List of people from York, Pennsylvania
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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
References
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- ↑ 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.
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