List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Carl Boenish
Carl Ronald Boenish, considered the father of modern BASE jumping, was an American freefall cinematographer, who in 1978 filmed the first jumps from El Capitan using ram-air parachutes.
Lauren Tewes
Cynthia Lauren Tewes is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Julie McCoy on the television comedy anthology series The Love Boat, which originally aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986.
Katherine Moennig
Katherine Sian Moennig is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shane McCutcheon on The L Word (2004–09), as well as Jake Pratt on Young Americans (2000). Moennig played the role of Lena in the Showtime series Ray Donovan from 2013 to 2019. She played a recurring role on Grown-ish on Freeform as Professor Paige Hewson in season 2 and 3. She reprised her role as Shane McCutcheon in The L Word: Generation Q in 2019.
Bill Vinovich
Bill Vinovich III is an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2006 and since 2012, as well as a college basketball official.
Charlie McDermott
Charles Joseph McDermott Jr. is an American television and film actor, best known for his role as Axl Heck on ABC's The Middle. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the acclaimed film Frozen River.
Philly Brown
Corey "Philly" Brown is an American football wide receiver and return specialist who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played college football at Ohio State.
Adam Eckfeldt
John Adam Eckfeldt was a worker and official in the early days of the United States Mint. A lifelong Philadelphian, Eckfeldt served as the second chief coiner of the Mint, from 1814 until 1839.
Christina Bennett Lind
Christina Bennett Lind is an American actress notable for her role as Bianca Montgomery in ABC's soap opera All My Children. She has an identical twin sister named Heather Lind who is also an actress.
Herb Adderley
Herbert Anthony Adderley was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 1980, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Frank Gaffney
Frank J. Gaffney Jr. is an American anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist and the founder and president of the Center for Security Policy. In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked for the federal government in multiple posts, including seven months as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan administration.