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.

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