List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was an African-American artist notable for celebrating Afrocentric themes. At the fore of the Harlem Renaissance, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the black American experience. At the turn of the 20th century, she had achieved a reputation as a well-known sculptor in Paris, before returning to the United States. Warrick was a protégée of Auguste Rodin, and has been described as "one of the most imaginative Black artists of her generation." Through adopting a horror-based figural style and choosing to depict events of racial injustice, like the lynching of Mary Turner, Warrick used her platform to address the societal traumas of African Americans.
Eddie Griffin
Eddie Jamaal Griffin was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed in a car crash.
Bob Casey Jr.
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania, a seat to which he was first elected in 2006. He previously served as Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1997 to 2005 and as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 2005 to 2007.
Madeleine Dean
Madeleine Dean Cunnane is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. The district includes almost all of Montgomery County, a suburban county north of Philadelphia.
Joe Moorhead
Joe Moorhead is an American football coach. He is currently the offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon. He was previously the head coach at Mississippi State University from 2018–2019. Prior to entering coaching, Moorhead played as a quarterback at Fordham University from 1992–1995 and professionally for the Munich Cowboys of the German Football League in 1996.
Brendon Todd
Brendon Todd is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour.
Johannes von Trapp
Johannes von Trapp is an Austrian American singer and former member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical and movie The Sound of Music. He is the tenth and youngest child.
Brent Grimes
Brent Omar Grimes is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Shippensburg University and signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Grimes was allocated to the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europa in 2006 and was part of the team that won World Bowl XV.
Henry Grimes
Henry Grimes was an American jazz double bassist and violinist.
Dick Allen
Richard Anthony Allen was an American professional baseball player. During his 15-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he appeared primarily as a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder, most notably for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox, and is ranked among baseball's top offensive producers of the 1960s and early 1970s.