List of people from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
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[edit] Athletics
- Jim Booros, professional golfer, former PGA Tour player
- Francesco Caruso, professional soccer player, Harrisburg City Islanders
- Keith Dorney, former professional football player, Detroit Lions
- Slim Emmerich, former professional baseball player, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals
- Peter Gruner, professional wrestler known as Billy Kidman
- Bob Heffner, former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Cleveland Indians
- Brian Knobbs, former professional wrestler
- Jonathan Linton, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills
- Ed McCaffrey, former professional football player, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers
- John Meister, former professional baseball player, New York Metropolitans
- Jeff Mutis, former professional baseball player, Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins
- Andre Reed, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins
- Dave Schneck, former professional baseball player, New York Mets
- Larry Seiple, former professional football player, Miami Dolphins
- Tony Stewart, professional football player, Oakland Raiders
- Cindy Werley, former Olympic field hockey player
[edit] Authors, journalists, playwrights and poets
- John Birmelin, Pennsylvania German dialect poet and playwright
- Katherine Boehret, technology journalist, The Wall Street Journal
- Solomon DeLong, pen name Obediah Grouthomel, Pennsylvania German language columnist of Allentown newspaper The Morning Call
- Lauren Weisberger, author, The Devil Wears Prada
[edit] Business and politics
- Charlie Dent, member of Congress
- Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation
- Michael Johns, health care executive and former White House speechwriter
- John Kline, member of Congress
- Jerry Oberholtzer, current mayor of Snellville, Georgia
- Richard A. Snelling, former Governor of Vermont
[edit] Film and television
- Michaela Conlin, actress, Fox's Bones
- Devon, adult film actress
- Tim Heidecker, actor and comedian, Cartoon Network's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
- William Marchant, playwright and screenwriter
- Lara Jill Miller, voice actress, Cartoon Network's The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Amanda Seyfried, model and actress, The CW's Veronica Mars and HBO's Big Love
- Dana Snyder, voice actor, Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Christine Taylor, actress and wife of actor Ben Stiller
[edit] Music
- Rick Braun, smooth jazz trumpet player [1]
- Leon Carr, Broadway composer and television advertising songwriter
- Walt Groller, Grammy-nominated polka musician
- Keith Jarrett, musician
- Donald Voorhees, Emmy-nominated orchestral conductor
- Stephanie Woodling, opera singer
[edit] Visual arts
- John E. Berninger, landscape painter and Pennsylvania impressionist, first curator of the Allentown Art Museum
- Karl Buesgen, landscape painter and Pennsylvania impressionist
- Mark Beyer, comic book artist
- Herman Leonard, photographer noted for jazz portraits
- Boris Vallejo, fantasy artist
[edit] References
- ^ Rick Braun: bio. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
