List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ella King Russell Torrey was public information officer for Eleanor Roosevelt, a recipient of the United Nations Human Rights Hero Award, and a human rights activist.

Michael Patrick King is an American director, writer, and producer of television and film.

David S. Slepian was an American mathematician. He is best known for his work with algebraic coding theory, probability theory, and distributed source coding. He was colleagues with Claude Shannon and Richard Hamming at Bell Labs.

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg was an American minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a Lutheran pastor by profession, Muhlenberg was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania. His home, known as The Speaker's House, is now a museum and is currently undergoing restoration to restore its appearance during Muhlenberg's occupancy.

Vittorio Giannini was a neoromantic American composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works.

Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller was a philanthropist and the second wife of the 49th governor of New York and 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908–1979). She was first lady of New York from her marriage to then-Governor Rockefeller in 1963 until he resigned in 1973, and second lady of the United States during her husband's tenure as Vice President from December 19, 1974 until his term ended on January 20, 1977.

Terry Gilkyson was an American folk singer, composer, and lyricist.

Christopher Tyler Young is an American actor, producer and director.

Ronny Graham was an American actor and theater director, composer, lyricist, and writer.

Neil Gavin Welliver was an American-born modern artist, best known for his large-scale landscape paintings inspired by the deep woods near his home in Maine.