List of Famous people born in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt is an American actress, novelist, singer and former model, who has lived mostly in Britain and Ireland. She achieved national fame when she appeared in London as Dionne in the long-running rock musical Hair. She enjoyed close relationships with Marc Bolan and Mick Jagger, who is the father of her only child Karis.
Justin Pugh
Justin David Pugh is an American football offensive guard for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Syracuse University. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 12 years before Christie's first novel in 1920.
Patrick Fabian
Patrick Fabian is an American actor of film, stage and television. He is best known for his role on Better Call Saul as Howard Hamlin, the law partner of Chuck McGill. His film roles include End Game (2006), The Last Exorcism (2010), Pig (2011) and Jimmy (2013).
Sharon Magness Blake
Sharon Magness Blake is a philanthropist and Arabian horse breeder who lives near Denver, Colorado. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the oldest of James and Esther Costello's six children. She is the widow and second wife of Bob Magness (1924-1996), founder of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI). Their first meeting involved business dealings and a common interest in Arabian horses. Bob Magness and his first wife of 36 years, Betsy, were active in the business of breeding and racing Arabian horses in the early 1980s which is when they first met Sharon Costello. She was working as sales manager for an Arabian horse breeding operation. Betsy conducted most of the business transactions with Sharon over the course of about 4 years. Sharon later started selling equine insurance. In 1985, Bob and Betsy traveled to Europe to purchase horses. During that trip, Betsy suffered a fatal heart attack. It wasn't until 1986 at a horse auction in Phoenix, AZ that Bob Magness again crossed paths with Sharon Costello. They were married in 1989 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands in a private ceremony.
Camille Schrier
Camille Thomasina Schrier is a Miss America titleholder and previous pageant titleholder. On June 22, 2019, she was crowned Miss Virginia 2019. On December 19, 2019, she was crowned Miss America 2020 in Uncasville, Connecticut.
John Hipple Mitchell
John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1873 and 1905. He also served as State Senate President, did the initial legal work involved in the dispute that led to the landmark Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff, and later was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted while a sitting U.S. Senator, one of only twelve sitting U.S. Senators ever indicted, and one of only five ever convicted.
Matthew McGrory
Matthew McGrory was an American actor, known for his great height. He held the Guinness World Records title for tallest actor, biggest feet and longest toe.
Elizabeth Ludlow
Elizabeth Faith Ludlow is an American actress known for her portrayal of Arat in the AMC postapocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead (2016–2018), she is also known for her role as Mona in the USA TV series, Satisfaction and appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. She currently plays Cas Isakovic in Another Life.
Anna Lea Merritt
Anna Massey Lea Merritt was an American painter and printmaker active in Great Britain. She painted portraits, landscapes and religious scenes. She was born in Philadelphia but lived and worked abroad most of her life in Britain. Merritt worked as a professional artist for most of her adult life, 'living by her brush' before her brief marriage to Henry Merritt and after his death.