Portal:Philadelphia/Selected biography candidates
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[edit] Procedure
[edit] How to add your nomination
- Find an article on Wikipedia that is related to Philadelphia that you think is very good and would be suitable for use as the featured biography. Two good starting places are the list and category of people from Philadelphia.
- Put a link to the biography below on this page and describe why.
[edit] Current nominations
- December? --evrik 15:23, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Strike-through text==2007== Here are some ideas with which to kick off 2007. Runnerupnj 02:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- Samuel Barber, 20th century composer from West Chester who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music.
- Nicholas Biddle, statesman who was instrumental in the founding of the Second Bank of the United States.
- Any of the 3 Alexander Calders: Alexander Stirling Calder, Alexander Milne Calder, or Alexander "Sandy" Calder, all three of whom are important sculptors whose works can be found all around Philadelphia.
- Terry Gross, current NPR host who records her program at WHYY.
- Eugene Ormandy, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra (once the citation issues are hammered out).
- Joseph Wharton, industrialist and founder of the Wharton School.
