Historical experience shows that room to double the level of government debt when needed is an approximate guide.

Government debt is built up by borrowing when expenditure exceeds revenue, so government debt generally creates an intergenerational transfer. This is because the beneficiaries of the government's expenditure on goods and services when the debt is created typically differ from the individuals responsible for repaying the debt in the future.

An alternative view of government debt, sometimes called the Ricardian equivalence proposition, is that government debt has no impact on the economy if individuals are altruistic and internalize the impact of the debt on future generations. According to this proposition, while the quantity of government purchases affects the economy, debt financing will have the same impact as tax financing because with debt financing individuals will anticipate the future taxes needed to repay the debt, and so increase their saving and bequests by the amount of government debt. Such higher individual saving means, for example, that private consumption falls one-for-one with the rise in government debt, so the interest rate would not rise and private investment is not crowded out.

Credit (Default) risk
Historically, there have been many cases where governments have defaulted on their debts, including Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries, which nullified its government debt several times; the Confederate States of America, whose debt was not repaid after the American Civil War; and revolutionary Russia after 1917, which refused to accept responsibility for Imperial Russia's foreign debt.

If government debt is issued in a country's own fiat money, it is sometimes considered risk free because the debt and interest can be repaid by money creation. However, not all governments issue their own currency. Examples include sub-national governments, like municipal, provincial, and state governments; and countries in the eurozone. In the Greek government-debt crisis, one proposed solution was for Greece to leave the eurozone and go back to issuing the drachma (although this would have addressed only future debt issuance, leaving substantial existing debt denominated in what would then be a foreign currency).

Debt of a sub-national government is generally viewed as less risky for a lender if it is explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by a regional or national level of government. When New York City declined into what would have been bankrupt status during the 1970s, a bailout came from New York State and the United States national government. U.S. state and local government debt is substantial — in 2016 their debt amounted to $3 trillion, plus another $5 trillion in unfunded liabilities.

Inflation risk
A country that issues its own currency may be at low risk of default in local currency, but if a central bank provides finance by buying government bonds (sometimes referred to as debt monetization), this can lead to price inflation. In an extreme case, in the 1920s Weimar Germany suffered from hyperinflation when the government used money creation to pay off the national debt following World War I.

Exchange rate risk
While U.S. Treasury bonds denominated in U.S. dollars may be considered risk-free to an American purchaser, a foreign investor bears the risk of a fall in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to their home currency. A government can issue debt in foreign currency to eliminate exchange rate risk for foreign lenders, but that means the borrowing government then bears the exchange rate risk. Also, by issuing debt in foreign currency, a country cannot erode the value of the debt by means of inflation. Almost 70% of all debt in a sample of developing countries from 1979 through 2006 was denominated in U.S. dollars.

Implicit and contingent liabilities
Most governments have contingent liabilities, which are obligations that do not arise unless a particular event occurs in the future. An example of an explicit contingent liability is a public sector loan guarantee, where the government is required to make payments only if the debtor defaults. Examples of implicit contingent liabilities include ensuring the payment of future social security pension benefits, covering the obligations of subnational governments in the event of a default, and spending for natural disaster relief.

Explicit contingent liabilities and net implicit social security obligations should be included as memorandum items to a government's balance sheet, but they are not included in government debt because they are not contractual obligations. Indeed, it is not uncommon for governments to change unilaterally the benefit structure of social security schemes, for example (e.g., by changing the circumstances under which the benefits become payable, or the amount of the benefit). In the U.S. and in many countries, there is no money earmarked for future social insurance payments — the system is called a pay-as-you-go scheme. According to the 2018 annual reports from the trustees for the U.S. Social Security and Medicare trust funds, Medicare is facing a $37 trillion unfunded liability over the next 75 years, and Social Security is facing a $13 trillion unfunded liability over the same time frame. Neither of these amounts are included in the U.S. gross general government debt, which in 2020 was $28 trillion.

In 2010 the European Commission required EU Member Countries to publish their debt information in standardized methodology, explicitly including debts that were previously hidden in a number of ways to satisfy minimum requirements on local (national) and European (Stability and Growth Pact) level.

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Cross-licensing

A cross-licensing agreement is a contract between two or more parties where each party grants rights to their intellectual property to the other parties.

Patent law
In patent law, a cross-licensing agreement is an agreement according to which two or more parties grant a license to each other for the exploitation of the subject-matter claimed in one or more of the patents each owns. Usually, this type of agreement happens between two parties in order to avoid litigation or to settle an infringement dispute. Very often, the patents that each party owns covers different essential aspects of a given commercial product. Thus by cross licensing, each party maintains their freedom to bring the commercial product to market. The term "cross licensing" implies that neither party pays monetary royalties to the other party, although this may be the case.

For example, Microsoft and JVC entered into a cross license agreement in January 2008. Each party, therefore, is able to practice the inventions covered by the patents included in the agreement. This benefits competition by allowing each more freedom to design products covered by the other's patents without provoking a patent infringement lawsuit. Parties that enter into cross-licensing agreements must be careful not to violate antitrust laws and regulations. This can easily become a complex issue, involving (as far as the European Union is concerned) Art. 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), previously Art. 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty, (abuse of dominant position, etc.) as well as licensing directives, cartels, etc.

Some companies file patent applications primarily to be able to cross license the resulting patents, as opposed to trying to stop a competitor from bringing a product to market. In the early 1990s, for example, Taiwanese original design manufacturers, such as Hon Hai, rapidly increased their patent filings after their US competitors brought patent infringement lawsuits against them. They used the patents to cross license.

One of the limitations of cross licensing is that it is ineffective against patent holding companies. The primary business of a patent holding company is to license patents in exchange for a monetary royalty. Thus, they have no need for rights to practice other companies' patents. These companies are often referred to pejoratively as patent trolls.

The economics literature has shown that firms with high capital intensities are more likely to strike a cross-licensing deal.

Non patent law
Other non-patent intellectual property such as copyright and trademark can also be cross-licensed. For example, a literary work and an anthology that includes that literary work may be cross-licensed between two publishers. A cross-license for computer software may involve a combination of patent, copyright, and trademark licensing.

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Mark Bell (ice hockey)

Mark Bell (born August 5, 1980) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey forward. Bell was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round (8th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. In the NHL, Bell played for the Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Anaheim Ducks. Later in his career, he played in Switzerland and Germany.

Playing career
Bell started playing hockey at the age of four years, and grew up admiring Wayne Gretzky and Doug Gilmour. He played four seasons in the minor Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67's, and was part of the Memorial Cup championship in 1998–99. Bell was a bronze medalist with Team Canada at the 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships.

Chicago Blackhawks
He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the eighth overall pick. He scored his first goal against Patrick Roy. Bell's time with Chicago was moderately successful, forming a partnership with fellow Tyler Arnason and Kyle Calder on a line nicknamed the "ABC line". The trio were considered the future for a rebuilding Blackhawks team, but never met expectations and in 2006, both Bell and Calder would be traded away. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Bell played with the Trondheim Black Panthers in the Norwegian UPC-ligaen, recording 16 goals and 39 points in 36 games. He scored 72 goals and 151 points in 339 games with the Blackhawks and 25 goals and 48 points in his final year.

San Jose Sharks
In the summer of 2006, Bell was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a three-way deal involving Chicago and the Ottawa Senators Bell signed a three-year US$6.5 million contract July 2006. Prior to the start of training camp, Bell was arrested and charged after being in a collision while driving under the influence (DUI). He was initially placed on a line with Joe Thornton and Jonathan Cheechoo in his first year, but broke a bone in his wrist in the second game of the regular season. Bell never lived up to expectations and could not duplicate the numbers that he put up in Chicago scoring only 11 times and accumulating 21 points in 71 games and was often a healthy scratch in the playoffs.

Toronto Maple Leafs
Bell was acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Vesa Toskala via trade at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 2007 for three draft picks. After becoming part of the Leafs, Bell was then suspended the first 15 games for his DUI conviction. He was reinstated by the NHL and was eligible to play his first game for the Maple Leafs on November 6, 2007. He played just 35 games with the Maple Leafs, suffering a facial fracture that required surgery and was unable to regain his form. The following year, he failed to break into the team during training camp and on October 6, 2008, Bell was placed on waivers which cleared the way for him being assigned to Toronto's AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.

New York Rangers
On February 25, 2009, Bell was placed on re-entry waivers by the Maple Leafs and was claimed by the New York Rangers. He was then assigned to the Rangers' AHL team, the Hartford Wolf Pack to make room for fellow waiver claim Sean Avery who had been claimed from the Dallas Stars. He was not re-signed at the end of the season.

Switzerland
He was invited to Philadelphia Flyers training camp on a professional tryout on September 2. Bell was released from camp on September 22 after refusing to sign a two-way contract to play in the AHL. On September 28, 2009 he signed with Nationalliga A club Kloten Flyers in Switzerland. He played 108 games in two seasons with Kloten. During his time in Switzerland, Bell played for Team Canada at the 2009 and 2010 Spengler Cups.

Anaheim Ducks
On July 20, 2011, Bell signed a one-year two-way contract to return to North America with the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. He was invited to the Ducks' training camp, but was assigned to Anaheim's AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch on September 25, 2011. On January 20, 2012, Bell was recalled from Syracuse. After five games with the Ducks, in which he was scoreless, he was reassigned to the Crunch for the remainder of the season.

Germany
On September 19, 2012, Bell ventured to Europe signing a one-year deal with the Iserlohn Roosters of the German DEL. After not being able to renegotiate his contract with the Roosters, Bell signed with the Eisbären Berlin prior to the 2013–14 season. In the late stages of the 2014–15 season, Bell sustained a concussion which sidelined him for a while, followed by a long-term ankle injury. These health issues kept him from playing for almost one year, he made his comeback in late January 2016. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Bell retired from professional ice hockey.

Coaching career
In July 2016, Bell joined the coaching staff of the St. Marys Jr. ‘B’ Lincolns as an assistant.

Legal trouble
During the 2006 Labor Day weekend, in Milpitas, California, Bell's rented Toyota Camry was traveling an estimated 100 kph when it rear-ended a pickup truck at a stop sign driven by Jose Luis Villafana, the latter's vehicle being hit 15 m up a steep hill and wrapped it around a telephone pole. The victim was uninsured and unlicensed and suffered multiple head, back and leg injuries in the crash. Bell was arrested shortly after walking away from the accident. He blew .201 in a breathalyzer test about a half-hour after the accident, and a blood test revealed a blood-alcohol level of 0.15, considerably higher than the legal limit of 0.08.

Bell was charged with hit and run and driving under the influence. Both are felony offences. His arraignment was set for January 3, 2007. Bell pleaded no contest to drunk driving causing injury and hit-and-run on August 14, 2007. Prior to sentencing, Bell had to pay restitution, including medical bills and the cost of the vehicle to Villafana, who has also filed a civil suit seeking "unlimited damages" which was later settled out of court. He was to serve six months in jail after completing the 2007–08 hockey season but later told to work in a California jail which he did from June 2, 2008 to August 15, 2008.

In addition to his conviction, Bell was placed in Stage 2 of the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse Program and was suspended for 15 games without pay by the NHL on September 12, 2007. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman justified the suspension, saying "Playing in the National Hockey League is a privilege, and with that privilege comes a corresponding responsibility for exemplary conduct off the ice as well as on it". The NHLPA disagreed, saying "there is no legitimate purpose served by adding a substantial league disciplinary suspension to the severe sanctions that have already been imposed". Leafs general manager John Ferguson, Jr., who drew criticism for the trade, had anticipated that Bell would face some sort of suspension, however based upon past precedent they did not expect it to be so lengthy. This had been suggested as a sign that the NHL was imposing stricter discipline for off-ice antics of players, after Michael Vick was expelled from the NFL as a result of his conviction for running a dog-fighting ring.

Bell has stated that as a result of the accident, realizing that his career was slipping away because of his irresponsibility, he had changed his lifestyle and had been sober since then, saying "Now, every day I wake up I realize I'm living a dream. It's taken a while for me to understand that. Now that I have, I'm going to grab it. My fun now is at the rink".

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Guy Charron

Guy Joseph Jean Charron (born January 24, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the NHL from 1969 to 1981, and he was an assistant coach with five NHL teams from 1990 to 2008. He served brief stints as a head coach with the Calgary Flames in 1992 and with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim during the 2000–01 season. He later served as the head coach of the WHL's Kamloops Blazers from 2010 to 2013. Charron briefly was the commissioner of the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League in 2018.

Playing career
Originally a product of the Montreal Canadiens' system, Charron played twenty games with the Canadiens before he was traded during the middle of the 1970–71 NHL season to the Detroit Red Wings in the monster deal that sent Frank Mahovlich to Montreal. He played with the Red Wings until he was traded to the expansion Kansas City Scouts in 1974. Prior to the 1976–77 NHL season, Charron signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals, where he played until his retirement following the 1980–81 NHL season. He served as the Capitals' captain during the 1978–79 season. Despite playing in 734 NHL regular season games, he never appeared in a single playoff game, which was an NHL record until Olli Jokinen broke it early in the 2008–09 season.

Awards

 * Won the 1999–2000 Commissioner's Trophy.

Minor league/assistant coaching
1 Midseason replacement

title: Guy Charron