List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Ashton Carter
Ashton Baldwin Carter is an American public policy professor who served as the 25th secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He is currently Director of the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
Addison Timlin
Addison Jayne Timlin White is an American actress, best known for her roles as Jami Lerner in The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) and Colleen Lunsford in Little Sister (2016). She is also known for playing Sasha Bingham in Showtime's Californication.
Ryan Nassib
Ryan Paul Nassib is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Syracuse. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He was also a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Dave Calhoun
David L. Calhoun is an American businessman, and president and CEO of The Boeing Company since January 2020. He was previously Boeing's chairman. He was appointed after the then CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, was fired amidst safety issues regarding the 737 MAX after two fatal crashes that claimed the lives of 346 passengers and crew on board.
Dan Cortese
Daniel James Cortese is an American actor. He played Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet and Vic Meladeo on What I Like About You.
Colman Domingo
Colman Jason Domingo is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Ali on Euphoria and Victor Strand in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead.
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, her readership was 35 million. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, Hopper named suspected communists and was a major proponent of the Hollywood blacklist. Hopper continued to write gossip until the end of her life, her work appearing in many magazines and later on radio. She had an extended feud with another gossip columnist, arch-rival Louella Parsons.
Jim Cramer
James Joseph Cramer is an American television personality and host of Mad Money on CNBC. He is a former hedge fund manager as well as an author and a co-founder of TheStreet.com.
Margaret Whitton
Margaret Ann Whitton was an American stage, film, and television actress.
Joe Kovacs
Joseph Mathias Kovacs is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 22.91 meters outdoors and 21.46 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships. He won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships and the 2016 Olympics. His personal best of 22.91 metres, which ties him for the third best competitor in the shot put event, is the longest throw since 1990.