Famous People From The Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley is the birthplace or home to a number of famous Americans, including:
- Mario Andretti, former professional race car driver.
- Michael Andretti, professional racing team owner, former professional race car driver.
- Chuck Bednarik, former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles, Pro Football Hall of Fame member.
- Stephen Vincent Benét, author.
- Leon Carr, Broadway composer and television advertising songwriter.
- Jack Coleman, actor, NBC's Heroes .
- Michaela Conlin, actress, Fox's Bones.
- H.D., writer, poet.
- Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer, Alice Cooper band, former drummer, Megadeth.
- Charlie Dent, member of Congress.
- Devon, adult film actress.
- Keith Dorney, former professional football player, Detroit Lions.
- Jonathan Frakes, actor, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Peter Gruner, professional wrestler.
- Bob Heffner, former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Cleveland Indians.
- Tim Heidecker, actor, comedian, co-star, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.
- Larry Holmes, former boxing heavyweight champion.
- Lee Iacocca, former chairman, Chrysler Corporation.
- Keith Jarrett, jazz musician.
- Michael Johns, health care executive, former White House speechwriter.
- Dwayne Johnson ("The Rock"), actor, former professional wrestler.
- Daniel Dae Kim, actor, ABC's Lost.
- Steve Kimock, rock musician.
- John Kline, member of Congress.
- Brian Knobs, former professional wrestler.
- Dan Koppen, professional football player, Denver Broncos.
- Carson Kressley, fashion consultant, Bravo's Queer Eye.
- Varvara Lepchenko, professional tennis player.
- Jonathan Linton, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills.
- William Marchant, playwright and screenwriter.
- Kristen Maloney, gymnast, former Olympian.
- Ed McCaffrey, former professional football player, Denver Broncos, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers.
- Kate Micucci, actress, singer-songwriter
- Matt Millen, former professional football player, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins, former President and General Manager, Detroit Lions and current broadcaster, NFL on Fox.
- Lara Jill Miller, voice actress, Cartoon Network's The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.
- Marty Nothstein, Olympic gold medal winner, track cycling.
- Andre Reed, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins.
- Daniel Roebuck, actor, ABC's Lost.
- Jimmie Schaffer, former professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals.
- Brian Schneider, professional baseball player, Philadelphia Phillies.
- Amanda Seyfried, model and actress, The CW's Veronica Mars and HBO's Big Love.
- Shadow Gallery, progressive metal band
- Sheetal Sheth, actress, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
- Curt Simmons, former professional baseball player, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals.
- Dana Snyder, voice actor, Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
- Christine Taylor, actress, wife of actor Ben Stiller.
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor, ABC's Home Improvement.
- Boris Vallejo, artist.
- Bobby Weaver, Olympic gold medal winner, freestyle wrestling.
- Lauren Weisberger, author, The Devil Wears Prada.
- Cindy Werley, former Olympic field hockey player.
- Jordan White (musician), rock musician
- Dan Yochum, former professional football player, Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos.
- David Zippel, Tony-award winning lyricist, City of Angels.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous, people and/or valley:
“Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“I will frankly declare, that after passing a few weeks in this valley of the Marquesas, I formed a higher estimate of human nature than I had ever before entertained. But alas! since then I have been one of the crew of a man-of-war, and the pent-up wickedness of five hundred men has nearly overturned all my previous theories.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)