List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
David Jacob Eisenhower
Joe E. Tata
Joseph E. Tata is an American television actor. He is known for his regular role as Nat Bussichio, the owner and operator of the Peach Pit diner, in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. He also reprised his role as Nat a few times in the spin-off 90210 in the very start of its first season. Before that, he portrayed Private Neddick on No Time for Sergeants (1964-1965), and he appeared in the 1970s in 8 episodes of The Rockford Files.
Margaret Majer
Margaret Katherine Kelly was an American instructor of physical education for women and first coach of women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania. She was the wife of John B. Kelly Sr., three-time Olympic Gold Medal winner in rowing, and mother of Grace Kelly, actress and princess consort of Monaco, and of John B. Kelly Jr., an accomplished rower. She is also a maternal grandmother of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.
Alex Berger
Alex Berger is a producer, creator, consultant and entrepreneur in the media field. During his professional life, he created or participated in numerous, films Astérix: Mission Cléopâtre, TV shows, digital and founded or accelerated the growth of several companies by holding various key positions such as senior Vice President and head of strategy to Pierre Lescure at Canal+, CEO of CanalNumedia, co-CEO at VivendiNet, President of MM&I (consulting) as co-founder, President and CEO of TOG-The Oligarchs Group and TOP-The Oligarchs Productions.
John Taylor Gatto
John Taylor Gatto was an American author and school teacher who taught in the classroom for nearly 30 years. He devoted much of his energy to his teaching career, then, following his resignation, authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He is best known for his books Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, and The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling, which is sometimes considered to be his magnum opus.
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". His technical skill on the trombone gave him renown among other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely popular and highly successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s. He is best remembered for standards such as "Opus One", "Song of India", "Marie", "On Treasure Island", and his biggest hit single, "I'll Never Smile Again".
Stephen Macht
Stephen Robert Macht is an American television and film actor. He is also father of actor Gabriel Macht. Together with his son Gabriel, they both have acted in the US legal drama Suits, in which Stephen portrayed an Ethics Law Professor at Harvard University.
Georgiana Drew
Georgiana Emma Drew, a.k.a. Georgie Drew Barrymore, was an American stage actress and comedian and a member of the Barrymore acting family.
Harley Jane Kozak
Harley Jane Kozak is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in the slasher film The House on Sorority Row (1982), and had a recurring role as Mary Duvall on the soap opera Santa Barbara between 1985 and 1989. She later had supporting parts in Clean and Sober (1988) and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), before starring in the major studio films Parenthood (1989) and Arachnophobia (1990).
Sam Jenkins
Sandra Lynn "Sam" Sorbo is an American actress, author, and talk radio hostess. Sorbo played Serena in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and hosts the weekday, syndicated radio program, The Sam Sorbo Show.