List of people from Philadelphia

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The following is a list of notable residents, natives, and persons generally associated with the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fifth largest city in the United States. The list includes former and present residents of the city.

1 Academia
2 Art and architecture
3 Business
4 Film, television, and theater
5 Historical figures
6 Media and literature
7 Music
8 Politics
9 Sports
10 Other
11 Reference
12 External link

[edit] Academia

Joseph Addison Alexander, (1809–1860), born in Philadelphia, biblical scholar^[1]
Leon Bass, educator, principal of Ben Franklin High
Leda Cosmides - noted evolutionary psychologist
Noam Chomsky - linguist
Gordon Clark - Christian theologian, professor
Margaret Mead - noted anthropologist
Cornelius Van Til - Christian theologian, professor

[edit] Art and architecture

Edmund Bacon - city planner
Alexander Calder - artist
Mary Cassatt - painter
Robert Crumb - underground comics artist, writer
Thomas Eakins - painter
Frank Furness - architect
Phoebe Gloeckner - cartoonist, novelist
Louis Kahn - architect
Bil Keane - cartoonist, The Family Circus
Walt Kelly - cartoonist
Henry P. McIlhenny - philanthropist; chairman, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976–1986
Martin Nodell - comic book artist, creator of the original Green Lantern
Grover Simcox - illustrator
Thomas Sully - painter^[1]
Andrew Wyeth - painter
Jamie Wyeth - painter (son of Andrew)
N.C. Wyeth - renowned illustrator (father of Andrew)

[edit] Business

Pat Croce - entrepreneur; part-owner and former president, Philadelphia 76ers
Solomon R. Guggenheim - founder, Yukon Gold Company; philanthropist, art collector
H. Edward Hanway - chairman & CEO, CIGNA
Michael Johns - health care executive, former government official
Tom Knox - former CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
Jeffrey Lurie - owner, Philadelphia Eagles; former Hollywood film producer
Jim Murray - co-founder, Ronald McDonald House Charities; former general manager, Philadelphia Eagles
Pat Olivieri - founder of Pat's King of Steaks, reputed creator of the cheesesteak
William S. Paley - former president, CBS
Randal Pinkett - entrepreneur, Ph.D., winner of The Apprentice 4
Charles P. Pizzi - president and CEO, Tasty Baking Company
Brian L. Roberts - chairman and CEO, Comcast Corporation
Ed Snider - chairman, Comcast-Spectacor
Justus Strawbridge - department store founder
Joe Vento - founder of Geno's Steaks
John Wanamaker - department store founder
William Wrigley Jr. - founder of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

[edit] Film, television, and theater

Kevin Bacon - actor
Chuck Barris - actor, composer, writer, director
Ethel Barrymore - actress
John Barrymore - actor
Lionel Barrymore - actor
Maria Bello - actress
Danny Bonaduce - actor
David Boreanaz - actor
Peter Boyle - actor
David Brenner - comedian
Richard Brooks - screenwriter, director
Eddie Bruce - original host, Dancin' on Air
Eugene Byrd - actor
Michael Callan - actor
Adam Carolla - radio personality and television personality
Dick Clark - host, American Bandstand and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve; game show host; producer
Imogene Coca - actress
Bradley Cooper - actor
Bill Cosby - comedian, actor, Ed.D.; former football/track & field athlete, Temple University
Broderick Crawford - actor
Susan Webb Cushman - stage actress
Blythe Danner - actress
Bruce Davison - actor
John de Lancie - actor
Kim Delaney - actress
Curly Joe DeRita - comedian, actor, member of the Three Stooges
Mike Douglas - singer, television talk show host
Gary Dourdan - actor
Ja'net Du Bois - actress
Kevin Eubanks - musician, Tonight Show band leader
Lola Falana - dancer, actress
Norman Fell - actor
Tina Fey - comedian
W. C. Fields - actor
Larry Fine - comedian, actor, member of the Three Stooges
Richard Gere - actor
Steven Grasse - writer/director, Bikini Bandits
Seth Green - actor
Grayson Hall - actress
Kevin Hart - actor, comedian
Sherman Hemsley - actor
Kevin Hooks - actor, director
Judith Jamison - dancer; choreographer; artistic director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Barry Jenner - actor
Clark Johnson - actor, director
Nicole Kassell - director, writer
George Kelly - Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, screenwriter, director, actor; uncle of Princess Grace of Monaco
Irvin Kershner - director, The Empire Strikes Back
Jack Klugman - actor
Mario Lanza - actor/tenor
Stan Lathan - film and television producer/director
Andrew Lawrence - actor, brother of Joey Lawrence
Joey Lawrence - actor
Matthew Lawrence - actor, brother of Joey Lawrence
David Lynch - movie director
Bam Margera - skater, TV and Film star
Bob McAllister - children's television personality
Katherine Moennig - actress
Paul McCrane - actor, musician
Mary Lou Metzger - singer, Lawrence Welk Show performer
Kelly Monaco - model, actress
Zero Mostel - actor
Nicholas Brothers - tap dancers
Holly Robinson Peete - actress
Gervase Peterson - contestant, original season of Survivor
Robert Picardo - actor
Jon Polito - actor
Matt Robinson - Sesame Street actor; father of Holly Robinson Peete
Bob Saget - actor, comedian, game show host
Mathew St. Patrick - actor
M. Night Shyamalan - movie director
Penny Singleton - radio and film actress, voice actress
Matt Smith - Television actor
Toukie Smith - model, actress; sister of fashion designer Willi Smith
Will Smith (a.k.a. The Fresh Prince) - actor, hip-hop recording artist, one-half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Sylvester Stallone - actor, screenwriter, director
Parker Stevenson - actor
Charles Stone III - film director, creator of Budweiser's "Whassup?" advertising campaign
Teller - magician, one-half of the duo Penn & Teller
Tom Verica - actor
Nancy Walker - actress
Karen Malina White - actress
John Zacherle ("The Cool Ghoul") - actor, producer

[edit] Historical figures

Leon Abbett (1836–1894), Philadelphia native, later governor of New Jersey.^[1]
Arunah Shepherdson Abell, founder of the Philadelphia Public Ledger^[1]
David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), noted surgeon and teacher^[1]
Robert Aitken, publisher of the first Bible in North America^[1]
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), born in Germantown, novelist^[1]
Andrew Allen (1740–1825), Philadelphia native, Loyalist delegate to the Continental Congress^[1]
Harrison Allen (1841–1897), Philadelphia native, noted anatomist and physician^[1]
Richard Allen - clergyman, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church^[1]
Joseph Anderson, United States Senator from Tennessee^[1]
Charles John Biddle (1819–1873) - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1861–1863
Edward Biddle (1738–1779) - delegate, First Continental Congress
Francis Biddle (1886–1968) - U.S. Solicitor General, 1940–1941; U.S. Attorney General, 1941–1945; principal American judge during the Nuremberg trials following World War II
Nicholas Biddle (banker) (1786–1844) - financier; president, Second Bank of the United States
Nicholas Biddle (naval officer) (1750–1778) - one of the original captains of the Continental Navy
Richard Biddle (1796–1847) - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1837–1840
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) - CBS News radio and television journalist, 1967–2006
Henry "Box" Brown (1815–1878?) - abolitionist, former slave, escaped slavery by literally mailing himself to Philadelphia from Richmond, Virginia
Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006) - author, mother of actress Maia Campbell
Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) - author and illustrator of children's books, many portraying Philadelphia region
Benjamin Franklin - statesman, Patriot during the American Revolution, inventor,^[1] first U.S. Postmaster General, founder of the University of Pennsylvania
Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914) - abolitionist, poet, educator
Benjamin Guggenheim (1865–1912) - businessman, died aboard the RMS Titanic
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) - first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; founder, Federalist Party; first so-called "Philadelphia lawyer"
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, and leading scholar of Amish and Hutterite societies
Richard Humphreys (1750–1832) - Quaker, silversmith, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (America's oldest historically Black college) was founded in accordance with his last will and testament
Grace Kelly (1929–1982) - princess of Monaco, American film actress
George Lippard (1822–1854) - 19th-century novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, and labour organizer
Alain LeRoy Locke - writer, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, first African-American Rhodes Scholar
George B. McClellan - Union army general in the American Civil War^[1]
Henry C. McCook - entomologist, clergyman, and prolific author; designer of Philadelphia's City Flag
Joseph McKenna - associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1898–1925; U.S. Attorney General, 1897–1898; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd Congressional District, California, 1885–1891
Thomas Mifflin - Major General in the Continental Army, fifth president of U.S. Congress, first governor of Pennsylvania^[1]
Anna Balmer Myers, author of early 20th-century novels centered in Lancaster County; Philadelphia schoolteacher.
Robert N. C. Nix, Jr. (1928–2003) - former chief justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Thomas Paine - intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, deist and idealist, published Common Sense^[1]
William Penn - founded the city of Philadelphia and the Province of Pennsylvania^[1]
William Pepper (1843–1898) - founder, Free Library of Philadelphia; provost, University of Pennsylvania, 1881–1894
Philip Syng Physick - father of American surgery^[1]
Betsy Ross (1752–1836) - reputed to have sewn the first American flag^[1]
Willi Smith (1948–1987) - fashion designer
Leon Sullivan - Baptist minister, social activist
Joseph Wharton (1826–1909) - founder, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; co-founder, Bethlehem Steel; co-founder, Swarthmore College

[edit] Media and literature

Donald Barthelme - author
Ben Bova - science fiction author
Tony Bruno - sports radio talk show host
Angelo Cataldi - sports radio host (from New England area)
Renee Chenault-Fattah - WCAU-TV news anchor, wife of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah
Pete Dexter - novelist, screenwriter
Charles Fuller - playwright, A Soldier's Play, Zooman and the Sign
Jim Gardner - WPVI-TV news anchor
Mike Golic - ESPN radio and television personality, former Philadelphia Eagle
Terry Gross - radio host
Irv Homer - radio host
Aries Keck - author, radio reporter
Kidd Chris (a.k.a. Chris Foley) - radio personality, WYSP ("Free FM 94.1")
Suzy Kolber - ESPN football analyst
Andrea Kremer - NBC football analyst
Bob Lassiter - retired left-wing radio host
Michelle Malkin - political commentator
Chris Matthews - NBC/MSNBC journalist and political talk show host
Jim McKay - ABC sports journalist, 1961–present
Chris McKendry - ESPN SportsCenter anchor
Larry Mendte - KYW-TV news anchor
Larry Merchant - Philadelphia Daily News sports journalist, 1956–1966; HBO boxing analyst
Beasley Reece - KYW-TV sports journalist, former NFL football player
Dave Roberts - WPVI-TV meteorologist; former co-host, AM Philadelphia; father of actor David Boreanaz
Lisa Scottoline - author
Vai Sikahema - WCAU-TV sports journalist, former Philadelphia Eagle
Stephen A. Smith - Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist, ESPN radio and television personality
Dawn Stensland - WTXF-TV news anchor
Omar Tyree - author
Ukee Washington - KYW-TV news anchor
Jennifer Weiner - author
Rick Williams - WPVI-TV news anchor

[edit] Music

Andrew Adgate, (died 1793), musician, founder of music schools, and choir director^[1]
Al Alberts (of The Four Aces) - singer
Marian Anderson - opera singer/contralto
Frankie Avalon - singer
Az Yet - R&B singers
Bahamadia - rapper
Pearl Bailey - singer, dancer, actress
Samuel Barber - major American composer
Len Barry (of The Dovells) - rock n' roll singer
Toni Basil - singer ("Mickey"), choreographer, actress
Frankie Beverly - R&B singer/musician, founder and lead singer of Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Charlie Biddle, Jazz bassist
Bilal - neo-soul singer/musician
Cindy Birdsong - founding member, Labelle; replacement member, Diana Ross & the Supremes
Blue Magic - R&B singers
Boyz II Men - R&B singers
Solomon Burke - R&B singer
Uri Caine - composer, arranger, jazz pianist
Cassidy - rapper
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans) - singer
Cinderella - glam metal band
Stanley Clarke - bassist
John Coltrane - jazz saxophonist
Cool C - rapper, convicted murderer awaiting execution
Jim Croce - singer
The Cross Movement - Christian hip hop
James Darren - singer, actor
Dead Milkmen - punk/alternative band
The Delfonics - Philadelphia soul group
James DePreist - orchestral conductor
Dieselboy - drum and bass DJ/producer
Charles Earland - organist
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo - classical pianist - Moved to Philadelphia in 1990 to present
Robin Eubanks - jazz trombonist and arranger, brother of Kevin Eubanks
Eve - rapper, actress
Fabian (born Fabian Forte) - singer
Wilhelmenia Fernandez - opera singer/soprano
Rachelle Ferrell - jazz vocalist
Eddie Fisher - singer
Floetry - R&B/neo-soul/hip-hop duo
Freeway - rapper
G. Love and Special Sauce - jam band
Kenny Gamble - producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records
Philly Joe Jones - jazz drummer
The Kinleys - twin country music singers
Stan Getz - saxophonist
Charlie Gracie - rock n' roll singer
Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg) - singer
Vivian Green - R&B singer
Daryl Hall - singer, one-half of the duo Hall & Oates
Rufus Harley - jazz saxophonist
Billie Holiday - premier female jazz vocalist
Leon Huff - producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records
Phyllis Hyman - R&B/jazz vocalist
The Intruders - Philadelphia soul group
DJ Jazzy Jeff (born Jeffrey Townes) - hip-hop DJ, neo-soul producer, one-half of the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Jedi Mind Tricks - underground hip-hop duo
Joan Jett - rock musician
King Britt - house DJ, producer
Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen) - pop singer
Keith (born James Barry Keifer) - singer
Kurupt - rapper
Labelle (a.k.a. Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells) - R&B singers
Patti LaBelle - R&B singer
Mario Lanza - operatic singer
Amos Lee - folk/blues singer
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - member, TLC
Al Martino (born Alfred Cini) - singer
Pat Martino - Jazz guitarist
Barbara Mason - R&B singer/composer
Christian McBride - jazz bassist
McFadden & Whitehead - singers ("Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"), songwriters, producers
Harold Melvin - founder and original lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
MFSB - quintessential Philadelphia soul group; recorded "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)", which became the Soul Train theme song
Monie Love - rapper, radio personality
Lee Morgan - trumpet
Mountain Brothers - hip hop group
Chris Mullen - Bassist of Heavy Metal band Scars of Life
Marc Nelson - R&B singer; former member, Boyz II Men (left prior to the group's first album)
John Oates - singer, one-half of the duo Hall & Oates
Alec Ounsworth - singer, guitarist of indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Paint It Black - punk band
Billy Paul - Philadelphia soul singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones")
Teddy Pendergrass - R&B singer; former lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Vincent Persichetti - composer and music educator
Pieces of a Dream - R&B/jazz fusion artists
Pink - R&B/rock n' roll singer
Trudy Pitts - Jazz Keyboardist

?uestlove - hip hop/R&B musician/producer
Sun Ra - Jazz pianist, bandleader
Danny Rapp (of Danny & the Juniors) - singer
Paul Robeson - singer, activist, attorney, All-American college athlete
The Roots - hip hop artists
Todd Rundgren - singer

Bobby Rydell (born Robert Ridarelli) - singer
The Disco Biscuits - jam-band artists
Schoolly D - rapper
Jill Scott - R&B/neo-soul singer
Shirley Scott - organ
Dee Dee Sharp - R&B singer; former wife of Kenny Gamble
Gene Shay - "grandfather of Philadelphia folk music"
Beanie Sigel - rapper
Bunny Sigler - R&B singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer
Silvertide members - rock band
Siris - international music duo
Musiq Soulchild (a.k.a. Musiq) - R&B/neo-soul singer
Soulquarians - neo-soul musical collective
Steady B - rapper, convicted murderer
The Stylistics - Philadelphia soul group
Princess Superstar - hip-hop performer
Tammi Terrell - R&B/Motown singer
The Three Degrees - Philadelphia soul/disco group
Three Times Dope - hip-hop group
Tuff Crew - hip-hop group
Tye Tribbett & G.A. - contemporary gospel singers
Robbie Tronco - DJ
McCoy Tyner - pianist
Clara Ward - gospel singer
Grover Washington, Jr. - jazz saxophonist
Crystal Waters - dance and house music singer, great-niece of Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters - blues singer, actress
Pamela Williams - jazz saxophonist
Josh Wink - DJ and electronic music producer
Karen Young - disco singer
Young Gunz - hip-hop duo
The Young Werewolves - psychobilly group

[edit] Politics

Leon Abbett - Philadelphia native, later governor of New Jersey^[1]
Lynne Abraham - Philadelphia district attorney, 1991–present
William Allen - mayor of Philadelphia from 1735 to 1736^[1]
Raj Bhakta - 2006 congressional candidate; contestant, The Apprentice 2
Bob Brady - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1997–present, 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
William T. Cahill - governor of New Jersey, 1970–1974
Richard McGarrah Helms - Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973
George M. Dallas - U.S. Vice President^[1]
Dwight Evans - member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 203rd Legislative District; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
Chaka Fattah - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 1995–present; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
Shirley Franklin - mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 2002–present
W. Wilson Goode - mayor of Philadelphia, 1984–1992
Oscar Goodman - attorney; mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999–present
William H. Gray - former member, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District, Pennsylvania; former president, United Negro College Fund
William J. Green III - mayor of Philadelphia, 1980–1984; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1964–1977
Simon Guggenheim - U.S. Senator, Colorado, 1907–1913; philanthropist
Alexander Haig - former U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff
Sylvester M. Johnson - Philadelphia police commissioner, 2002–present
Patrick L. Meehan - United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2001–present
Will Mega - 2003 Philadelphia City Council candidate; activist; contestant, original U.S. season of Big Brother
J. Whyatt Mondesire - president, NAACP, Philadelphia chapter
Patrick Murphy - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 8th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 2007–present
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1959–1979
Michael A. Nutter - member, Philadelphia City Council, 4th District, 1992–2006; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
Ed Rendell - governor of Pennsylvania, 2003–present; mayor of Philadelphia, 1992–2000
Frank Rizzo - mayor of Philadelphia, 1972–1980; Philadelphia police commissioner, 1967–1971
Allyson Schwartz - member, U.S. House of Representatives, 13th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, 2005–present
Arlen Specter - U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania, 1981–present; Philadelphia district attorney, 1966–1974
Ben Stahl - Jewish labor leader and activist
John F. Street - mayor of Philadelphia, 2000–present
Milton Street - entrepreneur; former Pennsylvania state legislator; 2007 Philadelphia City Council candidate; brother of John F. Street
Al Taubenberger - businessman; 2007 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
C. Delores Tucker - civil rights activist; Pennsylvania Secretary of State, 1971–1977
Anna C. Verna - member, Philadelphia City Council, 2nd District, 1976–present; Philadelphia City Council president, 2000–present
Fernando Wood - mayor of New York, 1855–1858, 1860–1862

[edit] Sports

John Abadie - baseball player^[2]
Keith Allen - former head coach and former general manager, Philadelphia Flyers
Doug Allison - first baseball player ever to use a glove^[2]
Paul Arizin - early NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors
Bill Barber - former player and former head coach, Philadelphia Flyers
Charles Barkley - NBA basketball player; member, 1992 Olympic men's basketball team ("Dream Team") and 1996 Olympic men's basketball team; 1992–1993 NBA Most Valuable Player; TNT basketball analyst
Bert Bell - founder of the Philadelphia Eagles football team and commissioner of the National Football League
Mohini Bhardwaj - Olympic gymnast
Tyrell Biggs - boxer; 1984 Olympic gold medalist, super heavyweight division
Charles Brewer - boxer, former super middleweight champion
Larry Brown - ABA basketball player; member, 1964 Olympic men's basketball team; ABA and NBA coach; head coach, 2004 Olympic men's basketball team; former head coach and current executive vice president, Philadelphia 76ers
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant - Los Angeles Sparks basketball coach, former player with the NBA and the modern ABA, father of Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant - NBA basketball player; 1996 Naismith Male Prep Player of the Year (Lower Merion High School - Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
Roy Campanella - MLB baseball player; 3-time National League Most Valuable Player^[2]
Steve Carlton - MLB baseball player; 4-time National League Cy Young Award winner
Fred Carter - NBA basketball player; former head coach, Philadelphia 76ers; NBA TV basketball analyst
Wilt Chamberlain - NBA basketball player; 1957 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player; 1959–1960 NBA Rookie of the Year; 4-time NBA Most Valuable Player
John Chaney - Temple University men's basketball head coach, 1982–2006
Maurice Cheeks - NBA basketball player; former player and current head coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Bobby Clarke - former player and former general manager, Philadelphia Flyers
Randall "Tex" Cobb - boxer, kickboxer
Billy Cunningham - ABA and NBA basketball player; 1972–1973 ABA Most Valuable Player; former player and former head coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Randall Cunningham - NFL football quarterback
Brian Dawkins - NFL football player
Darryl Dawkins - NBA basketball player
Jon Drummond - track and field athlete, 1996 and 2000 Olympic medalist
Angelo Dundee - boxing trainer
Fred Dunlap - major league baseball player^[2]
Teresa Edwards - WNBA basketball player; member, Philadelphia Rage (of the ABL); Olympic gold medalist, 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2000
Julius Erving (a.k.a. "Dr. J") - ABA and NBA basketball player; 3-time ABA Most Valuable Player; 1980–1981 NBA Most Valuable Player
A.J. Feeley - NFL football quarterback
Peter Forsberg - NHL hockey player
Rube Foster - Negro League baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Giants and Cuban X-Giants), founded the original Negro National League
Francine Fournier - professional wrestling valet with Extreme Championship Wrestling
Jimmie Foxx - MLB baseball player; former Philadelphia Athletic and Philadelphia Phillie; 3-time American League Most Valuable Player
Joe Frazier - boxer; 1964 Olympic gold medalist; former heavyweight champion
Marvis Frazier - boxer, son of Joe Frazier
Jacqui Frazier-Lyde - lawyer, boxer, daughter of Joe Frazier, fought Laila Ali in June 2001
World B. Free - NBA and USBL basketball player; ambassador of basketball and director of player development, Philadelphia 76ers
Joe Fulks - early NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors
Jim Fullington - professional wrestler with Extreme Championship Wrestling
Jeff Garcia - former CFL and current NFL football quarterback
Tom Gola - early NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia Warriors; La Salle University men's basketball head coach, 1968–1970; 1983 Philadelphia mayoral candidate
Hal Greer - NBA basketball player, holds record for most career points scored as a Philadelphia 76er
Eddie Griffin - NBA basketball player
Matt Guokas - NBA basketball player; former player and former head coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Marvin Harrison - NFL football player
Hersey Hawkins - NBA basketball player; member, 1988 Olympic men's basketball team
Fred Hill - NFL football player; co-founder, Ronald McDonald House Charities
Ken Hitchcock - former head coach, Philadelphia Flyers
Bernard Hopkins - boxer, former middleweight champion
Demetrius Hopkins - boxer, nephew of Bernard Hopkins
Ryan Howard - MLB baseball player; 2005 National League Rookie of the Year; 2006 National League Most Valuable Player
Andre Iguodala - NBA basketball player
Allen Iverson - NBA basketball player; 1996–1997 NBA Rookie of the Year; 2000–2001 NBA Most Valuable Player; member, 2004 Olympic men's basketball team
Ron Jaworski - NFL football quarterback; president, Philadelphia Soul arena football team; ESPN football analyst
Bobby Jones - ABA and NBA basketball player; 1982–1983 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Wali Jones - NBA basketball player
Harry Kalas - Hall of Fame Phillies broadcaster
John B. Kelly, Sr. - triple Olympic gold medal winning rower; father of Princess Grace of Monaco
John B. Kelly, Jr. - champion rower; brother of Princess Grace of Monaco
Matt Kilroy - major league baseball player^[2]
Sam Kimber - 19th century Major League Baseball players
Bart King - cricket bowler
Billy King - president, Philadelphia 76ers
Kyle Korver - NBA basketball player
Nap Lajoie - MLB baseball player; former Philadelphia Phillie and Philadelphia Athletic
Sonny Liston - boxer, former heavyweight champion
Tommy Loughran - boxer, former light heavyweight champion
Garry Maddox - MLB baseball player
Moses Malone - NBA basketball player; 3-time NBA Most Valuable Player
Charlie Manuel - manager, Philadelphia Phillies
Rollie Massimino - Villanova University men's basketball head coach, 1973–1992
John McDermott, golfer, first U.S. born winner of the U.S. Open in 1911 and 1912
Tug McGraw - MLB baseball player
Aaron McKie - NBA basketball player; 2000–2001 NBA Sixth Man of the Year; member, Temple University men's basketball team, 1991–1994
Donovan McNabb - NFL football quarterback
Levi Meyerle, major league baseball player^[2]
Andre Miller - NBA basketball player
Nate Miller - boxer, former cruiserweight champion
Cuttino Mobley - NBA basketball player
Bob Montgomery - boxer, former lightweight champion, boxing promoter
Matthew Saad Muhammad (a.k.a. Matthew Franklin) - boxer, former light heavyweight champion
Jameer Nelson - NBA basketball player; member, Saint Joseph's University men's basketball team, 2000–2004; 2004 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year
Jim O'Brien - former head coach, Philadelphia 76ers; son-in-law of Jack Ramsay
Vince Papale - NFL football player; inspiration for the motion picture Invincible
Keith Primeau - NHL hockey player
Zahir Raheem - boxer, 1996 Olympian
Jack Ramsay - former head coach, Saint Joseph's College men's basketball team; former head coach and general manager, Philadelphia 76ers
Merrill Reese - Philadelphia Eagles radio broadcaster
Andy Reid - head coach, Philadelphia Eagles
David Reid - boxer; 1996 Olympic gold medalist, light middleweight division
Stevie Richards - professional wrestler with Extreme Championship Wrestling
Scott Rolen - MLB baseball player; 1997 National League Rookie of the Year
Jimmy Rollins - MLB baseball player
Malik Rose - NBA basketball player
Curt Schilling - MLB baseball player; 1993 NLCS Most Valuable Player; co-recipient, 2001 World Series MVP Award
Mike Schmidt - MLB baseball player; 3-time National League Most Valuable Player
Kirk Shelmerdine - NASCAR driver and crew chief
Gene Shue - NBA basketball player; former player, Philadelphia Warriors; former head coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Dawn Staley - WNBA basketball player/coach; 1991 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player; 1991 and 1992 Naismith Women's College Player of the Year; Olympic gold medalist, 1996, 2000 and 2004
John Stevens - head coach, Philadelphia Flyers
Harry Stovey - major league baseball player^[2]
John Baxter "Doc" Taylor - track and field athlete, first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal (1908 Summer Games)
Meldrick Taylor - boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist; former welterweight and junior welterweight champion
Aaron Torres - boxer, contestant on The Contender 2
Najai Turpin - boxer, contestant on The Contender
Rasheed Wallace - NBA basketball player
Steve Wagner - Olympic field hockey goalkeeper
Brian Westbrook - NFL football player
Ned Williamson - major league baseball player^[2]
Jimmy Young - boxer
Matthew Mayock - 3-time All-American defensive back, Bucknell Bison

[edit] Other

Mumia Abu-Jamal - journalist, political activist, convicted murderer, international cause célèbre for the abolition of capital punishment
Ramona Africa - only adult to survive the 1985 bombing of the MOVE house
Gloria Allred - attorney
Sydney Biddle Barrows - illegal escort service proprietor, often referred to as "The Mayflower Madam"
Guion Bluford - astronaut, first African-American in space
Pete Conrad - astronaut, third man to walk on the moon (Apollo 12)
Katherine Drexel - Roman Catholic saint
Ira Einhorn - environmental/antiwar activist, convicted murderer
Daniel Faulkner - Philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty in 1981; Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of his murder
Christopher Ferguson - astronaut
Barbara Clementine Harris - first female bishop ordained in the Anglican Communion
Silas Weir Mitchell - physician, writer
John Joseph O'Connor - Roman Catholic cardinal; archbishop, Archdiocese of New York, 1984–2000
Marjorie Rendell - judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1997–present; first lady of Pennsylvania, 2003–present
Nicodemo Scarfo - mafioso; head of the Scarfo crime family, 1981–1991
Walter Williams - economist

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.