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

Anthony Drew Dorsett, Jr. is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Oakland Raiders, Toronto Argonauts and Omaha Nighthawks. He played college football at Pittsburgh. He is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett.

Amar Gopal Bose was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for over 45 years. He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation.

Richard Lewis Thornburgh was an American lawyer, author, and Republican politician who served as the 41st governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the United States attorney general from 1988 to 1991. Before his time as attorney general and governor, he served as the United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Ian Patrick Terry is the winner of the American reality television show Big Brother 14 in 2012 and competed in Big Brother All Stars in 2020. and a contestant of Reality GameMasters in 2013.

James Edward Heath, nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.

Laura Barney Harding was an American socialite and philanthropist. She became a close friend of Katharine Hepburn in the late 1920s when they were both aspiring actresses; the two travelled together to California to seek work in films, and shared a house in Franklin Canyon Park, near Hollywood.

Margaret "Peggy" Shippen was the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution, and was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold.

Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes was an American fashion designer and costumer. She is the creator of the original Playboy Bunny costume.

Sally Rebecca Kohn is an American liberal political commentator, community organizer, and founder and chief executive officer of the Movement Vision Lab, a grassroots think tank that focuses on liberal and progressive ideas and positions. Kohn was a contributor for Fox News, and now regularly appears as a political commentator on CNN. Her writing is published in publications like The Washington Post and USA Today.

Charles Wieder Dent is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018.