Coal Region - Famous People From The Coal Region

Famous People From The Coal Region

• Nick Adams - Actor.
• Joe Amato - 5-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion. Drag Racing
• Joe Biden - U.S. Vice President.
• David Bohm - quantum physicist.
• George Bretz (1842-1895) -- photographed the Coal Region
• Les Brown - jazz musician
• Ben Burnley - lead singer of rock band Breaking Benjamin.
• P. J. Carlesimo - professional basketball coach, San Antonio Spurs.
• Robert P. Casey - former Governor of Pennsylvania.
• Bob Casey, Jr. - U.S. Senator.
• George Catlin - artist.
• Jimmy Cefalo - Professional football player, Miami Dolphins
• Stan Coveleski - Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member
• Anthony P. Damato - United States Marine, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Jack Dolbin, Professional football player, Denver Broncos.
• Jimmy Dorsey - jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader.
• Tommy Dorsey- jazz trombonist, big band leader.
• Ellen Albertini Dow - actress, The Wedding Singer's Rapping Granny
• Ham Fisher - cartoonist.
• Daniel J. Flood - U.S. Congressman.
• Alexander Joseph Foley - United States Marine, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Howard Gardner - scientist, author.
• James M. Gavin - Lieutenant General, United States Army.
• Henry Hynoski Professional football player for the New York Giants.
• Jane Jacobs - sociologist, author.
• Russell Johnson - actor.
• John E. Jones III - born in Pottsville in 1955, presided over the landmark Intelligent design case, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District in 2005.
• Paul E. Kanjorski - Member of Congress.
• Jean Kerr - author.
• Eddie Korbich - actor.
• Matthew Lesko - infomercial personality.
• Edward B. Lewis - Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
• Joe Maddon - Manager of the Tampa Bay Rays.
• Christy Mathewson - former professional baseball player, New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants).
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz - film director, producer, and screenwriter.
• Richard Marcinko - Navy seal, author.
• Mary McDonnell - actress.
• Gerry McNamara - college basketball player, Syracuse University.
• Jason Miller - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actor.
• Mike Munchak, professional football coach, Tennessee Titans, former professional football player, Houston Oilers.
• Jozef Murgaš - radio pioneer.
• Amedeo Obici - founder of Planters Peanuts Company.
• John O'Hara - author.
• Jack Palance - actor.
• William Daniel Phillips - Nobel Prize-prize winning scientist.
• Joe Pisarcik - Former NFL Quarterback (NY Giants & Philadelphia Eagles) famous for his involvement in the "Miracle in the Meadowlands"
• Darryl Ponicsan - author, screenwriter.
• Robert Reich - former U.S. Secretary of Labor.
• Paul W. Richards - former astronaut.
• Conrad Richter - author.
• Hugh Rodham - father of U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Senator, and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
• Tim Ruddy - center for the Miami Dolphins from 1994 - 2003.
• Victor Schertzinger - composer, film director, film producer and screenwriter.
• William Scranton - former Governor of Pennsylvania, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and 1964 U.S. Presidential candidate.
• William Scranton, III - former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, two-time gubernatorial candidate.
• B. F. Skinner, Psychologist, Radical Behaviorist, Harvard Professor, and author.
• Jimmy Spencer - Former NASCAR Driver and Current TV Analyst for the Speed Channel
• Bob Sura - Houston Rockets NBA basketball player.
• Charlie Trippi - Played for Pitston Patriots, NFL Hall of Fame
• John Anthony Walker - spy for the Soviet Union.
• Ed Walsh - former professional baseball player, Chicago White Sox.