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

Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American soft rock singer-songwriter best known for several pop rock hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 number one hit "Lightnin' Strikes".

Mark Arnold is an American actor most notable for his role as a professional dancer named Gavin Wylie who became a rebel on the run on the ABC soap opera The Edge of Night from 1980 to 1983. From 1984 to 1985, he played the role of Joe Perkins, the original hero of the daytime soap Santa Barbara, replacing Dane Witherspoon. He also appeared on the serials Guiding Light, Rituals and as Rob Coronol #2 on One Life to Live from 1987 to 1989. In 1985, Arnold also played Michael J. Fox's character's nemesis, Mick McAllister, in the movie Teen Wolf. He also played a major part in the Full Moon "classics" Trancers 4 and Trancers 5. In 2009 he played the title character's father in the movie April Showers.

Janice Burgess is a former television executive, writer, and producer for Nickelodeon. She created the Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans and worked as a writer and creative director for Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club. Both shows were produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Burgess joined Nickelodeon in 1995 as executive-in-charge of production.

Anthony Gerard Bosco was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, from 1987 to 2004.

Thomas Jay Ryan is an American stage and film actor. He may be best known for his starring role in the 1997 film Henry Fool.

Charles Henry Cooper was an American professional basketball player. He and two others, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl Lloyd, became the first African-American players in the NBA in 1950. Cooper was also the first African American to be drafted by a National Basketball Association (NBA) team, as the first pick of the second round by the Boston Celtics. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2019.

Mark K. Keller is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 86th District. He was elected in 2004 and left office at the end of his eighth term in November 2020. He formerly sat on the House Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Game & Fisheries, Local Government, and Transportation Committees.

Jeff Jones is an environmental activist and consultant in Upstate New York. He was a national officer in Students for a Democratic Society, a founding member of Weatherman, and a leader of the Weather Underground.

Henry Shippen Huidekoper was a Union Army lieutenant colonel from Pennsylvania who received the United States military's highest decorations for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Robert Hardy, Jr. is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. With partner Will Packer, he founded the production company Rainforest Films in 1994. Hardy's film credits include The Gospel, Trois, and Trois 2: Pandora's Box. His television credits include ER, Criminal Minds, Arrow, and The Game.