List of people from York, Pennsylvania
The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with York, Pennsylvania, and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area, including York County, Pennsylvania.
- John Adlum (1759–1836), pioneer viticulturist[1]
- Dominick Argento (born 1927), music composer
- Bruce Arians (born 1952), Head Coach for the Arizona Cardinals
- Charles Augustus Barnitz (1780–1850), politician
- Deb Bixler (born 1953), motivational speaker
- Andrew R. Brodbeck (1860–1937), politician
- Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867–1957), politician
- Omar Brown (born 1975), gridiron football player
- Blaine Capatch (born 1965), comedian
- Loretta Claiborne (born c. 1953), Special Olympics World Games multi-gold medalist and recipient of the 1996 ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award
- Herbert B. Cohen (1900–1970), Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
- Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr. (1927–2006), politician
- Phineas Davis (1792–1835), clockmaker and inventor
- Jacob L. Devers (1887–1979), World War II U.S. Army general
- Chris Doleman (born 1961), NFL defensive end
- Luther P. Eisenhart (1876–1965), mathematician
- Stephen Etnier (1903–1984), artist
- James Ewing (1736–1806), Pennsylvania statesman
- William Henry Farquhar (1813–1887), developmental influencer of Montgomery County, Maryland
- William B. Franklin (1823–1903), American Civil War general
- James Gerry (1896–1973), politician
- Hugh Glasgow (1769–1818), politician, judge
- Halestorm (formed 1997), hard rock band
- Granville O. Haller (1819–1897), American Civil War officer who led the defense of Adams and York counties during the Gettysburg Campaign and later became a leading Seattle millionaire
- Mike Hawthorne, comic book and graphic novel illustrator
- Bob Hoffman (1898–1985), founder of York Barbell; considered the "father of American weightlifting"[2]
- David Holmes (1769–1832), politician
- Jerry Howarth (born 1946), MLB announcer, voice of the Toronto Blue Jays
- Lois Hunt (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone Earl Wrightson[3]
- Carolina Isakson Proctor (1930–2012), First Lady of Colombia
- Kevin Jones (born 1967), BMX rider
- Brian Keene (born 1967), best-selling novelist and comic book writer
- James Kelly (1760–1819), U.S. representative
- Matthew Knisely (born 1974), TV photojournalist
- Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist
- Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), musician, former lead singer of the band Live
- Ernest W. Lefever (1919–2009), foreign affairs expert[4]
- Tanya Lehman (born 1983), Miss Pennsylvania USA 2006
- Samuel S. Lewis (1874–1959), former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor
- Live (1988–2009; re-formed 2011), alternative rock band
- Ken Ludwig (born 1950), playwright and theatre director
- Martie Maguire (born 1969), member of the country band Dixie Chicks
- Frances Lee McCain (born 1944), actress (Gremlins, Footloose, Back to the Future)
- Del McCoury (born 1939), bluegrass musician[5]
- Gary Miller (born 1946), conductor and gay activist[6]
- Lewis Miller (1796–1882), artist and chronicler of early 19th-century life in York
- Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor
- Walt Partymiller (1912–1991), cartoonist
- Todd Platts (born 1962), politician
- The Quin-Tones (1957–1960; 1986–1990s), a doo-wop group
- Ken Raffensberger (1917–2002), winning pitcher of 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Charles H. Robertson (born 1934), politician
- Chris Roupas (borm 1957), Greek-American former basketball player
- Wayne Schafer (born 1963), pitmaster
- Harry E. Seyler (1908–1994), politician and educator
- Craig Sheffer (born 1960), actor, Nightbreed (1990), A River Runs Through It (1992) and The Program (1993)
- Edgar Fahs Smith (1854–1928), scientist, chemist, historian
- James Smith (1719–1806), signer of the Declaration of Independence; lived on South George Street and is buried in York
- Vic Wertz (1947–1963), professional baseball player
- Tom Wolf (born 1948), 47th Governor of Pennsylvania
- Christopher Thorn , Guitar player in Blind Melon
References
- ↑ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume,. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
- ↑ Fair, John D. (March 1999). Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York Barbell. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-01855-3. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ↑ Grimes, William. "Lois Hunt, Half of Popular Operatic Duo, Dies at 84", The New York Times, July 28, 2009. Accessed July 28, 2009.
- ↑ Bernstein, Adam. "Ernest W. Lefever dies at 89; founder of conservative public policy organization", Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2009. Accessed August 3, 2009.
- ↑ McCracken, Erin (September 30, 2011). "Del McCoury stays young by playing banjo, doing yardwork and not worrying about winning awards". York Daily Record. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ Joyce Wadler (June 25, 1998). "PUBLIC LIVES; A Baton Is Passed, but the Chorus Sings On". The New York Times.
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