WPennsylvania, the fifth most populous state in the United States, is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are called "Pennsylvanians".
WThe Pennsylvania Auditor General is the chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1850. The current Auditor General of Pennsylvania is Democrat Eugene DePasquale.
WThe first lady of Pennsylvania is the title attributed to the wife of the governor of Pennsylvania. The honorary position is styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To date there have been no female governors of Pennsylvania, and all first spouses have been first ladies.
WFollowing is a list of justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, including justices of the Provincial Court.
WThe following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in the Lehigh Valley around Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania as well as Warren County, New Jersey in the United States.
WThe following is a list of notable people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania:Edie Adams, Singer, actress, & comedian; wife of Ernie Kovacs Nick Adams, actor,, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel Lou Barletta, congressman representing the 11th District of Pennsylvania Hazel Barnes, philosopher Douglas Carter Beane, playwright Al Bedner, NFL player Steve Bilko, 20 years old when he broke into professional baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals David Bohm, quantum physicist Charles Calvin Bowman, mayor of Pittston and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania William Bowman (fencer), Member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic Team Hubie Brown, basketball coach and television analyst James Joseph Brown, mining innovator Russell Bufalino, (1903–1994), organized crime leader in Pennsylvania, New York, and the American Cosa Nostra. He was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 2019 film The Irishman. Benjamin Burnley, lead singer and guitarist for rock band Breaking Benjamin Lou Butera, professional pool player Russ Canzler, Major League Baseball player in the New York Yankees minor league organization. Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and Coach handbag designer George Catlin, artist Jimmy Cefalo, Penn State football player, Miami Dolphins wide receiver, radio voice of the Miami Dolphins Britton Chance, bio-physicist and Olympic sailor Mark Ciavarella, disgraced judge in kids for cash scandal Abe Cohen, Professional football player Mark Cohen, street photographer Flick Colby, choreographer Adam Comorosky, MLB outfielder Colleen Corby, 1960s fashion model Amasa Dana, former U.S. Congressman Stanley Woodward Davenport, U.S. Congressman (Democrat), 1899-1901 William D'Elia, mobster Harry Dorish, MLB Pitcher Mary Lucy Dosh (1839–1861), member of the Sisters of Nazareth and volunteer nurse in the American Civil War Charles B. Dougherty, Army National Guard major general who commanded the 28th Infantry Division Mark Duda, NFL player, Lackawanna College football head coach Francis A. "Mother" Dunn, football player for the Canton Bulldogs Stanley Dudrick, Surgeon who developed TPN Carl Duser, baseball player Todd A. Eachus, former state representative of the 116th District and House majority leader of Pennsylvania David Evans, Hollywood filmmaker most known for the movie The Sandlot Jesse Fell, early experimenter with anthracite coal John S. Fine, 35th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955. Pat Finn, game show host whose shows include Lifetime's, The Family Channel's, and PAX's Shop 'til You Drop Ham Fisher, cartoonist best known for the Joe Palooka comic strip Steamer Flanagan, professional baseball player J. Harold Flannery, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Harry Livingston French, Architect Tess Gardella, actress Pete Gray, one of the two men ever to play major league baseball having lost his right arm in a childhood accident. His life is depicted in the 1986 television production A Winner Never Quits. There is a historical marker in the Hanover section of Nanticoke at Front and Center St. denoting the place of his birth. James L. Hallock, Wisconsin state legislator Harry Hamilton, Former NFL Player William Harmatz, jockey, winner of 1959 Preakness Stakes Bucky Harris, Former Major League Baseball Player Dan Harris (screenwriter), Hollywood director and screenwriter George Washington Helme, businessman and founder of Helmetta, New Jersey Joe Hergert, former professional football player Jim Hettes, UFC Fighter Raye Hollitt, bodybuilder, American Gladiators and actress, Skin Deep Joe Holup, Former NBA basketball player Henry M. Hoyt, early governor of Pennsylvania Mike Hudock, professional football player Qadry Ismail, former NFL wide receiver on the Baltimore Ravens Raghib Ismail, former NFL player and Heisman Trophy runner-up Stephanie Jallen, Paralympic skier Arthur Horace James, Superior Court Judge and Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Florence Foster Jenkins, unconventional operatic soprano, subject of film starring Meryl Streep Hughie Jennings, Major League Baseball player and manager Ben Johnson, Track athlete and one of the first African-American colonels in the U.S. Army Russell Johnson, Actor best known as The Professor Candy Jones, fashion model, writer, radio personality Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis, Treasurer of the United States Paul E. Kanjorski, former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district James Karen, actor Joe Katchik, Professional football player Michael J. Kirwan, represented Youngstown, Ohio in Congress, 1938–1970 Franz Kline, abstract expressionist painter Thomas R. Kline, lawyer Shawn Klush, Elvis tribute artist Sarah Knauss, lived to age 119 Kelsey Kolojejchick, Field hockey player for the US Olympic Team Mike Konnick, former MLB player Mary Jo Kopechne, passenger killed in car driven by Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick Harley Jane Kozak, actress and author Norm Larker, National League All-Star player for the LA Dodgers Matthew Lesko, infomercial personality Sherrie Levine, photographer and appropriation artist Jan Lewan, Polish-American songwriter and polka band leader, portrayed by actor Jack Black in the American comedy film The Polka King Edward B. Lewis, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine Santo Loquasto, Tony Award winning Broadway production designer Marion Lorne, actress best known as Aunt Clara in the comedy series Bewitched John D. MacArthur, businessman and philanthropist Joe Maddon, current manager of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels and former manager of the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs Garrick Mallery, ethnologist Herman Mankiewicz, screenwriter of Citizen Kane Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Academy Award-winning director and producer Greg Manusky, Former NFL Player Al Markim, actor Tom Matchick, MLB player for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles Francis T. McAndrew, Psychologist/Professor/Author Jay McCarroll, Fashion Designer Mary McDonnell, actress twice nominated for Academy Award William G. McGowan, former MCI Communications chairman; responsible for breaking up the Bell Telephone monopoly Tom McHale Edward Peter McManaman, Roman Catholic bishop Tommy McMillan, Major League Baseball outfielder and shortstop John Mellus, Former NFL player Edward Meneeley, painter Lou Michaels, Former NFL Player Walt Michaels, former head coach of the NFL's New York Jets Carl Ferris Miller, Banker and Arborist Joseph Montione, radio personality best known as "Banana Joe" Albert Mudrian, author and magazine editor Leo C. Mundy, Pennsylvania state senator and physician Jozef Murgas, radio pioneer Ray Musto, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Judith Nathan, wife of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Claudette Nevins, actress Amedeo Obici, founder of Planters Peanuts Thomas J. O'Hara, Provincial of the U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers of the Congregation of the Holy Cross; former president of King's College, Pennsylvania Austin O'Malley (author) Jerry Orbach, Tony award-winning actor Phil Ostrowski, NFL player Jack Palance, Oscar-winning actor Joe Palooka John Paluck, football player for Washington Redskins and Pro Bowl selection Jay Parini, professor and author Simon F. Pauxtis, Professional baseball player and college football coach Bob Patton, former NFL PLayer Mr. Peanut Maryanne Petrilla, served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners; second female Commissioner Chairperson in the county's history Anthony Petrosky, Poet Joe Pisarcik, Former NFL Quarterback William Daniel Phillips, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics Suzie Plakson, Actress Dave Popson, Former NBA basketball player John Quackenbush, Genome Scientist Krysten Ritter, actress Packy Rogers, infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers Mendy Rudolph, NBA referee from 1953 to 1975 Anne Sargent, Actress Sam Savitt, equestrian artist, author Michael Schoeffling, actor, played Jake Ryan in film Sixteen Candles M. Gerald Schwartzbach, California criminal defense attorney Paige Selenski, field hockey player for the US Olympic Team Fred Shupnik, Former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Chuck Sieminski, Former NFL Player Greg Skrepenak, former NFL player, served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners, convicted felon Jonathan Slavin, character actor Ron Solt, former NFL player Andrew Soltis, Chess Grandmaster Jacob Sullum, journalist and author, featured in Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me Bob Sura, basketball player, Houston Rockets John Thomas Sweeney, murderer of Dominique Dunne, was born and raised in Hazleton Albert Tannenbaum, member of Murder, Inc., born in Nanticoke Louis Teicher, pianist; member of the duo Ferrante & Teicher Dan Terry, Trumpet player and big band leader Thomas Tigue, Pennsylvania state legislator Alexis Toth, saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church Mike Tresh, MLB catcher Charley Trippi, University of Georgia football player, 1943 Rose Bowl MVP, College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Chicago Cardinals quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The football stadium at Pittston Area High School in Yatesville is named in his honor. Bob Tucker, NFL tight end with the New York Giants Stephen Urban, served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners and the Luzerne County Council G. Harold Wagner, Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Pennsylvania State Auditor General Frank Comerford Walker, Lawyer and Politician Ed Walsh, Hall of Fame pitcher; major league baseball's all-time ERA leader Michael Whalen, actor Faustin E. Wirkus, U.S. Marine allegedly crowned as King of La Gonâve, a Haitian island west of Hispaniola Ira W. Wood, represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1904 to 1913 Hendrick Bradley Wright, Lawyer and politician Frank Zane, bodybuilder, three-time Mr. Olympia, won Mr. America, Mr. Universe, Mr. World; donated gym at Wilkes University
WThe borough of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was established in 1762 and incorporated in 1799. The population in the 2010 census was 18,461. Notable residents or those who were born in West Chester are listed below.
WThe following is a list of people from Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.
WThe Pennsylvania State Treasurer is the head of the Pennsylvania Treasury Department, an independent department of state government. The state treasurer is elected every four years. Treasurers are limited to two consecutive terms.