List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Fred Draper
Frederick Paul Draper II was an American film and television actor. He was roommates in New York City with Harry Mastrogeorge and John Cassavetes while attending The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York with Grace Kelly, Anne Bancroft and others. He graduated May 1, 1950. He appeared on numerous television programs and films.
Joseph Anthony Galante
Joseph Anthony Galante was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, from 2004 to 2013. He held several positions as a bishop in Texas from 1992 to 2004, after serving in the Roman Curia as Undersecretary of the Congregation for Religious from 1986 to 1992.
Cy Endfield
Cyril Raker Endfield was an American screenwriter, director, author, magician and inventor. Having been named as a Communist at a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing and subsequently blacklisted, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1953, where he spent the remainder of his career.
Edwin B. Forsythe
Edwin Bell Forsythe was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented parts of Burlington, Ocean, and Camden Counties in the United States House of Representatives from 1970 until his death from lung cancer in 1984.
Malcolm C. Bert
Malcolm C. Bert was an American art director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
Herbert Wertheim
Herbert A. Wertheim is an American optometrist, inventor, billionaire businessman, and philanthropist. He is the founder and president of Brain Power Incorporated (BPI).
Joseph A. Pepe
Joseph Anthony Pepe is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second Bishop of Las Vegas.
William F. Goodling
William Franklin Goodling was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy.
John Sloan
John French Sloan was an American painter and etcher. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was also a member of the group known as The Eight. He is best known for his urban genre scenes and ability to capture the essence of neighborhood life in New York City, often observed through his Chelsea studio window. Sloan has been called the premier artist of the Ashcan School, and also a realist painter who embraced the principles of Socialism, though he himself disassociated his art from his politics.
Ron Harper
Ronald Robert Harper is an American television and movie actor. He resides in California and continues to act.