List of people from Erie, Pennsylvania
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The following is a list of notable persons who were born, or who have lived a significant part of their lives, in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
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[edit] Athletics
- Sigmond Andrusking, former professional football player, Brooklyn Dodgers 1937 NFL
- Michael Bari, college basketball coach, LSU Eunice
- Lou Bierbauer, 19th-century Major League Baseball player
- Fred Biletnikoff, former professional football player, Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl MVP
- Dan Carr, co-inventor of American Gladiators
- Jimmy Carr, Olympic wrestler, youngest U.S. Olympian in history at age 17 in 1972 (a record later surpassed by female gymnasts)
- Nate Carr, Olympic wrestler (bronze medalist), three-time NCAA champion Iowa State University
- Clifton Crosby, former professional football player, Indianapolis Colts
- John C. Ferraro, co-inventor of American Gladiators
- Eric Hicks, professional football player, Kansas City Chiefs
- Essie Hollis, former professional basketball player, Detroit Pistons
- Sam Jethroe, Negro League and Major League baseball player from 1926 to 1966
- Jovon Johnson, played for the Steelers in 2006 in the NFL
- Caryn Kadavy, figure skater, 1987 World Bronze Medalist, 1988 Olympian
- Jim Keim Jr., played on the PGA tour in the 1960s
- Tom Lawless, former professional baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Montreal Expos
- Bob Learn, Jr., professional bowler, 1999 U.S. Open champion who also rolled the PBA's 10th televised 300 game
- Otto Maya, champion bicycle racer
- Mike McCoy, former professional football player, Green Bay Packers, unanimous first-team All-American for Notre Dame and 1969 Heisman Trophy candidate
- Justin Mercier, drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in 2005 in the NHL
- Ron Palombi, Jr., professional bowler, 1990 U.S. Open champion
- Bob Sanders, professional football player, Indianapolis Colts
- Mark Stepnoski, former professional football player, Dallas Cowboys and Houston/Tennessee Oilers
- David Stucke, World Series of Poker bracelet winner
[edit] Authors
- Marc Brown, author
- David Lohr, crime writer
- Dinty W. Moore, essayist and writer
- Chuck Rosenthal, author
- Ida M. Tarbell, author, journalist, "muckraker"
- John Totleben, comic book illustrator
- Michael J. Varhola, author
[edit] Business and politics
- William P. Atkinson, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Ernst Behrend and Otto Behrend, founders of Hammermill Paper Company, world pioneers in papermaking
- Daniel Dobbins, builder of the U.S. naval fleet for Battle of Lake Erie
- Harry Markopolos, blew whistle in Madoff securities fraud
- Louis Marx, toymaker and founder of Louis Marx and Company; established first factories in Erie and was a part-time resident
- Norman Morrison, Vietnam protester who self-immolated
- Tom Ridge, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, former Governor of Pennsylvania, and former U.S. Congressman
- James Patrick Rossiter, lawyer and politician
[edit] Film, stage, and television
- Nick Adams, Broadway actor
- Rebecca Bardoux, adult film actress
- Billy Blanks, inventor of Taebo and martial arts film actor
- Herschel Bleefeld, actor of TV series Significant Others
- Marc Blucas, actor
- Marilyn Burns, actress
- Ann B. Davis, actress
- Nikki Dial, award-winning adult film actress
- Kurt Doss, child actor
- Christine Estabrook, television and film actress
- Ish Kabibble, comedian/actor
- Harry Kellar, magician
- Julianna McCarthy, original cast member of The Young and the Restless
- Maria Sansone, television and web host
- Steve Scully, host, political editor, and senior producer of C-SPAN's Washington Journal
- Jonathan Stark, actor and screenwriter
- Dexter Shermin - local talk show host
[edit] Military and aerospace
- John Boyd, military strategist who developed the OODA Loop and helped with the success of the Persian Gulf War
- Philip Cochran, colonel United States Army Air Corps, commander of the 1st Air Commando Group in World War II, inspiration for the characters of "Flip Corkin" and "General Philerie" in comic strips by Milton Caniff
- Charles A. Curtze, rear admiral United States Navy
- Richard E. Ellsworth, US Air Force pilot
- Charles Vernon Gridley, U.S. Navy Commander, Captain, U.S.S. Olympia, Battle of Manila Bay; adopted Erie as his home after taking command of the USS Michigan there
- Louis J. Magill, Spanish–American War veteran and was awarded the Marine Corps Brevet Medal
- Seth Reed, Lt. Colonel who fought at Bunker Hill, was instrumental in adding E Pluribus Unum to US coins, and who founded Erie, as its first settler with his family, in 1795, at Presque Isle
- Strong Vincent, Union general
- Anthony Wayne, American Revolutionary War general
- Paul J. Weitz, US Naval Aviator, NASA Astronaut: Skylab 2 Pilot, STS-6 (Shuttle Challenger) Commander
[edit] Music
- Harry Burleigh, classical music composer
- Peter Mennin, composer and teacher
- Patrick Monahan, lead singer of Train, solo music artist and grammy award winner
- Chris Vrenna, rock music drummer of Nine Inch Nails, currently Tweaker
- Andrew Henderson, techno producer.
- Bon Jovi's grandmother
[edit] Naturalists
- Joe Root, a 19th century naturalist who lived at Presque Isle State Park
[edit] Religion
- Joan Chittister, Benedictine nun, author, and lecturer
- John Mark Gannon, Catholic archbishop
- Theodore Jurewicz, Russian Orthodox priest and Byzantine iconographer
[edit] Science and academia
- John Kanzius, may have found a cure for cancer and a method to generate energy using saltwater[1]
- Paul Siple, Antarctic explorer who developed the wind chill factor
[edit] References
- ^ Bruce, David (2007-05-17). "Spark Innovation". Erie Times-News. http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070517/NEWS02/705170401&SearchID=73283562969167. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
