Notable People
- John Simpson born 1744 died February 3, 1809. was a lieutenant in the Continental Army and in the fall fall of 1776 fought along side Washington in the battle of Trenton and Princeton
- Sergeant George A. Simpson, Hero Color Bearer of the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. The Regiment chose to immortalize Simpson's likeness atop their monument at the Antietam Battlefield.
- Dylan Lane (born 1977), game show host (hosted Chain Reaction in 2006 and 2007 and the National Vocabulary Championship) (born in Tyrone, spent whole childhood in Huntingdon)
- Robert Elliott Speer (1867–1947), American religious leader
- Horace Porter (1837–1921), Civil War General and US Diplomat
- Chuck Knox (born 1932), American football coach with the Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, and Seattle Seahawks; attended Juniata College and married a Huntingdon native
- Erich Eichensehr (born 1966), photographer, attended Juniata College
- Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900–January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
- Michael Newton (born 1986) Notable bare knuckle boxer and Assistant Football Coach at Juniata College.
- George Ernest Simpson led to the creation of Lake Raystown the original dam was the creation of George Ernest and Warren Brown Simpson
- Warren Brown Simpson led to the creation of Lake Raystown the original dam was the creation of George Ernest and Warren Brown Simpson
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