List of people from Philadelphia

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.

Academia

• Noam Chomsky - linguist
• Gordon Clark - Christian theologian, professor
• Margaret Mead - noted anthropologist
• Cornelius Van Til - Christian theologian, professor

Art & Architecture

• Edmund Bacon - city planner
• Alexander Calder - artist
• Robert Crumb - underground comics artist, writer
• Thomas Eakins - painter
• Louis Kahn - architect
• Thomas Sully - painter

Business

• Michael Johns - health care exec, former government official
• Justus Strawbridge - department store founder
• John Wanamaker - department store founder

Cinema, Television, and Theater

• Kevin Bacon - actor
• Chuck Barris - actor/composer/writer/director
• John Barrymore - actor
• Danny Bonaduce - actor
• Peter Boyle - actor
• David Brenner - comedian
• Imogene Coca - actress
• Bill Cosby - comedian, actor
• Mike Douglas - singer, television talk-show host
• Kevin Eubanks - Tonight Show band leader
• Norman Fell - actor
• Tina Fey - comedian
• Larry Fine - actor
• W. C. Fields - actor
• Richard Gere - actor
• Sherman Hemsley - actor
• Nicole Kassell - director/writer
• Jack Klugman - actor
• David Lynch - movie director
• Chris Matthews - television talk-show host
• Zero Mostel - actor
• William S. Paley - President CBS
• Will Smith (Fresh Prince) - comedian, actor
• M. Night Shyamalan - movie director
• Nancy Walker - actress
• John Zacherle ("The Cool Ghoul") - actor/producer

Historical Figures

• Richard Allen - clergyman, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Nick Berg (from nearby West Chester), man who was beheaded in Iraq
• Benjamin Franklin - statesman, Revolutionary War patriot, inventor
• Grace Kelly - princess of Monaco
• William Penn - founded the Province of Pennsylvania
• Betsy Ross - sewed first American flag
• Philip Syng Physick - father of American surgery

Media

• Angelo Cataldi- Sports radio host
• Howard Eskin- Sports radio host
• Terry Gross - Radio Host
• Aries Keck - Author, Radio Reporter
• Michelle Malkin- Political commentator
• Joey Sweeney- Blog editor

Music

• Al Alberts (of The Four Aces) - singer
• Marian Anderson - opera singer/contralto
• Frankie Avalon - singer
• Pearl Bailey - singer, dancer, actress
• Len Barry (of The Dovells) - rock n' roll singer
• Boyz II Men - singers
• Solomon Burke - R&B singer
• Cassidy- rapper
• Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans) - singer
• Stanley Clarke - bassist
• John Coltrane - saxophonist
• Jim Croce - singer
• James Darren - singer
• The Dead Milkmen - punk/alternative band
• Eve - rapper, actress
• Fabian (born Fabian Forte) - singer
• Eddie Fisher - singer
• Freeway (rapper)- rapper
• G. Love and Special Sauce - jam band
• Kenny Gamble - producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records
• Stan Getz - saxophonist
• Charlie Gracie - rock n' roll singer
• Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg) - singer
• Bobby Gregg - jazz drummer
• Daryl Hall (of Hall and Oates) - singer
• Leon Huff - producer and co-founder, Philadelphia International Records
• DJ Jazzy Jeff - hip-hop DJ
• Joan Jett - rock musician
• Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen) - pop singer
• Keith (born James Barry Keifer) - singer
• Patti LaBelle - singer
• Mario Lanza - operatic singer
• Al Martino (born Alfred Cini) - singer
• Barbara Mason - R&B singer/composer
• Harold Melvin (of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) - soul singer
• Musiq - R&B singer
• John Oates (of Hall and Oates) - singer
• Teddy Pendergrass - singer
• Pink - R&B/rock n' roll singer
• Trudy Pitts - Jazz Keyboardist
• Danny Rapp (of Danny & the Juniors) - singer
• Diane Renay - singer
• Paul Robeson - singer, activist
• Todd Rundgren - singer
• Bobby Rydell (born Robert Ridarelli) - singer
• The Disco Biscuits - jam-band artists
• The Roots - hip hop artists
• Jill Scott - R&B singer
• Beanie Sigel- rapper
• Bunny Sigler - R&B singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer
• Silvertide members - rock band
• Princess Superstar - hip-hop performer
• Tammi Terrell - R&B/Motown singer
• Mark Valentino (born Anthony Busillo) - singer
• Grover Washington, Jr. - jazz musician
• Pamela Williams - jazz saxophonist
• Josh Wink - DJ and electronic music producer
• Karen Young - disco singer
• The Bloodhound Gang - Rock Band

Politics

• Oscar Goodman - attorney, mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Ed Rendell - Governor of Pennsylvania, former mayor of Philadelphia.
• Frank Rizzo - mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980.
• John F. Street - Current mayor of Philadelphia.

Sports

• Richie Ashburn - baseball player, sportscaster for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Mohini Bhardwaj - American gymnast
• Kobe Bryant - basketball player
• Steve Carlton - baseball player
• Wilt Chamberlain - basketball legend
• John Chaney - Temple University basketball coach
• Maurice Cheeks - 76ers basketball coach
• Randall Cunningham - football quarterback
• Darryl Dawkins - basketball player
• Julius Erving - basketball legend
• Joe Frazier - boxer
• Marvin Harrison - football player
• Bernard Hopkins - boxing legend
• Allen Iverson - basketball player
• Ron Jaworski - football quarterback, ESPN analyst
• Harry Kalas - sportscaster for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Sonny Liston - boxer former heavyweight champion
• Moses Malone - basketball player
• Donovan McNabb - football player
• Cuttino Mobley - basketball player
• Merrill Reese- Philadelphia Eagles radio broadcaster
• Curt Schilling - baseball player
• Mike Schmidt - baseball player
• Jerry Stackhouse - basketball player
• Jim Thome - baseball player
• Rasheed Wallace -basketball player
• Chris Webber -basketball player