List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the rock band Television.
Billy Beck
Billy Beck was an American clown and character actor.
Emanuel Kiriakou
Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou is an American songwriter, producer, record executive, music publisher and multi-instrumentalist, based in Los Angeles. He co-wrote and produced “Take You Dancing” by Jason Derulo, and a number of Billboard Hot 100 charting singles including: "What’s Left of Me" by Nick Lachey, "Crush" by David Archuleta, "Who Says" by Selena Gomez & the Scene, and "Tonight Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae, which was #1 on the Billboard Hot AC charts, “It Girl” by Jason Derulo, as well as “Classic” and “American Dream” by MKTO. He has also collaborated with Celine Dion, Ne-Yo, MKTO, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, ZAYN, Gabby Barrett, Rachel Platten, David Foster, Madison Beer, Robert DeLong, Whitney Houston, Simple Plan, and Backstreet Boys.
Lloyd Smucker
Lloyd Kenneth Smucker is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district since 2017. The district, numbered as the 16th district during his first term, is based on Lancaster and includes much of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. He previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016.
Lisa Lassek
Lisa Lassek is an American film and television editor. In addition to her editing career, her credits include her role as an associate producer for the television series Firefly. She edited episodes for the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, served as an assistant editor for Angel, and has edited various episodes of Firefly. Lassek is a frequent collaborator of Joss Whedon, having edited his first feature-length film Serenity and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. She has also collaborated with Drew Goddard, having edited his films The Cabin in the Woods and Bad Times at the El Royale.
Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas was an American professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a four-time NBA All-Star and won an NBA championship with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977. He was named to the ABA All-Time Team.
Ben Olsen
Benjamin Robert Olsen is a retired American professional soccer player and the former head coach of D.C. United. Born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Olsen grew up playing for FC Delco, an elite club program near Philadelphia. He then played for Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer and was named 1997 Soccer America Player of the Year.
S. S. Kresge
Sebastian Spering Kresge was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in 1977.
Francis Henry Taylor
Francis Henry Taylor (1903–1957) was a distinguished American museum director and curator, who served as the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for fifteen years.
William Warren
William Warren (1812–1888) was an American actor. For decades he performed with the theatre at the old Boston Museum.