List of people from Philadelphia
The following is a list of notable residents, natives, and persons generally associated with the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the United States. The list includes both former and present residents of the city.
Academia
Josh Wurman being interviewed in a DOW unit
- Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), clergyman, biblical scholar[1]
- E. Digby Baltzell (1915–1996), sociologist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, bestselling author of Philadelphia Gentlemen, The Protestant Establishment, and Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, credited with popularizing the acronym WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)
- Ellen Bass (born 1947), professor, poet, author
- Leon Bass (1925–2015), educator, principal of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin High School
- Aaron T. Beck (1921–2021), psychiatrist, inventor of cognitive therapy, professor at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), lawyer, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Ray W. Birdwhistell (1918–1994), anthropologist, professor of anthropology at University of Pennsylvania, inventor of kinesics
- Alfred Bloom, linguist, professor, president of Swarthmore College
- Francis Bohlen (1868–1942), Algernon Sydney Biddle professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Derek Curtis Bok (born 1930), lawyer, former dean of Harvard Law School, former president of Harvard University
- Atherton Blight (1834–1909), lawyer, businessperson, author, diarist, philanthropist; founding member of the Art Club of Philadelphia; major stockholder in the Newport Casino
- Lisa Bowleg, professor of Applied Social Psychology at George Washington University
- David D. Burns (born 1942), psychiatrist, professor of psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, bestselling author of Feeling Good
- Noam Chomsky (born 1928), linguist, Far-left political activist, anarchist, professor
- Gordon Clark (1902–1985), Christian theologian, professor
- Leda Cosmides (born 1957), psychologist, helped develop the field of evolutionary psychology
- Philip D. Curtin (1922–2009), historian on Africa and the Atlantic slave trade
- Steven Drizin, lawyer, professor
- Drew Gilpin Faust (born 1947), historian, administrator at the University of Pennsylvania, 28th president of Harvard University
- R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist, professor of design at University of Pennsylvania
- Andrew Gelman (born 1965), professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University
- Gaylord P. Harnwell (1903–1982), professor, president of University of Pennsylvania
- Earl G. Harrison (1899–1955), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1942–44
- Marc Lamont Hill (born 1978), professor, scholar, journalist, activist, BET News correspondent
- Agnes Irwin (1841–1914), founder of the Agnes Irwin School, first dean of Radcliffe College
- Seymour S. Kety (1915–2000), neuroscientist, schizophrenia researcher
- Lawrence Klein (1920–2013), economist, Nobel laureate, professor of economics at University of Pennsylvania
- C. Everett Coop (1916–2013), Surgeon General of the United States
- Byard Lancaster (1942–2012), avant-garde jazz saxophonist, flutist
- Alain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954), writer, philosopher, educator, distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Father of the Harlem Renaissance
- Margaret Mead (1901–1978), cultural anthropologist, bestselling author of Coming of Age in Samoa and Male and Female
- William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796–1877), founder of model college preparatory schools
- John Pittenger (1930–2009), lawyer, academic, former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Philip Rieff (1922–2006), sociologist, cultural critic, professor at the University of Pennsylvania
- Louis B. Schwartz (1913–2003), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Jacob Soll (born 1968), historian, MacArthur Fellow[2]
- Lawrence H. Summers (born 1954), economist, US Secretary of the Treasury, chairman of the president's council of economic advisers, 27th president of Harvard University
- Howard M. Temin (1934–1994), Nobel Prize Co-Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1975
- Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987), Christian theologian, professor, credited as being the originator of modern presuppositional apologetics
- Lawrence Venuti (born 1953), translation theorist, translation historian, translator from Italian, French, and Catalan
- Andrew Weil (born 1942), celebrity doctor who advocates for alternative medicine including the 4-7-8 breathing technique
- Gayraud Wilmore (1921–2020), writer, historian, ethicist, educator, theologian
- Walter E. Williams (1936–2020), economist, commentator, academic; awarded an honorary degree at Universidad Francisco Marroquín
- Harris Wofford (1926–2019), professor of political science, director of the Peace Corps, president of Bryn Mawr College, appointed US Senator (D-PA)
- Bernard Wolfman (1924–2011), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and law professor
- Josh Wurman (born 1960), meteorologist, known from Storm Chasers guiding Sean Casey into tornadoes with a radar truck called the DOW (Doppler on Wheels). He is also a key leader of VORTEX2
Art and architecture
- Julian Abele (1881–1950), prominent African American architect, chief designer in the offices of Horace Trumbauer, contributed to the design of more than 400 buildings, including the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University
- Robb Armstrong (born 1962), African American cartoonist, best known as creator of Jump Start
- Edmund Bacon (1910–2005), urban planner, architect, educator, author
- Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951), creator of the Barnes Collection of Art, which later became the Barnes Foundation, inventor of Argyrol
- Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), portrait painter[3]
- William Bell (1830–1910), photographer
- Alexander Calder (1898–1976), sculptor, son of Alexander Stirling Calder and grandson of Alexander Milne Calder
- Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), Scottish-American sculptor, father of sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandfather of sculptor Alexander Calder
- Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), sculptor, son of Alexander Milne Calder, father of Alexander Calder
- Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), impressionist painter, printmaker; often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children
- Florence Van Leer Earle (1850–1927), poet
- Robert Crumb (born 1943), underground comics artist, writer
- Heather Dewey-Hagborg (born 1982), information artist, bio-hacker, best known for her project Stranger Visions, a series of portraits created from DNA she recovered from discarded items, such as hair, cigarettes and chewing gum while living in Brooklyn, New York; from the extracted DNA, she determined gender, ethnicity and other factors and then used face-generating software and a 3D printer to create a speculative, algorithmically determined 3D portrait
- Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), realist painter, photographer, sculptor, professor of fine arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- Frank Heyling Furness (1839–1912), architect, designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area
- Sonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), abstract expressionist painter
- Ginger Gilmour (born 1949), sculptor; first wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour[5]
- Phoebe Gloeckner (born 1960), cartoonist, illustrator, painter, novelist
- Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954), illustrator; illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine
- Ian Hornak (1944–2002), draughtsman, painter, printmaker; founding artist of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements.[6][7]
- Amy Ignatow (born 1977), illustrator, cartoonist, and author, The Popularity Papers series
- Louis Kahn (1901–1974), architect
- Bil Keane (1922–2011), cartoonist, The Family Circus
- Walt Kelly (1913–1973), cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo
- Henry P. McIlhenny (1910–1986), connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, socialite, philanthropist, curator, chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- John Moran (1831–1902), pioneering photographer, artist
- Alice Neel (1900–1984), painter
- Albert Newsam (1809–1864), born deaf, artist[8]
- Linda Nochlin (1931–2017), prominent feminist art historian, professor of art history at Bryn Mawr College
- Martin Nodell (1915–2006), comic book artist, creator of the original Green Lantern
- Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), artist, progenitor of the Peale family of American artists, best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution
- William H. Rau (1855–1920), photographer, best remembered for his stereo cards of sites around the world, and for his panoramic photographs of sites along the Pennsylvania Railroad[9]
- Seymour Remenick (1923–1999), artist with works exhibited in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871–1927), painter; founder of the Concord Art Association
- Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), visual experimental artist, known for her multi-media works on the body, narrative, sexuality and gender
- Mary B. Schuenemann (1898–1992), painter
- Denise Scott Brown (born 1931), architect, planner, writer, educator
- Sarai Sherman (1922–2013), painter, sculptor
- Grover Simcox (1867–1966), illustrator, naturalist, polymath
- Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863–1935), illustrator; illustrated stories and articles for clients such as Century, Collier's, Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, McClure's, Scribners, and the Ladies' Home Journal
- Willi Smith (1948–1987), fashion designer; at the time of his death, Smith was regarded as one of the most successful African-American designers in the fashion industry
- Zoe Strauss (born 1970), photographer
- William Strickland (1788–1854), architect, civil engineer
- Thomas Sully (1783–1872), portrait painter; his subjects included national political leaders such as United States presidents: Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, Revolutionary War hero General Marquis de Lafayette, and many leading musicians and composers
- Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937), first African-American painter to gain international acclaim
- Daniel Traub (born 1971), photographer, filmmaker
- Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938), architect
- Robert Venturi (1925–2018), architect
- Thomas Ustick Walter (1804–1887), architect, one of the founders and second president of the American Institute of Architects
- Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style
- Jamie Wyeth (born 1946), painter (son of Andrew Wyeth)
- N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), artist, illustrator (father of Andrew Wyeth)
- Lily Yeh (born 1941), artist
Business
- Amar Bose (1929–2013), founder and chairman of Bose
- John C. Bogle (1929–2019), investor; money manager; founder of Vanguard
- Frank Baldino Jr. (1953–2010), pharmacologist, scientist who was one of the co-founders of the pharmaceutical firm Cephalon
- Pat Croce (born 1954), entrepreneur, Philadelphia 76ers executive and part-owner, author, and TV personality
- David L. Cohen (born 1955), senior executive vice president and chief lobbyist of Comcast, Chief of Staff of the Philadelphia Mayor under Ed Rendell; in July 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Cohen as the United States Ambassador to Canada
- George Dashnau (1923–2001), advertising executive in Philadelphia who started the first mail order delivery service that supplied human skulls
- George H. Earle Jr. (1856–1928), lawyer, "financial diplomat" who was highly sought after to save ailing corporations from financial ruin
- Charles Henry Davis (1865–1951), businessperson, civil engineer, philanthropist; founded the World Peace Movement
- Warren Lyford DeLano (1972–2009), advocate for the increased adoption of open source practices in the sciences, and especially drug discovery; creator of PyMol
- Maria Anna Fisher (1819–1911), African American baker, entrepreneur, philanthropist; beginning around 1834—at the age of 15—sold homemade biscuits door to door in Philadelphia, at 12.5 cents each, with her earnings she eventually purchased a fourteen-room house and more than a dozen other houses that she rented out for additional income
- Kenneth Frazier (born 1954), CEO of Merck & Co.
- Albert M. Greenfield (1887–1967), local realty magnate; philanthropist; political activist
- Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861–1949), founder, Yukon Gold Company; philanthropist, art collector; best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City
- Richard Hayne (born 1947), founder and CEO of Urban Outfitters
- Michael Johns (born 1964), health care executive, former White House speechwriter
- Eldridge R. Johnson (1867–1945), founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company
- Tom Knox, former CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
- John Leamy (1757–1839), pioneered trade with Spanish Empire[10]
- J. Howard Marshall (1905–1995), oil businessman, stakeholder in Koch Industries, husband of Anna Nicole Smith
- George Meade (1741–1808), merchant, grandfather of George Gordon Meade[11]
- Richard W. Meade (1778–1828), merchant, art collector, father of George Gordon Meade[12]
- Samuel Meeker (1763–1831), prominent merchant businessman who played a substantial role in the development of banking, shipping, and insurance systems in the early post-revolutionary days of Philadelphia
- Jim Murray, co-founder, Ronald McDonald House Charities; former general manager, Philadelphia Eagles
- Joel Myers (born 1939), founder, chairman and CEO of AccuWeather
- Pat Olivieri (1910–1970), founder of Pat's King of Steaks, reputed creator of the cheesesteak
- William S. Paley (1901–1990), businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States
- Randal Pinkett (born 1971), entrepreneur, PhD, winner of The Apprentice 4
- Lynda Resnick (born 1943), co-owner of Roll International, which owns POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, and owns Teleflora
- Felix Rappaport (1952–2018), CEO of Foxwoods Resort & Casino
- Brian L. Roberts (born 1959), chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation
- Michael G. Rubin (born 1972), founder and CEO of Kynetic; part-owner of Philadelphia 76ers; founder and former CEO of GSI Commerce
- Stephen A. Schwarzman (born 1947), billionaire, founder and CEO of The Blackstone Group
- Ed Snider (1933–2016), former chairman of Comcast Spectacor
- Justus Strawbridge (1838–1911), department store founder
- Brian Tierney (born 1957), CEO of Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC; publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer
- John Wanamaker (1838–1922), department store founder
- Walter E. Williams (1936–2020), economist, commentator, academic; awarded an honorary degree at Universidad Francisco Marroquín
- James Hood Wright (1836–1894), banker, financier, corporate director, railroad man of the nineteenth century associated with J. P. Morgan and Thomas Edison
- William Wrigley Jr. (1861–1932), founder of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Criminals
- Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), escort service proprietor, often referred to as "The Mayflower Madam"
- Antuan Bronshtein, convicted murderer, reputed associate of the Russian Mafia
- Angelo Bruno (1910–1980), boss of Philadelphia crime family
- Jack "Legs" Diamond (1897–1931), a nemesis of mobster Dutch Schultz; Diamond survived a number of attempts on his life between 1916 and 1931, causing him to be known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld"
- Mary Jane Fonder (1942–2018), convicted murderer of Rhonda Smith, a fellow congregant, inside their church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 2008
- Kermit Gosnell (born 1941), convicted of 21 felony counts of illegal late-term abortion
- Philip Leonetti (born 1953), underboss of Philadelphia crime family, government informant
- Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), mafioso; head of the Scarfo crime family, 1981–1991
- Gary Heidnik (1943–1999), convicted murderer
Film, television, and theater
A–K
- Joe Augustyn, writer, producer
- Kevin Bacon (born 1958), actor, half of the Bacon Brothers
- Jim Bailey (1938–2015), singer, film, television, stage actor, female impersonator
- Chuck Barris (1929–2017), actor, composer, writer, director, producer, game show host
- Ethel Barrymore (1879–1959), actress
- John Barrymore (1882–1942), actor
- Lionel Barrymore (1878–1954), actor, best known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life
- Eddie Barth (1931–2010), actor, voiceover artist[13]
- Jules Bass (born 1935), director, composer
- Laurie Beechman (1953–1998), singer, actress, notably of Broadway[14]
- Willam Belli (born 1982), actor, drag queen, model, and recording artist; best known for his role on Nip/Tuck and competing on season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race
- Maria Bello (born 1967), actress, writer
- Ed Bernard (born 1939), actor
- John Biddle (1925–2008), yachting cinematographer, lecturer
- Edward Binns (1916–1990), actor
- Joey Bishop (1918–2007), entertainer
- Danny Bonaduce (born 1959), actor
- David Boreanaz (born 1969), actor
- Jim Boyd (1933–2013), actor
- Peter Boyle (1935–2006), actor
- David Brenner (1936–2014), stand-up comedian, actor, author
- Richard Brooks (1912–1992), screenwriter, film director, novelist, film producer
- Matt Bush (born 1986), actor, best known for the film Adventureland and his AT&T Rollover Minutes commercials
- Eugene Byrd, actor
- Michael Callan (born 1935), actor
- Gia Marie Carangi (1960–1986), supermodel
- Joan Carroll (born 1932), coloratura soprano
- Dick Clark (1929–2012), host, American Bandstand and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, game show host, producer
- Bessie Clayton (1875–1948), Broadway, vaudeville and burlesque specialty dancer and choreographer whose near 35-year career began in the era popularly known as the Gay Nineties[15]
- Imogene Coca (1908–2001), actress, comedian
- Nathan Cook (1950–1988), actor
- Bradley Cooper (born 1975), actor
- Bill Cosby (born 1937), comedian, actor, author
- David Crane (born 1957), writer, producer
- Broderick Crawford (1911–1986), actor
- Susan Webb Cushman (1822–1859), stage actress
- Blythe Danner (born 1943), actress; mother of Gwyneth Paltrow
- Mildred Davis (1901–1969), actress and wife of Harold Lloyd, born in Philadelphia
- Bruce Davison (born 1946), actor
- Mary Elizabeth Dawson (given name), (1890–1982), American, née Elizabeth Buzby known as Mademoiselle Fifi
- John de Lancie (born 1948), actor
- Francis De Sales (1912–1988), actor
- Kim Delaney (born 1961), actress
- Kat Dennings (born 1986), actress
- Curly Joe DeRita (1909–1993), comedian, actor, member of The Three Stooges
- John Doman (born 1945), actor, The Wire
- Mike Douglas (1920–2006), singer, television talk show host
- Gary Dourdan (born 1966), actor
- Rel Dowdell, filmmaker
- Cheryl Dunye (born 1966), director, writer, producer
- Ja'net Dubois (c. 1932–2020), actress, singer
- Kevin Eubanks (born 1957), musician, former leader of The Tonight Show Band
- Lola Falana (born 1942), dancer, actress
- Norman Fell (1924–1998), actor
- Tina Fey (born 1970), actress, comedian
- W. C. Fields (1880–1946), actor, comedian
W. C. Fields 1938
- Larry Fine (1902–1975), comedian, actor, member of The Three Stooges
- Linda Fiorentino (c. 1958), actress
- Kate Flannery (born 1964), actress
- Jeremy Gable (born 1982), playwright, game designer
- Ralph Garman (born 1964), actor, radio personality
- Janet Gaynor (1906–1984), actress
- Richard Gere (born 1949), actor
- Todd Glass (born 1964), comedian
- Adam F. Goldberg (born 1976), television and film producer
- Robert X. Golphin (born 1982), actor, filmmaker
- Kate Gosselin (born 1975), reality TV personality, Jon and Kate Plus Eight
- Bruce Graham (1925–2010), playwright
- Seth Green (born 1974), actor
- Grayson Hall (1922–1985), television, film and stage actress
- Chief Halftown (1917–2003), children's television personality
- Veronica Hamel (born 1943), actress, model
- Kevin Hart (born 1979), comedian, actor
- Sherman Hemsley (1938–2012), actor
- Emmaline Henry (1928–1979), actress, I Dream of Jeannie
- Marc Lamont Hill (born 1978), television host
- Tigre Hill, producer, director
- Paul Hipp (born 1963), actor, musician, producer
- Wendell Holland (born 1984), winner of Survivor: Ghost Island
- Billie Holiday (1915–1959), singer
- Kevin Hooks (born 1958), actor, director
- Abby Huntsman (born 1986), co-host of The View was born in Philadelphia
- Mark Indelicato (born 1994), actor, singer (Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty)
- Abbi Jacobson (born 1984), actress, comedian, co-creator of Broad City
- Barry Jenner (1941–2016), actor
- Clark Johnson (born 1954), actor, director
- Nicole Kassell (born 1972), director, writer
- George Kelly (1887–1974), playwright, screenwriter, director, actor; uncle of Princess Grace of Monaco
- Grace Kelly (1929–1982), actress, Princess of Monaco
- Irvin Kershner (1923–2010), director, The Empire Strikes Back
- Taylor Kinney (born 1981), actor, Vampire Diaries, Chicago Fire; dated Lady Gaga from 2011–2016
- Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor, The Odd Couple, Quincy, M.E., You Again?
L-Z
- Patti LaBelle (born 1944), Music Legend R&B/Soul, Actress, Entrepreneur
- Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor, producer, director
- Mario Lanza (1921–1959), singer, actor
- Stan Lathan (born 1945), film producer, television producer, director
- Andrew Lawrence (born 1988), actor
- Joey Lawrence (born 1976), actor
- Matthew Lawrence (born 1980), actor
- Raw Leiba (born 1975), actor, stuntman, sports model
- Aaron Levinson, producer, musician
- Brooke Lewis (born 1975), actress, producer, television personality
- Shari Lewis (1933–1998), children's television personality
- Gene London (1931–2020), artist, local children's television personality
- Lisa Lopes (1971–2002), rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer
- Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film director
- David Lynch (born 1946), film director
- Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), actress, singer
- Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor
- Abby Mann (1927–2008), film writer, producer
- Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress
- Adam Mazer, writer "Breach", "You don't know Jack" – Emmy-winner
- Bob McAllister (1935–1998), children's television personality
- Andrea McArdle (born 1963), singer, actress, Broadway's original Annie
- Joan McCracken (1917–1961), dancer, actress
- Paul McCrane (born 1961), actor, musician
- Rob McElhenney (born 1977), actor, creator of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Andrew Repasky McElhinney (born 1978), film director, writer, MoMA artist[16]
- Adam McKay (born 1968), director, writer
- Mary Lou Metzger (born 1950), singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
- David Mirkin (born 1955), writer, director
- Silas Weir Mitchell (born 1969), actor
- Katherine Moennig (born 1977), actress
- Kelly Monaco (born 1976), model, actress
- Natalie Nevins (1925–2010), singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
- J. J. North (born 1964), actress
- Clifford Odets (1906–1963), playwright, director, screenwriter
- Leslie Odom Jr. (born 1981), actor, singer
- Ana Ortiz (born 1971), actress, Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty
- Daphne Oz (born 1986), author, television host on The Chew
- Holly Robinson Peete (born 1964), actress
- Lisa Peluso (born 1964), actress, Saturday Night Fever, soap operas
- Gervase Peterson (born 1969), contestant, original season of Survivor
- Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), R&B/Soul Legend, Lead singer for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes who was hospitalized by a car crash
- Robert Picardo (born 1953), actor
- Noam Pitlik (1932–1999), actor, television director, producer
- Jack Polito (born 1941), animator
- Jon Polito (1950–2016), actor, Miller's Crossing
- Joe Renzetti, musician, Oscar-winning film composer, The Buddy Holly Story
- Adele Ritchie (1874–1930), singer
- Matt Robinson (1937–2002), Sesame Street actor; father of Holly Robinson Peete
- James Rolfe (born 1980), creator and star of Angry Video Game Nerd internet series; film director
- Lisa Roma (1892–1965), operatic soprano, music educator
- J. D. Roth (born 1968), actor, game show host
- Bob Saget (1956–2022), actor, comedian, game show host
- Mathew St. Patrick (born 1968), actor
- Diane Salinger (born 1951), actress
- Camillia Sanes, actress, The Shield
- Jessica Savitch (1947–1983), local and national news broadcaster, NBC
- Bill Scott (1920–1985), voice actor; voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mr. Peabody, Dudley Do-Right
- Vivienne Segal (1897–1992), actress
- Susan Seidelman (born 1952), film director, television director, Desperately Seeking Susan, Sex and the City
- Craig Shoemaker (born 1962), stand-up comedian, Film/TV Producer
- Jimmy Shubert, stand-up comedian
- M. Night Shyamalan (born 1970), film director; The Sixth Sense, Signs
- Penny Singleton (1908–2003), radio, film and voice actress
- Jack Thomas Smith (born 1969), horror filmmaker[17]
- Toukie Smith (born 1952), model, actress; sister of fashion designer Willi Smith
- Will Smith (born 1968), actor, hip-hop recording artist, half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, record producer, four time Grammy-winner
Actor Will Smith at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International.
- David Smyrl (1935–2016), actor, television writer (Sesame Street)[18]
- Harry Snodgrass (born 1963), Award winning Sound Designer, Sound Supervisor, Sound Editor; projects include Alien 3, Napoleon Dynamite, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Robin Hood Men in Tights
- Tom Snyder (1936–2007), local and national news and entertainment personality, NBC
- Sally Starr (1923–2013), children's television personality
- Joey Stefano (1968–1994), dancer, actor, gay porn star
- Parker Stevenson (born 1952), actor
- Charles Stone III (born 1966), film director, creator of Budweiser's "Whassup?" advertising campaign
- Holland Taylor (born 1943), actress
- Teller (born 1948), magician, half of Penn & Teller
- Frank Tinney (1878–1940), vaudeville comedian
- Paul F. Tompkins (born 1968), actor, comedian
- Jean Vander Pyl (1919–1999), actress, voice of Wilma Flintstone and Rosie the Robot Maid
- Tom Verica (born 1964), actor
- Nancy Walker (1922–1992), actress, director
- Brendan Walter (born 1986), actor, director, guitarist
- Bruce Walsh, playwright
- Jeff Ward (born 1986), actor
- Wee Willie Webber (1929–2010), local radio and television personality; Webber worked in radio and television in the Philadelphia region for more than 50 years
- John Sylvester White (1919–1988), television actor
- Karen Malina White (born 1965), actress
- Nafessa Williams, actress
- Kenya D. Williamson, actress, screenwriter
- Thomas F. Wilson (born 1959), actor, stand-up comic
- Danny Woodburn (born 1964), actor, comedian
- John Zacherle (1918–2016), actor, producer; best known for his long career as a television horror host, often broadcasting horror films in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1950s and 1960s
Historical figures
Nicholas Biddle by William Inman
Dr. Benjamin Rush painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1783
- David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon, teacher[1]
- Robert Aitken (1734–1802), publisher of the first Bible in North America[1]
- Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), novelist[1]
- Andrew Allen (1740–1825), delegate to the Continental Congress[1]
- Harrison Allen (1841–1897), anatomist, physician[1]
- Joseph Anderson (1757–1837), United States Senator[1]
- Charles John Biddle (1819–1873), member, U.S. House of Representatives
- Edward Biddle (1738–1779), American Founding Father, soldier, lawyer, and statesman from Pennsylvania, a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775, a signatory to the Continental Association
- Francis Biddle (1886–1968), U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, principal American judge during the Nuremberg trials
- Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844), financier, president, Second Bank of the United States
- Nicholas Biddle (1750–1778), one of the original captains of the Continental Navy
- Richard Biddle (1796–1847), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1837–1840
- John C. Bowers (1811–1873), African American entrepreneur, organist and vestryman at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and a founding member of the first Grand United Order of Odd Fellows for African Americans in Pennsylvania
- Thomas Bowers (c. 1823–1885), concert artist
- Ed Bradley (1941–2006), CBS News radio journalist, television journalist between 1967–2006
- Henry "Box" Brown (c.1815–1897), abolitionist, escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia
- William C. Bullitt, Jr. (1891–1967), diplomat, journalist, novelist; best known for his special mission to negotiate with Lenin on behalf of the Paris Peace Conference, often recalled as a missed opportunity to normalize relations with the Bolsheviks. He was also the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and the U.S. ambassador to France during World War II. In his youth, he was considered a radical, but he later became an outspoken anticommunist
- Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), author, journalist, teacher
- Samuel Carpenter (1649–1714), first Treasurer of Pennsylvania, Deputy Governor to William Penn
- Octavius Valentine Catto (1839–1871), educator, civil rights activist, baseball player
- Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), author, illustrator
- Harriet Schneider French (1824–1906), physician, temperance movement activist
- Henry George (1839–1897), political economist, author Progress and Poverty; inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, the belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value derived from land (including natural resources) should belong equally to all members of society. George famously argued that a single tax on land would create a more productive and just society
- Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914), abolitionist, poet, educator
- Benjamin Guggenheim (1865–1912), businessman, died aboard the RMS Titanic
- John von Sonnentag de Havilland (1826–1886), American officer of arms in England
- A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. (1928–1998), commissioner, Kerner Commission; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- John A. Hostetler (1918–2001), author, educator, leading scholar of Amish and Hutterite societies
- Grace Kelly (1929–1982), princess of Monaco; actress
- George Lippard (1822–1854), novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, labor organizer
- Alain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954), writer, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance; first African-American Rhodes Scholar
- Henry C. McCook (1837–1911), entomologist, clergyman, author, designer of Philadelphia's city flag
- Joseph McKenna (1843–1926), associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Attorney General – member, U.S. House of Representatives
- Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800), Major General in Continental Army, fifth president of U.S. Congress, first governor of Pennsylvania; counted among the Founding Fathers[1]
- Anna Balmer Myers (1884–1972), author
- Robert N. C. Nix Jr. (1928–2003), former chief justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- George W. Pepper (1867–1961), lawyer, U.S. Senator
- William Pepper (1843–1898), founder of Free Library of Philadelphia; provost of University of Pennsylvania
- Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837), physician, "father of American surgery"[1]
- Betsy Ross (1752–1836), reputed to have sewn the first American flag, the Betsy Ross flag[1]
- Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator; Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence
- Peggy Shippen (1760–1804), wife of traitor to the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold; she was the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution
- Leon Sullivan (1922–2001), Baptist minister, social activist
- Manuel Torres (1762–1822), first Colombian Ambassador to United States[19]
- Thomas Truxton (1755–1822), American naval officer after the Revolutionary War, when he served as a privateer, who rose to the rank of commodore in the late eighteenth century and later served in the Quasi-War with France
- Frank J. Webb (1828–c. 1894), novelist, poet, essayist, first African American writer to portray northern racism and "passing"
Media and literature
- Isaac Ashmead (1790–1870), printer, served in the War of 1812
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), Science fiction author[20]
- Jesse Watters (born 1978), political commentator, author
- kristie Lu Stout (born 1974), journalist
- Tony Auth (1942–2014), editorial cartoonist; Pulitzer Prize-winner, Herblock Prize-winner
- Doug Banks (1958–2016), nationally syndicated morning radio personality[21]
- Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959–2011), author
- Donald Barthelme (1931–1989), author
- Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005), children's writing and illustration couple
- Evelyn Berckman (1900–1978), author
- Ben Bova (1932–2020), science fiction author
- Mary D. R. Boyd (1809–died), author of children's books
- Ed Bradley (1941–2006), journalist, 60 Minutes
- Tony Bruno (born 1952), sports radio talk show host
- Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954), novelist, poet, author
- Nathaniel Burt (1913–2003), novelist, poet, composer, author
- Francesca Anna Canfield (1803–1833), linguist, writer
- Angelo Cataldi (born 1951), sports radio host
- Renee Chenault-Fattah (born 1957), WCAU-TV news anchor; wife of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah
- Mary M. Cohen (1854–1911), social economist, journalist, belletrist, educator, communal worker, proto-feminist
- Michael Connelly (born 1956), author
- Benjamin De Casseres (1873–1945), journalist, critic, essayist, poet
- Joseph Dennie (1768–1812), best remembered for his series of essays entitled The Lay Preacher and as the founding editor of The Port Folio, a journal espousing classical republican values
- Pete Dexter (born 1943), journalist, novelist; National Book Award-winner (1988)
- Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897), hymn writer, poet
- Courtney Friel (born 1980), KTLA-TV news anchor, reporter
- Charles Fuller (born 1939), playwright, he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2020 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
- Jim Gardner (born 1948), WPVI-TV news anchor
- Mike Golic (born 1962), ESPN radio and television personality, former Philadelphia Eagle
- David Goodis (1917–1967), author
- Terry Gross (born 1951), radio host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR
- John Harvey (born 1951), radio and television personality
- Aries Keck, author, radio reporter
- Suzy Kolber (born 1964), television sportscaster
- Andrea Kremer (born 1959), television sportscaster
- Bob Lassiter (1945–2006), left-wing radio host
- Mark Levin (born 1957), lawyer, author, radio personality
- Rachel Levin (born 1995), better know online as RCLBeauty101 is an American YouTuber and beauty guru, known for her YouTube channel RCLBeauty101
- Jonathan Maberry (born 1958), suspense author, anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator, writing teacher/lecturer
- Michelle Malkin (born 1970), political commentator
- Chris Matthews (born 1945), NBC/MSNBC journalist, political talk show host
- Edith May (1827–1903), writer, poet; alternatively known as Annie or Anna or Drinkwater, or her pen name, Edith May
- Brian McDonough, Medical Editor, author, physician
- Jim McKay (1921–2008), ABC sports journalist
- Chris McKendry (born 1968), ESPN SportsCenter anchor
- Larry Mendte (born 1957), KYW-TV news anchor
- James A. Michener (1907–1997), author
- Aubertine Woodward Moore (1841–1929), musician, writer, musical critic, translator, lecturer
- Christopher Morley (1890–1957), novelist, short-story writer, poet
- Wesley Morris (born 1975), film critic, podcast host
- Thom Nickels, author, journalist
- Joe Queenan (born 1950), author, humorist
- Matthew Quick (born 1973), author of The Silver Linings Playbook
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), novelist, short-story writer
- Chaim Potok (1929–2002), novelist; author of The Chosen and its sequel The Promise
- Richard P. Powell (1908–1999), novelist
- Beasley Reece (born 1954), KYW-TV sports journalist, former Philadelphia Eagle
- Dave Roberts (born 1936), WPVI-TV meteorologist; former co-host, AM Philadelphia; father of actor David Boreanaz
- Lisa Scottoline (born 1955), author, attorney
- Peter Shellem (1960–2009), journalist for The Patriot-News; instrumental figure in obtaining the release of five wrongfully convicted innocent people, has been called, "...a one-man Innocence Project"
- Vai Sikahema (born 1962), WCAU-TV sports journalist, former Philadelphia Eagle; a general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2021
- Michael Smerconish (born 1962), WPHT-AM radio talk show host, Philadelphia Daily News columnist; MSNBC political analyst
- Anna Bustill Smith (1862–1945), African-American author, genealogist, suffragist
- Stephen A. Smith (born 1967), ESPN radio and television personality, former Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist
- Arthur R. G. Solmssen (1928–2018), attorney, novelist; father of Peter York Solmssen
- Duane Swierczynski (born 1972), author, former Philadelphia City Paper editor
- Omar Tyree (born 1969), author
- Jeannette Walworth (1835–1918), novelist, journalist
- Ukee Washington (born 1958), KYW-TV news anchor
- Jennifer Weiner (born 1970), author
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet, essayist, journalist
- William Wharton (1925–2008), Author of Birdy
Military figures
- Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1886–1950), U.S. General of the Army, General of the Air Force, World War I hero, "father of the US Air Force"
- Albert Blithe (1923–1967), U.S. Army Paratrooper that was made famous by Band of Brothers
- Louis H. Carpenter (1839–1916), Brigadier General, Medal of Honor recipient, veteran of Civil War, American Indian War, and Spanish–American War
- George F. Good Jr. (1901–1991), Lieutenant General, USMC; Commanded Marine defense battalions during World War II
- William Guarnere (1923–2014), U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, made famous by Band of Brothers
- Alexander Haig (1924–2010), American military officer, diplomat, US secretary of state
- Edward Heffron (1923–2013), U.S. Army Private, made famous by Band of Brothers'
- John Lawson (1837–1919), United States Navy sailor, Medal of Honor recipient
- George B. McClellan (1826–1885), Union army general and presidential candidate
- H. R. McMaster (born 1962), major general, presidential chief of staff
- John J. McVeigh (1921–1944), Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Battle for Brest
- George Gordon Meade (1815–1872), Union army general and victor at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Thomas H. Neill (1826–1885), Union army general
- John C. Pemberton (1814–1881), Commander of Confederate defenders at the Siege of Vicksburg
- Charles Sutherland (1831–1895), Surgeon General of the United States Army
Music
- Johannes von Trapp (born 1939), singer, part of the Trapp Family
- Patti LaBelle (born 1944), R&B & soul singer, actress
- Dante Bucci (1980—2014), handpan musician
- Nathan East (born 1955), jazz, R&B, rock bass player, vocalist
- Evan Sewell Wallace (1982–2017), Singer, songwriter and rapper. Better known by his stage name "E-Dubble"
- Andrew Adgate (1762–1793), musician, founder of music schools, choir director[1]
- Al Alberts (1922–2009), singer of The Four Aces
- Marian Anderson (1897–1993), opera singer, contralto
- Frankie Avalon (born 1940), singer, actor
- Rachel Bagby, author, composer, singer, composer
- Bahamadia (born 1966), born Antonia D. Reed, known professionally as 'Bahamadia', she is a rapper
- Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), singer, dancer, actress
- Charli Baltimore (born 1974), hip-hop artist
- Samuel Barber (1910–1981), composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century
- Len Barry (1942–2020), recording star, vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, record producer, author, poet
- Toni Basil (born 1943), singer best known for "Mickey"
- Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960), concert organist, teacher, church musician
- Emile Berliner (1851–1929), inventor of the flat disc record, the Gramophone, founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company, and Gramophone Company in the UK
- Frankie Beverly (born 1946), R&B singer/musician, founder and lead singer of Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
- Charlie Biddle (1926–2003), jazz bassist
- Bilal (born 1979), neo-soul singer/musician
- Cindy Birdsong (born 1939), founding member, Labelle; replacement member, Diana Ross & the Supremes
- Joe Bonsall (born 1948), country music singer, member of The Oak Ridge Boys
- Lil dicky (born 1988), born, David Andrew Burd, but known professionally as 'Lil dicky', rapper
- Solomon Burke (c. 1936 or 1940 –2010), R&B singer
- Uri Caine (born 1956), composer, arranger, jazz pianist
- Cassidy (born 1982), rapper
- Sarah Chang (born 1980), recognized as a child prodigy violinist, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduated in 1999, and continued university studies. Especially during the 1990s and 2000s, Chang had major roles as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras
- Chubby Checker (born 1941), born Ernest Evans, singer
- Stanley Clarke (born 1951), bassist
- Alice Cohen (born 1958), singer-songwriter, also known by the stage name Alice Desoto
- John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz saxophonist
- Norman Connors (born 1947), singer
- Tommy Conwell (born 1962), guitarist, songwriter, performer
- Cool C (born 1969), rapper
- Jim Croce (1943–1973), singer
- James Darren (born 1936), singer, actor
- Rick DeJesus (born 1983), lead singer of Adelitas Way
- James DePreist (1936–2013), orchestral conductor
- Dieselboy (born 1972), drum and bass DJ/producer
- Fred Diodati, lead singer of The Four Aces
- Diplo (born 1978), DJ/producer
- Baauer (born 1989), DJ/producer
- Bill Doggett (1916–1996), jazz, R&B organist, pianist
- Gail Ann Dorsey (born 1962), bassist
- Charles Earland (1941–1999), organist
- Kevin Eubanks (born 1957), jazz guitarist
- Robin Eubanks (born 1955), jazz trombonist
- Eve (born 1978), rapper, actress
- Fabian (born 1943), singer, actor
- Nick Falcon (born 1968), guitarist, composer, lyricist, singer
- Sheila Ferguson (born 1947), singer with The Three Degrees, 1966 to 1986
- Wilhelmenia Fernandez (born 1949), opera singer/soprano
- Rachelle Ferrell (born 1961), jazz vocalist
- Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer, actor
- Sam Fogarino (born 1968), drummer with rock band called Interpol
- Freeway (born 1978), rapper
- Kenny Gamble (born 1943), producer and co-founder of Philadelphia International Records
- Melody Gardot (born 1985), jazz singer
- Stan Getz (1927–1991), jazz saxophonist
- Benny Golson (born 1929), jazz saxophonist
- Charlie Gracie (born 1936), rock singer
- Gogi Grant (1924–2016), born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, singer best known for her No. 1 hit in 1956, "The Wayward Wind"
- Anthony Green (born 1982), singer, ex Saosin, Circa Survive
- Vivian Green (born 1979), R&B singer
- Daryl Hall (born 1946), singer, half of the duo Hall & Oates
- Joseph Hallman (born 1979), composer, arranger, singer, producer
- Rufus Harley (1936–2006), jazz musician known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument
- Robert Hazard (1948–2008), new wave musician, composer
- Albert Heath (born 1935), jazz drummer
- Jimmy Heath (1926–2020), jazz saxophonist
- Percy Heath (1923–2005), jazz bassist
- Leon Huff (born 1942), producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records
- Phyllis Hyman (1949–1995), R&B/jazz vocalist
- DJ Jazzy Jeff (born 1965), born Jeffrey Townes, hip-hop DJ, neo-soul producer, half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
- Joan Jett (born 1958), rock musician
- Philly Joe Jones (1923–1985), jazz drummer
- Kitty Kallen (1921–2016), born Katie Kallen, pop singer
- Jason Karaban, singer, songwriter
- Tom Keifer (born 1961), born Carl Thomas Keifer, vocalist of the glam metal band Cinderella
- Keith (born 1949), born James Barry Keifer, singer
- Bill Kenny (1914–1978), singer
- Khia (born 1977), rapper
- King Britt (born 1968), house DJ, producer
- Kurupt (born 1972), rapper
- Mario Lanza (1921–1959), operatic singer
- Lil Uzi Vert (born 1995), rapper, hip-hop artist, currently signed to Atlantic Records
- Lynda Laurence (born 1949), best known for being a part of two Motown acts: Stevie Wonder's backup group The Third Generation, and one of the post-Diana Ross 1970s line-ups of The Supremes from April 1972 through October 1973
- Amos Lee (born 1977), folk/blues singer
- Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971–2002), member, TLC; died from a car crash in Honduras in 2002
- Monie Love (born 1970), rapper, radio personality
- Leonard MacClain (1899–1967), theatre organist
- Al Martino (1927–2009), born Alfred Cini; singer, actor, best known for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather
- Pat Martino (1944–2021), jazz guitarist
- Barbara Mason (born 1947), R&B singer/composer
- Christian McBride (born 1972), jazz bassist
- Marian Anderson (1897–1993), gospel singer
- Meek Mill (born 1987), rapper
- Marshmello (born 1992), DJ/producer
- Ms. Jade (born 1979), hip-hop artist
- Lee Morgan (1938–1972), jazz trumpeter and composer
- James Mtume (1946-2022), R&B/jazz musician; founder of Mtume
- Musiq Soulchild (born 1977), also known as just 'Musiq', R&B/neo-soul singer
- James E. Myers (1919–2001), co-writer of ' Rock Around the Clock ', songwriter, actor
- Marc Nelson (born 1971), R&B singer, Boyz II Men and Az Yet
- New Born (c. 1985), rapper
- Lobo Nocho (1919–1997), African American émigré jazz singer in France[22]
- John Oates (born 1948), singer, half of the duo Hall & Oates
- Maurie Orodenker (1908–1993), journalist, music critic, advertising agency executive; coined the term "rock and roll"
- Hugh Panaro (born 1964), tenor singer; Broadway, opera
- Billy Paul (1934–2016), Grammy Award-winning American soul singer
- Vinnie Paz (born 1977), rapper, founder of both Jedi Mind Tricks and Army of the Pharaohs
- Peedi Peedi (born 1977), rapper
- Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), R&B singer; Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- Christina Perri (born 1986), singer
- Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), composer, music educator
- Pink (born 1979), R&B/rock singer
- Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), singer with The Three Degrees (1963 to 1976)
- Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), jazz keyboardist
- Princess Superstar (born 1971), hip-hop performer
- Sun Ra (1914–1993), jazz pianist, bandleader
- Danny Rapp (1941–1983), singer, Danny & the Juniors
- Joe Renzetti, played guitar on many hit records; Cameo Records; arranged "Sunny," "Mandy," "98.6"; Oscar winner
- Res, R&B singer
- RJD2 (born 1976), producer
- Paul Robeson (1898–1976), singer, activist, attorney, All-American college athlete
- Jack Rose (1971–2009), guitarist
- Todd Rundgren (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, producer
- Bobby Rydell (born 1942-2022), singer, actor
- Santigold (born 1976), dub punk singer
- John Sebastian (1914–1980), classical harmonica player and composer
- Schoolly D (born 1962), rapper
- Jill Scott (born 1972), R&B/neo-soul singer
- Shirley Scott (1934–2002), organist
- Dee Dee Sharp (born 1945), singer, actress
- Gene Shay (1935–2020), born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, was a representative of the city's folk music scene
- Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000), violinist and conductor born to Russian-Jewish parents
- Beanie Sigel (born 1974), rapper
- Bunny Sigler (1941–2017), R&B singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer
- Steady B (born 1969), rapper
- Jazmine Sullivan (born 1987), 12 time Grammy nominee, two time BET Award-winner; R&B, soul vocalist
- William Takacs (born 1973), trumpet player
- Tammi Terrell (1945–1970), soul, R&B, Motown singer
- Russell Thompkins Jr. (born 1951), soul, R&B singer
- Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (born 1971), drummer, producer, DJ, writer, journalist, photographer
- Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter (born 1973), lead MC/co-founder of The Roots
- Robbie Tronco, DJ
- Ira Tucker (1925–2008), lead singer, gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds
- McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career
- Kurt Vile (born 1980), guitarist, vocalist
- Lee Ving (born 1950), singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of the Los Angeles-based hardcore punk band Fear
- Clara Ward (1924–1973), gospel singer
- Grover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), jazz saxophonist; considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre
- Crystal Waters (born 1961), dance and house music singer
- Ethel Waters (1896–1977), blues singer, actress
- André Watts (born 1946), pianist
- Pamela Williams (born 1963), jazz saxophonist
- Josh Wink (born 1970), DJ, electronic music producer
- Karen Young (1951–1991), disco singer
- Lizzy McAlpine (born 1999), singer-songwriter.[23]
Politics
- Leon Abbett (1836–1894), Governor of New Jersey[1]
- Lynne Abraham (born 1941), Philadelphia district attorney, 1991–2010
- William Allen (1704–1780), Mayor of Philadelphia from 1735 to 1736[1]
- Chris Bartlett (born 1966), LGBT community organizer
- Raj Bhakta (born 1975), 2006 congressional candidate; contestant, The Apprentice, Season 2
- Joe Biden (born 1942), member of the Democratic Party, 46th and current president of the United States; oversaw six U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, including the contentious hearings for Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas
- Michael J. Bradley (1897–1979), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1935–1945
- Winfield S. Braddock (1848–1920), member, Wisconsin State Assembly
- Bob Brady (born 1945), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1998–2019, 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate; ranking Democrat from 2007 to 2019 and is a registered lobbyist for NBC Universal and Independence Blue Cross
- Raymond J. Broderick (1914–2000), U.S. Federal Judge
- William T. Cahill (1912–1996), Governor of New Jersey, 1970–74
- Ashton Carter (born 1954), physicist, Harvard University professor, and United States Secretary of Defense
- Augusta Clark (1932–2013), librarian, politician, lawyer; second African-American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council, 1980–2000[24]
- Joseph S. Clark (1901–1990), Mayor of Philadelphia, 1952–1956; U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, 1956–1968
- Mark B. Cohen (born 1949), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1974 to 2016; Democratic leader of Pennsylvania House; chairman, House Labor Relations Committee
- Henry Conner (1837–died), member, Wisconsin State Senate
- George M. Dallas (1792–1864), U.S. Vice President[1]
- Richardson Dilworth (1898–1974), lawyer; Philadelphia district attorney, 1952–1956; Mayor of Philadelphia, 1956–1962
- Dwight E. Evans (born 1954), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 203rd Legislative District; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
- George H. Earle Sr. (1823–1907), a founder of the Republican party, abolitionist and lawyer who represented many fugitive slaves
- Chaka Fattah (born 1956), member, U.S. House of Representatives 1995–2016; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
- Douglas J. Feith (born 1953), Undersecretary of Defense under President George W. Bush, leading adviser on Iraq policy
- Tom Feeney (born 1958), Florida politician (from 1990), born in Abington, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia
- James Forten (1766–1842), born free African-American businessman, abolitionist leader, sailmaker
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Founding Father, polymath, writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, political philosopher
- Shirley Franklin (born 1945), Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 2002–2010
- Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823–1915), lawyer, judge, diplomat, banker
- W. Wilson Goode (born 1938), Mayor of Philadelphia, 1984–1992
- W. Wilson Goode Jr. (born 1965), at-large member, Philadelphia City Council, 2000–2016
- Oscar Goodman (born 1939), attorney; mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999-2011
- James P. Gourley, served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 25th District of Philadelphia from 1909 to 1910
- William H. Gray (1941–2013), Baptist minister; former member, U.S. House of Representatives; former president, United Negro College Fund
- William J. Green III (born 1938), Mayor of Philadelphia, 1980–1984; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1964–1977
- Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), U.S. Senator, Colorado, 1907–1913; philanthropist
- Alexander Haig (1924–2010), former U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff
- Richard Helms (1913–2002), Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973
- Charles W. Heyl (1857–1936), businessman, fire chief, politician
- Joseph L. Kun (1882–1961), Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia
- George Landenberger (1879–1936), 23rd Governor of American Samoa
- Frank J. Larkin (born 1955), Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate[25]
- John J. McCloy (1895–1989), chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank and Ford Foundation; Assistant U.S. Secretary of War during World War II; subsequently Allies' High Commissioner of Germany
- Robert F. McDonnell (born 1954), former Governor of Virginia
- Katie McGinty (born 1963), 2016 Democratic nominee for United States Senate; chair, Council on Environmental Quality, 1995–1998; Chief of staff to Governor Tom Wolf, 2015
- J. Whyatt Mondesire (1949–2015), president, NAACP, Philadelphia chapter
- Cecil B. Moore (1915–1979), Philadelphia city council member from the 5th district, 1976–1979, civil rights activist
- Patrick Murphy (born 1973), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 8th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 2007–2010
- Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (1898–1987), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1959–1979
- Michael A. Nutter (born 1957), Mayor of Philadelphia, 2008–2016; member, Philadelphia City Council, 4th District, 1992–2006
- Dennis M. O'Brien (born 1952), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 169th Legislative District; 1976–1980 and 1983–2012; Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 2007–2008
- Tony J. Payton Jr. (born 1981), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 179th Legislative District; 2007–2012
- Boies Penrose (1860–1921), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897–1921; party boss
- Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), Abolitionist leader
- Charles H. Ramsey (born 1950), Philadelphia police commissioner, 2008–2016
- Samuel J. Randall (1828–1890), member House of Representatives and 33rd Speaker of the House[26]
- Ed Rendell (born 1944), Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003–2011; Mayor of Philadelphia, 1992–2000; District Attorney of Philadelphia, 1978–1986
- Frank Rizzo (1920–1991), Mayor of Philadelphia, 1972–1980; Philadelphia police commissioner, 1967–1971
- John Robbins (1808–1880), member of the U.S. House of Representatives[27]
- Allyson Schwartz (born 1948), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 13th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 2005–present
- Thomas Smith (born 1805), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, Pennsylvania General Assembly member, writer
- Arlen Specter (1930–2012), U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania, 1981–2011; Philadelphia district attorney, 1966–1974
- Ben Stahl (1915–1998), labor leader, activist
- John F. Street (born 1943), Mayor of Philadelphia, 2000–2008
- Milton Street (born 1941), entrepreneur; former Pennsylvania state legislator; 2007 Philadelphia City Council candidate; brother of John F. Street
- Norman Sussman (1905–1969), Wisconsin State Senator
- Joel Barlow Sutherland (1792–1861), member, U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd Congressional District of Pennsylvania (1827–1829), 1st District (1829–1837)
- Al Taubenberger (born 1953), 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
- C. Delores Tucker (1927–2005), civil rights activist; Pennsylvania Secretary of State, 1971–1977
- Anna C. Verna (1931–2021), member, Philadelphia City Council, 2nd District, 1975–2012; Philadelphia City Council president, 1999-2011
- R. Seth Williams (born 1967), Philadelphia District Attorney, 2010–2017
- Fernando Wood (1812–1881), Mayor of New York, 1855–1858, 1860–1862
- Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949), Prime Minister of Israel
- John Timoney (1948–2016), Philadelphia police commissioner, 1998–2002; Miami police chief, 2003–2010
Sports
- John Abadie (1854–1905), baseball player[28]
- Cal Abrams (1924–1997), baseball player
- Chris Albright (born 1979), Major League Soccer defender for the Philadelphia Union
- Dick Allen (1942–2020), Phillies first and third baseman, home-run slugger, National League Rookie of the Year in 1964 and the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 1972, perennial nominee to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Doug Allison (1846–1916), first baseball player ever to use a glove[28]
- Eddie Alvarez (born 1984), mixed martial artist, UFC lightweight champion
- Rubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), baseball player, general manager, coach, Philadelphia Phillies
- Paul Arizin (1928–2006), early NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors
- Deion Barnes (born 1993), NFL, Northeast High School Penn State University
- Reds Bassman (1913–2010), football player
- Bert Bell (1895–1959), founder of Philadelphia Eagles football team, commissioner of the National Football League
- Barney Berlinger (1908–2002), Olympic decathlete
- Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), Olympic gymnast
- Tyrell Biggs (born 1960), boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
- Audrey Bleiler (1933–1975), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Chaim Bloom (born 1983), Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox
- Thomas Brennan (1922–2003), professional hockey player
- Charles Brewer (born 1969), boxer, former super middleweight champion
- Charles Barkley (born 1963), Philadelphia 76ers 1984–1992, NBA MVP, 11x All-star, Member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[29]
- Derek Bryant (born 1971) heavyweight boxer[30]
- Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), professional basketball player, 5-time NBA Finals champion
- Michael Brooks (1958–2016), professional basketball player
- Roy Campanella (1921–1993), professional baseball player, 3-time National League Most Valuable Player[28]
- Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), professional basketball player, 2-time NBA champion
- Ben Clime (1891–1973), NFL player
- Randall "Tex" Cobb (born 1950), boxer, actor
- Tim Cooney (born 1990), professional baseball player
- Don Cohan (1930–2018), 1972 Olympic bronze medalist in sailing
- Brian Cohen (born 1976), professional boxer
- Julia Cohen (born 1989) professional tennis player
- Steve Coleman (born 1950), NFL player
- Bobby Convey (born 1983), professional soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes and the United States Men's National Soccer Team
- Tyrone Crawley (1958–2021), boxer
- Fran Crippen (1984–2010), professional swimmer
- Maddy Crippen (born 1980), swimmer, 2000 Olympics
- Ray Culp (born 1941), Phillies right-handed pitcher and runner-up to Dick Allen for National League Rookie of the Year in 1964
- Steve Cunningham (born 1976), boxer, cruiserweight champion
- Brandon Davies (born 1991), American-born Ugandan professional basketball player
- Matthew "Super" DeLisi (born 2000), esports player
- Ollie Dobbins (born 1941), football player
- Buster Drayton (born 1952), boxer, light middleweight (super welterweight) champion
- Jon Drummond (born 1968), track and field athlete, 1996 and 2000 Olympic medalist
- Dave Dunaway (1945–2001), NFL player
- Angelo Dundee (1921–2012), boxing trainer
- Fred Dunlap (1859–1902), professional baseball player[28]
- John Edelman (born 1935), professional baseball player
- Julius Erving (born 1950), Philadelphia 76ers 1976–1987, 11x All-star, 2x NBA Champion, 2x ABA Champion, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Jahri Evans (born 1983), NFL player
- D'or Fischer (born 1981), Israeli-American basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Craig Fitzgerald, NFL coach
- Joe Flacco (born 1985), NFL player
- Francine Fournier (born 1972), professional wrestling valet with Extreme Championship Wrestling
- Joe Frazier (1944–2011), boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medalist and world heavyweight champion
- Marvis Frazier (born 1960), boxer, son of Joe Frazier
- Harry Fritz (1890–1974), baseball player
- Jim "Sandman" Fullington (born 1963), professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE
- Mark Gerban (born 1979), first world champion rower for Palestine
- Eddie George (born 1973), NFL player, 1995 Heisman Trophy winner
- Kerry Getz (born 1975), professional skateboarder
- Joey Giardello (1930–2008), professional boxer, middleweight champion
- Tom Gola (1933–2014), NBA player, La Salle University men's basketball head coach, 1983 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
- Brent Grimes (born 1983), NFL player
- Randy Grossman (born 1952), NFL player; four-time Super Bowl Champion
- Mark Gubicza (born 1962), professional baseball player
- Drew Gulak (born 1987), professional wrestler
- Matt Guokas (born 1944), NBA player, coach
- Brendan Hansen (born 1981), Olympic swimmer
- Eric Harding (born 1972), boxer
- Marvin Harrison (born 1972), NFL player
- Kirk Hershey (1918–1979), NFL player
- Bill Holland (1907–1984), winner of 1949 Indianapolis 500, finished second in 1947, 1948 and 1950
- Bernard Hopkins (1965), boxer, world middleweight champion
- Demetrius Hopkins (1980), boxer, nephew of Bernard Hopkins
- Allen Iverson (born 1975), Philadelphia 76ers 1996–2006, 11x All-star, NBA MVP, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[31]
- Michael Iaconelli (born 1972) professional bass angler, winner of 2003 Bassmaster Classic
- Reggie Jackson (born 1946), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Judith Jamison (born 1943), dancer; choreographer; artistic director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Gabe Kapler (born 1976), Major League Baseball outfielder and manager
- John B. Kelly Sr. (1889–1960), triple Olympic gold medal winning rower, father of Princess Grace of Monaco
- John B. Kelly Jr. (1927–1985), champion rower, brother of Princess Grace of Monaco
- Florian Kempf (born 1956), football player[32]
- Matt Kilroy (1866–1940), professional baseball player[28]
- Sam Kimber (1854–1925), professional baseball player
- Bart King (1873–1965), cricket bowler
- Kenny Koplove (born 1993), baseball player
- Mike Koplove (born 1976), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Rick Lackman (1910–1990), NFL player
- Dave LaCrosse (born 1955), NFL player
- Sonny Liston (c.1930–c. 1970), boxer, former world heavyweight champion
- Tommy Loughran (1902–1982), boxer, light heavyweight champion
- John Macionis (1916–2012), Olympic swimmer, silver medalist, 1936
- Brooke Makler (1951–2010), Olympic fencer
- Paul Makler Jr. (born 1946), Olympic fencer
- Paul Makler Sr. (born 1920), Olympic fencer
- Donovan McNabb (born 1976), Philadelphia Eagles 1999–2009, six time Pro-Bowler
- Dick McBride (1847–1916), baseball player and manager
- John McDermott (1891–1971), professional golfer
- Benny McLaughlin (1928–2012), professional soccer player, member of United States Soccer Hall of Fame
- Jake Metz (born 1991), football player
- Levi Meyerle (1849–1921), professional baseball player[28]
- Nate Miller (born 1963), boxer, former cruiserweight champion
- Alvin Mitchell (born 1943), football player
- Tony Morgano (1913–1984), boxer
- Willie Mosconi (1913–1993), professional pool (pocket billiards) player
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (1954–2014), boxer, light heavyweight champion
- Browning Nagle (born 1968), NFL player
- Jim O'Brien (born 1952), NBA coach
- Vince Papale (born 1946), NFL player, inspiration for the motion picture Invincible
- Mike Powell (born 1963), track and field athlete, 1988 and 1992 Olympic silver medalist, current holder of long jump world record
- Zahir Raheem (born 1976), boxer, 1996 Olympian
- Jack Ramsay (1925–2014), basketball coach, Saint Joseph's College men's team; NBA coach; general manager; TV commentator; Hall of Famer
- Merrill Reese (born 1942), Philadelphia Eagles radio broadcaster
- David Reid (born 1973), boxer, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, light middleweight
- Stevie Richards (born 1971), professional wrestler, Extreme Championship Wrestling and WWE
- Robin Roberts (1926–2010), Phillies right-handed pitcher, Cy Young Award recipient, and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Ivan Robinson (born 1971), boxer
- Allen Rosenberg (1931–2013), rower and rowing coach
- Mike Schmidt (born 1949), Phillies Golden Glove third baseman, home-run slugger, and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Vic Seixas (born 1923), former tennis player
- Kirk Shelmerdine (b 1958), NASCAR driver, crew chief
- Steve Slaton (born 1986), NFL player
- Frank Spellman (1922–2017), Olympic champion weightlifter
- David Starr (born 1991), professional wrestler
- Harry Stovey (1856–1937), professional baseball player[28]
- Joe Sugden (1870–1959), professional baseball player
- Eric Tangradi (born 1989), NHL player
- Meldrick Taylor (born 1966), boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, welterweight and junior welterweight champion
- Aaron Torres (born 1978), boxer, contestant on The Contender 2
- Najai Turpin (1981–2005), boxer, contestant on The Contender
- Harp Vaughan (1903–1978), NFL player
- Iosif Vitebskiy (born 1938), Soviet/Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer and fencing coach
- John Waerig (born 1976), NFL player
- Steve Wagner (born 1967), Olympic field hockey player
- Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts (born 1949), boxer
- Charles Way (born 1972), NFL player
- Reece Whitley (born 2000), swimmer, Sports Illustrated Kid of the Year 2015
- Erik Williams (born 1968), football player, offensive tackle for Dallas Cowboys
- Ike Williams (1923–1994), boxer, lightweight champion
- Joe Williams (born 1942), American football player
- Stevie Williams (born 1979), professional skateboarder for D.G.K.
- Brad Wanamaker (born 1989), professional basketball player for Boston Celtics
- Ned Williamson (1857–1894), professional baseball player[28]
- George Winslow (born 1963), NFL player
- Jimmy Young (1948–2005), boxer
- Joe Judge (born 1981), New York Giants Head Coach
Philadelphia native basketball players
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- Ryan Arcidiacono (born 1994), NCAA Champion – NBA
- Mike Bantom (born 1951), 1972 United States National Basketball Team – NBA – Roman Catholic High School
- Gene Banks (born 1959), West Philadelphia High School – Duke University – NBA
- Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (born 1954), Bartram High School – LaSalle University – NBA, including 76ers
- Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), NBA – Lower Merion High School
- Rasual Butler (1979–2018), NBA – Roman Catholic High School
- Fred Carter (born 1945), NBA – Benjamin Franklin High School
- Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), NBA – Overbrook High School
- Dionte Christmas (born 1986), NBA – Samuel Fels High School
- Bryan Cohen (born 1989), American-Israeli - Israel Basketball Premier League - Abington Friends School
- Mardy Collins (born 1984), NBA – Simon Gratz High School
- Dallas Comegys (born 1964), NBA – Roman Catholic High School
- Mark Davis (born 1960), NBL (Australia) – Adelaide 36ers
- Wayne Ellington (born 1987), NBA – Episcopal Academy
- Tyreke Evans (born 1989), NBA – Chester High School
- D'or Fischer (born 1981), American-Israeli – Upper Darby[33]
- Eddie Griffin (1982–2007), NBA – Roman Catholic High School
- Gerald Henderson Jr. (born 1987), NBA – Episcopal Academy
- Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (born 1995), current NBA Toronto Raptors – Chester High School – Chester, PA
- Marc Jackson (born 1975), NBA – Roman Catholic High School
- Amile Jefferson (born 1993), NBA G League – Friends' Central School
- Wali Jones (born 1942), NBA – Overbrook High School
- Bo Kimble (born 1966), NBA – Dobbins Tech
- Red Klotz (1920–2014), American Basketball League – South Philadelphia High School – Villanova University
- Howard Lassoff (1955–2013), American-Israeli basketball player
- Ryan Lexer (born 1976), American-Israeli basketball player - Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Kyle Lowry (born 1986), NBA – Cardinal Dougherty High School
- Aaron McKie (born 1972), NBA – Simon Gratz High School
- Cuttino Mobley (born 1975), NBA – Cardinal Dougherty High School
- Earl Monroe (born 1944), NBA – Bartram High School
- Marcus Morris (born 1989), NBA – APEX Academy
- Markieff Morris (born 1989), NBA – APEX Academy
- Ronald "Flip" Murray (born 1979), NBA – Strawberry Mansion High School
- Jameer Nelson (born 1982), NBA – Chester High School
- Aaron Owens (born 1974), Simon Gratz High School
- Red Rosan (1911–1976), American Basketball League – South Philadelphia High School – Temple University
- Malik Rose (born 1974), NBA – Overbrook High School
- John Salmons (born 1979), NBA – Plymouth-Whitmarsh High School
- Da'Rel Scott (born 1988), NFL – Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School
- Art Spector (1920–1987), NBA – West Philadelphia High School – Villanova University
- Dawn Staley (born 1970), WNBA
- Dion Waiters (born 1991), NBA – Life Center Academy
- Rasheed Wallace (born 1974), NBA – Simon Gratz High School
- Hakim Warrick (born 1982), NBA
- Mike Watkins (born 1995), Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Maurice Watson (born 1993), Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Maalik Wayns (born 1991), NBA – Roman Catholic High School
- Alvin Williams (born 1974), NBA
- Khalif Wyatt (born 1991), NBA G League – Norristown High School
Other
- Michael Tollin
- Charles Sanna (1917–2019), Created Swiss Miss), director
- Richard Allen (1760–1831), bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, abolitionist
- Gloria Allred (born 1941), women's rights attorney
- Hart O. Berg (1865–1941), engineer, businessman
- Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby (c. 1810–c. 1870), midwife, frontier doctor, dentist, herbologist, and scientist in southern Illinois, who discovered the cause of milk sickness
- Guion Bluford (born 1942), astronaut, first African-American in space
- Stanley Branche (1933–1992), civil rights activist, Philadelphia night club owner
- Pete Conrad (1930–1999), astronaut, third man to walk on the moon (Apollo 12)
- Percy Crawford (1902–1960), clergyman and religious broadcaster
- Wilbur Davenport (1920–2003), engineer, scientist known for his work on communication systems
- Steve DeAngelo (born 1958), social activist
- Katherine Drexel (1858–1955), Roman Catholic saint
- William Duane (1872–1935), physicist
- Ira Einhorn (1940–2020), environmental and anti-war activist; convicted murderer; Einhorn was a speaker at the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia in 1970, and later claimed to have been instrumental in creating and launching the event
- Daniel Faulkner (1955–1981), Philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty; Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of his murder
- Christopher Ferguson (born 1961), astronaut
- Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde (born 1961), Philadelphia Municipal Court judge, boxer; daughter of Joe Frazier
- Kermit Gosnell (born 1941), abortionist and serial killer[34]
- Barbara Harris (1930–2020), ordained bishop in the Anglican Communion
- Paul B. Higginbotham (born 1954), judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Ruth Malcomson (1906–1988), Miss America in 1924
- James Martin (born 1960), Jesuit priest, writer (My Life with the Saints), and frequent media commentator on modern Catholicism
- Seamus McCaffrey (born 1950), former justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; former presiding judge of the "Eagles Court"
- Carol McCain (c. 1938), ex-wife of presidential candidate John McCain
- Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), physician, scientist, novelist, poet; considered the father of medical neurology, and he discovered causalgia (complex regional pain syndrome) and erythromelalgia, and pioneered the rest cure
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (?–1986), Sufi mystic
- Clarence Charles Newcomer (1923–2005), US District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000), Roman Catholic cardinal; archbishop, Archdiocese of New York, 1984–2000
- George A. Palmer (1895–1981), clergyman, religious broadcaster
- David L. Reich (born 1960), academic anesthesiologist, professor; President & chief operating officer of the Mount Sinai Hospital, and President of Mount Sinai Queens
- Marjorie Rendell (born 1947), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1997–2015; First Lady of Pennsylvania, 2003–11
- Amber Rose (born 1983), model, actress
- Samuel Gilbert Scott (c. 1813–1841), daredevil
- Lester Shubin (1925–2009), inventor of the Kevlar bulletproof vest[35]
- Nancy Spungen (1958–1978), girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious
- Floyd W. Tomkins (1850–1932), rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia from 1899 to 1932
- Walter E. Williams (1936–2020), economist, commentator, academic; awarded an honorary degree at Universidad Francisco Marroquín
- Joshua Wurman (born 1960), meteorologist, leader of VORTEX2
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External links
- Books by authors associated with Philadelphia PhillyFiction.com
- King, Moses (1902). Philadelphia and notable Philadelphians. New York: Blanchard Press. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
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