List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Charles Esten
Charles Esten Puskar III, also known professionally as Chip Esten and Charles Esten, is an American actor, musician and comedian.
Kathy Sledge
Kathy Sledge is an American singer–songwriter and producer. Sledge is best known as the youngest and founding member of Sister Sledge, an American vocal group which is made up of her sisters that formed in 1971.
Chloe Lukasiak
Chloe Elizabeth Lukasiak is an American actress, dancer, author, model, producer and reality television personality. She is best known for being an original cast member of Lifetime's reality television series Dance Moms during Season 1 through Season 4. She returned as a guest during the Season 7A finale and had a recurring role in Season 7B.
Ted Deutch
Theodore Eliot Deutch is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in 2010 after a special election following the resignation of Robert Wexler. Deutch represented Florida's 19th congressional district until 2013 and Florida's 21st congressional district from 2013 to 2017.
Stefen Wisniewski
Stefen David Wisniewski is an American football guard and center for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of Penn State. He has also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Mark Ciavarella
Mark Arthur Ciavarella Jr. is a criminal, a convicted felon and former President Judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania who was involved, along with fellow judge Michael Conahan, in the "Kids for cash" scandal in 2008.
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer is an American author, editor, and literary critic. Initially associated with the New Weird literary genre, VanderMeer crossed over into mainstream success with his bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy. The trilogy's first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, and was adapted into a Hollywood film by director Alex Garland. Among VanderMeer's other novels are Shriek: An Afterword and Borne. He has also edited with his wife Ann VanderMeer such influential and award-winning anthologies as The New Weird, The Weird, and The Big Book of Science Fiction.
Tito Francona
John Patsy Francona was a Major League Baseball player. As a child, he was nicknamed "Tito" by his father. His son, Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona, is also sometimes referred to as "Tito."
Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Karen Jarrett
Karen Jarrett is an American professional wrestling valet and personality. She was formerly the Senior Vice President of the Impact Knockouts Division. She is the former wife of professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle and the current wife of Impact and GFW founder and wrestler Jeff Jarrett.