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, a pioneer viticulturist[1]
- Dominick Argento, music composer
- Charles Augustus Barnitz, policitian
- Andrew R. Brodbeck, politician
- Edward Schroeder Brooks, politician
- Herbert B. Cohen, Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
- Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr., politician
- Phineas Davis, clockmaker and inventor
- Jacob L. Devers, World War II U.S. Army general
- Chris Doleman, NFL defensive end
- Luther P. Eisenhart, mathematician
- Stephen Etnier, artist
- James Ewing (Pennsylvania statesman)
- William Henry Farquhar, developmental influencer of Montgomery County, Maryland
- William B. Franklin, American Civil War general
- James Gerry, politician
- Hugh Glasgow, politician, judge
- Halestorm, hard rock band
- Granville O. Haller, American Civil War officer who led the defense of Adams and York counties during the Gettysburg Campaign and later became a leading Seattle millionaire
- Bob Hoffman (1898–1985), Founder of York Barbell Company; considered the Father of American Weightlifting[2]
- David Holmes (politician)
- Jerry Howarth (MLB announcer, voice of the Toronto Blue Jays)
- Lois Hunt (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone Earl Wrightson[3]
- Kevin Jones (BMX rider)
- James Kelly (U.S. representative)
- Matthew Knisely, (TV photojournalist)
- Jeff Koons, (artist)
- Ernest W. Lefever (1919–2009), foreign affairs expert[4]
- Tanya Lehman, Miss Pennsylvania USA 2006
- Live, the alternative rock band
- Ken Ludwig, American playwright and theatre director.
- Martie Maguire, member of the country band Dixie Chicks
- Frances Lee McCain, Actress (Gremlins, Footloose, Back to the Future, etc.)
- Gary Miller (conductor), conductor and gay activist[5]
- Lewis Miller (Folk Artist), Artist and chronicler of early 19th century life in York
- Cameron Mitchell, Actor
- Charles H. Robertson, politician
- Chris Roupas, Greek-American former basketball player
- Craig Sheffer, Actor. Major movies include; Nightbreed (1990), A River Runs Through It (1992) and The Program (1993)
- James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived on South George Street and is buried in York.
- Vic Wertz (1947–1963), professional baseball player.
[edit] 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 9780271018553. http://www.powells.com/biblio/0271018550?&PID=33521. 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.
- ^ Joyce Wadler (June 25, 1998). "PUBLIC LIVES; A Baton Is Passed, but the Chorus Sings On". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/25/nyregion/public-lives-a-baton-is-passed-but-the-chorus-sings-on.html?scp=2&sq=%22gary+miller%22+%22conductor%22&st=nyt.
- Sheets, Georg R. (1991). Made in York: A Survey of the Agricultural and Industrial Heritage of York County, Pennsylvania. York, Pennsylvania: Agricultural and Industrial Museum of York County, Pennsylvania.
